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