McCaul, Alexander
TJ's debt to, 255-6
McClurg (McClurgh), Dr. James
treats Gilmer, 474-5
McComb, Mr. See Macomb, Alexander
MacCulloch, Kenneth
Account of the New, Improved Sea Compasses, 364
MacDonough, Thomas
and Pagan v. Hooper, 16-17
McGillivray, Alexander
and activities of Bowles, 147n
MacKay, Samuel
letter from, 433
seeks position as French instructor, 433
McKean, Thomas
and Jacob Rush's proposed appointment, 17
McKenzie, Capt. (master of Mary)
mentioned, 419
McKinsis, Capt. (master of Mary)
mentioned, 87n
McKulloch, Kennet. See MacCulloch, Kenneth
McLane, Mrs.
visits Washington, 257
Macomb, Alexander
and Panic of 1792, 401, 437, 447, 449
and Six Percent Company, 402, 447
in jail, 449
land purchase in N.Y., 452
Macon, Nathaniel
letter from, 410-11
and payment of British debts in N.C., 410
McPherson, Isaac
information for TJ, 120-1
Madison, James
letters to, 37, 286-7, 524
letters from, 125, 223, 496-7
and powers of Senate, 19n
criticism of, 23n
and establishment of National Gazette, 24n
and Mazzei's claim against Dohrman, 29
and appointment of ministers to Europe, 36, 37
and Federal District, 41, 111, 120, 160
and TJ's plan to retire, 84
financial affairs, 125
provides information on New Orleans, 163n, 315n
and Louis XVI's acceptance of the French constitution, 222n
and Lormerie's land claim, 230-1
and legislative references to executive departments, 247n
and veto of apportionment bill, 264, 377n
and convention with Spain on fugitives, 286-7, 331n
relations with Ceracchi, 326
concern for Gilmer's health, 492
travelling plans, 492, 546
and TJ's letter to Hammond, 496-7, 514-16, 518, 606n, 609n,
611n, 612n, 613n
letter from Hugh Rose cited, 502
invited to examine hare, 524
relations with Mazzei, 534
Pine portrait of purchased by TJ, 614
Madrid
tumults in, 472
magnetism
Church's experiments on, 370
Malta
and proposed naval blockade of Algiers, 362
Mansfield, William Murray, Lord
decision on interest, 591
manufactures
TJ's notes on, 172-3, 270
Hamilton's report on criticized by TJ, 187
and European commercial restrictions, 618
maple sugar
Rush's pamphlet on, 77
Maria I, Queen of Portugal
character, 92
health, 92, 110, 144, 229, 290, 293, 337, 355, 472, 481,
518, 521, 524, 532
confessor forbidden to see, 355
Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain
letter to George III cited, 52
relations with Godoy, 265-7, 290
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
grieves over Leopold II's death, 267
marine hospital
transfer to U.S., 281, 335
Marks, Anna (Nancy) Jefferson (Mrs. Hastings Marks)
nephew, 34n
Marks, Hasting
letter to, 269
letter from, 33-4
seeks military appointment, 33-4, 269
relationship to TJ, 34n
receives military appointment, 324-5
Marks, Hastings
nephew, 34n
Maroons
treaty with government of Jamaica, 179
Marseilles
Jacobins in, 251
Spanish consul in, 251
trade with U.S., 251-2
woman hanged in, 251
Marshall, James Markham
returns to U.S., 525
Martinique, W.I.
excludes U.S. flour, 348-9
U.S. consul in not recognized, 348-9
Mary (ship)
mentioned, 87n, 419, 525
Mary (TJ's slave)
sale of, 408
Maryland
and Federal District, 156
legislation on Loyalists, 202, 214, 216, 563
and debts to British, 218, 353, 380, 403n, 444-6, 574, 585, 609n
and apportionment bill, 370-3
letter to Senators and Representatives of, 403n
and navigation of Potomac, 428-9
compliance with peace treaty, 444, 578, 580, 605n
letters from Senators and Representatives of, 444-6, 585, 605n
stock in Bank of England, 589, 609n
and interest on wartime debts, 594
Maryland Court of Appeals
and Mildred v. Dorsey, 220, 445-6
Maryland Court of Chancery
and case of Thomas Harrison, 220, 445, 563
Maryland General Assembly
legislation on peace treaty, 444
legislation on alien ownership of land, 445, 446n
Mason, George
letter from, 120-1
introduces Isaac McPherson to TJ, 120-1
"Massachusettensis"
Strictures and Observations, xxxiv, 401-2, 425-6, 451-2
Massachusetts
and debts to British, 206, 218
legislation on Loyalists, 213, 216, 565-6
and apportionment bill, 370-3
compliance with peace treaty, 578, 604n
and interest on wartime debts, 594
Massachusetts Admiralty Court
and capture of San Antonio, 272n, 510, 520
Massachusetts General Court
and Pagan v. Hooper, 5, 16-17
Massachusetts Supreme Court of Judicature
and Pagan v. Hooper, 5
Masset. M.
U.S. agent in St. Vallery, 146
Massiac, Claude Louis, Marquis de
and proposed naval blockade of Algiers, 362
Matheo river
and Ga. boundary, 298
Matra, Mr.
British consul general in Morocco, 46
and Moroccan civil war, 144
Matthews, Sampson
letter from cited, 476
recommends Gibson, 476
Möle St. Nicolas, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 414
Maury, James
letter to, 617-18, 619n
letters from, 388, 474, 487, 545
letter from Joshua Johnson quoted, 545
Maury, Jean Siffrid, Abbé
unpopularity of, 70
Mazzei, Philip
letter to, 29
letter from, 533-4
letters to Derieux cited, 27, 29, 533
letters from cited, 28n, 30n, 534n
claim against Dohrman, 29
Collé sold for, 29
and Derieux's legacy, 116-18
Deriex's debt to, 117
business affairs, 533
correspondence with TJ, 533
on Louis XVI, 533
on Polish affairs, 533, 534
gunbarrel for, 534
letter to Edmund Randolph cited, 534
Meade, George
letter from, 63
letter from cited, 63
recommends Benjamin H. Phillips, 63
Mease, James
letter to, 620
and Hessian fly, 433n
Inaugural Dissertation on the Disease Produced by the Bite
of a Mad Dog or Other Rabid Animal, 620
medals
for diplomats, 63n, 108
for military officers, 136-7, 139
Melcher, John
letter from, 322
sends newspapers to Department of State, 322
Mercer, John F.
letter from, 444-6
and investigation of St. Clair's defeat, 262
and Mildred v. Dorsey, 446n
merchants, French
and U.S. aid to Saint-Domingue, 72
mercury
as cure for rabies, 620
Meredith, Samuel
bill drawn on, 60
and Panic of 1792, 320
Mestique, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 414
Miami Indians
as peace emissaries to Western Indians, 243n
Michillimackinac
retention by British, 569
Mifflin, John F.
letter from, 458
and payment of debts to British in Pa., 458
Mifflin, Samuel. See Osborne v. Mifflin's Executors
Mifflin, Thomas
relations with Jacob Rush, 17
Mildred v. Dorsey
as infraction of peace treaty, 220, 353, 445-6, 580, 583, 594
Miller (Millar), Isaac
visits TJ, 53
Minister of Justice, French. See Duranthon (Duranton), Antoine
Minister of Marine, French. See Bertrand de Molleville,
Antoine François, Marquis de; Lacoste, Jean de
Minister of the Interior, French. See Roland de La Platière (Patière), Jean Marie
Minister of War, French. See Grave, Pierre Marie, Marquis de; Narbonne-Lara, Louis, Comte de
Minorca
acquired by Spain, 296
Mint, U.S.
bill for, 26, 365
officers for, 26, 367
proposed director for, 365, 367
Rittenhouse appointed director of, 460
Dalton appointed treasurer of, 482n
Mirabarou, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 52
Mirbeck, M.
commissary in Saint-Domingue, 178
letter to Washington cited, 336
returns to France, 416
Mississippi river
navigation of, 21, 36, 59-60, 66-8, 78, 81n, 83, 84n, 160-1,
162-3n, 180, 229, 293, 299-308, 334-5, 462
British right to navigate, 180-1, 239-40, 300, 301, 303
and proposed revision of U.S.-Canadian border, 239-40
as boundary with Spain, 296
as W. Fla. boundary, 300, 313n
and right of deposit, 304-7
Mitchell v. Wallis
British debt case in Va., 475
Mitchill, Samuel L.
and Hessian fly, 433n
Mogadore, Morocco
in Moroccan civil war, 391
loan to Muley Ischem, 519
monarchy
European attitudes toward, 472
TJ's fears of in U.S., 537
Monceau, Henri Louis Duhamel du
Histoire d'un Insecte qui devore les Grains de L'Angoumois, 122n
Moniteur
sent article by Mazzei, 533
Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright (Mrs. James Monroe)
travelling plans, 326, 343, 466, 521, 546
Monroe, James
letter to, 401
letters from, 35-6, 365, 400, 475-6
residence in Va., 29
and appointment of ministers to Europe, 35-6, 37
and navigation of Mississippi, 36
travelling plans, 343, 411, 466, 492, 521, 546
recommends Dawson as director of Mint, 365
letter from cited, 378n
and appointment of U.S. Army commander, 400
and military appointments, 400
and Mitchell v. Wallis, 475
and payment of British debts in Va., 475-6
concern for Gilmer's health, 492
home repaired, 521
and N.Y. gubernatorial election, 546
letter on peace treaty cited, 580, 585, 605n
Monroe, Joseph
health, 547
Mons, Austrian Netherlands
French campaign against, 478-9, 504, 532
Monthly Review and Gentleman's Magazine
sent to TJ, 52
Monticello
wheat crop, 294, 418
postal service, 295
trees for, 347, 435-6, 547
shrubs for, 355, 429
orchard damaged, 389
grain crop, 418
impact of drought on, 547
Montmorin de Saint-Hérem, Armand Marc, Comte de
letter to, 55
letter to cited, 58
and Saint-Domingue, 72
and U.S. relations with Spain, 81n
medal for, 108
and Louis XVI's acceptance of the French constitution, 221n
letter to U.S. government quoted, 221n
and U.S. boundary with Spain, 299
memorial from Short, 339, 341n
suspected role in G. Morris' ministerial appointment, 508
suspected role in G. Morris' ministerial appointment, 508
Moore, Capt. Stephen (master of Kitty)
mentioned, 251, 252n
Morel, D. L.
memoir on Indians, 114
Morgan, Daniel
considered as commander of U.S. Army, 242
appointed brigadier general, 244n, 401, 408
declines appointment as brigadier general, 244n, 356, 378, 492
unwilling to serve under St. Clair, 378
Morocco
Barclay's mission to, 46, 88-9, 104, 145, 285-6, 293, 337,
357, 384-5, 387, 404, 486, 490, 535
civil war in, 46-7, 104, 144, 145, 174, 285-6, 293, 356-7,
391-2, 426-7, 485-6, 490, 518, 519, 535
relations with Spain, 46, 47n, 104, 144, 145, 174, 285-6, 357, 391
relations with U.S., 46
relations with France, 104
foreign consuls in, 145n, 357
treaty of commerce with U.S., 309
relations with Great Britain, 357
relations with Russia, 490
captures British ship, 519
duties in reduced, 519
piracy in, 519
Jews plundered in, 535
Morocco, Effendi of, 285-6
Morocco, Emperor of. See Muley Hussein; Muley Ischem; Muley
Slema; Muley Suliman; Muley Yezid
Morris, Gouverneur
letters to, 55-7, 248-50, 467-8, 472-3
letters from, 382-3, 392-3, 464-5
appointed minister to France, 10-11n, 16, 22-3n, 35, 49,
65-6, 83, 85-6, 87, 168, 250, 276, 477, 508
mission to England, 11, 15, 21-2, 465
TJ recommended as replacement for in France, 24n
cipher for, 55, 249, 382
instructions from TJ, 55-7
account with Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 56, 61, 616
expenses of, 62-3
criticism of, 65-6, 85-6, 113, 115, 167-9, 402n, 491-2, 508
and use of discretion, 84, 85-6, 382
letter from Washington, 85-6
letter to Washington, 86n (quoted), 361 (cited)
commission for, 87
and Derieux's legacy, 118, 269
and military medals, 136
advises Louis XVI, 168
on French Revolution, 168, 260, 382, 508
speculative activities, 168
and commercial treaty with France, 248, 467-9, 470
and U.S. aid to Saint-Domingue, 249, 467
packet for, 381
and trade with France, 382
salary, 383
and communication with Hamilton and Washington, 383n
and assassination of Gustavus III, 392
plans to leave London, 419
arrival in Paris, 441, 442, 465, 503, 505
and George Washington Greene's return to U.S., 457, 462-3, 468, 469n
on Austro-French war, 464-5
on British foreign policy, 464-5
and servant for TJ, 471, 472-3
received by French government, 503, 522
Morris, Robert
and relations with Algiers, 256-8
Moultrie, William
letter to Jay on peace treaty cited, 561, 605n
mourning
TJ's views on, 295
Moustier, Elénore François Elie, Comte de
criticism of, 107
medal for, 108
Mozelle (ship)
mentioned, 336
Muley Hussein
proclaimed emperor of Morocco, 426-7, 485-6
in Moroccan civil war, 485-6
Muley Idris
in Moroccan civil war, 356, 485-6
Muley Ischem
in Moroccan civil war, 46, 104, 144, 174, 285-6, 293, 391, 426-7, 485-6
and Barclay's mission to Morocco, 47n, 89n
relations with France, 104
reported death of, 293, 535
supported by Spain, 357, 391
proclaimed emperor of Morocco, 391
loan from Mogadore, 519
reduces duties, 519
Muley Ousine. See Muley Hussein
Muley Slema
in Moroccan civil war, 46, 144, 174, 285-6, 356, 391, 426-7,
485-6, 518, 535
proclaimed emperor of Morocco, 174, 293
character of, 285-6
supported by Great Britain, 356
Muley Suliman
in Moroccan civil war, 357, 426-7, 485-6
proclaimed emperor of Morocco, 485-6
reduces duties, 519
suspected of piracy, 519
Muley Teib
in Moroccan civil war, 485-6
Muley Yezid
in Moroccan civil war, 46, 144, 145, 174, 485-6, 535
personal character, 46
and Barclay's mission to Morocco, 145
death of, 174, 285-6, 293, 337, 392, 518, 535
character of, 392
murder
punishment for, 327, 329, 330
Murray, William Vans
letters from, 444-6, 488
intelligence about Spain, 488, 519n
myrtle wax
for TJ, 409