The box from bookseller Joseph Milligan probably contained four items, the first two of which were published by Milligan: (1) Maria Edgeworth, The Modern Griselda: A Tale (Georgetown, 1810). (2) Edgeworth, Moral Tales for young people, 3 vols. (Georgetown, 1811). (3) Alexander von Humboldt, Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, 2 vols., trans. John Black (New York, 1811; Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 4158). (4) vol. 3 of Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology: or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, 9 vols. (Philadelphia, 1808–14; Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 1022). See account enclosed in Milligan to TJ, 2 Dec. 1811.