Mathew Carey letters, 1802-1832.

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Mathew Carey letters, 1802-1832.

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The collection consists of fifteen letters, 1802-1832, chiefly about Carey's Philadelphia publishing concerns or writing, including three letters to Nicholas Biddle, and letters to Nicholas LeFavre, about the financial strain felt in publishing the 1802 edition of his Bible; to John M. O'Conner, including a statement of accounts; to bookseller Joseph Robinson, including an invoice; to Sarah Josepha Hale, about a drama; to Joseph R. Chandler, asking for a loan of $750.000; to Thomas H. White, about an article he had written and expected to have been published; to W.W. Woodward, about printing school Bibles with Psalms; to his son Henry C. Carey, about his expenses; two letters to Webster & Skinners describe a statement of accounts and an exchange of stock; a letter to Joseph O'Connor is written on Carey's list of books for sale, No. 3, 1 July 1817. Many include integral envelopes.

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879

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Sarah Josepha Hale, née Sarah Josepha Buell, (born Oct. 24, 1788, Newport, N.H., U.S.—died April 30, 1879, Philadelphia, Pa.), American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes and thoughts of women of her period. Sarah Josepha Buell married David Hale in 1813, and with him she had five children. Left in financial straits by her husband’s death in 1822, she embarked on a literary career. Her poems were printed over the signature Cornelia in local journal...

O'Conner, John M.,

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Carey, Henry Charles, 1793-1879

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Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844

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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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Webster & Skinners

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Woodward, William Wallis

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Robinson, Joseph, 1787-1863

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M. Carey & Son

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Chandler, Joseph R. (Joseph Ripley), 1792-1880

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B. Kingston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1872, d. Philadelphia, July 10, 1880, journalist, congressman, editor, president of Girard College, U.S. Minister to the Two Sicilies, 1858-1860; interested in prison reform, was delegate to International Prison Congress held in London in 1872. From the description of Letter to R.S. Beardsley, 1847 October 21. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56830985 Joseph Ripley Chandler (1792-1880) served in the United States House of Representat...

Le Favre, Nicholas

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