Volume 43 Index

Wabash River

Wabash saline, 431-2, 434-5n, 657

Wagner, Jacob

correcting names on commissions, 180-1n, 243

forwards list of diplomatic agencies, 82-3

letter from, 82

and R. King’s accounts, 590

Wakefield, Allen M., 103

Walker, David (Ky.), 685

Walker, John Peter, 12, 13n, 242, 424, 685

Wallace, Caleb, 271n

Wallace, James Westwood

identified, 605n

letter from, 604-5

letter to, 613

recommended for appointment, 605n, 684

sends Indian pipe to TJ, 604-5

thanked by TJ, 613

Walsh, Patrick, 298n

Wanscher, Marten (Martin)

arrives at Monticello, 208n

assistant for, 478n

letter from cited, 691

letter to, 208

and Monticello ice house, 582

payments to, 42, 472, 477, 581

plastering at Monticello, 199, 208, 638-9

Wanscher, Mrs., 472, 477

War, U.S. Department of

arsenals, armories, 441, 443n

articles of war, 115

barracks, 445, 446n

courts-martial, 115, 144-5

engineers, 79, 82, 197

forts, posts, 445, 446n

instruction in French language, 79, 82

medical department, 79, 82, 113-14

militia returns, 57-8

rations, 197

regiments of artillery, 78-9, 81-2, 658

regiments of infantry, 79, 82, 658

See also Dearborn, Henry: Military Affairs; Indians: U.S. Indian Affairs; West Point, N.Y.

Ward, Henry Dana, 417

Ward, John, 417

Warner, Gideon, 658

Warren, Samuel, 417

Warwick, Va., 92, 94n

Washington, D.C.

banks, 264n

boarding houses, 426, 427n

building regulations in, 498

carpenters, 493n

City Tavern, 532, 533n

cotton manufacturing, 621-2

counterfeiting in, 219, 245, 264, 624n

descriptions of, 501

establishment of post road to New Orleans from, 198

footpaths in, 496-8, 502

frame makers, 669n

free blacks in, 260-1n

gilders, 669n

K Street, 260n

lumber merchants, 493n

Pennsylvania Ave., 497-8, 502, 669n

proposal to remove seat of government from, 74, 75n

public buildings, 136n, 146, 150, 675-6

Rock Creek, 621

streets and roads in, 147, 150, 496-8, 675-6

Tiber Creek, 502

Washington Navy Yard, 454n, 533n, 603n, 610

See also Capitol, U.S.; District of Columbia; President’s House

Washington, George

applications to, for appointments, 319n

appointments by, 83, 117

and arming of merchant vessels, 545, 546n

Ceracchi’s bust of, 20, 22n

and design of U.S. Capitol, xliv

as reference, 52

societies dedicated to memory of, 128-9n

Washington, George Steptoe, 523n

Washington, Lucy Payne, 523n

Washington, N.C., 585, 594

Washington, William (1752-1810), 417

Washington Federalist

and Sally Hemings, xi, 469n

and TJ’s legal action against Richard Johnson, vii, 465-9

Washington Society (Alexandria, Va.), 128-9n

Washita River, 430, 434

Watkins, Eulalie Trudeau, 241n

Watkins, John (Orleans Terr.), 177n, 240, 303-4n, 505-6, 658

Watkins, Thomas (Halifax Co, Va.)

identified, 74n

letter from, 73-4

seeks appointment, 73-4, 685

Watson, Elkanah

letter to, 84

thanked by TJ, 84

Tour in Holland, 84

Watson, John (R.I.)

letter from cited, 693

Wattles, Nathaniel, 128n

Watts, Isaac, 7

Wayles, John (TJ’s father-in-law)

estate of, 603-4

weather

climate change, 542n

cold, 40

hail, 620n

hurricanes, 206, 207

rain, xlvi, 427-8, 625

snow, 40

wind, 223

Webber, Samuel, 402

Webley, Benjamin, 679

weights and measures, 177n

Wells, Henry, 417

Wells, William H., 196

West, Benjamin (R.I.)

signs memorial, 674

West, Cato

and land fraud in Miss. Terr., 305n

letter to, 149

seeks reimbursement for provisions, 149

West, William

identified, 435n

letter from, 435-6

requests payment from TJ, 435-6

West Indies

arming of merchant vessels trading in, 546n

British blockades in, 247-8, 249n, 304n

French privateers in, 442n, 602, 603n, 643n

impressment in, 440

See also Cuba; Guadeloupe, W.I.; Haiti (Saint-Domingue); Jamaica

West Point, N.Y.

military academy at, 197, 324, 440, 442n, 501, 658

Wharton, Franklin, 114

wheat, 270, 291n

Wheaton, Levi

signs memorial, 674

Wheaton, Seth

signs memorial, 674

Wherry, John, 142-3

Whiley, Richard, 79, 81

Whipple, Abraham, 32-3, 250

Whipple, John (R.I.)

signs memorial, 674

Whipple, Joseph, 354

White, Henry, 546n

White Hair (Cheveux Blancs, Pawhuska, Osage leader), 692

White River, 413

White River (Arkansas), 434

Whiting, Mr. (Va.), 111

Whole Works of That Excellent Practical Physician, Dr. Thomas Sydenham (Thomas Sydenham), 611

Wickham, Thomas T., 417

Wilkinson, Benjamin, 79, 81

Wilkinson, James

declines dinner invitation, 573

and DeLacy, 473

departure from New Orleans, 176n, 304n

gives flags for militia, 356

health of, 573

and Indian treaty negotiations, 121, 273

letters from, 573, 617

and Louisiana Bank, 215

and navigation on Mobile River, 213, 214n

queries on Texas and Mexico, 573-4

as reference, 288, 421, 495, 618

salt deposits in Louisiana, 455n, 617

Spanish payments to, 632-4

and transfer of Louisiana to U.S., 176n, 189

travels to Washington, 541, 542n

Wilkinson, Stephen, 628

William and Mary, College of, 95n, 175n, 567n

Williams, David, 31

Williams, John (Tenn.), 95, 113, 683

Williams, John M., 147, 148n

Williams, Nathan, 683

Williams, Philip

arrested for counterfeiting, 624n, 654n

extradition of, 623-4, 626-7, 653-4

Williams, Robert

and board of land commissioners, 123

candidate for office in Louisiana, 683

and E. Turner, 519, 520n

and Louisiana Bank, 217n

recommends aspirants for office, 357

travels to Washington, 232, 296, 520n, 609

Willig, George, xliv, 426n

Willing, Thomas, 264n

Willink, Wilhem & Jan, 209, 210n

Willis, John (Md.), 69n

Wilmington, Del., 585, 594

Wilmington, N.C., 586

Wilson, James J.

identified, 446n

letter from, 446

recommends aspirants for office, 446, 475

Wilson, Joseph, 186, 187n

Wilson, Philip

letter from cited, 694

Wilson, William (Va.), 128n

wine

“Abrostine bianco,” 21n

“Abrostine Rosso,” 21n

Aleatico, 20, 21n

bottling of, 20

champagne, 91, 440, 548, 560, 605-6, 610, 625-6, 654

claret, 572-3

Hermitage (white), 307

“Lachrima Christi,” 21n

Madeira, 91, 130n, 440, 548

“Mammola,” 21n

Montepulciano, 20-1, 22n, 485, 486

“Morgiano,” 21n

ordered by TJ, 91, 307, 440, 458, 572-3, 605-6, 610, 625-6, 654

Pedro Ximenes, 22

prices, 29, 560, 605, 625, 654

recommended for medicinal purposes, 22, 188

“S. Giovette,” 21n

sherry, 22, 572-3

sherry (pale), 159

Termo, 572

Tokay, 21

transportation of, 20, 605

Trebbiano, 21n

from Tuscany, 20-1, 540

viticulture, 20-1, 22n, 130n, 485, 540

Wineberger, John, 359n

Winn, Richard, 525n, 686

Winner, Joseph, 72

Winslow, William, 687, 689n

Winston, Joseph

identified, 95n

letter from, 95

recommends aspirants for office, 95, 683

Winter, John, 148

Wistar, Caspar

forwards books to TJ, 74-5, 538, 539n, 548

introduces Fothergill and Humboldt, 509, 538

letters from, 74-5, 509, 538-9

letters to, 84, 114-15, 548-9

recommends aspirants for office, 56, 683, 684

returns drawings of teeth, 538-9

TJ forwards book to, 114-15, 548-9

TJ forwards communications for APS to, 84

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 546n

women

divorce, 408n

education of, 298n, 566-7, 592

pregnancy, childbirth, 4-5, 51n, 299, 300

printers, publishers, 401, 402n

wet nurses, 4, 582

widows, widowhood, 175n, 262, 346, 563n, 604n

Wood, Francis

letter from cited, 693

Woodhouse, James, 532

Woodrop Sims (ship), 600

Woodson, Tucker M., 368, 369, 374-5, 377, 385

Woodstock, N.Y., 426n

Woodstock and Saugerties General Manufacturing and Mining Company, 426n

Woodward, Augustus Brevoort, 687

Works of the Rev. John Fletcher (John William Fletcher), 553

Worthington, Thomas

and Kosciuszko’s lands, 85

letters from, 85, 317, 613-14

letter to, 85

recommends aspirants for office, 34n, 70, 71n, 122, 317, 613-14

Wren, James, 428

Wright, Daniel, 677, 678n

Wright, Robert

identified, 518n

introduces Rafinesque, 518

letter from, 518

proposes removing seat of government, 75n

recommends aspirants for office, 684

as reference, 688n

Wythe, George

and C. Peyton’s bill in chancery, 137, 364-5, 373, 383, 572

recommends aspirants for office, 684, 686