Ralph Ingersoll Lockwood (1798 Greenwich – 1855 New York City)[1] was an American political writer, lawyer and novelist.[2] Lockwood was one of 136 signatories to an 1838 petition to Congress on the matter of copyright and intellectual property.[3] He also wrote under the pseudonym "Mr. Smith".[4] Lockwood's nephew, Ingersoll Lockwood, was a lawyer and writer.[1]
Ralph Ingersoll Lockwood | |
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| Born | 1798 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 1855 (aged 56–57) New York City, U.S. |
| Pen name | Mr. Smith |
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| Relatives | Ingersoll Lockwood (nephew) |
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The Insurgents. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard (1835)[5]
- Rosine Laval
Political writings
edit- An Address to the Republicans and People of New-York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Upon the State of Presidential Parties
Legal works
edit- An analytical and practical synopsis of all the cases argued and reversed in law and equity : in the Court for the Correction of Errors of the state of New York, from 1799 to 1847 : with the names of the cases and a table of the titles, &c
- Essay on a national bankrupt law
- A treatise on the law of husband and wife : as respects property : partly founded upon Roper's treatise, and comprising Jacob's notes and additions thereto, with John Edward Bright, Edward Jacob and R S Donnison Roper
References
edit- ^ a b Holden, Frederick A. and Lockwood, James (1889). Descendants of Robert Lockwood. Colonial and Revolutionary history of the Lockwood family in America, from A.D. 1630, pp. 702–704.
- ^ Henry Clay (5 February 2015). The Papers of Henry Clay: Presidential Candidate, 1821–1824. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 845–. ISBN 978-0-8131-5669-9.
- ^ Melissa J. Homestead (17 October 2005). American Women Authors and Literary Property, 1822–1869. Cambridge University Press. pp. 63–4. ISBN 978-0-521-85382-8.
- ^ T.J. Carty (3 December 2015). A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language. Routledge. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-135-95578-6.
- ^ Robert A. Gross (1993). In Debt to Shays: The Bicentennial of an Agrarian Rebellion. University of Virginia Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-8139-1354-4.