Volume 36 Index
A
"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