Bacchus, Mr.

death, 77

Bache, Benjamin Franklin

letters to, 168-9, 377, 560-1

and Franklin's gong, 168, 377, 561

as publisher of Aurora, 377, 467, 509, 560-2, 592

and publication of Jay Treaty, 400n

letter from cited, 561n

publishes letters by T. Paine, 578n

Bailey, Robert

identified, 257n

memorandum from, 256-7

prepares inventory of seeds at Monticello, 256-7

Baker, Jerman

and debt to Farell & Jones, 115-16n

and R. Randolph's estate, 289n

Balbastre, Claude Bénigne

music tutor for TJ's daughters, 361

Ball, Mr.

and TJ's nail machine, 527

balloons

barometric readings from, 595, 596n

Baltimore, Md.

cost of travel to Fredericksburg from, 20-1

insurance rates in, 258

as market for wheat, 407

Banister, John, Jr.

debt owed TJ by estate of, 205, 214, 218-19, 240-1, 329, 336-7

Bank of North America

price of stock, 386

Short evaluates as investment, 493, 497n

Bank of Pennsylvania

price of stock, 386

Bank of the United States

Department of State funds in, 6

draws money from Europe, 44

price of stock, 386

Short evaluates as investment, 493

power of attorney deposited in, 612

banks

and tax on transfer of stocks, 73

J. Taylor's pamphlets on, 76

and politics, 508

and paper money, metals, 560

Banks, Henry

letter to, 245-6

identified, 246n

account with TJ for purchase of Elk Hill, 245-6, 272-3, 324

mortgages Greenbrier lands to TJ, 245-6

letter from cited, 246n

and suit of Hunter, Banks & Co., 352-3, 447-8, 497-8, 518-19

Bankson, Benjamin

letter to, 48-9

certificate for quoted, 48-9n

Barclay, Mrs.

and TJ's accounts, 227

Barclay, George & Co.

and Mazzei's finances, 329, 369, 500, 603

Barclay, Thomas

mission to Morocco, 461-2

Barère de Vieuzac, Bertrand, 146, 393

barley

and restoration of land, 298

Barlow, Joel

in Hamburg, 189

encourages Ebeling, 423

TJ characterizes, 506

mentioned, 216

Barlow, Ruth Baldwin, 189

Barnardiston, Thomas

Reports of Cases Determined in the Court of King's Bench, 351

Barnes, John

letters to, 179-80, 204, 279-80, 328-9, 334-5, 378, 379, 383, 390, 410, 436, 466-7, 552, 591-2, 593, 609, 611, 620

letters from, 385-6, 420

identified, 180n

handles TJ's financial transactions, 65n, 349n, 379, 381n, 383, 410, 437, 459, 467n, 468, 552n, 591-2, 593, 611

fills orders for TJ, 179-80, 436, 560, 609

letters from cited, 204n, 280n, 329n, 378n, 410n, 420n, 467n, 552n, 593n, 611n

and Short's affairs, 279-80, 283, 306, 334-5, 378, 385, 420-1, 430n, 437, 442, 492-3, 497n, 611-12, 620

letters to cited, 280n, 386n, 467n, 552n, 593n

and payment for nail machine, 388

and James River. Co., 389, 418, 431, 438

TJ overdraws account with, 611

Barnwell, John, 203

barometers

to measure heights of mountains, 594-9

Barras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de, 532-3

Barrere. See Barère, Bertrand

Barrington, Daines

Observations on the More Ancient Statutes, 351

Barthélemy, François, 426

Barton, Benjamin Smith

and Ebeling, 423

TJ characterizes, 506

Bartram, John, 372n

Bartram, William

Travels, 425

Basle, Switzerland

Spain and France negotiate at, 426, 548

and 13 Vendémiaire, 532

Batavian Republic

formation of, 244, 310, 330, 337, 395

naval strength, 395

and British restrictions on Dutch firms, 501n

Baylor v. Lewis

B. Washington represents TJ in, 345

beans

English horse, in U.S. agriculture, 95, 232

TJ uses drill for, 233

in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 256-7

white, and restoration of land, 298

in Strickland's notes, 373n

Beaumez. See Briois de Beaumez (Beaumetz), Bon Albert

Beaune, France

TJ recommends wines of, 361

Beckley, John

and J. Carey's publication of letters, 324

and Mazzei claim against Dohrman, 387

and Monroe's "sketch", 397n

places Madison item in papers, 397n

sends pamphlets to TJ, 475

suspected as author of essays against Jay Treaty, 475-6

Bedford. See Poplar Forest (TJ's estate)

Bedford Co., Va.

TJ collects debts in, 218

Bee

TJ receives from Coxe, 67

beef

price of, 186, 203

Belknap, Jeremy, 423

Bell, Thomas

transmits, stores various goods for TJ, 184, 242, 616, 625

forwards money, 214, 439

and TJ's nailery, 225, 487, 527

health of, 264, 401

forwards books to Staunton, 350, 384, 399

and Derieux's affairs, 448

suit against Henderson heirs, 471-3, 484n, 520n

and Cobbs suit, 575

attests to document, 612n

mentioned, 34

Belle Grove (Frederick Co., Va.)

construction of, 178-9

Bellini, Carlo (Charles), 370

Bellini, Gaspara Farolfi (Mrs. Charles Bellini), 370

Bendixen, Siegfried

lithograph of Ebeling, xxxviii

Bentley, William, 427n, 510n

Berkeley, William, 288

Berlin

Academy of Sciences, 124, 130

Bermuda Hundred (Randolph estate)

conveyance challenged, 287-91

Bern, Switzerland

and Pays de Vaud, 57, 71, 72n

and political oppression, 71, 72n

and Genevan Revolution, 143-4, 163-4n, 177, 191

Bernier, Laurent, 199

Berthollet, Claude Louis

Eléments de l'Art de la Teinture, 359

Bertrand, Louis

and relocation of Academy of Geneva to U.S., 124, 269, 276

Bertrand, O. A.

letter from, 16-17

agricultural propositions, 17-18, 19-20, 74-5

TJ forwards proposals to E. Randolph, 74

Beverley, Maria. See Randolph, Maria Beverley

Beverley, Robert (d. 1722)

History and Present State of Virginia, 424

Beverley, Robert (d. 1800)

and R. Randolph property, 287, 291n

Beverley, William

Abridgment of the Publick Laws of Virginia, 589

Bible

Abraham, 68, 93

Dives, 68, 93, 95

Lazarus, 68

parable of prodigal son, 110

Nineveh, 141

Bibliotheca Legum: or, A Compleat List of all the Common and Statute Law Books of this Realm (John Worrall)

TJ consults for book prices, 331-2

Biby, Mr., 527

Biddle, Clement, 4, 421

Biddle, Samuel

and sheep for TJ, 11

characterized by TJ, 22

and TJ's tobacco, 345

Biddle, Thomas, 4

Bideleux, Antoine, 199

Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas, 393

Billy (T. M. Randolph's slave)

brings chariot to T. M. Randolph, 225-6

goes to Richmond for nailrod, 225-6

delivers wine to TJ, 581, 608, 616

TJ questions character of, 581

Bingham, William, 32, 221, 245

birds

whippoorwills and martins at Monticello, 50

introduction of new species to America, 362

specimens of, in Leverian museum, 364-5.

See also turkeys

biscuits, water

on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 431

Bivins, James

R. Randolph bond to, 98-100, 286, 289-91n

as captain of Prince of Wales, 98n

Bivins, James, Jr.

and suit against Wayles's executors, 98-100, 286, 615, 616n

Blackden, Samuel

letter to, 216

letter from, 187-9

letter transmitted to, 246

Blackden, Mrs. Samuel, 189, 216

blacking

on TJ's grocery list, 432

blacklead. See graphite

blacks

and congressional elections in Mass., 221

in Ebeling's study of America, 425

Blair, Jean, 370

Blair, John (1732-1800)

letter from, 384-5

and Mazzei's finances, 204, 329, 369, 384-5, 456-7, 603

characterized by TJ, 338

makes judiciary tour to northern states, 369

death of wife and son, 370

letters to cited, 371n, 385n

letters from cited, 385n

leaves Supreme Court, 607

Blake, James

letter to, 622

letters from, 381-3, 513, 545

as courier, 50, 62, 76, 78, 84, 93

to bring books to TJ, 185, 187, 255, 377, 381-3, 495, 513, 545, 622

commended by Short, 185-6

as Carmichael's secretary, 382n

Bland, Richard

and TJ's collection of Va. laws, 586

Blenheim (Carter estate)

adjoins Short's property, 305-6, 309, 333, 354, 355, 361, 379, 380

blinds, venetian

repair of, 467-8, 561, 622

Blodget, Thomas, 289n

Bloodworth, Timothy, 265

Blue Ridge mountains

height of, 598

Bob (Wood slave)

TJ hires, 580

Bolling, John

TJ's order on, 51

TJ visits, 98

Bolling, Mary (Polly, TJ's niece)

suffers from fever at Monticello, 419, 429

Bolling, Mary Jefferson (Mrs. John Bolling, TJ's sister)

health of, 419, 429

visits Monticello, 419, 429

Bolling, Powhatan, 110

Bolling v. Bolling

Wythe's and TJ's arguments in, 53

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 246n, 518n, 533-4n

Bond, Robert, 178-9

bonds

collection of, 108-9, 218

terms for payment of, 108

Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats; or, Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled, "The Political Progress of Britain" (William Cobbett), 578-9

books. See Jefferson, Thomas: Library

Boon (ship), 77

Bordeaux

TJ orders wine of, 448, 449

Bordley (Boardly), John Beale

urges creation of state agricultural society, 36n

Purport of a Letter on Sheep, 259-60, 315-16

Sketches on Rotations of Crops, 259-60, 315

Boston

public meeting on Madison's resolutions at, 26-8, 32

T. M. Randolph travels to, 104n

and defense of democratic-republican societies, 221-2

experiments with mill at, 374

and Jay Treaty, 432-3, 450, 476-7

Washington replies to address from, 564, 565n

botany

Clayton's work on, 425

state of knowledge of American, 505.

See also natural history

Botetourt Co, Va.

barometric measurements in, 594-5, 597

Boudinot, Elias, 251

Bourbon, Louise Marie Adelaide de, Duchesse d'Orléans, 463-4

Bourdillon-Diedey, Isaac, 199

Bousquet, Etienne Alexandre

and Genevan Revolution, 139-40, 161, 199

Bracton, Henry de

de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, 315-16

Bradford, William

appointed Attorney General, 24, 25n

death, 450, 545n

Bradley, Stephen R.

in Senate, 30, 31n, 69, 203

Branch, James

debt to TJ, 108

brandy, French

on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 432

breadstuffs

in British and French measures against neutral trade, 392n, 395-6, 411-12, 421-2

exportation of causes scarcity in U.S., 606-7

Breckinridge, John

letter from, 417-18

on growth of Ky., 417-18

Brend, Thomas

binds TJ's collection of Va. laws, 581-2

Brent, William, 21

Brevarium Historiae Romanae, cum Metaphrasi Graeca Paeanii (Eutropius)

ordered by TJ, 358

Brewer, Nanny (brickmaker), 98

bricks

method of making, 252

Bringhurst, James, Jr.

draft in favor of, 378, 421, 437

letter from cited, 378n

letter to cited, 378n

Bringhurst, John

fails to respond to TJ's inquiries, 259-60, 284

letters to cited, 260n, 613n

letters from cited, 284n, 607n

TJ's account with, 600, 607, 612

writes Madison, 602n

provides information on Sharpless, 613, 624

mentioned, 436, 467

Briois de Beaumez (Beaumetz), Bon Albert

in U.S., 71, 320

described, 72n

Brissot de Warville, Jean Pierre, 28

Brissotines. See Girondins

Bristol, England

and slave trade, 286

Brittany, France

British expeditionary force sent to, 25, 25n

Brittle, Capt.

and TJ's clover seed, 242

Britton. See Le Breton (Britton), John

Britton, Mr.

and TJ's nail cutting machine, 608

broccoli

in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257

Brooke, Robert

letter to, 352-3

letter from, 447-8

identified, 352-3n

and establishment of a university in Va., 307

and suit of Hunter, Banks & Co., 352-3, 447-8, 497-8

Brown, Andrew

and E. Randolph's Vindication, 511-12n

TJ orders newspaper from, 592

supports employment of stenographer in House, 602n

mentioned, 561n.

See also Philadelphia Gazette

Brown, Benjamin, 520n

Brown, James

letters to, 97, 169, 330-1, 345, 365-6, 409-10, 513

and TJ's account with Donald & Burton, 97, 98, 205, 367, 368n

letters from cited, 97n, 205n, 331n, 345n, 513n

letter to summarized, 98

TJ's account with, 169, 330-1, 345, 365, 409-10

and TJ's wine order, 169, 581

and exchange rates, 182

letters to cited, 331n, 366n

and price of tobacco, 345, 407

and Short's business affairs, 355, 492

and telescope and orrery for TJ, 367

Snelson's order on, 521, 534

Brown, John (clerk of General Court of Va.)

TJ's payment to, 270

letter from cited, 270n

letter to cited, 270n

and publication of Va. laws, 569, 585n

Brown, Nathaniel William, 77

Brunswick, Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of, 81-2, 90, 92n

Buchanan, James, & Co., 290n, 291n

Buck, Daniel, 578n

Buck Island (Lewis estate)

and TJ's accounts, 463

Buck Island creek (Albemarle Co.)

Short's lands on, 334n

buckwheat

in crop-rotation plans, 68, 75, 94, 231-3, 300

for table use, 236

Washington reports on growing of, 499

Bunbury, William

Reports of Cases in the Court of Exchequer, 373n

Burr, Aaron

potential minister to France, 70, 85-7

and Monroe's "sketch", 397-8n

visits Monticello, 512

Burral, Mr.

TJ orders nail machine from, 388

Burrow, Sir James

Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, 351, 399, 410

Butler, Charles, 332n

Butler, Pierce

and Madison, 400n, 450n

Byrd, William, III

and suit against R. Randolph's heirs, 290n

and TJ's collection of Va. laws, 586