labor

shortage of, and agriculture in U.S., 94-5

for potash and pearl ash production, 271-2

and restoration of land, 294-301

requirements for Short's land, 355

requirements for Monroe's land, 362

requirements for mill canal, 481

Lacépède, Bernard Germain Étienne de LaVille-sur-Illon, Comte de

Histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, 358

Histoire naturelle des serpents, 358

Ladvocat, Jean Baptiste

Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique Portatif, 358

Lafayette, Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noaille, Marquise de, 97

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 97

La Forest, Antoine René

Charles Mathurin de, 27

Lagier, André

Cesar, 199

Lagrange, Joseph Louis

scholarly renown of, 124, 269

and relocation of Academy of Geneva to U.S., 276-7

Lambert, William

sends pamphlets to TJ, 475-6

letter from cited, 476n

lands

as investment, 59, 60

depressed prices in Richmond, 369

price of, in Ky., 417

owned by British in U.S., and Jay Treaty, 422-3

rising prices in west, 606.

See also Albemarle Co., Va.

Landsdowne, William Petty, first Marquess of, 285

Langdon, John

in Senate, 29, 31n, 203

Langl's, Louis Mathieu, 358

La Rochefoucauld, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, Duchesse de

relations with Short, 529, 533n

La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéricc, Duc de

TJ on philosophy of, 440

on TJ's crop rotation, 473n

TJ's acquaintance with, 542

Madison forwards letter to, 554

Latimer, Henry, 265

Latin

instruction in, 128

and plan to relocate Genevan academy, 208-9

taught at Fredericksburg Academy, 402

laudanum. See opium

Laws of the State of North Carolina (James Iredell), 428

Leach, John

letter from, 103-4

identified, 104n

seeks aid from TJ, 103-4

Leak, Mr., 625

Lear, Tobias

letter to, 620-1

letter from, 19-20

and O. Bertrand's agricultural propositions, 19-20

and Potomac Canal Co., 620-1

letter from cited, 621n

Le Beau, Charles

Histoire du Bas-Empire, 358

Le Breton (Britton), John

work of included in Houard's Trait's, 186-7, 315-16

Lebrun-Tondu, Pierre Henri Hélène Marie

and Genevan Revolution, 136

and French complaints about Short, 356, 496

execution of, 496

Lecointre, Laurent, 147n

Le Comte, M., 199

Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England (Francis Stoughton Sullivan)

TJ sells to A. Stuart, 351

Lee, Charles

defends Washington's conduct on Jay Treaty, 535-6

appointed Attorney General, 545n

and Hylton v. U.S., 614

Lee, Henry

prospective military commission for, 41

as commander of army, 202-4, 205

TJ wary of, 449

and limestone lands, 570

Lee family

supports Jay Treaty, 433

Lego (TJ's estate), 235n

Le Havre, France

and Genevan exiles, 192

prospective American merchant at, 242

Le Mayeur, John, 438

Lenoir, William, 64

L'Epine, Joseph

letter to, 88

letter from, 77

identified, 77n

and Dombey, 77, 88-9

LeRoy, Herman, 281-4

Leslie, Robert

letter from, 10-11

makes watch for TJ, 10-11

Letter to George Washington (Thomas Paine), 577-8

Lettres de Jean-Jacques Cart à Bernard Demuralt (Jean Jacques Cart)

inscribed to TJ, 50-1

received by TJ, 57

Lettres . . . au President de Montesquieu et a M. Saurin relatives à l'aristocratie de la noblesse (Claude Adrien Helvétius)

ordered by TJ, 359

lettuce

in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 256

Le Veillard, Louis, 361, 453

Lever, Sir Ashton, 365n

Leverian Museum

holdings of, described, 364-5, 469-70

communication from, published in American newspapers, 471n

Lévesque, Pierre Charles

contributes to Collection des Moralistes Anciens, 358

Levinz, Sir Creswell

Collection of Select and Modern Entries, 351

Lewis, Charles Lilburne (TJ's brother-in-law)

letter to, 462-3

financial dealings with TJ, 462-3

letters from cited, 463n

letters to cited, 463n

ties to B. Henderson, 474n

sends corn crop to Richmond, 617

Lewis, Isham, 463

Lewis, Col. John, 100, 360

Lewis, Nicholas

manages TJ's affairs, 66, 537, 553

owns boats, 98

experiments with seed box, 326

witnesses agreement, 333

health of, 438, 439

land of, 580

Lewis, Nicholas Meriwether

lands adjoining TJ's, 472

plans to move to Ky., 580

Lewis, Robert, 55, 333

Lewis, Thomas W., 471-3

Lewis, William, 576-8, 614

L'Huillier, Simon

and Academy of Geneva, 124, 269, 276

libel

and Va. Constitution, 238

libraries, public

as repositories for published Va. laws, 584

Library of Congress

and Ceracchi bust, xxxvii

Life, Exploits, and Precepts of Tammany: The Famous Indian Chief (Samuel Mitchill)

sent to TJ, 557-8

lilacs

blossom at Monticello, 50

Lilly, John

A Collection of Modern Entries, 351

lime

as fertilizer, 94

limestone-bearing lands, 329, 570-1

Lincoln, Benjamin, 103, 104n

linen

compared to wool, 184

Lisbon

Short receives correspondence by way of, 78

arrival of British commissioners at, 102

Littleton, Sir Thomas, 351

Lively, Charles, 354, 356n

Livermore, Samuel, 31n

Liverpool

exchange rate with bills on Richmond, 182

Livingston, Edward, 221, 265

Livingston, Robert R.

declines ministry to France, 70, 71n, 85, 86

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

"Cato" essays by, 433-4n

urges Washington to reject Jay Treaty, 433-4

and Randolph's resignation, 451n

Livingstonians

protest Jay Treaty, 430

Lloyd, John, 290n

Locke, John, 402

Logan, Benjamin, 9

Logan, George

as writer on agriculture, 259

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

Logie, Charles, 25

Logwood, Thomas, 110

Loire river

and War of First Coalition, 6

London

U.S. consular agent at, 255

TJ disparages, 455-6

Lorenzana y Butron, Francisco Antonio, 382

Lorton's tavern

Va. laws found in, 586

Lotz & Solltau (merchants), 470n

Louis, M., 361

Louis XIV, King of France, 135

Louis XVI, King of France

and French Revolution, 81

execution, 90

and Frederick William's demand, 90

and botanical garden, 95

Louis XVII, Dauphin of France, 90

Louisa Co., Va.

hiring of slaves in, 242

D. Carr's residence in, 399

Louisiana

French plan to liberate, 9-10

in relations between France and Spain, 518n

and Pinckney Treaty, 623-4.

See also Mississippi river

Louis of Parma

letter from, 517-18

identified, 518n

seeks natural history specimens, 517-18

Lownes, Caleb

letter to, 459

financial transactions with, 65, 169, 247-8, 304, 421, 437

power of attorney to, 148-50

letters to cited, 149-50n, 169n, 183n, 459n

letters from cited, 150n, 183n, 459n

and shipment of gongs, 183

supplies TJ with nailrod, 226-7, 439, 609

characterized, 613

Loyal Company, 462-3

lucerne (alfalfa)

TJ cultivates, abandons, 67-8, 464

sowing of, 233, 327, 328

Washington reports on growing of, 499

Lud. Kusterus de vero usu Verborum Mediorum Eorumque Differentia A Verbis Activis & Passivis (Ludolf Kuster)

praised by TJ, 181

returned to TJ, 184-5

Luque, Eduardo Malo de

pseudonym used by Almodóvar del  Río, 510n

Luxembourg (city)

siege of, 395

Lyle, James

letters to, 54, 218, 223, 405-6, 514-15, 521, 522-3, 536

letters from, 51, 321-2, 514, 519, 534

and TJ's debt to Henderson, McCaul & Co., 51, 54, 108-9, 218, 223, 226, 242, 249, 321-2, 405-6, 414-17, 514-15, 521, 522-3, 534

and Harding v. Carter, 514-15

and L. Coleman transaction, 519, 522-3, 534, 536

Lynch, Thomas, 541

Lynchburg, Va.

as market for wheat, 367

Lyons, France

and Genevan Revolution, 141, 142