Saabye, Hans Rodolph
letter to, 617-18
letter from, 493-4
appointed consul at Copenhagen, 34-5, 493-4
letter to Washington quoted, 35n
letter to cited, 494n
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount
and Loyalist property, 558
Safi, Morocco
port opened, 519
St. Clair, Arthur
defeated by Indians, xxxiii, 26, 98, 109n, 212n, 240, 387, 618
resigns as U.S. Army commander, 189-90, 384-5, 387
investigated by House of Representatives, 190n, 264-5n
Morgan unwilling to serve under, 378
and supplies for Indian expedition, 449
Saint-Domingue, W.I.
trade with U.S., 5-6, 24, 25n
slave revolt in, 26, 51-2, 61-2, 127-8, 177-9, 336, 387, 413-17
Polly detained in, 44
delay in assistance from France, 51, 62
political divisions in, 52, 178, 414-16
U.S. aid to, 72, 73, 109n, 170, 191, 231-2, 249, 433-4, 467, 542
abolition of droit d'aubaine unknown in, 108
arrival of reinforcements from France, 127-8, 177-9, 336, 414
proposed as free port, 310
conflict between assembly and governor, 414-16
assembly sends commissioners to France, 416
conflict between assembly and commissaries, 416
St. Jean Rabat, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 414
St. John's river
and Ga. boundary, 298
St. Juan, Puerto Rico
proposed as free port, 310
St. Leger, M.
commissary in Saint-Domingue, 416
St. Marc, Saint-Domingue
political divisions in, 416
St. Mary's river
as Ga. boundary, 298, 314n
St. Michel, Saint-Domingue
and slave revolt, 61-2
St. Vallery, France
U.S. agent in, 146
Salé, Morocco
in civil war, 357
Salkeld, William
Reports of Cases, 590
Sally (ship)
mentioned, 114
salt
price, 592
San Antonio (ship)
capture of, 272-3n, 510-13, 520
Sands, Comfort. See Neale's Executors v. Sands
Santa Cruz
trade with Morocco forbidden, 519
Savage, Edward
portrait of Wayne, xxxiii, 346 (illus.)
Scheldt river
right to navigate, 301, 314n
Schuyler, Philip
tenant of, 257n
Schweighauser & Dobrée
payment to, 129
Scotland
as source of labor for Federal District, 195, 225, 280, 396, 438
Sinclair's statistical survey of, 524
Scott, Charles
rumored Indian expedition, 126
Seagrove, James
and activities of Bowles, 147n, 523
letters extracted by TJ, 367
and rendition of fugitive slaves, 470
seamen
consular assistance to, 526
seamen, impressment of
in England, 13, 104-6
certificate of citizenship as safeguard against, 48, 474, 525
Sears & Smith
and capture of San Antonio, 510
sectionalism
TJ's views on, 538-9
securities, public
appreciation, 9, 118
depreciation, 319, 321
fluctuations in, 617
Sedgwick, Theodore
and investigation of St. Clair's defeat, 262
seeds
for Mde d'Enville, 64, 112-13
Ségur, Louis Philippe, Comte de
rejected by Pius VI, 70
mission to Berlin, 73n, 107
attempted suicide, 107
Seneca Indians
as peace emissaries to Western Indians, 243n
Seney, Joshua
letter from, 444-6
Sequeville, M. de
and end of Short's French mission, 503
Serious Enquiries into the Motives of Our Present Armament
against Russia (M. Joly)
sent to TJ, 393n
servants
sought by TJ, 102, 112, 125, 245, 275, 321, 471, 472-3
Shackleford, Thomas (TJ's slave)
and sale of TJ's tobacco, 411
Shadwell (Jefferson estate)
grain crop, 418
wheat crop, 418
Shackleford, Thomas (TJ's slave)
gardening duties, 384
Shelburne, William Petty, Earl of
and Loyalist property, 557-8
Sheppard, John
and Hessian fly, 433n
Sheredine, Upton
letter from, 444-6
Sherman, Roger
debates appointment of ministers to Europe, 13
shipbuilding
in U.S., 99
ships
registration of U.S., 40-1
Short, Peyton
letter from brother cited, 66
Short, William
letters to, 16, 26-7, 30, 58-60, 83-4, 292-3, 317-18,
318-19, 453-4, 458-60, 460
letters from, 64-6, 68-73, 106-9, 167-9, 170-1, 265-7,
337-41, 440-3, 477-9, 503-5, 505-9, 522-3
commissioner to Spain, xxxv, 59-60, 61, 67, 83, 101, 259,
292-3, 296-312, 313n, 317-18, 320, 334-5, 385, 387,
461, 470, 504, 505
negotiates Dutch loan, 9, 84n, 170
appointed minister to Netherlands, 10-11n, 16, 22-3n, 35,
49, 55, 57, 58, 83, 87, 101, 250, 276, 443n, 461, 503, 505-6
and case of l'Indien, 26
fails to receive public papers, 26
public accounts, 26, 64, 84, 509
and Derieux's legacy, 27, 30, 118
and TJ's accounts, 28, 84, 87-8, 103
cipher for, 58
instructions from TJ, 58-60, 259, 292-3, 296-312, 317-18
account with Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 59, 61, 616
expenses of, 62-3
criticizes G. Morris, 65-6, 167-9, 508
library, 65
letter to brother cited, 66
on French foreign relations, 68-73, 107, 170
on French Revolution, 68-73, 107-8, 170, 266-7, 508
and treaty of commerce with France, 72
and U.S. aid to Saint-Domingue, 72-3, 170
irregular correspondence with TJ, 72
and relations with Spain, 81n
proposed appointment as minister to Spain, 83, 317
commission for, 87, 313n, 317-18, 320
letter from Remsen cited, 106, 109n
on European diplomacy, 107, 339
and diplomatic medals, 108
and droit d'aubaine, 108
health, 108, 440, 477
failure to obtain ministry to France regretted, 113
payment to, 129, 130, 135, 138, 139
and treaty of amity and commerce with Prussia, 135
and military medals, 136
and wine for TJ, 146
letters from cited, 146
relations with Walter Boyd, 176
sends U.S. laws to Cathalan, 250
on ministerial changes in Spain, 265-7, 339
on ministerial changes in France, 266-7, 337-8, 339-40, 443
forwards TJ's letters, 274
papers for, 288, 320
dispatches for, 295
ordered to leave Netherlands, 317-18
business affairs, 319, 433, 459
and proposed convention with Spain on fugitives, 327-31, 453-4
letter from Carmichael, 339 (cited), 341n (quoted)
on French trade restrictions, 339
pamphlet on tobacco, 340
and relations with Algiers, 362
packet for, 381, 456
letter to cited, 382
and trade with France, 441-2, 504-5
on Austro-French war, 441, 477-9, 504
letter to Hamilton cited, 443n
and TJ's wine, 456, 459
correspondence with TJ, 458-60
and Spanish currency, 460
praise of, 491-2
conduct approved by Washington, 503
journey to The Hague, 504
proposed journey to The Hague, 522
relations with Mazzei, 533
shrubs
for Monticello, 355, 429
Shubrick & Co.
suit for debt in S.C., 489
Sigueiredo, Manuel de
statement sent to TJ, 110n
Simcoe, John Graves
and British mediation of Indian war, 240, 243n, 259
Simpson, James
relations with Barclay, 89
Sinclair, Sir John
letter from, 524
Prospectus d'un ouvrage inutilé, 524
Specimen of the Statistical Account of Scotland, 524
Singleton, Mr. See Bayard v. Singleton
Sinking Fund, Commissioners of
and Panic of 1792, 320
mentioned, 186
Six Nations. See Iroquois Indians
Six Percent Company
and Panic of 1792, 402, 447-51
Skipwith, Fulwar
letters to, 159-60, 617-18, 619n
letter from, 348-9
accompanies Joseph to U.S., 102
seeks consular appointment, 159-60
letter from quoted, 160n
not recognized as consul in Martinique, 348-9
slaves
sale of TJ's, 3, 32, 33, 53, 116, 253, 255-6, 287, 408, 411, 423-4
not returned by British, 11, 21, 223, 333, 568-9, 571-2,
596, 605n, 607-8n
revolt in Saint-Domingue, 26, 51-2, 61-2, 127-8, 177-9, 336,
387, 413-17
clothing for TJ's, 103
importation into Va. forbidden, 117
trial for freedom in Va., 117
purchased by Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 126
treaty between Maroons and government of Jamaica, 179
suitability of Va. for, 289
and rendition of fugitives, 331n, 470
marriage of TJ's, 345
management of, 347, 436
punishment of unneeded, 347
compensation for those taken by British, 568, 572
importation into S.C. prohibited, 572
slave trade
abolition of considered by Parliament, 388, 464
Sligo, Ireland
trade with U.S., 48
Smith, Daniel
clerical expenses, 369n
Smith, Samuel
letter to, 453
letter from, 428
and enforcement of Navigation Act, 428, 453
Smith, William
letter from Washington, 487
proposed history of American Revolution, 487
Smith, William Loughton
and trial by jury, 257
Smith, William Stephens
returns to U.S., 465
Society for Promoting Useful Manufactures
and Panic of 1792, 452n
Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture
considers letters by TJ, 99
Society of the Friends of the People
foundation, 464
Society of United Irishmen
and parliamentary reform, 549
Socrates
simile concerning, 44
South Carolina
and case of l'Indien, 39n
legislation on Loyalists, 215, 216, 561
and debts to British, 218, 403n, 489, 572-3, 576, 585
favors further assumption of state debts, 247
and apportionment bill, 370-3
letter to Senators and Representatives of, 403n
and rendition of fugitive slaves, 470
adopts Constitution, 489
paper money, 489
caper plants for, 495, 513, 519
olive culture in, 495, 498, 513, 519
prohibits importation of slaves, 572
invaded by British, 574
compliance with peace treaty, 579, 605n
South Carolina, governor. See Pinckney, Charles
South Carolina (ship). See Indien, l'
South Sea Bubble
TJ's comments on, 425-6, 459
Southwest Territory
postal service, 7, 346
legal conflict with N.C., 148, 346
clerical expenses in, 369
N.C. land warrants in, 443
Spain
U.S. minister to appointed, 20
and navigation of Mississippi, 21, 59-60, 66-8, 81n, 160-1,
180, 229, 293, 299-308
relations with U.S., 26, 59-60, 66-8, 76, 78-80, 83, 160-1,
179-83, 191, 259, 292-3, 296-317, 318, 334-5, 339
relations with Morocco, 46, 47n, 104, 144, 145, 174, 285-6,
357, 391
relations with France, 72, 290, 339, 464, 472, 473, 488,
518, 532
relations with Great Britain, 72, 313n
trade with U.S., 78-9
exchange rate, 114
and boundary dispute with U.S., 160-1, 293, 296-9, 307,
313n, 314n
proposed treaty of commerce with, 160-1, 182, 183n, 234,
293, 308-11, 316n, 332
ministerial changes in, 228-9, 265-7, 290, 339, 341n, 470, 488
proposed convention with on fugitives, 286-7, 327-31, 341-2,
360, 453-4, 469-70
acquires Fla., 296, 301
acquires Minorca, 296
role in American Revolution, 296
acquires La., 300
cedes Fla. to Great Britain, 300
riparian rights in Portugal, 302
and proposed concert of powers against Barbary States, 309-10
relations with Algiers, 310
proposed U.S. guarantee of trans-Mississippi territory, 315n
coinage, 460
currency, 460
and G. Morris' mission to London, 465
peace treaty with Great Britain, 553, 568
Specimen of the Statistical Account of Scotland (John Sinclair)
sent to TJ, 524
speculation
TJ's views on, 27, 126, 319, 387, 426, 459, 537
Spink, N.
banished from R.I., 217, 353, 565
Stadtholder. See William V, Prince of Orange
Stanislas II Augustus, King of Poland
and Russian invasion, 533, 534
grants leave of absence to Mazzei, 533
Starke, Bolling
electoral practices, 9
States General, Netherlands
and Short's letter of credence, 58
Staunton, Va.
postal service, 7, 52-3, 115-16
staves
price, 252
Steedman (Stedman), William
report on British Indian policy, 239-40, 259
peace mission to Western Indians, 240, 243n
Steele, John
letter from, 411-12
and investigation of St. Clair's defeat, 262
and payment of debts to British in N.C., 411-12
Stephens, Isaac
and ransom of American captives in Algiers, 369
Sterett, Samuel
letter to, 495
letters from, 444-6, 498
anecdote about William L. Smith, 257
and olive culture in S.C., 498
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von
granted Loyalist estate, 564
and retention of western posts by British, 570
letter to Haldimand on western posts cited, 604n
letter to Washington on western posts cited, 604n
Stevens, Charles. See Stevenson, Charles
Stevens, Isaac. See Stephens, Isaac
Stevenson, Charles
and British mediation of Indian war, 240, 243n, 259
Steward, Mr.
and Va. district courts, 548
Stewardson, Mr. See Mildred v. Dorsey
Stewart, Richardson
and Federal District, 166, 237
Stiles, Ezra
letter from, 550-1
introduces Timothy Pitkin to TJ, 550-1
Stockton, Richard
letter on peace treaty cited, 605n
Stoddert, Benjamin
letter from, 323
conflict with L'Enfant, 152
Strachey, Henry
mission to London, 556, 607n
Strange, Sir John
Reports of Adjudged Cases, 591
Stratton, Capt. Henry
master of Thomas, 193, 245, 275, 344, 399, 457-8
Strawbridge, John
and sale of TJ's tobacco, 614-15
Street, John
letter to, 617-18
Street, Samuel
British Indian agent, 240, 243n
Strictures and Observations ("Massachusettensis")
attacks TJ, xxxiv, 401-2, 425-6, 451-2
authorship of discussed, 402-3n
criticizes G. Morris, 402n
criticizes Knox, 402n
criticizes Thomas Pinckney, 402n
praises Hamilton, 402n
TJ's comments on, 425-6
Strong, Caleb
letter to, 21-2
and appointment of ministers to Europe, 11-12, 14-15, 19, 21-3
letter from cited, 19
Stuart, David
letters to, 224-5, 252, 320-1, 379, 437-8, 491
letters from, 278, 278-80, 350-2, 396-7, 422-3
letters from Washington, 50-1, 278-9 (cited), 280n (cited)
and Federal District, 164, 223
agenda for, 194-5
letter to Washington cited, 194n
letter from cited, 284
and Potomac Company, 429n
See also Federal District Commissioners
sugar
importation from Saint-Domingue, 24
shortage in Paris, 65, 70, 170
Sukey (ship)
grievances of crew, 388
Sumter (Sumpter), Thomas
considered as commander of U.S. Army, xxxiii, 242, 244n
and legislative references to executive departments, 247
Sweden
relations with France, 3, 6
relations with Algiers, 144, 547
treaty of commerce with U.S., 309
pays tribute to Algiers, 362
and assassination of Gustavus III, 392
swords
for military officers, 136-7, 138
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Lord
and retention of western posts by British, 608n
Sylvester, Douglas
Reports of Cases, 591
Sylvester, Peter
and Ollivier's inheritance, 274
Symmes, John Cleves
and judicial leave of absence, 349
conflict with Armstrong, 349
letters from cited, 350n