Volume 45 Index

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Page, John

letters to, 249-50

letters from, 60, 155-6, 453-4

and Logwood’s case, 60, 155-6

removal of free Blacks, condemned slaves from Va., 249-50, 453-4

Paine, Capt., 489

Paine, Thomas

letter to, 341

letters from, 275-7, 378-89

considers visit to Washington, xi, 275, 277, 378

condemns Liverpool slave trade, xiii, 385

criticism of, 4

and Cavender, 29

TJ’s loyalty to, 30n, 472n

and U.S. policy toward Haiti, 275-7, 341, 386, 387-8

sends opinions on Louisiana, German redemptioners, 378-89

criticizes Hamilton funeral oration, 383, 388n

plans publication of collected works, 383-4

memorandum on Louisiana, 386, 388n

TJ’s letter forwarded to, 480

TJ’s support for, 637

painting

patents pertaining to, xi, 265-6

at Monticello, 123-4

Palfrey, John, 75n

Palladio, Andrea

first book of architecture, 194, 238, 324, 328, 329, 333, 359, 363, 364

Palmer, Beriah

dines with TJ, 716, 721, 722

declines dinner invitation, 720

Paradise, Lucy Ludwell, 470n

Paradise Lost (John Milton), 515, 536, 544, 545

pardons

petitions for, 70-1, 152-3, 202-3, 332-3, 452, 458-9, 579, 587-8, 685-6, 688-90, 736

granted by TJ, 71, 153, 203, 319, 320n, 333

denied by TJ, 458-9

Paris

severe cold at, 362, 363

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 573n

Parker, Richard, 470

Parkersburg, Va., 212n

Parkyns, George Isham

Six Designs, 239, 240n, 246, 247

Parma, 408

Parr, Samuel

Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenue, 557

Pascagoula River, 77, 553

Pashepaho (Sac Indian), 263n

passports

for non-resident citizens, 395-6

patents

accusations of patent infringements, xi, 265-6

painting, xi, 265-6

extension of, 235

flour mills, 235

steam engines, 235

electrophorus, 274n

fireplaces, 274n

timepiece improvements, 274n

grist mill improvements, 512n

Paterson, John

declines dinner invitation, 721

dines with TJ, 722

Paterson, William (N.J.)

dines with TJ, 727

Patrin, Eugène Melchior Louis

Histoire naturelle des minéraux, 368, 696, 701

Patterson, Robert

letter to, 327

TJ introduces Cosa to, 327

Patton, Robert (Pa.)

letter from, 480

forwards letter for TJ, 480

Peacock, Eliza

letters from, 285-6, 688-90

seeks discontinuance of prosecution against husband, 285-6, 288-9, 324

identified, 286n

seeks pardon for her husband, 683-4, 688-90

Peacock, Robert Ware

letter from, 685-6

indictment, conviction for forgery, 285-6, 324-5, 686n

recommendations on behalf of, 288-9, 683-4, 688-90

petition for pardon, 685-6

Peale, Charles Willson

letters to, 31-2, 99-100

letters from, 21, 76, 197, 407, 690-1, 707

commissions son’s portrait of TJ, xlvii

dines with TJ, xlvii, 732n

museum, xlvii, 708

plans visit to Washington, xlvii, 197

health of, 21

and polygraph, 21, 31-2, 76, 99-100, 197, 301, 346, 398, 407, 690-1, 707

payments to, 407n

and Perreïn, 572, 573

Peale, Rembrandt

dines with TJ, xlvii, 724, 732n

second portrait of TJ, xlvii-xlviii, 330 (illus.)

recommended by father, 197

Pearl River, 77-8, 226, 312, 447, 553

pears, 126-7

Pease, Seth, 176n

Pedersen, Peder

and case of brig Hendrick, 463

dines with TJ, 727

Pennell, William, 403

Pennsylvania

Montgomery Co., 47

lead mining in, 47-8

Mill Grove, 47-8

Whiskey Insurrection, 170n

immigrants to, 367, 379-80, 384

impeachment of state judges, 403, 540-1

Somerset Co., 466

Supreme Court, 498n

and election of 1804, 540

postal service in, 592-4, 624, 686-7

turnpikes in, 593

York Co., 593, 594n

Adams Co., 594n

clodhoppers, 594n

Bucks Co., 619n

See also Federalists; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Republicans

Pennsylvania, Bank of, 103n, 738

Pennsylvania Ledger (Philadelphia), 538n

Penobscot Expedition (1779), 67-8, 69n

Pensacola, W. Fla.

Spanish garrison at, 60-1

reinforcements expected at, 553

Seminoles invited to, 553

Percival, Thomas

Father’s Instructions to his Children, 90, 91n

Perkins, Nathaniel

letter from, 708

asks TJ for a loan, 708

identified, 708n

Perkiomen Creek, 47

perpetual motion, 274

Perreau, Jean André

Élémens de législation naturelle, 368, 696, 701

Perreïn, Jean

letter to, 708

letter from, 572-3

offers bird specimens, 572-3, 708

identified, 573n

Perry, John

dispute with Oldham, viii-ix, 80-2, 102-3, 194-5

accused of theft, drunkenness, 81

letters from cited, 734, 735, 737

letter to cited, 735

Persia, seu Regni Persici Status, Variaque Itinera in Atque per Persiam (Johannes de Laet), 437

Peters, Richard (judge), 397

Petit, Pierre, 75n

Petit magasin économique, ou l’Utile à tout le monde, 368, 390

Peyton, Craven

letter to, 460

letter from, 286-7

payments to, 6

and Henderson warehouse, 286-7, 460

Peyton, Francis

calls for removal of, as militia commander, 138-9, 735

letter to cited, 138-9n, 733

Peyton, John, 80

Phelps, Oliver

and Carver’s Grant, 163

and Connecticut Land Company, 582n

dines with TJ, 726

Philadelphia

Society of Artists and Manufacturers, x

severe cold weather at, xi, 301, 529

merchants, 3

academies, schools, 101n

ironmongers, 124n

booksellers in, 278n, 503n, 526, 538n

First Presbyterian Church, 303n

inns, 313n

Society of Friends in, 344

longitude of, 467n

Presbyterians in, 585

cost of fuel at, 676

Philadelphia (ship), 196n

Philadelphia (U.S. frigate)

burned by U.S., 17-19, 22, 542n

negotiations for release of crew, 320

Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, 95n, 604

Philadelphia Pursuits of Literature. A Satirical Poem (John Davis), 602, 704

Philosophie de Kant (Charles François Dominique de Villers), 186

physiognotrace, l-li, liii, 97n

Physique réduite en tableaux raisonnés, ou, Programme du cours de physique fait a l’École polytechnique (Etienne Barruel), 15

Piatt, William, 331, 578, 583, 609

Piattoli, Scipione, 177, 181

Pichon, Alexandrine Émilie Brongniart, 127

Pichon, Louis André

and Haiti, 387, 440

dines with TJ, 716

Pickens, Andrew, 166, 167n

Pickering, Timothy

letter from, 126-7

presents Ely amendment in Senate, 79n

loans pamphlet to TJ, 126-7

dines with TJ, 126n, 717, 724

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

Picot, Louis François. See Girardin, Louis H.

Pictet, Marc Auguste

advice sought on arrangement of professorships, 305

Voyage de trois mois en Angleterre, en Ecosse, et en Irlande, 368, 696, 701

pigeons

passenger, 547

Pilkington, Mary Hopkins

Henry; or, The Foundling, 90, 91n

Pinckney, Charles

letters from, 408-14, 594-600

correspondence with Madison, 312, 408, 413

correspondence with Cevallos, 408, 595, 597-8, 600n

French interference with Spanish negotiations, 408-13, 594-600

summarizes, defends actions as minister to Spain, 408-14, 599

declaration of war by Spain on Britain, 410-11, 413, 594-5

joint mission with Monroe, 411-12, 598

rumored departure from Madrid, 412-13

urges annexation of Florida, 595-6

correspondence with Godoy, 598, 599-600

wishes to return to U.S., 599

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 155, 668

Pinkney, William

declines appointment as judge in Orleans Terr., 21

considered for appointment as U.S. attorney general, 275

declines dinner invitation, 719

Pintard, John, 147

Pintard, John M.

letter from, 147-8

dines with TJ, 147, 718

recommends kinsman for appointment, 147-8

Piper, John, 403

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista

Varie vedute di Roma, 328, 329, 359, 363, 364, 365, 368, 697, 702

Pitot, James, 222

Pitt (British merchantman), 12

Pitt, William, 304

Pittman, John

letter from cited, 138n, 735

Pittsburgh

growth of, 466, 504

postal service to, 466, 467, 593

Pittsburgh Mechanical Society, 504n

Pittsfield, Mass., 472n, 670n

Plans, coupes et élévations des plus belles maisons et hôtels construits à Paris et dans les environs (Johann Karl Krafft and Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette), 154, 165-6, 186, 239, 268, 697

Plans de jardins dans le goût anglais & instructions dans l’art de distribuer & planter de petits terrains (Jean Louis Mansa), 239, 240n, 246, 247, 256

Plaquemine, Fort, 98

Playfair, William

Commercial and Political Atlas, 90, 91n

Pleasing Preceptor; or Familiar Instructions in Natural History and Physics, Adapted to the Capacities of Youth (Gerhard Ulrich Anton Veith), 90, 91n

Pleiades, 176n

plows

TJ’s moldboard, 39-40, 555-6

Plumer, William

comments on Louisiana memorial delegation, 119n

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

comments on TJ’s inaugural address, 634, 636-7

dines with TJ, 717, 731n

Plummer, Mr., 139

Plutarch, 621, 622

Plutarque de la jeunesse, ou Abrégé des vies des plus grands hommes de toutes les nations, 621, 622

Pocahontas, 525-6

Poe, James, 403

Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 441n

Political and Commercial Register (Philadelphia), 602n

Political Observatory (Walpole, N.H.), 7n

Pollock, George

recommends aspirants for office, 75n

appointed to legislative council, 120, 122, 146, 150, 213

Polly & Sally (schooner), 14

polygraphs

Hawkins’s, 21, 31, 476

modifications to, 21, 31-2, 76, 99-100, 197, 300-1, 346, 398-9

pens for, 21, 76, 197

hinges, 31

lids, tops, 31-2, 76

drawers, 76, 99, 707

portable, 346, 398-9, 690-1, 707

prices, 407

praised by TJ, 476

used to copy inaugural address, 634

Pomeroy, Ralph

letter from, 534-5

seeks appointment, 534-5, 737

identified, 535n

Pondicherry, India, 269, 270

Pontchartrain, Lake

postal route across, 77, 464, 465

as eastern boundary of Louisiana, 414n

Post Oak landing, 464, 465

Pope, Alexander, 518

Pope, Edward, xlviii, 137-8, 158, 199, 360

Popham, William, 441n

Poplar Forest (TJ’s estate), 27n, 586n

Porcupine’s Gazette (Philadelphia), 280n, 540-1

Porter, Andrew, Jr.

recommended for appointment, 74-5, 570, 575, 576n

appointed surveyor and inspector at New Orleans, 577, 713

Porter, Charles T., 345, 417, 712, 736

Porter, James, 331

Porter, John, 403

Port Folio (Philadelphia), 602n

Portsmouth, Va., 505n

Portugal

wine from, 20, 75-6, 374

postal service

establishment of post road between Washington and New Orleans, 77-8, 150, 217-21, 312, 446-7, 464-5, 559-60, 567

postal service through W. Fla., 312

appointments and removals in, 425-6, 708n

establishment, relocation of distributing offices, 425-6

establishment, alterations to post roads, 464-7, 592-4, 624, 686-7

distrusted, 681

See also Granger, Gideon

Postel, Guillaume

Guillelmi Postelli de Republica, 437, 702

Potomac Creek, 198n

Potomac River

navigation improvements, 240, 388n

frozen, 324

crossed by postal routes, 466

Potter, Samuel J., 88

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 314n

Poultney, John, Jr., & Co. (New Orleans), 75n

poultry

bantams, 561

Pouncey’s tract (TJ’s land), 210n

Pour et le contre on avis à ceux qui se proposent de passer dans les États-Unis d’Amérique (Jean Louis Bridel), 368, 697, 701

Poussin, Nicolas, 299n

Powell, Cuthbert, 71, 152, 203

Powers, Aaron, 163, 174

Poydras, Julien

accepts legislative council appointment, 36, 120-1, 122, 146

characterized, 121

president of legislative council, 146

Preble, Edward

letter to, 678

and burning of the Philadelphia, 18-19

attack on Tripoli, 230, 264, 542n, 550-1

returns to U.S., 230

thanked by Congress, 551n

invited to dine with TJ, 678

dines with TJ, 730

Preble, Henry, 594, 598, 600n

Précis des expériences galvaniques faites récemment a Londres et a Calais (Giovanni Aldini), 315n, 324, 328, 329, 354

Précis Historique de la Maladie qui a Régné dans l’Andalousie en 1800 (Jean Nicholas Berthe), 695

pregnancy. See women

Presbyterians, 159, 383, 512n, 585

President (U.S. frigate), 264n, 550n

President’s House

lamps, 5-6, 19-20

coal for, 22, 738

schedule of work on, 30

roof, 107, 113-14, 346, 398, 459

appropriations for, 112, 346, 397, 601-2

gutters, 113, 346

repairs to, 113-14, 346

dinners hosted by TJ at, 119n, 126-7n, 147, 315-16, 339, 343-4n, 450, 484n, 562, 678, 699n, 714-32

statement of expenditures on, 132

latitude and longitude of, 175-6

and meridian line at Washington, D.C., 219

stable and household accounts, 300

water closets, 346

claims for compensation by laborers, 459

painting, 459

claim for portion of grounds, 481-2, 507-8

furniture, 601-2

servants, slaves at, 625-6

inaugural festivities at, 628-9

See also Dougherty, Joseph

press, freedom of

threatened by licentiousness of editors, printers, xiii-xiv, 632-4, 638, 642-3, 650, 655-6

accusations of libel, 472-3

Prevost, John B.

urges organization of government in Orleans Terr., 36, 120, 150, 213

appointed judge of Orleans Terr., 105, 574

and E. Livingston, 149, 478

praise for, 340

Price, Chandler

letter to, 134

letters from, 103, 172-3, 185

receives, forwards wine to TJ, 103, 134, 172-3, 185

identified, 103n

Priestley, Joseph

Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy, 207, 250, 278, 502-3

investment in French funds, 208, 250

Memoirs, 208n

eulogy for, 301, 303n, 442-3, 502

“Hints concerning Public Education,” 305, 306n

commonplace book, 502

TJ sends his views on the doctrines of Jesus to, 502-3

Priestley, Joseph, Jr.

letter to, 250

letter from, 207-8

sends news and queries on father’s writings, TJ’s “Syllabus,” and French funds, 207-8, 250, 278, 503

identified, 208n

Priestley, Mary Wilkinson, 208n

privateers

arming of merchant vessels to protect against, 440-1n

French, 440-1n, 587-8

illegally outfitted in U.S., 587-8

Promenades au jardin des plantes, à la ménagerie et dans les galeries du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (Jean Baptiste Pujoulx), 359, 368, 697, 702

Prospect Before Us (James Thomson Callender), 473n

Providence, R.I.

severe cold at, 314n

Prussia, 353, 354, 395-6, 431, 516

Pujoulx, Jean Baptiste

Promenades au jardin des plantes, 359, 368, 697, 702

pumpkins, 289, 442

Purcell, Dominick, 441n

Putnam, Gen. Israel, 487n, 528

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