Volume 27 Index
U
United States
Army
and defense preparations, 46-7.
See also
Department of War, U.S.
Knox, Henry
Cabinet
and British retention of western posts, l-li, 33-4
and British trade restrictions, l-li, 50, 59n, 454-5, 475-9n, 481, 489, 491n
and French trade restrictions, l-li, 475-9n, 481
and Genet’s recall, l-li, 49, 53n, 133n, 399-401, 476-9n
and infractions of peace treaty, l-li, 50, 353n, 392, 426, 454-5, 475-9n, 481
and President’s annual address to Congress, l, 399-401, 411-13, 423-4n, 428, 453-5
and Proclamation of Neutrality, l, 399-401, 411-13
and conflict with Creeks, 32, 33-4n
and conflict with Miamis, 32, 33-4n
and Galbaud’s dispute with Genet, 32-4
and coastal fortifications, 33, 46-7, 428, 454-5
and British right to bring prizes into U.S. ports, 49
and case of Riviere, 49
and case of Sans Culotte, 49
and case of William Tell, 49
and detention of French prizes in U.S. ports, 49
and French captures of prizes in U.S. territorial waters, 49, 342-3n, 374n, 383n, 385n, 392, 426
and French consular admiralty jurisdiction in U.S., 49-50, 392, 426
and French fleet in N.Y., 49-50
and French privateers commissioned by Genet in U.S., 49, 622n
and threatened revocation of French consular exequaturs, 49
and case of Flora, 50
and French right to fit out privateers in U.S., 50, 371-2n
and case of Duplaine, 82n, 416n, 427
TJ desires to avoid meetings of, 121
and Genet’s request for arms for French West Indies, 134n
and U.S. defense needs, 134n
meets in Germantown, 218-19, 228-9, 297-8, 450-5
and President’s authority to relocate Congress, 254-5
and U.S. guarantee of French possessions in America, 289n, 400, 476n
and French plan to liberate Canada, 291n
and French plan to liberate Louisiana, 291n
and maritime jurisdiction of U.S., 330n, 331n, 340n, 342n, 391, 426, 476n
and case of Conyngham, 342-3n, 374n, 392, 426
and case of Pilgrim, 342-3n, 426
and alleged French refugee plots in U.S., 356n, 392
and case of Industry, 371-2n
and case of Moissonnier, 375n, 392
and case of William, 383n, 385n, 392, 426
and case of Roehampton, 392, 426
and Genet’s threat to appeal from Washington to American people, 399-401, 453-5
and restoration of French prizes, 414n, 426
and address of French consular commissions, 415n, 426, 489
and case of Lovely Lass, 426-7
and case of Prince William Henry, 426-7
and exequaturs for foreign consuls, 426, 489
and case of Dannery, 427
and case of Jane of Dublin, 427
and proposal for military academy, 428, 454-5
and new commercial treaty with France, 476n
and British captures of U.S. ships, 489, 491n
and case of Nancy, 489, 491n
and tonnage duties from Saint-Domingue refugees, 489, 523n
and neutrality rules, 593n
and free ships and free goods, 599
and case of Hope, 622n
and compensation for French prizes, 622n
and Genet’s right to appeal from Washington to Congress, 632, 649n
and publication of Genet’s correspondence, 632, 649n.
See also
Hamilton, Alexander
Jefferson, Thomas: Secretary of State
Knox, Henry
Randolph, Edmund
Congress
and British retention of western posts, l-li
and British trade restrictions, l-li, 6, 58, 471-2, 475-9
and French trade restrictions, l-li, 474-9, 651-2
and infractions of peace treaty, l-li, 475-9
and Bill of Rights, li, 815
TJ’s report on commerce to, li, 532-80
meeting of, 8, 121, 218, 279, 402, 450, 467, 481, 496, 497
and Republican resolutions on neutrality, 17
and Creek hostilities with Ga., 32, 585n
and coastal fortifications, 33, 428
and Knox’s report on defense, 47
and Genet’s recall, 87n, 126-32, 219, 400-1, 474-9
and enforcement of consular convention, 98
and enforcement of neutrality, 104
and compensation for French prizes, 113, 474-9
and consular salaries, 141
and weights and measures, 154, 220n, 508
and tonnage duties from Saint-Domingue refugees, 172-3, 489, 523
yellow fever threatens relocation of, 175, 228-9, 297-8, 299, 334, 335-6, 345, 361, 388, 390, 394, 395, 432, 464, 485, 491-2
and Portuguese-Algerine truce, 197-8n, 503, 516-18, 608, 610, 617
and Paine’s peace commission proposal, 227n, 258
President’s authority to relocate, 254
and case of Duplaine, 273
and detention of French prizes in U.S. ports, 280
and French consular admiralty jurisdiction in U.S., 280
and U.S. guarantee of French possessions in America, 289n
and Genet’s threat to appeal from Washington to American people, 298, 395-6, 399-401
annual budget, 305
and Ast’s fire insurance plan, 308-9, 359-60, 592
and patents, 309, 791n, 797n
Germantown Academy offers to house, 315
and Southwest Territory, 324n, 328
and Department of State accounts, 333, 582, 612-13, 649, 652-5, 655
and customs laws, 344n
and U.S. debt to France, 348, 365
powers of, 379, 411-13, 428
President’s annual address to, 399-401, 411-13, 421-3, 428, 453-5
and Proclamation of Neutrality, 399-401
and final settlement of state accounts, 407
and proposal for military academy, 428
accommodations for, 433
and Skjöldebrand’s proposed mission to Algiers, 466n
and free ships and free goods, 474-9, 651-2
and additional instructions to British warships and privateers, 475-9
and circular letter to merchants, 475
and relations with Spain, 475, 518n, 629, 648-9
and Department of State budget, 490
printed laws of, 490
and address of French consular commissions, 500-1, 527
and Barclay’s mission to Morocco, 513-15
and ransom of captives in Algiers, 513-17, 518n, 521, 824
and relations with Algiers, 513-17, 518n, 521, 617
and relations with Morocco, 513-17, 518n, 521
and boundary with Spain, 519-20
and right to navigate Mississippi, 519-20
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 519-20, 591, 617, 629, 648-9
and trade with Spain, 519-20
and Creek boundary with Ga., 585n
and ships for U.S. Navy, 589
Genet’s right to appeal from Washington to, 594-5, 632, 649
and publication of Genet’s correspondence, 594-5, 632, 649
private appeals to, 595-6
and restrictions on British trade, 609; and relations with Western Indians, 610n
and registration of servants, 611-12n
and French plan to capture E. and W. Fla., 620
attitudes in Kentucky toward, 631
and Department of State salaries, 635-6n; and Yznardi’s proposed mission to Algiers, 636
composition of, 637
and case of Lafayette, 644, 648
and Mint, 645-7, 648
and case of P. Wilson, 650
and consular accounts, 651
and medal of H. Lee, 651-2
and sale of minister’s residence at The Hague, 651
and amount and proportion of silver in dollar, 809-11, 813-14, 821-2
and Pa. land purchase, 809
and Conn. land cession, 809n
and sinking fund, 825n
acts of sent to governors, 852, 855
House of Representatives
report to, 532-79
publishes correspondence on France and Great Britain, l
apportionment of members of, lii
compensation for members of, lii
election for speaker, 297
and control of foreign policy, 412-13
powers of, 412-13
and Department of State budget, 490n
and final settlement of state accounts, 504
and U.S. trade in Mediterranean, 513
and navigation act, 533
and TJ’s report on commerce, 533-5, 553, 567, 579-80, 620, 639-43
and U.S. commercial policy, 578-9n
tables Kierrulf’s petition, 596n
and amount and proportion of silver in dollar, 813-14
and census, 816
and Louis XVI’s acceptance of the French constitution, 816
Navy
need for, 140, 193, 197-8n, 222, 470, 597, 789
ships offered for, 581, 589, 605
President
powers of, 33, 254, 631
and appointment power, 213
alleged Federalist desire for life tenure of, 467
and address of French consular commissions, 527.
See also Washington, George
Senate
compensation for members of, lii
and relations with Spain, 86, 519, 817
powers of, 213, 412-13
alleged Federalist desire for hereditary membership in, 467
and ransom of captives in Algiers, 514-15
and TJ’s report on commerce, 534, 580-1
and amount and proportion of silver in dollar, 811, 813-14, 821-2
and Louis XVI’s acceptance of the French constitution, 816
and weights and measures, 820-2
Supreme Court
and Pagan v. Hooper, 38, 106
and Genet’s attempt to sue Jay and King for libel, 528
authentication of records for, 856
justices’ commissions, 857
Vice-President
University of the State of Pennsylvania
letter from, 804
TJ invited to commencement, 804