Wabash Company
land claims, 280
land purchases, 5
Walker, Francis
letter to, 196
and Peter Jefferson's estate, 196, 418-20
Walker, George
letter to quoted, 89n
letter to Washington cited, 89n
purchases land in Federal District, 220
Walker, Dr. Thomas
and Peter Jefferson's estate, 148-9, 196, 418-20
TJ's payment to, 203-4
Walker's Line
mentioned, 448-9
Wall, Samuel
letter from cited, 468n
seeks Saint-Domingue consular appointment, 468n
Walpole, Robert
declines appointment as minister to U.S., 71, 183
mentioned, 163, 376
Walterstorff, Ernest Frederick, Baron de
returns to West Indies, 117
Warder, John, & Co.
TJ's account with, 325, 335n
Ware, John Tyndale
sued by TJ, 201
bond with TJ, 165
Waring, William
relations with Banneker, 53n
Washington, city of
name given to capital, 91
Washington, George
letters to, 14, 62-3, 136, 225, 263-4, 266-7, 274, 291, 300, 344,
367, 390-2, 402, 415, 425-6, 437
letters from, 57, 358, 386, 404, 420, 446, 447, 459
correspondence with cited, 262n, 435n
correspondence with quoted, 345n, 401n
American Revolution
Houdon's statue of awarded to Lafayette, 222
Foreign Affairs
and agreement with governor of East Fla. on
fugitive slaves, 406-8
and captives in Algiers, 239, 371-2n, 401n
and case of Dover, 299n
and Pagan v. Hooper, 380
and commercial treaty with France, 344-6, 386, 437
and commercial treaty with Great Britain, 344-6, 386, 399, 402, 437
and convention with Spain for rendition of fugitives, 266-7
and relations with Algiers, 371-2n
and Saint-Domingue slave revolt, 331
and Spanish agents in U.S., 459
and TJ's negotiations with Hammond, 395-6, 402
and U.S. debt to France, 109, 119
and Short's letters, 122
appoints minister to France, 262n
appoints minister to Great Britain, 242, 261, 355n
appoints minister to Netherlands, 262n
approves Moustier's conduct, 18
authority over, 291
makes consular appointments, 431
receives Hammond, 243n
receives Ternant, 32-3
Indian Affairs
opposes Cox, 116n
response to St. Clair's defeat, 415-16n, 420, 446, 459
Other Correspondence
with Arthur Young cited, 93-4, 97
with Hamilton cited, 386, 421n
with Charles Pinckney cited, 263, 267n
with Charles Pinckney quoted, 267-8n
with Church cited, 30
with Federal District Commissioners cited, 94, 447n
with Federal District Commissioners quoted, 89n
with George Walker cited, 89n
with Lansdowne quoted, 289n
with Littlepage cited, 284
with Nathaniel Appleton cited, 405n
with Samuel Vaughan cited, 97, 97n
with Tubeuf cited, 141n
with Daniel Carroll cited, 94
with Beverley Randolph, 382
with Daniel Carroll of Duddington cited, 367
with David Stuart cited, 311-12n
with Federal District Commissioners, 367-8
with L'Enfant, 368
with L'Enfant cited, 404
with Short cited, 223n
Personal Affairs
and Ebenezer Stevens, 23
and Lafayette, 324
health, 11
observes threshing machine, 57
recommends Daniel Horry, 222
visits Va., 11, 23, 62, 329
wine for, 103-4, 325, 333
President
and appointment of Randolph as U.S. marshal in Va., 189
and Northwest Territory, 300
and St. Clair-Symmes dispute, 10, 14
and dispute between Va. and Pa. over fugitives, 425-6
and Federal District, 47, 58, 77, 88, 94-5, 136, 311, 358,
367-8, 390-2, 404, 447
and Symmes' land purchase, 291
and lighthouses in N.C., 235-6
and Chipman's commission, 137-8
and Pa.'s purchase of Lake Erie tract, 423-4
and postal service in Va., 147
approves Blount's leave of absence, 45, 57-8
correspondence with governors, 263
disclaims authority over judges, 377
message to Congress, 225, 233, 258, 259
proposed appointment of Stevens, 146
sent Report on Public Lands, 274
signs Consular Act, 366n
Washington co., Tenn.
boundary, 276
land grants in, 277, 286n
Washington Court House, Va.
postal service, 84
watches
repair of, 335n
workmen for, 118
Waters, Esther (Hetty) Rittenhouse
visits Mary Jefferson, 294
Wayles, John
and Harrison's debt to Isaac Coles, 188
Wayles estate debt
TJ's settlement of, 127, 186, 374-5, 378
Wayne, Anthony
victory over Indians, 285n
weather
Rittenhouse's observations of, 348
TJ's comments on, 348
weights and measures
discussed by Rittenhouse, 55-6
Keith's pamphlet on, 367
Gouverneur Morris' views on, 265-6
unit of measure adopted by National Assembly, 98
Wells, Absalom
and Big Beaver Creek massacre, 426
kidnaps slave from Pa., 425-6
Welsh, Mr.
and Federal District, 388
western posts
retention by British, 202, 352, 395, 409-10
West Indies, British
port charges, 405-6, 414, 438-9
trade duties, 438-9
trade with U.S., 255, 346n, 438-9
West Indies, Danish
commerce, 189
commercial regulations, 117
trade duties, 117
trade with Denmark, 87
West Indies, French
amnesty for, 172
carrying trade, 132
discontent in, 161-2
disorders in, 314
pamphlet on commerce of, 207
port charges, 405-6, 414, 438-9
suspected British designs on, 317n
trade duties, 438-9
trade with U.S., 345n, 438-9
U.S. policy toward, 173n
West Prussia
mentioned, 452
whale fisheries
statement on procured by Johnson, 92
whale oil
exported to Denmark, 87
import duties on, 438-9 (table)
manufacture of, 264
price, 123
restrictions on exportation to France, 166n
wheat
and Hessian fly, 139-40, 244-52
demand for in Portugal, 47
import duties on, 417
harvest in France, 123
harvest in U.S., 62, 63-4, 104, 105
import into Great Britain, 144, 290
import duties on, 438-9 (table)
price, 3, 123, 377
sale of, 210, 231
White, Alexander
and patent reform bill, 361n
Wiandot Indians
and Christian Indians, 307
land claims, 279
Wickes (Wicks), Capt. Benjamin (master of Henrietta)
mentioned, 353
Wicquefort, Abraham de
on consuls, 135n
Wigan, Thomas
suit against TJ, 127, 186, 187-8, 259
Wilkinson, James
expedition against Indians, 86-7, 353
and military appointment, 176, 177n, 303
Wilkinson, William
and John Paradise's business affairs, 28
Williams, Mr.
visits America, 16
Williams, Mrs.
health, 16
Williamson, Hugh
letter to, 295
and patent reform bill, 295, 361-2n
William V, Prince of Orange
and Dutch East India Company, 234
and return of German troops, 234
plans for constitutional reform, 332
Willing, Morris & Swanwick
letter from, 137
recommend consular appointees, 137
Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard
letter from, 228-9
Humphreys' account with, 323
account with U.S., 228-31, 333
and sale of U.S. embassy in The Hague, 332
and Dutch loans to U.S., 77, 118, 175n
TJ's account with, 335n
Wilmington Packet (ship)
mentioned, 238
Wilson, Mr.
mentioned, 317
Wilson, David
land grant for, 278, 287n, 288n
Wilson, James (Pa.)
and Pagan v. Hooper, 342n
and Illinois-Wabash Company claims, 5, 6n
Wilson, James (Va.)
letters to, 160, 197-8
letter from cited, 160n
TJ's account with, 160, 197-8, 374-5
wine
bad crop in France, 109, 123
exported by Portugal, 219
ordered by TJ, 100, 103, 117, 118
reexported from Great Britain, 440
shortage in Portugal, 139
taxed in Holland, 179
Wingate, Paine
and Edward Church, 30
Wistar, Caspar, Jr.
letter from, 305
and Report on Desalination of Sea Water, 305, 320
Witt, Abner
debt to TJ, 198n
wood
in Brazil, 434
import duties on, 438-9 (table)
Wood, Capt. (master of Minerva)
mentioned, 31
Wood, Gen. James
candidate for governor of Va., 326
Woodrough, Capt. John William (master of Jane)
ship seized by French, 302, 304
Woods, David
claim for compensation, 393
Woodson, Samuel
debt to TJ, 165, 185, 199, 201
sued by TJ, 186, 199, 201, 204n, 374
woolens
for Indian trade, 166
manufacture in Portugal, 218
Woolfolk, Richard
TJ's payment to, 204
Works of John Locke
ordered by TJ, 327
Wycombe, John Henry Petty, second Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord
letter to, 289
letter from cited, 289n
visits U.S., 289
