Laban (Bible), 300, 303n

La Condamine, Charles Marie de, 535-6n

La Coruña, Spain, 487

Lafayette, Françoise Émilie Destutt de Tracy, 480, 481n

Lafayette, George Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier de, 480, 481n

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de

aides-de-camp to, 296n

and L. Littlepage, 99n

letter from, 480-1

proposed compensation for, 616, 662

sends European, family news, 480-1

services ignored by French government, 113

Va. commissions bust of, 663

Lafitau, Joseph François, 536n

Laird, John

nomination as justice of the peace, 312, 314, 315n, 317n, 326, 335, 336n, 531-2, 546

payment to, 689

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de

Astronomie, 536n, 580

Lamb, John, 100, 101n

Lamson, John, 487

L'Analyze des Echecs (François André Danican), x, 20, 21n

Landais, Philip

letter from cited, 681

Landais, Samuel C.

letter from cited, 683

land speculation

by Dayton, 475, 479n

in Ga., 109n

in Indiana Terr., 607

in N.Y., 82n

by T. Coxe, 600

Lane, Presley Carr, 317, 324, 333

Langham, Elias, 470n

La Porte du Theil, François Jean Gabriel de

identified, 209n

informs TJ of election to National Institute, 208-9

letter from, 208-9

La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, Duc de

correspondence with TJ, 356n

introduces Lequinio de Kerblay, 355-6

letter from, 355-6

requests seeds from America, 423, 424n

Latimer, George

letter to, 19

receives sculpture for TJ, 19

removal of, sought, 110, 182n

Latin, 75, 472, 657

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry

Christ Church, 225n

declines lighthouse commission, 506n

member of APS, 230n, 296n

Peale's museum, 365, 366n

Lattimore, David, 487, 488n

law

books, 40n

capital punishment, 441, 442-3n

commercial, 588

corporal punishment, 164

lawsuits, 127, 130

libel, 71n

maritime, 110

militia, 241-2, 416, 425

Mosaic Law, 145

naturalization, x, 64, 129, 132

naval prizes, 122n

See also attorneys; Courts, U.S.

Law, Thomas

nomination as justice of the peace, 314, 315n, 317n, 531

and Piercy, 106n

Law Dictionary (John Cowell), 40n

Lawler, Matthew

identified, 71n

letter from, 71

seeks appointment, 71

lead, 141

Lear, Tobias

appointed general commercial agent, 320, 326, 331

recommended for office, 110

Lebon, Philippe, 170n

Le Brun, Charles, 235

Leclerc, Victoire Emmanuel, 207n, 598-600

Ledyard, Isaac, 84, 87n

Lee, Ann Hill Carter, 89-90

Lee, Charles

advises on interim appointments, 433

as attorney general, 65n, 201, 202n, 303

counsel in Marbury v. Madison, 313

Lee, Henry, 32, 89-91

Lee, John (Me.)

removal of, 320, 323, 329, 335, 358n

Lee, Silas, 319, 323, 331

Lee, Thomas Sim

appointed justice of the peace, 314, 316, 322n, 325, 335

resigns commission, 336n, 546n

Lee, William (1772-1840), 320, 326, 334

Lee, William R., 116-18, 120n

Legaux, Peter

letter from cited, 684

Le Havre, France

commercial agents at, 265n, 320, 326, 333-4, 424n, 470-1, 608n

Leib, Michael, 71n, 486n, 650

Leiper, Thomas

letter to, 9-10

as Republican leader, 71n

and TJ's tobacco crops, 9-10

Leland, John

carries Danbury Baptist address, 253

identified, 247

and presentation of Mammoth Cheese, ix, 247, 249, 251

Stroke at the Branch, 390, 392n

Lemaire, Étienne

and President's House accounts, 685-7, 694-8

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 88, 541n

Lenox, Robert, 216n

Leonardo da Vinci, 637

Lequinio de Kerblay, Joseph Marie, 355-6, 481

Leslie, John, 135

Letter and Report from the Secretary of the Treasury (Albert Gallatin), 49n

Lettsom, John Coakley

Observations on the Cow-Pock, 80n, 454-5, 563-4

Lewis (fishing smack), 175

Lewis (Shawnee Indian), 514

Lewis, Charles Lilburne (TJ's brother-in-law)

letter to cited, 338n

sells corn to TJ, 338

Lewis, Jacob

appointed consul, 311, 320-1, 327-8, 332

Lewis, James Otto, xlix

Lewis, Joel, 319, 324, 328, 332

Lewis, Meriwether

classification of army officers, 53, 297n

and conference with Little Turtle, 274

and D.C. justice of the peace nominations, 532n

delivers messages to Congress, vii, 52, 94n, 192n, 193n, 195n, 336n, 357n, 363n, 367n, 442n, 488n, 501n, 592n, 607n, 632n, 641n, 658n, 667n

knowledge of War Department, 211

notes for TJ, on Bank of Columbia, 77-8, 695-7

portrait of, xlv-xlvi, 406 (illus.)

and preparation of annual message to Congress, 52-6

salary, 692, 695, 697

servant of, 693

stationery for, 689, 691, 693

tape for, 690

TJ's private secretary, xii, 17n, 25n, 48, 57n, 65n, 167n, 211n, 214n, 220n, 242n, 274, 336n, 345, 363n, 367n, 432n, 435n, 459, 486n, 490n, 500n, 544n, 546, 570-1n, 592n, 604n, 631n, 640n, 654, 658n, 667n, 686, 698

visits Philadelphia, xlv-xlvi

western expedition of, 230n

Lewis, Nicholas, 9, 97

libraries, ix, 447

See also Jefferson, Thomas: Library

Library of Congress

librarian of, x, 340, 351-2, 362-3, 380-1, 402-4, 415, 419-21, 428, 431, 435-6, 444-5, 447, 489, 490n, 682, 683

Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne), 27n

lifeboats, 438-9

lighthouses, 49n, 169, 170n, 506

Lilly, Gabriel

letters from cited, 531n, 681, 682

letters to cited, 346n, 681, 682, 683

overseer at Monticello, 21, 262, 531

payments to, 346, 388, 482, 530-1, 696

Lima, 152

lime, 168

Lincoln, Benjamin, 196n

Lincoln, Levi

acting secretary of state, 6n, 316n

advises on annual message to Congress, 53

advises on appointments, 109n, 205, 415

advises on reply to Danbury Baptists, 254, 256-7

attends cabinet meetings, 394

and charges against St. Clair, 446, 493-6

and commissions for D.C. justices of the peace, 316n

and Friend's Orebank lease, 90, 91n, 499, 500n

and Ga. land claims, 303

law practice of, 87n

letters from, 257, 493-6, 574-5

letters to, 176-7, 183, 256-7, 446

and ratification of Convention of 1800, 176-7, 183

reports on New England politics, 87n, 574-5

Lindsay, Adam

identified, 216-17n

letter to, 216-17

TJ orders ducks from, 216-17

Lingan, James M.

removal of, 320, 325-6, 331, 333

Linn, James

appointed supervisor, 319, 324, 334

appointment of, opposed, 86, 88n, 336n

Lisbon, 487

Lispenard, Anthony, 83-4, 87n

Littlepage, Lewis

asks TJ to hold letter, 194

eviction from Austria, 99-100

letter from cited, 683

letters from, 99-100, 194

letter to, 194

Little Turtle (Miami Indian)

address by, 280-6

and alcohol sales to Indians, 278-9, 282-3, 441-2n

attends Congress, 279, 337

conference with TJ and Dearborn, viii-ix, xlviii, 274-90, 513

and Greenville treaty negotiations, 284-5n

identified, 283-4n

and Indian annuities, 281-2

as Miami chief, 275-6

portrait of, xlviii, 406 (illus.)

promotes acculturation, 275-6, 279, 282-3, 520n

receives smallpox vaccination, 279, 522n

response by, 289-90

visits Philadelphia (1798), xlviii

and white encroachment, 280-1

Livermore, Edward St. Loe, 311, 327n, 333

Livingston, Brockholst, 478n

Livingston, Edward

appointed U.S. attorney, 318, 323, 335

and N.Y. politics, 84, 86

Livingston, Robert R.

arrives in Paris, 114n, 207n

carries letters for TJ, 158-9

and Cathalan's exequatur, 561, 562n

forwards letters, 112

letter from, 206-8

and Louisiana, 206, 207n

sends news from France, 206-8, 480

uses ciphers, 207-8

and Waldo, 575n

Livingston, William, 476, 479n

Llewellin, Samuel

letter from cited, 682

Lloyd, Edward, 435n

Locke, Capt., 533n

Logan (Mingo Indian), 521n

Logan, Albanus, 75, 126, 127n

Logan, George

and A. Campbell, 650, 652

as committee member, 95n, 177n

and Cozens, 435n

and Dickinson's writings, 239n

mission to France, 475

and son's education, 75, 126

Logie, Charles, 597n

London, 320, 327, 329, 335

longitude, 229-30, 573

Long Talk, Delivered Before the Tammany Society, of Alexandria, District of Columbia (Richard Dinmore), 352n

Lora, Reverend, 692

Lorgna, Anton Maria, 238n

L'Orient (Lorient), France, 175n, 321, 326, 333

Loromie's store (Northwest Terr.), 517, 520n

lotteries, 404

Louisiana

Attakapas Co., 431n

ceded to France by Spain, 206, 207n

French expeditionary force expected at, 207

immigrants to, 431n

trade of, 243

Louis XVI, King of France, 481n

Louvre, 636-7

Lowndes, Thomas, 122n

Lowry, Thomas

removal of, 319, 324, 329, 330n, 335

Luciani, Sebastiano (Sebastiano del Piombo), 637

"Lucius Crassus" (Alexander Hamilton), 55-6

Lummis, David

letter from, 582-6

plan to abolish slavery, 582-6

Lutherans, 529n

Lyman, Daniel, 488

Lyman, William, 524, 525n

Lyon, James

book printing business of, 446-7

letter from cited, 27n, 681

letters from, 71-3, 446-7

letter to, 29-30

partnership with Dinmore, 352n

seeks printing contracts, 71-3

TJ recommends to G. Granger, 27, 29-30, 71-2

Lyon, Matthew, 27, 72-3, 101n

Lyons, France

academy at, 236, 237n

Bonaparte at, 470, 471, 480, 481n

Lyons, Peter

letter from cited, 158n, 681

letter to, 157-8

and settlement of Wayles estate, 157-8

and Short's salary, 160, 163n, 457n

"Lysander" (Tunis Wortman)

writings by, 474, 479n