The Columbian Magazine contains original articles, extracts from books (including a number which are in this catalogue), reviews of books, political
intelligence, poetry and other matter. References to Jefferson occur in addition to the extracts from the
Notes on Virginia already quoted. In the number for March, 1792 (page 166) is An Account of the Sugar Maple-Tree of the United States . . .
In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, Esq. Secretary of the State of the United States, and one of the Vice-Presidents of the American
Philosophical Society, by Benjamin Rush, M.D. Professor of the Institutes, and of Clinical Medicine, in the University of
Pennsylvania. [For this account in this catalogue, see no. 677.]
In October 1792, page 222, is a letter addressed to Jefferson headed Letter from the famous self-taught astronomer, Benjaming Banneker, a black man, to Thomas Jefferson,
Esq. secretary of state. Maryland, Baltimore county, near Ellicott’s Lower Mills, Aug. 19, 1791.
On page 224 is printed Jefferson’s reply, dated from Philadelphia August 30, 1791. The original letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. The printed version has been edited for punctuation,
capitalization, etc. and one interesting change of text. Jefferson’s last paragraph reads: “
I have taken the liberty of sending your almanac to Monsieur de Condorcet. Secretary of the Academy of Sciences at Paris,
and member of the Philanthropic society because I considered it as a document to which your whole colour had a right for their
justification against the doubts which have been entertained of them . . .
”
In the printed version the word
sentiments is substituted for
doubts, so that the sentence reads:
because I considered it as a document to which your whole colour had a right, for their justification against the sentiments
which have been entertained of them.
In the same number, page 241, is an article headed Remarks on the Constitution of the United States, extracted from a series
of Letters, written by Mr. Jefferson.
This consists of an introduction headed Some strictures on the political character and conduct of the secretary of state,
which lately appeared in one of the Philadelphia newspapers, occasioned the publication of these extracts, together with an
introduction, of which the following is a part.
The introduction is followed by extracts from four letters from Jefferson, dated respectively from Paris, December 20, 1787, July 31, 1788, November 18, 1788, and March 15, 1789. The name of the recipient is not given, but they were all addressed to James Madison, and letterpress copies of the letters from which these extracts were made are in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 169, no. 25, Carey’s American Museum, 12 v 8vo.
The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, Prose and Poetical . . . Volume I [-XII.]
Philadelphia: Printed by
Mathew Carey.
m.dcc.lxxxvii. [-
m.dcc.xcii.]
[1787-1792]
AP2 .A2 A8
First Edition. 12 vol. 8vo. With volume VII the title was changed, and read:
The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine: containing Essays on Agriculture--Commerce--Manufactures--Politics--Morals and
Manners. Sketches of National Characters--Natural and Civil History--and Biography. Law Information--Public Papers--Proceedings
of Congress--Intelligence; Moral Tales--Ancient and Modern Poetry, &c. &c. . . .
In Volumes XI and XII, the volume number is omitted, and replaced by For the year 1792. Part I. From January to June, and
Part II. From July to December. Lists of subscribers in the earlier volumes; Jefferson’s name appears in every list except
that in Volume IV.
Sabin 1162.
Evans 20193, 4; 20927, 8; 21649, 50; 22309, 10; 23116, 7; 24045, 6.
References to Jefferson occur in some of the volumes:
Volume I. No. III (March, 1787), page 221: Letter from the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Versailles from the United States, to the
Hon. John Jay, Esquire, Minister of foreign Affairs at New-York, dated May 27, 1786.
Jefferson’s autograph letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.
Page 224 (the next following article): Letter from Mons. de Calonne, Comptroller-General of the Finances of France, to Mr. Jefferson, Minister plenipotentiary of the United
States of America. Fontainebleau, Oct. 22, 1786.
Two manuscript letterpress copies of Calonne’s original letter to Jefferson, in the French language, are in the
