Dactylis gromerata (meadow cocksfoot or orchard grass)
sent to TJ by Strickland, 104
Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia)
TJ praises, 416, 434
Dallas, Alexander J.
as Blount's attorney, 473n
assists and befriends Callender, 536, 537n
Dana, Francis
appointed envoy to France, 411, 414, 420n, 427
declines appointment, 450, 451
Daniel (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Danville, Ky.
district court at, 204
Darien. See Panama
Dartmouth College case, 359n
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie
data on lions, 292-3, 302n
Davenport, William
asks TJ to pay F. Walker, 587
Davis (Davies), John
recollection associated with megalonyx, 152-3, 171-2, 295-6
Dawson, John
Burr visits, 198n
and Blount investigation, 473n, 516-17
and Monroe-Hamilton conflict, 479n, 565-6, 578-9, 593, 595n
letters from cited, 488n
and Monroe, 488, 595n
letters to Madison quoted, 517n
Dayton, Jonathan
and Jay Treaty, 47-8
and business in House of Representatives, 282
on U.S. relations with France, 373-4n, 411
and House reply to president's address, 411
Deakins, Francis
and election of 1796, 197n
recounts attack on Logan's kin, 444, 555-6
Deane, Silas
on U.S. and Europe, 364, 365n
Dearborn, Henry, 94-5
Deas, William A.
forwards letters, 27
and Jay Treaty, 47
publication of, 46, 49n
sent to TJ, 60-1, 72-3, 109-10
Declaration of Independence
TJ's authorship of mentioned, 79
and election of 1796 in Va., 194-5
See also Independence Day
Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance (Thomas Paine)
increasing popularity of, 340-1, 344n
deer
sizes of American, Old World varieties, 298, 304n
Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (John Adams)
cited in election of 1796 in Va., 194
Paine criticizes, 342, 345n
Delacroix de Constant, Charles
correspondence with Monroe, 108-10, 231n
Paine seeks to influence, 344
De la foiblesse d'un gouvernement qui commence, Et de la nécessité où il est de se rallier à la majorité nationale (Adrien Lezay-Marnézia), 123
De la force du gouvernement actuel de la France et de la nécessité de s'y rallier (Benjamin Constant), 123
De la Littérature des Nègres (Henri Grégoire)
and TJ's racial views, 176-7n
Delamotte, F. C. A.
letter from, 485-6
as vice consul at Le Havre, 366
reports on situation in France, 485-6
Delaware (Lenni Lenape) Indians
and Dunmore's War, 452
Delaware
at Constitutional Convention, 68
and Jay Treaty, 73
Delaware River
as political divide, 235, 236
blocked by ice, 238, 595n
Demanet, Abbé
TJ cites Nouvelle Histoire, 292
democratic societies
and British sedition act, 35-6
denunciation of, 407
Democritus, 238
Demosthenes, 452
Denmark
and exportation of grain, 10
trades with France, 340
and U.S. neutrality, 345n
naval strength, 376
Derieux, Justin Pierre Plumard
letter to, 141
misfortunes of, 5
loses possessions in fire, 123, 125n, 141
letters from cited, 141n
letters to cited, 141n
Monroe tries to assist, 164
Derieux, Maria Margarita Martin (Mme Justin Pierre Plumard Derieux), 141
Description du Cap de Bonne-Esperance (Peter Kolb)
cited by TJ, 295
Des Droits et des Devoirs du Citoyen (Gabriel Bonnot de Mably)
cited by Adams, 59
Desmarest, Anselme
names Megalonyx jeffersonii, 301n
Detroit
Volney visits, 174, 220-1
Deurtang's (inn, western Va.), 151
Dick (b. 1767, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Dick (b. 1790, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Dickenson v. Paulett
case of, 189
Dickinson, John
as author ofletters signed "Fabius," 434
fears war with France, 435n
Dinah (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
dionnea mascipula
TJ requests seed of, 43
dipus americanus
Barton describes, 183
Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky (John Filson), 176n
Dissertation on Slavery: With a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of It, in the State of Virginia (St. George Tucker)
rejected by House of Delegates, 489n
D'Ivernois, François, 58-9
Divers, George
receives payment from T. M. Randolph, 26, 27n
Dix's ferry (Dan River)
site on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529
Dobie, Samuel, 310n
Dobs, Richard, 120
Dobson, Thomas
Encyclopaedia, 441n
dogs
shepherd, TJ characterizes, 26-7
Dohrman, Arnold Henry
and Mazzei's business affairs, 55, 67, 70, 81, 90, 199-200
Doll (TJ's slave)
son of, in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550
Dombey, Joseph
brings French units of measure to U.S., 229-30, 257, 259n
death of, 229
Donald, Alexander
tobacco sold to, 112
forwards items to TJ, 115, 319, 511
and TJ's financial transactions, 307
Donath, Joseph
letters to, 184, 187, 212-13
TJ orders glass from, 167, 183, 184, 186, 187, 212-13
letters from cited, 184n, 187n, 213n
Dorchester, Lord (Sir Guy Carleton)
inflammatory speech to Indians, 610-13, 626
Dougherty, Felix, 538-9
Draper, John
recollection associated with megalonyx, 296-7
Drayton family
as reference for van Hasselt, 467
Duane, William, 537n
Dublin Packet (ship), 340, 366
Ducoigne, Jean Baptiste
letter to, 131-2
introduced to Volney, 131-2
Ducoigne, Jefferson
invited to visit Monticello, 131
Dugnani, Antonio
letters from, 370, 538-9
revives correspondence with TJ, 370
recommends Catholic students, 538-9
Dumfries, Va.
TJ known at, 184
wheat prices at, 322
Dunbar, John, 45n
Dungeness (Randolph estate)
T. M. Randolph stops at, 568
Dunmore, John Murray, fourth Earl of
and Logan's speech, 408, 409-10n, 441, 451, 452, 601-2
Dunmore's War, 409-10n, 441, 452
Duvall, Gabriel, 60
Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin
engraves medals, 14
