abolition

·        Va. laws on, 96n, 120n

·        Tucker's proposals for, 488-9, 519

 

Abolition Society, Virginia, 120n

 

Abram (Abraham, TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Abrégé de l'Histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile & de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré (Jean François de La Harpe)

·        cited by TJ, 155, 156n, 296

 

Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)

·        seeds of, sent to TJ, 105

 

Adams, Abigail

·        correspondence with husband, 224n, 252n

 

Adams, John

·        letter to, 235-7

·        letter from, 58-9

·        letter to cited, 23n

·        address from Senate, 392-5

·        address to Senate, 396

·        Diplomatic Career

o        expenditures, accounts, 17-18, 58

o        and Franklin, 17-18

o        minister to Britain, 23n

o        in Amsterdam, 467

o        and forged letter on treatment of Tories, 506n

o        and boundary with British possessions, 626-7

·        Election of 1796

o        election results, viii, 211, 218, 226-7, 228n, 234-7 255, 261

o        characterized as friend of monarchy, 193-6

o        support for, 193-9, 232, 253, 326

o        and Hamilton's intrigues, 214, 223, 226, 251, 265, 326

o        as opponent of banks and funding system, 214-15, 226

o        supported by TJ as president elect, 223-4, 234-7 247-8, 250, 270

o        comments on support for Clinton, 592-3

·        Opinions

o        on D'Ivernois, Mably, 58-9

o        on France, 59, 593

o        on republicanism, democracies, 59, 593

o        on banks, 214-15

o        on elective government, 592-3

·        Personal Affairs

o        correspondence with A. Adams, 224n, 252n

o        and Wirt, 359n

·        Portraits

o        mezzotint by Graham, xl, 318 (illus.)

·        President

o        convenes Congress, viii, 76-7, 325, 350, 392, 416 418n, 435n

o        and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76

o        TJ urges to avoid war, 235, 237

o        and relations with France, 316, 340, 342-3, 367, 370-1 371n, 373-4n, 380, 382, 394-5, 396, 416, 418-19n, 425 442-3, 551-3, 557, 560

o        sends correspondence, papers to Congress, 325, 472 563-4

o        relations with Gerry, 326-7, 402, 415

o        Paine criticizes, 340, 342-3, 367

o        public regard for, 368-9

o        and sons of Duchesse d'Orléans, 369

o        May 1797 address to Congress, 370-1, 372, 373n, 379 382, 385, 392, 395n, 401, 405, 407, 411, 416, 425 431, 438, 442-3, 455, 459

o        and French influence in Netherlands, 372

o        recommends naval defense, 377n, 594

o        appointments, 387n, 486-7

o        and unity of sentiment with Senate, 396

o        and appointment of envoys to France, 420n, 443

o        signs legislation, 423n

o        and legislation, 434-5n

o        and authority to lay embargoes, 461, 462

o        Genet praises, 471

o        petitioned by Vincennes claimants, 508n

o        relations with Cabinet, 552

o        and U.S. ministers abroad, 565

o        Nov. 1797 address to Congress, 587-9, 592

o        on convening Congress during epidemics, 592

o        removes Coxe, 595

·        President Elect

o        attitude toward France, Britain, 272, 273

o        desires Madison on mission to France, 273n

o        Madison's views on, 280, 285

o        and notification of election to office, 282

o        relinquishes Senate duties, 283n

o        seeks advice on transition to new administration 304-5

o        succeeds Washington, 317

·        Relations with Jefferson

o        defeats TJ for presidency, 226-7

o        political differences, 234, 362-3

o        TJ's conciliatory letter to, 234-7

o        distorted by press, 235

o        TJ expresses esteem, respect for, 235, 237, 259, 270 311, 362

o        cordiality after election, 251, 252n, 263-4, 271, 273 280-1

o        Gerry on, 326-7, 475

o        and TJ's letter to P. Fitzhugh, 418n, 560

o        consults with TJ on mission to France, 551-2

·        Vice President

o        and TJ's notification of election, 282n, 304, 305-6

o        counts electoral votes, 305n, 306n

o        resides at Francis's hotel, 469n

o        response to publication of forged letter, 505

·        Writings

o        Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 194, 342, 345n

o        Collection of State-Papers, 342, 344-5n

 

Adams, John Quincy

·        reports on French influence at the Hague, 372, 374n

·        appointed minister to Prussia, 411, 412-13n, 414

 

Adams, Richard (brickmason)

·        witnesses mortgage, 210

 

Adams, Samuel

·        TJ praises, 290

 

Adams administration

·        and France's refusal to receive C. C. Pinckney, 371

·        and appointments, 564

 

Addison, Joseph

·        Cato, 52n

 

Adet, Pierre Auguste

·        letter from, 355

·        and French opposition to Jay Treaty, 214-15

·        addresses French complaints against U.S., 273n, 280

·        returns to France, 316, 355

·        wishes good relations with TJ, U.S., 355

·        letter to cited, 355n

·        and U.S. policy, 384, 419n

 

Aeneid (Virgil)

·        quoted, 519

·        mentioned, 386

 

Aesop

·        fable of floating sticks, 237, 238n

 

Africa

·        languages, 201n

 

Aggey (Aggy, TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Agrarian Justice, Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly (Thomas Paine)

·        TJ sends to Madison, 434, 435n

 

agriculture

·        La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's innovations, 149n

·        research in France, 333

·        S.C. Agricultural Society, 367, 487

·        grasses, clovers, and legumes grown in the U.S. and Britain 510-12

·        See also Great Britain: Agriculture

 

Akin, James

·        megalonyx engravings, xxxix, 318 (illus.)

·        caricature of TJ, xl

 

Albany, N.Y.

·        Volney to visit, 174

 

Albemarle Co., Va.

·        suits in county court, 26, 63-4n, 158

·        elects delegates to Va. General Assembly, 27, 52, 322-3 327-8, 349, 350n

·        price of corn in, 37, 51-2, 67

·        crops and weather in, 43

·        land prices, 124

·        wheat grown in, 146, 147, 350

·        physicians in, 153

·        prospects for mill seat on Moore's Creek, 350-1

·        TJ plans to attend court, 436

·        and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524

·        roads in, 586

 

Alcock, Elizabeth Gregory Thornton Walker, 5, 169

 

Alcock, Weston, 5

 

alcohol

·        brewed v. distilled, 104-5

·        supply of, for harvest, 414

·        tax proposed on, 461, 462

 

Alexander (the Great), 318

 

Alexander, William

·        letter to, 158

·        orders nails from TJ, 158, 525

·        letter from cited, 525n

 

Alexandria, Va.

·        wheat prices at, 322

·        climate at, compared to Monticello, 351

 

Algiers

·        U.S. treaty with, 9, 62, 70-1, 95n, 369n

·        ransom of U.S. captives in, 68-9, 369

·        U.S. relations with, 135, 256

·        and construction of U.S. frigates, 377n

·        potential British intercession with, 628-9

 

alien acts

·        passage of, 537n

 

Allegheny Mountains

·        plants at foot of, 319

 

Allison, Burgess, 378

 

Allison, Patrick

·        recounts attack on Logan's kin, 556

 

Ambler, Jacquelin, 191, 240

 

American Minerva (New York)

·        and TJ's letter to Mazzei, vii, 75-6, 80, 86-7, 385n

·        publishes letter from Paris, 109-10

·        See also Webster, Noah

 

American Philosophical Society

·        letter to, 276-7

·        letter from, 254

·        elects TJ president, viii, 252, 254, 276-7

·        elects members, 65n, 101n, 154n, 206, 322, 323n, 415 509-10, 525

·        books presented to, 102n

·        papers by members, 130, 133n, 140, 322n

·        TJ announces megalonyx discovery to, 138-9

·        publishes TJ's megalonyx report, 165, 182-3, 200-2, 205-6 275, 284, 391, 510

·        seeks, receives specimens, 201, 202n, 398, 403

·        officers, 254

·        and TJ's plan to record, study winds, 259

·        publishes TJ's letter, 277n

·        TJ's report on the megalonyx, 291-304

·        TJ presides over, 300-1n

·        See also Rittenhouse, David

 

American Revolution

·        France's participation in, 76

·        lands confiscated during, 157n

·        J. Carey's publication of letters from, 180-2, 205

·        T. Pickering's role in, 381

·        principles of jeopardized, 447-8

 

American Universal Geography (Jedidiah Morse)

·        prints Logan's speech, 455n

 

“Americanus” (pseudonym)

·        publishes articles in Va. Gazette criticizing Jefferson 76

 

Ames, Fisher

·        and Jay Treaty, 36

·        as member of House committee, 218

·        views on relations with France, 228n

·        retires from Congress, 381, 411, 413n, 417

 

Amherst Co., Va.

·        price of corn in, 36, 37

·        and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524

 

Amis, Iles de. See Tonga

 

Amsterdam

·        and American financial transactions, 89, 95, 165n

·        C. C. Pinckney goes to, 231n

·        Adams in, 467

 

“Anas”

·        described, 486-7n

 

Anderson, Nathaniel

·        and Mazzei's finances, 65n

·        TJ's account with, 65n

 

Anderson, William (London merchant)

·        and Mazzei's finances, 65, 81, 90, 200

 

Andes Mountains

·        Volney alludes to, 175

 

Anglicans

·        and Jay Treaty, 95

 

Angola (Eppes estate, Cumberland Co., Va.)

·        and marriage settlement of J. W. Eppes, 532-3, 549-50

 

Annales Philosophiques, Politiques et Litteraires

·        Peyroux publishes essay in, 133n

 

Annual Register . . . For the Year 1787 (London)

·        prints Logan's speech, 454, 455n

 

anteaters

·        associated with megatherium, 299, 510

 

Anville, Madame d'. See Enville, Louise Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld, Duchesse d'

 

Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family

·        publication of, 410n

·        as revision of Notes on Virginia, 455n, 600

·        prints documents, 603n

·        See also Logan (Mingo Indian)

 

Appomattox River

·        and proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529

·        lands on, 533n, 549

 

apricots

·        possible introduction of French variety, 5

 

Apthorpe, Charles Ward, 398, 403

 

Arcola

·        French victory in battle of, 305n

 

Argus (New York)

·        publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76

·        reports comments by Harper, 593n

 

Aristotle

·        History of Animals, 295

 

Arnold, Benedict, 194

 

artisans

·        cabinetmaker, 379

·        in Philadelphia, 523

·        See also Monticello: brickmasons, stonemasons

 

Asia

·        and comparative study of languages, 201-2, 446-7

 

asparagus

·        grown at Monticello, 322

 

asses

·        and farm implements, 318

 

Ast, William Frederick

·        letter from, 190-1

·        fire insurance program, 190-1, 239-44

 

auditor. See

·        Harrison, Richard

·        Pendleton, John

 

Augusta, Ga.

·        as terminus of proposed road from Georgetown, 529

 

Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State (Ga.)

·        and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 79n

 

Auldjo, Thomas

·        letter from quoted, 583-4

·        letter from cited, 584n

 

“Aurelius” (John Gardner), 199n

 

Aurora (Philadelphia)

·        criticized, xxxvii

·        and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76, 79

·        and election of 1796, 228n

·        publishes political correspondence, 309, 440n, 517n, 593n

·        TJ subscribes to, 442, 544

·        prints forged Washington letters, 506n

·        See also Bache, Benjamin Franklin

 

Austin (TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

·        in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550

 

Austria

·        truce with France, 56

·        War of First Coalition, 117, 169, 341, 422, 423n

·        opposes France along Rhine and in Italy, 135-6, 161

·        Archduke Charles defeated by Bonaparte, 341, 344n

·        and peace of Leoben, 367n, 431, 433, 434n, 436, 438, 450 451, 459, 558

 

Avignon, France

·        Volney compares Kanawha River region to, 151

 

Azevedo, António de Araújo

·        and Portuguese-French diplomacy, xxxvii

 

 

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Bache, Benjamin Franklin

·        prints speeches, papers, 51, 215n, 435n

·        publishes debates on Jay Treaty, 62-3

·        as publisher of Aurora, 76, 79, 309, 442

·        publishes Washington's questions to Cabinet on neutrality 127, 129n, 141-2

·        as Cobbett's adversary, 140n

·        advertises “Jonathan Pindar” odes, 192

·        forwards items from Saint-Domingue, 348, 387

·        and financial transactions, 401, 544

·        publishes country edition of Aurora, 416, 434

·        and Callender, 537n

·        publishes Monroe's View, 544-5n, 562-3, 576, 586

·        and TJ's correspondence with P. Fitzhugh, 561

·        on situation in France, 576

·        prints TJ's extract of letter, 583-4

·        prints TJ's letter to J. Henry, 603n

·        See also Aurora (Philadelphia)

 

Bache's Philadelphia Aurora

·        country edition of the Aurora, 416, 434

 

bacon

·        in diet during harvest, 414

 

Bagwell (TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Bahama islands, W.I.

·        within range of U.S. coastal gunboats, 377

 

Bailey, Theodorus

·        buys land from Madison, 591, 592n

 

Baldwin, Abraham

·        at Constitutional Convention, 57n

·        as member of House committee, 218

·        resides at Francis's hotel, 469n

·        investigates charges against Blount, 473n

 

Ballantine, Hugh, 150-1

 

Baltimore, Md.

·        response to Jay Treaty, 70

·        transportation at, 308-9

·        price of wheat and tobacco at, 309, 322

 

Banister, John, 102

 

Banister, John, Jr.

·        TJ's account with, 45n

·        debt owed TJ by estate of, 102

 

Bank of England

·        ceases specie payments, 340-1, 344n, 370-1, 373, 379, 427 431, 433, 438, 459

 

Bank of the United States

·        role in U.S. public finance, 124, 125n

·        Cathalan invests in, 368

·        influence of war on, 427

·        and TJ's transactions, 482n, 545

 

bankruptcies

·        in Philadelphia, 261

 

banks

·        favor Jay Treaty, 73, 94

·        Adams's views on, 214-15

·        public opinion of, 228

·        blamed for economic distress, 255

·        and financial speculation, 329

·        and British influence in U.S., 363

·        and paper money, metals, 401, 594

 

Banks, Henry

·        letter to, 213

·        mortgages Greenbrier lands to TJ, 213, 219-20

·        letters from cited, 213n

·        letter to cited, 213n

·        purchases Elk Hill, 274

 

Barbary States

·        relations with U.S., 376, 377n

 

Barclay, George, & Co.

·        and Mazzei's finances, 81, 90

 

Barclay, Robert

·        order in favor of, 107, 108n

 

Barclay, Thomas

·        and TJ's French accounts, 14-15, 18

·        makes purchases for Va., 37-8n

 

barley

·        used for feed in Spain, 28

·        for breweries, 104-5

·        varieties compared, 104-5

·        Short sends variety from France, 332-3, 464, 597-8

 

Barnes, John

·        letters to, 50, 107-8, 125, 167-8, 183, 186, 206-7, 212 219, 277-8, 324-5, 481-2, 484-5, 523, 531, 534, 544-5

·        letters from, 484, 509, 530-1, 542-3, 561-2

·        letters to cited, 50n, 278n, 325n, 482n

·        handles TJ's financial transactions, 125, 186, 219, 231 324-5, 455, 481-2, 484-5, 509, 523, 530-1, 534, 542, 577 598-9

·        letters from cited, 125n, 278n, 482n, 485n, 544n

·        fills orders for TJ, 184, 187, 212-13, 324

·        draft on cited, 187n

·        powers of attorney, 219, 277-8, 465n, 544-5, 561

·        and Short's affairs, 219, 277-8, 318n, 464, 481, 523, 530 544-5, 597

·        and TJ's tobacco, 316, 413, 426-7

·        and mammoth tooth, 360, 481, 484

·        promissory note to, 482n

·        and A. Hamilton, 534, 542-3

·        and payments to Callender, 537n, 544, 561

·        and funds for Monroe, 544-5, 576, 595

·        pays for newspapers, pamphlets, 544

 

Barney, Capt. Joshua

·        commands French squadron, 347

·        and possible appointment to W.I., 586, 587n

 

Barras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de, 371n

 

Barraud, Philip, 488-9

 

Barrett (b. 1795, TJ's slave)

·        in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550

 

Barthélemy, François, 485

 

Barton, Benjamin Smith

·        letters to, 192, 367-8

·        letters from, 165-6, 182-3, 200-2

·        reads TJ's letter to APS, 139n

·        debt to TJ, 165-6, 182, 192, 201

·        essay on snakes, 165, 166n, 182, 192

·        and natural history, 165-6

·        to send pamphlets, 192, 201

·        describes Ohio artifacts, 201, 202n

·        studies American Indians, languages, 201-2, 367-8, 445-7

·        dedicates book to TJ, 367-8, 445-7

·        ideas of progress, civilization, 446-7

 

Barton, William

·        secretary of APS, 254, 276-7

 

Bartram, John, 391n

 

Bartram, John, Jr., 391n

 

Bartram, William

·        and French apricots, 5

·        converses with Strickland, 117

·        collection of botanical specimens, 136, 390, 391n

·        and oil shrub, 319

 

Bartram's Garden (Philadelphia), 390, 391n

 

Batavian Republic

·        Adams assesses, 59

·        and British restrictions on Dutch firms, 89, 90

·        political turmoil in, 215

·        appointment of U.S. minister to Amsterdam, 327, 486-7

·        U.S. representation in, 327

·        British policy toward, 342

·        relations with U.S and France, 372, 374n

·        naval strength, 376

·        potential investment in U.S. funds, 464

·        British defeat Dutch fleet, 585-6

 

Bates, Thomas, 477

 

Bauman, Sebastian

·        letter from, 403-4

·        identified, 403-4n

·        dispute over militia rank, 403-4

 

Bayard, James A., 473n

 

Beall, Mr., 559

 

Beaujolais, Louis Charles d'Orléans, Comte de

·        travels in U.S., 312-13, 369

 

Beckley, John

·        defeated as clerk of House of Representatives, 372, 374n

·        and Callender, 479n, 537n

·        and charges against A. Hamilton, 558, 560n

·        and TJ's letter to J. Henry, 604

 

bedding

·        TJ supplies Derieux with, 141

 

Bedford. See Poplar Forest (TJ's estate)

 

Bedford Co., Va.

·        TJ's transactions in, 93, 202-4, 307

·        search for P. Jefferson's land records at, 185

·        and marriage settlements of TJ's daughters, 424, 532

 

Bedinger, Daniel

·        and E. Rutledge's shipment to TJ, 357, 386, 387n

 

Bee, Thomas

·        letters from, 367, 487

·        thanks TJ for gifts to Agricultural Society, 367, 487

·        letter to cited, 487n

 

beef

·        in payment of protested bill, 65n

·        beefsteak with ketchup, 221

·        price of, in France, 341

·        Federal District as potential market for, 529

·        TJ takes portion of from Davenport, 587

 

beer

·        morality improved by use of brewed rather than distilled liquor, 104-5

·        bottled for TJ, 360

 

Begouën, Desmeaux & Cie.

·        in TJ's French accounts, 16, 31, 39

 

Belgium

·        and War of First Coalition, 71

·        brought under French control, 161-2, 165n

 

Bell, Thomas

·        letter to, 370-1

·        letter from, 427

·        and Cobbs suit, 63

·        and TJ's slave mortgages, 97n

·        and Derieux's affairs, 141

·        attests to documents, 219n, 331n, 545n

·        TJ sends political and financial news to, 371, 401

·        letters from cited, 371n

·        letters to cited, 371n

·        dines at Monticello, 427

·        urges TJ to keep out of war with France, 427

·        and Madison's order for nails, 591

 

Belle Grove (Frederick Co., Va.)

·        Hite's residence at, 137n

 

Ben (Shawnee Indian)

·        murder of, 441

 

Bentley, William, 476-7

 

Benton (Benson), Lemuel, 411, 413n

 

Berkenhead (Berkheanhead), John L.

·        publishes Adams portrait, xl

 

Berlin

·        U.S. diplomats in, 23n

 

Bermuda

·        British prize court, 162

·        and French shipping violation, 611-12

 

Bermuda Hundred (Eppes estate, Chesterfield Co., Va.)

·        in marriage settlement of J. W. Eppes, 532-3, 547-8, 549 550

 

Bermuda Hundred (Randolph estate)

·        vetch grows at, 319

 

Bern, Switzerland

·        and private claims on funds in U.S., 207-9

·        Tronchin's residence, 207

 

Bernoux. See Galvan de Bernoux, Francis

 

Bess (TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Bet (Island Betty, TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Betsey (TJ's slave)

·        in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550

 

Betty (TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Beverley, Robert (d. 1800), 279

 

Beverley, William (ca. 1698-1756), 279

 

Bible

·        Volney quotes Old Testament, 175

 

“big buffalo.” See mammoth

 

Bingham, William

·        chosen president pro tempore of Senate, 283n

·        hosts Federalist Party caucuses, 283n

·        administers oath of office to TJ, 311n

·        opposes arming of merchant vessels, 421, 423n

 

birds

·        unusual bird described, 156

·        hawks, 192

·        bluebirds at Monticello, 260

 

Bivins, James

·        R. Randolph bond to, 97n, 268

 

blacks

·        education of, 120, 177-8, 287-8

·        in Notes on Virginia, 176-7n

·        Rush associates blackness with leprosy, 284

·        rights of, in Va., 489n

·        TJ on future prospects of, 519

·        and legislative representation, 538

 

Blacons, Henri François Lucrecius d'Armand de Forest, Marquis de, 468-9

 

Blair, Archibald, 194

 

Blair, John (1732-1800)

·        and Mazzei's finances, 81

·        given power of attorney for Mazzei, 83n

·        and grand jury presentment, 418n, 445, 498-9n

 

Blake, James, 360

 

Bleakley, John

·        secretary of APS, 254, 276-7

 

Bloodworth, Samuel

·        and TJ's official notification of election, 305, 306, 307-8

 

Bloodworth, Timothy

·        in Senate, 305, 306, 583n, 592n

·        and TJ's official notification of election, 307-8

 

Blount, Thomas

·        and Jay Treaty, 54n

·        and TJ's letter to J. Henry, 604

 

Blount, William

·        letter to, 34

·        TJ recommends R. H., J. Rose to, 34

·        letter from cited, 34n

·        letter to cited, 34n

·        conveys letters for APS, 398, 403

·        expelled by Senate, 472-3n

·        and plans to invade Spanish territory, 472-4, 535

·        Senate resolution on, 472-4

·        correspondence with TJ and Senate quoted, 473n

·        impeachment of, 473n, 516-17, 589, 591

 

Blue Ridge Mountains

·        vetch observed in, 103

·        and ice caves, 116-17, 119n

 

Bohlen, Bohl, 119

 

Bolling, John, 579

 

Bolling, Mary Jefferson (Mrs. John Bolling, TJ's sister)

·        regards sent to, 156

·        relationship with husband, 579

 

Bonaparte, Napoleon

·        Italian campaign, 117, 135-6, 146, 148, 161, 169, 222, 265 273, 305, 341, 422, 423n, 431, 433, 434n, 436, 438, 456 459

·        and Lafayette, 126n

·        and La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 149n

·        and artworks of subjugated territories, 161, 164-5n

·        estate at Rambouillet, 333n

·        forces Emperor Francis to terms, 367n

·        influence on U.S. negotiations with France, 443

·        P. Fitzhugh's assessment of, 559

 

Bond, Phineas, 228n

 

Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats; Containing . . . Observations on a Patriotic Pamphlet (William Cobbett), 140n

 

Booker, William

·        letter to, 187-8

·        letters from, 188-9, 207

·        identified, 188n

·        threshing machines of, 187-8, 189n, 207, 231, 545, 553

 

Boon (ship), 257

 

Bordeaux, France

·        Monroe embarks from, 332, 340

·        accusations against consul at, 563n, 565

 

Boston

·        response to Jay Treaty, 70, 95-6

·        Volney expects to visit, 174, 225, 237

·        Volney seeks meteorological information from, 238

 

Bowyer, John

·        letter to, 44

·        business dealings with TJ, 44

·        letter from cited, 44n

·        letters to cited, 44n

 

Bowyer's (inn, western Va.), 150

 

Boyce, Joseph

·        cares for TJ's shipment, 424

·        draft on, 598

·        G. Jefferson's assessment of, 599

 

Boydell, Josiah

·        engraver, xli

 

Brackenridge, Hugh Henry

·        Incidents of the Insurrection, 248-50

 

Bradford, Thomas

·        TJ praises newspaper of, 416, 434

 

Bradford, William

·        letter to, 568

·        identified, 568n

·        as Senate president pro tempore, 432n, 568, 575-6

·        presides over Blount proceedings, 473n

 

Bradford, William (Philadelphia printer)

·        publishes Logan's speech, 603-4n

 

breadfruit

·        TJ receives, distributes seeds of, 347-8, 387-8, 487, 513

 

Breckinridge, John

·        letter to, 131

·        introduced to Volney, 131

 

Brend, Thomas

·        binds TJ's collection of Va. laws, 158, 283, 569

 

Brent, Daniel Carroll

·        as candidate for elector in 1796, 193-5, 197n

 

Brent, Richard, 62n

 

bricklayers. See Monticello: brickmasons, stonemasons

 

bricks

·        and renovation of Monticello, 63

 

Bridge Company (Georgetown)

·        and proposed road, 529

 

Bringhurst, John

·        corresponds with TJ, 9, 56n, 88

·        provides information on Sharpless, 55

·        letters from cited, 62, 491n

·        TJ purchases paint from, 324

·        visits TJ, 488, 516

·        carries letter, 489, 506

·        letters to cited, 491n

 

Brooke, Humphrey, 263n

 

Brooke, Mary Ritchie (Mrs. Robert Brooke), 147

 

Brooke, Robert

·        letter to, 37-8

·        and TJ's French accounts, 17, 32, 37-8, 40

·        death of wife, 147

·        and Va. boundaries, 172, 263n, 271-2, 278-9

·        Burr visits, 198n

 

Brown, Andrew

·        publishes documents on Jay Treaty, 9-10

·        prints Madison's address, 70-1

·        and Callender, 537n

·        See also Philadelphia Gazette

 

Brown, Betty (TJ's slave)

·        daughter of, in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550

 

Brown, Catherine Percy, 322n

 

Brown, James

·        letters to, 50-1, 112

·        TJ's account with, 26, 27n, 112, 203

·        and TJ's wine order, 36, 322

·        asked to deliver letter for TJ, 50-1, 112

·        letter to cited, 112n

·        Snelson's order on, 204

·        forwards Volney's valise, 225

·        drafts on, 358

 

Brown, James (1766-1835), 321-2n

 

Brown, John (clerk of General Court of Va.)

·        and publication of Va. laws, 158-9

 

Brown, John (Ky.)

·        letter to, 345-6

·        in U.S. Senate, 321n

·        TJ offers architectural advice, 345-6

·        “Liberty Hall” residence, 346n

·        stays at Francis's hotel, 469n

 

Brown, Margaret Preston, 321n

 

Brown, Nathaniel William, 257

 

Brown, Samuel

·        letter from, 321-2

·        identified, 321-2n

·        describes ice caves, 321

 

Bruce, James, 513

 

Bruni. See Salimberi, Madame de

 

Brutus

·        characterized by historians, 249n

 

“Brutus” (pseudonym)

·        criticizes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 79

 

Bryan, Nathan, 95n

 

Bryden, James (Baltimore tavern keeper), 323

 

Buchanan, Dunlop & Co.

·        delivers TJ's letter, 102

 

Buchanan, James

·        and TJ's prison designs, 336n

 

Buck, John H.

·        builds threshing machine for TJ, 187-9, 207

 

Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de

·        TJ criticizes, 113-14

·        TJ cites works of, 292, 293, 295, 296, 297-8

·        theories of, 295, 297-8, 409-10n, 452, 601

·        TJ uses Logan speech to refute, 601

 

Bugniet, Pierre Gabriel, 335, 336n

 

Bulkeley, John, & Son

·        as TJ's wine supplier in Lisbon, 36

 

Bullock, Stephen, 413n

 

Bullock, William

·        TJ cites Virginia, 294-5

 

Burges, Dempsey, 411

 

Burr, Aaron

·        letter to, 437-40

·        letters from, 72, 447-8

·        introduces Guillemard to TJ, 72

·        and election of 1796, 169, 193, 195-6, 198-9, 439

·        visits Monticello, 195-6, 198-9

·        tried for treason, 218n

·        and units of measure sent from France, 229

·        defended by Wirt, 359n

·        discusses Jay Treaty, U.S.-British relations, 437-9, 447-8

·        and L. Martin, 454n

·        and Monroe-Hamilton conflict, 479n, 578-9, 593, 595n

 

Burwell, William A.

·        as TJ's private secretary, 193

 

Butler, Pierce, 69, 93

 

butter

·        shipment of, 260-1

 

Byrd, Otway, 387n

 

Byrd's warehouse

·        and Cobbs suit, 63

 

 

 

Cabell, Nicholas

·        letter from cited, 30n

 

Cabell, Samuel J.

·        returns Madison's letter, 305n

·        criticizes government in letter to constituents, 419n

·        and grand jury presentment, 419n, 490-1, 524

·        and TJ's grand jury petition, 526-7

·        effect of absence from House, 594

 

Cabell, William

·        letter from, 30

·        requests letters for R. H., J. Rose, 30

·        letters from cited, 30n

·        letters to cited, 30n

·        and Volney, 482

 

Cacapon River

·        ice caves on, 116-7, 118n, 321

 

Caesar (TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Caesar, Julius

·        characterized by Callender, 249n

·        Bonaparte compared to, 559

 

Caffery, John

·        and recovery of mammoth fossils, 398, 403

 

Callahan's (inn, western Va.), 150

 

Callender, James Thomson

·        letter from, 536-7

·        identified, 537n

·        Political Progress of Britain, 248-51

·        sedition trial, 359n

·        exposes Hamilton's affair, 479n, 630n

·        History of the United States for 1796, 479n, 483-4, 534 536, 609, 630n

·        charges against Adams, 505

·        seeks, receives financial assistance from TJ, 536, 544, 561 630n

·        Sketches of the History of America, 536, 593n

·        pamphlets by, 537n

·        publishes comments by Harper, 593n

 

“Camillus” (Alexander Hamilton)

·        and Jay Treaty, 4, 55-7, 148

 

Campbell, Alexander, 10

 

Campbell, Arthur

·        letter to, 522-3

·        letters from, 469-70, 538, 580

·        worries about American politics, liberty, 469-70, 522, 538 580

·        forwards political items, 580

 

Campbell & Tenant (Belfast firm), 45n

 

Canada

·        within range of U.S. coastal gunboats, 377

·        See also Jay Treaty: boundary issue

 

candy

·        duties on, 265n

 

Capellen tot den Poll, Joan Derk van der, 466

 

capital

·        and financial speculation, 329-30, 458

 

Carey, James

·        TJ praises newspaper of, 416, 434

·        and Blount conspiracy, 472

·        and Callender, 537n

 

Carey, John

·        letter to, 205

·        letter from, 180-2

·        Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress,180-2, 205

 

Carmichael, Antonia Reynon

·        letter to, 406

·        letter from, 360-1

·        sends Ulloa manuscript, 360-1, 406

 

Carmichael, William

·        sends information about megatherium, 301n

·        papers of, 360, 406

 

Caroline Co., Va.

·        and U.S. relations with France, 381, 382n

 

Carr, Mr., 62

 

Carr, Eleanor (Nelly, Mrs. Samuel Carr), 346

 

Carr, John (b.1753), 66

 

Carr, John Overton, 346

 

Carr, Martha Jefferson (Mrs. Dabney Carr, TJ's sister)

·        visits Monticello, 27

·        regards sent to, 156

 

Carr, Peter (TJ's nephew)

·        letter to, 210-11

·        and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 78

·        stays in Charlottesville, 170

·        letters from cited, 210-11n

·        marriage of, 210-11

·        and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 492, 505

 

Carr, Samuel (TJ's nephew), 346

 

Carr, Thomas, 540-1

 

carriages, 572

 

carriage tax

·        Hamilton's argument in Hylton v. U.S., 4n

·        argued before Supreme Court, 10

 

Carter, Edward (d. 1792)

·        estate of, 5, 124

 

Carter, Edward (Ned), 5

 

Cary, Archibald

·        debt to Wayles estate, 166-7

 

Cary, Moorey & Welch

·        and TJ's debt to W. Welch, 174n

 

Cary, Robert & Co.

·        and settlement of Wayles estate debt, 166-7, 419

·        TJ's account with, 173-4

 

Case of the Commonwealth of England, Stated (Marchamont Nedham), 59

 

Cate (b. 1788, Bet's daughter, TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Cate (b. 1788, Suck's daughter, TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Catesby, Mark

·        TJ cites Natural History, 298, 304n

 

Cathalan, Eulalie (Stephen Cathalan, Jr.'s daughter), 369

 

Cathalan, Stephen, Jr.

·        letter from, 368-9

·        in TJ's French accounts, 16, 31

·        business affairs, family, 368-9

·        as consul at Marseilles, 369

·        letters from cited, 369n

·        letter to cited, 369n

 

Cathalan, Stephen, Sr., 369

 

Catherine II (the Great), Empress of Russia

·        sponsors comparative study of languages, 201-2

 

Catholic Church

·        American students in Rome, 538-9

 

Catlett, Kemp, 83n

 

Cato (Joseph Addison)

·        quoted, 52n

 

cattle

·        feed for, 103, 179, 319

·        and TJ's farming operations, 170, 244-6

·        raised by TJ and T. M. Randolph, 260

·        given to Mary Jefferson, 547, 550

·        See also beef

 

Cavendish, William Hunter

·        and megalonyx discovery, 100, 113, 172

·        as member of Va. assembly, 239

 

Cazenove, Théophile, 330n

 

Centinel of Freedom (Newark, N.J.)

·        publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76n

 

Ceracchi, Giuseppe

·        bust of TJ, 119, 121

 

Cérès (ship), 572n

 

charcoal

·        used at Monticello, 177, 242, 540-2, 586

 

Charles, Archduke of Austria

·        defeated by Bonaparte, 341, 344n

 

Charles IV, King of Spain

·        and navigation of the Mississippi, 9

·        mentioned, 121

 

Charleston, S.C.

·        Volney seeks meteorological information on, 238

·        and trade with France, 340

·        response to Jay Treaty, 411-12

·        merchants', wharfholders' memorials to Senate, 567, 570

 

Charlotte Court House (Va.)

·        site on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529

 

Charlotte Sophia, Queen of Great Britain

·        and Jay's commission as envoy, 605, 610, 629n

 

Charlottesville, Va.

·        and possible location of school at, 58

·        distance from Staunton, 150

·        postal service, 266, 507

·        price of lands near, 351

·        dry weather at, 427

 

Chase, Samuel

·        appointment to Supreme Court, 5, 42, 124

·        L. Martin defends, 454n

·        presides at Callender's trial, 537n

 

Chastellux, Alfred Louis Jean Philippe, Comte de

·        education, support of, 7, 145, 312

 

Chastellux, François Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de

·        financial support for family of, 7, 144-5, 312

·        TJ's regard for, 145

 

Chastellux, Marie Joséphine Charlotte Brigitte Plunkett, Marquise de

·        letter to, 144-5

·        letter from, 312-13

·        seeks compensation for son, 7

·        pension application, 144-5, 312-13

·        and Duchesse d'Orléans, 312-13

 

Cheat River

·        in early hunters' accounts, 152-3, 171, 295

 

Cherokees

·        and plans to invade Spanish territory, 472-3n

 

Chesterfield Co., Va., 533n

 

Chew, Joseph

·        TJ stops at ordinary run by, 425, 436

 

Chickasaw Bluffs

·        Spanish fortifications at, 286

 

Chickasaw Indians

·        U.S. agent to, 170n

 

children

·        Eliza Monroe's maturation in France, 147, 164

·        C. Gerry supervises siblings, household, 402

·        illness of, 402

·        See also

o        Randolph, Anne Cary (TJ's granddaughter)

o        Randolph, Ellen Wayles, II (TJ's granddaughter)

o        Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ's grandson)

 

Chiles, Micajah

·        delivers vines for B. Hawkins, 42-3

 

Chipman, Nathaniel, 594, 595n

 

Chisholm, Hugh, 548, 550

 

Christie, Gabriel, 62n

 

Christmas

·        Volney mentions, 238

 

Church, Angelica Schuyler (Mrs. John Barker Church)

·        letter to, 396-7

·        letter for sent care of T. Pinckney, 27

·        sends regards to TJ, 70

·        returns to U.S., 325-6

·        arrives in N.Y., 396-7, 399

 

Church, Catherine (Kitty)

·        returns to U.S., 325-6, 399

·        TJ's affection for, 397

 

Church, John Barker

·        sends regards to TJ, 70

·        returns to U.S., 325-6, 399

·        TJ sends regards to, 397

·        and Monroe-Hamilton conflict, 479n

 

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

·        oratory of, 452

 

cider

·        price of, 309

 

Cincinnati

·        Volney visits, 174, 220

 

ciphers, 610

 

Cisalpine Republic

·        formed, 366, 367n

 

“Citizen” (pseudonym)

·        query to Rights of Man 560-1

 

citizenship, U.S.

·        and jury service, 497, 504, 505-6

 

civil liberties

·        threats to, 35-6, 417, 444-5, 537n

·        TJ's defense of, 491-504

·        and freedom to discuss public measures, 558

 

Claiborne, Thomas, 62n, 95n

 

Claiborne, William

·        information on colonial Va., 295

 

Claiborne, William C. C., 413n

 

Clarinda (TJ's slave)

·        in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550

 

Clark, Bowling

·        and TJ's crops, livestock, 52, 211, 260-1

·        and TJ's Poplar Forest lands, 52

·        letter from cited, 53n

·        letter to cited, 53n

 

Clark, Christopher

·        collects bonds for TJ, 202-4

 

Clark, George Rogers, 508n

 

Clarke, John, 156

 

Clarke, Samuel

·        to forward powder, 44

·        and TJ's financial transactions, 158, 239, 525

·        and nailery statement, 540-1

 

Clay, Capt. (master of Dublin Packet), 366

 

Clay, Matthew

·        abstains from vote, 412

·        votes with Republicans, 422

·        resides at Francis's hotel, 469n

 

Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia)

·        prints Pinckney Treaty, 49n

·        carries congressional debates, 434

 

Cleopatra (ship)

·        and TJ's diploma, 514

 

Clérisseau, Charles Louis

·        letter from, 389

·        seeks position, patronage, 389

·        Short forwards correspondence, 597

 

Clinton, DeWitt, 472n

 

Clinton, George, 592

 

clocks

·        repaired at Monticello, 168

 

Clorinda (character in Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata), 229, 230n, 258

 

cloth, clothing

·        TJ purchases, 436

·        price of, for slaves, 569

 

clover

·        hurt by drought, 91

·        grasses sown with, 103-4

·        thrives for TJ, 128-9

·        Washington reports on growing of, 143

·        in TJ's crop rotation plan, 245-6

·        red, grown in Albemarle Co., Va., 350

·        described, 510-11, 512

 

clover seed

·        for Strickland, 117, 319

·        TJ purchases, 315, 322, 349

·        dutch white, 380, 415, 559-60

·        hop trefoil or hop clover sent to TJ, 510-12

 

Clow & Co. (Philadelphia), 225

 

Coalter, John

·        writes TJ about stonemason, 100

·        letter from cited, 100n

 

Cobbett, William

·        publishes L. Martin's attacks on TJ, vii, 409n, 452, 454n

·        publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 75

·        mocks Franklin, 140

·        as Bache's adversary, 140n

·        Bone to Gnaw, 140n

·        and Federalist politics, 558, 561

·        See also Porcupine's Gazette

 

Cobbs, Thomas

·        suit against TJ, 26-7, 63-4

 

cockades

·        tricolored, worn by French citizens in U.S., 215n

 

Cocke, Mr., 170

 

Cocke, James Powell

·        recommends F. Millar, 57

·        letters from cited, 58n

·        letters to cited, 58n

 

Cocke, William

·        letter to, 199

·        letter from, 169-70

·        identified, 169-70n

·        and election of 1796, 169, 199

 

cocoa

·        and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 619

 

coffee

·        and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 619

 

coinage

·        legislation on foreign, 583-4, 589-90, 594

 

Coit, Joshua, 78-9

 

Coleman, Sam, 263n

 

Coles, John (Enniscorthy)

·        Strickland sends respects to, 118

·        and Booker's threshing machine, 187, 188

·        letters from cited, 188n

·        letters to cited, 188n

 

Cole's ferry, Roanoke (Staunton) River

·        site on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529

 

Colle (Mazzei's Va. estate)

·        recovery of money for, 81

·        purchased by Catlett, 83n, 124

 

Collection of State-Papers, relative to the first acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the United States of America (John Adams)

·        Paine criticizes, 342, 344-5n

 

Collin, Nicholas, 136

 

Columbian Centinel (Boston)

·        publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 75n

 

Comparative View of the Constitutions of the Several States with each Other, and with that of the United States (William L. Smith)

·        J. Taylor's remarks on, 555

 

compasses

·        TJ purchases, 315, 316n

 

Concise and Impartial History of the American Revolution (John Lendrum)

·        prints Logan's speech, 455n

 

Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de

·        Esquisse d'un tableau, 201

 

Condy, Jonathan Williams, 372, 374n

 

Congress, Continental

·        TJ's notes on the debates of, 43

·        and leaves for military personnel, 195

 

Connecticut

·        at Constitutional Convention, 68

 

Connecticut Courant (Hartford)

·        prints disunionist letters, 363, 364n

 

Constant, Benjamin

·        De la force du gouvernement, 123

 

Constellation (U.S. frigate), 422n

 

Constitution (U.S. frigate), 422n

 

Constitutional Convention

·        journals of, 54n, 56-7, 67-8, 93

·        and treaty-making powers, 55-7, 323-4, 346-7, 380

·        Madison's notes on, 56-7, 67-8, 93, 324, 346-7

·        debate on taxes, 443

 

Constitution of the United States

·        Va. proposes amendments to, 5, 36n

·        and taxation, finance, 10, 55

·        and treaties, 25, 46, 51-2, 54n

·        and separation of powers, 60, 285, 304-5, 492-3

·        and electoral votes, 255, 261

·        on oath of office for vice president, 255-6, 281

·        and role of vice president, 271, 273-4

·        aspects of monarchy and republicanism in, 289-90

·        TJ's attachment to, 311

·        preamble quoted, 359

·        three-fifths clause and southern political power, 364n

·        and rights of citizens to correspond freely, 492

·        W. L. Smith's pamphlet on, 555

·        South Carolina and, 570

·        on legal tender, 589

·        requires yearly meeting of Congress, 592

 

constitutions, state

·        W. L. Smith's pamphlet on, 555

 

Cook, Capt. James

·        finds breadfruit in New Zealand, 348, 388, 513

 

Cooke, William

·        Md. boundary commissioner, 263n, 278-9

 

corn

·        price of, 5, 36, 37, 51-2, 67, 123

·        scarcity of, 5

·        purchased by TJ, 26, 52, 485n

·        proposed embargo on, 62-3

·        as crop, 91, 128, 488

·        TJ's supply of, 99

·        planting of, related to peas, 179-80, 386

·        in TJ's crop rotation plan, 245

·        seed sent to TJ, 323-4, 346, 380, 415

·        raised by P. Fitzhugh, 559

·        and definitions of contraband, 623

 

Corsange, Pierre Claude Etienne, 354

 

Corsange & Cie.

·        relations with Monroe, 354

 

Corsica

·        and French campaign in Italy, 135, 161

·        Volney likens Va. mountains to, 150

·        taken by France, 273

 

Cortés (Cortez), Hernán

·        engravings of, 360, 406

 

Cosway, Maria Hadfield (Mrs. Richard Cosway), 397

 

cotton, cotton goods

·        duties on, 265n

·        and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 613, 619, 631n

 

cougars

·        and megalonyx, 297, 299, 303n, 304n

 

Coup d'oeil sur l'état actuel des nos rapports politiques avec les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale (Joseph Fauchet)

·        arrives in Philadelphia, 589-90

·        printed in English by Bache, 590n

·        TJ comments on, 594, 595

 

Coupery, Citizen (Paris notary), 246

 

Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, N.H.)

·        publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 75n

 

Cowes, England

·        and TJ's French accounts, 31

 

Coxe, Tench

·        letter to, 146

·        letters from, 71-2, 134-6, 420-1

·        forwards letters for TJ, 71, 134-5, 146

·        on Jay Treaty, 71-2

·        and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 77

·        Strictures upon the Letter, 77n

·        letter to cited, 124-5n

·        and election of 1796, 214-15n

·        publishes letters signed “A Federalist,” 214-15n

·        on commerce, economy of U.S., 420-1

·        removal from commissionership, 595

·        correspondence with Wolcott, 595n

·        criticizes Adams, 595n

·        on Hamilton's politics, 596

 

Crabb, Jeremiah, 60

 

Cranch's tavern

·        T. M. Randolph stops at, 568

 

Creek Indians

·        and plans to invade Spanish territory, 472-3n

 

Cresap, Michael

·        and deaths of Logan's kin, vii, 408-10, 441, 444, 451 555-6, 581-2, 590-1, 599-600, 600-4

·        L. Martin's father-in-law, vii, 409n, 444, 453-4, 455n, 556

·        and attacks on Indians, 410n, 441, 452, 453, 604n

·        TJ's depiction of, 410n

 

Cresap, Thomas

·        and Logan's speech, 408-10, 416, 590-1, 599-600, 600-2

·        uninvolved in murder of Logan's kin, 410n, 444, 453, 556

·        defended by L. Martin, 453-4, 581-2

·        relationship to L. Martin's children, 455n

 

Creswell's ferry (Saluda River)

·        site on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529

 

Crèvecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. John de

·        on inhabitants of frontier, 225

 

Cromer. See Gromer, Frederick

 

Cropper, Sarah Corbin

·        as Mary Jefferson's friend, 308, 428

 

Crosby, Sampson, 183

 

Cuffy (TJ's slave)

·        TJ mortgages, 98

 

Culpeper Co., Va.

·        TJ proposes road to, 431, 432

 

Culpeper Court House

·        and road from Georgetown, 530

 

Cumberland Co., Va.

·        lands in, 533n

 

Cumberland River

·        and mammoth remains, 398n

 

Curles Neck (Pleasants estate), 120n

 

currency

·        depreciation of, and prices, 124

·        estimates of circulating, 124, 125n

·        glut of paper, 329-30

·        in Britain, 340-1, 344n, 370-1, 373

·        supplanted by specie in France, 341

·        bill to use foreign coins as, 583-4, 589-90, 594

 

Currie, Mr. (Richmond bookbinder), 569

 

Currie, James

·        letter to, 200

·        and election of 1796, 194

·        letters from cited, 200n

·        letters to cited, 200n

 

Cushing, Thomas, 506n

 

customs duties

·        procedures for collection, at Charleston, 567, 570

 

Cutting, Nathaniel, 366

 

Cuvier, Georges

·        describes megatherium, 298-9, 301n

·        studies megalonyx, 300n

·        classifies megalonyx, megatherium, 301n