Nicholas Gouin Dufief letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for Research.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16676, Nicholas Gouin Dufief letter, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.03 Cubic Feet 1 letter size folder
Creator:
Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16676, Nicholas Gouin Dufief letter, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains a letter from Dufief about discounts for his 4th edition of "Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man" to the bookselling firm Beers & Howe in New Haven, Connecticut. This letter was written to find subscriptions for a new printing, and a fourth edition was published in 1820.It is folded for mailing with the address and return address on verso.

Biographical / historical:

Nicholas Gouin Dufief (1776-1834) was born in France and emigrated to Phladelphia in 1893 where he established himself as a bookseller and publisher. He opened a bookshop in 1801 and became Thomas Jefferson's bookseller and friend. Dufief consulted with Jefferson as he was conceiving his idea for "Nature Displayed." Jefferson was mentioned twice in the first edition of "Nature Displayed."

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased from L and T Respess Books by the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on March 15, 2022.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard