abolition
Va. laws on, 96n, 120n
Tucker's proposals for, 488-9, 519
Abolition Society, Virginia, 120nAbram (Abraham, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Abrégé de l'Histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile & de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré (Jean François de La Harpe)
cited by TJ, 155, 156n, 296
Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)
seeds of, sent to TJ, 105
Adams, Abigail
correspondence with husband, 224n, 252n
Adams, John
letter to, 235-7
letter from, 58-9
letter to cited, 23n
address from Senate, 392-5
address to Senate, 396
Diplomatic Career
expenditures, accounts, 17-18, 58
and Franklin, 17-18
minister to Britain, 23n
in Amsterdam, 467
and forged letter on treatment of Tories, 506n
and boundary with British possessions, 626-7
Election of 1796
election results, viii, 211, 218, 226-7, 228n, 234-7 255, 261
characterized as friend of monarchy, 193-6
support for, 193-9, 232, 253, 326
and Hamilton's intrigues, 214, 223, 226, 251, 265, 326
as opponent of banks and funding system, 214-15, 226
supported by TJ as president elect, 223-4, 234-7 247-8, 250, 270
comments on support for Clinton, 592-3
Opinions
on D'Ivernois, Mably, 58-9
on France, 59, 593
on republicanism, democracies, 59, 593
on banks, 214-15
on elective government, 592-3
Personal Affairs
correspondence with A. Adams, 224n, 252n
and Wirt, 359n
Portraits
mezzotint by Graham, xl, 318 (illus.)
President
convenes Congress, viii, 76-7, 325, 350, 392, 416 418n, 435n
and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76
TJ urges to avoid war, 235, 237
and relations with France, 316, 340, 342-3, 367, 370-1 371n, 373-4n, 380, 382, 394-5, 396, 416, 418-19n, 425 442-3, 551-3, 557, 560
sends correspondence, papers to Congress, 325, 472 563-4
relations with Gerry, 326-7, 402, 415
Paine criticizes, 340, 342-3, 367
public regard for, 368-9
and sons of Duchesse d'Orléans, 369
May 1797 address to Congress, 370-1, 372, 373n, 379 382, 385, 392, 395n, 401, 405, 407, 411, 416, 425 431, 438, 442-3, 455, 459
and French influence in Netherlands, 372
recommends naval defense, 377n, 594
appointments, 387n, 486-7
and unity of sentiment with Senate, 396
and appointment of envoys to France, 420n, 443
signs legislation, 423n
and legislation, 434-5n
and authority to lay embargoes, 461, 462
Genet praises, 471
petitioned by Vincennes claimants, 508n
relations with Cabinet, 552
and U.S. ministers abroad, 565
Nov. 1797 address to Congress, 587-9, 592
on convening Congress during epidemics, 592
removes Coxe, 595
President Elect
attitude toward France, Britain, 272, 273
desires Madison on mission to France, 273n
Madison's views on, 280, 285
and notification of election to office, 282
relinquishes Senate duties, 283n
seeks advice on transition to new administration 304-5
succeeds Washington, 317
Relations with Jefferson
defeats TJ for presidency, 226-7
political differences, 234, 362-3
TJ's conciliatory letter to, 234-7
distorted by press, 235
TJ expresses esteem, respect for, 235, 237, 259, 270 311, 362
cordiality after election, 251, 252n, 263-4, 271, 273 280-1
Gerry on, 326-7, 475
and TJ's letter to P. Fitzhugh, 418n, 560
consults with TJ on mission to France, 551-2
Vice President
and TJ's notification of election, 282n, 304, 305-6
counts electoral votes, 305n, 306n
resides at Francis's hotel, 469n
response to publication of forged letter, 505
Writings
Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 194, 342, 345n
Collection of State-Papers, 342, 344-5n
Adams, John Quincy
reports on French influence at the Hague, 372, 374n
appointed minister to Prussia, 411, 412-13n, 414
Adams, Richard (brickmason)
witnesses mortgage, 210
Adams, Samuel
TJ praises, 290
Adams administration
and France's refusal to receive C. C. Pinckney, 371
and appointments, 564
Addison, Joseph
Cato, 52n
Adet, Pierre Auguste
letter from, 355
and French opposition to Jay Treaty, 214-15
addresses French complaints against U.S., 273n, 280
returns to France, 316, 355
wishes good relations with TJ, U.S., 355
letter to cited, 355n
and U.S. policy, 384, 419n
Aeneid (Virgil)
quoted, 519
mentioned, 386
Aesop
fable of floating sticks, 237, 238n
Africa
languages, 201n
Aggey (Aggy, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Agrarian Justice, Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly (Thomas Paine)
TJ sends to Madison, 434, 435n
agriculture
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's innovations, 149n
research in France, 333
S.C. Agricultural Society, 367, 487
grasses, clovers, and legumes grown in the U.S. and Britain 510-12
See also Great Britain: Agriculture
Akin, James
megalonyx engravings, xxxix, 318 (illus.)
caricature of TJ, xl
Albany, N.Y.
Volney to visit, 174
Albemarle Co., Va.
suits in county court, 26, 63-4n, 158
elects delegates to Va. General Assembly, 27, 52, 322-3 327-8, 349, 350n
price of corn in, 37, 51-2, 67
crops and weather in, 43
land prices, 124
wheat grown in, 146, 147, 350
physicians in, 153
prospects for mill seat on Moore's Creek, 350-1
TJ plans to attend court, 436
and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524
roads in, 586
Alcock, Elizabeth Gregory Thornton Walker, 5, 169
Alcock, Weston, 5
alcohol
brewed v. distilled, 104-5
supply of, for harvest, 414
tax proposed on, 461, 462
Alexander (the Great), 318
Alexander, William
letter to, 158
orders nails from TJ, 158, 525
letter from cited, 525n
Alexandria, Va.
wheat prices at, 322
climate at, compared to Monticello, 351
Algiers
U.S. treaty with, 9, 62, 70-1, 95n, 369n
ransom of U.S. captives in, 68-9, 369
U.S. relations with, 135, 256
and construction of U.S. frigates, 377n
potential British intercession with, 628-9
alien acts
passage of, 537n
Allegheny Mountains
plants at foot of, 319
Allison, Burgess, 378
Allison, Patrick
recounts attack on Logan's kin, 556
Ambler, Jacquelin, 191, 240
American Minerva (New York)
and TJ's letter to Mazzei, vii, 75-6, 80, 86-7, 385n
publishes letter from Paris, 109-10
See also Webster, Noah
American Philosophical Society
letter to, 276-7
letter from, 254
elects TJ president, viii, 252, 254, 276-7
elects members, 65n, 101n, 154n, 206, 322, 323n, 415 509-10, 525
books presented to, 102n
papers by members, 130, 133n, 140, 322n
TJ announces megalonyx discovery to, 138-9
publishes TJ's megalonyx report, 165, 182-3, 200-2, 205-6 275, 284, 391, 510
seeks, receives specimens, 201, 202n, 398, 403
officers, 254
and TJ's plan to record, study winds, 259
publishes TJ's letter, 277n
TJ's report on the megalonyx, 291-304
TJ presides over, 300-1n
See also Rittenhouse, David
American Revolution
France's participation in, 76
lands confiscated during, 157n
J. Carey's publication of letters from, 180-2, 205
T. Pickering's role in, 381
principles of jeopardized, 447-8
American Universal Geography (Jedidiah Morse)
prints Logan's speech, 455n
"Americanus" (pseudonym)
publishes articles in Va. Gazette criticizing Jefferson 76
Ames, Fisher
and Jay Treaty, 36
as member of House committee, 218
views on relations with France, 228n
retires from Congress, 381, 411, 413n, 417
Amherst Co., Va.
price of corn in, 36, 37
and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524
Amis, Iles de. See TongaAmsterdam
and American financial transactions, 89, 95, 165n
C. C. Pinckney goes to, 231n
Adams in, 467
“Anas”
described, 486-7n
Anderson, Nathaniel
and Mazzei's finances, 65n
TJ's account with, 65n
Anderson, William (London merchant)
and Mazzei's finances, 65, 81, 90, 200
Andes Mountains
Volney alludes to, 175
Anglicans
and Jay Treaty, 95
Angola (Eppes estate, Cumberland Co., Va.)
and marriage settlement of J. W. Eppes, 532-3, 549-50
Peyroux publishes essay in, 133n
Annual Register . . . For the Year 1787 (London)
prints Logan's speech, 454, 455n
anteaters
associated with megatherium, 299, 510
Anville, Madame d'. See Enville, Louise Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld, Duchesse d'
publication of, 410n
as revision of Notes on Virginia, 455n, 600
prints documents, 603n
See also Logan (Mingo Indian)
Appomattox River
and proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529
lands on, 533n, 549
apricots
possible introduction of French variety, 5
Apthorpe, Charles Ward, 398, 403
Arcola
French victory in battle of, 305n
Argus (New York)
publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76
reports comments by Harper, 593n
Aristotle
History of Animals, 295
Arnold, Benedict, 194artisans
cabinetmaker, 379
in Philadelphia, 523
See also Monticello: brickmasons, stonemasons
Asia
and comparative study of languages, 201-2, 446-7
asparagus
grown at Monticello, 322
asses
and farm implements, 318
Ast, William Frederick
letter from, 190-1
fire insurance program, 190-1, 239-44
auditor. See
Harrison, Richard
Pendleton, John
Augusta, Ga.
as terminus of proposed road from Georgetown, 529
Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State (Ga.)
and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 79n
Auldjo, Thomas
letter from quoted, 583-4
letter from cited, 584n
“Aurelius” (John Gardner), 199n Aurora (Philadelphia)
criticized, xxxvii
and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76, 79
and election of 1796, 228n
publishes political correspondence, 309, 440n, 517n, 593n
TJ subscribes to, 442, 544
prints forged Washington letters, 506n
See also Bache, Benjamin Franklin
Austin (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550
Austria
truce with France, 56
War of First Coalition, 117, 169, 341, 422, 423n
opposes France along Rhine and in Italy, 135-6, 161
Archduke Charles defeated by Bonaparte, 341, 344n
and peace of Leoben, 367n, 431, 433, 434n, 436, 438, 450 451, 459, 558
Avignon, France
Volney compares Kanawha River region to, 151
Azevedo, António de Araújo
and Portuguese-French diplomacy, xxxvii