Three letters from publisher Matthew Carey to Frederick Wolcott.

Mathew Carey condemns the apathy and selfishness of American cotton and woolen manufactures with respect to their failure to support the tariff of 1818; the contest is between those who wish to make America truly independent and those who want to maintain the current servility to foreign manufacturing; is publishing a report on the state of US commerce and manufacturing in hopes of affecting Federal policy.

Matthew Carey thanks Frederick Wolcott for the Lyman Beecher sermon; calls it the most important treatment of American manufacturers since Hamilton’s Report on Manufacturers; rejoices that the pulpit is giving voice to the interests of manufacturers; bemoans the failure of the American democracy to enact an effective industrial policy.

Matthew Carey thanks Frederick Wolcott for a copy of a sermon by Lyman Beecher supporting his position regarding industrial policies; bemoans the failure of Congress to promote the interests of manufacturers; blames the apathy of manufacturers themselves for their political weakness; is pessimistic about future support for manufacturing in Congress.

Order number 2321 providing for payment of 100 pounds to the selectmen of Hartford.