Name/Title
Letter from Moses Thomas to Henry BrevoortEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.755Description
Letter from Moses Thomas to Henry BrevoortSubject
Sale and distribution of the Sketch Book No. 2, request to coordinate release of Salmagundi editions with Sketch Book editions, send by the “Mercantile Line”, stage, Analectic, postscript detailing issue with more copies sent by Wiley to rival bookseller, Thomas requests for equal number sent to himselfSubject Person/Organization
Moses Thomas, Henry BrevoortSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Philadelphia, PA, New YorkCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
Philad’a 14 July 1819
Dear Sir
I shall publish the 2d No of Sal = / =magundi next Saturday + the 3d of Satur = / day the 31st Inst. You give notice on the / [??] of the Sketch Book that the 2d No. / will be published on the 1st of August. I / think it would be better for the sale of both / works, if the Sketch Book could be got out / on the Saturday between the 2d + 3d Nos / of Salmagundi _ that’s a week before the / 1st of Aug. or a week after [unto] answer / the same purpose. I should be extremely / glad if my 500 copies of the 2d No could be / sent by the Mercantile Line of Packets / about four days before it is advertised in /
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New York. The transportation [unto?] be so much / lefs than by the stage, and it ought to appear in / both places on the same day. As yet I have / only received 300 copies _ the remainder have been / ship’d but have not arrived. Shall I send you / my not for them? Please write to me as / to the time you determine on publishing the 2d No / that I may mention it in the [co??] of Salmagundi / and Analectic to be printed in a few days.
Very respectful
Yr ob St
M Thomas
P.S. A few copies of the 1st No came here thro’ a Book= / seller in N York who bought them from Mr [Wiley]] / I there= / fore want as many to my brother in New York _ Mr W
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Says they did not come here with his knowledge on con = / =sent, and I have no doubt that is the fact. But the / effect was the same as if he had actually sent them / himself - that is, so many copies of his 500 came / into my market, + it was but fair that as many / of mone should go to his. There is no necefsity, however, / for any clashing or interference, as we can each no / doubt dispose of our portions in time. I don’t / mention the circumstance as a complaint against / him; and, indeed, if he has not mentioned it to me / [page torn] need not say anything to him about [you] /
I may pofsibly [?? ?? ??] before the 2d No / comes out –
MT
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Phil: 14 July 1819
M Thomas
[POSTAGE STAMP - red ink, circle]
PHIL
15
JUL
[POSTMARK - red ink]
12 [?]
[ADDRESS]
Henry Brevort Jr Esq
New YorkTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
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W 486
