Mr. Lincoln to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
London, July 3, 1891.
(Received July 14.)
No. 488.]
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the
Department’s cablegram of the 1st instant, as follows: “Copyright
proclamation today includes British subjects,” and to inclose the copy of a
note which I thereupon addressed to the Marquis of Salisbury on the
subject.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 488.]
Mr. Lincoln to Lord
Salisbury.
Legation of the United States,
London, July 2,
1891.
My Lord: With reference to your lordship’s note
of the 16th ultimo, informing me of the status of the law of copyright
in force in all the British Possessions, in respect to the acquisition
of its benefits by citizens of the United States of America, I have the
honor to acquaint you that I lost no time in communicating the same to
my Government, and I have now the pleasure of notifying to your lordship
that on yesterday, the 1st instant, it was determined by the President
of the United States, by proclamation, that the first condition
specified in section 13 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891,
in relation to copyright, is now fulfilled in respect to British
subjects.
I will have the honor of transmitting to your lordship a copy of the
above-mentioned proclamation as soon as it arrives by post.
I have, etc.,