Volume 45 Index

Saint-Domingue, W.I. See Haiti (Saint-Domingue)

Saint Marys River, 167n

Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de

letter from, 96-7

portraits of TJ, l-li, liii, 96-7, 330 (illus.)

identified, 96-7n

Saint Venant, Jean Barré de

Des colonies modernes sous la zone torride, 239, 268

Salimbeni (Salimberi), Madame de (Bruni)

letter from, 83-5

seeks TJ’s assistance, 83-5

friendship with Martha Jefferson Randolph, 84

identified, 84-5n

Salisbury, N.C., 218, 219-20, 221, 447

Sally (sloop), 173

salt

manufacture of, 236, 243, 527-8, 534

in Louisiana Dist., 350

price of, 350

Salusbury, John

letter from, 416-17

seeks promotion or discharge from the army, 416-17

identified, 416n

Salusbury, John S., 416-17

Sammons, Thomas

dines with TJ, 714, 715, 721, 728

San Antonio, 553-4

Sandford, Thomas

letter from, 588-9

recommends aspirants for office, 162n, 588-9

dines with TJ, 715, 722

declines dinner invitations, 728, 729

Sandusky Bay, 581

Sandy Hook, N.J., 10

Sanford, Nathan, 529n

Sangrain, Anthony, 331

San Ildefonso, Treaty of (1800), 352n

Santo Domingo (city)

commercial agent at, 417

Sardinia, 523

Saunders, John, 416, 417n

Sauvé, Pierre

characterized, 28

deputy to carry Louisiana memorial, 119

dines with TJ, 716, 722

declines dinner invitation, 730

Savannah, Ga.

revenue cutter at, 494-5

banks at, 603

Sawyer, Joseph, 680

Say, Jean Baptiste

Traité d’économie politique, 15, 239n

Scales, William

letter from, 3-4

criticizes Congress, American people, 3-4

Scheelt, Peter, 463

Schuylkill Arsenal, 265

Schuylkill River

frozen, 197n

science

perpetual motion, 274

education, 303-4, 305

resistance, opposition to, 641

See also botany; geology; Jefferson, Thomas: Scientific Interests; latitude; longitude

Scituate, Mass., 450n

Scot, Robert, 237-8, 516

Scotland

immigrants from, 379

descriptions of, 676

Scott, Edward, 417, 712, 713n, 736

Scott, William, Lord Stowell, 32

Scourge (U.S. brig), 550n

Seabrook, Richard, 287n

seamen

descriptions of, xlviii

protection certificates, xlviii, 330 (illus.)

certificates of citizenship for, 13

relief of distressed, 28

See also impressment

Seaver, Ebenezer

and Nantucket collectorship, 371n

dines with TJ, 719, 724

Sebastian, Alfred, 331, 583

Second voyage a la Louisiane, faisant suite au premier de l’auteur de 1794 a 1798 (Louis Narcisse Baudry des Lozières), 15, 239, 268

Sedition Act (1798), 664

Ségur, Louis Philippe, Comte de

History of the Principal Events of the Reign of Frederic William II, 631, 641, 644n

Selby, John (Baltimore), 265-6

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus

Oeuvres, 515, 536

Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (Laurence Sterne), 24, 27, 43, 141-2, 148, 239, 268

Serjeant (Sarjeant), William

dines with TJ, 718

servants

clothing for, 370

See also President’s House

Sewall, Samuel, 579n

Seward, William H., 272n

sextants, 261

Seymour, Thomas

letter from, 49-50

seeks appointment, 49-50

Shadwell (TJ’s estate), 98-9

Shakespeare, William

Julius Caesar, 508, 510n

Shaw, John (Miss. Terr.)

letter from, 418-20

urges appointment of successor to D. Ker, 418-20

identified, 419-20n

and Green-West faction, 479

Sheaff, Henry

letter to, 135

payment to, 135

Sheffield, Mass., 472

Sheldon, Elisha, 67, 69n

Shenandoah River, 466

Shepherd Brown & Co. (New Orleans), 75n

Sheridan, Thomas

Course of Lectures on Elocution, l, 627-8

Lectures on the Art of Reading, l, 628

General Dictionary of the English Language, 252-3

Rhetorical Grammar of the English Language, 628

Shippen, Edward, 403n

shoemakers, 254-5n

Short, William

letter to, 471-2

letters from, 55-6, 508-10, 577

and U.S. suit against E. Randolph, 48

TJ’s debt to, 55, 471-2, 508, 509, 577

sends observations on politics, decline of Federalists, 55-6

elected to APS, 56

TJ sends news, observations on European affairs to, 471-2

sends observations on travel, relations with Spain, 508-10

correspondence with TJ in cipher, 509, 510n

and wine for TJ, 510

Shorter, John (Jack), 625-6

Sibley, John

recommended for appointment, 118

criticism of, 326, 422

Sibley, Solomon

recommended for appointment, 330n

carries memorial to Congress, 345

dines with TJ, 725

Sicily, 229-31, 233, 522

Sidney, Algernon

Discourses concerning Government, 61-2, 168-9

writings of, praised by TJ, 168-9

Siena, Italy, 522, 604

Sierra Leone, 249-50, 453

Silhouette, Etienne de

Mémoires des commissaires du roi et de ceux de sa Majesté Britannique, 140, 141n

silkworms, 510, 522, 604

silver

coinage, 391, 392n

Simien Despréaux, Claude Philbert

Soirées de Ferney, 368, 696, 701

Simons, James, 130, 395-6

“A Sincere Friend to the Prosperity of the United States”

letter from, 258-9

recommends encouragement of hemp production, 258-9

Sinclair, Sir John, 555

Singleton, Samuel

letter from, 50-1

seeks appointment, 50-1

letter from cited, 51n

Siren (U.S. brig), 18, 264n, 550n

sirocco, 229

Sismondi, J. C. L.

De la richesse commerciale, 16, 239, 268, 695

Sisson, Joseph

recommended by C. Ellery, 558

letter from cited, 558n, 737

Sisson, Preserved, 440-1n

Six Designs for Improving and Embellishing Grounds (George Isham Parkyns), 239, 240n, 246, 247

Skinner, Tompson J.

appointed marshal, 106, 574, 711, 712

Skipwith, Fulwar

letter from, 341-3

TJ introduces Armstrong to, 341-2

and wine for TJ, 342

dispute with Robert R. Livingston, 342-3

slavery

opposition to three-fifths clause, ix, 79, 154-5, 669, 671n

effect on immigration, xi, 676

abolition of, xii-xiii, 669

in Louisiana District, 45n

in Orleans Terr., 74, 175n, 380, 385

and the U.S. Constitution, 79n

in West Indies, 249

in Va., 249-50, 355-6, 453-4, 472n, 669

and Society of Friends, 344

expansion of, 355-6

calls to ban manumission, emancipation, 356

hinders immigration, population growth, 380, 382

decline, demise of, 403-4

slaves

punishment, abuse of, 81

hiring of, 104, 105n

runaway, 104

insubordinate, rebellious, 104-5

ongoing threat of insurrection by, 249, 356, 404, 669

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

immigrants preferable to, 380

sexual exploitation of, 472n

See also Blacks; Jefferson, Thomas: Slaveholder

slave trade

and Liverpool, xiii, 385

prohibition, suppression of, 74, 175n, 355-6, 669

support for continuation of, 74

criticism of, 385, 388n

Sloan, James

dines with TJ, 715, 721, 725, 731-2n

Slocum, Holder, 200n

Smallwood, Samuel N., 712

Smilie, John

dines with TJ, 719, 725

Smith, Adam, 676

Smith, Alexander, 202-3

Smith, Charles (New York)

letter to, 142

thanked by TJ, 142

sends book to TJ, 269

Smith, Charles (Va.), 104, 105n

Smith, Christopher, 105n

Smith, Daniel

letter from cited, 734

Smith, Israel

recommends aspirant for office, 347n

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

dines with TJ, 720, 725, 729

Smith, James S., 16, 17n

Smith, John (N.Y.)

letter from, 592

recommends aspirant for office, 592

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

dines with TJ, 717, 721, 725, 729

declines dinner invitation, 724

Smith, John (Ohio)

letters from, 347, 555

recommends aspirants for office, 347

encloses letter from New Orleans, 555

recommendations sent to, 571n

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

dines with TJ, 718, 722, 729

declines dinner invitation, 726

Smith, John (Pa.), 208n

Smith, John (Va. congressman)

dines with TJ, 715, 723, 726

declines dinner invitation, 722

Smith, Capt. John (1579-1632), 525-6

Smith, John Cotton

dines with TJ, 717

declines dinner invitation, 724

Smith, John H., 136, 190, 195

Smith, John Witherspoon

letter from, 495-6

forwards letter and plan from W.C.C. Claiborne, 495-6

identified, 495-6n

Smith, Jonathan, 738

Smith, Larkin

letter to, 85

letter from, 210

recommended for appointment, 66

TJ explains patronage policies to, 85, 210

Smith, Margaret Bayard, xlvii, 561

Smith, Margaret Smith, 315, 731n

Smith, Mr. (Pa.), 727

Smith, Philander

letter from cited, 737

Smith, Robert

letters to, 288, 369-70, 567, 651

letters from, 17, 21, 25, 60-1, 61, 142-3, 198, 203-4, 282-3, 315-16, 432, 542, 703

seeks appointment, nominated as U.S. attorney general, ix-x, 282-3, 288, 372, 618, 713

statement on burning of the Philadelphia, 17-19

appointment offer for W. Pinkney, 21

promotion of Decatur, 25

reports movements of Spanish troops, 60-1

gunboat construction, maintenance, 61, 142-3, 432

as reference, 82

forwards commissions, warrants, 198, 203-4, 703

sends list of naval appointments, 203-4

identifies dinner guests, 315-16

dines with TJ, 315-16n, 716, 720, 723, 729, 730, 731n

hosts dinner party, 344n

books for Navy Dept., 369-70, 477

forwards letters to TJ, 372n

forwards Preble’s dispatches from the Mediterranean, 542

Norfolk Drawbridge Company, 567

asked to remark on TJ’s inaugural address, 629, 651

degradation of gunpowder at sea, 705, 706n

declines dinner invitation, 727

See also Navy, U.S.

Smith, S., & Buchanan

letter to, 5

forwards bust of Alexander I, 5

Smith, Samuel (Md.)

as reference, 82

dines with TJ, 316n, 722, 723, 724, 729

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

declines dinner invitations, 716, 720

Smith, Samuel Harrison

letters to, 555, 663

and TJ’s inaugural address, xiv, 634, 635, 657n, 663

publishes presidential proclamation, 209n

publishes book on gardening, 314n

printing business of, 338

prints supplementary note on moldboard plow, 555-6

TJ’s account with, 555n

See also National Intelligencer (Washington)

Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 495-6n

Smith, Thomas (Pa.), 403n

Smith, William (Md.)

dines with TJ, 315, 723

smuggling, 378n, 452, 458-9

Smyth, Thomas, Jr., 735

Snake in the Grass (schooner), 441n

Snow, James (mariner), 20, 75, 126, 462

Snow, Timothy, xlviii

Snyder, Simon, 594n

Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (London), 258-9

Söderström, Richard

dines with TJ, 718, 730

Soirées de Ferney, ou Confidences de Voltaire (Claude Philbert Simien Despréaux), 368, 696, 701

Soler, Miguel Cayetano, 594-5

Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicholas Sigisbert

Voyage en Grèce et en Turquie, 15

Sorbonne, College of, 304

Soulard, Antoine, 351-2, 353n

Soulavie, Jean Louis

Histoire de la décadence de la monarchie française, 15

Southack, John

letter from cited, 736

Southard, Henry

dines with TJ, 715, 721, 726

South Carolina

and election of 1804, 48-9

hurricanes in, 231, 234n

Greenville Co., 464, 465

would benefit from acquisition of Florida, 595

See also Charleston, S.C.; Federalists; Republicans

Southwest Point, Tenn., 97, 98, 464, 699n

Spada, Leonello, 299n

Spain

Colonies

failure to develop, improve, 380

See also Florida; Texas

Foreign Relations

declares war on Britain, 230-1, 234n, 312, 377, 410-11, 413, 471, 523, 594-5

with France, 408-13, 594-600

U.S. Relations with

secretary of U.S. legation, 16, 62, 574, 711, 712

U.S. minister to, 16, 62, 574, 711

movement of Spanish forces to Baton Rouge, 60-1

convention on claims, 79n, 393, 411-14, 447-8, 518, 597-8, 600n

and navigation of Mississippi River, 175, 509

slave trade, 175n

continued Spanish presence in Orleans Terr., 213, 553, 554n

and land sales in W. Fla., 213, 595-6

Spain acquiesces to Louisiana Purchase, 213

fraudulent grants in Louisiana Dist., 350-2

passports for U.S. vessels, 395-6

French interference in negotiations with Spain, 408-13

threat of war with U.S., 410-11, 471, 509

and establishment of Mobile collection district, 411, 412, 597

reinforcement of Spanish posts, 553-4

claims arising from termination of deposit at New Orleans, 600n

and Louisiana boundary, 600n

See also Florida; Mobile, W. Fla.; New Orleans; Pinckney, Charles

Spangler, Bernard Rudolph, 403

specie

shortage of, 387, 391, 394

Speer, John

letter from cited, 736

letters to cited, 736, 737

Spencer, Ambrose

letter from, 447-8

recommends aspirant for office, 393, 447-8

dines with TJ, 718

Spencer, Oliver H., 17

Spitfire (U.S. bomb ketch), 204n

Spitzer, B. S., 75n

Sprigg, William O., 313

St. Bernard, Bay of. See Matagorda Bay

St. Charles, Fort, 222

St. Clare (St. Claire), George, 459

St. Croix, W.I.

U.S. consul at, 157, 575

St. Francis River, 271, 350

St. Helena, 192n

St. Louis

meeting of delegates at, viii, 348-9, 352-3n

founding of, 46n

troops at, 98

encouragement of immigration to, 271

establishment of post road from Washington to, 464n, 465-6

rumors of planned attack on, 615n

See also Louisiana District

St. Louis, Fort, 222

Stagg, Henry, 75n

Stanford, Algernon S., 417, 575, 712

Stanford, Richard

dines with TJ, 716, 720, 726

Stansbury, Abraham Ogier, 455n

Stanton, Joseph, Jr.

letter to, 247

TJ gives his opinion of A. Fenner to, 247

dines with TJ, 719, 728

letter from cited, 736

recommends aspirant for office, 736

State, U.S. Department of

clerks, 110n, 159n

books for, 148, 153-4, 238-40, 246-7, 353, 354, 369, 374-5, 389, 415, 431, 477, 481, 530, 531n

consular appointments, 157, 574-5, 711-12

maps for, 324

See also Madison, James; Wagner, Jacob

Staten Island, li

Statistique générale et particulière de la France et de ses colonies (P. E. Herbin de Halle), 15, 239n

Staunton, Va., 464, 473

Ste. Genevieve, 353n

Ste. Genevieve District, 349

steam engines, 235

Stedman, William

dines with TJ, 717, 724

Steele, John (Pa.), 403

Steele, Jonathan, 79

Stephens, Alexander

History of the Wars, 90, 91n

Stephenson, James

recommends aspirant for office, 571n

dines with TJ, 717, 724

Sterne, Laurence

Sentimental Journey, 24, 27, 43, 141-2, 148, 239, 268

Sterry, Robert, 533-4n

Steuart (Stewart), Robert, 459

Steuart (Stewart), William, 459

Stevens, James (District of Columbia), 564

Stewart, Alexander (blacksmith’s son)

selects iron for his father, 98

letter to cited, 99n, 734

letter from cited, 735

Stewart, Charles, 18-19

Stewart, John (Pa.)

letter to, 624

letters from, 592-4, 686-7

recommends aspirant for appointment, 203

opposes changes to mail route, 592-4, 624, 686-7

identified, 594n

dines with TJ, 718, 723, 728

Stewart, William (blacksmith)

and Oldham, 81

orders iron for mill, 98

letters from cited, 734, 735, 737

letters to cited, 735

stocks

depreciation of, 304

Stoddard, Amos, 45n, 349, 353n, 612, 614

Stoddert, Fort

troops at, 97-8

land office at, 139

postal route through, 312, 447

Stokely, John

letter from, 211-12

seeks appointment, 211-12

identified, 212n

Stone, David

letter to, 515

letters from, 506, 527

recommends aspirants for office, 203

and road through Cherokee lands, 506, 515, 527

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

dines with TJ, 717, 724, 729

declines dinner invitation, 721

Storch, Heinrich Friedrich von

Tableau historique et statistique, 177, 181

Storm, Thomas

letter from, 8-9

recommends aspirant for office, 8-9

Storm, Thomas H., 8

Story, Isaac

letter from, 472-3

sends Hulbert’s criticism of TJ in Mass. legislature, 472-3

Stránský, Pavel

Respublica Bohemiæ, 437, 702

Strasbourg, France, 432n, 469, 500

strawberries

Alpine, 179-80, 183, 625

Strong, Simeon, 579n

Struve, Henri

Recueil de mémoires, 368, 697, 701

Stuart, Alexander (Md.)

letter from, 56-7

seeks appointment, 56-7

identified, 57n

Stuart, Gilbert

dines with TJ, 714, 720

declines dinner invitation, 730

Stuart, James

Antiquities of Athens, 30-1

Stuart, Mary Perkins Wilson, 57n

Stull, Prudence H. Williams, 315

Suares, Isaac

letter from, 587-8

petition for pardon, 587-8

Sullivan, Mr. (TJ dinner guest), 723

Summary View of the Rights of British America, 359

Summers, Lewis, 71, 152-3

Sumter, Thomas, Sr.

votes in Chase impeachment trial, 605-6

dines with TJ, 715, 720, 725, 727

declines dinner invitation, 724

“Sur l’éducation nationale dans les Etats-Unis d’Amérique” (Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours), 305, 306n

Susquehanna River, 593

Sweden, 523

Swekania (Trois Fesses, Three Thighs, Piankashaw Indian), 25n

Swift, Zephaniah

Laws of the United States of America, 496, 498n

Switzerland

immigrants from, 120, 189-90, 367, 545

Helvetic Republic, 438-9n

Symmes, John Cleves, Jr., 331

Symon, Mr., 504