a contrast between the qualifications of Adams and Jefferson for the Presidency, under the heading Serious Consdierations,
Why John Adams should not be Elected President.
Vol. II, No. VIII, page 321; Jefferson’s claims to the Presidency considered in an article headed Presidential Election, addressed
to the Republican Citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, dated from Lancaster, September 17, 1800.
The volumes contain numerous articles of interest to this catalogue, including: extracts from Callender’s
Prospect Before Us
, from Arthur Young’s
Travels
, from Thomas Cooper’s
Political Arithmetic
, George Hay’s
Essay on the Liberty of the Press
, and others.
James Lyon was at one time in fairly frequent correspondence with Jefferson, and, on October 26, 1801, wrote that he was almost in despair of being able to continue his business. He tried to raise a loan of 500 dollars to go in with
Dr. Dinmore, who on May 28 sent a printed circular letter to the postmasters announcing the merging of the
National Magazine and the
Cabinet
under his management.
For Jefferson’s copy of the
Cabinet, and his opinion of Lyon, see no. 553.
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Cary’s Museum for 98.
1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 26, Carey’s Museum, for 1796,
[
sic
--
Ed.
] 8vo.
The American Museum: or, Annual Register of Fugitive Pieces, Ancient and Modern. For the Year 1798 . . . Printed for
Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, By
W. & R. Dickson,
Lancaster.
June 20,
m.dcc.xcix
. [1799]
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First Edition. 8vo. 122 leaves, folded table inserted at the beginning exhibiting a View of the Number of Persons convicted of
all capital and certain other Crimes.
Sabin 1162a.
Evans 35105.
Jefferson’s copy was sent to him by Tench Coxe, to whom he wrote from Washington on February 11, 1801: “
Your favor of Jan. 25. came to hand some days ago, and yesterday a gentleman put into my hand, at the door of the Senate chamber,
the vol. of the Amer. Museum for 1798. as no letter accompanied it I took it for granted it was to bring under my eye some
of it’s contents. I have gone over it with satisfaction . . .
”
This was the only volume published. In his preface, dated from Philadelphia, June 20, 1799, Mathew Carey states:
This work, like that which I published some years since, under the same title, is intended to serve as a repository for valuable
newspaper essays, and pamphlets, which, from the perishable form wherein they appear, would otherwise probably sink into oblivion.
The selection of political essays, was attended with some difficulty. I saw I was in danger of being too much influenced by
the natural and unavoidable bias in favour of those opinions and principles which I held myself. I used every effort to avoid
this error . . .
If this coup d’essai
be favourably received, I shall publish a continuation of it yearly.
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Repository.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 170, no. 29, The Repository, 2 v 8vo 1788.
The Repository; containing various Political, Philosophical, Literary, and Miscellaneous Articles. Published in Numbers, which
will appear successively on the first and sixteenth of every month . . .
London: Printed by
W. Justins, No. 35, Shoemaker-Row, Blackfriars; and sold by
C. Dilly, in the Poultry;
W. Nicoll, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard;
T. Hookham, in New Bond-Street; and
J. and T. Egerton, Whitehall.
m,dcc,lxxxviii
. [-Volume the Second. Part the Second . . .
London: Printed by
John Rider, No. 36, Little-Britain; and sold by
Richardson, Royal-Exchange;
Hookham. New Bond-Street;
Egertons, Whitehall; and
Stalker, Stationers-Court, Ludgate-Street.
mdcclxxxix
. [1788, 1789.]
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