91To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 25 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 April 1804, Philadelphia. “I have made a contract with Tench Coxe, Esqr. for the delivery of four hundred copies of the Laws U. S. at 7 86/100 Dollars per sett, bound. I shall on Wednesday next deliver 250 copies, & the remainder with as little delay as possible. Having for three weeks to come, a number of very heavy engagements to answer, I shall regard it as a very particular favour, if...
92To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 9 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 April 1804, Philadelphia. “Some time since I submitted to the legislature of the United States propositions for furnishing them with 4 or 500 copies of the Laws of the United States, at the rate of One dollar per volume in sheets, exclusive of the binding, which I engaged to have done for 31 cents per volume. An act, I find, has been passed on the subject, for receivi⟨ng⟩ 400 copies, & an...
93To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey and Others, 19 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Having received information of the death of John W. Vancleve, Commissioner of Bankruptcy for the district of Pennsylvania, We beg leave to recommend Robert Porter of this place, to your attention as a suitable person to fill the vacancy. Mr. Porter was a First-Lieutenant in the army of the United States, in the revolutionary War—After the establishment of our Independence, he applied himself...
94To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 24 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Well knowing how much you are liable to be persecuted with the applications of the vain, the idle, and the interested, and how many important objects must necessarily occupy your mind, I hope you will believe that nothing short of the magnitude of the subject on which I presume to address you, could have forced me to trespass on you. For a considerable time past, it has been strongly impressed...
95To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, [on or before 29 June 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
Amidst the numerous objects which demand from you unceasing attention, it requires an apology to obtrude on you any business of a private nature. However your regard for the interests of literature will probably induce you to excuse me in the present instance. I have in the press an American pocket Atlas , which I expect to be able to publish early next month. In the former edition I gave the...
96To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 31 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your directions, I enclose a copy of your speech on Satin —and am, Sir, with due respect your obt. hble. servt. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 9 Apr. and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure not found, but see below. For TJ’s speech on satin , see our editorial note on the First Inaugural Address, printed at 4 Mch.
97To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 17 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
With my most Sincere Congratulations on the train of recent & gratifying events, I request the acceptance of the enclosed, from him who is with due respect & esteem, your obt. hble. Servt P.S. A few unimportant errors escaped in the former Editions. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 19 Mch. and so recorded in SJL ....
98To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 18 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
With this letter you will receive a copy of a new work intended for Schools , which, if your avocations permit, I request you will be so kind to examine. I have compiled it with a view to familiarize to the minds of youth, the grand truths of morals and politics, the latter of which particularly has never had sufficient attention paid to it in School Books. Unless I deceive myself egregiously,...
99To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 1 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
Having begun some of the maps of the united states, for my edition of Guthrie, and supposing it probable that you are possessed of materials that might be very serviceable, I take the liberty to request, if you have any such, that you will favour me with a communication of them, which will confer a particular obligation on, Sir, your obt hble servt P.S. I am now engaged in New Jersey &...
100To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 15 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
The letter which your excellency condescended to favour me with, the 10th inst. has removed every doubt from my mind, respecting my unfortunate letter; yours and it were enclosed under a cover, which was sealed with my cypher. Whether the boy who takes care of the mail, and to whose care the letter was delivered, wilfully tore off the cover, or by carrying it in his pocket, let it be worn off,...
101To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 4 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
In the bitterness and anguish of my soul, I sit down to exculpate myself from the charge contained in your excellency’s letter of the 31st ult. Though I have read it several times over, I cannot, owing to some ambiguity in the expression, tell whether you were offended with my returning your letter—with the contents of mine—or whether the latter was not broken open, and handed to your...
102To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 27 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
In imitation of the example you set me, I decline burning your letter. I enclose it. I am sorry that severe necessity impelled me to extort a secret from you, which I was no more desirous to pry into, than you could be to communicate. It shall not escape me. Whether I shall be able to steer the A.M. thro’ the surrounding difficulties, remains yet a matter of doubt with me. If it be at all...
103To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 18 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
About twelve months ago, I took the liberty to request of your excellency a little temporary assistance in the prosecution of a work which I am induced to believe of no small public benefit. Circumstances at that time precluded a compliance with my request. I have since carried on the publication with considerable success, improved the plan, and, at a great expense, by sending an agent through...
104To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 21 April 1789 (Washington Papers)
In the prosecution of the American Museum—a work which your excellency has honoured with the most flattering approbation —I have begun & mean to continue a series of documents & public papers, respecting the most interesting circumstances, skirmishes, and battles of the revolution. For want of better resources, I am obliged at present frequently to recur to that corrupted publication, the...
105To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 20 October 1788 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mathew Carey, 20 Oct. 1788. On 27 Oct. GW wrote to Carey acknowledging “yours of the 20th of this month.”
106To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 5 July 1788 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mathew Carey, 5 July 1788. On 21 July GW wrote Carey : “I have been favoured with your letter of the 5th instt.”
107To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 19 June 1788 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mathew Carey, 19 June 1788. On 25 June GW wrote Carey about his “favor of the 19th.”
108To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 30 March 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mathew Carey, 30 Mar. 1785. On 20 April GW wrote to Carey : “I have received your letter of the 30th Ulto.”
109To Benjamin Franklin from Mathew Carey, [before 20 November 1782] (Franklin Papers)
AL : American Philosophical Society This brief undated note, Carey’s first extant letter to Franklin and the only one we know that either man sent the other during the year Carey lived in France and worked for Franklin as a printer, has bedeviled the editors of these papers since we first considered publishing it in Volume 31. The dating of this letter hinges on when Carey was actually in...