1To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 6 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I Send you, by this day’s Mail, the first Volume of the Journal of Las Casas, I will forward the Others Successively. I am with the highest Consideration & respect MHi .
2To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 27 June 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I Sent you, on the 20 th inst t , A Nautical Almanac for 1823 & One for 1824. I forward, By this day’s Mail, Jno Bailey’s Phadrus, 8 vo , London Edit. 2 d hand, they are the only Copies I Could Obtain in all the city. the Book not being used in Our Schools, has not been reprinted here, this Accounts for its Scarcity & the price. Agreeably to your request, I, herein, inclose Your Account. DLC :...
3John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 9 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I have placed to your Credit the $15= inclosed in your letter of the 30 th ult o , leaving a balance in your favor of $1–3/100 if I receive, or Can procure for you, Planche ’s Lexicon Fr. & Gr., I will forward it to you immediately You will find, herein, a list of a few Books of our last importations, which may deserve your attention I am with the highest Consideration & respect RC ( DLC: TJ...
4John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of the 11 th inst t came to hand, a few hours after M r Dufief’s departure from Philadelphia . I have forwarded it to him, yesterday, by Ship Andrew, bound to Liverpool . According to your previous request, I have, at length, Succeeded in procuring, for you, a copy of Enfield’s History of Philosophy; the work is not to be had in any Bookstore, & it is only by accident that it has...
5John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
My last letter to you was written & forwarded on the 1 st of April, it has been delayed by the fault of Some of the Post Offices. The Potter ’s Euripides, I offered to you, was the Only one in the City, & is, as well as Woodhull ’s, bound Calf extra, which is the Cause of their high prices. I Shall have in September or October next Potter ’s Euripides in boards, & will be able to afford it at...
6To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 29 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I Sent you, by this Morning’s Mail, the first Volume of Gillian’s Aristotle, & Will forward the Second on Friday next. the two Volumes. 8 vo Calf b d are $ 8.50—the Price is high, but the Work is Very Scarce & this Copy the only One I Could obtain. I have paid to M r A. Laeeland the Am t of your Small Bill. Four Additional Volumes of Las Casas’s Memorial have been published, here, Since May...
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Laval, 16 April 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
After diligent inquiry, I have ascertained that no bookseller, in Philadelphia, has received a Copy of Las Casas in french, I have reason to doubt that any has been sent to this country. the Count de Survilliers (Napoleon’s Brother) to whom, generally all new publications of the kind are addressed, has none, & I do not know that any Edition of the Original has ever been printed. I can supply...
8John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 5 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The Dio Cassius , mentioned in my letter of the 9 th of Oct r ult o , & the only one I have, is in Sixteens or 16 mo , of the Size of the inclosed leaf on Which the latin title is copied, Well printed on Good type & Good paper, all Greek, except two titles, at the head of each volume, one latin & the other greek, & the Summa Capita in latin, Without notes. being desirous to offer you a choice...
9John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
On the 12 th inst t , I have Sent on board the Sch r Hannah Elizabeth , a Small Box Cont g the 17 Vols of Corresp. litt. du B. de Grimm , directed to your Address, Care of Cap t B d Peyton to whom I forwarded, on the 14
10John Laval to Thomas Jefferson, 3 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
having determined to reduce Our Stock of Books, now on hand, Which I find too extensive for the present demands of the Country, I offer to you, at a Small advance on the Cost, All the Works you May Wish to obtain for your Library I have Nautical Almanacs for 1820 & 1821, & More than a thousand volumes procured Since the publication of our Catalogue Sales are So dull that I can not raise, out...