Facts and observations relative to sheep, wool, ploughs and oxen (Lord Somerville), 376n
Faden, William, 212, 457
Fairfax, George, 19
Farell & Jones:
and Wayles estate, 317n, 426-30
market tobacco, 427, 428n
farmers:
as legislators, 128
favor peace, 283, 316
plight of, 405
farm implements:
Caroline drill by T. Martin, 198-9, 310, 387
TJ sends to Britain, 198-9, 310, 387
animals for, 199
See also plow, moldboard; plows; threshing machines
Fast Day (9 May 1798):
proclaimed by Adams, 336n
in Philadelphia, 341-2, 344, 353
Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph:
Coup d'oeil sur l'état actuel, 7, 8n, 43
Sketch, 11, 62
Federal District:
U.S. Capitol, 225n, 255n
federal aid for buildings in, 228, 229n, 244-6, 673-4
Adams's views on, 275-6
investment in land in, 316n
Orphan's Court executes Kosciuszko's will, 333n
Washington visits, 369, 371
TJ expects to visit, 383
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Daily Advertiser (Baltimore), 486n
Federalist (Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison):
recommended by TJ, 595
Federalists:
prevail in Congress, government, vii, 363-4, 365, 368, 379, 397, 484-5
called tories, British party, viii, 40, 63-4, 98-100, 212-13, 216, 251n, 269, 290, 323, 325, 334n, 344, 359, 420, 444, 510, 521, 586, 598, 662
and impeachment of Blount, 10
threaten disunion, 83-4, 155
divisions within, 112n, 156, 173, 175, 182, 388, 441, 443n, 448, 560
condemn Barlow's letter to Baldwin, 174n
and president's message of 19 Mch. 1798, 189-90, 193-4
referred to as war party, 189-90, 193-4, 263, 267, 270, 279, 299, 300, 301n, 333-4, 363-4, 365, 384, 441
and Kosciuszko, 196n
seek to undermine TJ, 216
mocked by Latrobe, 226n
as party of Hamilton, 245
and XYZ affair, 245-6, 250-1, 275, 333, 353, 359, 363-4, 648, 649, 652n
Monroe sees ruin of, 254
and defense measures, 268, 279
legislative program of, 299-302, 305, 323
and patriotic songs, 325n
and foreign policy, 334-5n
call for war against France, 335
and newspaper attacks on TJ, 340, 392
and political turmoil in Philadelphia, 341-2
outmaneuvered in Fredericksburg meeting, 351
criticize Volney, 362n
and G. Logan's mission to France, 386n, 417-19, 630-1, 645-6, 651n, 658
and attacks on Monroe's conduct in France, 405
and Naturalization Act, 408
influence on J. Marshall, 417, 421
hold caucus, 441, 443n, 448
and elections of 1798, 442, 643
and Gerry, 444, 445n, 649-50, 652n
TJ's notes on arguments of, 471-3
described as Maratists, 485
minority in Ky., 519
in Va., 521-2, 524, 525n, 598
in N.C., 557
excessive expenses, taxes of, 588-9
and election of 1800, 597n
and elections of 1798, 643
TJ provides certificates for travel for, 662
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-: Adventures of Telemachus, 82-3
Fennell, James:
letter to, 407
letter from, 391-2
performs Logan's speech, 30, 34n, 392n
identified, 391-2n
salt extraction plan, 391-2, 407
Fenno, John Ward:
publishes attack on Monroe's View, 11
prints dispatches from U.S. envoys, 264n
and dispute over Logan's speech, 285, 287-8
and attacks on TJ in press, 340, 392, 438-9
and Callender, 522n
prints attack on Callender, 566-7
prints Gerry's correspondence, 636n
See also Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia)
Fenwick, Joseph, 147
Ferguson, James: Astronomy, 594
feudalism, 434
fevers:
bilious, death from, 367
autumnal, in Va., 597
See also yellow fever
Field, Robert:
portrait of L. Martin, xxxix, 364 (illus.)
portrait of TJ, xxxix, 364 (illus.)
figs, 346
Findley, William:
Harper's motion to reprimand, 302, 304n
sends letter to constituents, 324n
absent from Congress, 363-4
fires:
TJ's notes on prevention of, 124-5
fish:
exported, 73, 502n
shad appear in Philadelphia, 236, 248
for Monticello, 461, 593
fisheries, U.S., 397
Fitch, Capt. Thomas (master of James), 147
Fitzhugh, Peregrine, 12-13
FitzSimons, Thomas:
organizes Philadelphia merchants, 268
serves on Jay Treaty commission, 623-5, 627
flags:
on presentation of French to U.S., 359-60
French, destroyed in Vienna, 450n
Fleming, John, 312
Fleming, Mary Randolph (Mrs. Tarlton Fleming), 346
Fleming & McClenahan: TJ's transactions with, 104, 105n, 167, 461n, 467n
Floridas, 490
flour: price, sales of, 10, 54, 56, 116, 128, 157, 158, 170-1, 282, 283, 305, 354, 357, 374, 405, 409, 411, 660
Fluvanna Co., Va.: and TJ's grand jury petition, 255-62
foodstuffs: as contraband, 125n
Forbes, John:
TJ's financial transactions with, 29, 375
letters from cited, 29n
letters to cited, 29n
Fortescue, Sir John: Difference between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy, 569, 570n
Fortescue Aland, Sir John:
preface to Fortescue's Difference, 569, 570n
Reports of Select Cases, 569, 570n
Fort Pitt. See Pittsburgh, Pa.
Foster, Dwight, 99n, 394-5
Foster, Theodore, 653, 679
Fourcroy, Antoine François de: Élémens d' histoire naturelle et de chimie, 594
Fowler, John, 519, 578n
Fox (Mechecaukis, Mechecouakis) Indians, 81
Foy, Edward, 7, 43
FRANCE
Directory
caricatured, xl, 364 (illus.)
decree of 18 Jan. 1798 on British goods, neutral vessels, 47, 49n, 51, 118-9, 165-6, 168, 191, 221, 245
and Gerry, 185, 393, 394, 396, 397, 621
TJ accused of criminal correspondence with, 247
and conduct of foreign policy, 348, 380n
influence in U.S., 417-19
arrêté of 31 July, 462n, 489, 659-60
at Luxembourg Palace, 500
and G. Logan's mission, 577n, 630-1, 658
See also XYZ affair
Economy
abolition of assignats, 23
book publishing, 153-4, 277, 319, 481
trade with U.S., 502-3n
Foreign Relations
terms of Treaty of Campoformio, 11-12
with Portugal, 11-12, 263, 267
with Venice, 12n, 443, 449, 584n
colonial empire in America, 18, 184
and Batavian Republic, 68n, 584n, 610-11
and Roman Republic, 68n
with Austria, 124, 449-50, 591, 664
with Germany, 124, 666, 668
with Spain, 184
with Switzerland, Helvetic Republic, 186, 187n, 584n
and Kosciuszko, 196n
as check on European despotism, 420
depredations in Germany, 525n
and Ottoman Empire, 664
and Russia, 664
National Institute of Arts and Sciences
sends Du Pont de Nemours to U.S., 501-3
and Palisot de Beauvois, 516
Politics and Government
Fructidor, 65-6, 67, 185, 300, 302n
Council of Five Hundred, 166n, 282n
will not return to monarchy, 174n
Louis XVIII claimant to throne, 185
stability, strength of, 186
lack of freedom of press, 300, 302n, 590n
sedition act, 300, 302n
and Monroe's departure, 402
Council of Elders, 502
U.S. Relations with
provocations by U.S., vii, 66, 67, 631, 640, 647-8, 664, 665
and Saint-Domingue, xl, 440-1, 640, 663-4
prospects of invasion of U.S., xliii, 364 (illus.), 416
interference with U.S. shipping, commerce, 25, 354, 364n, 485
prospects for war, possibilities of peace, 35-6, 53, 64-5, 95, 115, 120, 126, 165-6, 170, 182, 217, 227-9, 231-2, 241-2, 245, 247, 248, 252, 254, 270, 281, 289-90, 300, 305, 318, 335, 339, 340, 364, 365, 377, 379-80, 384, 392-3, 404-5, 414-15, 441-3, 448, 474, 484-6, 610, 668
Delamotte's letter on, 44-52, 247
hindrances to reconciliation, 83, 348
French privateering, 88-9, 315-16, 380n, 381, 410, 447, 462n, 463, 464-5, 489, 490, 499, 613-14, 659-60
burning of U.S. vessel, 90
evaluated by H. Gates, 110
attempts to exclude U.S. shipping, 124, 126
detains U.S. vessels, 146
and decree of 18 Jan. 1798, 165-6, 181, 183, 189
Barlow and, 174-5, 183, 219, 499, 501
effects of Pinckney reappointment, 174n, 185
F. Skipwith assesses, 183-7
French ambitions in America, 184
and war with Britain, 184, 217, 340, 401
Pinckney, Marshall undermine Directory, 185
and U.S. military preparations, 193-4, 581-4, 621, 631
lobbying by Kosciuszko, G. Logan, Volney, 196n, 386n, 453, 499-500, 611n
and American politics, 250-1, 420, 511, 598n, 644
and Adams's addresses to Congress, 263, 267, 269, 274-5, 335
and spoliation claims, 267
treaties, 267-8, 336n, 338, 437, 445n
and American opinions of French government, 283
French citizens leave U.S., 319, 323, 326, 379-80, 396
mismanagement of, 319, 416, 420-1, 489
U.S. passes anti-French legislation, 363-4, 365, 368, 379, 381, 393-4, 396, 397, 404-5
U.S. suspension of trade, 379-80, 393-4, 405, 408, 410, 636-7n, 640, 663, 665, 667
Adams ends negotiations, 418, 421-2
TJ criticized as pro-French, 439n
potential U.S. declaration of war, 444, 445n
U.S. captures privateer, 447
France desires peace, 462-5, 485-6, 489, 496, 497, 498-501, 516, 558, 586, 614, 621, 622, 631, 635, 640-1, 648-9, 658-9, 661-2, 663-4, 665
role of Adet, 462-5, 499
undermined by British, 462, 464, 497, 500
and proposed U.S. seizure of French property, 477, 483n
embargo on American ships, 490, 497n
importance of U.S. actions, 490
and V. du Pont, 499
and balance of trade, 502-3n
Americans rumored to be leaving France, 517
Munford as French agent, 596-7n
terms for negotiations, 604-5, 606-7, 611n
Batavian Republic offers to mediate, 610-11
seizes U.S. vessel, 610
refusal to receive C. C. Pinckney, 621
and Haitian independence, 635, 637n
Pickering calls peace professions empty, 636n
See also Adams, John: President; Gerry, Elbridge; Jay Treaty; Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de (Bishop of Autun); XYZ affair
War with Britain
prospects of peace, 8, 56-7, 341, 344
preparations for conquest of Britain, 25, 62-3, 66, 67, 101, 124, 146n, 156, 168, 190, 206, 213, 357, 365, 383, 388, 394, 397, 449
treatment of neutral nations, commerce, 47, 49n, 51, 118-9, 125, 165-6, 168, 170, 221, 245, 281, 282n, 397, 490
impact on transatlantic travel, 147
conflict approaching a climax, 165, 217, 340, 343, 383
France expected to prevail, 184
attempts to disrupt British trade, 248, 457-8
as offensive or defensive, 338
and W. Indies trade, 380n
invasion of Britain abandoned, 400n
fleet assembles at Brest, 443, 445n, 449
rumors of military movements, 443, 445n
formation of new coalition, 449-50
assistance to Ireland, 460, 597n, 631-2
destruction of French fleet at Aboukir Bay, 603
rumors of French submission, 641n
and India, 664, 666, 668
See also Egypt
Francis, John:
cares for letter, 410
account with, 436, 644n
TJ's regard for, 585
Francis, Mrs. John, 585
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor:
signs Treaty of Campoformio, 11, 47, 51
and relations with France, 449
Francis's hotel:
residents at, 14n, 511n
TJ criticizes Wise at, 63, 98
TJ stays at, 436, 439, 585
TJ receives visitors at, 484
location, 585n
Franklin, Benjamin:
and APS, 297n, 515-16
characterizes Adams, 405-6
praised by TJ, 484
Frederick Co., Va.:
H. B. Trist's impressions of, 177
Fredericksburg, Va.:
postal service at, 9, 27, 56, 88, 117, 282, 325, 627
reliable postal rider for, 90, 92
district court in, 254-5, 311
meeting of merchants in, 351
and XYZ affair, 359
and TJ's trips to, from Philadelphia, 390, 604, 605n
newspapers at, 603
Freeman, Nathaniel, Jr., 363-4
Freire, Cipriano Ribeiro:
grants passport, 195n
letter from cited, 195n
letter to cited, 195n
French language:
G. Taylor as translator of, 129
TJ's reticence in using, 319-20
and XYZ envoys, 490-1
French Revolution:
Terror caricatured, xl, 364 (illus.)
response of Adams and Washington to, 117
Palisot de Beauvois proscribed, 297n
TJ condemned as missionary of, 304n
Adams assesses, 359-60
prospects for failure of, 408
as check on European despotism, 420
TJ's support for, 647
Freneau, Philip, 226n
Friends, Society of:
and votes on war measures, 194
and peace petition, 228, 229n
petition for reform of Parliament, 369n
"Friend to Justice": attacks Monroe, 404n
"Fright of Astyanax" (Benjamin West):
owned by TJ, xli-xlii, 364 (illus.)
fruit, 193
fruit trees:
at Monticello, 193
bloom late in Philadelphia, 248
hurt by frost, 290
pests of, 340-1
furniture:
bookcases, 69
Windsor sofa, 282, 337, 350
chairs, 343, 362
furs: given by Kosciuszko, 331