Saint Croix River
and U.S. boundary, 615, 616-17, 620, 621, 626-7
Saint-Domingue, W.I.
reinforcements for, 148, 149n
geological survey of, 347, 348n
effects of slave insurrection in, 519, 538, 570-2
and Paroy family, 570-2
St. Germain-en-Laye, France
Americans attend school at, 164
St. John's College (Oxford University), 154
St. Louis
Volney plans to travel to, 132-3
census information on, 133n
St. Petersburg, Russia, 201
Ste. Genevieve
census information on, 133n
Salimberi, Madame de (Bruni)
plans trip to Varina, 314-15
letters from cited, 315n
letter to cited, 315n
as M. J. Randolph's friend, 328
Salisbury, N.C.
on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529
Sally (daughter of Molly, TJ's slave)
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550
Salomons, Levi
firm of widow and sons of (London), 200
salt
mined in Tenn., 398n
saltpetre
extraction of, 64, 171, 291
to be made, 100
and ice caves, 321-2
San Antonio, Texas, 175
Sandy (b. 1789, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 549
Sappington, John, 410n
Sarah (b. 1786, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 549
Sardinia
and French foreign relations, xxxvii
treaty with France, 117, 161, 164n, 169
and French campaign in Italy, 135
and War of First Coalition, 161
Sargent, Winthrop, 202n
sausage
recipe for, 313-14
Savannah, Ga.
and trade with France, 340
Schuyler, Philip J., 411
Scilla (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550
Scott, Daniel, 66
seamen, U.S.
certificates of citizenship for, 35-6
seaports
fortification of harbors, 8, 371n, 393, 416, 421, 422-3n 425, 433-4, 437
Second Inaugural Address (Thomas Jefferson), 80-1
Secretary's ford (Rivanna River)
TJ clears, 483
Sedgwick, Theodore
and sedition act, 35
and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 79
and election of 1796, 224n
committee appointment, 282
attends Federalist caucus, 283n
introduces resolutions, 412n
investigates charges against Blount, 472n
and foreign coinage, 583-4n
sedition acts
TJ seeks information on, 35-6
Callender's prosecution under, 537n
seeds
of varieties of squash, 82
sycamore, sent to TJ, 105
of eggplant, 141
TJ sends to Strickland, 319
of breadfruit, 347-8, 387-8, 487, 513
rice from Philippines, 367, 487
See also
clover seed
grasses
peas
vetch
Seneca
quoted, 467-8
Sermaize, M., 469
Shadwell ford (Rivanna River)
TJ clears, 483
Sharples, Ellen Wallace
as portraitist, xxxviii, 318 (illus.)
Sharples, James
executes portraits, xxxviii
portrait of TJ, xl, 318 (illus.)
Sharples, Rolinda, xxxviii
Sharpless, Jonathan
and nailrod for TJ, 55, 88
Shawnee Indians
and Dunmore's War, 409n, 441, 452
sheep
feed for, 179, 512
merino, 333n
markets for mutton, 529
Shelburne, Earl of. See Lansdowne, William Petty, first Marquis of (Earl of Shelburne)
Shelby, Isaac
letter to, 134
introduced to Volney, 134
Shelton, Samuel, 63n
Shockoe warehouse, 26, 63-4
Short, Peyton
correspondence with W. Short, 317, 597, 598n
Short, William
letters to, 316-18, 463-5
letters from, 332-3, 597-8
Albemarle Co. property, 5
business affairs, 6, 219, 277-8, 316-18, 332-3, 463-5 597-8
and TJ's French accounts, 16, 21, 31
letter to cited, 23n
TJ mortgages slaves to, 96-7n, 209
leaves Spain, 109, 147, 463
and U.S. deposits in France, 122
powers of attorney, 125n, 219, 465n, 544-5, 561
canal shares of, 277, 316-17, 463, 523
relations with Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, 312
Indian Camp Quarter, 316, 332, 464, 597
tenants, 316, 332, 597
correspondence with brother, 317, 597, 598n
salary due to, 317, 318n, 332, 464, 572, 574, 597
U.S. securities, 317, 318n, 463-4, 465n, 481, 523, 530 544-5
expects to return to U.S., 332, 597-8
funds advanced for Monroe, 544-5, 561
forwards letters, 597
rejects use of slave labor, 597
Silknitter, Jacob
charcoal burner, 177
letters to cited, 177n
Simcoe, John Graves
intimidation of American settlements, 612-13, 631n
Simms, Charles
as candidate for elector in 1796, 193-6
appointed collector at Alexandria, 195
Simons, James
collector at Charleston, 567, 570
Sinclair, Sir John
letter to, 318-19
letters from, 114-15, 183, 449-50, 480
and TJ's diploma, xli, 450n, 514
sends publications, surveys to TJ, 106n, 114-15, 183, 480
praised as farmer, 318
TJ sends farm implements to, 450n, 546
urges establishment of board of agriculture in U.S., 480
Sir John Sinclair's Address to the Board of Agriculture, on Tuesday the Twentieth of June, 1797, 480
Sir John Sinclair's Address to the Board of Agriculture, on Tuesday, the Twenty-Fourth of May, 1796, 114-15
Sitgreaves, Samuel
as member of House committee, 218
on U.S. relations with France, 374n
and impeachment of Blount, 473n
Sketches of the History of America (James T. Callender)
financial assistance during work on, 536, 537n
and comments by Harper, 593n
Sketch of the Finances of the United States (Albert Gallatin)
TJ requests, receives copy of, 224, 256
Sketch of the Present State of our Political Relations with the United States of North-America (Joseph Fauchet)
published by Bache, 590n
Skinner, Thompson J., 469n
Skipwith, Anne Wayles (Mrs. Henry Skipwith, TJ's sister-in-law),533n
Skipwith, Fulwar
and U.S. deposits in France, 122
accused of financial improprieties, 165n
resignation, 366
reports losses to shipping, 563-4, 565
Skipwith, Henry
and Wayles estate, 196n, 217, 268, 419
offers to buy Short's land, 332
lands of, 533n
and Short's business affairs, 597
mentioned, 317
Skipwith, Mary. See Randolph, Mary Skipwith
Slate River (Buckingham Co., Va.)
site on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529
slavery
Va. laws on, 96n, 120n
Quakers and, 120n
and three-fifths clause of Constitution, 364n
potential revolts in West Indies, 377
Tucker proposes gradual abolition, 488-9
TJ foresees potential slave revolt, 519
See also Saint-Domingue, W.I.
slaves
travel without permission, 90
dwellings, 243
federal tax considered on, 265n
diet of, during harvest, 414
given to J. W. Eppes, 549
clothing for, 569
and work habits, 586
Short does not wish to own, use, 597
taken or freed by British during Revolution, 613, 620-1 622, 624-5
See also Jefferson, Thomas: Slaveholder
sloths
associated with megatherium, 299, 510
See also
mgalonyx
megatherium
smallpox
inoculations, 334, 349, 351, 385, 401n
in Va., 427, 428
Smith, Abbey (Abby, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Armstead (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Daniel, 222
Smith, Dick (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Edy (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Fanny (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Flora (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Hetty
engaged to Peter Carr, 210-11
Smith, Israel, 594
Smith, Jesse (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, John
land in Albemarle Co., Va., 547, 549
Smith, Capt. John (1579-1632)
Generall Historie of Virginia, 294
TJ's use as source, 301n, 302-3n
on American lions, 303n
Smith, Larkin
land in Albemarle Co., Va., 547, 549
Smith, Lucy (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Philip
land in Albemarle Co., Va., 547, 549
Smith, Ralph, 538-9
Smith, Robert, 210-11n
Smith, Sal (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, Samuel, 210n
Smith, Samuel Harrison
plans for weekly newspaper, 416, 434, 442
prints letters signed "Fabius," 435n
See also Universal Gazette (Philadelphia)
Smith, Thomas
land in Albemarle Co., Va., 547, 549
Smith, Will (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Smith, William, 413n
Smith, William Loughton
debates Gallatin, 146
and Adams's speech, 218
and taxes, 265n, 461n
as Federalist, 412, 413n
reports on congressional politics, 412n
promotes defense measures, 421-3, 450
on Americans serving in foreign military, 450n
as U.S. minister at Lisbon, 486-7
Comparative View of the Constitutions of the Several States, 555
snakes
thought to mesmerize prey, 165, 166n, 182, 192
Snelson, Robert
and Kinsolving's debt, 204
Snowden & McCorkle (McKorkle)
and Callender, 537n, 544
Sodus, N.Y.
British intimidation of, 613, 631n
soil
exhaustion of, 103
Solomon (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
"Some account of an American Species of Dipus, or Jerboa" (Benjamin Smith Barton), 183n
Somerville, Robert
Outlines of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Proposed General Report from the Board of Agriculture, on the Subject of Manures, 319
Sophia (b. 1796, TJ's slave)
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550
Sousy (b. 1793, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 549
South America
maps of, 105-6, 115
megatherium discovery, 298, 301n, 510
South Carolina
vote at Constitutional Convention, 68
and election of 1796, 226
agricultural society in, 367, 468n, 487
TJ sends breadfruit, rice to, 367, 388, 487
politics in, 411-12
cultivation of rice in, 487
sites on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529
politics and Charleston customs dispute, 567, 570
relationship to U.S., 570
South Carolina (ship)
carries van Hasselt to America, 466
South Carolina Society for Promoting and Improving Agriculture
publishes extract of TJ's letter, 468n
southern states
and election of 1796, 232, 235-6, 253
republican sentiment in, 289-90, 439
misrepresented, misunderstood in north, 364
political advantage given by three-fifths clause, 364n
wish to avoid war with France, 371-2
Southwest Territory, 30, 34n
Soyechtowa. See Logan (Mingo Indian)
Spain
U.S. diplomats in, 23n
farming methods in, 27, 29
relations with France, 228, 372
relations with U.S., 255, 471, 598
declares war against Britain, 256, 265
and study of megatherium, 298-9, 300n, 301n, 510
role of West Indies in event of war with U.S., 377
U.S.-West Florida boundary, 535-6
secret service expenditures in America, 551
See also
Louis of Parma
Pinckney Treaty
Sparks, Richard, 221
Sparrman, Anders
Voyage, 296
Spears, James, 43n
Spears, John
TJ purchases claim of, 43n
mentioned, 44n
Spears, William
letter to cited, 43n
mentioned, 44n
specie
replaced by paper currency, 329-30, 401
Bank of England suspends payments in, 340-1, 344n, 401
abundant in France, 341
flows from U.S. to Britain, 370-1, 373
and bill extending currency of foreign coins, 583-4, 589-90, 594
in Jay Treaty, 621, 622
spinach
grown at Monticello, 322
Spithead, England
mutiny of British sailors at, 431n, 433, 436, 438, 456, 459
Sprigg, Richard, Jr.
and TJ's letter to P. Fitzhugh, 557
Sprigg, Thomas, 95n
Squire (b. 1793, TJ's slave)
in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 549
Sravnitel'nye slovari vsiekh iazykov i nariechii, sobrannye desnitseiu vsevysochaishei osoby (Peter Simon Pallas), 201n
Staël de Holstein, Eric Magnus, Baron de, 230-1
Stafford Co., Va.
campaign for presidential elector in, 193, 195
stagecoaches
Volney abhors open stages, 221
TJ travels by, 274, 308-9, 314-15, 352-3
as means of contact with public, 353
to Philadelphia, 565
Stanhope, Philip (second Earl of Stanhope), 59
Starr, James, 50, 168
State, U.S. Department of
flags flown over consulates, 376
Statement, Explanatory of the Resignation of the Officers of the Regiment of Artillery, of the City and County of New-York, 404n
states
and power to regulate value of foreign coinage, 589-90
Staughton, William, 378
Staunton, Va.
as possible location of school, 58
Volney, La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt pass through, 111, 148 150, 152n
distance from Charlottesville, 150
and communication with Washington Co., Md., 380, 415-16
as market for TJ's nails, 540-1
Steele, John (comptroller of treasury)
endorses documents, 465n, 545n, 561
Steele, John (stonemason)
works at Monticello, 65n
Stephen (TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Stevens (Stephens), Edward
letter to, 431
sends Strode's survey to TJ, 431
Stevensburg, Va.
site on proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 431, 432, 529 530
Stewart, David, & Sons, 45n
Stewart, Dugald
letter to, 415
and natural science, 415
Stewart, John, 263n
Stith, Richard
letter from, 130
as surveyor, 52, 130
Stith, William, 66
Stock, John
performs work for TJ, 523, 530
stocks, six percent, 574
Stockton, Richard, 472n
Stoddert, Benjamin, 197n
stonemasons. See Monticello: brickmasons, stonemasons
stoves
kitchen, invented in Lancaster, Pa., 25
Stratton, Capt. Henry, 586
straw
used for feeding in Spain, 28
Strickland, Sir George, 170
Strickland, William
letter to, 319-20
letters from, 102-6, 115-19, 510-11, 511-13
exchanges seeds with TJ, 102-5, 115, 117, 319, 510-12, 514
sends publications to TJ, 105-6, 115
seeks information on ice caves, 116-17, 320, 321
on costs of war as impetus to peace, 117-18
praises succory, 144
letter from cited, 513n
Strictures upon the Letter imputed to Mr. Jefferson, Addressed to Mr. Mazzei (Tench Coxe), 77n
Strode, John
letter to, 432
identified, 432n
surveys road, 431, 432
letters from cited, 432n
letters to cited, 432n
Strother, French
letter to, 425-6
TJ sends political news to, 425-6
Stuart (Stewart), Archibald
letters to, 57-8, 113, 134, 138, 252-3, 525
letters from, 99-100, 171-3, 239
letters from cited, 58n, 100n
searches for stonemason, 99-100
sends information about megalonyx, 100, 275n, 300n
asked to assist Volney, 134, 148, 150
asked to assist La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 138
and Va.-Ky. boundary, 172
orders gongs, 239, 253
proposes memorial to Congress on relations with France, 239
TJ discusses politics, French war with, 252-3
forwards seed to TJ, 415
cares for TJ's shipments, 559
forwards correspondence, 566n
Stuart, Gilbert
portrait of Volney, xxxviii, 318 (illus.)
Stuart (Stewart), John
letters to, 113-14, 205-6, 509-10
letters from, 64-5, 152-3, 177, 266, 525-6
identified, 64-5n
sends megalonyx fossils, information, 64-5, 113-14, 152-3 155, 171, 177, 205-6, 266, 275n, 291, 296, 300n, 509-10 525-6
letter from cited, 113n
election to APS, 206, 509-10, 525
succory
for T. M. Randolph, 27
Washington grows, 144
Suck (b. 1771, TJ's slave)
TJ mortgages, 98
Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius
on Julius Caesar, 249n
sugar
and Article 12 of Jay Treaty, 619
sugar, brown
duties on, 265n
Sullivan, James
letter to, 289-91
letter from, 262
urges TJ to accept vice presidency, 262
Sumter, Thomas, 413n
Superior, Lake
and U.S. boundary with British possessions, 617
surveying instruments
TJ purchases, 315, 316n, 436-7
Swaile (Swail), James, 168
Swan, Caleb, 221
Sweden
and exportation of grain, 10
Royal Academy of Science, 136
recall of Baron de Staël, 230-1
trades with France, 340
relations with U.S., 345n, 371n
naval strength, 376
Sweet Springs (Greenbrier Co.)
T. M. Randolph visits, 171
Switzer, Mr., 462
Syria
Volney travels in, xxxviii, 61, 111, 132, 482
Volney compares western prairies to, 174