1To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 24 October 1821 (Adams Papers)
Several times since my return home, I have thought it wd be proper to write you on the subject of the Conversation that took place at your table as both business, & a certain reluctance to resume the subject, have prevented me from enacting this purpose.—Further reflexion has convinced me that justice to myself and to the cause of truth, imposes a duty on me, to vindicate the Olive Branch &...
2To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 3 April 1824 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd & carefully read your favour of the 11th. ult. & confess I regret extremely the view you have taken of the situation of the Country, & the operation of the tariff Bill. It is not a manufacturing question. It is a national one—& all the complicated distress, which, with few exceptions, pervades the Country, arises from regarding it in the former light. Out of an absurd jealousy...
3Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 29 th ult. I have duly rec d . It is now before me. The fifteen Dollars enclosed are duly carried to your credit. The Religious Olive Branch is not yet fairly begun. I was diverted from it by the shameful attack on my Country in that horror-inspiring attack on my Country contained in novel Mandeville, which led me to undertake Vindiciæ Hibernicæ , which I shall publish in...
4To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 3 October 1822 (Madison Papers)
By this day’s mail, I take the liberty of sending you a pamphlet on the policy that prevails in our intercourse with foreign nations —a policy which renders us hewers of wood and drawers of water to the manufacturing nations of Europe. We give the labour of 30, 40, or 50 farmers & or planters for that of one cotton manufacturer. The low price of the produce of the earth, & the glutted markets,...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 17 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to enclose three copies of the first Number of a Set of papers, the design of which, I presume, you can scarcely fail to approve. Should you be able to favour me with any communications towards continuing the plan, I shall be thankful. MHi .
6Mathew Carey to James Madison, 1 November 1829 (Madison Papers)
By this mail, I send you a number of copies of two essays on the protecting System, which I request you will be so good to hand to the Messenger of the Convention to be delivered to the members. I remain, Sir, very respectfully, Your obt hble Servt RC (DLC) . Docketed by JM, with this note: "The delivery disclosed the papers being tracked and likely to be viewed as of a party character."
7Mathew Carey to James Madison, 12 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I send you by this mail some of my recent lucubrations, of which I request your acceptance. I flatter myself into the hope that some of the facts & reasonings on them, will fully establish the soundness of the Hamiltonian System of policy, of which I have been the unceasing advocate for nine years. Until it is fully adopted by this Country, we shall never enjoy the high degree of prosperity...
8To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 6 November 1822 (Adams Papers)
I have recd & read with great pleausre Your very acceptable letter of the 29th ult. Next to the approbation of a man’s own conscience, that of the enlightened part of mankind, is the greatest reward a correct mind can desire. It has been always my object—”laudari laudatis viris.” And I therefore estimate at a high rate the commendation you are so good to bestow on my efforts to promote the...
9To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 28 February 1824 (Madison Papers)
By this mail I send you a copy of a recent pamphlet, which I beseech you by all your hopes of honour & reputation here, & of happiness hereafter, to read with attention—& should it convince you of the deleterious consequences of the miserable policy this Country pursues, that you will try to open the eyes of some of the influential members of Congress to the necessity of a radical change. Very...
10Mathew Carey to James Madison, 27 November 1829 (Madison Papers)
By this Mail, I take the liberty of sending you some essays on the Protecting System, of which I request your acceptance. Their object, & that of some other of my pamphlets is to allay the fermentation that exists in South Carolina & Georgia, wh. is so assiduously excited and kept alive by misguided or wicked men Very respectfully, your obt. hble. Servt RC (DLC) . Docketed by JM.
11To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 22 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of sending by this mail some recent publications, all of my writing, except two marked P & S. the first by R Peters, Esqr the second by Mr Strickland. If you can furnish me with any materials for the Annals, I shall be thankful for them. Respectfully Your obt. hble. servt RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . One of the “recent publications” was [Mathew Carey], Annals of Liberality,...
12Mathew Carey to James Madison, 16 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
Although I know you are borne down with an extensive correspondence, I take the liberty to trespass on you with the annexed letter, not doubting that you must be favourable to the object in view, & also that you must be able to [provide] me with some materials to enable me to carry it into effect. I send by this mail some of my most recent lucubrations, of which I request your acceptance, and...
13Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 26 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to send you a Copy of the Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the protection of National Industry , of which I request your acceptance, & am RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “ Thomas Jefferson Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 3 Feb. 1820 and so recorded in SJL . Carey ’s Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the promotion of National...
14Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Some months since I sent you a copy of my Vindiciæ Hibernicæ, which, I apprehend, must have miscarried; as I have had no acknowledgment of i t. Have you rec d it—as, if not, I shall forward another copy. RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 10 July 1819 and so recorded (mistakenly dated 27 June) in SJL . RC ( DLC ); address cover only; with PoC of
15To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 1 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd your favour of the 25th ult. and have read it with the attention to which the writer & the subject are entitled. You will pardon me for stating that I think you have greatly overrated the difficulties in the way of a sound system of policy for this Country, wh. would cure all its evils, & place it on the exalted ground, to which its immense advantages, natural moral, &...
16Mathew Carey to James Madison, 21 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to send you by this Mail, three numbers of a series of Essays, in which I have undertaken to expose the fallacy & deception of the nullifiers of South Carolina, who, most assuredly, are determined to Separate from the union, "peaceably if they can—forcibly if they must." I am persuaded that the danger is greatly underrated, & therefore greatly increased by our Citizens...
17To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 12 September 1820 (Adams Papers)
I am sorry to inform you that I cannot procure a copy of The Life of Jackson, of wh this Edition is sold out. I send by this mail a copy of the Olive Branch, of which I request your acceptance. The very brief vindication of the work on the American Constitutions, is contained in page 39. I regret that it is so concise. If you have duplicate copies of any of Your recent newspaper or other...
18Mathew Carey to James Madison, 28 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I am given to understand that there will shortly be a vacancy in the Chair of professor of the Classics, & beg leave to present to your view, & to recommend to your support, Mr M. L. Tracie, a gentleman whom I have every reason to believe perfectly qualified to fill the station with credit to himself & advantage to the institution. He had a regular collegiate education in Dublin, & has the...
19Mathew Carey to James Madison, 18 May 1830 (Madison Papers)
I have for many years deeply regretted, that numerous pamphlets, published in Great Britain, admirably calculated to promote the happiness and prosperity of society, are never republished here; and as only a few copies of pamphlets are imported, they are almost altogether unknown to our citizens--I have likewise regretted that many pamphlets and essays of a similar character, written and...
20Mathew Carey to James Madison, 6 August 1830 (Madison Papers)
By this Mail, I send you three numbers of a series of papers, intended to dispel the delusions under which many of the Citizens of the Southern States, particularly in South Carolina & Georgia, labour, respecting the Tariff. I am flattered by my friends into the belief that I have taken impregnable ground. With them I send some other articles of my writing, the whole of which I request you...
21To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 16 May 1821 (Madison Papers)
By this day’s mail, I take the liberty of sending you a set of papers, intended to prove the pernicious effects of our present policy on the best interests of the agriculturists generally. Hoping it may meet with your approbation, I remain, respectfully, Your obt. hble. Servt. RC and enclosure ( DLC ). Addressed in an unidentified hand to JM, and franked. The RC , docketed by JM, is written on...
22To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 26 January 1820 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to send you a Copy of the Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the protection of National Industry, of which I request your acceptance, & am, respectfully, Your obt. hble. servt. RC ( DLC ). Addressed by Carey to JM at Montpelier and franked. Docketed by JM. Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry , 4th ed., (Philadelphia, 1819; Shaw...
23To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 19 September 1820 (Adams Papers)
Your favour of the 9th. I have only recd. & Feel gratified that the note in the Olive Branch is satisfactory. It was an amende honorable, called for not only by justice to you & the valuable work it refers to, but a Regard to my own feelings. I have always regarded the acknowledgment of error as more honourable than the defence of truth. For one person capable of the former virtue, there are...
24To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 16 October 1823 (Madison Papers)
I inclose three copies of No. 1 of a Set of papers, the object of which I trust you can not but approve. Should you favour me with any communications towards continuing the plan, they will be regarded as a favour conferred on Your obt. hble. Servt RC ( PPPrHi ). The enclosure was probably Carey’s To the Citizens of the U. States. No. 1. … (Philadelphia, 1823; Shoemaker Richard H. Shoemaker,...
25To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 26 January 1820 (Adams Papers)
I take the liberty to send you a copy of the Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the protection of National Industry, of which I request Your acceptance, & am, / respectfully, / Your obt. hble Servt MHi : Adams Papers.
26To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 5 June 1824 (Madison Papers)
You will, I doubt not, have the goodness to pardon the liberty I take, in the present letter, from the motives which lead to it, to serve a valuable citizen, & to promote the utility of some one of the great public institutions in your state, devoted to education on a large scale. Mr. John Saunderson, of this city, whom I regard as eminently qualified for a professorship of the learned...
27To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 22 April 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose you N o 1 & N o 2 of Annals of Generosity, & c of which I request your acceptance. I am in want of materials for this little work. If you can supply me with any, I shall regard to as a favour. MHi .
28Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
By this day’s Mail, I forward you a set of papers on the subject of the pernicious tendency of our present policy on the best interests of the agriculturists generally. Hoping it may meet with your approbation, I remain, respectfully RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “ Thomas Jefferson , Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 27 May 1821 but recorded in SJL as received a day...
29To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 17 November 1827 (Madison Papers)
I send you by this Mail, and request Your acceptance & (if leisure permit) your perusal of some of my lucubrations, on a subject which has occupied three fourths of my thoughts & time, for nearly nine years—i.e. the best means of promoting “the wealth, power & resources” of the nation & the happiness & prosperity of its Citizens. In these labours I had no personal interest to serve, as I never...
30Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 3 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
At length, I have finished (but in a very imperfect manner) my Vindiciæ Hibernicæ, of which this mail will convey you a copy, which I Request You will accept as a mark of my respect. I shall take the liberty in a few days to send you three or four more copies, to be placed in public libraries in your neighbourhood, if any such there be. RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; torn at seal; at...
31Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 1 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
You will excuse, I hope, the liberty I take in requesting information, of some importance in a discussion in which I am engaged. Can you inform me what was the situation of the people of Virginia , & the other southern states, respecting their engagements to the merchants of Great Britain previous to the Revolution ? Were they not, generally, deeply in debt? Was not the balance as generally...
32Mathew Carey to James Madison, 9 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to submit the annexed circular to your consideration, with a hope that you may find leisure to furnish me with some materials for the plan it unfolds. There is a wonderful change in the spirit of the nation since the revolution. We have become a sordid people. Money & office are our Gods. It is desirable to erect a mound against the further progress of this miserable...
33To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 15 October 1822 (Adams Papers)
By this day’s mail, I send you a copy of the second Edition, improved & enlarged, of the “Facts & observations, illustrative of the past & present situation & future prospects of the U.S. and am, / Very respectfully, / your obt. hble. servt MHi : Adams Papers.
34To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 1 December 1821 (Madison Papers)
I am writing some essays on the situation & policy of this Country, previous to the revolution—and am desirous of obtaining information on the following points. Was the balance of trade between Great Britain & the southern Colonies, particularly Va. against the latter? Was there a heavy balance due from the Colonies to Great Britain? Can you form any idea of the amount? Your obt. hble. servt....
35To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 26 June 1821 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd your kind favour of the 26th ult. which want of leisure has prevented me from answering earlier. Next to the delightful & cheering testimony of a man’s own Conscience, in favour of any course of conduct, is the approbation of gentlemen of high standing, of full capacity to judge, & free from the suspicion of another bias. It is not therefore extraordinary that I prize very...
36To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 24 November 1821 (Adams Papers)
When I wrote you last, I had not only considered the contents of the letter to which I replied—& therefore deem it necessary to make some addition to it On the subject of the Western insurrection, the Olive Branch contains some animadversions, sufficiently caustic, as I am persuaded you will allow, if you examine them. But had I been wholly silent on this tender topic, it wd. have been no...
37To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 19 February 1824 (Madison Papers)
By this Mail, I forward you three pamphlets, of which I request your acceptance—& am respectfully, Your obt. hble. servt RC ( DLC ). These pamphlets have not been identified.
38To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 21 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
I enclose two Numbers of a new series of papers, intended to shew the ruinous policy pursued by this Country whereby our resources are lavished to support the industry & governments of foreign nations. Will you have the goodness to inform me what is the present state of tobacco planting generally in Va.? Whether it remunerates the labours of the planter, & affords him a handsome interest for...
39To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 18 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I enclose two copies of a new set of papers of which I request your acceptance. Phi MHi .
40To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 6 October 1827 (Madison Papers)
A very great error has escaped me the Essay on Slave Labour, which I forwarded you yesterday, and which I wish you to destroy. I send a number of corrected Copies to replace them—and am, respectfully Your obt. hble. servt RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . Carey omitted “in” here.
41To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 5 October 1827 (Madison Papers)
By this mail, I send you 30 copies of an essay on a subject of vast importance to your state, & to the southern states generally. I request you will circulate them as widely as possible. Some errors may probably be found my estimate—but will not, I am persuaded, affect the general result. I likewise send a few other articles, of which I request your acceptance. I retired from business nearly...
42Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 16 October 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 6 th which I duly rec d is before me. I feel the justice and propriety of the objection you make to comply with my request on the subject of Baines , which was manifestly incorrect, and which I hope you will have the goodness to excuse. I was induced to make it at the urgent instances of Rev. M r Weems , contrary in truth to my own opinion of right. It is not the first, by...
43Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 17 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
By this day’s mail, you will receive the Carpenter’s Price Book . I hope to be able in a few days to forward the Vindiciæ Hibernicæ. RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “ Thomas Jefferson , Esq r ”; endorsed by TJ as received 30 Mar. 1819 and so recorded in SJL . carpenter’s price book : the House Carpenters’ Book of Prices The House Carpenters’ Book of Prices, and Rules for...
44To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 23 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to enclose you six copies of the first number of a set of papers, which I have commenced. Should you find it convenient, to furnish any matter to support the plan, it will be thankfully rec d by MHi .
45To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 26 February 1824 (Adams Papers)
I send you by this Mail, & request your acceptance of, some of my recent publications, in the defence of the only true interest of the Country, so lamentably ill understood by our statesmen. The flattering approbation, with which you have honoured some of my efforts in this great & glorious cause, induces me to hope that these will prove acceptable. I remain, very respectfully, / Your obt....
46To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 12 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
I enclose you some numbers of Hamilton—& hope, when you have given the subject a full and complete consideration, that you will agree that there is but one way to insure the prosperity & happiness of the Country, and that is by adopting the restrictive and protecting system which has elevated Great Britain to the towering height where she has stood for half a century, so far beyond what her...
47To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 22 April 1825 (Adams Papers)
I take the liberty of enclosing you five numbers of a little work, which I have undertaken with a view to encite a spirit of liberality, generosity & patriotism. If you can furnish me with any materials for this work, I shall regard it as a favour. Respectfully Your obt. hble. Servt MHi : Adams Papers.
48To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 13 December 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd your favour of the 7th. I now send you a dozen Copies of two Essays on a subject of deep importance to the welfare of the southern states, of which I have printed 1000 for gratuitous distribution. I shall have far more disciples on this subject, to the south than on the Tariff, although I am fully persuaded my doctrines on the latter subject are fully as correct as on the...
49To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 25 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
By this mail, I send you two copies each of No. 2 & 3 of Hamilton, new series. No. 1 was forwarded some time since. For the sake of your country and your reputation, I beseech you reflect deeply on this subject—& I hope you will see there is but one course can save our country—that is, adopting the policy which has wrought wonders for Great Britain, France & every country which has followed...
50Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 18 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Daniel Drew , who will probably deliver you this, has applied to me for a letter of introduction, as a candidate for a situation, which, I understand, is at your disposal. He has taught in my family for some months, & has conducted himself with the most perfect propriety. His deportment & manners are wholly unexceptionable. In a word, my impressions of him are highly favourable. You will,...