Abelard, Pierre

Veritables Lettres d'Abeillard et d'Héloise, 358

Abridgment of the Publick Laws of Virginia, in Force and Use, June 10. 1720 (William Beverley)

and TJ's collection of Va. laws, 589

Adams, Abigail, 57, 363, 619

Adams, John

letters to, 57, 261-2, 363, 618-19

letters from, 50-1, 71-2, 207-8, 258-9, 600

and D'Ivernois, xxxviii, 124, 130, 133n, 144-5n, 164, 207-8, 258, 261-2, 275, 276, 307-8, 311, 313, 363, 600

envies TJ's retirement, 50, 71, 72

casts vote in Senate, 69

on Jay Treaty, 71-2, 449

opposes aristocratic government, 71

on written laws and political revolutions, 71

contrasts farming and politics, 208

political opinions of, 208

laments changes in Cabinet, 258

and Vall-Travers, 363-4

appoints B. Washington to Supreme Court, 480n

accounts with U.S., 486, 524, 619

on French Revolution, 600

Adams, John Quincy, 495

Adams, Richard

letter to, 219-20

letter from, 224

identified, 219-20n

letter from cited, 224n

and Short's financial affairs, 241, 355

Adams, Samuel

opposes Jay Treaty, 601

address of quoted, 602n

mentioned, 133n

Adams, Samuel G., 116n

Adams, Thomas

edits Independent Chronicle, 509

Adet, Pierre Auguste

letter to, 503-4

letter from, 458-9

identified, 459n

as diplomat to Geneva, 192, 194, 239

recruits Genevan scholars, 194

minister of France to U.S., 314

and Jay Treaty, 400n

regard for TJ as philosopher, 458, 503-4

assesses TJ's views, 459n

supports TJ for president, 459n

and Pictet, 503, 504, 505

and Volney, 525

presents French flag to Washington, 578-9

Aeneid (Virgil)

quoted, 14, 163n

Aeschylus

writings of, 358

Aesop

fable of wolves and sheep, 219

mentioned, 185, 229

Agamemnon (Aeschylus)

TJ owns, 358

agriculture

O. Bertrand sends information, prospectus on, 16-19, 74-5

in Belgium, 17

plan for state society of, 36

Coxe's thoughts on, 89-90

and shortage of labor in U.S., 94, 294

importance of, in U.S., 277

cultivation of vetch in Europe, 291

and restoration of land, 299-301

TJ on small farms as sources of income, 341

Strickland's observations on, 372n

British Board of Agriculture, 409

Volney's interest in, 526, 551

honesty of Americans engaged in, 618

Aij, France. See Ay (Aij), France

Albemarle Co., Va.

crops and weather in, 56, 457-8

hiring of slaves in, 242

land prices, 305, 309, 327-8, 333, 354, 356n, 379, 381, 580

building costs in, 361

TJ praises, 368

plans address to President on Jay Treaty, 435

lack of gristmills in, 473n

Albemarle County Court

rumor of Genet's recall at, 21

TJ plans to attend, 331, 340

TJ sues in, 406n

approval for mills, 471-4, 477, 480-1

damage to records during War for Independence, 570-1

Alcock, Weston, 625

Alexander, Eli

letter from, 342

identified, 235n

engaged as overseer at Shadwell, 22

computes consumption of corn, 235

memorandums from, 235, 236, 243

buckwheat recipe, 236

compiles list of stock, 243

farm equipment, 342

TJ's account with, 552n

Alexander, William (Augusta Co.)

letter to, 487

orders nails, 487

letter from cited, 487n

letter to cited, 487n

Alexandria, Va.

newspapers, 428

and Jay Treaty, 433, 449, 460, 540

Algiers

and British diplomacy, truce with Portugal, 25, 28n, 102

corsairs attack U.S. shipping, 27-8

relations with Denmark, 188

U.S. relations with, 546, 548n

U.S. treaty with, 601, 606, 613-14, 624

Algiers, American captives in

ransom of, 453

Algiers, Dey of. See Ali Hassan, Dey of Algiers

alien law

of New York, 153

Ali Hassan, Dey of Algiers, 102, 188

Allegheny Co., Pa.

and Whiskey Insurrection, 183n

state assembly expels legislators from, 222n

Allegheny mountains

height of measured, 597-8

Allen, Ebenezer, 578n

Almodóvar del Río, Pedro Jiménez de Góngora y Luján, Duque de

revises Raynal, 510n

Alsace

and War of First Coalition, 23

American Husbandry, 372-3n

American Minerva (New York)

read by Ebeling, 424

TJ on, 506, 509

American Philosophical Society

D. Stewart's membership in, 285

and Vall-Travers, collections for, 363-5, 469-70

TJ presents books to, 365n

and Strickland's paper on use of thermometer in navigation, 372n

and Williams's barometric observations, 594-9

American Revolution

J. Carey's publication of letters from, 324

pensions for French officers who fought in, 343-4, 463-4, 498, 613-4

Ebeling seeks information about, 425-6

medals for officers who served in, 486

and republicanism, 506-7

destruction of court records during, 570-1

departure of British army following, 625n

American Universal Geography (Jedidiah Morse), 424, 428n

Ames, Fisher

burned in effigy, 44-5

as candidate for Congress, 202, 221

Amherst Co., Va.

and N. Davies's will, 109-10

plans address to President on Jay Treaty, 435

Amsterdam

and War of First Coalition, 316, 422

occupied by France, 328

and U.S. payments, 443, 488

Anderson, Mr. (son of Nathaniel), 342-3

Anderson, Francis, 605

Anderson, Nathaniel

TJ recommends son of, 342-3

letters from cited, 343n

letters to cited, 343n

and Mazzei's finances, 369, 500, 599, 603

Anderson, Richard

in TJ's accounts, 416, 536

Anderson, William (London merchant)

and Mazzei's finances, 369, 500, 599, 603

Andrews, George

Report of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, 351

Andrews, Mary Blair, 370

Andrews, Robert

and Mazzei's finances, 384-5

opposes Jay Treaty, 433

Andrews, Rev. Robert, 370

Antiquités romaines de Denys d'Halicarnasse (Dionysius of Halicarnassus)

ordered by TJ, 358

Anville, Madame d'. See Enville, Louise Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld, Du- chesse d'

Appomattox river

mills on destroyed by storm, 439

arbitration

proposed by TJ for settlement of boundary dispute, 337-8

architecture

of D'Ivernois's "New Geneva," 171.

See also Monticello

Argus, or Greenleaf's New Daily Advertiser (New York)

publishes "Camillus" essays, 431n

publishes "Cato" essays, 433n

Arnold, Benedict, 44-5

Arnoux, Abb‚, 361, 453

Art de bien faire les glaces d'office (M. Emy)

ordered by TJ, 359

Arthur's distillery

destroyed in flood, 439

artichokes

grown at Monticello, 225

artisans

for proposed Genevan settlement, 153, 175

clock repairer in Staunton, 351

blacksmiths, 579

carpenters, 579

Artois, Charles Philippe, Comte d', 532

Askin, John, 576-8

asparagus

grown at Monticello, 50, 225

asses

for breeding, 48, 227-8

association, freedom of

threatened by attack on democratic societies, 359

Ast, William Frederick

letter from, 257-8

sends fire insurance plan, 257-8

letters from cited, 258n

letter to cited, 258n

Athenaeus

Quinz livres des Deipnosophistes, 358

Atkyns, John Tracy

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, 351, 399

attorneys

and public opinion, 76

taxes on fees of, 480n

Auckland. See Eden, William, Baron Auckland

Aurora (Philadelphia)

TJ seeks bound copies of, 377, 467, 560

publishes Monroe's reports from France, 397-8n, 533n

and Jay Treaty, 400n, 559

politics of, 509

TJ subscribes to, 560, 592

Australia

visited by Malaspina, 383n

Austria

interferes in French internal politics, 90

and War of First Coalition, 310, 395, 426, 533

convention with Great Britain, 411, 412n

holding French prisoners, 412n

and battle near Mannheim, 533

Authentic History of the Origin and Progress of the Late Revolution in Geneva (François D'Ivernois), 144-5n

Autun, Bishop of. See Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de

Ay (Aij), France

wines of, 361