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"Library of Congress,; Copyright Office, Washington.; To wit: Be it Remembered,; That on the 2 day of March anno domini 1890..."
Typescript letter on "Library of Congress" letterhead

"Library of Congress,; Copyright Office, Washington.; To wit: Be it Remembered,; That on the 2 day of March anno domini 1890..."

Date1896
Names
FormatManuscript
Notes
Autograph (in black ink) on Library of Congress Copyright Office form stationery dated 20th day of October, 1896, signed by A.R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, and numbered 9815V confirming that on "27 day of March anno domini 1890, John W. Lovell of New York has deposited in this Office the title of a Book ... The Firm of Girdlestone, by A. Conan Doyle, New York, Frank F. Lovell & Co. ...". 

Item 3/4: 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. 

 
GeographyCity, town, townshipWashington
GeographyProvince stateDistrict of Columbia (D.C.)
GeographyCountryUnited States
Medium
Correspondence
Language
CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object Number37131181216870D
Dewey823.91 D598 D598.6 V. 7 NO. 6
"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..."
"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..."
October 19, 1896
Handwritten letter on "Library of Congress" stationary in Ainsworth Rand Spofford's handwriting…
Library of Congress; Washington; 189-; "Sir: In reply to your communication of... "
1896
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
48 Grand Parade, Carlbourne; "My dear Smith I think I could sustain my copyright in the words "Sherlock Holmes and I don't think they have been used as an advertisement up to now."
Unknown
Hill House Hotel, Happisburgh.; "My dear Smith; I think perhaps this would meet the case"
Hill House Hotel, Happisburgh.; "My dear Smith; I think perhaps this would meet the case"
approximately 1903
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere.; "My dear Smith; I have gone over the Cyclist again"
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere.; "My dear Smith; I have gone over the Cyclist again"
approximately 1903
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith 'Detective Stories' would not fairly characterize them"
approximately 1898
Letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Morley's Hotel, London; "My dear Smith It bothers me rather that in writing any installment I have not got a copy of the previous one"
approximately 1901
Manuscript letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Hill House Hotel, Happisburgh; "My dear Smith I think I take a fairly sane view of my own work"
May 14, 1903
Manuscript letter written in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith I have finished "The Adventure of the Dancing Men";
approximately 1903
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Undershaw, Hindhead, Haslemere; "My dear Smith I am naturally very sorry that the Strand should have lost over this"
September 14, 1904
Manuscript letter written in Alfred H. Wood's handwriting. 
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex; "Dear Greenhough-Smith The first of the supplementary "Sherlock Holmes" stories will reach you after Easter"
April 17,1908
Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting. 
Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex; "My dear Smith Congratulations on your Xmas number"
approximately 1910