Valck (Valcks, Valk), Adrian, 364

Valenciennes, France

and War of First Coalition, 102, 146

Vall-Travers, Rodolph

letters from, 363-5, 469-71

forwards O. Bertrand's writings, 17

estate of wife, 363

sends information on science, collecting, 363-5, 469-70

seeks better climate, consulship, 470

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 265

Van Staphorst, Jacob

potential relocation to Va., 217-18

and Vall-Travers, 364

and Mazzei's finances, 461

meets Monroe in Paris, 501

Van Staphorst, Nicolaas

potential relocation to Va., 217-18

heads revolutionary committee in Amsterdam, 328

and Vall-Travers, 364

and Mazzei's finances, 461

Van Staphorst & Hubbard

letter to, 621-2

letters from, 500-1, 501-2, 574, 599-600

account with Mazzei, 182, 329, 456-7

and bills of exchange, 204

and Mazzei's finances, 369, 371, 500, 501, 574, 599-600, 603, 621

letters from cited, 371n, 502n

Coxe forwards TJ's packet to, 421

letters to cited, 457, 502n

partners seek U.S. citizenship, 501

letter to summarized, 604n

TJ asks loan from, 621-2

U.S. agent of, 621

Varina (Randolph estate)

good crops at, 111

Randolphs at, 241-2, 260, 569

overseer at, 247, 260

T. M. Randolph's management of, 247, 249, 252

TJ obtains mule from, 264

financial crisis due to mortgage on, 281-4

Varnum, Joseph B., 265

Vattel, Emmerich de, 58

Vendée, France

royalist refuge, 531-2

Venice

Vall-Travers seeks republican government in, 470

Ventris, Sir Peyton

Reports, 351

Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 134, 557

Veritables Lettres d'Abeillard et d'Héloise (Pierre Abelard)

ordered by TJ, 358

Vermont

congressional election in, 203

studied by Ebeling, 424

Vernon, Thomas

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

Vesey (Vezey), Francis

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

vetch, winter

untried in U.S., 95

Siberian, recommended by P. Miller, 232, 293

TJ orders seed of, 232, 259, 265, 291, 292-3, 327

in TJ's crop-rotation plan, 232-3, 291-2, 354, 362, 464-5

Washington attempts to grow, 499-500

Viar, Josef Ignacio de, 78, 148

vicia

described by P. Miller, 259, 293, 327.

See also vetch, winter

Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia, 37

Vie de Pierre Abelard . . . et celle d'Héloise son epouse (François Armand Gervaise)

ordered by TJ, 358

Vienna

unrest in, 426

View of the United States of America (Tench Coxe)

Gazette of the United States prints extract, 25

sent to TJ, 309, 373

cited by Short, 491, 495, 497n

Ville, M. de. See Deville, Nicolas

Villoison, Jean Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de

Nova Versio Græca, 187

Vilmont, M., 356n

Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation (Edmund Randolph)

TJ's notes on, xxxix, 336 (illus.), 563-5

documents gathered for, 450-1n, 511-12

publication of, 521, 544, 555, 556-7

described, 540-1n

Giles assesses, 547-8

attacked, 559, 578-9

response to, 562

TJ discusses, 565-7

vinegar

on TJ's grocery lists, 336, 432

Virgil

Aeneid quoted, 14, 163n

Virginia

Agriculture

poor condition of crops in, 16

suitability for merino sheep, 267, 375

scarcity of corn, wheat in, 606, 617.

See also Jefferson, Thomas: Agriculture

Constitution

potential revision of, 236-9, 340

Courts

and settlement of debts, 15

manuscript reports of General Court cases, 53

closed to British creditors, 98n

payments to sheriffs for collecting bonds, 108

and Wayles estate litigation, 285-91

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

TJ's suit against Henderson heirs, 473-4n, 480-5, 520

Description

newspapers, 21-2, 424, 509

mineral springs, 104n

juries characterized, 116n

in TJ's description of America's size, 363

TJ praises, 368

Economy

and markets along James river, 22

conversion of currency to British sterling, 116n

D'Ivernois inquires about availability, wages of servants in, 153

cost of food in, 154

poor condition of roads in, 616

Education and Science

and proposed Genevan academy, 130, 132-3n, 150-4, 156-8, 164-6, 170-5, 195-6, 208-9, 217, 218n, 311-13

and plans for a national university, 307

Ebeling's research, 424-6, 428, 510n

Natural Bridge measured, 460

heights of mountains measured, 594-9

General Assembly

and N.C. boundary, 63-4

TJ declines to intercede with, 184

and D'Ivernois's plan, 208-9, 261-4

and citizenship for Van Staphorst, Hubbard, 217-18, 501

presents shares in canal companies to Washington, 275, 278, 306

records of, 428

clerkship of House of Delegates, 512

debates Washington's conduct, 535-6, 554

reports on proceedings of, 537, 539-40, 544

passes amendments to U.S. Constitution, 601-2

Laws

TJ collects and preserves, 53, 319, 322, 569, 581-2, 583-91

forms, procedures for land conveyances and patents, 61, 109-10, 290n, 537-9

sequestration law for payment of British debts, 115-16n, 614

of inheritance, 153

on land taxes, 408, 410

Ebeling seeks printed statutes, 424-6, 428

regarding mills and milldams, 472-3, 474n, 484n

revisals of, 474n, 584, 586

plans for publication of, 569, 584-5

to restore county records, 571-2

on debts, 621-2

Politics

and slow spread of news from Philadelphia, 21-2

congressional election in, 202-3, 259-60, 292

Adams hopes for good senators from Va., 208

and congressional debate on democratic societies, 213

debates over Jay Treaty, 515-16, 534-6, 540, 554

J. Marshall embarrasses Republican party, 539

Public Finance

collection of taxes, 186, 480n

account of Grand & Cie., 453

Permanent Revenue Act, 570-1

Weather

Gates complains of, 37

heavy rains in, 93, 439, 500, 552, 592

hard winter affects wheat, 377

observations at Sweet Springs, 439-40n

barometric variation, 595.

See also

Albemarle Co., Va. Monticello

Virginia, Governor of.

See

Brooke, Robert

Jefferson, Thomas: Governor of Virginia

Randolph, Beverley

Virginia, University of

and Ceracchi bust, xxxvii

and Jefferson family prayer book, xxxix

Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser (Richmond)

publishes speeches, 21-2

politics of, 509

mentioned, 431n, 561n

Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer (Petersburg)

prints Madison's petition, 515-16

Virginia Gazette, and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser (Richmond), 21-2, 561n

Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf

letter to, 550-1

letter from, 525-6

arrives in Philadelphia, 525, 550

asks TJ's views on agriculture, 526, 551

Von Zimmermann, Johann Georg

Solitude considérée, 358