Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 18 September 1819
To Mathew Carey
Monticello Sep. 18. 19.
Dear Sir
I have to request you to send me the under written books, only 1. vol. a week of 8vos or 2. vols a week where 12mos beginning with the Sophocles which is most immediately w[anting] this caution is to prevent overburthening our village mails1 I have entirely lost sight & recollection of the state of our accounts. be so good as to send it to me and it shall be duly attended to. I salute you with great respect and esteem.
Th: Jefferson
Francklin’s Sophocles, or any other translation English or French.
mrs Carter’s translation of Epictetus.
a translation of Antoninus’s comment[ar]ies, Eng. or French.
PoC (DLC); on verso of reused address cover of Louis H. Girardin to TJ, 21 Mar. 1819; two words faint; adjacent to signature: “Mr M. Carey”; endorsed by TJ.
1. Preceding nine words interlined.
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- Carey, Mathew; and books for TJ search
- Carey, Mathew; letters to search
- Carter, Elizabeth; translatesStoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus) search
- Epictetus (Greek philosopher); Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (trans. E. Carter) search
- Francklin, Thomas; translatesThe Tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek (Sophocles) search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with Mathew Carey & Son search
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180), Roman emperor; writings of search
- Sophocles; The Tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek (trans. T. Francklin) search
- Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus; trans. E. Carter) search
- The Tragedies of Sophocles, from the Greek (Sophocles; trans. T. Francklin) search