1From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 6 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Th Jefferson presents his compliments to Mr. Cary and will thank him if he can advise him of the address of his brother John Cary, whom he presumes to be still in London PoC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ.
2From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 27 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Carey, and incloses him the price of the two testaments which he found here on his return to this place. MH .
3From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 26 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson’s compliments to Mr. Carey and incloses him a N Caroli[na] newspaper containing a convention between the two states of Virginia and N Carolina and submitting to Mr. Carey whether it be not worth a place in his Museum. Th: Jefferson has been told that the same convention is complete in the ac[t] of Virginia of about 1786, but he does not possess the act. RC not found but sold at...
4Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 27 January 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
The Parliamentary Manual, originally compiled for my own personal use, was printed on the supposition it might be of use to others, and have some tendency to settle the rules of proceeding in Congress , where, in the lower house especially they had got into forms totally unfriendly to a fair extrication of the will of the majority. no right over it was therefore wished to be retained over it...
5Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 11 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the copy of your New Olive branch, which you have been so kind as to send me. you have taken the right road to solve the great question which is the subject of it, by bringing it to the test of figures. age and ill health have obliged me to abandon all such speculations, and to resign myself to the care of the authorities of the day, which I do with equal chearfulness and...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 2 April 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Matthew Cary, & will be obliged to him if he can inform him how to address a letter to his brother John Carey in London, as he does not know the street, number &c where he would be found. RC ( NN ); addressed: “Mr. Matthew Carey 118. Market street.” Not recorded in SJL . According to SJL on 2 Apr. 1798 TJ wrote a letter to John Carey “at mr....
7Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 28 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
In a letter of Oct. 6. I requested the favor of you to send me Griesbach ’s Greek testament, the 8 vo & full edition, and The New testament in an improved version on the basis of Newcome ’s translation which, altho’ published in Boston , I supposed could be had in Philadelphia . hearing nothing of them I conjecture they are either forgotten or not to be had in Philadelphia . I would rather...
8Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 31 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July 13. was recieved on the 21 st inst. and I now inclose you 25.D. in bills of the bank of Virginia as none of the US. are to be had here. the surplus of 1.75 may cover the discount perhaps. I presume you import from time to time books from England , and should be glad if on the first occasion you would write for a copy of Baxter ’s history of England for me. and if there be an...
9Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 18 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have to request you to send me the under written books, only 1. vol. a week of 8 vos or 2. vols a week where 12 mos beginning with the Sophocles which is most immediately w anting this caution is to prevent overburthening our village mails 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...
10Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 19 June 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been longer inattentive to my little account with you than I ought perhaps to have been expecting the arrival of Baxter ’s history & the publication of the American edn of Sinclair ’s code, formerly desired. I correct the omission by now inclosing you 10. Dollars on account. looking over your letters & mine they mention only the Nautical Almanacs 5.D. & Conversations in Chemistry (price...
11Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 1 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved in due time your favor of Jan. 23. and the work of Asserius also by mail. Hutton & Guicciardini will doubtless arrive ere long. the amount of these is stated at 17.75 D and I now inclose you 25.D. in bank bills of the US. presuming to request you to pay to mr Dobson my subscription for the 2. volumes of the American register, which he, I believe has printed. I will thank you for a...
12Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 28 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after the date of my letter of the 21 st I recieved Bridgman ’s Index safely, and had taken for granted M c Mahon was coming with it. but as it did not come, I presume it has either been forgotten or is lodged by the way. in either case I ask your information & attention to it; and further that you will be so kind as to inform me whether a copy of Baron Grimm ’s memoirs (16. vols 8 vo )...
13Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 13 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I must ask the favor of you to send me by mail 2. copies of the Nautical Almanacs for the present year, and 2. also of the next year if already to be had. the English editions are best printed, but if none on hand, Blount ’s edition of N. York will do. I formerly wrote to you for S r John Sinclair ’s book of Agriculture; but I observe that mr Skinner of Baltimore is about publishing an...
14From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 12 January 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved some time ago your favor by Doctr. Carey together with the American Monitor , for which be pleased to accept my thanks. I have no doubt of it’s utility as a school-book as soon as the pupil is so far advanced as to reflect on what he reads, and that I believe is in an earlier stage than is generally imagined. I concur with you in the importance of inculcating into the minds of young...
15Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 6 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Sep. 21. reached me on the 28. and the book which is the subject of it had come to hand by the preceding mail. both found me recovering from a long indisposition, and not yet able to set up to write, but in pain. the reading a 4 to volume of close print is an undertaking which my ordinary occupations and habits of life would not permit me to encounter: nor under any...
16Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 9 February 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the copy of the Olive branch you have been so kind as to send me. many extracts from it which I had seen in the newspapers had excited a wish to procure it, but the effecting this had been prevented by the difficulty of making small or fractional remittances to Philadelphia and especially since the bank bills of the different states have ceased to be recievable in all others. a...
17Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 21 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The miniature Bible came safely, and Bridgman and M c Mahon are arrived at Richmond and are now on their way here. the Viri Romae came also safely but was lost by an accident soon after it’s arrival, wherefore I must ask another copy of the same edition with a dictionary at the end. I inclose you 50. Dollars which, covers my balance if I keep our account right. but there is the article of the...
18Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 10 February 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to m r Carey and his thanks for the copy of the 2 d edition of Clark’s Naval history which has come safely to hand. he is happy to find that mr Clark is continuing the work, and ensuring to us the preservation of the facts as they occur. he has recovered more of those of the Revolutionary war than had been deemed practicable. Th:J. salutes mr Carey with...
19Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 28 October 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson has recieved from mr Carey the Epictetus of mrs Carter & the Sophocles of Potter ; and prays him to send him by mail, Charles Thompson ’s translation of the old & new testament, volume by volume, a week apart to avoid burthening our village mail, beginning with the 1 st vol. he had rather have them unbound in boards than bound. he salutes him with friendship & respect. RC
20Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 15 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 8 th with the bill of the cost of the books sent , 14.75 and I now inclose you 15.D. as fractional sums cannot easily be passed between us let them always stand in account. with your letter came the Register, Worrall , Newcome , & Ray
21Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 16 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I was very unlucky indeed in being in time for so small a portion only of the books I had wished of D r Priestly ’s library. there was one in particular ( Benson ’s Saxon Vocabulary) I would rather have given double price for than have missed. the amount of the 3. vols on their way to me being 3.75 D I inclose you 4.D. in Virginia bank notes, which I understand pass with you. the difference of...
22From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 7 March 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The books you were so kind as to send me came safely to hand, & I now inclose you a draught on the Philadelphia bank of the US. for 10 D 37½/100 the amount. you mentioned to me that there was a tolerably decent edition of the New testament in 12mo. to be had at Philadelphia. you will oblige me by sending me 2. copies any time within a month, as I am about to be absent that long. Accept my...
23From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 3 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Cary; since speaking on the editions of the N. Testament, he has found that mr Reibelt of Baltimore has a French 12mo. edition for which he has accordingly written . he will therefore trouble mr Cary, only for the Greek & English editions which mr Cary said could be had in Philadelphia, and the 8vo. edition of the bible lately published in...
24From Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 4 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your favor of April 24. and am duly impressed with the truths it contains. I am satisfied that truth & reason can maintain themselves, without the aid of coercion, if left free to defend themselves. but then they must defend themselves. eternal lies and sophisms on one side, and silence on the other, are too unequal. the public mind is neither well enough informed of all facts,...
25Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 18 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I The copy of the catalogue you first sent me came only to the 200 th page. in the latter part of that now rec e ived I find those underwritten which I will pray you to send me. Asserius may come by mail, but the other three volumes I would prefer to have sent by some vessel bound to Richmond . if addressed to Cap t Bernard Peyton of that place he will pay freight & forward them to me. Accept...
26Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 11 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Carey and his thanks for the copy of his Vindiciae which came to hand safely and in due time. the demands on his time by letters more numerous than his present enfeebled existence can meet, occasions sometimes a tardiness in the acknolegement of favors which he neverth e less highly values. he prays mr Carey to accept this as his apologey apology ,...
27Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 11 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
The enquiries in your letter of the 1 st inst. I am not able to answer with exactness from regular documents, but I reco llec t well enough the general fact that this state was heavily indebted to the merchants of Gr. Britain before the revolution that the balance of trade was against us and I suppose the debt and balance were growing with the growth of the population: since the revolution I...
28Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 10 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return after an absence of 3. or 4. weeks her I find here your favors of Apr. 11. and 18. the miniature bible and and the books which came thro Cap t Peyton . I will pray you now to send me the 3. books below mentioned, and also to bear in mind a former request of Chipman ’s book
29Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 29 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favors of the 13 th and 18 th reached me both on the 24 th and I now inclose you 15.D. in bills of the US. bank to cover the balance of 14.75 D stated in your account. I observe that Baines ’s History is merely what it’s title announces, that of the Wars of the French revolution. he consequently passes over in 20. or 30. pages the preliminary troubles of France which produced those wars,...
30Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 11 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Carey to forward him by mail a copy of the House carpenter’s book of prices printed by him in 1812. it is of importance to us as being the standard to which we refer for prices in our contracts for all the buildings of our University . he salutes mr Carey with esteem & respect. RC ( MWelC ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “M r Matthew Carey Philadelphia
31Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 11 [November] 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve here (where I pass a good deal of my time) your favor of Oct. 22. covering a Prospectus of a new edition of your Olive branch : I subscribe to it with pleasure, because I believe it has done & will do much good, in holding up the mirror to both parties, and exhibiting to both their political errors. that I have had my share of them, I am not vain enough to doubt, and some indeed I...
32Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 22 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The reverend mr Weems called on me a few days ago on the subject of your letter of Oct. 6. and recieved the same answer which I had given to yourself in mine of the 25 th in the course of our conversation however I mentioned to him that there was indeed a history of England which, could we get it reprinted, I would risk the presumption of inviting the attention of readers to it, meaning...
33Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 29 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The catalogue you were so kind as to send me has come safe to hand. we are not yet so far advanced in our Collegiate institution as to be able to commence the establishment of a library: but I see on the catalogue some books which I will ask the favor of you to send me. they are noted below . the Worral & miniature bible will come safer & quicker by mail if well wrapped in strong paper. the...
34Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 19 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the copy of mr Clarke’s Sketches of the naval history of the US. which you have been so kind as to send me. it is a convenient Repertory of the cases of that class, and has brought to my recollection a number of individual cases of the Revolutionary war which had escaped me. I recieved also one of mr Clarke’s circulars asking supplementory communications for a 2 d edition. but...
35Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 13 October 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you for the copy of the 6 th edition of your Olive branch, which you have been so good as to send me . I am glad to see that it grows in size and demand: and in compliance with the invitation of your printed letter of the 4 th inst. which is also recieved, I will notice a circumstance in your Appendix which may be worthy of correction in the new edition proposed. in page 400 . the...
36Thomas Jefferson to Mathew Carey, 1 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Correa has favored me with a copy of your catalogue of D r Priestly ’s library, on which I have found the articles underwritten , which I will pray you to forward to me, or such of them as remain on hand, to Richmond to the address of Mess rs Gibson & Jefferson merchants there, who will pay the freight. I believe there are few weeks or days without a vessel sailing from Philadelphia for