Wabash Indians

Senate rejects Putnam's treaty with, 30, 31n

wagons

borrowed by TJ from T. M. Randolph, 225, 247

for T. M. Randolph, 569, 581-2, 592, 599

repair of, 579

Wales

failure of Britain to expend resources on, 367

Walker, Elizabeth Thornton, 625

Walker, Francis

as candidate for Congress, 259-60, 292

inherits estate, 362, 368, 463

Walker, John, 475

Walker, Dr. Thomas

and Va.-N.C. boundary, 63-4

death, 362, 368, 625

TJ's account with, 416

and Loyal Co. lands, 462-3

Walker, Thomas, Jr.

letters to, 48, 227-8

identified, 48n

TJ's account with, 227-8

letters to cited, 228n

Waller, Benjamin Carter

letters to, 107, 180-1

letter from, 107-8

and Wayles estate debt, 107-8, 180-1

letter to cited, 181n

wallpaper

purchased for TJ, 246

Warden, John, 291n

Wardlaw, William

marriage of, 401

financial transactions, 410, 437, 593n

Ware, John

and settlement of TJ's account, 66

Warminster, Va.

market for TJ's nails at, 573

Warm Springs, Va.

barometric readings at, 597-8

Warnefridus. See Paulus Diaconus

Warre (Ware), John Tyndale

and case of J. Randolph's bond, 116n

TJ's account with, 322

Warsaw, Poland

Prussia lifts siege of, 172

Washington, Bushrod

letters to, 479-80, 497-8

letter from, 518-19

identified, 479-80n

praised by TJ, 283

as TJ's attorney, 345, 474n

supports Jay Treaty, 449

and suit against Henderson heirs, 479-80

and Banks's suit, 497-8, 518-19

letters from cited, 498n, 519n

letters to cited, 498n, 519n

and publication of Va. laws, 569, 585n

Washington, George

letters to, 74-5, 463-5

letters from, 3, 56-7, 275-8, 306-9, 321, 498-500

correspondence from Revolution published by J. Carey, 324

Agriculture

gives succory seed to TJ, 68-9

and O. Bertrand's agricultural prospectus, 74-5

attempts to grow the horse bean, 232

receives succory seed from A. Young, 232, 464

reports on crops at Mt. Vernon, 498-500

Opinions

on establishing a university, 275, 278, 306-8, 325

on republicanism and education, 308

attitude toward France, 567

Personal Affairs

receives figs from Gibraltar, 53

and Academy of Geneva, 124, 130, 133n, 208n, 269n, 274, 306-9, 315, 325

shares in canal companies, 275-8, 306-8, 325

and Ceracchi's monument, 304n, 348

introduces Strickland, 321

and Vall-Travers, 363-4

bound volumes of correspondence, 467

Bushrod Washington nephew of, 479n

President

and resignations, 3, 222n, 450-1n, 495-6

relations with E. Randolph, 4-5, 6, 450-1n, 511-12, 540, 547-8, 562, 563-5, 566

and relations with France, 22-3, 27, 70, 71n, 78-9, 80, 82, 83, 86-7, 578-9

sends correspondence and papers to Congress, 28n, 30, 31n, 47n, 84-5, 624n

and Indian treaties, 31n

and embargo powers, 38n, 44n

relations with Hamilton, 44, 52, 55, 564, 565n

and relations with Great Britain, 51, 566

appoints Jay envoy to Great Britain, 63n, 71, 563

popularity of, 73, 84, 92

and British in northwest, 84-6, 87

and standing army, 85, 202

and Republican politics, 86-7

and Monroe, 87, 100, 397-8n

offers TJ special envoyship to Spain, 117-19

sends agent to Ky., 117

1794 annual address, 182-3, 202, 205, 212-13, 266-7

and Whiskey Insurrection, 182-3, 202-4, 548n

and American captives in Algiers, 188

and Jay Treaty, 205, 392n, 399-400, 422-3, 432-4, 435, 449, 450n, 457, 466, 476-7, 516-17, 545-8, 554-7, 558-9, 562, 564, 565, 567, 568-9, 601, 624

criticizes democratic societies, 212-13, 219, 359

reply to House of Representatives, 212-14

influence in Congress, 215, 250, 601

mentioned, 251

and Short's diplomatic career, 253-5, 445, 488-90, 493, 496, 497n

and Mme de Chastellux's application, 344, 498

Short's indiscreet comments about, 356n

ties to Federalists, 359-60, 607

and Proclamation of Neutrality, 433n

conduct evaluated, 534-6

and Cabinet vacancies, 542, 544-5

1795 annual address, 545-8, 554-5, 562

influenced by northerners, 568

and case of Randall and Whitney, 576-8

and T. Paine, 577-8

celebration of birthday, 624

Relations with Jefferson

and TJ's retirement, 3

TJ's respect for, 148, 377, 565

TJ criticizes, 228-9, 466, 566-7

Rittenhouse forwards TJ's letter, 279

TJ quotes remark by, 565n

Washington, George Steptoe, 179

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis

TJ sends respects to, 75, 377, 465, 500

Washington administration

and Jay's dual appointments, 62-3

viewed as pro- British, 70

seeks peace but prepares for war, 84

changes in Cabinet, 215, 258-9

Short complains of, 495-6

E. Randolph's role in, 566

Washington City. See Federal District

Washington Co., Pa.

and Whiskey Insurrection, 183n

state assembly expels legislators from, 222n

Washington College (Maryland), 158n

watches, 10

waterpower

and threshing machines, 12

untapped potential of, 89-90

patents for water mills, 374-5

Watkins, Joseph, 439

Watson, John, 249

Watson, William

Clergy-Man's Law, 373n

Watts, John, 221, 265

Wayles, John

as security for R. Randolph bond, 98-100n, 285-6, 615

as attorney for Farell & Jones, 115-16n

and case of J. Randolph's bond, 115-17n

and Hemings family, 222-3n

buys Ivy Creek tract from Stith, 537, 554

and land patents, 537, 554

and TJ's collection of Va. laws, 586

Wayles estate

and Bivins suit, 98-100, 114-15, 285-6, 290n, 615-16

settlement of debt, 107-8, 180-1

chancery suit against R. Randolph's heirs, 114-15, 285-91

and Prince of Wales case, 114-17

and case of J. Randolph's bond, 115-17

and TJ's payments from sale of Elk Hill, 272-3, 322, 323-4

and Coleman's bond, 536

Wayne, Anthony, 41, 266, 418

weather

in Philadelphia, 220

storm and floods from Va. to Pa., 439.

See also

Albemarle Co., Va.

Monticello

Virginia: Weather

Webster, Noah

and Ebeling, 423

edits Minerva, 424, 506, 509, 562

"Curtius" essays by, 476n

TJ characterizes, 506

weevils

destroyed by cold weather, 248, 249

attack peas, 295

survive in wheat straw, 300

feared in wet weather, 435

disastrous for farmers, 464, 500

Weissembourg

and War of First Coalition, 23

Welch (Welsh), Wakelin, Sr., 107-8, 180

Weld, Isaac

Travels, 441, 442n

visits Monticello, 441, 442n

West Indies, British

embargo of U.S. trade with, 28, 42, 73, 84

Jay Treaty and U.S. trade with, 310, 400n, 422, 517n

West Indies, French

British fleet cruises in, 24, 40

British interrupt U.S. trade with, 28, 32, 35, 44

British regulation of American trade with, 47n

U.S. guarantees French control of, 49

Martinique falls to British, 63

effects of U.S. embargo, 73, 84

prospects of U.S. trade with, 496

British expeditionary force against, 555, 563, 606

West Indies, Spanish

and Great Britain, 70

prospects of U.S. trade with, 496

Westmoreland Co., Pa.

state assembly expels legislators from, 222n

wheat

price of, 8-9, 22, 34-5, 182, 186, 203, 217, 220, 388, 439, 500, 521, 617

bartered for livestock and goods, 22, 34-5, 48, 217

damaged by weather, 50, 67, 270, 271, 363, 377

on Monroe's land, 55-6

and TJ's crop-rotation plan, 68, 75, 232-3, 354, 361-2, 435, 464-5

and J. Taylor's views on agriculture, 94-5, 295-300

marketing of, 112, 367, 435

sowing of, 112, 113, 327, 435, 557

TJ seeks May wheat, 167

as cash crop, 232, 345, 473n

condition of crops, 247, 457-8, 606-7

and weevils, 249, 457-8

as contraband, 392, 411-12

harvesting of, 435, 438, 457-8

Washington reports on growing of, 499

British bounty on, 606

preparation of soil for, 625

Wheaton, Joseph, 576

Whiskey Insurrection

TJ's opinions on, 182, 229, 359-60

Washington's views on, 182-3n, 212, 213-14n, 548n

D'Ivernois on, 189-90, 196n, 281

and use of force to suppress, 202, 203-4n, 566

and rumored attack on Detroit, 205, 216

and attacks on democratic societies, 211-13, 219, 220-2

views of Congress on, 212-14, 215.

See also excise law

White Hermitage wine

TJ orders, 449

Whitney, Charles, 576-8

Wickham, John

and manuscript law reports, 53

as counsel in Wayles estate suits, 99-100n, 114-15, 290n, 291n

and publication of Va. laws, 569, 585n

Wigan, Thomas, 99n

Wigan, Thomas, Jr., 99n

Wilkerson, Mr., 538n

Willard, Joseph, 423, 506

William and Mary, College of

and proposed Genevan academy in Va., 154, 166

mentioned, 479n

Williams, John (stage driver)

TJ's receipt from, 20-1

Williams, Jonathan

letter from, 594-7

identified, 596n

reads Strickland's paper before American Philosophical Society, 372n

barometric measurements of altitude, 594-9

Williams, William Peere

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, 351, 399, 410

Williamsburg, Va.

winter weather at, 37

barometric variation at, 595

William V, Prince of Orange

fall from power, 244, 330

called tyrant, 373

Willing, Thomas

letter to, 6

and Department of State accounts, 6

Willink, Jan, 364

Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard

letter to, 6

and Department of State accounts, 6

Willink, Wilhem, 364

Willis, Stephen

in TJ's accounts, 413-15

Wilmington, Del.

intercourse with southern ports, 613

Wilson, James

opinion on execution of federal excise laws in western Pa., 182-3

borrows books from TJ, 186, 202, 211, 315

B. Washington studies with, 479n

Winchester, Va.

Strickland to visit, 349

windmills

TJ's interest in, 374, 389

wine

for TJ, 169, 370, 448, 449, 581, 608, 616

TJ recommends suppliers for Monroe, 361

Winterham (Amelia Co., Va.)

TJ seeks blacklead from, 270

Wirt, Mildred Gilmer (Mrs. William Wirt), 362, 401

Wirt, William

praises Ceracchi bust, xxxvii

marriage, 362

influenced by Ogilvie, 403n

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr.

letter from, 211

letter to cited, 209

and Short's financial affairs, 211

and changes in Cabinet, 215

appointed Secretary of Treasury, 245, 259n

and Ceracchi's monument, 348

and E. Randolph's resignation, 564, 565n

submits reports to ways and means committee, 602n

wood

scarcity of timber in Va., 231

used economically in stoves, 270

for potash and pearl ash production, 271-2, 302

U.S., made contraband by Britain, 422

timber on Pouncey's tract, 615, 623

Wood, James, 538n

Wood, Jane

TJ hires slaves from, 580n

Wood, Lucy, Jr.

TJ hires slaves from, 580n

Wood, Lucy Henry (Mrs. Valentine Wood)

slaves hired from, 242, 580n

lives in Milton, 249

Wood, William

and Derieux's property, 572

TJ hires slaves from, 572n, 580n

Wooddeson, Richard

Systematical View of the Laws of England, 373n

Wood's ordinary

Derieux resides at, 226

Wormester. See Warminster, Va.

Worrall, John

Bibliotheca Legum, 331-2

Wurmser, Dagobert Siegmund, graf von Wurmser, 40

Wycombe, Mr. See Wickham, John

Wythe, George

letters to, 181, 332, 581-2, 582, 583-5

letters from, 184-5, 319, 569

invited to Monticello, 181, 185

TJ sends treatise to, 181

letter from cited, 181n

prescribes cure for rheumatism, 184

and P. Carr's inheritance, 226

and mortgage on Varina, 281-2

hears TJ's chancery suits, 285, 290-1n, 474n, 480, 484-5n

and TJ's collection of Va. laws, 319, 332, 569, 581-2, 583-5

Decisions of Cases in Virginia, By The High Court of Chancery, 332

on Jay Treaty, neutrality, 432-3

correspondence sent to Madison, 606-7