1Thomas 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...
2Thomas 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...
3Thomas 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...
4Thomas 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...
5Thomas 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...
6Thomas 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...
7Thomas 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 )...
8Thomas 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...
9Thomas 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...
10Thomas 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...