New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-17


any he may have nj to pursue after you had
zone 50 far a. TO make him proposition, and then while
h. was considering IT, and before he bad advised you OF
hi. concluded with other auihor-that
he would Immediately upon determining his plans have
offered you hi. work, and you should hare had without
word said either the Messs Harpers, had Il not
been for your advertisement butthst he would not subject
himself the hi. offer being rejected on the ground
that you had contracted with smother author
Signed Yours b.Ns
PHrLADsLPsI., March :, lss7
GssrLENgs; Your letter Of Nth received. In reply
hav. to state that we certaisly expected that as
Mr. Hesdley had concluded thst would be better for me
AZ an author 10 write the work entitled the Generals OF
the American Revolution that no would have written
particularly, he said shall return to Nswfork IN
week or two, when shall decide what undertake"
W. waited several months without making any strange
ment with any else for editing the work which We
wrote him respecting, and certainly could not again
have addressed him till he had informed rs Of his decision
ard BIZ. letter " be construed in other light
than iha, e should b. advei he concluded 20
ruris the Genrralfof ne american Revolution or ssm
liar work with title slightly changed II w" his duty
from the tenor OF his of 2st September to address
Us and not ours write him Had he stated, sail D.
m Nesr- York eet tco, and u rH address me-
again at that place trH dsedS, then the position he as
sumes or you him. would be tenable We deny
the assertion that while he considering had
concluded terms with other author" We OF course
advertsed the uork Prev lbut did not say BY
whom for another HoHss might also announce ssm
lar work before got second letter from Mr. Headey
(which had expected to received, was the case with
your announce Of " sshinson and bis stat, which
was made between the date Of letter 70 Mr. Hesdey
Of sept and his reply thereto OF 2st September Had
we advertised the work by Mr. Hesdsy without wait
ns for his decision should have been liable 70 censsrs
We therefore announced il without any authors name
and our having advertised It merely retsrsting
what had previously written TO Mr. Headey direct
IL was therefore Mr. Hesdleys duty 70 have written to as
when he determined that 10 would be better for him
an author to write Washington and his General (il-
though as an author he might have suffered to write ths
General, OF the American Revoluton') and simply
have stated that II we had concluded any arrangement
respecting work that had advertised that he had
determined his plans and by making slight change In
the title Of the work from the Generals Of the American
Revolution" TO Washington and his Generals, was ready
10 ,rr.nss with our house He would not then have
seed himself to any risk Of having his offer rejected but
have acted up the spirit Of his letter Of the 2st Sept
But had he done co. probable that of the parties
now concerned would have been left out Of the
ment say you only arranged for his publication four
weeks ago Let ask you honorabe IN your house
to make an arrangement for such work by Mr. Headey
with the information in your possession contained In our
/ letter Of the 9Th Of October
You wrote ia on the 18th October that your obligations
were such as to preclude any withdrawal from your
sagsmeus with the author who has been engaged In col
lecting material and preparing this work lWashnston
and his Staff for the last five years is nearly
ready for the press lie confident with his vantage
groand he can compete with any similar undertaking
He claim, the originality to design and priority in
point Of time snd he insist. upon our fulfilling our con
tract" 1--WE ere confident this will
any such impression you may entertain The foregoing
statement in your letter DID such impressions
But what now impressions since the receipt OF
your last letter when find the gentleman who in Oeto
Der last determined publish his work az all hassd
and the ya6l,Aers whose obi cations such pre-
cluds any withdrawal from their engagement with the
author should as thy learnt thai Mr. Hesdey had
partially asr,ed with the Me'ss Hsrpers be able eas
II to cancel their obsAsons the 10 transfer his work
and authorship into Mr. Headsys hands and the other q
offer Mr. Headlsy which he considered more ia
vorabls," and gave them his book TO publish
Farther comments We think are unnscessary
In order to settle the difficulty between although
are satisfied in tho rishtbut wish slso 10 place
ourselves in the right before the Trsds-~s propose q
l.sv. the matter for final ds'5ion TO two Pubshin,
Houses lin your city you choose 20 be selected b
yourselves and the other chosen BY as which two in cas-
they should be able agree 10 cali in third Uho'
d<csoR from the whole correspondence between your
selves Mr. Headey and ourseyes) 10 0Aether boa o.
sssiue, hal haze the publication Of Mr. Headsy'" Wash
him sha BE- conclusive. ut 4. Of requisite that M
Hesdey should be hr,t obtained BY you 70 TN
proposltionl should you accept Of this suangsmen al
please advise Of the before the 9Th inst
tsignsd) Yours respectfully, CAREY HART.
Mssrs. Baker & seribAer. Nee- io5k
! NEw.YoRK March 4, l847.
GEsrLENIs Your favor of the ID inst is at hand
Your letters dscourtsous and contain 80 many IN
founded insinustions that ind It 10 unpleasant as
would be unnesssssry have any farther
We have explicit and ciTeanstzntlsl hat II 10
have any doubts you easily satisfy yourselves
tsignsd) Yours, respectfully, BAKER sCRIBNER-
I .hsssr,. Carey & Hart.
{ NEw.Yozk, Oct. -, lS47.
Msssrs CAREY HAsr-GsaiI Will you oblgs uswil
4 copy Of Mr.. Hesdley's letter Of sept 81, Is46f
, tsinsdJ Your obt ser'ts BAKER \ scRIBNER
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