Volume 27 Index
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Cabell, William, Jr.
elected to Va. Committee of Safety, 678
Cabinet, U.S. See United States: Cabinet
Cabot, Mr.
letter to, 739-40
Cabot, Andrew
possible letter to, 740n
Cabot, George
alleged support for hereditary Senate and President for life, 467
possible letter to, 739-40
identified, 740n
Cabot, John
possible letter to, 740n
Cádiz
U.S. consul at, 60n, 89n, 636, 782n
marine list of, 107
U.S. trade with, 135, 138-9n, 232, 252, 266n, 283
U.S. ships carried to, 155, 252-3
warns American ships of Algerine truce, 252
trade with Cartagena, 269n, 310-11, 628n
cost of sherry at, 842
Caesar (slave)
deeded to TJ by mother, 676
Calcutta, India
U.S. trade with, 832-3, 835
Caldwell, Samuel
and case of Hope, 634n
Calman, M.
and denunciation of Mangourit, 295-7
calomel
as headache remedy, 824
Cambis, Joseph
commander of Jupiter, 386
Camden (Cambden), S.C.
British garrison at, 697
aftermath of battle of, 701n
camera obscura
borrowed by TJ, 47
purchased by TJ, 47n
“Camillus”
pseudonym possibly attributed by TJ to J. Adams, 6-8
pseudonym used by Fisher Ames, 8n
Campbell, Alexander
letter to, 338-9
instructions to, 340
and case of Républicaine, 195
and maritime jurisdiction of U.S., 338-40
letters to submitted to Washington, 340n, 391
letter from cited, 849
Campbell, David
letter from, 805
residence of, 785
asks advice on library, 805
names son after TJ, 805
Campbell, Jefferson
named after TJ, 805
camp kettles
for Va. troops, 706
Campo, Bernardo, Marquis del
recommends Miller to Pinckney, 144
Canada
Miller visits, 144
British send troops to, 158
Galbaud escapes to, 284
British raise troops in, 287
French plan to liberate, 290-3, 385-6, 594n
Genet’s plan for governance of, 293
C. Freeman escapes to, 439-43
and British trade restrictions, 448n, 540, 559, 566n, 572
Canada, Lower
and Caughnawauga Indians, 610n
canals
and Short’s investment strategy, 203-4, 207, 615, 617n
Canard, Juan (Chiaha chief)
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 463n
Canary Islands
duties on U.S. exports to, 547n, 565n, 569
candles
export to French West Indies, 639
cannon
and U.S. defense preparations, 46
for French West Indies, 131
threatened by British, 707
Canton (ship)
passport, 856
Cape Gata, Spain
Laurel captured off, 107
Cape Henry
recommendation for keeper of lighthouse at, 794n
Cape St. Vincent, Portugal
U.S. ships captured off, 469
Capet. See Louis XVI, King of France
Cape Verde Islands
duties on U.S. exports to, 537, 555, 569
Cap-Français (Cape Francois), Saint-Domingue
tonnage duties from refugees from, 191
and case of Républicaine, 195n
and case of Providence, 269n, 344n
and case of Industry, 318n, 321-2
trade with Baltimore, 318n
and Talon’s business affairs, 460n
destruction of during slave revolt, 489n
Caracas (Carraccas)
duties on flour, 578n
Caramagnole. See Carmagnole
Carey, Mr.
travels to Richmond, 786
Carey, John
letter from, 836
American Remembrancer, 836
Carey, Mathew
describes yellow fever epidemic, xlix
caribou
TJ’s interest in, 735-6, 739
Carmagnole (Caramagnole) (French privateer and advice boat)
and restoration of French prizes, 72-3, 99-100
and withdrawal from U.S. ports of French privateers commissioned by Genet in U.S., 77, 634
renamed Columbia, 452n
required to disarm, 452n.
See also Columbia
Carmichael, William
letter to, 88
letter from, 161-3
failure to keep superiors informed, 87
and joint commission to Spain, 87, 88, 326-7
correspondence with TJ forwarded to Pinckney, 91
letters forwarded to, 142, 498
and U.S. boundary with Spain, 142, 161-3, 519-20
and U.S. right to navigate Mississippi, 142, 161-3, 519-20
compensation for British seizures of U.S. ships, 155
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 161-3, 519-20
letter from submitted to Washington, 163n
and Spanish diplomatic protocol, 209-12
desires diplomatic promotion, 212
and case of Greenway, 253
and case of Rooksby, 253
and books for TJ, 324
and possibility of treaty of alliance with Spain, 357-9
Short hints at intemperance of, 358, 359n
letters to copied, 402-3
and U.S. trade with Spain, 519-20
account with U.S., 650, 653n
and Algerine piracy, 752-3
letter from cited, 848
mentioned, 208
Carnes, Burrell, 174
Carnes, Edward
death of, 174
Caroline Co., Va.
Republican resolutions on neutrality, 16, 18n, 144-5
militia, 706, 708, 710
Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 463n
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 584-5, 604, 622-5
and Spanish relations with U.S., 622-5
Carr, Mr.
and Mayo v. Lewis, 671
Carr, Dabney (TJ’s brother-in-law)
recalled by TJ, 338
TJ composes epitaph for, 673-5
estate of, 675n
Carr, Jane (Mrs. John Carr), 674
Carr, John, 674
Carr, Martha Jefferson (Mrs. Dabney Carr, TJ’s sister)
letter to, 256
letter from, 755-6
and credit for Anna Marks, 256-7, 258
TJ’s affection for, 256
TJ’s debt to, 256-7, 270, 337-8, 431
letter from cited, 257n
relations with Mary Jefferson, 755-6
letter to cited, 756n
mentioned, 674, 758
Carr, Nancy
affection for TJ, 756
Carr, Peter (TJ’s nephew)
letter to, 337-8
letter from, 270
and TJ’s debt to M. J. Carr, 270, 337-8
debut as lawyer, 338
TJ borrows carriage of, 497, 638
carriages
displayed by Blanchard, 252
borrowed by TJ, 497, 638.
See also
chariot
phaeton
Carrington, Edward
carries letter from Washington to TJ, 253
Carrington, Paul
elected to Va. Committee of Safety, 678
in legal dispute, 683n
Carroll, Bishop John
recommends Cassanave to C. Carroll, 838
Carroll, Charles, of Carrollton
letter from, 838
introduces Cassanave to TJ, 838
Cartagena, Colombia
trade with Cádiz, 269n, 310-11, 628n
Carter, Charles (of Fredericksburg)
letters from, 435, 589-90
recommends son to TJ, 435, 589-90
Carter, Charles (of Lancaster Co.)
receives votes for Va. Committee of Safety, 678
Carter, Charles (of Shirley)
rabbits of, 723
Carter, Charles Landon
receives State Department clerkship, 435, 589-90
Carter, Edward
aridity of land of, 205
Carter, Lucy Wood (Mrs. Edward Carter)
health of, 345
Carter, Walker Randolph
and State Department clerkship for C. L. Carter, 589
Carter, William Champe
and Short’s business affairs, 617n
cartridge paper
duties on, 841
carts.
See
mule cart
oxcart
Carven, Capt. See Carvin (Carven), Jean Baptiste
Carvin, M.
plan to capture Tortuga Island, 296, 356
Carvin (Carven), Jean Baptiste
master of Industry, 370-2, 419
Cary, Archibald
debt to Wayles estate, 337, 493
receives votes for Va. Committee of Safety, 678
given pecan trees by TJ, 723
Cary, Jane Barbara Carr (Mrs. Wilson Cary)
described, 345n
Cary, Wilson, 345n
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery (Thomas Vernon)
cited by TJ, 726, 727n
Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the Time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke (Francis Vesey)
cited by TJ, 726, 727n
Cases in Law and Equity (Robert Lucas)
cited by TJ, 726
Cassan, Jean Baptiste
exequatur for, 347, 352
and alleged threats to French consuls, 456n
and alleged French refugee plots in U.S., 629n
Cassanave, Etienne
introduced to TJ by C. Carroll, 838
Cassini de Thury, César François
Relation de deux Voyages Faits en Allemagne, 54
Cassinovi, Mr. See Cazenove (Cassinovi), Théophile
Castaing, M.
and rumored slave rebellion, 614
castings
seized by British, 448n
Castries, Charles Eugène de La Croix, Marquis de
and prize money for Jones’s command, 746-8
Caswell, Richard
and southern campaign, 697
Catalonia
French advance in, 149
Cathalan, Stephen, Jr.
letters to, 95-6, 301-2
and case of Burgain, 96n
and case of Robins, 96n
letters forwarded to, 198-9, 200
TJ recommends Lear to, 226n, 301-2
book to be forwarded by, 767
Catharine (ship from Jamaica), 160
Catherine (ship from Halifax)
and detention of French prizes in U.S. ports, 280, 364
Catherine II (the Great), Empress of Russia
expels Genet, 128-9
pensions Kierrulf, 595-6n
and John Ledyard, 764
Cato (ship)
case of, 11
cattle
impressment of, 700-1
TJ purchases mother’s, 778
Caudine Forks (fourches caudines), Italy, 288
Caughnawaga Indians
hostile to U.S., 610n
cavalry
horses for, 691, 710, 720
Caves Ware-Houses, Va.
militia garrison, 708
Cayenne, French Guiana
Raphaelle Peale collects scientific specimens at, 524n
Cazenove (Cassinovi), Théophile
rents house from Leiper, 799
census
copy for Coxe, 35, 76
Pickering requests copy, 628
receipt of returns of inhabitants, 795, 816
Ceracchi, Giuseppe
letter to, 360-1
bust of TJ, 360-1
statue of Washington, 360
Ceres (ship)
carries dispatches from Genet to France, 219
Cerf (French warship)
captures William Tell, 44-6, 49, 104, 171-2
cruises off N.Y., 100
joins abortive naval campaign in Canada, 386-7n
Cervantes, Miguel de
Don Quixote, 739-40
chairs
at TJ’s Schuylkill house, 125
for TJ’s overseers, 411, 497
shipment of TJ’s, 586, 786
TJ’s Windsor, 586
Chalamelle, M.
vineyard, 762
Chambertin, France
TJ evaluates wine of, 761, 842
Champagne, France
TJ evaluates wines of, 761, 842-3
Chancery, High Court of (Britain)
appeals to, 722-3
Chancery, High Court of (Va.)
appeals to, 722-3
Chandler, Thomas
and naval supplies, 693n
disobeys order, 717
Chandon, M.
and prize money for Jones’s command, 748n
Channing, William
death of, 160, 194
Channing, Mrs. William
and death of husband, 160
Chanoine Monron, M.
vineyard, 762
Chapin, Israel
and British retention of western posts, 448-9n, 651
Chapman, James
and case of William Green, 835
Chapman, John
hired as State Department clerk, 402, 403
chariot
shipment of TJ’s, 586
Charles IV, King of Spain
and enlistment of U.S. citizens in French service, 177-9
Short fails to gain access to, 209
relations with U.S., 220, 288-9, 357, 623-5
and Portuguese-Algerine truce, 231
gives ship to Algiers, 233
and trade duties at New Orleans, 444
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 463n
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 623-5
makes New Orleans free port, 845
Charleston
need for British consul at, 61
and French privateers commissioned by Genet in U.S., 78, 131, 269n, 351
supports French Revolution, 131
Genet’s arrival at, 134n
trade with London, 158n
and case of Andrew, 159n
and alleged French refugee plots in U.S., 286, 356, 404-6, 415, 614
and denunciation of Mangourit, 295-7
and French plan to capture E. and W. Fla., 295-7
and relief of Saint-Domingue refugees, 336-7
and case of Providence, 344n
appointment of collector for, 424
French consul at threatened, 437
rumored slave rebellion in, 614
and withdrawal from U.S. ports of French privateers commissioned by Genet in U.S., 634
British siege of, 694-5
occupied by British, 696-7
and exports of fish, 788
Charlestown, Mass.
French privateer fitted out at, 80n
Charlotte (Sharlott, slave)
deeded to TJ by mother, 676
bequeathed to TJ’s sister, 779n
Charlottesville, Va.
Republican meeting at, 16, 19n
postmaster at, 590
Charnock, Robert
and case of William Green, 829-36
Château Durfort
TJ evaluates wine of, 763, 843
Chateaufort, Ignatius Romain, Chevalier D’Avistay de
and address of French consular commissions, 500-1
Château Grillet (Chateau-Grillé)
TJ evaluates wine of, 762
Chateau Laroze (La Rose)
vineyard, 763, 843
Château Léoville (Lionville)
vineyard, 763
Château Margaux (Chateau-Margeau)
TJ evaluates wine of, 762, 843
Chatham, Mr.
and TJ’s retirement, 590
Chatham (Va. estate)
TJ visits, 496
mentioned, 18
Chattahoochee (Indian town)
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 584-5n
cheese
duties on, 840
chequin. See sequin
Cheraw Hill, S.C.
British garrison at, 697
Cherokee Indians
relations with Creeks, 584-5n
relations with Ga., 584-5n
relations with Spain, 584-5n
relations with U.S., 584-5n
Chervi, M.
exequatur for, 282, 302, 352, 415, 426, 479, 603, 618
French vice-consul for Va., 461-2
Chesapeake bay
and Va.-Md. boundary, 54n
and alleged British plots against U.S., 303-4
and alleged French refugee expedition against Jérémie, 436
defense of military supplies crossing, 696
French fleet in proposed, 704-5
Chesterfield Co., Va.
militia, 713
Chetwood, John
and pardon for C. Freeman, 440
Chiaha Indians
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 463n
Chiappe, Francisco
and Barclay’s mission to Morocco, 513
Chiappe, Giuseppe
and Moroccan affairs, 817
Chickasaw (Chicasaw) Bluffs. See Ecores à Margot
Chickasaw Indians
relations with Spain, 585n
relations with U.S., 585n
war with Creeks, 585n
Childs, Micajah
carries letter to TJ, 278
Chillicothe, Ohio
battle near, 693n
Chipman, Nathaniel
judge for District Court for Vermont, 30
Chittenden, Thomas
letters to, 30, 815
recommends Knight, 30
letter from cited, 30n
and ratification of Bill of Rights, 815n
chocolate
exportation from French colonies, 169
Choler, Charles
master of William Tell, 45n
Chollet, Samuel
owner of William Tell, 46n
Christian VII, King of Denmark
and representation in U.S. by Swedish consuls, 389-90n, 409, 581
Church, Angelica Schuyler (Mrs. John B. Church)
letter to, 449-50
letter from, 301
affection for Mary Jefferson, 301
affection for TJ, 301
and case of Lafayette, 449
invited to Monticello, 449-50
Church, Catherine (Kitty)
invited to Monticello, 449-50
TJ’s affection for, 765
Church, Edward
letter to, 95-6
letters from, 139-42, 149, 220-2, 230-4, 262-3, 264-5
arrives in Lisbon, 96n
letter forwarded to, 97n
introduced to Coutinho, 107
and Algerine piracy, 139-40, 222
consular expenses of, 141
chargé d’affaires in Portugal, 142, 283
meets Mello e Castro, 142
and death of Denney, 142n
letters from cited, 142n, 848, 849
letters from submitted to Washington, 142n, 149n, 222n, 235n, 264n, 266n
and Spanish-French war, 149
forwards letter from TJ, 162
and Portuguese-Algerine truce, 197, 230-5, 262-7, 284n, 498, 507, 517-18
and proposed alliance between Great Britain and Spain, 220-1
and Portuguese-Spanish trade, 221-2
and wine exports to U.S., 221-2
and case of Minerva, 223-4, 239n
and U.S. commercial treaty with Portugal, 263
and case of Commerçant, 282-3
and ransom of captives in Algiers, 521n
Church, John Barker
letter to, 502
and case of Lafayette, 425n, 502-3
identified, 503n
Pinckney forwards letter from TJ to, 509
Cincinnatus (ship)
and British captures of U.S. ships, 377
Circuit Court for Massachusetts, U.S.
and case of Duplaine, 79-80, 261, 273
Circuit Court for New Jersey, U.S.
and case of C. Freeman, 439-41, 495
Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe, A (Thomas Paine)
published in London, 227n
citizenship
rights of naturalized citizens, 146
certification of, 853
Citoyen Genet (French privateer)
captures Lovely Lass, 69n
captures Prince William, 69n
detention of, 78, 124
and withdrawal from U.S. ports of French privateers commissioned by Genet in U.S., 78, 124, 632-5
captures Betsey, 79, 84, 85, 351
captures William, 104, 382-3, 384
and restoration of French prizes, 413-14
and French captures of prizes in U.S. territorial waters, 417
and compensation for French prizes, 611, 621-2
City of Altona (ship)
and Portuguese-Algerine truce, 234n
Clanachan. See McClanachan (Clanachan), Capt.
Clark, Lt.
and Chickasaw-Creek war, 585n
Clark, Mr.
recommends Saab_e as consul at Copenhagen, 802
Clark (Clarke), George Rogers
and French plan to liberate Louisiana, 112n, 631n
asked to support western expedition, 693n
attacks Shawnee, 693n
supplies for, 710-11
Clarke, Jonathan
and Convention troops, 690
Clarke, Samuel
letter from, 787
and rice for TJ, 787
identified, 787n
Clarkson, Manoah
overseer at Monticello, 267
Clarkson, Matthew
and mistreatment of deputation from Saint-Domingue, 429-30
Clayton, Joshua
letter to, 815
letter from cited, 87n
and Vining’s election return, 87n
Clermont (ship), 795
Clermont, M. de
vineyards, 761, 842
Clinton, Cornelia Tappen
marries Genet, 298
Clinton, George
letters to, 75, 636, 815
and Galbaud’s dispute with Genet, 32-4, 42, 75-6, 77n, 285
and case of Republican, 77n
and case of Carmagnole, 452n
and British retention of western posts, 610, 636
and relations with Western Indians, 610
and U.S. defense needs, 610
Clinton, Sir Henry
returns to N.Y., 696
rumored expedition against New Castle, Del., 716n
clock, great
at Monticello, lii, 394 (illus.)
and TJ’s Philadelphia residence, 125-6
Spurck’s repairs to, 508
TJ’s directions for, 839-40
clocks
English manufacture of, 154
and calculation of weights and measures, 219n
for TJ, 508
Close, Henry Jackson
and plow for Washington, 425n
cloth
exports from France to U.S., 168
clothing
restrictions on exports from France, 365-7
clover
planted by Hawkins, 279
clover, red
TJ buys seed, 411, 483, 509, 582, 617
Cobb, William, 787n
Coblentz. See Koblenz (Coblentz), Germany
Cobourg (Coburg), Prince of. See Saxe-Coburg, Friedrich Josias, Prince of
Cochinchina
rice production, 760
Cochran, John
commissioner of loans at N.Y., 355
Cockler, Sir John
buys house in Williamsburg, 665
cocoa
export from British West Indies, 539, 558, 572
cod
U.S. exports to France, 166.
See also
bacalao
fish
salted fish
coffee
captured by British, 52
export from French colonies, 164, 167, 362, 640
export from British West Indies, 539, 558, 572
Coffin (Coffyn), Laben
and whale fishery, 96n
Coffyn, Francis
as consul at Dunkirk, 9
coinage
of silver, 450, 645-8, 810-11, 813-14, 821-2
of copper, 645, 822
of gold, 645-8
need for American, 789
and TJ’s uniform system of weights and measures, 811n, 813-14, 821-2.
See also
copper
Mint, U.S.
Coke, Sir Edward
Institutes of the Laws of England, 609
Coleman v. Seymour
TJ cites precedent, 726, 727n
Coles, John
rich lands of, 205, 615
Colin, Abbé. See Sévigny, Collin de
Colle (Mazzei’s Va. plantation)
Short admires, 206
Collection Act of 1790
and tonnage duties from Saint-Domingue refugees, 461-2
Colley, Nathaniel
remittance to, 795
Collin, Nicholas
letter to, 118
and model of threshing machine for TJ, 118
Collins, John
and Short’s business affairs, 616
Collot, Victor
seeks recall from West Indies, 405n
Columbia (French advice boat and privateer)
joins abortive naval campaign in Canada, 386-7n
renamed from Carmagnole, 452n.
See also Carmagnole
Columbian Centinel (Boston)
and “Camillus” essays, 6-8
Colvill, Charles
and captives in Algiers, 807
Colvill, John
bequest of, 719n
Commentaries on the Laws of England (William Blackstone)
J. Randolph reads, 609
Commerçant (Commerciant)(ship)
detained by Portugal, 141, 283n
commerce
power of Continental Congress to regulate, 742
Commerce, Report on
preparation of, li, 394 (illus.), 533-4, 800-2, 840-1
and Algerine piracy, 198n
editorial note and documents on, 532-81
Coxe’s notes on, 533-4, 546n, 565-7n, 578, 840-1
Viar and Jaudenes supply data for, 533-4, 565n
draft sent to Van Berckel, 534
Hammond supplies data for, 534, 565n
reaction to, 534-5
Ternant supplies data for, 534, 565n
Washington comments on, 534, 566n
first state of, 535-52
Fenwick supplies data for, 545n
Madison supplies data for, 546
FitzSimons’s notes on, 547n, 800-1
Bourne’s notes on, 548n, 801
Sheffield’s data cited in, 548n, 578n
second state of, 553-67
final state of, 567-79
Hawkesbury’s data cited in, 578n
W. T. Franklin supplies data for, 578n
submission to House of Representatives, 579-80
submission to Senate, 580-1
supplementary report on, 620, 639-43
Commerce (U.S. brig.)
detained at Port au Prince, 525-6
Commerce (U.S. ship)
captured by Tyger, 10-11, 95
Commerciant. See Commerçant
commissary general, Continental
and provisioning of Convention troops, 689
Commissioners of Accounts
and final settlement of state accounts, 504
commissioners of customs, British
and American trade statistics, 11
Commissioners of the Federal District. See Federal District Commissioners
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, U.S.
action to stem Panic of 1792, 825
Commissioners of the Treasury, U.S.
and prize money for Jones’s command, 746
and establishment of mint, 810
Commissioners to Spain. See Carmichael, William; Short, William
Comptroller of the Treasury, U.S. See Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.
Concorde (French frigate)
and case of Greyhound, 6, 81n, 261
cruises off N.Y., 100
joins abortive naval campaign in Canada, 386-7n
Concorde (ship)
prize of, 171-2
Confederation, Articles of
Md. subscribes to, 711
proposed change in, 742n
Congress, Continental
and address of French consular commissions, 500-1
and free ships and free goods, 598, 600-1n
TJ meets Rutledge in, 638
and medals for army officers, 651-2n
acts sent to governors, 684, 688, 700, 718
urges states to raise troops, 684
A. Lee’s diversion of funds to Va.’s credit, 686
and accounts for provisioning of Convention troops, 689
Va. resolutions enclosed to, 698
resolutions on public finance, 702
and depreciation of soldier’s pay, 718
relations with France, 720
and TJ’s appointment as peace commissioner, 728-9
revenue plan for, 729-31, 742n
TJ’s list of resolutions, 734
requisitions to states, 738
validity of Loan Office certificates, 738
and new states from western territory, 739
power to regulate commerce, 742
and prize money for Jones’s command, 746, 747
and establishment of mint, 810, 814n
Congress, U.S. See United States: Congress
Coningham. See Conyngham
Connecticut
and ratification of Bill of Rights, li-lii
Joret de Longchamps purchases land in, 146
agriculture in, 193
and Madison’s revenue plan, 729-30
cedes land claims to U.S., 809n
legislative acts sent to TJ, 852
Connecticut, Governor of. See Huntington, Samuel
Conscience, Andrie
and Galbaud’s dispute with Genet, 42, 77n, 97
Constitutional Convention
and control of foreign policy, 412
Constitution of the United States
ratification of Bill of Rights, li-lii, 815
and Republican resolutions on neutrality, 20
and treaties as laws, 105
Genet’s misunderstanding of, 127, 130, 272-4, 379, 414, 457, 480
and Caroline Co. resolutions, 144
and address of consular commissions, 176, 363
Howell supports ratification of, 194
and appointment power, 213
Short’s veneration of, 214
and President’s power to relocate Congress, 228-9, 254
and power to declare war, 412, 421-2
and Proclamation of Neutrality, 412
and powers of Congress, 428
and proposal for military academy, 454
and U.S. right to navigate Mississippi, 631n
consular convention (1788)
and French consular admiralty jurisdiction in U.S., 13-14, 51, 170, 171-2
and arrest of French deserters, 42n, 75, 76-8, 98, 607
and address of French consular commissions, 500-2
enabling legislation, 789
consuls, British
and compensation for French prizes, 37, 44
in N.C., S.C., and Ga., 61
original commission necessary for exequatur, 61, 82-3
and French captures of prizes in U.S. territorial waters, 339-40, 341-2, 385, 417
consuls, French
letter to (circular), 51
admiralty jurisdiction in U.S., 6, 12-14, 33, 44-6, 48, 49-50, 51, 52-3, 55, 71, 170, 171-2, 182, 184-6, 188, 189-90, 272-4, 317-18, 319n, 320, 321-2, 375, 392, 393, 426
subject to U.S. law, 13-14
and restoration of French prizes, 25-6, 457
and Galbaud’s dispute with Genet, 32
and detention of French prizes in U.S. ports, 46n, 49, 67-8, 132, 410
threatened revocation of exequaturs, 49, 51, 52-3, 83, 123, 170, 375, 378-9
and exercise of functions without exequaturs, 74
and arrest of French deserters, 75, 77-8n
authority of over French naval officers, 81n
Pintard as, 96n
TJ criticizes conduct of, 108
instructions from Genet, 112-13
and Genet’s recall, 129-30
and French right to commission privateers in U.S., 148
and opening of French colonial ports to U.S. ships, 164-9, 362
address of commissions of, 176, 363, 414-15, 489, 500-2, 526-7
and revocation of Duplaine’s exequatur, 182, 416, 427, 631
and sale of French prizes in U.S., 219, 364
original commissions necessary for exequaturs, 282, 302-3
and maritime jurisdiction of U.S., 339-40, 341-2, 364
exequaturs for, 347, 352, 363, 479, 603, 618
and French captures of prizes in U.S. territorial waters, 385, 410
Genet’s rank as consul general questioned, 403
and alleged French refugee plots in U.S., 404-6
safety threatened, 437, 456, 458, 481-2, 523
and French plan to conquer E. and W. Fla., 619-20n
consuls, Swedish
and neutrality rules, 389-90, 409
represent Denmark in U.S., 389, 390n, 409, 581
consuls, U.S.
letter to (circular), 95-7
in France, 9
need for cooperation from ship captains, 11, 135
locations of, 35
for European colonies, 76
fees for, 96n
in West Indies, 118
salary for, 141
security requirements for, 141, 650, 856
accounts, 150, 651
and impressment, 150
and Portuguese-Algerine truce, 196-7
Bankson forwards circular letter to, 198-9
laws regulating, 789
in Copenhagen, 802
cost of obtaining recognition in Dublin, 814
letters from not received by TJ listed, 847-50
commissioning of, 855, 857.
See also
Auldjo, Thomas
Cathalan, Stephen, Jr.
Church, Edward
Cooper, Henry
Cutting, Nathaniel
Delamotte, F. C. A.
Fenwick, Joseph
Greenleaf, James
Johnson, Joshua
Maury, James
Montgomery, Robert
Morphy, Michael
Parish, John
Phillips, Benjamin H.
Pintard, John Marsden
Saabÿe, Hans Rodolph
Skipwith, Fulwar
Vanderhorst, Elias
Yznardi, Joseph, Jr.L
consumption
Denney dies of, 142n
Continental Army
Lafayette’s pay for service in, 618n
Va. troops in, 697, 703
provisioning of, 700-1, 703
arms for southern army, 709
reinforcements for southern army, 711
depreciation of monthly pay, 718
French subsidy for southern army, 720-1
Continental Congress. See Congress, Continental
contraband
British policy toward, 56-7, 100-2, 138, 143, 149-50, 448n
U.S. policy toward, 458-9
Convention troops
baggage of, 684
provisioning of, 689, 701n, 716
supplied by flag of truce, 689-90, 715
horses of, 690
Conway, Richard
and accounts of Federal District Commissioners, 75n
Conyngham (Coningham, Cunningham) (ship)
captured by Sans Culottes, 342-3
and French captures of prizes in U.S. territorial waters, 342-3, 374, 392, 417, 421, 426, 618
Cook, William
and case of San Josef, 343-4n, 627-8n
Cook v. Cook
TJ cites precedent, 726
Cooper, Justice
and case of Greyhound, 81n
Cooper, Henry
letter to, 95-6
letter from, 351
consular bond, 351
Copeland, Mr.
land transactions of, 669
Copenhagen
desirability of consul at, 802
copper
for Mint, 150, 158, 160, 311, 450, 589
copper coinage
at Mint, 645
consideration by Congress, 822
copying press, 306
copyrights
and TJ, 853
Corcubion, Spain
and colonial trade, 579-80
cordage
duties on, 841
Corinth grape
vine sent to TJ, 278
corn
and British trade restrictions, 33, 56, 123, 150n, 454-5, 475, 478n
and French trade restrictions, 33, 471
duties on in Denmark, 548n, 557, 565n, 571, 802
duties on in Danish West Indies, 549n, 559, 573
militia seeks relief to plant, 715
Cornelia (French warship)
joins abortive naval campaign in Canada, 386-7n
Cornell, David
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 463n
cornmeal
duties on in Danish West Indies, 549n, 559, 573
Cornwallis, Charles, Lord
invades N.C., 704n
opposed by Greene, 709, 711
invades Va., 719-20
Corny, Mme de. See Ethis de Corny, Anne Mangeot
Cortés (Cortez), Hernán
TJ seeks edition of letters of, 217-18, 324, 615
Cosway, Maria Hadfield (Mrs. Richard Cosway)
joins convent, 449
Côte Rôtie, France
TJ evaluates wines of, 762
cotton
export from French colonies, 169, 640
Pearce’s machine for cleaning, 393, 434
Arthur’s machine for spinning, 499
and import duties proposed by TJ, 546n, 550n, 551n
Pollard’s machine for spinning, 783
TJ’s notes on production of, 818
cotton, black-seed
and Whitney’s cotton gin, 434
cotton, green-seed
and Whitney’s cotton gin, 434
cotton gin
Whitney’s model of, xlix, 394 (illus.)
Whitney’s patent for, xlix, 240-51, 392-3
TJ’s interest in, 392-3, 433-4
Whitney describes to TJ, 433-4
Arthur proposes to build, 499
cotton mill
erection of in New Haven, 66
counterfeiting
of public securities, 306n, 439-43, 495
of French paper money, 470
Coupland, David
surety of Carr estate, 675n
Court of Appeals, U.S.
papers of, 786
Coutinho, Diogo Pereira Forjaz
and case of Commerçant, 141
and case of Minerva, 149, 223-4, 282-3
places Pintard under house arrest, 223-4, 239, 282-3
Coutinho, Luís Pinto de Sousa
Church introduced to, 107
and case of Minerva, 149, 223-4
and Portuguese-Algerine truce, 230-3, 262, 264-7
Cox, Moses
letter to, 125-6
rents house to TJ, 125-6
Coxe, Albion
and coinage of silver, 450-5
assayer of Mint, 488, 645
Coxe, John D.
and U.S. ships carried into Bahamas, 118
Coxe, Tench
letters to, 76, 184, 782, 841
letters from, 35, 118, 136, 301, 346-7, 759, 760, 788, 808
memorandum from, 840-1
and location of consuls, 35
TJ sends census to, 76
and tonnage duties from Saint-Domingue refugees, 103
and U.S. ships carried into Bahamas, 118
and passports for U.S. ships, 136, 301
and British captures of U.S. ships, 184, 190
letter from submitted to Washington, 190
letter to submitted to Washington, 190
and commission for Delozier, 346-7
and TJ’s report on commerce, 533, 546n, 565-7n, 578n, 840-1
forms partnership to import English machinery, 759-60
TJ invites to dinner, 782
and fisheries, 788
and exchange rates, 808
Cozens, Matthew
commission for, 424
Crach, Germany. See Graach (Crach), Germany
Creek Indians
hostilities with Ga., 32, 462-4, 584-5n
and President’s annual address to Congress, 423
hostilities with Chickasaws, 584-5n
hostilities with U.S., 584-5n
relations with Cherokees, 584-5n
relations with Spain, 584-5n
treaty with, 785
Crèvecoeur, America Francès de
marries Otto, 781
Crèvecoeur, Michel Guillaume St. John
and address of French consular commissions, 500-1
daughter marries Otto, 781
Cropper, Sarah (Sally) Corbin
and camera obscura, 47
leaves trunk with TJ, 394
visits Trenton, 523-4
Crosby, Sampson
and model of threshing machine for TJ, 102
messenger in Department of State, 117
absent from Philadelphia, 146, 183, 260
and lodgings for TJ, 452
Crosby, Mrs. Sampson, 183
Cross, John
letters for Leacock delivered to, 510-11
crown, English
proportion of silver in, 821
crown, French
exchange rate in French West Indies, 808
proportion of silver in, 821
Crump, Abner
Powhatan Co. clerk, 683n
Crusca vocabulary (Italian)
TJ orders dictionary, 767
Cruse, Englehart (Englebert)
steam engine improvements, 803
Cuba
slave trade in, 800
Culpeper Co., Va.
resolutions on neutrality, 237
militia, 706, 708-9, 715
Culver, William
carries dispatches to G. Morris, 400-1
Cumberland, Va.
depth of water at, 705
Cumberland Co., Va.
TJ’s lands in, 255
Cumberland river
and land grants within Southwest Territory, 796
Cunningham. See Conyngham
Cupid
figurine depicting, 751
Curaçao, W.I.
and Dutch capture of U.S. prize, 136
Curles (Curls) (Randolph estate)
Short admires, 206
Currie, Anne Inglis (Mrs. James Currie)
TJ’s affection for, 493
mentioned, 119
Currie, James
letters to, 118-19, 493
letters from, 40-1, 260, 333, 397-8
financial affairs, 40-1, 118-19, 260, 333, 397-8, 493
TJ orders wine for, 260
and wine for TJ, 493
Custine (Guistine), Adam Philippe, Comte de
trial of, 5
introduced to TJ, 704
customs collectors, U.S.
and enforcement of neutrality, 36-7, 44, 473n
appointment of, 94
and Virginia’s quarantine against yellow fever, 135
and passports for U.S. ships, 136
and tonnage duties from Saint-Domingue refugees, 173, 522-3
cash bank notes on demand, 431
and compensation for French prizes, 504, 583, 621-2
and restoration of French prizes, 583
Cutler, Manasseh
and Ohio Company land purchase, 826
Cutting, John Brown
Leslie meets, 154
account with U.S., 658-60
and case of William Green, 832, 833, 834
Cutting, Nathaniel
letter to, 845
letter from, 23-4
and Humphreys’s mission to Algiers, 4, 23-4, 139, 141, 516, 845
letter from submitted to Washington, 24n
account with U.S., 654, 659-60
and rice for TJ, 787
wine merchant, 843
TJ invites to dinner, 845
letter to quoted, 845n
Cyrus (Sirus, slave)
deeded to TJ by mother, 676
bequeathed to TJ’s brother, 779n