Bache, Benjamin Franklin

and Condorcet's daughter, xliii

TJ's relations with, 356

Bacon, Mr., 205

Bacri, Salamon Coer

and ransom of captives in Algiers, 547

Baehr, Christian

letter to, 617

tailor for TJ, 617

Bailli de Virieu, M. le

prevented from leaving Paris, 426

Baker, Jerman

letter to, 76

and assistant for Needler Robinson, 23-4, 76, 350

letter from cited, 24n

death, 342, 350, 468, 491

letter to quoted, 350n

Baldwin, Abraham

relations with Barlow, 101

Baldwin, Simeon

letter from, 691

identified, 692n

Baltimore

French instruction in, 82, 117

and Hessian fly, 83

congressional election in, 437

Bank of England

Md. stock in, 17

Bank of North America

currency of, 608

Bank of the United States

stock held by congressmen, 26n

Donald & Burton proposed as agent for, 41

opposition to, 120, 211

Hamilton's alleged defense of, 133, 134n

proposed branch in Richmond, 152

TJ's views on, 152, 215, 288, 432-3

currency of, 607-8

profits of, 607-8

John Page's note on, 639

proposed taxation of dividends of, 692-3n

Hamilton requested to report to House of Representatives on,

697n

does not discount merchants' notes, 774

and repayment of loan to U.S., 793-4, 802n

bankruptcy

TJ's views on bill for, 716, 722, 757-8, 775

in Great Britain, 722

banks

federal government not authorized to create, 432-3

Banks, Mr., 368

Banks, Henry

and purchase of Elk Hill, 22n, 265, 363, 656-7, 704

letter from cited, 657

Banks, Sir Joseph, 779

Barbary States

U.S. consuls in, 380

trade with France, 421

piracy of, 585-6, 589

Barclay, James

in TJ's French accounts, 178

Barclay, John

letter from cited, 643n

Barclay, Mary (Mrs. Thomas Barclay)

in TJ's French accounts, 185

concern for husband, 340-1, 388

mentioned, 418, 621

Barclay, Thomas

letters to, 619, 619n, 621

letters from, 67-8, 224-5, 269-70, 312-13, 345-6, 360, 430,

534, 643, 749, 756, 791

and TJ's French accounts, xli, 170, 179, 195

appoints vice-consul in Dieppe, 15

mission to Algiers, 59, 66-7, 283, 330, 472-3, 600, 616,

619n, 737, 791, 802

letter from Washington, 66-7

mission to Morocco, 66-7, 102, 144, 269-70, 287, 345-6, 388,

430, 534, 619n, 736

on Moroccan civil war, 67-8, 144, 224-5, 269-70, 312-13,

345-6, 430, 534, 643, 749, 756, 791

letter from quoted, 68n

letter to cited, 90

settles accounts, 169

and captives in Algiers, 270

letters from cited, 289

appoints U.S. agent in Dunkirk, 307n

wife's concern for, 340-1, 388

and Francisco Chiappe's claims, 360

payment to, 571

health, 671

cipher for, 791

mentioned, 472, 777

Barclay's Lessee v. Proctor

referred to T. Pinckney, 637n, 645-6

barley

resistant to Hessian fly, 234

Danish crop of, 775

Barlow, Joel

letter to, 101-2

letter from, 430-1

Advice to the Privileged Orders of Europe, 101

Conspiracy of Kings, 101, 431n

recommended by TJ, 357

criticizes G. Morris, 430

on French Revolution, 430-1

praises T. Pinckney, 430

Letter to the National Convention of France, 431

proposed history of America, 431

seeks consular appointment in Barbary States, 737

Barnes, Henry

Notes of Cases in Points of Practice, 469

Barnett, David

in TJ's French accounts, 183

Barret, Mr.

debt to TJ, 385-6

barrier state

proposed by British for Indians, 29-31, 717-20

Barter, Richard

and TJ's stores, 267n

Barth, John Joseph de

letter from, 540-1

Barton, Benjamin Smith

letter to, 687-8

meets Washington, 610-11

identified, 611n

and Michaux's western expedition, 687-8

account with TJ, 756

Barton, William

letter to, 315

letter from, 77

and Hessian fly, 77

and Currie v. Griffin, 315, 500, 544, 582

letters from cited, 315n, 500n

Bassett, Richard

advice on growing grass, 796-7

identified, 797n

mentioned, 734

Battier, Zornlin & Co.

bill of exchange drawn on, 41, 343, 592

Bavaria

relations with France, 773

Bavaria, Elector of. See Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria

Bayer, Johan

Uranometria, 790

Bayonne, France

U.S. consular agent in, 233

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de

settlement of accounts, 169

Beaver  (H.M.S.), 141

Beckley, John

and Monroe's residence in Philadelphia, 494

attributes Plain Truth to Hamilton, 638

and Hamilton-Reynolds affair, 751

mentioned, 443, 455, 489

Bedford. See Poplar Forest

Bedford, Gunning, 452n

Bedford Co., Va.

TJ's overseer in, 81

votes in congressional election, 284

Bee, The

sent to TJ, 139, 564, 608

sent to Washington, 565n

beef

market for in Va., 96

for TJ, 412

price, 663

favored by TJ over pork, 725

Belarosi. See Muhammad Belarosi

Bell, Thomas

letter to, 415

letter from, 24

letter from cited, 24n

declines postal appointment, 341

account with TJ, 414n, 415, 741

hires TJ's slave, 415

mentioned, 573

Bellanger, Mme. See Plumard de Bellanger, Mme.

Bellini, Charles

letter to, 746

Bellini, Gaspara Farolfi (Mrs. Charles Bellini), 746

Ben Asser. See Abderhaman Benasser

Ben Idris. See Abdalmeluk Ben Idris

Benn, John (master of Sovereign)

certificate on behalf of Thomas Shubrick, 651, 652n

Benothman

mission to Spain, 270, 345

returns to Morocco, 270

in Moroccan civil war, 643

Bentham, Jeremy

Panopticon, 331n

Berkenrode, Mattheus Lestevenon heer van Hazerswoude en

leaves France, 333, 426

Berlin

diplomatic salaries in, 377

Bern, Switzerland

British diplomatic representation in, 378

relations with France, 559

mentioned, 135

Bernard, Scrope, 565

Bernstorff, Andreas Peter, Count

Saabÿe's reception by, 226

Berry & Rogers, 285

Bess (TJ's slave), 408

Beurnonville, Pierre de Ruel, Marquis de

and invasion of Rhineland, 770

Biddle, Clement

relations with Hallet, 411

Biddle, Samuel

letter to, 724-6

overseer at Monticello, 713-14, 724-6, 727, 779-80

identified, 726n

Bill of Rights

TJ's support for, 354-5

Hancock's proposal for, 355

Bingham, William

letter from, 74

predicts vice-presidential bid by George Clinton, 50

and transmittal of Pa. laws to Department of State, 74

letter to cited, 74n

mentioned, 423

Bird, Savage & Bird

and olive culture in S.C., 615

Birkhead (Brickland), Capt. (master of Louisa), 108

Biron, Armand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de

and truce with Prussia, 456-7

and invasion of Austrian Netherlands, 602

Blackstone, William

and J. G. Jefferson's legal education, 81

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 469

legal reports ordered by TJ, 469

Blackwell, Jacob

salary, 509

Blackwood, John

slaves stolen from, 129-31, 155, 312n, 693

Blanc, M.

in TJ's French accounts, 183

Blanchard, Jean Pierre

balloon ascension, 806

Blodget, Samuel, Jr.

letters to, 107, 218

letters from, 119-20, 158-9, 205-6, 346

and loan for Federal District, 16, 45, 107, 119, 158, 206,

212, 218n, 346

and engraved plan of Federal District, 119, 158, 212, 217,

218, 264, 266, 295

and Union Bank, 120, 158

letter to cited, 155

plan for Capitol, 205-6, 289, 315

letters to Federal District Commissioners cited, 218, 346

letters from cited, 264, 269

and sale of lots in Federal district, 346, 482, 533, 581, 699

as superintendent for Federal District, 533, 613

calculations on currency, 607-8

Blome, Otto, Baron von

leaves France, 561

Blount, William

letters to, 35-6, 617-18

and Ky.-Southwest Territory boundary, 35-6

letter from cited, 35-6

and N.C. land grants in Southwest Territory, 35-6, 39,

321-2, 439, 601, 609, 617-18

and relations with Southern Indians, 316, 480n, 538n, 674n

and Va.-Southwest Territory boundary, 531-2, 533n

letter to cited, 618n

mentioned, 481n

Blow & Milhado

letter to, 476-7

letter from, 360-2

British interference with slave trading ship of, 325, 360-2,

472-3, 476-7

Board of Admiralty, Denmark

Prince Frederick appointed head of, 228

Board of Treasury, Continental

and U.S. debt to France, 497n

Bob (TJ's slave)

needed at Monticello, 145

clothing for, 741

Bolling, Archibald

dispute with Robert Bolling, 343, 408

Bolling, Edward

executor of, 343

Bolling, John, Jr. (nephew of TJ)

letter to, 573

debt to TJ, 573

Bolling, Powhatan

letter to, 408

letter from, 342-3

seeks to serve revolutionary cause in France, 342, 408

identified, 343n

Bolling, Robert

dispute with Archibald Bolling, 343, 408

Bolton, Mr. See Boulton, Matthew

Bond, Phineas

and infractions of peace treaty, 28, 69

unfriendly to U.S., 28

and TJ's letter to Hammond, 32n

and captives in Algiers, 270

Bonhomme Richard (ship)

in TJ's French accounts, 180

Bonn

British diplomatic representation in, 378

Bonnecarrère, Guillaume de

and restrictions on U.S. commerce, 51

relations with Legislative Assembly, 54

appointment as minister to U.S. revoked, 303-4, 324, 593-4

overture to Dumouriez, 770

Book of Rates (John Nodin)

sent to TJ, 331n

Bordeaux, France

influence on Jacobins, 54

trade with U.S., 233, 363

Boston

as source of labor for Federal District, 776

Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, 418

Boulton (Bolton), Matthew

and Mint, 75, 738

specimens of copper coinage, 626

Bourbon family

decree on expulsion of from France, 770

Bowles, William Augustus

captured by Spanish, 316

supporters of, 480n

Bowman (ship), 559, 723, 759n

Boyd, Kerr & Co.

and sale of U.S. securities, 113

Boyd, Walter

introduces Thomas Hemming to TJ, 24

mentioned, 58, 59

Brabant, Austrian Netherlands

and French invasion of Austrian Netherlands, 527, 603, 624

French hopes for insurrection in, 536

Bracken, John

appointed professor at William and Mary, 237

Brackenridge, Mr. See Breckinridge, Robert

Brandt, Mr. See Brant, Joseph

brandy

export from France to U.S., 320

price, 320

Brant (Brant), Joseph

visits Philadelphia, 106, 110, 115

peace mission to Western Indians, 107n, 117, 133, 316, 318n

Brazil, Prince of. See John Marie Joseph Louis, Prince of Brazil

Brazil, Princess of. See Charlotte Joachime, Princess of Brazil

Breckinridge, John

appointed U.S. district attorney in Ky., 707n

Breckinridge (Brackenridge), Robert

political prospects in Ky., 69

Breisgau (Brisgaw)

and allied invasion of France, 525

Breteuil, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier, Baron de

rivalry with Calonne, 558

Brethoux, Jean Louis

in TJ's French accounts, 185

Brickland, Capt. See Birkhead, Capt.

Brisgaw. See Breisgau

Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre

and Patriote français, 56

Brissotines

objectives of, 528

and expulsion of Bourbons, 770

Bristol, England

trade with U.S., 285

open to importation of foreign wheat, 780

Britto, Adm. de

and African pirates, 90

Brodeau, Mrs. Anne

runs Philadelphia boarding school, 14, 111

Brothers, Coster & Co.

and instructions for commissioners to Spain, 449, 464

mentioned, 641

Brown, Alexander Campbell

pseudonym used by Mark Leavenworth, 229

Brown, James

letters to, 143-4, 249, 263-4, 573-4, 622, 731, 758

letters from, 168, 267, 272-3, 374, 598-9, 723

and TJ's stores, 111, 133, 136, 143-4, 145, 153, 168, 249, 267

plans to leave Va., 263

TJ's account with, 263, 367, 374, 415, 573, 577, 578, 598-9,

723, 758

and sale of TJ's tobacco, 272-3, 367, 374, 409, 467

and books for TJ, 461

and wine for TJ, 462

letter to cited, 574n

and Short's business affairs, 680, 752

and Wayles estate debt, 756-7, 758

mentioned, 676, 702, 740, 795

Brown, John (Eng.)

Elementa Medicinae, 453

medical system, 453

Brown, John (Ky.)

transmits papers to Ky., 15

political prospects in Ky., 69

elected senator from Ky., 259

Brown, John (Va.)

Va. court clerk, 157, 371

Brown, William

legal reports ordered by TJ, 469

Bruce, Mr.

fresco in house of, 640

Brunswick, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of

commands allied army, 208, 242, 395

manifesto of, 208, 209n, 271-2, 281, 393, 475, 503, 768

military ability, 208

confers with Artois and Provence, 242

relations with Netherlands, 260

and invasion of France, 271, 281, 302, 313, 324-5, 336, 391,

393, 456-7, 475, 502, 525, 535, 676, 757, 774, 793

and Lafayette's captivity, 323

truce with France, 456-7

Brussels

Dutch diplomatic representation in, 376

and French invasion of Austrian Netherlands, 526-7, 536,

602, 613, 624

Brutus

Cicero's letters to, 463

Buchan, David Steuart Erskine, Earl of

letter from cited, 565

elected to American Philosophical Society, 565n

letter to Washington cited, 565n

buckwheat

and rotation of crops, 501

Buffalo Creek

Iroquois council at, 750n

Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de

Histoire Naturelle, 436, 462

Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, 436, 462

mentioned, 95

Bulfinch, Charles

architectural plan for Federal District, 120

Bulkeley, John, & Son

and ransom of captives in Algiers, 4, 5

TJ orders wine from, 468

Buller, Sir Francis

Introduction to the Law relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, 469

Burbeck, Henry

dispute with Gov. Quesada, 142-3

Burgess, James Bland

relations with T. Pinckney, 282-3

and workmen for Mint, 737-8

Burgoyne, John, 239, 418

Burke Co., N.C.

and land grants in Southwest Territory, 322

Burlington Society for the Promotion of Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures

John De Normandie's presidency of, 80n

Burr, Aaron

residence in Philadelphia, 489

Burrow, Sir James

read by J. G. Jefferson, 38, 81

legal reports ordered by TJ, 469

Burwell, Nathaniel

letter to, 80

letter from, 116-17

manages Paradise's Va. estate, 80, 116-17, 372

Butler, John

and proposed British mediation of Indian war, 729n

Butler, Pierce

conversation with Hamilton, 607