L'Abbas
execution of, 417, 471-2
laborers
need for industrial in S.C., 154-8
Lackington, James
TJ orders books from, 291n, 326
La cuisinière bourgeoise
mentioned, 377
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de
mentioned, 334
letter to, 313
and U.S. policy toward French W.I., 173n
commands army, 469
Dumas' poem about, 473
honored by Paris, 222
leaves Paris, 214
letter to Dumas cited, 473
loses Parisian mayoral election, 316
praised by La Rochefoucauld, 324
recommends Tubeuf, 141
resigns command of national guard, 146, 206
supports amnesty for opponents of Revolution, 145-6, 180
Lafayette, Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles de, Marquise de
mentioned, 334
La Fine (ship)
mentioned, 463
La Firme (ship)
seizes Jane, 302
Lake Erie
tract along purchased by Pa., 4, 6n, 423n
La Luzerne, César Henri, Comte de
death of, 168
medal for, 168
Lamb, John
and captives in Algiers, 124, 239-40, 472
mission to Algiers, 397-8
Lambert, Dr.
Frontignac wine ordered from, 325
Lameth, Alexandre Théodore Victor
wins royal favor, 106
La Motte, Jeanne de Luz de Saint-Rémy de Valois, Comtesse de
asylum in England, 266
land, public
sale of, 225
Land Office
for Northwest Territory, 284-5n
Land Office (Va.)
and military bounty lands, 152
records, 80
Langham, Maj.
and postal service in Va., 170
Lansdowne, William Petty, first Marquis (Earl of Shelburne)
letter to Washington quoted, 289n
Larach, Morocco
and Moroccan civil war, 447
La Riviere, Capt. (master of La Firme)
seizes Jane, 302
La Rochefoucauld (-d'Enville), Louis Alexandre, Duc de la Roche-Guyonet de
letter from, 323-4
sends regards to TJ, 223
and American peach trees, 334
laws
printing of U.S., 7
Lear, Tobias
letter to, 324-5
letter from, 10
and Chipman's commission, 137-8
letter from Remsen, 117-18
correspondence with cited, 30-1n, 49n, 227n, 236n, 300n, 469n
correspondence with L'Enfant cited, 358
correspondence with quoted, 63n, 298n, 299n
meets with L'Enfant, 367
leather
manufactured in Portugal, 218
Le Compere Mat (ship)
mentioned, 236
Le Couteulx et Cie.
and TJ's wine, 118
Lee, Henry
and Fisher's health, 17
and Bowles, 404n
and Tatham's publication plans, 83
elected governor of Va., 326
Lee, Richard Henry
possible resignation from U.S. Senate, 174
Leeds, Francis Osborne, fifth Duke of
secures Hammond's appointment as minister to U.S., 132
Le Havre, France
port charges, 278
U.S. trade with, 215
Leiper, Thomas
letters to, 44-5, 64, 112, 354
house of leased by TJ, 44-5, 64, 138
letter from cited, 65n
TJ's account with, 112, 354
Le Jeune Eole (ship)
mentioned, 31
Lembay, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 133
Lemonade, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 133
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles
letters to, 47-8, 112
and map of Federal District, 47-8, 77, 88
conflict with Federal District Commissioners, 263, 358, 367-8,
388-9, 390-2, 404, 447n
correspondence with Lear cited, 358
destroys Carroll's house, 367-8, 388-9, 390-2, 447n
letter from Washington, 368
letter from Washington cited, 404
meets with Madison, 112
meets with TJ, 112
visits Va., 356
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
and Declaration of Pilnitz, 161, 162n
and Diet of Ratisbon, 20
and French Revolution, 46-7, 113-14, 126, 129, 215, 414, 441, 455,
456, 469-70
character, 454
favors exchange of Austrian Netherlands for Bavaria, 21
peace with Turkey, 163
relations with Marie Antoinette, 20
relations with Poland, 21, 163
relations with Prussia, 451-2, 454
relations with Russia, 163, 453, 455, 456
Le Roy, Pierre
and Derieux's legacy, 31-2, 181, 232, 301
Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue
and Saint-Domingue slave revolt, 373
Leslie, Robert
needs workmen, 118
sells odometer to TJ, 119n
suggests rod pendulum as unit of measure, 118
Lessart, Antoine de Valdec de
appointed foreign minister, 315, 316, 469
Létombe, Philippe de
and Villeneuve v. Barriou, 423n, 431
Le Tonnelier, M.
land claim, 101
Levant
commerce, 166
Lewis, Fr.
offers to sell land, 3
Lewis, Mordecai
bill for wine, 325
Lewis, Nicholas
letters to, 165, 211
declines to manage TJ's affairs, 201, 210
health, 446
manages TJ's affairs, 10, 16, 60, 76, 153, 160, 165, 185, 187, 197,
199, 208, 226, 292, 348, 375
Lewis, Robert
letter to, 186-7
Lewis, Robert, Jr.
letter to, 187
debt to TJ, 165, 185, 187, 199, 201
sued by TJ, 186, 187, 199, 201, 204n, 374
Lewis, Mrs. Robert
mentioned, 186
Lewisburg, Va.
postal service, 85
L'Hommedieu, Ezra
mentioned, 252n
letter to, 429
letter from, 139-40
and Hessian fly, 139-40, 244, 429
libel
punishment for in Amsterdam, 234
liberty
TJ's views on, 436
Life of George Washington (John Marshall)
mentioned, 34
lighthouses
in N.C., 235-6
Liman, battle of
mentioned, 112n
Lind, Dr. James
and desalination of sea water, 319, 320
Lindsay, Adam
letter to, 148
letters from, 376, 425
TJ's account with, 148, 425
linen
for Indian trade, 166
for TJ's servants, 377
Linn, William
Blessings of America, 42n
opposes TJ politically, 41-2n
Lipsius, Justus
Acta Eruditorum, 328
Lisbon
U.S. consul in, 31n, 255-6, 322, 405, 431
Lister, Mr.
and desalination of sea water, 319
Litchfield Monitor
mentioned, 15n
Littlepage, Lewis
letter from, 449-58
letter to Washington cited, 284
on European diplomacy, 449-58
Liverpool
commerce, 290
port charges, 278
U.S. ships seized at, 33, 142
U.S. trade with, 132
Liverpool (ship)
mentioned, 104n
Lives (Plutarch)
ordered by TJ, 327
Livingston, Robert R.
letter from, 467
Livonia, Russia
mentioned, 452
livre tournois
value of, 239
loan office certificates, Va.
held by John Paradise, 28
Locke, John
On Toleration, 327
Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, 327
Some Familiar Letters, 327
Works, 327
London
commerce, 474
port charges, 278
trade with U.S., 132, 178
Long, Charles
letters to Johnson cited, 142
letter to Maury cited, 59n
Longchamps, Charles Julien, Chevalier de
assault on Barbé-Marbois, 266, 267-8n
Long Island, N.Y.
and Hessian fly, 245
Lords Commissioners of Prize Appeals, British
condemn Thomas, 336, 339, 340n
Lords of the Admiralty, British
applications to, 178
Lords of the Treasury, British
and U.S. trade with Guernsey and Jersey, 33
applications to, 178
order release of U.S. ships, 142-3n
L'Orient, France
fishery at, 114
U.S. consul for, 272
Lorraine, France
violations of princely rights in, 470
Louisiana
immigration to, 96
Louis XVI, King of France
accepts constitution, 31, 66, 106, 109, 110, 115, 126, 129, 144-5,
149, 163, 164, 179, 180, 182, 205, 214, 218, 222, 225, 314-15
and émigrés, 168, 315, 414
and appointment of foreign minister, 270
and decree on ceremonial, 205
and maple sugar, 151
and triumvirate, 106
and violations of princely rights in Alsace and Lorraine, 470
attends opera, 160
ends National Assembly, 181
flight to Varennes, 59, 67, 72, 92, 103, 151
opens Legislative Assembly, 182, 205
proposed trial of, 301
recommends amnesty for opponents of Revolution, 145, 164, 180
relations with Gouverneur Morris, 194-5
status, 19, 106, 130, 160-1, 203, 314-15
urges brothers to return to France, 315
Luckner, Nicolas, Baron de
commands army, 469
Ludlow, Israel
surveys public lands, 5, 6n
lumber
export to British W.I., 255
imported by Danish W.I., 189
Lusatia (Lusace), Saxony
proposed exchange of, 21
Luxembourg, Duc de
relations with Humphreys, 111
Luzac, Jean
publishes Gazette de Leide, 473
Luz-Sulce, Mme
Sauterne wine ordered from, 325
Lyle, James
letters to, 148-9, 199-200
and Peter Jefferson's estate, 148-9, 196, 198-9, 418-20
letters from cited, 197n, 200n, 420n
TJ's payment to, 199-200
Lynchburg, Va.
postal service, 84, 170-1
