Volume 43 Index
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Sabine River, 554
Sailly, Peter, 410
St. Andrew’s Society (Alexandria, D.C.), 507n
St. André, 686
St. Clair (brig), 33n
Saint-Domingue, W.I. See Haiti (Saint-Domingue); Stevens, Edward
Ste. Genevieve, 60, 61, 413, 453n, 609
St. Francis River, 434, 452, 640
St. Louis
descriptions of, xlix-l, 230n
district seat, 413
as district seat, 542
garrison, fortifications at, xlix-l, 441, 443n, 445, 446n
plan of, xlix-l, 406 (illus.), 452, 453n
St. Patrick’s Society (Philadelphia), 535-6, 571
St. Petersburg, Russia, 88, 597, 599
St. Stephens, Fort
land office at, 181-2, 512, 513n
Salcedo, Manuel de, 176n, 213, 214n, 321n
Salem, Mass.
collectorship, 186, 187n
relief of seamen, 585, 594
Salem Register, 147, 148n
Salisbury. See Cecil, James, first Marquess of Salisbury
Sally (schooner), 620
Sally (ship), 558-9, 652n
Salmon, George (army officer), 79, 81
salt
in Louisiana, 277-8, 429-30, 434, 451, 454-5, 485, 617
manufacture of, 431-2, 434-5n
production of, 14
“salt mountain,” 287-8, 429-30, 434, 484
salt springs, 431-2, 434-5n, 454-5
from Sardinia, 417, 418, 419, 420
in Virginia, 14-15
Saltillo, 573
Saltonstall, Gurdon F.
identified, 489n
letter from, 489
sends plan of medical device to TJ, 489n
Sammons, Thomas, 58-9, 203n, 683
San Antonio, 424, 555, 556-7, 573
Sands, Comfort, 172, 174-5n
Sandusky, Ohio, 34n
San Ildefonso, Treaty of (1800), 99n, 183, 184n, 258, 324, 424
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, 558n
San Luis Potosí, 555, 556, 573
San Sebastián, Spain, 323n
Santa Bogue Creek, 273, 348
Santa Fe, 573
Santa Fe, Colombia. See Bogotá
Sant’Antioco, Conte di. See Porcile, Giovanni, Conte di Sant’Antioco
Santo Domingo (city), 442n
Santo Domingo (colony)
French privateers from, 442n
Saratoga, battle of, 158n, 288, 289n
Sardinia
British navy at, 418, 420, 421n
salt from, 417, 418, 419, 420, 600
San Pietro, 420n
Tunisian raids on, 420-1n
Saugrain, Antoine, 451
Sauvé, Pierre, 216n
Savage, William, 440
Savannah, Ga.
French privateers at, 602, 603n, 643n
gunboats for, 602, 612
marine hospital, 586
merchants, 36n
slavery in, 403n
Savoy, 87
Saxon, James, 417
Say, Jean Baptiste
Traité d’économie politique, 7
Scales, William
letter from, 489-90
prepares demonstrations against Locke and Newton, 489-90
Schimmelpenninck, Rutger Jan, 209, 210n
Schuyler, Peter Philip, 79, 81, 584-5, 594, 595, 679, 681
science
application of, to daily life, 334-5
climate change, 542n
distilling, 301-2, 334-5
Humboldt’s tour of Central and South America, 478-82
land bridge between Asia and America, 156, 158n
See also astronomy; chemistry; fossils; Jefferson, Thomas: Scientific Interests
Scotland, 55n, 540n
Scott, Alexander, 607n, 608
Scott, Henry (slave), 441-2n
Scott, James (physician)
asks TJ for letter of introduction, 316-17
identified, 316-17n
letter from, 316-17
Scott, John M., 686, 689n
Scott, Joseph, 543, 544
Scott, William, Lord Stowell, 28
seamen
care of sick and disabled, 214, 216n, 585-7, 594, 638n
See also impressment
Searcy, Edmund
identified, 472n
letter from, 471-2
seeks appointment, 471-2, 685
Seaver, Ebenezer
identified, 76n
letter from, 75-6
recommends aspirants for office, 75-6
Sebastian, Alfred, 79, 82
Sebastian, Benjamin, 685, 686, 688n
Ségur, Louis Philippe, Comte de
History of the Principal Events, 74, 75n, 114, 538, 548
Selim III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
intercedes for Philadelphia prisoners, ix, 326, 328-9
relations with U.S., 217, 241, 244, 246, 266
Selle, J., 163n
Semple, Anne Contesse Tyler, 566, 567n
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, 426
Serry, Augustine, 444n
servants
clothing for, 143
wages, 260n, 266n, 695, 696
See also President’s House
Sessions, Thomas
signs memorial, 674
Sète (Cette), France, 306
Severn River, Va., 606, 659n
Sevier, George W., 79, 82
Sevier, John, 58n
Seymour, Ledyard, 687
Seymour, Thomas
identified, 504n
letter from, 503-4
urges removal of Federalists in Conn., 503-4
Seymour, Thomas Young, 503
Seymour, William, 503
Shackelford, Benjamin (Ky.), 687
Shadwell (TJ’s estate), 40, 290-1
Shakespeare, William, 205, 207
Shaw, John (navy officer), 456
Sheaff, Henry
letter from cited, 572n
letter to, 572-3
payments to, 573n
TJ orders wine from, 572-3
Shee, John, 684
Sheldon, Elisha, 503
Shepherd, Levi, Jr., 678n
Shepherd, Levi, & Sons
identified, 678n
letter from, 676-8
seek removal of Northampton postmaster, 676-8
Shepherd, Levi, Sr., 678n
Shepherd, Thomas, 678n
Sherburne, John Samuel, 71, 354, 679, 680
Sherman, Roger, 252
Shields, William B., 224, 525, 687
Shippen, Mr., 684
shoemakers, 77
Short, William
appointed minister to Netherlands, 117, 119n
and Madame de Tessé, 206, 207
tenants, 291n
TJ’s debt to, 185-6, 352
Siberia, 432, 482n
Sibley, John
candidate for office in Louisiana, 687
identified, 65n
letter from, 64-5
offered, declines military appointment, 139
sends botanical observations, dye samples to TJ, 64-5
Sibley, Solomon, 34n
Sicily, 86-7, 90
Sierra Madre, 556, 557
Silliman, Wyllys, 70, 71n, 72
silver, 450, 556, 557, 608-9
Simkins, Arthur, 416
Simms, Charles
calls for removal of, 8, 52-3, 105-6, 126-9, 507n
and marine hospital fund, 587n
Simons, Robert, 684
Simpson, James, 159
Sinclair, Arthur, 456, 559-60, 693
Sinclair, Sir John, 646
Sinú River, 479, 480
Siren (U.S. brig), 38, 39n, 559n
Sitgreaves, Samuel, 18n, 83
Skelton, Bathurst, 604n
Sketches of the Principles of Government (Nathaniel Chipman), 7
Skinner, Tompson J.
appointed commissioner of loans, 506, 680
appointment postponed, 512, 584, 585, 594, 602, 679
letter to, 602
recommends aspirants for office, 683
Skipwith, Fulwar, 31, 248-9, 277, 286n, 687
Skipwith, Henry (TJ’s brother-in-law), 604
Slade, Charles, 128n
slavery
abolition of, 136, 137n, 403n
banned from Indiana Terr., 689n
Bowen’s anti-slavery charge to Ga. grand jury, 403
in Conn., 98n
criticism of, 108n, 403
forces out freeholders, 310
slavery in, 403n
slaves
clothing for, 144
demand for, 177n, 216n, 239-40, 303-4n, 505, 661
descriptions of, 260n
as fishermen, 330n
as guides, 125
hiring of, 7-8, 260n, 441-2n
in manufacturing, 288n
manumission of, 97, 98n, 260n
marriage of, x, 259-61
military service by, in American Revolution, 97, 98n
not allowed to testify against whites, 441n
ongoing threat of insurrection by, 230n, 239, 403
payments to, 185, 260n, 261n
price of, 260n
purchased by family members, 260n
runaway, 295, 299, 300, 330n, 606
sale of, 261n, 368, 374, 385
serve in diplomats’ households, 441-2n
taken to Haiti, 606
write letters, x, 259-61
See also blacks; Jefferson, Thomas: Slaveholder
slave trade
prohibition, suppression of, 99n, 239-40, 303-4n, 529, 661
smallpox, 316n
Smallwood, Charles, 100-1, 687
Smilie, John
as committee member, 338
identified, 110n
letter from, 110
recommends aspirants for office, 110, 121, 122n
Smith, Andrew, 406, 408n
Smith, Charles (Va.), 7-8
Smith, Christopher
letter to, 7-8
TJ hires slaves from, 7-8
Smith, Daniel, 177n, 183, 184n, 232, 680, 683
Smith, Henry
signs memorial, 674
Smith, Hugh (Va.), 128n
Smith, James S.
identified, 422n
letter from, 421-2
seeks, receives appointment, 421-2, 658
Smith, Jesse (captain), 454n
Smith, John (N.Y.), 203n
Smith, John (navy officer), 456
Smith, John (Ohio)
letters from, 32-3, 67, 106-7, 107
recommends aspirants for office, 32-3, 71n, 106-7
reports on proceedings of Congress, 67
Smith, John (Va. congressman), 8n
Smith, Jonathan, 85n
Smith, Larkin
letter from cited, 692
seeks appointment, 692
Smith, O’Brien, 415-17
Smith, Richard, 658
Smith, Robert
and annuity for Algiers, 559n
appropriations to equip additional frigates, 55, 357
arming of U.S. merchant vessels, 494
attends cabinet meetings, 494
construction of additional brigs, 612
forwards commissions, warrants, 306, 456-7, 476, 508, 514, 527, 537, 664
and gunboats, 602-3, 612
and Haiti, 494
instructions for S. Barron, 327, 328-9
and Jenckes dismissal from navy, 587-8n
letters from, 55, 114, 268, 306, 444, 456-7, 476, 508, 514, 527, 537, 559-60, 612, 664
letters to, 328-9, 602-3
and loss of the Philadelphia, 63n, 494
and Marine Corps, 114
and Mediterranean squadron, 63-4n, 329
and R. V. Morris, 268, 328, 444
as reference, 55, 160, 676n, 677-8, 688n
and Sinclair’s rank, 559-60
and Tripoli, 494
See also Navy, U.S.
Smith, Samuel (Md.)
and E. Stevens claim, 174n
and impressed seamen, 31n
letter from, 296
recommends aspirants for office, 296, 684
as reference, 688n
Smith, Samuel (Ohio), 85n
Smith, Samuel Harrison, 427n, 489
See also National Intelligencer (Washington)
Smoot, Benjamin S., 79, 82
Smoot, Hezekiah, 128n
smuggling, 24n
Smyth, Thomas, Jr., 516, 525, 684
Snake Creek. See Santa Bogue Creek
snakes, 605n
Snead (Sneed), John, 466-7, 476
Snead (Sneed), Mr., 466
Snowden, Mr. (Philadelphia), 305n, 687
Snyder, Simon, 221n
Society of Artists and Manufacturers (Philadelphia), 341-2
Somers, Richard, 456
Songster’s Tavern, Va., 90, 111, 125, 139
Sonora, Mexico, 556, 557
Sophia (schooner), 163n
Sotin de la Coindière, Pierre Jean Marie, 91
Soulard, Antoine, 451, 452, 685, 688-9n
South America
Humboldt’s tour of, 478-82
native peoples, 479, 480
South Carolina
agricultural societies, 130n
American Revolution in, 349
legislature, 288, 289n, 415-17
militia, 57n
olive culture in, 69n
party affiliation of state senators, 415-17
supervisor of the revenue, 316n
surveyors, 129n
and Twelfth Amendment, 315-16, 415-16, 526
viticulture in, 130n
See also Charleston, S.C.; Federalists; Republicans
South Carolina College, 4, 42, 129-30n
Southwest Point, Tenn., 442n
Spain
Colonies
French privateers operate from, 442n
Humboldt’s descriptions of, 478-82, 555-7
Laws of the Indies, 347
silver, specie from, 358, 450, 556, 557
See also Louisiana; Mexico; New Spain; Texas
Economy
and Indian trade, 561-4
Foreign Relations
neutrality in war between Britain and France, 159, 176n
U.S. Relations with
cargoes of distressed vessels, 635-8, 644, 657
convention on claims, 211
and establishment of Mobile customs district, 23, 122
interference with U.S. shipping, commerce, 182, 212-14, 272-4, 351, 441
and land sales in W. Fla., 424
Louisiana-New Spain boundary, 554-7
and navigation of Mississippi River, 23-4
secretary of U.S. legation, 499-500, 524
Spanish opposition to Louisiana Purchase, 217n, 302, 304n
transfer of authority over Louisiana, xlix, 149, 176-7n, 239, 610n, 682
U.S. minister to, 499-500, 524
and western Indians, 445
and Wilkinson, 632-4
See also Florida; Mobile, W. Fla.; New Orleans
Spalding, John T.
signs memorial, 674
Spanish language, 106, 154, 240
Spear, Captain, 182
Spears, James, 465
Spears, John, 465
Spears, William, 465-6
specie
in Europe, 87
shortage of, in U.S., 357-8
Spencer, Ambrose
letter from, 211-12
recommends aspirants for office, 211-12
Spencer, Oliver H., 528, 593, 618
Squire, John, 635n
Stall, George W., 79, 81
Stanislas II Augustus, King of Poland, 597, 599
Stanton, Joseph, Jr., 318, 319n, 684
Stanwix, Fort, 317-18, 319n
Stark, William, 687
State, U.S. Department of
employs free blacks, 260n
letter from, 589-90
list of diplomatic agencies, 83
messengers, 260n
and R. King’s accounts, 589-90
salaries and compensations, 83, 116-17, 171-2, 194, 490-1
weights and measures, 177n
See also Madison, James; Wagner, Jacob
stationery, 638n
Statius, Publius Papinus
Thebaid, 98n
Steele, John (comptroller of the Treasury), 5, 173n, 174-5n
Steele, Jonathan, 71, 354, 355n, 679, 680
Stelle, Pontius D., 152
Sterett, Andrew, 52, 456
Sterry, Robert, 687
Steubenville, Ohio
land office, 317, 613-14
Stevens, Dr., 691
Stevens, Edward
Gallatin assesses claim, 162-75, 192-5, 223, 244, 544, 569-70
Madison assesses claim, 223, 267, 274-86, 554, 569-70
TJ assesses claim, vii-viii, 116-20, 192-5, 574-8
Stevens, James, 687
Steward, Mr. (ensign), 658
Stewart, Charles, 456, 457n
Stewart, Robert, 456
Stewart, William (blacksmith), 359n, 361n, 477, 581
Stites, John, 408n
Stoddard, Amos
and garrison, fortifications at St. Louis garrison, 441, 443n, 445, 446n
identified, 610n
and Indian affairs, 445, 446n
as interim commandant of upper Louisiana, 445-6
letter from, 609-10
organization of militia, 641
recommends aspirants for office, 442n
reports attack on Osage delegation, 670n
sends report on lead mines in Louisiana, 609-10
and transfer of Louisiana, xlix
Stoddert, Fort
land office at, 181-2
and navigation of Mobile River, 214n
as port of entry, 122, 514, 584, 585, 594, 595, 681
transfer of federal property at, 255n
Stone, David, 687
Stone, Thomas
identified, 204n
letter from, 204
sends agricultural writings to TJ, 204
Stone, William J., 685
Storm, Thomas
forwards food items to TJ, 126, 204-5, 306, 469-70
identified, 126n
letters from, 126, 469-70
letter to, 204-5
Storm, Thomas H., 415
strawberries, 180n
Strode, John, 125, 316
Stroganov, Paul, 305n
Strong, Caleb, 249n, 263, 677
Strong, Elisha, 410-11n
Strong, Samuel
letter from cited, 693
Stuart, Alexander, 365, 370-1, 372
Stuart, James
Antiquities of Athens, 134, 136-7n, 336
Stuart (Stewart), Archibald
introduces R. B. Taylor, 541
letter from, 541
recommends aspirants for office, 684, 686
Stuart, Gilbert
portrait of Gallatin, xliii, 406 (illus.)
sugar
legal protections for producers of, 347-8
in Louisiana, 77n, 289
Sulayman, Mawlay, Sultan of Morocco, 159
Sullivan, James, 248, 249n, 263
Summary Description of the Lead Mines in Upper Louisiana (Moses Austin), 610n
Summers, Lewis, 153n
Sumter, Thomas, Jr., 683
Sumter, Thomas, Sr., 525n, 685
Suttle, Henry, 441n
Sutton, John (outlaw), 303n
Swearingen, Thomas Van, 70, 71n, 72
Sweden, 47
Swift, Jonathan, 564, 567n
Swift, Jonathan (Va.), 128n
Switzerland, 87
Sydenham, Thomas
Whole Works, 611
Symmes, Daniel, 106, 107n
Symmes, John Cleves, Jr., 658