Mathew Carey papers 1788-1833

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Mathew Carey papers 1788-1833

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Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and political economist. Papers consist of correspondence and invoices related to Carey's publishing and bookselling ventures, as well as his magazine, the American Museum. Some letters refer to discussions of economics, and there is one circular letter from the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement of the Commonwealth, of which Carey was a member

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Mathew C. Carey (1760-1839) was a publisher, economist, and humanitarian. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to America in 1784, after involvement in Irish revolutionary activity. He took up his trade as a printer, publishing the Pennsylvania Herald and the periodical, The American Museum. His book publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing in the period 1795-1835. He was an active proponent of the protective tariff, as well as an ardent cha...