1To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 27 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I Sent you, on the 20 th inst t , A Nautical Almanac for 1823 & One for 1824. I forward, By this day’s Mail, Jno Bailey’s Phadrus, 8 vo , London Edit. 2 d hand, they are the only Copies I Could Obtain in all the city. the Book not being used in Our Schools, has not been reprinted here, this Accounts for its Scarcity & the price. Agreeably to your request, I, herein, inclose Your Account. DLC :...
2John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 28 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your directions, I have addressed to you, Care of Cap t Bernard Peyton ; Commission Merchant, Richmond , per Schooner Robert Burns , which was to sail on the 23 d & has been Cleared only yesterday, One Bundle ; well wrapped up in Quadruple paper, Containing: Lempriere ’s Classical Dictionary, 8 vo , bound in Sheep $5
3John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 9 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have placed to your Credit the $15= inclosed in your letter of the 30 th ult o , leaving a balance in your favor of $1–3/100 if I receive, or Can procure for you, Planche ’s Lexicon Fr. & Gr., I will forward it to you immediately You will find, herein, a list of a few Books of our last importations, which may deserve your attention I am with the highest Consideration & respect RC ( DLC: TJ...
4John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of the 11 th inst t came to hand, a few hours after M r Dufief’s departure from Philadelphia . I have forwarded it to him, yesterday, by Ship Andrew, bound to Liverpool . According to your previous request, I have, at length, Succeeded in procuring, for you, a copy of Enfield’s History of Philosophy; the work is not to be had in any Bookstore, & it is only by accident that it has...
5John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
My last letter to you was written & forwarded on the 1 st of April, it has been delayed by the fault of Some of the Post Offices. The Potter ’s Euripides, I offered to you, was the Only one in the City, & is, as well as Woodhull ’s, bound Calf extra, which is the Cause of their high prices. I Shall have in September or October next Potter ’s Euripides in boards, & will be able to afford it at...
6John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your Order of the 11 th instant , I have put in the Post-Office, to be forwarded by to-Morrow’s Mail, Scapula ’s Lexicon, Edition of 1616 (Well wrapped in Strong Paper) Price $ 8 Sanxay ’s Lexicon Aristophanicum , 1811, 8 vo ; was published as a Supplement to Brunck ’s Edition of Aristophanes
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 29 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I Sent you, by this Morning’s Mail, the first Volume of Gillian’s Aristotle, & Will forward the Second on Friday next. the two Volumes. 8 vo Calf b d are $ 8.50—the Price is high, but the Work is Very Scarce & this Copy the only One I Could obtain. I have paid to M r A. Laeeland the Am t of your Small Bill. Four Additional Volumes of Las Casas’s Memorial have been published, here, Since May...
8To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 16 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
After diligent inquiry, I have ascertained that no bookseller, in Philadelphia, has received a Copy of Las Casas in french, I have reason to doubt that any has been sent to this country. the Count de Survilliers (Napoleon’s Brother) to whom, generally all new publications of the kind are addressed, has none, & I do not know that any Edition of the Original has ever been printed. I can supply...
9John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 5 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The Dio Cassius , mentioned in my letter of the 9 th of Oct r ult o , & the only one I have, is in Sixteens or 16 mo , of the Size of the inclosed leaf on Which the latin title is copied, Well printed on Good type & Good paper, all Greek, except two titles, at the head of each volume, one latin & the other greek, & the Summa Capita in latin, Without notes. being desirous to offer you a choice...
10John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 12 th inst t , I have Sent on board the Sch r Hannah Elizabeth , a Small Box Cont g the 17 Vols of Corresp. litt. du B. de Grimm , directed to your Address, Care of Cap t B d Peyton to whom I forwarded, on the 14
11John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
having determined to reduce Our Stock of Books, now on hand, Which I find too extensive for the present demands of the Country, I offer to you, at a Small advance on the Cost, All the Works you May Wish to obtain for your Library I have Nautical Almanacs for 1820 & 1821, & More than a thousand volumes procured Since the publication of our Catalogue Sales are So dull that I can not raise, out...
12John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 23 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not Planche ’s Greek & French Dictionary, &, notwithstanding all my researches, I could not procure it for you in any Store of the City. I inclose your Account , the balance of which is $13–97/100, after deducting 28/100, due to you on your last remittance. I am with the highest consideration & respect, RC ( DLC ); with FC of TJ to Laval, 30 Sept. 1821 , on verso; endorsed by TJ as...
13John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 23 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have Sent, by this Morning’s Mail, the Nautical Almanac for 1819 ($1–50/100) no English Edition Could be had in Philadelphia . M r Dufief is detained, in London , to attend the Sale of a fourth Edition of his F. & E. Nature Displayed. he has Sent, from England & France , a large assortment of Books in different Languages & Branches of Literature, & Amongst them, a Considerable Number of rare...
14John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 22 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have Sent by yesterday’s mail, wrapped up in Strong paper, the first volume of Æschyllus ; the 2 d will be forwarded, as you direct, on the 28 th — This work is printed on handsome paper, with beautiful types, & ornamented with fine Engravings—Price———$8= RC ( DLC ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 4 Aug. 1819 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with...
15John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 2 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your letter of the 28 th ult o , I received this afternoon, & forward, by this Day’s Mail, the Two first volumes of Dio Cassius , &, on Saturday next, I Will Send you the Two Others. RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 10 Feb. 1822 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to William P. Smith, 22 June 1824, on verso; addressed: “
16To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 6 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I Send you, by this day’s Mail, the first Volume of the Journal of Las Casas, I will forward the Others Successively. I am with the highest Consideration & respect MHi .
17To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 24 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
My Correspondent in London informed me, in June last, that Russell’s view of education & Baxter’s history of England were entirely out of print, and Girard’s plan of education could not be procured in any of the Bookstores. I was so much mortified with my want of success that I have delayed, from day to day, to impart to you this unfavorable answer. I ask your pardon for my neglect, but can...
18John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your Order of the 12 th inst t I have deposited in the Post-Office, to be forwarded by to-morrow’s mail, the first Volume of Potter ’s Euripides , Russia Calf, $10= the 2 d Volume will be Sent, according to your direction, on the 24 th — I am with the highest Consideration & respect RC (
19To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 5 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been prevented, to this day, by indisposition, from informing you that, agreeably to your desires, I have ordered from London, on the 20 th of December Ult o . Gerard’s Plan of education in the Marischal College & university of Aberdeen, with the reasons of it printed by Chalurers of Aberdeen; also Baxter’s history of England, the 8 vo edition, if any has been printed, if not & then...
20John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 10 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I delivered, on the 10 th of May , to Cap t Richard Davis of the Schooner Lydia Davis of Richmond , a Small Bundle containing the Books you demanded by your letter of the 26 th of April . I wrote, on the 11 th
21To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 20 September 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
At the receipt of your letter of the 16 th Ult o , I made the most diligent inquiries for Russel’s A view & , &, not being able to find it in any book House of Philadelphia, I wrote to Several persons in Baltimore, New-York, Boston & Portsmouth to do their utmost to procure it for you. My Correspondents have been rather dilatory in imparting their Want of Success, this accounts for my having...
22John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 1 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I Sent you, by this Morning’s Mail, Potter ’s Æschyllus, 1 Vol. 8 vo boards, London Ed $2.50 I Sold, two weeks Since, the only copy I had of Potter ’s Euripides, 2 vols 8 vo boards for $6–75=; &, after having ransacked all the Bookstores in the City, Only One Copy Could be found, bound Calf Extra, for Which they ask $10=, Which I Shall not Send, unless you order it. There is No Æschyllus,...
23To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 19 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Account is credited with $10= inclosed in your letter of the 11 th inst t , leaving a balance of $3.75 in your favor— I have disposed of several copies 8 vo of Laplace’s Systeme du monde , the only one I can procure, now, is a 4 to sewed, 456 pages; Paris 1813, for $6= I don’t send it for fear it might not meet your Approbation, as you order a copy 8 vo —if, for want of an 8 vo , this 4...
24John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 11 May 182[2] (Jefferson Papers)
The Schooner Lydia Davis Sails to Morrow, She is the first Opportunity that has offered, for Richmond , Since the receipt of your letter of the 26 th ult o . Agreeably to your direction, I delivered, yesterday, to the Cap t ( Richard Davis ) one Small Bundle, to your address & to the Care of Col. Peyton , Containing the Books you ordered, — amounting, as per Bill inclosed
25John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received from Col l Peyton , your Correspondent in Richmond , a Draft on the Bank of U.S. for Thirty one Dollars & fifty seven Cents Which I have placed to your Credit. RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; adjacent to dateline: “ Thomas Jefferson , Esq.”; endorsed by TJ as received 14 July 1822, but recorded in SJL as received two days earlier.
26To James Madison from John Laval, 19 February 1821 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inform you that the fourth Edition of Nature Displayed is just published: the Cause of the delay of the publication, until this period, is the long absence of Mr. Dufief from the U.S. I forward you, by this day’s Mail, the first Volume, & Shall transmit, by the next, the Second of the Copy for Which you paid four Years Since. I am With Consideration & respect Sir, Your very...
27Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with John Laval, 11 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson , Esq. Bought of J. Laval , for the late concern of N. G. Dufief Feb. 2. Dio Cassius , 4 vols. 18 o sewed. Ed. Leipsic .
28Enclosure: John Laval’s List of Books and Prices, [ca. 9 October 1821] (Jefferson Papers)
Appien , traduite du texte Grec. par J. Combes-Donous —3 vols. 8vo sewed $7 . 50 Appian ’s History, translated by Davis , folio. bound 10 . 00 R. Stephani Thesaurus. Latinæ Linguæ, 4 vols. folio. bound 50 . 00 Sir W
29Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Nicolas G. Dufief, 23 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
T. Jefferson Esq. 1820 To N. G. Dufief March 31. Potter ’s Aeschylus, 1 vol. 8vo bds . $2. 50. May 17 Aeschylus Gr. & Lat. 18 o