Saabÿe, Hans Rodolph
letter to, 619, 620n
letters from, 226-8, 775-6
consul in Denmark, 226
consular security, 775
mentioned, 488
Saffé, Morocco
and piracy, 534
St. Clair, Arthur
letter to, 605
defeated by Indians, 21, 465, 718-19n
absence from Northwest Territory, 604n, 605
congressional investigation of, 623n
St. Croix, M.
offered ministry of foreign affairs, 303
St. Croix, Virgin Islands
U.S. consul in, 72, 545
St. Croix river
dispute over boundary of, 32n
Saint-Domingue, W.I.
theft of slaves from (see Martinique, theft of slaves
from)
U.S. aid to, 73, 208, 275, 304-5, 331-3, 334n, 405n, 419,
484-5, 518, 522n, 524-5, 627, 632-3, 652-4, 762, 801
slave revolt in, 85, 200, 277
immigration from to U.S., 267
trade with U.S., 742-3, 745-6, 801
St. Eustatius, W.I.
and supplies for American Revolution, 230, 665
mentioned, 423
St. Petersburg, Russia
rarely visited by Americans, 11
émigré agent in, 243
diplomatic salaries in, 377
St. Pry, M. de, 89
salary
in TJ's French accounts, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181,
182, 183, 188
Salkeld, William
legal reports ordered by TJ, 469
Sally (TJ's slave)
sale of, 416
mentioned, 143
Sam (TJ's slave)
sale of, 408, 409, 410
sans-culottes
and French Revolution, 271
Santa Cruz, Morocco
in Moroccan civil war, 67, 345
Saratoga Co., N.Y.
vote in gubernatorial election, 50, 114
Sardinia
relations with Austria, 41
receives French ambassador, 253
relations with Great Britain, 625
Sardinia, King of. See Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia
Sargent, Winthrop
and absence of officials from Northwest Territory, 604
letter to Washington cited, 604n
Saunders, Peter
and Va. congressional election, 284
Savage, Capt.
and organization of town government in Alburgh, 160n, 164
Savoy
invaded by France, 424, 457, 475, 502, 504, 528, 536, 559,
625, 764, 785-8
annexed by France, 772
Saxe-Teschen, Albert, Archduke of
passed over as commander of allied army, 395
and invasion of Austrian Netherlands, 557, 602
Saxony
relations with France, 773
Sayer, Mr. See Sayre, Stephen
Sayer, Joseph
Law of Costs, 38
Sayre (Sayer), Stephen
requests appointment as T. Pinckney's secretary, 347,
615-16
scarlet fever
in Va., 459
Scheldt river
French demand opening of, 678, 710, 766-7
Schneider, Mr. See Shnydore, Ignatius
Schuyler, Philip
favors hereditary government, 50, 435
and N.Y. gubernatorial campaign, 50
land speculation in N.Y., 115
criticism of, 134
Schweighauser, Jean Daniel
in TJ's French accounts, 180
Scot (Scott), Robert
and seal for Va. chancery court, 101
Scotland
as source of labor for Federal District, 16, 683, 700, 749, 750n
immigration of mechanics from to U.S. forbidden, 750n
Seagrove, James
and convention for rendition of fugitive slaves, 155-6
agent to Southern Indians, 204n, 479, 481n
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 315, 316,
317-18, 505
seals
Va. Court of Chancery, 101, 224, 248-9, 299, 373-4
Northwest Territory, 112, 219-20, 229, 295
Southwest Territory, 219-20, 229, 617-18
county, 714
seamen
in TJ's French accounts, 178, 179, 182
desertion to British, 360-2, 441-2, 472-3
aid to, 510
seamen, impressment of
certificates of citizenship as safeguard against, 61-2, 685
TJ's views on, 61-2, 63-4n
in England, 254-5
T. Pinckney's negotiations with Grenville on, 329-30, 441-2,
600-1, 739
Searle, James
and case of John de Neufville, 231
Seche, François (TJ's servant)
wife accuses Petit of sodomy, 262, 294-5
dismissed from TJ's service, 326-7, 340, 365
Seche, Mme. François (TJ's servant)
accuses Petit of sodomy, 262, 294-5, 326-7
Seckel, David
Monroe rents house from in Philadelphia, 489, 490
Secretary of the Treasury. See Hamilton, Alexander
Secretary of War. See Knox, Henry
Secrétier, M., 267
securities, public
fluctuations in, 20, 80, 440-1, 465, 775
held by congressmen, 26n
exclusion of holders of from Congress proposed by TJ, 215
repeal of irredeemability of proposed by TJ, 215
impact of European war on, 263
depreciation of in Great Britain, 685
Sedan, France
commissaries arrested in, 322
Semonville, Charles Louis Huguet, Marquis de
reception by Sardinian government, 253
Senate, President Pro Tempore of
letter to, 628
Senate, U.S. See United States: Senate
Seneca Indians
relations with Nanticokes, 390
September Massacres
G. Morris's report on, 364-5
Short's report on, 390-1
impact in Great Britain, 600
Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson
and Barclay's Lessee v. Proctor, 637n, 645-6
Sergnor, Morocco
in Moroccan civil war, 643
Servan de Gerbey, Joseph
dismissed from office, 93
appointed minister of war, 298
servants
sought by TJ, 46
immunity from arrest, 125-6, 127-8, 149-50, 157-8, 223-4,
452-3
registration of, 129n, 149, 157-8
Seton, William
and sinking fund, 629
Shadwell (Jefferson estate)
corn crop, 33-4
TJ seeks tenants for, 725
Sharif family
in Moroccan civil war, 224-5, 312, 346
Shaw, Samuel
and porcelain for Washington, 735
Shawnee Indians
war with U.S., 674n
sheep
in Va., 96
TJ's experiment with, 98
Shelburne, William Petty, Earl of
policy toward U.S., 27
Shelby, Isaac
letter to, 15
identified, 15n
elected governor of Ky., 118
Shelton, John
J. G. Jefferson boards with, 506
Shelton, Thomas
shorthand system used by TJ, xli, 215n
Tachy-Graphy, 215n
Sheppard, John
and Hessian fly, 446-7
letter to American Philosophical Society committee, 446-7
Sherman, Roger
and weights and measures, 655
Shippen, Thomas Lee
conversation with Hamilton, 607
Shippen, Dr. William
conversation with Hamilton, 607
ships
French duties on, 133
Shnydore (Schneider), Ignatius
fresco painter in N.Y., 616, 640
TJ seeks to hire, 616, 640, 662
Short, Eliza
visits TJ, 491
Short, Peyton
letters from, 247, 721
letter to brother cited, 247
letter from cited, 491
mentioned, 681, 755
Short, William
letters to, 479-80, 482-3, 490-1, 565-7
letters from, 122-5, 137-8, 240-6, 249-58, 260, 261, 270-2,
280-1, 281-2, 298-9, 322-5, 335-8, 374-82, 390-402, 425-7,
455-7, 474-6, 502-4, 513-22, 535-7, 557-9, 560-2, 601-3,
624-5, 646-50, 677-9, 679-82, 708-12, 751-2, 752-5
appointed minister to Netherlands, 20, 122, 137, 517
commissioner to Spain, 20, 123, 137, 254, 261, 285, 315,
351-2, 407, 579, 591, 677, 679, 708, 711-12, 751-2
recommends cook for G. Morris, 46
journey to The Hague, 51, 122-3, 137, 245
and TJ's accounts, 73, 754
and Mint, 74
and restrictions on U.S. trade with France, 88, 263
letter of inquiry for, 89
differences with Mme. Plumard de Bellanger, 111
irregular correspondence with TJ, 122, 137, 138, 338, 483,
490, 646
reception by Dutch government, 124-5, 137, 240, 579, 677
negotiates Dutch loans to U.S., 132n, 251, 281, 517-18,
556n, 572
and trade with France, 133
on European diplomacy, 138, 243
on French Revolution, 138, 242, 260, 270-2, 298-9, 322-5,
336-7, 390-401, 425, 475-6, 503, 558, 677-9, 708, 710-11
instructions as commissioner to Spain lost, 139, 245, 330,
449, 464, 482, 484, 493
Washington's concern about, 139
and TJ's French accounts, 174, 180, 186, 188, 190, 193n, 196
and trade with Netherlands, 240
on Dutch politics, 241-2
on Dutch relations with France, 241
on French war with Austria and Prussia, 242-3, 260, 270-2,
281, 324-5, 336, 391, 393-5, 456-7, 474-5, 502-4, 535-7,
557-8, 559, 601-3, 624-5, 678, 709-10
accounts, 244-5, 258, 281, 560-2, 754
letter from brother cited, 247
criticizes G. Morris, 250-4, 516-21, 561, 647-50
regrets failure to be named minister to France, 250-4
advance to J. B. Cutting, 254-5
and U.S. debt to France, 254, 275, 332, 405n, 518-20, 522n,
602-3, 647-50, 754
and U.S. embassy in The Hague, 255, 261
and possible appointment as minister to Spain, 256-8, 382
letters from cited, 267, 433n, 484
letters to cited, 272, 489, 590, 591
on Russian invasion of Poland, 280
introduces William Cobbett to TJ, 281-2, 554, 580
on ministerial changes in France, 298
and Lafayette's captivity, 323, 335-6, 402, 420, 422n,
426-7, 476, 600
and U.S. aid to Saint-Domingue, 334n, 518, 524-5
on Duke of York's possible accession to French throne,
336-7, 395-401, 502
and U.S. consuls in Netherlands, 338
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 351-2, 479-80,
549n, 553, 563
letter to quoted, 371n
difficulties as minister to Netherlands, 382
on September Massacres, 390-1
relations with Dumas, 407
and U.S. debt to Spain, 470, 711-12
business affairs, 478-9, 490, 680-1, 752-3
relations with family, 491
expenses, 510, 572
outfit, 510, 572
salary, 510, 520-1, 753
on diplomatic establishment, 513-16, 521-2, 681-2
prefers serving in Netherlands, 521-2, 682, 753
account with Ferdinand Grand, 560
account with Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 560-2
journey to Madrid, 677, 679, 708, 751-2
and navigation of Mississippi, 709
seeks appointment as minister to France, 753
assists Mme. d'Enville, 799
mentioned, 34, 89, 342, 423, 462, 525, 597, 676, 721, 737,
772, 793, 803
shorthand
TJ's use of, xli, 215
Shubrick, Thomas
letter from, 650-2
and palmetto sheathing for boats, 650-2
identified, 652n
Shuter, John C.
and travelling directions for TJ, 155
Sicily
crop shortage, 421
Sidi Mahomet. See Sidi Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, Emperor of Morocco
Sidi Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, Emperor of Morocco
death, 346
captures U.S. ship, 360
"Sidney"
criticizes excise, 70, 71n
Sierra Leone
establishment of, 361
Sierra Leone Company, 361
Silhouette, Etienne de
Mémoires des Commissaires, 755
silver coinage. See disme; half disme
Simcoe, John Graves
and British mediation of Indian war, 717-20, 721, 728-30, 750
and proposed Indian barrier state, 719-20n
and U.S. peace conference with Western Indians, 729n, 730n, 750n
mentioned, 772
Simpson, James
and ransom of captives in Algiers, 4, 9n, 359n
sinking fund. See Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
Sion (ship)
and Short's instructions as commissioner to Spain, 246
loss of, 449, 464, 482, 493, 641, 676
Sisters (ship), 780
Skipwith, Anne Wayles (Mrs. Henry Skipwith)
visits TJ, 491
Skipwith, Fulwar
letter from, 403
death of partner of, 403
resigns as consul in Martinique, 403
Skipwith, Henry
visits TJ, 491
and Short's business affairs, 680, 681
Slate Run Church, Va., 269, 369
slaves
not returned by British, 27, 32n
food for, 83
revolt in Saint-Domingue, 85, 200, 277
cost of, 95, 97-8
labor of, 95
population increase among, 98
stolen from East Fla., 129-30, 155-6, 312, 693
and rendition of fugitives from East Fla., 155-6, 693
list of TJ's requested by Bowling Clark, 280
proposed sale of Paradise's, 372
sale of TJ's, 408-9, 416, 473-4
clothing for, 409, 512
considered as property, 409
supplies for, 412
hire of TJ's, 413, 415
work assignments for TJ's, 413-4
fugitives in Pa., 447
gradual emancipation in Pa., 447n
and cotton production, 458
stolen from Martinique, 540, 551-2, 599, 603, 693-4
sale of John Page's, 638-9
management of, 656
slave trade
danger of insurrection in, 361
mortality in, 361
compromise on at constitutional convention, 428
Danish efforts to abolish, 458
Sloan, Philip
ransom of, 7
smallpox
in Va., 415
Smith, Capt. (N.Y.)
and gong for TJ, 641
Smith, Col. See Smith, William Stephens
Smith, Daniel
letter from, 537-8
letter from cited, 35-6
and relations with Southern Indians, 537-8
Smith, George
ransom of, 7
Smith, Melancthon
attributes Plain Truth to Hamilton, 638
Smith, Peter
and olive culture in S.C., 344, 615
Smith, Reuben
debt to TJ, 579
Smith, Robert (Pa.), 460
Smith, Robert (Va.)
John Quarles's debt to, 412
Smith, Samuel
reelected to House of Representatives, 437
Smith, Standfast
desertion of part of crew, 441-2
case referred to Grenville, 600-1
Smith, William Loughton
criticism of, 152
reportedly declines to run for House of Representatives,
152, 153n
and bankruptcy bill, 723n
mentioned, 452
Smith, William Stephens
and map of South America, 119
in TJ's French accounts, 185, 186
return to U.S., 735, 740, 743
mentioned, 525
sodomy
Adrien Petit accused of, 262, 294-5
Soissons, France
and allied invasion of France, 525
Solander, Daniel C.
and Hortus Kewensis, 797n
Somerville, James
sends George Skene Keith's pamphlet to TJ, 45n
Songster's Tavern, Va., 269, 368, 369
South America
map of sought by TJ, 119
South Carolina
payment of debts to British, 28, 38n
olive culture in, 108, 344, 451-2, 688-91, 696
supplies for during American Revolution, 230
French consul in, 306
caper plants for, 344
opposition to excise in, 384n
and navigation acts, 428
and slave trade, 428
John de Neufville's advances to, 665
Southwest Territory
boundary with Ky., 35-6, 563, 598
N.C. land grants in, 35-6, 39, 321-2, 439, 601, 609, 617-18
seal for, 219-20, 229, 617-18
boundary with Va., 532-3, 563, 598
See also Indians, Spanish policy toward
Sovereign (ship), 651
Spain
commissioners to U.S. (see Jaudenes, Josef de; Viar,
Josef Ignacio de)
and navigation of Mississippi, 29, 351-2, 709
relations with Morocco, 67, 68, 345, 643
proportion of public debt to revenue, 106
relations with France, 243-4, 424, 537, 547-8, 559, 711,
773, 778, 780, 807
diplomatic precedence in, 256-7
possible appointment of Short as minister to, 256-8
U.S. debt to, 299-300, 305n, 470, 711-12
relations with Southern Indians, 315-16, 351-2, 438, 479-81,
505, 537-8, 541-3, 547-50, 552-3, 562-3, 565-7, 587, 590
collusion with Great Britain feared, 316-17, 351-2, 549n
diplomatic representation policy, 380
poor harvest in, 454
need for flour, 663
ministerial changes in, 669, 711, 778
Dutch loan for, 709, 711-12
relations with Great Britain, 711, 738-9
See also Carmichael, William; Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de; Short, William
Spinoza, Benedict de
Tractatus theologico-politico, 463
Spires
captured by French, 793
Sprigg, Richard, Jr.
influence in Md., 733
spy glass
ordered by TJ, 469
Stadtholder. See William V, Prince of Orange
Stagg, John, Jr., 481n
stalactite
for Peale's museum, 676
standing armies
TJ's views on, 354-5
Stanislas II Augustus, King of Poland
and Russian invasion of Poland, 243, 280
rumored abdication, 338
Staten Island, N.Y.
and Hessian fly, 78, 79
States General, Dutch
Short's reception by, 123, 137, 240, 579, 677
and relations with France, 241, 260, 426, 559, 625, 678, 710
and French war with Austria and Prussia, 337
and opening of Scheldt, 678, 710
and relations with Austria, 678
mentioned, 382
stationery
in TJ's French accounts, 175, 176, 178, 181, 183
Staunton, Va.
postal service, 286
steam engines
Oliver Evans's proposed patent for, 683-4
steel
Hartley's invention for tempering, 279
Steele, John
letter from, 621
and compensation for British depredations in N.C., 621
Stephens (Stevens), Isaac
captured by Algerines, 3
ransom of, 6
Sterett, David, 457, 474
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von
and case of Renown, 507
Stevens, Capt. See Stephens, Isaac
Stevensburg, Va., 368
Stevenson, Mr., 341
Stevenson, William
seeks consular appointment, 668-9, 684-5
Stewart, Dr. See Stuart, David
Stewart (Stuart), Dugald
letter from, 436
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 437
still
proposed purchase of by TJ, 663
Stockholm
diplomatic salaries in, 377
stone
machine for cutting, 581, 612-13, 731-2
Stourbridge (Sturbitch) fair, England, 796
Stowmarket, England
hop production in, 796
Strange, Sir John
legal reports ordered by TJ, 469
Strasbourg, France
in TJ's French accounts, 180
Strobell, Daniel, 760n
Strode, John, 152
Stuart, Archibald
letter to, 351
letter from, 704-5
and revision of Va. constitution, 351, 705
presidential elector in Va., 704-5
Stuart, David
letters to, 45, 56, 154-5, 212, 264, 612-13, 731-2, 749, 776
letters from, 16, 159, 481-2, 581, 699-700
letters to cited, 151, 152
and Federal District, 154, 613
and travelling directions for TJ, 154-5
letter from cited, 533
See also Federal District Commissioners
Stuart, Gilbert
portrait of Jaudenes, xlii-xliii, 404 (illus.)
Sturbitch fair. See Stourbridge fair, England
Suffolk, England
hop production in, 796
Suffolk Co., N.Y.
vote in gubernatorial election, 50, 114
sugar
market for in Prussia, 100
sugar maple trees
sought by TJ, 148
Supervisor of the Revenue, U.S. See Carrington, Edward
Supreme Court, U.S. See United States: Supreme Court
Sus, Morocco
in Moroccan civil war, 67
Susa, Italy
and invasion of Savoy, 785
Swaile, James, 731, 740
Swanwick, John
and redemption of captives in Algiers, 547
Sweden
proportion of public debt to revenue, 106
pays tribute to Algiers, 240, 270
peace with Algiers, 240, 270
relations with France, 420
coinage, 672
as source of copper for Mint, 672, 673, 675, 798, 803, 804
Swiss Guards
massacre of, 298
Switzerland
relations with France, 558-9
Sydnor, William G.
seeks military promotion, 797-8
Syme, John
letter to, 387-8
letters from, 340-1, 418
and sale of horse to TJ, 340, 341, 387
urges TJ to remain as Secretary of State, 340
claim for compensation, 418
distrusts northerners, 418
Syme, Mrs. John
reluctant to sell horse to TJ, 340, 341
mentioned, 388
Symmes, John Cleves
letter to, 112
conflict with John Armstrong, 112
and judicial leave of absence, 112
letters from cited, 112
absence from Northwest Territory, 604n
Systema Vegetabilium (Carolus Linnaeus)
owned by TJ, 469