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Carey, Mathew 1760-1839

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Portrait of Carey, Mathew 1760-1839

Born 1760 · died 1839

Mathew Carey was an Irish-born American publisher and economist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In Dublin, he had engaged in the cause of parliamentary reform, and in America, attracting the wrath of Federalists, retained his democratic sympathies. However, he broke with the emerging Democratic Party and its southern constituency by offering a defense of economic protectionism. He was the father of economist Henry Charles Carey.

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of Carey, Mathew 1760-1839 are held at New York Public Library Main Branch.

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Cite this entry

Carey, Mathew 1760-1839. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/carey-mathew-1760-1839/ (accessed 17 Jun 2026).