Cabinet, U.S. See United States: Cabinet
Cabot, George
and U.S. debt to France, 50
and Michaux's proposed western expedition, 82
recommends William Douglas Brodie for consular appointment
at Malaga, 309n
director of national bank, 433
stockholder in national bank, 433
Cadiz, Spain
U.S. consul at, 102, 203, 227, 238n, 369, 394, 435
trade with U.S., 441, 487n, 623
stoppage of French ships at, 593
Cahokia, Ill.
and boundaries with Western Indians, 355
Calcutta, India
hospital at, 71
U.S. consul at, 71, 203
sale of U.S. ship in, 297n
trade with U.S., 297n
California
and G. R. Clark's proposed western expedition, 75
Caligari, Sardinia
bombarded by French, 359
Callaghan (Callahan), David
and Barclay's death, 319
Callahan, William
master of John Pringle, 524
Calvert (Colvard), Benjamin
hires TJ's slaves, 43
Camilla (ship), 485, 549n
Campbell, Alexander
and case of Richard Randolph, 632-3
Campbell, John
delivers book to TJ, 92
Canada
British reinforcements for, 6, 534
newspapers from sent to TJ, 184, 363, 412-13, 418
immigration from Europe, 268-9
immigration from Vt., 268-9
Joseph Fay's land company in, 268-9, 412-13
and French Revolution, 363
Canary Islands
trade with U.S., 205, 219
candles
for TJ, 270-1
Canton
U.S. consul at, 203
and china for TJ, 315
Cape Henlopen, 638n
Cape James, 703
Cape May, 638n, 703
Cap François, Saint-Domingue
massacre of slaves at, 271
trade with U.S., 415n
Capitol, U.S.
Hallet's plans for, 25, 107-8, 110, 152, 384-6, 459
Thornton's plan for, 107-8, 110, 152, 386n, 400n
Carey, James
letter to, 27
newspapers requested by TJ, 27
identified, 27n
Carey, John
letters from, 105-6, 236, 448-9, 581-2, 630
Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress,
105-6, 236, 581-2, 595, 630, 690
and edition of U.S. laws, 106
and index for U.S. laws, 448-9
Carey, Mathew
edition of Notes on the State of Virginia, 467n
Carey's United States Recorder (Philadelphia)
published by James Carey, 27n
Carmichael, William
letters to, 400 (illus.), 277, 430, 587-8
letters from, 232-4, 554-62, 652-8
and guarantee of La., xli-xlii, 430-1, 444
newspapers for, 9
and captives in Algiers, 29, 86, 88n
and U.S. debt to Torino, 88n
papers for, 94, 103, 407, 427
negotiations with Godoy, 139, 232, 233
and diplomatic precedence in Spain, 232-4, 323
relations with Charles IV, 233
journal of, 234
letters from submitted to Washington, 234n, 563n, 659n
and case of Dover, 277
instructions for, 316n
negotiations with Gardoqui, 321-2, 555-61, 593, 653-7
insufficiency of diplomatic authority, 322, 324, 328n
negotiations with Floridablanca, 324
and French war with First Coalition, 339
and Lafayette's captivity, 387n, 665
expenses, 405n, 535, 542
relations with Humphreys, 407
and Humphreys's mission to Algiers, 421
irregular communications of, 427, 428-9, 435
and acquisition of East Fla., 430-1
and acquisition of West Fla., 430-1
letters to submitted to Washington, 431n, 444, 588n
and navigation of Mississippi, 556, 559-60, 653, 656-7
and U.S. boundary with Spain, 556-8, 559, 657
and Jay-Gardoqui Treaty, 558
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 560, 653-4
and trade with Spain, 560-1
and relations between Spain and Great Britain, 561-2
and Proclamation of Neutrality, 587-8
mentioned, 479
Carnes, Burrill
resigns as consul at Nantes, 202
Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de, 659n
carpenters
for Federal District, 24
recruited for French naval service, 68
and remodeling of Monticello, 138, 693
for Mint, 447
Carr, Dabney (TJ's brother-in-law)
TJ's bond on estate of, 223
Carr, Dabney (TJ's nephew)
letter to, 544
legal education, 544, 545, 548
mentioned, 223
Carr, Martha Jefferson (Mrs. Dabney Carr, TJ's sister)
letters to, 223, 545
requests loan from TJ, 223
changes in family, 297
debt to Austin, 545
health, 545
TJ unable to lend money to, 545
letter from cited, 545n
mentioned, 465, 544, 548
Carr, Mary (Polly, TJ's niece)
remains at home, 297
Carr, Peter (TJ's nephew)
letter to, 545-6
letter from, 465
letter from cited, 64
plans to practice law, 465, 545-6
right to slaves, 465, 546
legal education, 472, 544, 545
mentioned, 98, 521
Carr, Samuel (TJ's nephew)
settlement plans, 297
rents land, 298
education, 472
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton
letter from Washington, 88-9
proposed appointment as Indian commissioner, 88-9
Carroll, Daniel
letters to, 24-5, 52, 110
letters from, 110, 152-3, 169, 170
letters from Washington, 107-8, 109
and survey of Federal District, 110, 152
and Thornton's Capitol plan, 110
compensation for, 345
plans to continue as Federal District Commissioner, 360
See Federal District Commissioners
Carroll, Bishop John
and proposed colony on Mississippi, 195n
Carstairs, Thomas
builds library for TJ's Philadelphia house, 553
and TJ's Philadelphia house, 595
Cary, Archibald
and Wayles estate debt, 8, 279, 319, 396-7, 515, 632
slaves sold, 319
Cary, Jane Barbara Carr (Mrs. Wilson Cary, TJ's niece)
widowed, 297
Cary, Robert, & Co.
TJ's account with, 252
Cary, Wilson (TJ's nephew-in-law)
death, 297
Cassan (Casson), Samuel
master of Madison, 213, 279n
mentioned, 214
Cassillis, David, Lord Kennedy, Earl of
claimants to title of, 275, 320-1
Cassinave, Mr.
introduced to Clavire, 62
Casson, Capt. See Cassan, Samuel
Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical
Instruments (William & Samuel Jones)
sent to TJ, 342-3
Catalonia, Spain
and French Revolution, 325
Cathalan, Stephen, Jr.
letter to, 415-18
letters from, 212-14, 277-9, 406-7
letters from cited, 3
consul at Marseilles, 202
security for, 212
and olive culture in S.C., 214, 278
letter from submitted to Washington, 214n
and TJ's retirement, 277-8
proposed mission to Algiers, 278-9
and case of Aurora, 406
"Catullus"
pseudonym used by Hamilton, 443
census
requested by Commissioners of Accounts, 373
cent
coinage in Birmingham, 348, 350
See copper coinage
Ceracchi, Giuseppe
letter from, 459-60
bust of TJ, 459
bust of Washington, 459
commission from Charles Theodore, 459
and proposed monument to American Revolution, 459
Cette, France
privateering in, 406, 458n
wheat shortage in, 406
Chalmers, James
Plain Truth, 660
Chalon-sur-Saõne, France, 456
Chambers, Joseph Gaston
plan for repeating firearms, 90, 392
Champagne, France
invaded by Prussians, 130
Chancellor, Va. See Wythe, George
chancery law
J. G. Jefferson's comments on, 473
Changuer, P., & Cie.
and Derieux's legacy, 49
Charenton, France
and dethronement of king, 125
Charles, Archduke
governor of Austrian Netherlands, 524, 568
Charles (ship), 528
Charles I, King of England, 121
Charles IV, King of Spain
and relations with U.S., 140, 232, 554, 593, 655
relations with Carmichael and Short, 233
and relations with France, 326, 327
and navigation of Mississippi, 556
and Jay-Gardoqui treaty, 559
and U.S. boundary with Spain, 559
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 560, 677-8
and trade with U.S., 561
mentioned, 653
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
letters from Cortés to, 446n
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
and Silesian loan, 539n
Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine and of Bavaria
and proposed Bavarian cession, 190
commission for Ceracchi, 459
Charleston, S.C.
postmaster at, 5
trade of, 5
Michaux's nursery near, 76
privateering in, 685, 686-7
Charlotte Joachime, Princess of Brazil
pregnancy, 487
gives birth to daughter, 623
Charlottesville, Va.
fire in, 91, 97
postal service, 477, 478
Chase, Salmon
petition from, 634-5
Chauvelin (Chavelin), François Bernard, Marquis de
ordered to leave Great Britain, 104, 105n, 107, 516, 518
Cherokee Indians
boundaries under Treaty of Hopewell, 209-11
and Va. land claims, 209-11
and Treaty of Holston, 653, 659n
chestnut wood
for Monticello, 73
Chickasaw Indians
boundaries under Treaty of Hopewell, 209-11
and Va. land claims, 209-11
china (tableware)
for TJ, 315
China (country)
trade with U.S., 297n
Chippewa Indians
boundary with U.S., 355
Chittenden, Thomas
letter to, 588
requests congressional records, 673
Church, Angelica Schuyler (Mrs. John B. Church)
letter from, 215
Church, Catherine, 215
Church, Edward
letter to, 415-18
consul at Lisbon, 202, 407, 427
letter to cited, 212
Churchman, John, 226, 227n
cifrão
Portuguese symbol for milréis, 235-6
cinnamon water
gift for Emperor of Morocco, 234
ciphers
for T. Barclay, 106-7, 575
for T. Pinckney, 106-7, 166-7, 169, 376, 378n, 408, 534, 575
for G. Morris, 167
for Humphreys, 167
circuit court act
error in, 395
"Citizen of Columbia, A"
criticizes Andrew Ellicott, 267, 268
Citoyen Genet (French privateer)
commissioned by Genet, 686-7
civil ordonnatueurs, French
and capture of U.S. ships by French privateers, 575n
Clairfayt, Gen. See Clerfayt, Franois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Comte de
Clark, George Rogers
proposed western expedition, 75
and French plan to liberate La., 80
confiscates property near Vincennes, 251
land grant in Northwest Territory, 355-6
Clark, William
western expedition, 75, 81
Clarke, John
patent for, 276
Clarkson, David Matthew
letter to, 415-17
appointed consul at St. Eustatius, 204, 228, 238n, 369, 395
letter to cited, 238n
Clarkson, Manoah
overseer at Monticello, 98, 138, 693
Clarkson, Matthew
and Michaux's proposed western expedition, 83n
recommends David M. Clarkson for consular appointment at
St. Eustatius, 204
mentioned, 639n
Clarkson, Samuel
letter to, 134
purchases TJ's horse, 134
identified, 134n
letters from cited, 134n
Classon, Mr.
Danish consul at Tangier, 234
Clavière, Etienne
letter from, 62
and commercial treaty with U.S., 62
dismissed from office, 131-2
and U.S. debt to France, 164n
and recall of G. Morris, 248
Clay, Matthew
defeated for election to House of Representatives, 533
Clayton, Joshua
letter to, 588
Clerfayt (Clairfayt), François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Comte de
and Dumouriez's defection, 523
and invasion of Netherlands, 662, 668
clergy, Roman Catholic
requested by Illinois and Wabash Indians, 118
oaths for in France, 122-3, 127
banishment from France, 190
reserved land for in Canada, 268-9
opposition to French Revolution among Spanish, 325-6
Clerici, Gaudenzio
letter from cited, 60
Clinton, George
letters to, 215-16, 373, 588, 592
letter from, 317
and Indian treaties, 215-16, 317, 373, 592
and cession of Montauk Point, 265
letter from quoted, 265n
letters from submitted to Washington, 317n, 344
letter from cited, 592
clocks
paid for by TJ, 586n
clothing
for TJ's slaves, 51, 91, 230, 257, 521
coal
for Mint, 447
Coates, Samuel
and Michaux's proposed western expedition, 83n
Coblentz. See Koblenz
Cobourg, Prince of. See Saxe-Coburg, Friedrich Josias, Prince of
cocoa
export to U.S., 188
codfish
export to Martinique, 414
coffee
export to U.S., 145, 188
export to France, 406
Coffin, Laben, 53n
Coffyn, Francis
U.S. agent at Dunkirk, 53, 410n
letters from cited, 53n
appointed consul at Dunkirk, 410n
coinage
assay of foreign, 31-2, 37-9, 40, 354, 409, 412, 423
TJ's report on, 37-8
act on, 38n
See copper coinage; Mint, U.S.
Coke, Sir Edward
Institutes of the Laws of England, 544, 546
Coles, Isaac
elected to House of Representatives, 533
Colle (Philip Mazzei's plantation)
and Antonio Giannini's claim on Mazzei, 299
Collin, Nicholas
and Michaux's proposed western expedition, 78, 82, 83n
Columbian Centinel (Boston)
and printing of U.S. laws, 634
prints "Freeman" essay, 660n
Columbia Rediviva (ship)
voyage to Pacific Northwest, 308n
Colvard, Mr. See Calvert, Benjamin
Combiagio, Mr.
banker in Leghorn, 459
Commerce (ship)
detained at Port-au-Prince, 414-15, 510-11, 554
Commerce, Report on
preparation of, xl, 145-9, 158-9
T. Coxe's notes on, 145-9, 237
submitted to Washington, 168, 183, 212
submitted to foreign ministers in U.S., 184-9, 198
extracts from draft of, 185-9
Hammond's comments on, 199-202, 206-7, 212, 224
Viar and Jaudenes's comments on, 205-6, 219
Ternant's comments on, 211, 217-18
submission to House of Representatives deferred, 246-7
Van Berckel's comments on, 253-4
Commissioner of the Revenue, U.S.
and passports for U.S. ships, 629, 681
See Coxe, Tench
Commissioners of Accounts, U.S.
letter from, 373
request census, 373
final report, 373n
Commissioners of the Customs, British, 528
Commissioners of the Federal District. See Federal District Commissioners
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, U.S.
and public debt, 21, 22, 283, 293, 294n, 295, 439-40,
518-19n, 661, 673
report of, 22, 23n
meetings of, 56, 63, 432, 439-40, 487, 492, 673
and foreign loans, 178, 462n, 673
letter to Jonathan Trumbull, 261
Commissioners of the Treasury, French
and U.S. debt to France, 17n, 496, 498, 505, 507
and U.S. aid to Saint-Domingue, 503
Commissioners of the Treasury, U.S.
and captives in Algiers, 143
Commissioners to Spain. See Carmichael, William; Short, William
Committee of Public Safety, French, 631n
common law
J. G. Jefferson's comments on, 473
Como (Potawatomi chief)
peace conference with Washington, 114, 115-16
Compendium of Physic (Joseph Flowerden)
requested by TJ, 484
Complete History of England (White Kennett and others)
recommended by TJ, 544, 546
Comptroller of the Treasury, U.S. See Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
Condé, France
allied siege of, 573
Congress, Continental
and Ky. Indian expeditions, 99
and survey of Northwest Territory, 332, 338n
and military land bounties in Northwest Territory, 355, 356
and captives in Algiers, 428
and diplomatic medals, 519-20
and military medals, 519-20
and Jay-Gardoqui Treaty, 558
TJ seeks copies of correspondence with president of, 567
and passports for East Indian ships, 645, 648n, 682n
Congress, U.S. See United States: Congress
Connecticut
wages in, 24
and workmen for Federal District, 24
Connecticut, Governor of. See Huntington, Samuel
Constitutional Diary (Philadelphia)
published by James Carey, 27n
Constitution of the United States
and appropriations, 292, 294-5
and appointment of members of Congress to federal office, 300n, 303
Henry Knox's comments on, 301-2
and state debts, 373
consular establishment
act for, 212
consuls, French
salaries, 6-7, 51-2, 543, 564-5, 579
and supplies for France, 39
in N.Y., 226
admiralty jurisdiction in U.S., 685-6
consuls, U.S.
letter to (circular), 415-16
fees in Portugal, 13
and register certificates, 55-6
security requirements for, 68, 69n, 71, 202, 212, 262, 365,
376, 416, 417n, 529
TJ's instructions to on neutrality, 365, 415-16
and impressment, 375
letter to submitted to Washington, 418n
and U.S. ship papers, 528
See Auldjo, Thomas; Cathalan, Stephen, Jr.; Church, Edward; Clarkson, David Matthew; Cooper, Henry; Cutting, Nathaniel; Delamotte, F. C. A.; Fenwick, Joseph; Fox, Edward; Greenleaf, James; Johnson, Joshua; Johonnet, Samuel Cooper; Joy, Benjamin; Maury, James; Montgomery, Robert; Morphy, Michael; Parish, John; Phillips, Benjamin Hamnell; Pintard, John Marsden; Saabÿe, Hans Rodolph; Shaw, Samuel; Skipwith, Fulwar; Street, John; Vanderhorst, Elias; Yznardi, Joseph, Jr.
Continental Army
land bounties for, 171
Continental Congress. See Congress, Continental
contraband
Dutch regulation on, 468n
British restrictions on export to France, 493-4
debated in Cabinet, 673-4
TJ's comments on, 675
and U.S. arms sales to France, 684
mentioned, 574n, 603
Cook, James, 75
Cooper, Henry
letter to, 415-17
letter from, 631
appointed consul at St. Croix, 204, 228, 238n, 369, 395
letter to cited, 238n
Coopman, Zacharie, & Co.
and capture of Aurora, 406
and capture of Bacchus, 406
Copenhagen
U.S. consul at, 203
trade with U.S., 237n
copper
for Mint, 151, 204, 393, 447, 578, 596
price, 350
copper coinage
in Birmingham, 347-50, 526n
machinery for, 348-9
in Paris, 349
production costs, 350
copyrights
for Samuel Stearns, 100
for Caleb Alexander, 235
Corbin, Mr.
returns to U.S., 336-7
Corbin, Francis
defeated for election to House of Representatives, 463
corn
production in Md., 230, 263
shortage in France, 358-9
shortage in Levant, 358-9
shortage in Papal States, 358-9
shortage in Sicily, 358-9
shortage in Venice, 358-9
price, 409
See Indian corn; maize; wheat
Cornwallis, Charles, Earl
surrender at Yorktown, 122
mentioned, 8, 419
Correspondance du Général Dumourier avec Pache
sent to TJ, 451, 458n
corruption
TJ's comments on, 154-5, 311, 313-14, 318, 679
Cortés, Hernán
TJ seeks edition of letters of, 446n
Course of Experimental Philosophy (John Theophilus Desaguiliers)
and fire engines, 163, 164n
Courtrai, Austrian Netherlands
and conflict between Lafayette and Luckner, 124
Cowes, England
trade with U.S., 409
Cox, Albion
assayer for Mint, 370-1, 665
identified, 371n
arrives in Philadelphia, 676
Cox, Josiah
petition from, 634-5
Cox, Merle & Co.
and Mint, 371n
Cox, Moses
letters to, 332, 362
rents house to TJ, xlii, 332, 362
identified, 332n
Cox, William
and Mint, 371n
Coxe, John
and Michaux's proposed western expedition, 83n
Coxe, Tench
letters to, 149, 158-9, 337-8, 642-3
letters from, 145, 159, 237, 332, 338, 514, 521-2, 626-7,
650, 670, 695
portrait of, xl, 400 (illus.)
relations with Hamilton, xl
Plan for encouraging Agriculture, 136, 159
and TJ's report on commerce, 145-9, 158-9, 168n, 237
and British trade restrictions, 158-9
and TJ's report on boundaries with Western Indians, 332, 337-8
and execution of Louis XVI, 443
and bills of exchange for Department of State, 514, 521-2
letter from quoted, 522n
and foreign-built U.S. ships, 627-8, 642-3, 650, 670-1
letter from Stephen Kingston, 627-8
commissioner of the revenue, 629n
and passports for U.S. ships, 642-3, 650, 670-1, 681, 695
and Mint, 695
letter from cited, 696n
Creek Indians
conflict with in Ga., 518-19, 520
and Treaty of New York, 653
and U.S. agents, 653, 659n
relations with Spain, 677-8
Crew, Robert
letter from, 252-3
partnership with Thomas Allport, 252-3
letter from cited, 253n
Crooked legs (Wiaw chief)
and peace conference with Washington, 113, 116
Crosby, Sampson
salary, 10
factotum in Department of State, 552
Cross, Ralph
petition from, 634-5
crown, English
assay of, 32
crown, French
assay of, 32
Culnan, John
appointed consul at Tenerife, 204n
Cumberland County Court
and case of Richard Randolph, 622n, 632-3, 698
Cumberland river
as Chickasaw boundary, 209
and Iroquois land claims, 210
Curaçao
U.S. consul at, 204, 228, 238n, 369, 395
trade duties at, 253
Currie, Ann Inglis (Mrs. James Currie), 172
Currie, James
letter to, 346
letters from, 86, 171-2
financial affairs, 86, 171, 346
land claim, 171, 346
Curson, Richard
letter to, 580
and wine for TJ, 236n, 580, 583, 620
letter from cited, 620
Cushing, William
and Washington's second inaugural, 302n
letter to quoted, 395-6n
Custine, Adam Philippe, Comte de
and allied military strategy, 191
and invasion of Rhineland, 451, 488, 492, 573
military command, 452
customs collectors, U.S.
and post bills, 597
and passports for U.S. ships, 629, 642-3, 650, 670-1, 681, 835
and foreign-built U.S. ships, 642, 670-1
and enforcement of neutrality, 667-8, 691-2, 700-2
Cutting, John Brown
letter to, 586-7
expenses, 438
Cutting, Nathaniel
letters to, 415-17, 470-1
letter from, 102
recommends Joseph Yznardi for consular appointment at Cadiz,
102, 203, 204n
appointed consul at Le Havre, 203, 227, 238n, 369, 394, 417n
letter to cited, 238n
secretary to Humphreys, 410, 413-14, 420, 421, 427, 468-9,
470-1, 477, 532, 534, 566
expenses, 421, 471, 542
letter to quoted, 471n
letter to submitted to Washington, 471n