Fabbroni, Giovanni, 74
"Fabius." See Dickinson, John
Faden, William
map of South America by, 105-6, 115
Fair American (ship), 397n
Fairfax, Thomas, sixth Lord, 279
Fairfax Co., Va.
campaign for presidential elector in, 193, 195
and proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529, 530
Fairfax Stone
and Va.-Md. boundary, 263n
Fanny (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Farell & Jones
and Wayles estate, 96-7, 197n
TJ's debt to, 478n
See also Hanson, Richard
farmers
fear taxes on land, 265
encroachment on liberties of yeomen, 444
TJ provides information for, 583-4
Farmer's Weekly Museum (Walpole, N.H.)
publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 75n
farm implements
Caroline drill by T. Martin, 129, 143-4, 318, 545-6, 553 573, 588
and farm animals, 170, 545
TJ's interest in, 205
TJ sends to Britain, 318, 450n, 545-6
See also
plow, moldboard
threshing machines
Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph
and U.S. internal affairs, 384, 385n
replaces Genet, 471
and Monroe's recall, 565
Coup d'oeil sur l'état actuel, 589-90, 594, 595
British complaint against, 611-12
Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemy, 301n
Fauquier Co., Va.
campaign for presidential elector in, 195-6
Fayette Co., Pa.
1796 election results from, 211
Federal District
federal aid for, 10-11, 56
investment in land in, 157n, 368
Volney visits, 483
location of government at, 528-9
potential market for Va. products, 529
and proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser (Baltimore)
publishes L. Martin's attacks on TJ, 409n, 454-5n, 601
"Federalist. " See Coxe, Tench
TJ suggests addition to, 51
Federalists
and TJ's letter to Mazzei, vii, 73-88
and Jay Treaty, 25, 46, 48, 51, 60, 71n, 94, 147
as British faction, 109, 228, 407, 433
and P. Henry, 147-8
and election of 1796, 193-9, 211, 214, 223-4, 226
geographical distribution of, 235-6
tactics in New England, 262
and Monroe, 269
and U.S. relations with France, 280, 370, 372, 373-4n
caucuses by, 283n, 411, 412n
attack Madison's reputation, 323-4, 380
"Hamiltonians" as wing of, 362
Washington as supporter of, 381
control appointments to Senate committees, 411, 412n
as war party, 413-14
and appointment of Gerry, 420n, 450
influence of events in Europe on, 422
and expenditures for fortifications, 423n
encroach on liberties of yeomen, 444
and Tenn. statehood, 472n
and Blount impeachment, 473n
and diplomatic appointments, 486-7
and Callender, 537n
denoted as aristocrats, 556-7
and newspaper attacks on TJ, 556
in S.C., 567n
Fennell, James
performs Logan's speech, 409n, 452, 454, 581
Fenno, John
publishes L. Martin's attacks on TJ, 443
prints piece by Hamilton, 484n
See also Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia)
Fenwick, Joseph, 563, 565
Fenwick, Mason & Co., 368
Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, 256n
Ferri de Saint-Constant, Giovanni Lorenzo, 74
Filson, John
Discovery, Settlement, and Present State, 176n
Findley, William, 593
fireplaces
Count Rumford's designs for, 605n
fires
residential, in Va., 123, 125n, 141
insurance against, 190-1, 239-44
fish
high price of herring, 36
TJ orders herring, 91
in diet during harvest, 414
Fitzhugh, Elizabeth Chew (Mrs. Peregrine Fitzhugh), 324
Fitzhugh, Peregrine
letters to, 346-7, 415-19
letters from, 323-4, 380-2, 442-5, 555-61
exchanges seeds with TJ, 323-4, 346, 380, 415, 559-60
and Madison's views on treaty-making powers, 323-4, 346-7
criticizes Adams's advisors, 380-1
on U.S relations with France, 380-2
provides information on Cresaps and death of Logan's kin 416, 444, 555-6
shares contents of TJ's letter, 418n, 556-7, 560-1
letter to the Rights of Man, 561
Fitzhugh, William
TJ sends respects to, 347, 381, 418
encourages son to show TJ's letter to Republican friends 556-7
sends respects to TJ, 560
flags
on U.S. consulates in Mediterranean, 376
Flanders
Volney compares Ohio to, 221
Fleming, John, 36
Fleming, William
letter from, 204
describes counties of Ky., 204
Fleming & McClenahan
and supplies for Monticello, 414
sell nails from Monticello, 540-1
Florida, East
oranges from, 543
Florida, West
boundary with U.S., 535
Floridas
within range of U.S. coastal gunboats, 377
plans to invade, 472-3n
flour
price of, 10, 26, 350, 371, 385, 426, 583
sale of, 412
Fluvanna Co., Va.
and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524
Forrest, Rebecca Plater (Mrs. Uriah Forrest), 557
Forrest, Uriah
sends president extract of TJ's letter to P. Fitzhugh, 418n 560n
and Hamilton's Observations, 557-8
Forrester, Simon, 543
Fort Recovery, Northwest Terr.
Indians attack, 612, 630-1n
Fourteen Agricultural Experiments, to ascertain the best rotation of crops (George Logan)
sent to TJ, 272, 273n
Fourth of July. See Independence Day
France
Agriculture
pea seeds from, 323
research in, 333
Army
potential disbanding of, 405
Constitution
Volney notes change in, 53
pamphlets on new government, 123
prospects for, 161
Paine cites, 343
Directory
Adams skeptical of, 59
response to Jay Treaty, 109-10, 215n
taxes under, 110n
and paper currency, 122, 123n
and loot from subjugated territories, 161, 164-5n
and foreign diplomatic appointments, 230-1
refuses to receive C. C. Pinckney, 230, 231n, 340
change in composition of, 357
and declaration of war against U.S., 439
disagreeable disposition of, 442
measures of, criticized in U.S., 470
in competition with legislative councils, 485
arreté of 12 Ventose, 486
Economy
forced loan in, 56, 109-10
falling price of provisions in, 119
funding system, currency, 122, 123n, 162, 165n
strength of, 222, 341
specie, paper currency in circulation, 341
Foreign Relations
alleged corruption of, xxxvii
and Jay Treaty, 71, 357
with Geneva, 208, 209
with Spain, 228, 372
dissemination of Paine's Decline and Fall, 340
with Batavian republic, 372, 374n
and establishment of republican principles, 460
treaty of commerce with Britain, 615, 628
Internal Improvements
roads, 8
Italian Campaign
auspicious beginning of, 117, 135-6, 146, 148, 161 222
art, antiquities taken from subjugated territories 161, 164-5n
French successes in, 169, 265, 273, 305, 341, 422 423n, 431, 433, 434n, 436, 438, 456, 459
National Assembly
members of, 131-2, 134, 137
National Institute of Arts and Sciences
established, 102n
philosophical society within, 110-11
and Dombey's mission, 229
members, 347, 348n
Politics and Government
TJ welcomes information about, 61
Gautier sends pamphlets on, 122-3
bright prospects of, 163, 230
elections, 222
legislative councils in power struggle with Directory 485
Adams criticizes, 593
Harper criticizes Republic, 593
See also French Revolution
Public Opinion
resentment of Jay Treaty, 230
against U.S., 340
regard for Monroe, 340
Rhine Campaign
anticipated, 117
French successes in, 161, 265, 273, 433, 434n, 436 456, 459
Society
in state of vigor and increasing public confidence, 56
unsuitable place for young American woman, 147
characteristics of people, 237
Royal Academy of Sciences, 293
penal institutions and solitary confinement, 335, 336n
U.S. Relations with
prospects for war, possibilities of peace, viii, 135 227, 239, 271, 272-3, 289-90, 342-3, 355, 359-60, 361 379, 381-2, 392-3, 395n, 396, 407, 415, 418-19n 421-3, 429, 433, 435n, 441, 442, 462-3, 522, 557, 580 587n
Jay and Pinckney treaties compared, 48
and American party politics, 76, 455-6, 580
during American Revolution, 76
and Jay Treaty, 108-10, 214-15, 230, 340, 342, 345n 405, 486n, 629
and Washington's sentiments, 142, 553
and Independence Day orations, 156-7
and treaty of amity and commerce, 215n, 340, 342, 486
distrusts U.S. executive branch, 227-8
refusal to receive C. C. Pinckney, 230, 231n, 316, 340
TJ's thoughts on, 235, 237, 252, 255, 426, 438-9 448-9, 586, 594
commences attack on U.S. trade, 256, 273
U.S. envoys to, 256, 265, 342, 411, 414, 416, 420, 427 443, 448-9, 450, 460, 475-6, 485-6, 552, 580, 586 589, 591-2, 594, 598
interference with U.S. shipping, 282, 285, 330, 369 371n, 429, 431, 448, 563-4n
previous French support of U.S. resented, 342-3
and Pickering, 343, 345n
and U.S. neutrality, 344, 363, 485, 611
appointment of U.S. consuls to, 366-7
and U.S. relations with Netherlands, 372, 374n
and equal treaty rights, 373-4n, 411-12, 413-14, 421
and spoliation claims, 374, 421
West Indies and possible war, 377
influence in U.S. internal affairs, 383-4, 393-5
effects of Pickering letter, 426
and American Indians, 441
and Adams's address of May 1797, 442-3
Genet and, 470-2
and Blount conspiracy, 473n
French travelers uncomfortable in U.S., 483
and competition between legislative councils, Directory 485-6
distance affects communication, decisions, 485-6
U.S. ship rosters required, 486
Adams considers sending mission to, 551-2
Unicorn affair, 612, 630n
War of First Coalition
prospects for peace, 53, 71, 108, 119, 415
on Austrian and British fronts, 56
Britain as primary foe, 70, 146, 162
prospects for peace fade, 135, 222, 341-2
reinforcements for Saint-Domingue, 148, 149n
preparations for conquest of Britain, 222, 344n, 366 433
failure of British peace mission, 256-7, 273, 282, 285-6
and neutral shipping, 344
peace at Leoben, 367n, 431, 433, 434n, 436, 438, 450, 451, 459, 558
causes of, 407
French agents in Britain, 521n
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
prospects of peace with France, 108, 161-2, 169
and restoration of Austrian Netherlands, 256n
forced to seek peace, 305
agrees to armistice, 366, 367n, 485
See also Holy Roman Empire
Francis, John
identified, 469n
Liancourt sends message by, 463
account with, 469
prepares rooms for TJ, 576
Francis's hotel
residents at, 412n, 469n
TJ stays at, 412n, 469, 536, 576, 585
Callender visits TJ at, 536
TJ visits Adams at, 551
Frank (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Frankfurt Am Main
surrendered to French, 162, 165n
Franklin, Benjamin
diplomatic expenditures, 14, 17-18
letter to Adams quoted, 17-18
and Houdon statue of Washington, 37n, 40
Cobbett mocks, 140
TJ praises, 140, 276-7
and American science, 254
Fraunces, Andrew G.
letters to, 459, 460
identified, 459n
and Hamilton's Observations, 459, 459n, 460, 542-3, 562n
seeks aid from TJ, 459, 460
Frederick, Md.
as Federalist stronghold, 557
Fredericksburg, Va.
stagecoaches to Philadelphia, 274, 565
fruit trees at, 322
wheat prices at, 322
shipments to TJ from, 323
spring at, 328, 351
TJ visits, 425, 436
delays in mail at, 427, 428
Freeman, Nathaniel, Jr.
appointed to House committee, 372, 373n
resides at Francis's hotel, 469n
French Revolution
Adams assesses, 59
executions, 123n, 160, 313n
displaces military officers who served in America, 145
displaces artists, 389
Fructidor, 558-9, 576, 580
Freneau, Philip
TJ pays for newspaper of, 442
letter from cited, 442n
Friendly Islands. See Tonga
Friends, Society of, 120
Froullé, Jean François
TJ orders books from, 4
death of, 160, 464
fruit trees
establishment of Monroe's orchard, 5, 41-2
in blossom at Monticello, 322, 351
orange, E. Rutledge sends to TJ, 357, 386, 455
Fry, Joshua, 66