1Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 5 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of 28 th inst. is rec d We had supposed that M c Mahon’s Gardening was forwarded per mail, when ordered by you, but upon examination, we find that the package had not been forwarded. It is now sent per mail, & we hope will arrive safe.— Baron Grimm’s Memoirs cannot be obtaind obtained here either in French or English.—We can readily obtain it for you from London or Paris .—The...
2Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 18 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour requesting an Ex’ of Baines ’s wars was rec d some time since, & we must beg you to excuse our not having attended to it earlier, but it entirely escaped us— It is now shipped to care of Capt Peyton , Richm d As you requested, & we hope it will reach you in safety— RC ( MHi ); in the hand of a representative of Mathew Carey & Son ; dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “Hon. Tho s
3Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Having just rec d some copies of the small Bible ordered by you, some time since, we now forward one, & remain resp y RC ( MHi ); in the hand of a representative of Mathew Carey & Son ; between dateline and salutation: “ Tho s Jefferson Esq”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from the elder Carey
4Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 21 September 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
By last Mail, we took the liberty, which we hope you will excuse, of sending you a Volume of a very interesting work , which we have an idea of publishing, with such corrections & alterations as may be found necessary. The editorship is undertaken by a literary gentleman, whom we believe fully competent to do it justice. Our wish is, if you should deem it right, to be favoured with a very...
5Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of 21 st inst. came to hand yesterday with fifty dollars for w h please to accept our thanks— Agreeably to your directions we have forwarded the above books per mail, w h we hope will come safely to hand.— The price of Walsh ’s American Register 2 Vols. is $6— We shall forward next week, per mail, an extensive Supplement to our Catalogue, w h is now in the press— M. Carey & son ✓ ...
6Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
By this day’s mail we forward Virgil , & by in a few days we will forward V. Romæ & M c Mahon — We rec d yesterday a few Law Books from London , among which were nine of Bridgman , one of which we have this day forwarded to care of
7Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, [8 January 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour with order came to hand yesterday, & we have this day packed for you in 3 paper parcels, the books in the Invoice prefixed.—As they make but 3 very small parcels, we have thought it adviseable to forward the whole per mail, instead of sending to Richmond as you desired.—Hope this will Meet your approbation .— Our catalogue is now completed, & by tomorrow’s mail we shall forward...
8Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 23 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of Jan. 18 th is this day rec d — as is that of the Per covering fifteen dollars , which is placed to your credit.— Per this day’s mail, we forward Asserius , & shall send per first vessel to care of Capt. Peyton , a paper parcel containing the others.—
9Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 13 July 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the request made by Yo u sometime since we now hand you statement of ℀ , & remain, very respectfully, RC ( MHi ); on a sheet folded to form four pages, with letter on p. 1, enclosure on p. 3, and address on p. 4; in the hand of a representative of Mathew Carey & Son except where noted below; dateline at foot of text; addressed (in the hand of a different representative of the...
10Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of 28 h ult. we have duly, rec d &, agreeably to your request, have forwarded the above Per Mail. Hon. Thomas Jefferson Bot of M Carey & Son 1 Griesbachs Greek Testa t 8 vo $2.50 1 Improv d Version of New Testam
11Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 28 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of 18 th inst. came duly to hand, & in compliance with your request, we now forward the above— There is not a copy of Sophocles or Antoninus in the city . Of the former we shall have some within a week, & will immediately forward it. The acc t at the same time shall be sent by Between dateline and salutation: Hon Tho s Jefferson Bo t of M Carey & son
12Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 18 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 8 th we have duly Rec d The Books in question have been regularly forwarded according to order—& we have no doubt will shortly reach your hands. They were forwarded to care of in a box to F. A. Mayo , Richmond , Jan 13. on which day, Capt Peyton was advised that such a parcel was addressed to his care.—
13Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 5 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour addressed to mr M.C. who is now absent on a trip to the North, came to hand Yesterday with Twenty five dollars enclosed.—The surplus of $1.75 is placed to your credit, as the disc t off Virginia notes is but small.— We shall order Baxter ’s Hume immediately from London — Of the Conversations on Chemistry there is no 8 vo edition, but a much improved 12
14Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Enclosed we hand you statement of ℀ for the past year, & remain RC ( MHi ); in the hand of a representative of Mathew Carey & Son ; between dateline and salutation: “ Hon Tho s Jefferson ”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from Mathew Carey received 24 Jan. 1819 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure not found.
15Enclosure: Invoice of Books for Thomas Jefferson Purchased from Mathew Carey & Son, 8 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Hon. Tho s Jefferson Bo t of M. Carey & Son N o 798 1 Register of Officers 1.50 2202 1 Worrall
16Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 19 November 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of 28 th ult. should have been earlier Answered, but that we have had some difficulty in obtaining the work required.—Vol 1—is now sent per mail, & the remainder shall go as requested— Agreeably to your request we Send statem t of ℀ . & remain T. Jefferson Esq, Bo t of M Carey & Son Thompson ’s Bible 4 Vols— $10 RC
17Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Mathew Carey & Son, [ca. 13 July 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
D r Tho s Jefferson Esq r in A/C with M Carey & son C r 1819 1819 Mar 19
18Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 30 March 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 13 th was rec d on the 18 th & on the 26 th we forwarded the above by the Mail, which we hope you will have rec d previous to the arrival of this We have no reason to believe that the French Book you mention has been translated in England . When Baxter ’s work arrives, it shall be forwarded by T. Jefferson
19Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
We hope you will have the goodness to excuse the long delay of an answer to your favour on the subject of Baxter ’s Edition of Hume ’s England. The arrangements of our business are incompatible with the undertaking such a work at present. Should any new plan take place, we shall give the subject that serious consideration, to which the high character you bestow on the work entitles it...