John Stockdale to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1786
From John Stockdale
Piccadilly 8th. Augt. 1786.
Sir
I duly received your two Orders for which I return you my sincere thanks, the whole of which is executed excepting one Copy of McIntosh[’s] Travells, which is entirely out of print. The List of the Books sent in a Box directed to you at Paris, is on the other side, which I have Book’t at the Mess. Beam, Piccadilly, this day and they will set out for Paris to Morrow. There is no more of Soulés History of the War, except 2 Volumes, nor is it at all likely that there will ever be any more. I have had some thoughts of printing your Work in England, which is highly spoke of except those parts that relate to our Country, but I had some doubts wether it wou’d sell sufficient to defray the expences. At a convenient oppertunity shall be glad to have your opinion on it. I am with great Respect, sir Your much oblig’d & very hble. Servt.,
John Stockdale
His Excy. Thos. Jefferson
| 1786. | Dr. to John Stockdale | |||
| Aug. 18th. | Homers Ilias & Odyssia Greek | |||
| 2 vols. folio bd. | 2 | 4 | ||
| Schrevellii Lexicon | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2 Capper’s Travels bound | 12 | |||
| 1 McIntosh’s Travels bd. | 18 | |||
| Price’s Observations on do. | 2 | 6 | ||
| Andrew’s History of the War 4 vols. bds. | 1 | 10 | ||
| Bells Shakespeare No. 25 to 32 | 12 | |||
| Cooke’s Littleton Pt. 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| American War No. 25 to 28 | 4 | |||
| Jeffery’s Historical Chart | 10 | 6 | ||
| Priestley’s Biogl. Chart | 10 | 6 | ||
| Description of do. | - | — | - | |
| Evans’s Map of the Middle Colonies | 2 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
N.B. The Bookseller will not sell the description of the Chart separate, nor will he make the book perfect, but if you will at another opertunity specify the Pages Wanting I will endeavour myself to get them at the booksellers.
J.S.
RC (MHi); endorsed. Noted in SJL as received 13 Aug. 1786.