Saboureux de La Bonnetrie, Charles François
Traduction d'Anciens Ouvrages Latins relatifs à l'Agriculture et à la Médecine, 358
sago
on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 432
sainfoin
in rotation of crops, 68, 95
sowing of, 233
Saint-Just, Louis Antoine Léon de, 146
Salkeld, William
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, 351, 399, 410
Salomon, Jean Louis, 170
salsify
in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 256
salt
on TJ's grocery list, 432
saltpetre
insufficient supply of, in case of war with Britain, 40
Samuel (sloop), 242
Sandy Ford (Randolph estate)
conveyance challenged, 287-8
Sardinia
and War of First Coalition, 244, 412n
Saunders, Parson, 229
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de
and Academy of Geneva, 190, 269, 276
and TJ's scientific observations, 193-4
Saussure, Nicolas Theodore de
and Academy of Geneva, 190, 269, 276
Sauterne wine
TJ orders, 449
Savoy
and French designs on Geneva, 135
mapped by M. Pictet, 193
sawyers
hired by TJ, 580
Saxe-Coburg, Friedrich Josias, Prince of, 146, 147-8n
Scheldt river
opening of, 411, 412n
Scilla (slave at Edgehill)
suffers from dysentery, 435, 438
Scotland
British convention in, 24
agricultural practices in, 296
possible emigration of professors from, 307
and French interference with American shipping, 310
failure of Britain to expend resources on, 367
Scott, Gustavus
as Federal District Commissioner, 207, 306-8
Scott, Thomas, 212-13
seal
requested by TJ, 259, 387
seamen, British
and congressional elections in Mass., 221
Sedgwick, Theodore
as organ of Federalist party, 38
proposes raising troops, 38, 41
as candidate for Congress, 202, 221
drafts reply to President's address, 212-13
and Jay Treaty, 554-5, 556
seeds
garden, inventoried at Monticello, 256-7
cole, 270
of varieties of squash, 370
rutabaga, given to TJ, 383-4.
See also
clover seed
succory seed
vetch, winter
Senebier, Jean
and Academy of Geneva, 124, 269, 276
commentaries on Spallanzani, 124, 269
Septem adversus Thebas (Aeschylus)
TJ owns, 358
Seton, William
and Ceracchi's bust of TJ, 200, 201n
Shadwell (TJ's estate)
consumption of corn at, 235
overseers at, 235n
stock at, 243
mill canal constructed at, 473-4n, 480-1
E. Alexander manages, 552n
carpenters work at, 579
TJ unable to ride to, 608
P. Jefferson's development of, 615
Shadwell mill, 206, 471-4, 477, 480-5, 520
Sharaf Ad-Din 'Ali, Yazdi
Histoire de Timur-Bec, 358
Shard, Julius, 413-15
Sharp, Robert, 471-3
Sharpe, Mr., 615
Sharples, Ellen
makes portraits of Madisons, xxxviii
Sharples, James
makes portraits of Madisons, xxxvii-xxxviii
Sharpless, Jonathan, 613, 624
sheep
turnips for, 93, 231-2
TJ purchases, 184, 214, 243-4
as meat for slaves, 233
at Shadwell, 243
merino, from R. Morris, 267-8, 271, 375-6, 399
and restoration of land, 298-300
acquired by Knox, 389
Shenandoah Valley
and potential site of Genevan academy, 130
development of gristmills in, 473n
Shiflett (Shifflit), Joel, 471-3
Shippen, Jane Wood
on husband's financial obligation, 214
TJ sends regards to, 549
Shippen, Thomas Lee
letter to, 548-9
and debt owed to TJ, 205, 214, 240-1, 329, 336-7
letters from cited, 241n, 549n
letters to cited, 241n, 549n
sells land along Hatcher Run, 337
adds postscript to Volney letter, 526-7
and Volney, 526-7, 548
Shippen, Dr. William, 549
Shnydore (Schneider), Ignatius
corresponds with TJ, 250, 274
letter from cited, 251n
letter to cited, 274n
Shockoe warehouse
storage of tobacco at, 574-5
and Cobbs suit, 599
shoes
for TJ, 591-2
Short, Elizabeth Skipwith, 550n
Short, Peyton, 494
Short, William
letters to, 4-5, 353-6
letters from, 78-83, 185-6, 252-6, 442-6, 446-7, 487-97
business affairs, 3-4, 149, 211, 219-20, 224, 241, 279-80, 283, 353-6, 378, 420-1, 491-5
powers of attorney, 4, 148-50, 378n, 443, 488, 612
TJ's correspondence with, 4-5, 366
seeks books for TJ, 50, 185-6, 187, 377, 495
complains of ill treatment, 78-83, 252-5, 488-90, 493-4, 495-6
and U.S. loans from Netherlands, France, 78-9, 80
as commissioner to Spain, 117, 119n, 120, 122
and navigation of Mississippi, 122n
TJ draws on funds of, 149-50n, 611-12
and Blake, 185-6, 381-2
criticizes Monroe, 253, 256n
proposals for diplomatic establishment, 255, 325, 356, 376-7
salary due to, 256, 355-6, 442-3, 446-7, 488, 493-4
canal shares of, 274, 342, 353, 389-90, 418, 431, 434, 438, 443-4, 445, 491, 513, 560, 620, 624
purchases land from W. C. Carter, 305-6, 326, 327-8, 332-4, 334-5, 354, 361, 379-80, 430
and account of Grand & Cie. with U.S., 317-18
and TJ's account with Barnes, 328, 421, 437, 467n, 620
letter from cited, 356n
and Washington, 356n, 488-90, 493, 495-6, 497
letters to cited, 368n, 377n
and American captives in Algiers, 453
sells slaves to J. Harvie, 492
speculates in land, 494-5
relations with Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, 529, 533n
financial dealings with P. Skipwith, 549-50, 560
mentioned, 618n.
See also Indian Camp Quarter (Albemarle Co.)
Short, William, Sr., 549
Short Account of the Late Revolution in Geneva; and of the conduct of France towards that Republic, from October 1792, to October 1794. In a Series of Letters to an American, by Francis D'Ivernois, esq. (François D'Ivernois)
sent to TJ, 280-1
Shower, Sir Bartholomew
Reports of . . . Cases Adjudg'd in the Court of King's-Bench, 351
Shütz, Christian Gottfried
edits Aeschylus, 358
Sicily
convention with Great Britain, 412n
Simcoe (Simpcoe), John Graves, 84-5n, 91
Simpson, James
sends figs, 53
letter from cited, 53n
Sinclair, Mr. (Staunton, Va.), 384
Sinclair, Sir John
letter from, 409
recommends Strickland, 321
General View of the Agriculture of the Northern Counties and Islands of Scotland, 405
sends plan to reward useful discoveries, 409
Singleton, Anthony, 288
Sitgreaves, Samuel, 554-5, 556
Six Nations
U.S. treaty with, 266
Sketches on Rotations of Crops (John Beale Bordley)
TJ requests copy of, 259-60, 315
Skipwith, Anne Wayles (Mrs. Henry Skipwith, TJ's sister-in-law)
and Wayles estate, 99n, 116n, 286
TJ sends respects to, 115, 241-2
Skipwith, Fulwar, 445, 493
Skipwith, Henry
letter to, 241-2
letter to summarized, 98
and Wayles estate, 98-100, 116n, 286, 290n, 291n
TJ sends respects to, 115
and Short's business affairs, 219, 224, 355, 356n, 491-2, 494
letters from cited, 219n, 242n
owed money by Mullins, 416
in TJ's accounts, 416
mill of, survives storm, 439
financial transaction with Coleman, 519, 523, 534
Skipwith, Sir Peyton
letter to, 560
letter from, 549-50
identified, 550n
and Short's finances, 549-50, 560
Skipwith, Sir William, 550n
slaveholding
and proposed Genevan academy in Va., 152
as issue in debate on naturalization bill, 244-5
slaves
as investment, 59, 60, 445
clothing for, 204
marriage of, 223n
in Carr family estate, 226
diet of, 233, 299, 604, 608-9
Wayles and R. Randolph accept cargo of, 289n
Kinsolving purchases from TJ, 406n
Mullins owes Skipwith for, 416
illness of, 419, 429
and Jay Treaty, 516-17.
See also
Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery
Jefferson, Thomas: Slaveholder
smallpox
interrupts commerce with Richmond, 9n, 16, 22, 34, 44, 45, 48, 49, 51, 54, 58, 66
Mrs. Carter recovering from, 398
Smith, Capt. John (1579-1632)
Generall Historie of Virginia, 424
Smith, Samuel (Md.), 602-3
Smith, Samuel H.
publishes Randolph's Vindication, 540n, 557n
Smith, William Loughton
opposes Madison's resolutions, 21-2, 49-50
burned in effigy, 44-5
Hamilton's influence in speech of, 49-50
moves to continue embargo, 73
as candidate for Congress, 203
Candid Examination of the Objections to the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, 535-6n
supports Jay Treaty, 535
Eyes Opened, or the Carolinians Convinced, 535n
and case of Randall and Whitney, 578n
and employment of stenographer in House, 602n
Snead (Sneed), Benjamin
reads service at burial of TJ's granddaughter, 419n
on jury of inquest, 471-3
Sneed, John, 471-3
Snelson, Robert
ships drill, 249
and TJ's nails, 365, 409
letters from cited, 366n
letters to cited, 366n
on jury of inquest, 471-3
financial transaction with Coleman, 521, 534
Society, Instituted in the State of New-York, for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manufactures
Transactions, 326-7, 339-40
soils
nature and improvement of, 18
Solis, Antonio de
history of conquest of Mexico, 504
Solitude considérée relativement a l'Esprit et au Coeur (Johann Georg Von Zimmermann)
ordered by TJ, 358
Somerville, Robert
Outlines of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Proposed General Report, 409
sorrel
French, in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 256
Soulavie, Jean Louis Girard
and Genevan Revolution, 139-40, 159-62, 163n, 192, 194, 239, 314
South America
explored by Malaspina, 383n
and potential alliance of Spain and France, 396
revisions of Raynal's work on, 509-10
scientific observations in, 595, 596n
South Carolina
French consul at, 27
congressional election in, 203
and plans to relocate Genevan academy, 312
southern states
opposition to Jay Treaty in, 435
poorly understood by Morse and Webster, 506
face antipathy of eastern states on taxation policy, 601
Southwestern mountains (Albemarle Co.)
Short's lands along, 334n
Southwest Territory
boundaries of, 63
Spain
and navigation of Mississippi, 10n, 71n, 117-22
and relations between U.S. and Algiers, 27
and War of First Coalition, 39, 244, 310, 395
relations with Great Britain, 70, 411, 412n, 511
relations with U.S., 89, 117-22, 148, 254, 356, 488-91, 496
boundary with U.S., 120, 528
trade with U.S., 120
relations with France, 122, 396, 426, 490, 546, 548n
negotiations with Pinckney, 445-6, 493, 496-7, 528, 546, 548n
and Jay Treaty, 490
Short criticizes U.S. diplomacy toward, 496
and scientific research, 517-18
royal family, 518n
Spain, King of. See Charles IV, King of Spain
Spallanzani, Lazaro
studied by Senebier, 124, 269, 276
specie
as liquid capital, 154
Geneva restricts export of, 176
Specimen sapientiæ indorum veterum (or Bidpai)
ordered by TJ, 358
speculation
as accusation during Va. election campaign, 259-60
and case of Randall and Whitney, 576-8
speech, freedom of
threatened by attack on democratic societies, 228, 359
spices
on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 431-2
spinach
in inventory of seeds at Monticello, 257
Sprengel, Matthias Christian
German abridgment of Notes on Virginia, 424, 428n
Spurrier, John, 232
Stadtholder. See William V, Prince of Orange
Stamps, William, 514
stamp tax
Congress considers, 52, 72, 92-3
Stansbury, Daniel, 374-5
Staples, John, 334
Starcke, Sebastian Gottfried (Simeo Sethus), 358
Starr, James
makes shoes and boots for TJ, 591-2
letter to cited, 592n
State, U.S. Department of
TJ's account with, 6
operations during yellow fever epidemic, 48-9n
newspapers for, 377
employs J. C. Millar, 406-7
employs S. Crosby, 468n.
See also
Jefferson, Thomas: Secretary of State
Pickering, Timothy
Randolph, Edmund
Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia (William Waller Hening)
reliance on TJ's collection of Va. records, 319
Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta, to the Thirtieth Year of King George the Second
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 350-2
Statutes at Large . . . to March 14, 1704
TJ sells to A. Stuart, 352n
Staunton, Va.
curative waters of, 56
Strickland to visit, 349
as market for TJ's nails, 384, 487, 573, 580, 617
barometric readings at, 595, 597-8
Steele, John, 449
Steith. See Stith, William
Stepney's plantation
part of Blenheim, 380
Steptoe, James
letters to, 113-14, 349
identified, 113-14n
forwards great bone to TJ, 113
letter from cited, 114n
to assist Strickland, 349
Sterrett, Samuel, 501
Stewart, Dugald
letter from, 284-5
recommends J. C. Millar, 284-5, 406-7, 465-6
sticcado (musical instrument), 234
Stiles, Ezra
and Ebeling, 423, 428n
TJ characterizes, 506
Stith, Richard
letter to, 553-4
sells Ivy Creek tract to Wayles, 537-8, 553, 554
surveys land for TJ, 537-8, 553, 554
certificate from cited, 537n
Stith, William
History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, 424
stocks
tax on transfer of, 73
as liquid capital, 154
depression in prices of, 369
current prices, 384-6
stoves
used at Monticello, 270
kitchen, TJ's queries on, 624
Strange, James, 367
Strange, Sir John
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, 351, 399, 410
Stras, George Frederick
and R. Hemings manumission, 223n, 225-7
letter from cited, 227n
letter to cited, 227n
pays TJ, 242, 247, 249
strawberries
Alpine, TJ wishes introduced to America, 362
effect of hard winter on, 363
Strickland, William
identified, 372n
introductions for, 321, 349-50
visits Monticello, 321, 372n
family's use of turkey on crest, 371-3
on introduction of turkey to England, 371-3
cites Notes on Virginia, 372-3n
on introduction of potato to Ireland, 372
Observations on the Agriculture of the United States of America, 372n
provides seeds for TJ and Washington, 383-4, 499
and TJ's succory, 464
Stuart, Mr. (Staunton, Va.)
and sale of TJ's nails, 384, 573
Stuart, Alexander, 331, 574n, 618n
Stuart (Stewart), Archibald
letters to, 11, 184, 214, 243-4, 271, 331-2, 349-50, 350-2, 384, 399, 408, 410, 419, 572-4, 617-18
invited to Monticello, 11, 243-4
letters from cited, 11n, 184n, 244n, 332n, 410n, 419n, 618n
receives pamphlet, 45
buys law books from TJ, 167n, 331-2, 350-2, 410
seeks aid for friend, 184
purchases sheep for TJ, 214, 243-4, 399
and manufacture of potash and pearl ash, 302
speaks to P. Henry for TJ, 331-2
asked to assist Strickland, 349-50
and sales of TJ's nails, 384, 572-4, 617-18
and TJ's land taxes, 408, 410
brother buys law books, 410
and death of TJ's granddaughter, 419
Stuart (Stewart), Mrs. Archibald, 184, 574
Stuart (Stewart), David, 433, 449
Stubbs, William, and George Talmash
Crown Circuit Companion, 187
succory
and Washington's agriculture, 498
succory seed
sent by A. Young to Washington, 68, 464
sowed by TJ, 68-9, 464
for J. Taylor, 95, 301
instructions for sowing, 326
for T. M. Randolph, 608
Suck (TJ's slave)
and trip to Varina, 580, 581, 592
sugar
purchased by TJ, 8-9
price of, 22
excise tax on, 72, 244
on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 431
and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 400n
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton
Lectures on the Constitution and Laws of England, 351
sulphur, 40
Swan, James, 103, 511
Swann, John
and nailrod for TJ, 226-7, 459, 609-10
letters from cited, 227n, 610n
letters to cited, 459n, 610n
characterized by TJ, 609-10
Swann, Samuel
letter to cited, 459n
Swann, Samuel & John
letter to cited, 227n
Swanwick, John, 32, 202
Sweden
and War of First Coalition, 92
growth of rutabaga in, 383
and neutrality, 391, 412
potential ally of France, 395
Sweet Springs (Greenbrier Co.)
weather observations at, 439-40n
restoration of T. M. Randolph's health at, 476
Swift, Zephaniah, 73-4
Switzerland
claims of Pays de Vaud, 57, 71, 72n
and Genevan Revolution, 131, 135-6, 138, 139, 141-2, 144, 152, 177
and French Revolution, 173
and Genevan exiles, 191, 280
mapped by M. Pictet, 193
home of Grand family, 317, 318
Systematical View of the Laws of England (Richard Wooddeson)
cited by TJ, 373n
