Van Cortlandt, Philip, 82

Vandyke, Thomas J., 566-7

Van Ness, John P., 81-2, 193n, 195n

Van Ness, Peter, 81-2

Van Ness, William P., 81-2, 85, 474, 478n

Varnum, Joseph Bradley, 48n, 360

Vaughan, Benjamin

family of, 180n

letter from, 449-54

observations on European affairs, 449-54

Vaughan, Dr. John

forwards volume of Dickinson's writings, 238-9

letter from, 238-9

letter from cited, 682

Vaughan, John (Philadelphia)

compiles list of learned societies, 235-6, 372

letter from cited, 369n, 679

letters from, 80, 189, 235-6

letters to, 369, 372

reelection of TJ as president of APS, 369

seeks, exchanges information on smallpox vaccine, 80, 189, 235

wishes to publish TJ letter on smallpox, 79

Venice, 599n

Vermont

American Revolution in, 398n

attorneys, 100n

circuit court cases in, 66n

collector for, 72, 73n

legislature, 100n, 575

manufacturing in, 100n

marshal for, 100-1, 317, 323, 329, 334

Newbury, 398n

newspapers, 72

U.S. attorney for, 317, 323, 329, 334

U.S. district court, 100n

See also Federalists; Republicans

Vermont Democratic Society, 575n

Vermule, Cornelius, 500, 501n

Verona, Italy, 236, 238n

Viar, Josef Ignacio de, 372n

Vienna, 99n

Villar, Noël Gabriel Luc de

identified, 209n

informs TJ of election to National Institute, 208-9

letter from, 208-9

Villaret de Joyeuse, Louis Thomas

identified, 599n

letter from, 598-600

reports arrival of French expedition to Saint-Domingue, 598-600

Vilnius, Lithuania, 99

Vincennes, 42, 280-1, 285n, 288, 289n, 518

Vincent, François André

identified, 209n

informs TJ of election to National Institute, 208-9

letter from, 208-9

Virginia

Agriculture

hams from, 504

Constitution of U.S.

ratification of, 571n

resolutions to amend, 490, 491n

Courts

circuit court cases in, 639

General Court, 134n

High Court of Chancery, 457n, 490, 492n

Economy

gypsum, 169n

iron manufacturing, 89-91, 499, 501n

merchants, 133-4

Petersburg, 18, 70, 399

printers, 547

roads, 417

silk manufacturing, 484

sulfur, 169n

taverns, inns, 20n, 269n

See also James River Company; Norfolk, Va.; Richmond, Va.

Education and Science

Girardin's academy, 657n

hospital for the insane, 373n

physicians, 373n

Rockbridge Co., 380n

smallpox vaccination in, 203, 482

General Assembly

clerks, 577n

and Gabriel's insurrection, 577n

and Houdon's sculpture, 663n

investigates executive expenditures, 490-2

members, 134n, 308n, 484n, 491n, 492n, 497n, 537n, 571n, 657n

proposal to divide the state, 490, 492n

removal of condemned slaves, 76, 104, 185, 186-7n, 576-7

resolutions to amend U.S. Constitution, 490, 491n

Military

and American Revolution, 571n

Politics

Cherrystone collectorship, 320, 324, 329, 334

Democratic Party, 657n

Frederick Co., 134n

Hampton collectorship, 204, 320, 324, 329, 330n, 334

Hanover Co., 571n

insurrection plots, 413

national influence of, 490

Old Point Comfort lighthouse, 506

Petersburg collectorship, 196-7, 613-14

and reapportionment, 219, 220n

secession, 657n

Smith's Point lighthouse, 506

tensions between tidewater and western counties, 490, 492n

TJ avoids appointing Virginians to office, 133, 613

TJ's election celebrated in, 492n

Winchester, 134n

See also Federalists; Norfolk, Va.; Republicans; Richmond, Va.

Relations with U.S.

census, 73, 74n

postal service, 268

U.S. attorneys for, 318, 324, 333

U.S. district court, 97

U.S. marshals, 318, 324, 329, 333, 334

western land claims, 11n, 301

See also Friend's Orebank, Va.

Society

attorneys, 609-10

churches, religious groups, 26n, 247, 253

Independence Day celebrations in, 492n

Warm Springs, 20n

Virginia, University of, 134n, 269n, 385-6, 657n

Virginia Military Tract, 104n

"Virginian" (pseudonym), 196-7n

Voigt, Henry

identified, 240n

letters from, 239-40, 565-6

letter to, 386

and Reich's medals, 239-40, 386, 565-6

repairs TJ's watch, 565, 695

Voigt, Thomas, 240n

Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf

and Little Turtle, xlviii

member of idéologistes, 481n

member of National Institute, 209n

studies Miami language, 274, 279, 283n