Fairfax, Thomas, sixth Lord
land grant, 294
Farrell & Jones
debt of Wayles estate to, 127, 374, 378
Favorite (ship)
mentioned, 123
Favras, Marquis de
execution of, 260
Fawkener, William
British envoy to Russia, 453
Fay, Joseph
letter to, 102-3
letters from, 18, 150-1, 351-2
and maple sugar, 18, 351-2
on French Revolution, 150-1, 352
on Rights of Man, 150
sends newspapers to TJ, 18, 103, 150, 351-2
Fayal, Azores
U.S. consul in, 273, 322
Federal District
and Banneker, 52, 98
Capitol, 90, 263, 311, 312, 356, 388
conflict between L'Enfant and Commissioners, 358, 367-8, 388-9,
390-2, 404, 447
destruction of Carroll's house, 367-8, 388-9, 390-2, 447
funds for, 58, 73, 85n, 88, 89n, 136
land cession by Md., 393
laying out of streets in, 263, 311, 312, 388
map of, 47-8, 77, 136, 244, 312
name of, 91, 136
postal service, 91
President's house, 136, 263, 311, 312, 356, 388
sale of land in, 47-8, 73, 88, 94-5, 136, 207, 220, 233, 263, 312, 356, 388
streets in, 90
Federal District Commissioners
letters to, 88-9, 311
letter from, 388-9
and laying out of streets, 312
and sale of land, 263
and Samuel Blodget, Jr., 311
conflict with L'Enfant, 263, 358, 367-8, 388-9, 390-2, 404, 447n
discontinue land sales, 220
funds for, 58, 85, 89n
letter from Ellicott quoted, 389n
letter from Washington, 367-8
correspondence with Washington cited, 94, 447n
letter to Washington quoted, 89n
meeting at Georgetown, 88, 91, 94-5, 136
queries for, 89-91
Federalist, The
distribution in Portugal, 111
Fendel, Capt.
petition of, 142
Fenno, John
Gazette of the United States sent to TJ, 122
prints “Americanus” essays, 387, 468
prints Gazette of the United States, 62, 310-11, 354
Fenwick, Joseph
mentioned, 30
letter to, 103-4
letters from, 108-9, 166, 181, 238, 441-3
account with Short, 103-4
and Derieux's legacy, 31-2, 103-4, 181, 232
and Mrs. Ollivier's inheritance, 238
and TJ's wine, 103-4, 117, 119n, 122n, 325
compensation for, 166
correspondence with cited, 103-4, 118
letter from quoted, 232
letter to Short cited, 166n, 442
on French Revolution, 166, 239, 441
on U.S. trade with France, 166, 239
Fersen, Axel
and flight to Varennes, 59
Fessenden, Thomas Greene
criticizes TJ, 54n
Fez, Morocco
in Moroccan civil war, 417
Finnie, Col. William
accounts, 184
First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England (Sir Edward Coke)
mentioned, 259
fish
in Anglo-Portuguese trade, 111
exported to Denmark, 87
import duties on, 438-9 (table)
Fisher, Daniel
health, 17
fisheries
TJ's report on praised by Rutledge, 13
Fitch, John
and desalination of sea water, 305
Fitzgerald, Edward
and U.S. relations with Spain, 22
British ambassador to France, 68, 183
FitzSimons, J.
visits TJ, 422, 431
FitzSimons, Thomas
letter from, 61
and Report on Commerce, 61
Flahaut, Mme de
procures vanilla for TJ, 191
Flanders
linen, 166
manufactures, 158
flaxseed
import duties on, 438-9 (table)
Fleming, George
and fugitive slaves, 408
Flint, Royal
proposed land purchase, 4, 6n, 282
Florida, East
agreement on rendition of fugitive slaves from, 7, 406-8
and fugitives from justice, 266-8
Floridablanca, José Monino y Redondo, Conde de
and French Revolution, 218
census of Spain, 349
relations with Russia, 452
soothes British ambassador, 138
flour
export to France, 215
for Saint-Domingue, 330
import duties on, 189, 438-9 (table)
price, 123
sale of, 238
Folger, Benjamin
applies for patent, 264
Forest, Antoine René Charles Mathurin de la
suspicions of TJ, 331
Forrest, Uriah
letter to, 41
letter from, 220-1
and Federal District, 220
Forster, Nicholas
letter from, 465-6
wishes to lease Elkhill, 465-6
Fort Erie
retention by British, 409
Fort McIntosh, Treaty of
boundaries under, 279, 283
France
mentioned, 11, 16, 22, 47, 164, 314
Army
condition of, 20
desertions from, 20, 315
supports National Assembly, 20
use against émigrés, 414, 421
Constitution
acceptance by king, 31, 59, 106, 109, 110, 122-3, 125, 129, 144-5,
149, 160-1, 164, 166, 179, 180, 181-2, 205, 214, 215,
218, 222, 225, 314-15
amendment of, 126
completed by National Assembly, 105
considered by National Assembly, 7, 19, 47, 66
copy sent to TJ, 164
criticism of, 193, 301
differences over, 442
printed in U.S., 164-5n
Economy
agriculture, 166
harvest, 47, 215
manufactures, 166
state of commerce, 108
subsistence crisis, 421
tobacco trade, 16, 22
trade with Great Britain, 215, 412
trade with Netherlands, 412
trade with Saint-Domingue, 421
Finances
Church's assessment of, 412-13
exchange rate, 166
report on, 172
shortage of specie, 108
and taxes, 270, 301, 470
Foreign Relations
and fugitives from justice, 266-7
with Algiers, 69, 271-2, 314, 375, 470
with Austria, 214, 469-70
with Great Britain, 113, 214, 273
with Netherlands, 214
with Prussia, 113
with Russia, 315
with Spain, 68, 218
with Sweden, 214, 315
Legislative Assembly
and émigrés, 222, 315, 441-2, 469
and Algiers, 271-2
and clerical estates, 414
and Saint-Domingue, 271, 273, 314, 470
and U.S. debt to France, 412-13
decree on ceremonial, 205
disrespect of, 222
elections for, 106-7, 126, 161, 232
king's speech to, 205
opposition to constitutional oath, 172
organizes for business, 179, 181, 205, 214
republicanism in, 215
Short's assessment of, 161
Loan to U.S.
and Saint-Domingue, 330
payment of, 109-10, 119
proposal to pay in depreciated assignats, 412
Short's handling of, 216
National Assembly
abolishes droit d'aubaine, 40
and constitution, 66, 105, 125, 129, 160-1
and defense, 47, 109, 352
and education, 207
and French colonies, 260-1n
and mint, 141
and Saint-Domingue, 107, 126
annexes Avignon and Comtat Venaissin, 146
and amnesty for French West Indies, 172
and amnesty for opponents of Revolution, 145-6, 164, 166, 180
decree on constitutional change, 126
decrees on rights of free blacks, 11, 70, 72n, 107, 161-2,
164, 167, 168n, 172, 350
end of, 161, 166, 172, 179, 181
favors monarchy, 301
imposes duty on U.S. tobacco, 96, 100, 103, 173n, 237
proposes commercial treaty with U.S., 100, 193, 345n
reforms post office, 70
report on public finances, 172
Navy
condition of, 270
provisions for, 143, 162
Politics and Government
ministerial changes, 162, 182, 218, 221, 270, 316, 469
U.S. Relations with
and minister to France, 174, 194-5, 216, 262n, 288
and minister to U.S., 18, 32-3, 62
U.S. commercial retaliation against, 100-1, 103
U.S. consuls in, 93
U.S. Trade with
duties on, 438-9
obstacles to, 109
port charges, 438-9
restrictions on, 166-7n
U.S. share of colonial commerce, 31n
Francis (TJ's servant)
salary, 121
TJ's confidence in, 121
Franklin, Benjamin
and desalination of sea water, 320
and 1784 consular convention, 267
Franklin, Bernard
overseer at Monticello, 208
Franklin, William Temple
procures Lord Hawkesbury's report for TJ, 94n
Franks, Isaac
TJ's account with, 121, 122n
Frederick William II, King of Prussia
and Declaration of Pilnitz, 161, 162n
and Diet of Ratisbon, 20
and French Revolution, 46-7, 129, 441, 455
character, 450, 455
relations with Austria, 455
relations with Great Britain, 457
relations with Poland, 21, 163
relations with Russia, 163, 451, 455, 456
seeks to acquire Lusatia, 21
Frederika Sophia Wilhemina, Princess of Orange
Hertzberg as tool of, 450
son's marriage, 332
free ports
Bayonne, 238
Freire, Cypriano Ribeiro
Portuguese minister to U.S., 163
French Constitution, The
mentioned, 164-5n
French Revolution
amnesty for opponents of, 145-6, 164, 166, 180
compared to American Revolution, 413
Declaration of Pilnitz, 161, 162-3n, 315, 455
flight to Varennes, 68, 72, 74, 92, 103, 133, 151
internal opposition to, 20, 206, 222, 270, 323-4
medals of, 212-13
opposition to in Europe, 20, 31n, 47, 59, 66, 110, 113, 129,
166, 167, 179, 234, 271, 297, 390, 454, 456, 469-70
role of clubs in, 107
status of king, 19, 106, 130, 203, 301, 315-16
TJ comments on, 11, 72, 75, 99, 103, 310-11, 390
tumult in Paris, 7
Freneau, Philip
prints Rittenhouse's meteorological observations, 348
prints Madison essay, 329
prints National Gazette, 62, 294, 310-11, 354
Fretwell, Alexander
TJ's debt to, 198n
Froullé, Jean François
TJ buys books from, 335n
fruit
shortage in Portugal, 139
Fry, John
TJ's debt to, 198n
Fry and Jefferson Line
survey of, 83
Fugitive Slave Act
background of, 426n
furs
import duties on, 405, 406n, 438-9 (table)
reexported from Great Britain, 440
fur trade
British participation in northern approved by Hamilton, 412n
exclusion of U.S. from northern, 410