Their original form. They use Greenleaf's Arithmetic, & Welds English Grammar
The main publishers of the mentioned works Are sand & of
Maine. They have three steam presses in operation & have all they can do, they are
introducing those works not ownly in the old states But New ones such as , &c
& wish to introduce them into the New Territories. They called upon me & made inquiries
concerning the probable population of the valley. They conversed with me much upon the subject
& wished to make you a present of a copy of their works for your Examination, esspecially
the readers, which they forwarded to me & I forward them to you according to their
requst. I forward 13 Books As A present from them. four Towns Readers, Towns
speller & definer, Three sizes of Greenleaf' Arithmetic & one Key, Towns Analysis, Welds
parsing Book & Grammar, And Weld' Latin Lesson & Reader. I also foward with
them, The report of the board of Education in the State of , Laws
statury [statutory] to public schools in the State of Maine, And the report of
the superintending school committee of Jay. My motive in forwarding the things is
that peradventure there may be sumthing gleaned out of them that may be
of some benefit to the Saints in their School Arangements.
Mr Carter said that should you feel disposed to adopt the Towns Readers
into your schools, That they would furnish theym already made, at a low rate.
or send you A new set of sterrotype plates, to print them in the valley at a small
percentage A thousand, or if we felt disposed to take them in the printed sheet, they would let
us have them cheaper than we could do the press work in the valley, unless we had steam presses
the printed sheeets would come to but little more by the ream or token than than the blank paper
I conversed with them upon all these points. They would deliver the Books or printed sheets
well packed in Boxes at , free of charge ^for freight^ at any place we should direct. I
do not know as you will feel disposed to Enter into any arangement of the kind whatever
yet I felt it my duty to obtain all information I could upon this subject & all
others whare any benefit could be derived from it for the general good of the Church
The following is an extract of a letter from Mr Carter to me upon the subject
Mr Woodruff
We send you a few Books for examination All of which we make except the
Arithmetics. Our Books are better made than any others in the United States and so known. if
your people like them we should be glad to furnish them. We will sell you 1000 each of the
readers, spellers, Grammars, parcing Books, Analysis, & Arithmetics, for 50 per cent or half the following
trade or retail prices, for introduction & After introduction, for 40 percent disct delivered in
New Orleans without charge for freight.
Their original form. They use Greenleaf's Arithmetic, & Welds English Grammar
The main Publishers of the mentioned works Are & of
Maine. They have three steam presses in operation & have all they can do, they are
introducing these works not ownly in the old states But New ones such as , &c
& wish to introduce them into the New Territories. They called upon me & made inquiries
concerning the probable population of the valley. They conversed with me much upon the subject
& wished to make you a present of a copy of their works for your Examination, esspecially
the readers, which they forwarded to me & I forward them to you according to their
request. I forward 13 Books As A present from them. four Towns Readers, Towns
speller & definer, Three sizes of Greenleafs Arithmetic & one Key, Towns Analysis, Welds
Parsing Book & Grammar, And Welds Latin Lesson & Reader. I also foward with
them, The report of the board of Education in the State of , Laws
statutory to public Schools in the State of Maine, And the Report of
the superintending school committee of Jay. My motive in forwarding the things is
that peradventure there may be something gleaned out of them that may be
of some benefit to the Saints in their School Arangements.
Mr Carter Said that should you feel disposed to adopt the Towns Readers
into your Schools, That they wouls furnish them already made, at a low rate.
or send you A new set of sterrotype plates, to print them in the valley at a small
percentage A thousand, or if we felt disposed to take them in the printed sheet, they would let
us have them cheeper than we could do the press work in the valley, unless we had steam presses
the printed sheets would come to but little more by the ream or token than the blank paper
I conversed with them upon all these points. They would deliver the Books or printed sheets
well packed in Boxes at , free of Charge for freight at any place we should direct. I
do not know as you will feel disposed to Enter into any arangement of the kind whatever
yet I felt it my duty to obtain all information I could upon this subject & all
others whare any benefit could be derived from it for the general good of the church
The following is an extract of a letter from Mr Carter to me upon the subject
Mr Woodruff
We send you a few books for Examination All of which we make except the
Arithmetics. Our Books are better made than any others in the United States and so known. if
your people like them we should be glad to furnish them. We will sell you 1000 each of the
readers, spellers, Grammars, Parcing Books, Analysis, & Arithmetics, for 50 per cent or half the following
trade or retail prices, for introduction & After introduction, for 40 per cent disct delivered in
New Orleans without charge for freight.