Vallance, John

engraves plan for Federal District, 120n

Vall-Travers, Rodolph

letter from, 597

letters to Washington cited, 597

manuscript on East Indies, 597

Valmy, France

French victory at, 525

Van Berckel, Franco Petrus

letters to, 149-50, 224, 579

letter from, 157-8

complains about arrest of servant, 125-6, 127-8, 149-50,

157-8, 224, 452-3

letters from cited, 129n, 580n

registers servants, 129n, 157-8

and Short's reception by Dutch government, 579

Van Bram, Mr., 288

Vanderhorst, Elias

letters from, 465, 780, 807

and olive culture in S.C., 344

consular security, 465

mentioned, 60

Van der Noot, Hendrik

and revolt in Austrian Netherlands, 765

Van Eupen, Pierre Jean Simon

and revolt in Austrian Netherlands, 765

Van Rensselaer, Stephen

land speculation in N.Y., 115

Van Staphorst, Nicolaas & Jacob

in TJ's French accounts, 186

mentioned, 407, 440

Van Staphorst & Hubbard

letters to, 47-8, 71-2, 73, 466, 493, 591

letters from, 246, 348, 667, 676

and workmen for Federal District, 45, 47-8, 348, 700

and TJ's debt to Dobson, 71-2, 73

letter from cited, 73

TJ's account with, 73, 246, 466, 754

and TJ's French accounts, 173, 188, 190, 200n, 667

advance to J. B. Cutting, 254-5

mentioned, 753

Vasse, Ambrose

letter to, 745-6

and trade with Saint-Domingue, 743n, 745-6

identified, 746n

Vassy, D.

letter to, 470

TJ unable to help, 470

letter from cited, 470n

Vaughan, Benjamin

and Panopticon, 331n

Vaughan, John

letter to, 296

and Derieux's legacy, 296

letters from cited, 296n

mentioned, 153, 467, 507, 555, 635, 742

Venable, Abraham B.

vote for in Va. congressional election, 284

and Yazoo speculation, 284

and Hamilton-Reynolds affair, 751

mentioned, 523, 623n

Venice

ambassador to France (see Pizani, Chevalier de)

peace with Tunis, 270

British diplomatic representation in, 376

Verdun, France

captured by allied army, 370, 391

Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de

and French mediation between U.S. and Spain, 712

mentioned, 381

Verme, Francesco, Conte

criticism of, 787

marriage of, 787

Vermont

and organization of town government in Alburgh, 160-2,

164, 165, 200, 202-3, 218-19, 220, 221, 222, 223, 248,

269, 296-7, 310-11

Vermont, governor of. See Chittenden, Thomas

Vermont Assembly

and organization of town government in Alburgh, 162n

Vernon, Abner

letter to, 730-1

letter from, 672

and gun for Mazzei, 672, 730-1

identified, 673n

Vesey, Francis

legal reports ordered by TJ, 469

veto

first used by Washington on apportionment bill, 111

need for in France, 111

Viar, Josef Ignacio de

letters to, 142-3, 156, 203, 552-3

letters from, 129-30, 163, 213-14, 541-2

Spanish agent to U.S., xliii

and theft of slaves from East Fla., 128-30, 156, 312

letters from cited, 129n, 566

registers servants, 129n

and Burbeck-Quesada dispute, 163

and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 203, 213-14,

317-18, 541-3, 547-8, 549n, 552-3, 562-3, 566

extract of letter from Carondelet, 543, 566

letter to cited, 566

Vice-President, U.S. See United States: Vice-President

Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia

receives French ambassador, 253

treaty with Great Britain, 625

and invasion of Savoy, 785

Vining, John

declines to run for House of Representatives, 151-2

elected to Senate, 152-3n

Virginia

Agriculture

crops damaged by drought, 33, 70

productivity, 97-8

wheat damaged by weevil, 266, 289

Banks

Henry Lee's plan for, 432-3, 455

establishment of, 433n

Boundaries

with N.C., 531-3

with Southwest Territory, 563, 598

Constitution

need for revision of, 351, 491, 494

Constitution of the U.S.

and navigation acts, 428

and slave trade, 428

Court of Appeals

attended by Monroe, 91

Court of Chancery

seal for, 101, 224, 248-9, 299, 373-4

Debts

payment to British, 26, 28, 29, 32-3n, 36-7, 286

Elections

for House of Representatives, 284

for president and vice-president, 698, 705, 757

General Assembly

and seal for chancery court, 101

resolves on French constitution, 248

establishes state banks, 433n

and Federal District, 581, 609, 610, 611n, 612, 613, 699, 715

Laws

revisal of, 70, 91, 235

Politics

Monroe's comments on, 92

satisfied with federal government, 211

support for Republicans in, 237

opposition to excise in, 384n

Voight, Mr. See Voight, Henry

Voigt (Voight), Henry

chief coiner and engraver of Mint, 48, 49n, 141n, 205

plan for copper coinage, 755

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet

study of recommended by TJ, 577

Vonckists

favor French, 536