Volume 43 Index
W
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