Enclosure: Invoice for Books Ordered for the Library of Congress, 8 March 1804
Enclosure: Invoice for Books Ordered for the Library of Congress
London March 8. 1804
G W Erving Esqr.
| Bought of J Johnson | ||
| 1 Wards History of Laws of Nations 2 V | 18.— | |
| 1 Rymers Fœdera 10 Vols | 15. | 15.— |
| 1 Brokes Abridgment | 14.— | |
| 1 Pickerings Statutes 43 Vols | 36. | —— |
| 1 Berthelson’s Danish Dicty. 2 V | 3. | 3.— |
| 1 Swedish & English Dicty | 3. | 3.— |
| 1 Lyes Saxon Dicty 2 V | 4. | 4 |
| 1 Ebers German & English Dicty 5 Vols | 5. | 5— |
| 1 Abridgment of Cases in Equity 2 V | 2. | 16 |
| Case 13/6 Bills Lading 4/ Primage 2/6 | 1. | —— |
| Cartage & Shipping | 7.6 | |
| Duty & Entry | 2. | 7.6 |
| £75. | 13.0 | |
| ⅌ the Betsy Wm Auld for Baltimore to the Collector Marked S. U.S.A. Washington |
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| Discount, being for a public Library, & for prompt payment ten ⅌ct |
7. | 11— |
| £68. | 2.0 | |
MS (DLC: TJ Papers, 139:24006); in an unidentified hand.
Erving likely acquired for the Library of Congress the second edition of the swedish and English dictionary published in Sweden in 1757 (Jacob Serenius, An English and Swedish Dictionary: Wherein the Generality of Words and Various Significations Are Rendered into Swedish and Latin [Harg and Stenbro, Sweden, 1757]).