"A. R. Spofford, Esq.,; Librarian of Congress,; Washington, D.C.; Dear Sir-; In reply to my letter of the 13th, instant, asking if A. Conan Doyle's story "The Firm of Girdlestone" is copyrighted..."

Carbon typescript letter dated October 19th, 1896 addressed to A.R. Spofford, Esq., Librarian of Congress, assumed from Henry D. Coolidge [unsigned] asking if "A. Conan Doyle's story "The Firm of Girdlestone" is copyrighted" and requesting the copyright record.

Item 1/4: Three letters, dated 1896, between [Henry D. Coolidge], A.R. Spofford, and the Manager [signature not legible] of American Publishers Corporation relating to the American copyright for Arthur Conan Doyle's The Firm of Girdlestone, and one copyright record from the Library of Congress, Copyright Office.