Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 14 January 1815
From Mathew Carey
Philada Jan. 14. 1815
Sir
By this day’s mail I send you a copy of the Olive Branch, of which I request Your acceptance, & am,
Your obt hble servt
Mathew Carey
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Esqr”; endorsed by TJ as received 30 Jan. 1815 and so recorded in SJL.
The work sent to TJ by this day’s mail was probably the 9 Jan. 1815 second edition of Carey’s The Olive Branch: or Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic. A Serious Appeal on the Necessity of Mutual Forgiveness and Harmony, to save Our Common Country from Ruin (Philadelphia, 1815; no. 3539).