Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress, one signed De Calonne, the other (a draft) unsigned. There is also an article headed Observations on the letter of M. de Calonne to M. Jefferson dated Fontainebleau Oct. 22, 1786, 3 pages in the handwriting of William Short, signed Copy. W. Short, Secry. The Jefferson papers contain also a printed version of the letter, 5 pages, 8vo. with signature A. See no. 2303.

The version here printed in The American Museum is a translation into English.

Volume II. No. I (July, 1787), page 83: Letter from Mr. Jefferson, minister plenipotentiary from the united states at the court of Versailles, to Dr. David Ramsay. Paris, October 27, 1786.

A letterpress copy of this letter (written by Jefferson when his wrist was broken) is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.

No. V (November), page 492: Extract of a letter from his excellency Thomas Jefferson, minister plenipotentiary at Paris, to the reverend president Stiles, of Yale college, dated Paris, September 1, 1786.

An autograph letterpress copy of this letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress.

Vol. III. No. I (January, 1788), page 92: In the section devoted to Poetry, the first poem is addressed to “the People of Virginia, on New-Year’s day, 1788,” and contains the lines:

Him, in vain, we call from far,

Second splendor, other star,

Light and glory of the age,

Jefferson, the learned sage!

Yet a name adorns our state,

Great as modest, good as great,

Though unnam’d, illustrious far,

Pride of peace and strength of war!

No. IV (April, 1788), page 368: Letter from mr. Lambert counsellor of state and of the council royal of finance and commerce, comptroller general of the finances of France, to mr. Jefferson, minister plenipotentiary for the united states of America, at the court of Versailles. Versailles, Dec. 29, 1787.

The first paragraph reads: “I have the honour, sir, to send you a copy of an arret passed in council, for encouraging the commerce of the united states of America in France. I shall furnish you with a number of others as soon as they shall be printed.”

This letter is followed by the arrêt, headed: An act of the king’s council of state, for the encouragement of the commerce of France with the united states of America. December 29, 1787.

The original manuscript of Lambert’s letter is in the Jefferson papers in the Library of Congress, together with the enclosure, the printed arrêt. The arrêt has the French and English texts in parallel columns, with imprint, A Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1787, and occupies 8 pages, with a woodcut headpiece.

Volume V. (May 1789), page 493: Extracts from “an enquiry into the causes of the present grievances of America.” Published in Wilmington, Delaware.--P. 257.

The opening paragraph reads: “The only American author who has written against manufactures, is mr Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia. I shall quote his observations, upon which I shall make some remarks . . .”

The article occupies four and a quarter columns, is signed Brutus, and dated from Newcastle, May 15, 1788. ( To be continued.)

Mathew Carey, 1760-1839, was one of the founders of The Columbian Magazine in 1786, but left it in 1787 to begin The American Museum, which he continued until 1792. It contained original articles and extracts from the works of the outstanding authors of the day, including Thomas Paine, John Trumbull, Philip Freneau, Francis Hopkinson and a number of others.

This work is not entered by Jefferson in his manuscript catalogue, which lists only the volume for 1798, q.v. The entry in the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue has the annotation 3d vol. missing., which is printed in the entries in the later catalogues. This third volume is also reported missing in the manuscript list of missing books made at a later date.