Volume 43 Index
M
Mabson, Samuel C., 658
McAllister, John
identified, 540n
letter to, 540
TJ orders eyeglasses from, 539, 540
McAllister, John, & Son (Philadelphia), 540n
McClenachan, Blair, 684
McCord, Andrew, 410
McElroy, Archibald, 423
McElroy, Archibald, Jr., 423
McFaddin, Thomas, 417
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 395
McIlvaine, Joseph, 71, 72n, 679, 680
Mackay, James, 686, 688n
McKean, Thomas
as chief justice of Pa., 15, 17n
and divisions among Pa. Republicans, 16, 17n
patronage practices, 15-17
and printing contracts, 220, 221n
recommends aspirants for office, 686
reelection of, 16, 17n
Mackey, John, 686
Macky, James, 143
Macon, Nathaniel, 410
Macon, Col. William, 400
McPherson, John, 416
McPherson’s Blues, 302n
McRae, Alexander, 526n
Madier, Christine, 297
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd
criticized in newspapers, viii, 521, 523n
and departure of Irujos, 303
health of, 619
and Humboldt, 533n
and Sally Hemings, xi
sisters of, 523n
Madison, George, 684
Madison, James
letters from, 176-7, 190-2, 217, 247-9, 266-8, 274-86, 302-5
letters to, 188-9, 189, 223, 245-7, 259, 292-3, 326-7, 595, 644
Personal Affairs
and Derieux, 217
health of, 619
and Humboldt’s visit to Washington, 533n
J. Barnes makes payment for, 115
and J. Ogilvie, 4n
and John Freeman, 260-1n
and Lafayette, 141
praise for, 565
receives items from W. Lee, 77, 109
strangers ask for money from, 676n
Politics
comments on elections, 248
as reference, 689n
Secretary of State
American debt claims against France, 248-9
and annuity for Algiers, 559n
applications to, for appointments, 31n, 72n, 177n, 211, 270n, 271n, 272n, 296n, 304n, 355n, 422n, 438-9, 470n, 688n, 689n
appointment of John Armstrong, 491n, 527
arming of U.S. merchant vessels, 494
attends cabinet meetings, 494
and Bastrop, 655, 656n
British blockades in W. Indies, 247-8, 292-3
British frigates at New York, 635
and capture of the Mastico, 217, 246
cargoes of distressed vessels, 644
collectors as notaries, 607
compensation for W. C. C. Claiborne, 189
and DeLacy’s case, 474n
and diplomatic immunity, 441-2n
and E. Richards claim, 450n
and E. Stevens claim, vii-viii, 163n, 164n, 171-2, 223, 267, 274-86, 554, 569, 578n
establishment of Mobile customs district, 23
forwards commissions, communications, 176-7, 217, 302-5
and French privateers in W. Indies, 442n
and H. Benson’s case, 485-6
and Haiti, 494
impressment of American seamen, 607
instructions for John Armstrong, 667
and Irujo, 303
and Louisiana Bank, 259, 302
Louisiana boundaries, 190, 191n
and Margaret Mitchell’s case, 408n
and Martel’s exequatur, 190-1, 245-6, 247n, 266, 268n
method of communication with the president, 188-9
Monroe’s salary, 30
and Naples, 89, 90n
negotiations for crew of Philadelphia, 190, 191n, 246, 247n, 266-8, 302, 326-7, 494, 590, 591-2n
negotiations with Britain on neutral rights, 196n
and Pedesclaux’s petition, 324n
and R. King’s accounts, 589-90, 595
ransom, release of Maria Anna Porcile, 421n
relations with Ottoman Empire, 266
and seizure of Merry’s black servant, 441-2n
squatters in Louisiana, 267
and Tripoli, 266, 494
and W. Fla., 656
and Yznardi, 159, 160n
See also State, U.S. Department of
Madison, Bishop James
letters from cited, 559n, 693
letter to, 670-1
TJ asks to borrow quadrant from, 670-1, 675
Magon de Médine, Charles René, 449
Magowen (Magown, Magowers), Johnson, 658
Magruder, John B.
letter to, 199
TJ orders flooring plank from, 199
Mahon, Samuel C., 431, 434n
Maine
Biddeford, 607n
Franklin Island lighthouse, 512n
Penobscot River, 512
Portland, 585, 594
sick and disabled seamen in, 585, 594
Waldoboro collectorship, 512n
Whitehead Island lighthouse, 512n
Maitland, Thomas, 164n, 166, 173n, 193
Malta, 48n
mammoth, 432-3, 480, 481, 549
See also mastodon
“Mammoth Cheese,” 493n
Mandeville, Joseph, Jr., 128n
Maner, Samuel, 417
Manhattan (ship), 405, 408n
Manhattan Company, 179n
Mansfield, Jared
considered for Mississippi River expedition, 11
letter from cited, 694
recommends aspirants for office, 70, 71n, 574, 694
Mansfield, Richard, 142-3
manufacturing
boots and shoes, 77
encouragement of, in France, 548n
flax spinning, 548n
flour milling, 426n
ink, 644-5, 646n
iron, 288n
promotion of, 341-2, 404
salt, 14-15, 431-2, 434-5n
statistical tables on, 659n
textiles, 547, 548n, 621-2
use of slave labor, 288n
“Map of the United States of North America” (Aaron Arrowsmith), xlvi-xlvii
maps
Fry-Jefferson, 463n
of Louisiana, 452, 453n, 455n
of Mississippi River, 451, 453n
of N.H., 355n
pasting of, 7
of roads between Monticello and Washington, xlvi-xlvii, 406 (illus.)
of United States, 7
Marblehead, Mass.
collectorship, 25n, 186, 187n
surveyorship, 122, 186-7, 410, 411n, 506, 680
March, John
account with TJ, 6-7
payments to, 185
Marietta, Ohio
land office, 33n, 70, 71n, 72, 613-14
offices at, 70
residents, 32-3
Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria, 128n, 507n
Marine Insurance Company of New-York, 642-3, 646-50, 658
Marines, U.S., 50, 51, 114
Marion, Robert, 416
Mariotte, Edme, 423
Marseilles, France, 69
Marshall, Benjamin, 658
Marshall, John, 220n, 526
Marsteller, Ferdinand, 128n
Martel, Paul Marie Louis
exequatur for, 190-1, 245-6, 247n, 266, 268n
Martin, Philip
signs memorial, 674
Martin, Silvanus
signs memorial, 674
Martin, Thomas (soldier)
letter from cited, 692
Martin, Wheeler
signs memorial, 674
Martin, William (Tenn.), 685
Martinique, W.I., 247n, 248n, 447-8, 694
Maryland
Bush Town, 471
Cecil Co., 142-3
executive council, 138n
fishing, 330n
iron manufacturing in, 43
loans to D.C. commissioners, 177, 199
marshal for, 272, 296, 304n, 362-3, 506, 680
militia, 57-8
newspapers, 147, 148
Oxford collectorship, 68-9, 447
ratifies Twelfth Amendment, 137-8, 182-3
slavery in, 330n
Talbot Co., 68n
See also Baltimore, Md.; Republicans
Maryland Agricultural Society for the Eastern Shore, 69n
Mason, George, 127
Mason, John (Georgetown merchant), 101, 160, 304n, 462, 607, 617, 684
Mason, John (Plymouth)
letter from cited, 694
Mason, John (sailmaker), 527
Mason, John Thomson
letter from, 66
and pardons, 66
as reference, 607n
and removal of Fenwick’s houses, 178
Mason, Samuel, 303n
Mason, Thomson (1759-1820), 127
Massachusetts
Berkshire Co., 426
commissioner of loans, 506, 512, 513n, 602, 679, 680
Dukes Co., 221
elections in, 248, 249n, 255, 263, 677
Hampshire Co., 677
legislature, 221
newspapers, 147, 148n
sick and disabled seamen in, 585, 594
supervisor for, 357, 358n
See also Federalists; Maine; Republicans
Mastico (Tripolitan ketch)
captured by Preble, 217, 231, 241, 244, 246, 266, 329
mastodon, 432-3, 480, 481, 538, 539n, 601, 616, 645-6, 663-4
mathematics
calculating velocity, 9-10, 423
instruction in, 197n, 402
Mathew, Thomas
“Beginning, Progress and Conclusion of Bacons Rebellion”, 7
Mathewson, John
signs memorial, 674
Matthews, James, 540n
Maury, Matthew
forwards book for TJ, 463
letter from cited, 692
letters to cited, 692
Maxwell, Joseph J., 456
Maxwell, Robert
letter from, 224
recommends aspirants for office, 224, 687
Maxwell, Gen. William, 44
May, James, 303n
Mayo, John, 92
Mazzei, Philip
correspondence with TJ, 305n, 595, 598, 600n
exchanges seeds, plants with TJ, 22n, 180n, 305n, 595, 597, 598, 599
experiments with olive culture, 69n
and Joseph Barnes, 38, 86
journey to St. Petersburg, 88, 305n, 597, 599
letters from, 595-600, 650-2
recommended for diplomatic appointment, 88, 89
sends news, advice on European affairs, 302, 305n, 595-600
sends news on Barbary affairs, 650-2
Meade, Everard, 129
Mease, James
Domestic Encyclopædia, 6, 123, 124
letter from, 123-5
seeks appointment, 263
and TJ’s moldboard plow, 123-5
Medcalfe, James
pardon for, 444
medicine
bleeding, 573
changes, reforms, 333, 334
education, 52, 542n, 550n, 654
horseback riding, 611
medical bark, 479, 481, 509
medical devices, 489
medical schools, societies, 542n, 593, 605n
mercury, 582, 584n
peppermint, 517
physicians, 224-30, 301n, 593
pregnancy, childbirth, 4-5
resuscitation from drowning, 550n
sarsaparilla, 582, 584n
snake venom, 605n
surgeons, 50, 51-2
See also illness and disease; women
Mediterranean Sea
arming of merchant vessels in, 545
See also Navy, U.S.; Tripoli
Meer, John, 341n
megalonyx, 549
Meigs, Return Jonathan
commissioner to treat with Cherokees, 177n, 183, 184n, 232, 680
forwards message from Cherokees, 442n
Meigs, Return Jonathan, Jr., 574, 685
Melzi d’Eril, Francesco, 485
Menard, Pierre, 60, 61
Mentges, Francis, 106-7
Meramec River, 450, 640
Mercantile Advertiser (New York), 216n
Mercer, Gen. Hugh, 491n
Mercer, James (British officer), 405-6, 407, 408n
Mercer, John F.
letter from cited, 691
Mercury (planet), 479, 481
Merieult, Jean François (John Francis), 216n, 225, 228, 304n
Meriwether, David, 177n, 680
Merry, Anthony
black servant employed by, seized by owner, 440, 441-2n
and British blockades in W. Indies, 247-8, 292-3
duties on imports from Canada, 250, 251n, 324
and negotiations on neutral rights, 31n
protests diplomatic protocol of TJ’s administration, 26, 28, 29
violations by British frigates, 635n
Méry, Monsieur
letter from, 151-2
seeks passage on French frigate, 151-2
Meshouda (Moroccan ship), 25
Messina, 87
Metcalf, Joel
signs memorial, 674
Methodists, 98n, 463n, 553
Mexicano (Mexicana) River. See Sabine River
Mexico
geography, 573-4
Humboldt travels through, 478, 480, 509, 538
maps of, 557n
mineral specimens from, 450
See also New Spain
Mexico City, 398, 399, 573
Michaux, André, 154
Michigan, Lake, 430
Michigan Territory, 34n
Middletown, Conn., 585, 594
Mier, Mexico, 555, 556
Mifflin, John F., 618
Mifflin, Thomas, 15
Milan, Italy, 87
militia
blacks in, 356-7
Indians in, 57n
militia returns, 57-8, 73
organization of, 641
Millar, Mr.
letter from cited, 693
Miller, Isaac, 366, 368
Miller, Mordecai, 128n
mills
grinding stones for, 358-9, 454
on Henderson lands, 363-5, 366-7, 377-80, 384-91
Shadwell, 40, 363
Milton, John, 156, 205, 207
Milton, Va.
Henderson lots in, 367, 368-70, 371, 375-6, 385-7
postal service, 251
Mineral Fork, 642n
Minor, John
letter from cited, 693
Minor, Mr. (Miss. Terr.), 608
Minor, Stephen, 305n
Minor, Stephen (ship’s captain), 165-6, 192
Mint, U.S., 508-9
Mirboka (Mirboha; Moroccan warship), 25
Mirror of the Times, & General Advertiser (Wilmington, Del.), 196n, 446n
Mississippi River
crime on, 303n
descriptions of, 9, 84, 230n, 295, 423, 523-4
English Turn, 318, 319n
exploration of, 11
maps of, 451, 453n
pilots on, 303n
regulation of Spanish vessels in, 23-4
smuggling on, 24n
Mississippi Territory
burial mounds, 431-2
claimed as part of Louisiana, 483
courts in, 349
crime in, 303n, 349-50
descriptions of, 272-4, 295-6, 348-51
fossils, 296
French inhabitants of, 349
fur and peltry trade in, 213
Indian affairs, 273-4, 295, 349, 483-4
Indian mounds, 295-6, 431-2
judges, 176, 177n, 198, 680
land fraud in, 96, 97n, 122, 123, 305n, 351
land office east of Pearl River, 181-2, 512, 513n
land office west of Pearl River, 123, 295-6, 357, 428-9, 434n, 519-20, 525n, 609
Loyalists in, 349
militia, 349
population of, 349-50
slavery in, 295
squatters in, 349
surveyors, 310-12
White Apple, 432, 435n
See also Claiborne, William C. C.; Mobile, W. Fla.; Natchez; Tombigbee River
Missouri River, 11, 453n
See also Lewis and Clark expedition
Mitchell, Andrew (British admiral), 642-3, 648
Mitchell, Andrew, Jr., 404-8
Mitchell, Andrew, Sr., 404, 408n
Mitchell, John (Georgetown), 607
Mitchell, John (Le Havre), 449
Mitchell, Margaret
identified, 408n
letter from, 404-8
seeks son’s release from British army, x, 404-8
Mitchill, Samuel Latham, 342n
Mobile, W. Fla.
descriptions of, 230n, 350
establishment of customs district at, 23, 122, 512, 513-14, 525, 584-5, 594
gunboats for, 602
interference with U.S. shipping at, 182, 213, 214n, 272, 274, 351, 441
Spanish duties charged on U.S. goods at, 182, 212-14, 254-5, 272-4, 349, 351
Spanish forces at, 198, 351
Mobile Bay, 272, 273, 350-1
Mobile River, 348, 350
moidore (Portuguese coin), 308
Môle St. Nicolas, W.I., 165
Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin), 155
Monclova, 555, 556
Moniteur (Paris), 492
Moniteur de la Louisiane (New Orleans), 298n
Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright, 28, 31
Monroe, James
advises on appointments, 304-5n
correspondence with Madison, 267, 302
and E. Richards’s claim, 449
financial situation, 29-30
and J. Barlow’s mission to Barbary states, 83, 118
letter forwarded to, 40
letter from, 25-31
and Louisiana Purchase, 304n
and Merry controversy, 26, 28, 29
and negotiations on neutral rights, 25-9, 196n, 302, 304n
offered governorship of Louisiana, 25-6, 682
recommends aspirants for office, 31
salary and compensation for, 170, 194
snubbed, insulted by British officials, viii, 27-9
special envoy to Spain, 26, 30, 190
TJ sends foreign, domestic news to, 31
Monroe, John, 687
Monterrey, 398, 399, 555, 556, 573
Montgomery, John, 290
Montgomery, Robert, 290
Montgomery, Robert D., 417
Monticello
bedrooms, 581
biannual visits to, by TJ, xlvi-xlvii, 22, 48, 90, 91, 94-5, 96, 100, 139-40, 141, 142, 293, 360, 362, 399, 462-3
cavettos, 639
dome, 208, 536, 581, 639
doors, 536
entrance hall, 493n
fences, 39-40
floors, 40, 199, 581, 638
garden, 40, 222-3, 305n, 534
glass for, 568-9, 619-20, 639
groceries and supplies for, 6, 48, 51, 100, 269, 620
halls, 40, 208, 536, 638-9
ice house, 477, 582
leveling work at, 534
orchards, 398n
ornaments for, 536, 582
painting of, 620
parlors, 208, 493, 536
peach trees, 223
plastering, 199, 208, 477-8, 581, 638-9
poplars, 223
porticos, 40
postal service to, from, 251-2, 292, 293, 313
refuge from public life, 333, 334
roads to, from, xlvi-xlvii, 90, 111, 125, 139, 406 (illus.), 427-8, 534
skylights, 568-9, 619-20, 639
slaves at, 260n, 477, 582
tea room, 137n, 493
timber for, 199
TJ invites family to, 22-3, 51, 76
TJ invites friends to, 212, 653
venetian blinds for, 492-3, 581-2
vineyards at, 22n
See also Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery
Montpellier, France, 333, 334, 654
Montreal, 251n, 317
Montufar, Carlos
accompanies Humboldt on visit to United States, 499n, 508, 509n, 532, 533n, 660, 661
joins Humboldt’s South American tour, 509n
Moore, Alfred, 71, 679
Moore, Cleon, 52-3, 106n
Moore, David, 262
Moore, Henry
letters from, 52-3, 105-6
recommends aspirants for office, 52-3, 105-6
Moore, James (pardon seeker), 80-1
Moore, James T., 684, 688n
Moore, Jonathan, 262-3, 331, 685
Moore, Joseph (N.C.), 614, 615n
Moore, Nicholas R., 688n
Moore, Roger, 177n
Moore, Thomas, 525n, 685, 686
Moore, Thomas (Va.), 614-15
Morales, Juan Ventura, 214n, 305n, 321n, 424
Moreau, Jean Victor, 333, 334
Morgan, Benjamin
declines appointment, 411n, 427
and Louisiana Bank, 216n
recommended for appointment, 505-6, 684
Morlaix, France, 448
Morning Chronicle (New York), 147, 148n, 203, 216n
Morocco
Safi, 159, 160n
Morris, Gouverneur, 83, 117, 119n, 170, 194
Morris, Richard Valentine
conduct investigated by court of inquiry, 255, 268, 328
dismissed from navy, 444
and G. Davis, 83n, 118, 194
and Navoni, 417, 419, 600
ransom, release of Maria Anna Porcile, 421n
Morrow, Jeremiah, 70, 71n, 122
Morse, Samuel, 403n
Moses, Isaac, & Sons (New York City), 605, 610
Moultrie, William
letter from cited, 692
Mountflorence, James Cole, 448
Mount Vernon, 533n
Moustier, Elénore François Elie, Comte de, 117, 119n
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad, 16, 17n
Muhlenberg, Henry
court-martial of, 115, 144-5
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel
and arming of merchant vessels, 544-6, 569, 570n, 574
forwards items to TJ, 76-7, 109, 463, 513
letters from, 76-7, 513
letter to, 463
payments to, 115, 185
recommends aspirants for office, 684, 686
and T. McKean’s reelection, 17n
Mulligan, Francis
identified, 316n
letters from, 315-16, 415-16
and party affiliation of S.C. senators, 415-17
and ratification of Twelfth Amendment by S.C., 315-16, 415-16
seeks appointment, 316n, 682, 683
Mumford, Paul
letter from cited, 694
Mumford, Paul M.
letter from cited, 694
Munroe, Thomas
and footpaths in Washington, 496-8, 501-2
issues injunctions, 498
letters from, 177-8, 496-8, 675-6
letters to, 199, 501-2
and Md. loans, 177, 199
memorandum of expenditures on public buildings and roads, 675-6
method of communicating with TJ, 496-7, 501-2
removal of Fenwick’s houses, 177-8, 199
as superintendent of public buildings, 150
murder
by, of Indians, 445
Murray, Daniel, 456
Murray, Francis, 153
Murray, William Vans, 117
Muse, Lawrence, 693
Museum of Delaware (Wilmington, Del.), 589
Mustafa Baba, Dey of Algiers
annuity payments for, 651, 652n
cannons for, 557-9
letter to, 557-9
Muter, George, 292n, 684, 685, 686, 688n
Mutual Assurance Society, 435-6
Myers, Moses, 605, 606n, 610
Myers, Moses A., 94n