Cabarrus, Stephen, 64
cabbages
TJ uses drill for, 233
inventory of seeds at Monticello, 256-7
compared with rutabaga, 384
Cabell, Samuel J.
as candidate for Congress, 259-60, 292
characterized by TJ, 292
Cabot, Sebastian, 371-3
Calfpasture river, Va.
W. Alexander resides at, 487n
barometric readings at, 595
Call, Daniel, 291n, 474n
Callender, James Thomson
leaves pamphlet for Coxe, 101-3
political pamphlets by, 102-3n
Cobbett responds to, 579n
Callis, William Overton
letter to, 346-7
identified, 346n
assists TJ in purchase of slaves, 346-7
letter from cited, 347n
Calvin, John, 134
Cambridge University
and Irish youth, 312
"Camillus"
pseudonym used by R. King, 431n
in defense of Jay Treaty, 535.
See also Hamilton, Alexander
Campbell, Alexander, 614
Campbell, John, 494
Campbell, Neill
in TJ's accounts, 413-15
Campbell Co., Va.
TJ seeks land patents in, 537-8, 553, 608-9
canal companies.
See
James River Company
Potomac Canal Company
Candid Examination of the Objections to the Treaty (William L. Smith), 535-6n
candles
in TJ's groceries, 248, 336, 432
capital
specie, stocks as, 154
British, and American merchants, 508
shortage of, in U.S., 621
Carey, John
letter from, 324-5
Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, 324-5
Carey, Mathew, 423, 476n
Carmichael, Antonia Reynon
letter from, 504
identified, 504n
and letters of Cort's, 495, 504, 513, 545, 622
Carmichael, William
letter to, 4-5
informed of TJ's resignation from Cabinet, 4-5
TJ's correspondence with, 78
as commissioner to Spain, 117, 119n, 122
Spain refuses to negotiate with, 120, 148, 489-90
attests to Blake's service, 185, 381, 382n
obtains letters of Cort's for TJ, 186, 255-6, 381-2, 495, 513, 622
obtains Ulloa's manuscript, 382, 545, 622
in poor health, 382
obtains manuscript for TJ, 383n
and books for TJ, 504
death, accounts of, 504n
Carnot, Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, 532-3
Carr, Barbara Overton (Mrs. John Carr), 166, 226-7
Carr, Dabney (TJ's brother-in-law), 477n
Carr, Dabney (TJ's nephew)
letter to, 166-7
invited to study at Monticello, 166
and TJ's law books, 166, 350, 399
letters from cited, 167n
letters to cited, 167n
witnesses deed of manumission, 222
inheritance of, 226
transmits payment for TJ, 227
leaves Monticello, 242
care of, 346n
Carr, Ellen Carr (Mrs. Samuel Carr), 362
Carr, John (1706-1778), 226-7
Carr, John (b. 1753)
letter from, 477
identified, 477n
searches county records, 477, 481
witnesses deed of manumission, 605
Carr, Martha Jefferson (Mrs. Dabney Carr, TJ's sister)
visits Monticello, 166, 242, 419
and wheat for TJ, 167
residence of, 362
Carr, Mary (Polly, TJ's niece)
visits Monticello, 166, 242
Carr, Overton, 362
Carr, Peter (TJ's nephew)
inheritance of, 226
visits Monticello, 242, 429, 430
education of, 346n
regards sent to, 392, 515
and Cobbs suit, 575, 599, 608
and pamphlets for TJ, 578
characterized by TJ, 608
Carr, Samuel
estate of, 226, 230
Carr, Samuel (TJ's nephew)
inheritance of, 226
marriage of, 362
carriage tax
Madison describes, 52, 72-4, 92
TJ pays, 168
unpopular in Va., 260
Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of, 614
Carrington, Edward
prospective military commission for, 41
stand on Jay Treaty, 430, 449
Carrington, Elizabeth Jaquelin Ambler Brent (Mrs. Edward Carrington), 429
Carrington, Paul (1764-1816)
invited to Monticello, 468
Carrington, Paul I., 99n
Carroll, Daniel
as Federal District Commissioner, 207, 306-8
carrots
and crop-rotation plans, 95
inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257
Cart, Jean Jacques
Lettres de Jean-Jacques Cart à Bernard Demuralt, 50-1, 57
and claims of Pays de Vaud, 57, 71
Carter, Charles (of Blenheim)
letter to, 66
and TJ's debt to Carter & Trent, 66
letters from cited, 66n
letters to cited, 66n
and Harding v. Carter, 514
and recovery of Mazzei's money for Colle, 603
Carter, Charles (of Shirley), 290n
Carter, Edward
estate of, 66, 355, 361, 379, 380, 381
death, 380n
Harding's suit against, 514
Monroe interested in lands of, 529
Carter, Maria Farley (Mrs. William Champe Carter), 430
Carter, Sarah Champe (widow of Edward Carter)
letter to, 380
letter from, 398
identified, 380n
TJ sends respects to, 306, 327-8
business affairs, 333, 354, 379, 380, 398, 430
recovering from smallpox, 398
Carter, William Champe
letters to, 305-6, 327-8, 379-80, 430
letters from, 309, 326, 381
identified, 306n
land dealings, 187, 379-80
sells land to Short, 305-6, 309, 326, 327-8, 332-4, 354, 379, 380, 398, 430
business affairs, 334
drafts in favor of, 335, 378, 379-80n, 381, 383, 421, 437
letters to cited, 381n, 430n
receives visitors, 429
Carter & Trent
TJ's account with, 66
Carter's mountain (Albemarle Co.)
and Monroe's tree nursery, 35
Cary, Archibald
family of, 115
Cary, Jane Barbara Carr (Mrs. Wilson Cary, TJ's niece), 166
Cary, Wilson
and R. Randolph's estate, 289n
estate of, 519n
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery (Thomas Vernon)
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 351, 399
Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery (Francis Vesey)
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 351
cassia chamæcrista
in Strickland's notes, 373n
Catalogue of Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments
sent by Vall-Travers, 470-1
Catesby, Mark
Natural History, 425
Catherine II (the Great), Empress of Russia, 412
Catlett, Kemp
buys Colle, 355, 361
business affairs, 463
"Cato"
pseudonym used by Robert R. Livingston, 433-4n
Caton, James, 99n
cattle
as investment, 59
inventory of, at Poplar Forest, 65-6
and TJ's crop- rotation plan, 233
corn consumption of milk cows, 235
at Shadwell, 243
and restoration of land, 298-300
acquired by Knox, 389
for TJ, 553
cauliflower
in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257
Cavallo, Tiberius
Treatise on Magnetism, 364, 469
Caylar. See Fuzier-Cayla, Guillaume
celery
in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257
Cellier, Charles E., 199
census
studied by Ebeling, 425
Central America
Ulloa's commentary on Panama, 382, 545, 622
explored by Malaspina, 383n
Cepede. See Lacépède, Bernard Germain Étienne de LaVille-sur-Illon, Comte de
Ceracchi, Giuseppe
letters from, 33-4, 200-1, 302-4, 347-9
bust of TJ, xxxvii, 33, 336 (illus.), 200, 235n, 302, 317n, 348-9
plan for national monument, xxxvii, 33-4, 302-4, 347-9
bust of Madison, 34
arrives at Boston with family, 155
letter from cited, 201n
letters to cited, 201n
Ceracchi, Therese Schlishan, 201
Cervantes, Miguel de
Don Quixote, 185-6, 255, 356, 377
Chalmers, George
Collection of Treaties, 211-13, 228
Champagne, France
wines of, 361
Chapman, William, 471-3
Chaptal, Jean Antoine, 518n
chariot
T. M. Randolph sends for, 225
wheels for, 249
Charleroi, Belgium
battles fought near, 146
Charles, Jacques Alexandre C'sar
Repr'sentation du globe aérostatique, 595, 596n
Charles IV, King of Spain
and negotiations with U.S., 119-20, 489, 490
father-in-law of Louis of Parma, 518n
Charles City Co., Va.
and TJ's collection of Va. laws, 586
Charleston, S.C.
protests British spoliations on U.S. commerce, 44-5
sends memorial to Congress, 44
Charlottesville, Va.
market for wheat at, 35
post from Richmond to, 58, 479
postmastership, 101, 104-5
and sales of TJ's nails, 384, 487, 573, 580, 618n
celebrates feast day, 435
holds public meeting on Jay Treaty, 435
courts held at, 468
TJ characterizes as hot and noisy, 468
Volney considers settling in, 525, 551
Chase, Samuel, 607
Chastellux, Alfred Louis Jean Philippe, Comte de
seeks compensation from U.S., 343-4, 613-14
mentioned, 464, 498
Chastellux, François Jean de Beauvoir, Marquis de
financial support for family of, 343-4, 463, 498, 613
Travels in North America, 372n
Chastellux, Marie Joséphine Charlotte Brigitte Plunkett, Marquise de
letter from, 343-4
identified, 344n
applies for pension from U.S., 343-4, 463-4, 498, 613-14
transmits letter, 542
letter from cited, 542n
Chauvelin, François Bernard, 411
Chauvet, David
fled Geneva, 131, 133n, 158
Cherokee river
as site of Eldorado, 37-8
chicory
recommended by A. Young, 95-6
Washington grows, 499
children
of slave families, 100, 223n, 247, 346-7, 435
minor illnesses of, 111, 270, 293, 435
speech development, 111, 182
write, dictate letters, 112, 249
disposition, character of, 249, 251, 260, 599
pastimes, 249, 270
suffer from homesickness, 249, 609
death of TJ's infant granddaughter, 419.
See also
Randolph, Ellen Wayles, I (Eleonor, TJ's granddaughter)
Randolph, Anne Cary (TJ's granddaughter)
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ's grandson)
chocolate
on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 431
Christ Church (Philadelphia)
site of barometric measurements, 594
Christian VII, King of Denmark, 23, 188
Christie, Gabriel
characterized by Madison, 267
seeks letter of introduction, 267, 292, 315
seeks vetch seed for TJ, 291
Church, Angelica Schuyler (Mrs. John Barker Church)
letter to, 454
M. Cosway's friendship for, 201, 210, 455, 543
TJ's friendship for, 454
letter for sent care of T. Pinckney, 457
Church, Catherine (Kitty), 454
Church, Edward, 255
Church, John Barker, 454
Churchman, John
Magnetic Atlas, 364
Cicero, Marcus Tullius
mentioned by Ceracchi, 303
works of, 404n
Monroe alludes to, 533
cichorium intybus
sent to G. Washington, 232.
See also succory
cigars
TJ orders, 552, 591
Cincinnati, Society of
and command of provisional army, 41
contrasted with democratic societies, 228-9
TJ's opinion of, 228-9
Cincinnatus
mentioned by Ceracchi, 303
ciphers
for Monroe, 96, 100
TJ has none for Short, 355-6
TJ uses, 449, 451n, 510-11
use of, 606
Claiborne, Richard
letter to, 273-4
promotes useful and fine arts, 273-4
letter from cited, 273n
Claret, Charles Pierre, Compte de Fleurieu, 383n
Clark, Abraham
propositions concerning trade with Great Britain, 52n, 67, 69, 73-4
as candidate for Congress, 202
Clark, Bowling
letter to, 553
memorandum from, 65-6
prepares inventory of livestock, 65-6
letters from cited, 66n, 261n, 553n
letters to cited, 66n, 261n, 553n
delivers letter, 113
reports on tobacco crop, 260-1, 552
and TJ's Poplar Forest lands, 537-8, 553-4
Clark, Christopher
letter to, 108-9
identified, 109n
collects bonds for TJ, 108-9, 218
letters from cited, 109n
and TJ's account with Lyle, 321-2
order on Hart, 514
Clark, George Rogers, 9
Clarke, John, Jr.
debt to TJ, 108
Clarke, John, Sr.
debt to TJ, 108
Clarke, John (Va.)
applies for patent, 374-5
Clayton, John, 425
Clergy-Man's Law (William Watson)
cited by TJ, 373n
Clinton, George
declines to run for office, 265
and Monroe's "sketch," 397-8n
clock, great
gong for, 168-9, 183, 249, 304, 351, 377, 552, 561
cleaning, repair of, 351
clocks
at Monticello, need repair, 351
cloth, clothing
for slaves, 76, 84, 93, 204
waterproofing of, 106-7
purchased by TJ, 155
wool, as cure for rheumatism, 184
price of, at Philadelphia, 204.
See also osnaburgs (osnabrigs)
clover
TJ recommends cultivation of, 55
in rotation of crops, 75, 94-5, 231-3, 354, 362, 464-5
Siberian melilot, recommended by A. Young, 95-6, 232
and restoration of land, 295-300
white, and restoration of land, 297
TJ's experiments with red, 339
thrives for TJ, 354-5
effect of bad winter on first cutting of, 363
buffalo, in Strickland's notes, 372n
yield of, 373
Washington reports on growing of, 499
Clover Forest (Randolph estate)
conveyance challenged, 287-8
clover seed
TJ buys, 206, 242, 247, 249, 625
price of, 242, 326
sprouting of, 264, 270
sowing of, 293, 326, 625
Breckinridge sends TJ, 417
Clow, Andrew, & Co.
and TJ's accounts, 97, 98, 169
Cobbett, William
pamphlet mistakenly ascribed to, 536n
Bone to Gnaw, 578-9
New-Year's Gift to the Democrats, 578-9
"Peter Porcupine" pamphlets by, 579n
Cobbs, Thomas
loses tobacco, 446
suit against TJ, 446n, 574-5, 608
letter to cited, 575n
Cobbs, Thomas (Buckingham Co., Va.)
and Cobbs suit, 575, 608
Coburg. See Saxe-Coburg, Friedrich Josias, Prince of
cocoa
and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 400n
cod
on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 432
tongues and sounds of, 432, 609
coffee
price of, 22
on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 431
and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 400n
Coke, Sir Edward
First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, 331-2, 351
Coleman, Lindsey (Linsey)
transaction with TJ, Wayles estate, 519, 522-3, 534, 536
Coleman, Robert, 47
Coleman, Samuel, 64
Coles, Isaac, 544
cole seed
sent to TJ, 270
Colle (Mazzei's Va. estate)
proximity to Short's land, 355
purchased by Kemp Catlett, 355, 361
recovery of money for, 369, 603, 604n
Monroe interested in acquiring, 529
Collection des Moralistes Anciens
ordered by TJ, 358
Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent Nature as are Now in Force
cited by TJ, 408
TJ seeks copy of, 537, 581
quoted by TJ, 538-9
Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed Since the Year 1768
quoted by TJ, 538-9
TJ binds copy of, 582
Collection of Modern Entries (John Lilly)
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 351
Collection of Select and Modern Entries (Sir Creswell Levinz)
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 351
Collection of Treaties between Great Britain and other powers (George Chalmers)
sent to TJ by G. Joy, 211-13, 228
Collins, Minton
TJ buys clover seed from, 625
letters from cited, 625n
letters to cited, 625n
Collot d'Herbois, Jean Marie
denounced and tried, 146, 393
Columbian Centinel (Boston)
charges against Madison in, 26-8
read by Ebeling, 424
TJ on, 506, 509
Commentaries, or Reports of Edmund Plowden
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 351
Committee of the States
authority of, 618-19
Compendio della storia geografica, naturale, e civile del regno del Chili (Juan Ignacio Molina)
ordered by TJ, 358
Complete Collection of all the Laws of Virginia now in force (John Purvis)
and publication of Va. laws, 584
in TJ's collection of Va. laws, 586
Comyns, Sir John
Reports of Cases, 351
Condé-sur-l'Escaut, France
and War of First Coalition, 146
Confederation, Articles of, 507
Congress, Continental
and medals for military officers, 486
Connaissance des temps
ordered by TJ, 359
Connecticut
price of mules from, 227-8
studied by Ebeling, 428n
Connecticut Courant (Hartford)
TJ on, 509
Constantine VII
and Geoponicorum, 358
Constitution of the United States
and tax on carriages, 72-4, 92
threat to principles of, 211-13, 220-1, 228-9
and excise law, 229
and Jay Treaty, 475-7, 534-5, 539, 555
and political divisions in America, 507
TJ on adoption of, 507
and expansion of executive powers, 540
and limits to congressional jurisdiction, 576-7
Va. proposes amendments to, 601-2
and compensation for families of Revolutionary War officers from France, 613
Continental Register, 428n
Cooper, Thomas
plans to settle in U.S., 24, 67
opinions on Great Britain, 172
work drawn on by Pictet de Rochemont, 280
corn
grown on Monroe's land, 56
in TJ's crop-rotation plans, 68, 231-3, 435, 464-5
in rotation of crops, 75, 354, 361-2, 377
as crop at Monticello, 111
drill for sowing, 112, 233, 328
price of, 186, 203, 217, 418, 580, 606, 608, 617
consumption of at Shadwell, 235
corn meal, 236
T. M. Randolph's crop, 247, 429
and restoration of land, 294-8
as feed for animals, 363
damaged by weather, 435, 438, 457
increasing production of, 473n
destructive effects of, 499
scarcity of, 604, 606, 608
TJ buys, 617
Cornelius, William, 354, 356n
Cornuaud, Isaac, 199
Corsange, Pierre Claude Etienne, 318-19
Corsica
in War of First Coalition, 91-2
British withdraw from, 96
Cort's (Cortez), Hernán
TJ seeks edition of letters of, 50, 62, 186, 187, 255-6, 356, 377, 381-2, 495, 504, 513, 545, 622
Cosway, Louisa Paolina Angelica, 210, 543
Cosway, Maria Hadfield (Mrs. Richard Cosway)
letter to, 455-6
letters from, 201, 209-11, 543-4
returns to London, 201, 209-10
TJ's friendship with, 201, 209-11, 454, 455-6, 543-4
mentioned, 207
Cosway, Richard, 210-11
cotton
and restoration of land, 295-8
and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 400n
Cougnard, Jean David, 199
Couthon, Georges, 146
Coxe, Tench
letters to, 373-4, 460-1
letters from, 22-5, 25, 39-40, 66-7, 89-92, 101-3, 309-10, 421-3, 516-17
forwards news from Europe, 25, 39-40, 67
View of the United States, 25, 309, 373, 491, 495, 497n
encloses Callender's pamphlet, 101-3
may leave administration, 215
as candidate for Senate, 245
forwards letters for TJ, 373, 460-1, 516
and Jay Treaty, 475-6, 516
"Examination of the pending Treaty with Great Britain," 516-17
mentioned, 412n
Craig, Adam, 289n
Cramer, Gabriel, 143
Cramer, Jean Manassé, 143
cress, English
in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257
Croke, Sir George
Reports of Sir George Croke . . . of the Court of King's Bench, 351
Crosby, Sampson
letters to, 467-8, 561-2, 622-3
identified, 468n
and Franklin's gong, 168
letters from cited, 169n, 468n, 562n
letters to cited, 169n, 468n, 622n
asked to arrange for newspapers, repair of blinds, 377, 379, 386, 467-8, 561, 622
payments to, 379, 386, 421, 437
receives book for TJ, 545
orders Aurora for TJ, 560, 562
Crouch, Mr.
and merino sheep, 375-6
Crown Circuit Companion (William Stubbs and George Talmash)
loaned to E. Randolph, 187
cucumber
in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257
Cullen, Robina. See Millar, Robina Cullen (Mrs. John Craig Millar)
Cullen, William, 276, 285
Curles (Randolph estate)
conveyance challenged, 285-91
deed to, 289n
currency
exchange rate for sterling, 15
depreciation of, and increase in exports, 309
Currie, James
financial affairs, 8-9
treats T. M. Randolph's illness, 111
and R. Randolph's estate, 289n
delivers letter, 429, 434-5
mentioned, 487
Currie, William
Historical Account, 425
"Curtius"
Hamilton mistakenly identified as, 475-6
cites TJ documents to support Jay Treaty, 476n
pseudonym used by Kent, Webster, 476n
Cushing, William
cymling (cymlin) seeds
sent to Mazzei, 370
