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- Creator
- Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
- Call number
- MssCol 4157
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Mathew Carey papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher and political economist. Papers consist of correspondence and invoices related to Carey's publishing and bookselling ventures, as well as his magazine, the American Museum. Some letters refer to discussions of economics, and there is one circular letter from the Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement of the Commonwealth, of which Carey was a member
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Subjects
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Publishers and publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328