"A. B." (pseudonym)

criticizes Charleston custom house, 266-8, 384

letter from, 266-8

abolition, 534n, 586

Aborn, Thomas, 320, 327, 332

Academia Botanica (Florence), 237n

Academia Sevillana de Buenas Letras (Sevilla), 236, 237-8n

Académie des sciences, 294, 295

Académie Royale des Sciences (Turin), 236, 237n

Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts (Lyons), 236, 237n

Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts (Rouen), 236, 237n

Accademia del Cimento (Florence), 237n

Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto (Bologna), 236, 237n

accountants, 92, 118, 133, 175n, 345n, 659

Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House, in the City of New-York (Thomas Eddy), 553-4

Adams, Abigail, 165n

Adams, John

contingent expenses, 627-8

and Convention of 1800, 189n

and District of Columbia, 13, 17n, 32, 564

and election of 1800, 128-9, 131

and France, 349

and Friend's Orebank lease, 91n

and Ga. land claims, 202n

history of administration of, 228-9, 387, 472-80

instructions to American warships, 122n

late-term appointments, 309, 311-13, 315n, 316, 321, 327n, 328, 333-4, 400n, 575n

levees held by, xlvi

and Little Turtle, 275, 522n

makes appointments, 185n, 244n, 434n, 483, 488n, 557, 608-9n

portraits of, xlvii

removals by, 328, 602n

sends correspondence, papers to Congress, 67, 68n

and St. Clair's reappointment, 578, 579n

and Tripoli, 65n

Adams, John Quincy, xlix, 608n

Adams, Fort, 42, 45, 93-4, 420n, 632n

Adams (U.S. frigate), 615n, 668n

Adamson, William

letter from, 220-4

seeks assistance for Irish refugees, 220-4

Addison, Joseph

Cato, 558, 559n

Addison, Thomas

appointed justice of the peace, 314, 316, 318, 326, 335

Address to the People of the United States (John Beckley), 476, 479n

Africa, 576, 577n

Age of Reason. Part the Second (Thomas Paine), 31

Agricultural Museum (Georgetown, D.C.), 435n

agriculture

agricultural societies, 423

fertilizer, 168

one of four pillars of prosperity, 63

plows, 282, 288

principal source of American wealth, 199

promotion of, 503n

publications on, 435n, 458n

viticulture, 373-6, 383n

wisdom of rural citizens, 390

See also cotton; Indians: Economy; tobacco

Aikin, Charles Rochemont

Jennerian Discovery, 80, 189, 203, 341, 359, 370, 436, 454-5

Aitken, Robert, 235, 236n, 547n

Akin, James, 366n

Albany Register, 86, 87-8n

Albemarle Co., Va.

Birdwood plantation, 420n

Carlton plantation, 656n

inns, 269n

alcoholism

among candidates for office, 672

among Indians, 276, 278-9, 282-3, 288, 441, 443n, 633, 634n

among TJ's family, 656n

removals from office due to, 329

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'

Mélange de Littérature, d'Historie, et de Philosophie, x, 20, 21n

Alessandro Veronese. See Turchi, Alessandro (Alessandro Veronese, l'Orbetto)

Alexander, Archibald, 27n

Alexander, Charles

appointed justice of the peace, 314-17, 326, 335

Alexandria, D.C.

care of sick and disabled seamen in, 590

mayors, 546n

merchants, 133, 546n

militia, 33

newspapers in, 72

opposes bill for D.C. government, 33

Orphans Court, 318, 325, 333

Presbyterians in, 272n

See also District of Columbia

Alexandria Expositor, 352n

Alfred the Great, 149

Alger, James

appointed commissioner of loans, 319, 325, 328, 331

Algiers

consul at, 557n, 666-7

corsairs of, 667n

dey of, 65n, 667n

and Great Britain, 597n, 667n

mediator between U.S. and Tripoli, 394n

ransom of U.S. prisoners in, 594-8

treaty with U.S., 596n

tribute for, 59, 65n, 394, 594-5, 597n, 666-7

U.S. warships arrive at, 667n

Alien Enemies Act (1798), 247

Alien Friends Act (1798), x, 219n, 223, 247, 430n, 672

aliens. See immigrants

Allegany Turnpike Road, 417n

Allen, Hancock, 346n, 530

Allison, Burgess

letter from, 540

recommends Jenkins, 540

Allison, Patrick (Baltimore), 26n

Alston, Theodosia Burr, 472

Alston, Willis, 357n

alum, 141

"American" (pseudonym)

criticizes Simons, 91-3, 215, 216n

letter from, 91-3

American and Daily Advertiser (Baltimore), 86, 88n, 247, 443n

American Artillerist's Companion (Anne Louis de Tousard), 297n

American Citizen and General Advertiser (New York), 85, 87n, 254, 619n

See also Cheetham, James; Denniston & Cheetham

American Philosophical Society

displays mastodon skeleton, 264-6, 366, 386

elects members, 51n, 432n, 564n

exchanges publications with other societies, 235-8, 372

and Indian languages, 279

loans money to C. W. Peale, 265-6n

and Peale's museum, 405n

publishes Transactions, 230n, 236n, 264, 485n, 581n

receives communications, specimens, 22, 28, 29n, 50-1n, 189, 200-1, 230n, 264, 265n, 279, 294, 295, 296n, 305n, 581n, 626

reelects TJ president, 369

TJ as president of, 28, 174n, 200-1, 230n, 294, 295, 372

TJ's report on the megalonyx, 548-9n

American Revolution

artificers, 602-3

bounty and pension claims, 24-5, 273-4, 396, 405-8, 512, 602-3

and Canada, 398n

compared to French Revolution, 112

in Conn., 109n, 264n

and France, 114-15, 295, 296

histories of, 95, 96, 112, 113n, 477, 547

Loyalists, 156-7n

persistent principles and spirit of, 401

in Philadelphia, 71n, 307n

physicians, 263-4

prisoners, 297n, 349

privateers, 71n, 307n

in Va., 571n

veterans of, 25, 100n, 108-9, 114-15, 242n, 263-4, 273-4, 295, 296, 307n, 358n, 393n, 396, 398, 405-8, 428n, 489n, 537n, 571n, 573, 602-3

in Vt., 398n

Amiens, France, 23

Anacostia River, xlv, 33-4, 217n

Analytical Hints Relative to the Process of Ackermann, Suardy, & Co's.

Manufactories for Waterproof Cloths, and Wearing Apparel, 20, 21n, 233, 262

Anderson, Joseph, 51n, 52, 191n, 567n

Anderson, Mary Dabney, 484

Anderson, Matthew

identified, 484n

letter to, 484-5

sends silk to TJ, 484-5

Andrews, George

letter from cited, 684

payments to, 696

Annals of the Corporation, Relative to the Late Contested Election: with Strictures upon the Conduct of the Majority (Tunis Wortman), 479n

Annual Message to Congress (1801)

criticism of, 55-6

delivered in writing, vii, 52, 57, 178, 261, 262

note on, to National Intelligencer, 56-7, 67-8

praise for, 97-8, 126-7, 127-33, 185-6, 219, 378

preparation and copying of, 52-6, 108n

publication of, 54-6, 219, 220n

supplementary documents, 54, 65-6n

text of, 58-67

Anthony, Joseph (Philadelphia), 693

Anthony, Joseph (Richmond)

identified, 414n

letter from, 409-14

plan to emancipate and educate slaves, 409-14

Antwerp

consul at, 320, 326, 331, 332

Apology for the Bible (Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff), 31n

Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family, 520n, 521n

Appleton, John, 488

Archer, John, 195n

Arkansas River, 394

Armenteros, José García

letter from cited, 201n, 682

sends shells to APS, 200-1

Armstrong, Gen. John

health of, 573, 574n

resigns Senate seat, 388n, 416, 505, 550-1, 573-4

Army, U.S. See War, U.S. Department of

art

artists, 659n

education, 472, 478n

museums, 350n, 636-7

physiognotrace, xlvi, 610

portraits, xlv-xlix

sculpture, 611-12, 663

See also Jefferson, Thomas: Portraits

Ash, George, 515, 519, 520n, 521n

Astronomie (Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande), 536n, 580

astronomy

astronomical instruments, 28, 29n

calculation of equal altitudes, 629

calculation of longitude, 229-30, 485-6

constellations, 535-6

eclipses, 22

Pleiades, 580-1

attorneys

legal profession criticized, 508

mentioned, 100n, 108-9, 380n, 431n, 474, 497n, 567n, 608n, 609-10

overabundance of, 127, 130

See also law

Atwater, Reuben, 100, 101n

Atwater, Sarah Lamb, 100, 101n

Auglaize River, 517, 520n

Aurora (Philadelphia)

alleges misuse of public funds, 479n

and British import duties, 67, 68n

and D. L. Barnes appointment, 86

publishes "Franklin" essay, 502, 503n

remains in Philadelphia, 121n

See also Duane, William

Austin, David

asked by TJ to cease writing, 401-2

letters from, 163-4, 271-2, 340, 351-2, 395-6, 447

letter to, 401-2

National "Barley Cake," 272, 447

observations on Barbary affairs, 271-2

seeks appointment, 163-4, 271-2, 340, 351-2, 395-6, 447, 682

sends pamphlets to TJ, 447

sermons of, 674n

TJ gives money to, 692, 695

Austin, David, Sr. (1732-1801), 395, 396n

Austria, 99-100, 453n

"A-X" (pseudonym)

letter from, 641

sends death threat, xi, 641