27601To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 6 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
I enclose a letter for Mr Marston, by his request—& likewise some papers, recd. some months since, under an injunction that they should not leave my house. I return them, in order to ascertain whether it be agreeable to you to have them delivered to Mr Clarke, which, without your permission, it wd. be improper to do. I remain, very respectfully, / your obt. hble. servt MHi : Adams Papers.
27602To 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 .
27603To 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.
27604To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 31 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to your directions, I enclose a copy of your speech on Satin —and am, Sir, with due respect your obt. hble. servt. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 9 Apr. and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure not found, but see below. For TJ’s speech on satin , see our editorial note on the First Inaugural Address, printed at 4 Mch.
27605To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 12 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
I take up my pen once more, for probably the last time, on the subject of the present crisis. Many persons suppose that the determination to dissolve the Union, which has been formed by the leaders of the federal party in New England, has arisen from the measures of the last and present administration. It is an utter error, & a belief in it has a tendency to lead to ruinous results. To apply...
27606To 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...
27607To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 21 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
I hope & trust, you will believe that I sit down to trespass on you once more, with no small degree of diffidence & reluctance. There is so strong an appearance, at least, of presumption in an obscure individual obtruding his opinions, liable from his situation to great error, on a chief magistrate whose means of information are so much superior, that nothing short of the alarming explosion...
27608Mathew 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...
27609To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 5 July 1788 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mathew Carey, 5 July 1788. On 21 July GW wrote Carey : “I have been favoured with your letter of the 5th instt.”
27610To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 19 March 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 7th. covering a Check for ten 37/100 Dollars, the amt. of the Books forwarded you some time since, I duly recd. By Capt D. Bensson I sent you on Thursday last, two copies of the New Testament, the best 12mo. Edition printed here. There is an octavo edition, considerably superior. Your obt. hble. servt. Thomas Jefferson, Esqr. president U.S. bot. of M Carey 2 Testements, Long...
27611Mathew 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...
27612To 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 .
27613To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 15 December 1813 (Madison Papers)
That I once more trespass on you, after the failure of all my former applications, will not, I hope, be ascribed to an incorrect or improper motive. It arises from an earnest solicitude for the preservation of the existing order of things—from an apprehension of imminent danger impending—& from a thorough conviction of the efficacy of the means I have pointed out. Never was there a stronger...
27614To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 1 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have had considerable hesitation about a second trespass upon your time & attention. And nothing but the extreme delicacy & difficulty of the existing state of affairs wd. have induced me. The press, one of the greatest blessings of mankind, when properly conducted, has for four or five years been the greatest curse & scourge of this Country, particularly of the New England section of it....
27615To 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....
27616To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 19 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
For five years I have been thoroughly & unalterably convinced that this Country was verging towards anarchy & civil war. And for those five years I have been ardently desirous of the adoption of means of prevention, simple, practicable, efficacious, & incapable of producing ill in any possible event. All my importunity—all my efforts have been in vain, although it required but a single...
27617To John Adams from Mathew Carey, 26 January 1814 (Adams Papers)
By this day’s mail I forward you a Set of the Naval History, which I request You will place in your library, as a mark of respect & esteem from / Your obt. hble servt. I send a Copy for Capt Marston P.S. I have much alarmed myself respecting the probability of a separation of the states. My friends generally are tranquil on the subject. This does not allay my fears. Will you be so good to...
27618To 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...
27619To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 19 June 1788 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Mathew Carey, 19 June 1788. On 25 June GW wrote Carey about his “favor of the 19th.”
27620To George Washington from Mathew Carey, 15 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
The letter which your excellency condescended to favour me with, the 10th inst. has removed every doubt from my mind, respecting my unfortunate letter; yours and it were enclosed under a cover, which was sealed with my cypher. Whether the boy who takes care of the mail, and to whose care the letter was delivered, wilfully tore off the cover, or by carrying it in his pocket, let it be worn off,...
27621To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 25 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
Had the associations which I recommended in my last letter, been adopted fo[u]r or five years since, when they were first urged, they could not, I am persuaded, have failed of success. At that period, the spirit of treason, insurrection, & rebellion, was in its cradle, & might easily have been strangled. It was confined to a few persons, part of them probably in the pay of England, and the...
27622To 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.
27623Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 22 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour with five four Dollars, I have duly Rec d . I enclose 25 cents. By a letter of yours to Charles Thompson , Esq r I find you have been collating the Morality of the New Testament. Do you intend it for publication? If so, w d you be willing to let me have the MS. & on what terms? RC ( MHi
27624To 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...
27625To 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...
27626To Thomas Jefferson from Mathew Carey, 18 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
With this letter you will receive a copy of a new work intended for Schools , which, if your avocations permit, I request you will be so kind to examine. I have compiled it with a view to familiarize to the minds of youth, the grand truths of morals and politics, the latter of which particularly has never had sufficient attention paid to it in School Books. Unless I deceive myself egregiously,...
27627Mathew 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,...
27628To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 25 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 April 1804, Philadelphia. “I have made a contract with Tench Coxe, Esqr. for the delivery of four hundred copies of the Laws U. S. at 7 86/100 Dollars per sett, bound. I shall on Wednesday next deliver 250 copies, & the remainder with as little delay as possible. Having for three weeks to come, a number of very heavy engagements to answer, I shall regard it as a very particular favour, if...
27629Enclosure: Mathew Carey’s Invoice for Books Bought for Thomas Jefferson, 12 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Tho s Jefferson Esq r Bo t of Mathew Carey To Vandale Super Arest $2 Bonnycastle ’s Algebra .50 Potter s Mathematics 1 .25
27630Mathew Carey to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d Your favour of the 27 th ult. & thank you sincerely for Your polite attention to my request . If M r Milligan has the Parliamentary Manual in the press, I shall not interfere with him. I am, respectfully, RC ( MHi ); at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson, Esq r