Details

Subjects:

Publishers and publishing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Booksellers and bookselling.
Publishers and publishing.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Form/Genre:

Diaries.
Manuscripts, American.
Manuscripts, Digital.

Biography/History:

Philadelphia publisher, economist and humanitarian. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Carey came to the United States in 1784 and spent most of his professional career in Philadelphia. His publishing ventures prospered and his firm was a leader in American printing and publishing from 1795 to 1835. He volunteered, along with his friend Stephen Girard, to serve on the committee of health during the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic of 1793. He became an ardent champion of oppressed minorities in Europe, especially after his retirement from business in 1821.

Summary:

Personal diary of Mathew Carey with handwritten entries dating from November 13, 1822 to June 16, 1826 with many gaps. First entry for November 13th starts on last page of diary, continues in the front. (Dates on front cover are incorrect.) It appears that two pages have been sliced out between the last entry for June 1822 and the first entry for October 1822. Overall coverage is as follows: November 13, 1822; December 15.1822; March 11, 1823 to June 21, 1823; October 19, 1824 to January 28, 1825; November 2, 1825 to June 16, 1826.

Notes:

Verified by Hampton L. Carson, 20 October 1900.

Penn Provenance:

Ownership inscription of Paschal Hollingsworth

Contributor:

Hollingsworth, Paschal, 1770-1852, former owner.
Carson, Hampton L. (Hampton Lawrence), 1852-1929, associated name.

OCLC:

892004553