1From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 16 April 1819 (Adams Papers)
Yesterday I recd. from the post Office your vindicia hibernicae and I feel myself under great obligation to you for it, there is not a Subject upon which the attention of mankind can be turned to more advantage and your enterprise in this publication does not less honor to your choice than to the natural patriotic affections of your heart. I have always esteemed and admired the Irish Nation as...
2From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 9 February 1820 (Adams Papers)
I had not sufficiently thanked you for your great Work—The Vindicie Hybernice, when I received your favour of the 26th. Janry. With the Valuable present of Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the Protection of National Industry—for which again I thank you— Under the necessity which I am, of borrowing Eyes to read, and hands to write, It is utterly impossible for me to take any useful...
3From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 9 September 1820 (Adams Papers)
By the last Post I received your Olive Branch—And by this days Post, your Letter—you are loading me with favours—for which I can make you no return, but empty thanks—For these my heart is full— I observe the page 39—and you may well suppose it gave me pleasure—I have this week received a letter from a Gentleman I never knew—confessing that he had printed a series of papers more than twenty...
4From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 24 May 1821 (Adams Papers)
On the 22d of the month I received the letter you did me the honour to write me on the 16th.—“The Sett of Papers the object of which is to prove that our present Policy is highly pernicious to the best Interests of the Cultivators of the Soil,” is not yet arrived.” It would not be difficult to prove, that the Policy of this Country is erroneous in Several particulars. We have an uncertain a...
5From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 30 October 1821 (Adams Papers)
I have received your favour, and thank you for it—I should have written to you before but St Anthony has sent his subtarranan fires into my eyes— so that I have not been able to write or read—a word.—The little sparring at my table was alltogether my fault, and I ask your pardon; I did not give the opinion as my own but as the general opinion of this part of the Country—The facts as generally...
6From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 3 March 1822 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your appeal to common sense & common honesty which I really think is a valuabl and important service to the nation. You have marshaled stubborn facts against plausible theories with triumphant success. It is however no easy task to reconcile a vigorous commerce with profitable manufacturers. This can be done only by a tariff which can be formed only by a minute knowledge of the...
7From John Adams to Mathew Carey, 29 October 1822 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for the new edition of your works on our state & prospects, you are deserving well of your country for your indefatigable exertions to preserve & improve her liberties her comforts her wealth prosperity honor & glory. Your ideas of political economy, are so conformable to my own that I always hear your works read with peculiar pleasure, but my faculties of mind & body are so...
8From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 11 February 1820 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of Jany. 26. with copies of the addresses of the Philada Societies for the protection of the National Industry; for which I return my thanks. Such a mass of valuable information on a subject deeply interesting to the public must be acceptable even to those whose opinions would qualify some of the inferences deduced from it. The occasion reminds me of the...
9From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 26 May 1821 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 16th. inst: which was followed by the printed Sheets to which it referred. Of these I can not say less than that they exhibit the same extent of statistic research, the same condensation of ideas, and the same tone of disinterested patriotism, which have been remarked in other publications from the same pen. The subject which they discuss has been so ably...
10From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 12 December 1821 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 1st. inst. and am sorry that neither my memory, nor my knowledge goes far enough back to furnish the desirable answers to your questions, whether and to what amount, the balance in the trade with G. Britain was against the colonies, particularly Virginia previous to the Revolution. That the ordinary balance was unfavorable cannot be doubted, and the limit to...
11From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 21 February 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the copy of the “Appeal to common sense and common Justice” which you were so good as to send me. And I have since received one of your letters inviting observations on it. It would be impossible for me to do justice, even to my own view of the subject within the time limited, were the attempt permitted by engagements of other sorts. It is I believe not unknown to you that I...
12From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 25 October 1822 (Madison Papers)
An absence from home with some pressing avocations since my return have delayd. thus long my acknowledgment of your’s of the 3d. inst; and of the pamphlet on our commercial policy, which is another proof of your disinterested zeal on an important subject. You have placed in a strong light the evils necessarily resulting from the excess of our importations over our exportations, and the...
13From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 29 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 21st. inclosing two numbers of your new Series of papers; & I wish I could in return furnish the desired information on the subject of Tobo. planting in Virga. The labour & land employed on the culture of Tobo. are so blended with what are employed on other crops, and the cultivated land moreover bears such various proportions of quantity & value, to the...
14From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 11 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
Yours of Feby. 28. was duly recd. with the pamphlet referred to; and I add to my thanks for it, those due for the several previous communications with which you favored me. They afford continued proofs of the ability & public spirit which you have exerted on the subject them and I can not be insensible to the friendly & flattering terms in which you invite a public exposition of my views of...
15From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 11 June 1824 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of June 5th. in behalf of Mr. Saunderson came duly to hand. I have so much confidence in your judgment of his character & scholarship, that I should feel a pleasure in forwarding his views of turning them more to his own account as well as that of others. But I know too little of the condition or wants of the Seminaries in this State, other than its Embryo University, to venture on...
16From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 12 May 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 22. Ult: with the several printed Sheets sent with it. It is very gratifying to observe the prospect of internal improvements expanding as it is under the emulating auspices of the several States, and the co-operating patriotism of enlightened Citizens. No Country more than ours admits of improvement by artificial roads & Canals; nor can it be doubted either that...
17From James Madison to Mathew Carey, 7 December 1827 (Madison Papers)
Since the receipt of your two letters of the 5 & 6th. of Ocr. a third with additional proofs in the manufacturing cause, has called for my acknowledgts. I now pray you to accept them for the whole. Your second letter arrived in time, for the destruction of the documents accompanying the first; and I have disposed of the corrected ones as occasions offered, & shall do the same with those last...
18James Madison to Mathew Carey, 3 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your favr. of Apl. 12 came duly to hand, with the little pamphlets accompanying it: for which I return my thanks with the arrears due for those formerly sent me. Having never read the Memorial of the Boston Merchants, and may not be an admitted Judge of the performance your facts, & the remarks founded on them certainly press very hard on the authors. Your letter just recd. recommending Mr....
19James Madison to Mathew Carey, 1 November 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd. the pamphlet with which you lately favored me whilst I was in Richmond where the attention due to it was prevented by that demanded by my public situation. I can not now return my thanks without alluding to the impression made by the ability which pervades the several articles composing the publication. The views presented in som of them cannot fail to have a favorably effect in the...
20James Madison to Mathew Carey, 27 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
private I have recd. your favour of the 21st. with your commencing address to the Citizens of S. Carolina. The strange doctrines and misconceptions prevailing in that quarter are much to be deplored; and the tendency of them the more to be dreaded, as they are patronized by Statesmen of shining talents, and patriotic reputations. To trace the great causes of the State of things out of which...
21Thomas 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...
22Thomas 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
23Thomas 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...
24Thomas 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...
25Thomas 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
26Thomas 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...
27Thomas 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 )...
28Thomas 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...
29Thomas 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...
30Thomas 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...
31Thomas 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,...
32Thomas 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
33Thomas 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 ,...
34Thomas 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...
35Thomas 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
36Thomas 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...
37Thomas 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...
38Thomas 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...
39Thomas 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...
40Thomas 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...