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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05098 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0101] July-August 1791 |
| Title | William Tatham to Henry Knox regarding Tatham's publications and the associated copyright |
| Date | 3 August 1791 |
| Author | Tatham, William (1752-1819) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | Notes he enclosed by his last letter a Virginia sheet of his intended publication "Analysis of the United States" (see GLC02437.05093.02). Reports that the Clerk of the Federal Court thought it proper to suspend his certificate for copyright. Says an attorney working for the government told him the copyright was only good for Virginia. Writes, "This seems to be acting judicialy; and not ministerialy; and the advantages of speedy information to the Community may be somewhat delayd." States since they both know Attorney General Edmund Randolph, he hopes Knox will ask his official opinion. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Geography and Natural History Book Selling Government and Civics Law Literature and Language Arts |
| People | Tatham, William (1752-1819) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Randolph, Edmund (1753-1813) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | William Tatham, engineer, born in Hutton, England, in 1752; died in Richmond, Virginia, 22 February, 1819. He emigrated to this country in 1769, entered a mercantile establishment on James river, Virginia, and served as adjutant of militia against the Indians. During the Revolutionary war he served as a colonel in the Virginia cavalry under General Thomas Nelson, and was a volunteer in the party that stormed the redoubt at Yorktown. In 1780 with Colonel John Todd, he compiled the first exact and comprehensive account of the western country. After the Revolution he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1784. He was removed to North Carolina and in 1786 founded the settlement of Lumberton. He was a member of the North Carolina legislature in 1787. Tatham went back to England in 1796, and in 1801 became superintendent of the London docks. He returned to the United States in 1805. He was given the office of military store-keeper in the Richmond arsenal in 1817, and while there committed suicide by throwing himself before a cannon at the moment of discharge. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |