[623] Wayne to Washington, Oct. 23, 1803, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.
An interesting sidelight on the commercial methods of the times is displayed by a circular which Wayne sent to his agents calling for money from subscribers to Marshall's Life of Washington: "The remittance may be made through the Post Office, and should any danger be apprehended, you can cut a Bank note in two parts and send each by separate mails." (Wayne's Circular, Feb. 17, 1803, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.)
[624] This list was published in the first edition. It is a good directory of the most prominent Federalists and of the leading Republican politicians of the time. "T. Jefferson, P.U.S." and each member of his Cabinet subscribed; Marshall himself was a subscriber for his own book, and John C. Calhoun, a student at Yale College at the time, was another. In the cities most of the lawyers took Marshall's book.
[625] Wayne to Bushrod Washington, Nov. 3, 1803, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.
It would seem from this letter that Marshall and Washington had reduced their lump cash price from $100,000 to $70,000. In stating his expenses, Wayne says that the painter "Gilbert Stuart demanded a handsome sum for the privilege of Engraving from his Original" portrait of Washington.
[626] See letter last cited.
[627] Wayne to Bushrod Washington, Dec. 16, 1803, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.
[628] Marshall to Wayne, Dec. 23, 1803, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.
[629] Marshall to Wayne, Jan. 10, 1804, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.
[630] Marshall to Bushrod Washington, March 25, 1804, Dreer MSS. loc. cit.