JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Autograph letter signed twice ("Th: Jefferson," in third person) as Secretary of State, to Philadelphia publisher Matthew Carey (1760-1839), 26 March 1791. 1 page, 4to, laid down on paper, some chipping along left edge away from text . JEFFERSON CULTIVATES AN INFLUENTIAL PHILADELPHIA EDITOR AND PUBLISHER A note to one of the most colorful publishing figures in the Federal Era: "Th: Jefferson's compliments to Mr. Carey and incloses him [not present] a N. Carolina newspaper containing convention between the two states of Virginia & N. Carolina, submitting to Mr. Carey whether it be not worth a place in his museum. Th:Jefferson has been told that the same convention is complete in the act of Virginia, of about 1786. But he does not possess that act." North Carolina's boundary with Virginia had been a problem ever since Carolina broke away from Virginia to become a separate colony in 1712 (it became a royal colony in 1729). The dispute would continue into the early 20th century, as the two state governments battled for control of fertile tobacco fields and profitable river routes to the sea. Jefferson's eagerness to feed Carey this material is part of his ongoing courtship of this important editor. A political and religious refugee from Ireland, the Catholic Carey had been jailed for sedition after one of his papers printed a cartoon showing Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer swinging from a gallows. Franklin and Lafayette befriended him on the Continent, and these connections recommended him to Jefferson once he came to America. Carey's publication, the American Museum, was initially pro-Federalist, but the French Revolution pushed him over to the Jeffersonian side, so much so that the Adams administration threatened him with a prosecution under the Alien and Sedition Act. Although not always in tune with each other on matters of religion and politics, Jefferson and Carey shared an abiding passion for the "diffusion of knowledge," and the creation of a distinctive American culture, free from the overbearing influences of Europe. Carey's ever expanding publishing business spread Bibles, almanacs, dictionaries, and periodicals throughout the new nation. He also published Mason Weems's biography of George Washington. Not in Papers , ed. Boyd, and presumably unpublished.
JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826). Autograph letter signed twice ("Th: Jefferson," in third person) as Secretary of State, to Philadelphia publisher Matthew Carey (1760-1839), 26 March 1791. 1 page, 4to, laid down on paper, some chipping along left edge away from text . JEFFERSON CULTIVATES AN INFLUENTIAL PHILADELPHIA EDITOR AND PUBLISHER A note to one of the most colorful publishing figures in the Federal Era: "Th: Jefferson's compliments to Mr. Carey and incloses him [not present] a N. Carolina newspaper containing convention between the two states of Virginia & N. Carolina, submitting to Mr. Carey whether it be not worth a place in his museum. Th:Jefferson has been told that the same convention is complete in the act of Virginia, of about 1786. But he does not possess that act." North Carolina's boundary with Virginia had been a problem ever since Carolina broke away from Virginia to become a separate colony in 1712 (it became a royal colony in 1729). The dispute would continue into the early 20th century, as the two state governments battled for control of fertile tobacco fields and profitable river routes to the sea. Jefferson's eagerness to feed Carey this material is part of his ongoing courtship of this important editor. A political and religious refugee from Ireland, the Catholic Carey had been jailed for sedition after one of his papers printed a cartoon showing Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer swinging from a gallows. Franklin and Lafayette befriended him on the Continent, and these connections recommended him to Jefferson once he came to America. Carey's publication, the American Museum, was initially pro-Federalist, but the French Revolution pushed him over to the Jeffersonian side, so much so that the Adams administration threatened him with a prosecution under the Alien and Sedition Act. Although not always in tune with each other on matters of religion and politics, Jefferson and Carey shared an abiding passion for the "diffusion of knowledge," and the creation of a distinctive American culture, free from the overbearing influences of Europe. Carey's ever expanding publishing business spread Bibles, almanacs, dictionaries, and periodicals throughout the new nation. He also published Mason Weems's biography of George Washington. Not in Papers , ed. Boyd, and presumably unpublished.
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