labor:
and economic decline in Philadelphia, 10
high costs of, 113
and economics of slavery, 152
prospects of employment in Richmond, 179, 559
servants' wages in Philadelphia, 585n
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 509n
La Fontaine, Jean de: "The Clay Pot and the Iron Pot", 49n
La Forest, Antoine René Charles Mathurin de, 525n
La Forest, Cuiller Beaumanoir de, 523, 524-5n
Lalor, Mr., 24n
Lambarde, William: Eirenarcha, 594
Lancaster, Pa.:
treaty site, 18, 32
on route to western Pa., 285
and Callender, 581
and election of 1796, 584n
Lancaster Co., Pa.: addresses to president from, 360, 362n, 382, 402, 404n
Lancaster Journal, 584n
lands:
factors affecting price of, 478, 493-4
as investment, 478, 492
granted for military service, 518n
See also Direct Tax (1798)
Langdon, John, 228, 408, 653
languages:
American Indian, viii, 81-2, 86-7, 114-15, 238, 243, 265n, 310n, 564
TJ's vocabulary form, 81-2n, 87, 114-15, 238, 243, 564
APS seeks information on, 159n
TJ doubts his skills in French, 319-20
sign languages, 426n
English etymology, 568-9
German, Danish, Old English, 568-70
Lansing, John, Jr., 14n
Lapsley, Samuel, 672
Lark (sloop), 617n
Larkin, Isaac. See Independent Chronicle (Boston)
La Rochefoucauld, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, Duchesse de:
TJ sends respects to, 319-20
and Short's plans, 473-5, 482n, 487-9, 557, 577
regard for TJ, 474, 488
and Gerry, 496n, 577
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, Duc de:
letter from, 65-8
in Hamburg, 65-8
on revolutions in Europe, 65-8
may return to U.S., 66, 68
on prospects of U.S.-French negotiation, 66, 67
and Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld, 474
Travels published in France, 488-9, 497n
Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique, 488, 497n
La Roche-Guyon (Rocheguyon), France, 52n
Latimer, Henry, 653
Latin:
and English word origins, 568
latitude: measurement of, 159-60, 177-8, 215, 219-20, 236, 273
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry:
letter to, 561-2
letters from, 224-6, 523-5
and Federalists, 224-6, 524
works as engineer, architect, 224-6, 523-4, 561-2
Apology (play), 225-6n
architect of White House, Capitol, 225n
identified, 225n
uses Notes on Virginia, 226n
and TJ's moldboard plow, 524
La Trobe, Christian Ignatius, 86, 87n
Latude, Jean Henri Masers de, 578
Laurance, John: as bank director, 418-19
judiciary bill, 472n, 673
and Blount's impeachment trial, 615n
and Gerry's confirmation, 653
motion on Alien Friends Act, 676
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent: Traité élémentaire de chimie, 594
Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 369, 371, 399-400
Law, Thomas: Niemcewicz visits, 369, 371, 399-400
Law and Practice of Ejectments: Being a Compendious Treatise of the Common and Statute Law Relating Thereto (Sir Geoffrey Gilbert), 594
Law of Bills of Exchange (Timothy Cunningham), 594
Law of Costs (Joseph Sayer), 594
Law of Devises, Last Wills, and Revocations (Sir Geoffrey Gilbert), 594
Law of Distresses and Replevins, Delineated: Wherein the Whole Law Under those Heads is Considered (Sir Geoffrey Gilbert), 594
Law of Evidence (Sir Geoffrey Gilbert), 594
Law of Executions (Sir Geoffrey Gilbert), 594
Law of Uses and Trusts (Sir Geoffrey Gilbert), 594
Lawrence, Jacob, 585n, 644n
Lawson, Sarah (Philadelphia boarding house), 439
Lear, Benjamin L., 333n
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (Hugh Blair), 594
Ledyard, Isaac: letter from, 226-7
and cousin's travels, 226-7
identified, 226n
Ledyard, John, 226n
Lee, Charles:
suggested as author of "Scipio," 57, 87, 89, 121
attends Washington's birthday celebration, 156
represents British creditors, 429n
and Jay Treaty commission, 625n
Lee, Frederick (master of Adriana): and Kosciuszko, xlii, 399, 400, 410, 416
Lee, Henry, 637n
Lee, Henry, Jr., 440
Lee, Richard, 19
Lee, Thomas, 19
Lee, William:
becomes consul at Bordeaux, 175, 597n
carries letters from France, 175, 183, 186-7n, 219, 436, 499
Legaux, Peter:
letter to, 41-2
hopes to develop vineyard, 41-2
identified, 42n
letters from cited, 42n
letter to cited, 42n
Le Havre, France:
consulship at, 119
and transatlantic correspondence, 146-7
Short's expected port of departure, 453n, 473, 494, 577
Leib, Michael, 484
Leiper, Thomas:
assists Callender, 189, 521-2, 581
donation to, 466n
Leipzig, 454n
Lenni Lenape. See Delaware (Lenni Lenape) Indians
Lescarbot, Marc: Histoire de la Nouvelle-France, 284, 313, 341, 345-6, 385
Leslie, Gen. Alexander, 518
Létombe, Philippe André Joseph de:
letter to, 197
letter from Talleyrand, 7, 8n
and arrival of U.S. envoys in Paris, 11
and Kosciuszko, 196n, 197
becomes minister plenipotentiary, 197n
letters from cited, 197n
letters to cited, 197n
introduces G. Logan, 386n
Letter from the Secretary at War, to the Chairman of the Committee, on so much of the President's Speech as Relates to the Protection of Commerce, 279-80
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Inclosing a Report and Estimates of the Sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year 1799, 632n
Letter . . . On the English and German Languages (Sir Herbert Croft), 568-71
Letters from General Washington to Several of his Friends, in June and July, 1776, 581, 584n
Letter to the People of France, and the French Armies (Thomas Paine), 238-9, 240n
Lewis (TJ's slave), 269
Lewis, Mr.: and Madison's business affairs, 619
Lewis, Col. Charles (d. 1774), 38
Lewis, Charles Lilburne (TJ's brother-in-law), 179
Lewis, Charles Lilburne (TJ's nephew):
TJ introduces, assists, 179, 220, 277-8n
travels to Richmond, 282, 337
G. Jefferson's opinion of, 349-50
Lewis, James (Charlottesville):
sells land to Trist, 167
letters from cited, 328n
letter to cited, 328n
Lewis, James, Jr. (Fredericksburg):
letter to, 339-40
letters from, 327-8, 352
and TJ's account of Logan's speech, 321, 327-8, 329, 339-40
introduces J. Walker, 352
Lewis, Lucy Walker (Mrs. Nicholas Lewis), 664
Lewis, Nicholas:
letter to, 663-4
receives political news, 663-4
Lewis, Nicholas Meriwether, 177, 231
Lewis, Samuel (Philadelphia), 162n
Lewis, Thomas, 679
Lewisburg, Va.: fossils found near, 294, 296
Lexington, Ky.: political meetings in, 512n, 532-3
libel:
under British law, 59
charge to grand jury on, 125
prosecuted under common law, 187n
powers of judges, juries, 472-3
liberty:
Washington's support of, 117
Kosciuszko's support of, 123
threatened by Senate, 163
Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth (Baron of Cherbury), 595
Life of Thomas Jefferson (Henry S. Randall), 530-1
lighthouses: expenditures for, 634, 667, 672, 674
Lilienthal, Germany: astronomical research at, 160, 161n, 162n
lime: TJ purchases, 593n
Lincoln, Benjamin: financial distress, 610-12, 614
Lindsay, Reuben, 105n
Linn, William:
letters to, 81-2, 238
letters from, 86-7, 243
and study of Indian languages, viii, 81-2, 86-7, 238, 243
and missionary activity, 81-2n
letters to cited, 81n
Linn (Lin), William (Ohio R. frontier), 511n
Linnaeus, Carolus:
Genera Plantarum, 69, 283
system utilized, 211-12, 214n, 233n, 294, 296, 455-6
Lisbon, 195, 272, 466
Liston, Robert:
letter to, 223
and Blount conspiracy, 35, 95, 176
grants passport to Kosciuszko, 223
identified, 223n
letter from cited, 223n
supports treaty of alliance, 227, 448
and Saint-Domingue refugees, 438, 441
and W. Cobbett, 583-5
and impressment of U.S. seamen, 611n
Little Turtle. See Michikinikwa (Little Turtle)
Livermore, Samuel:
letter to, 61-2
introduces alien bill, xlii
and procedures for impeachment trials, 58, 61-2
reelected to Senate, 610-12, 643
and Gerry's confirmation, 653
on Senate attendance, 675
Livingston, Edward:
absent from Congress, 363-4
Janet Montgomery's brother, 385n, 517
accompanies J. Marshall, 417
supports Gerry negotiation, 444, 445n
Livingston, Robert R.:
letter from, 653-7
as gubernatorial candidate in 1798, 10
Janet Montgomery's brother, 385n, 517
correspondence with Franklin, 406n
Niemcewicz visits, 506, 508
steam apparatus to raise water, 653-6, 657 (illus.)
describes steam engine, 656
identifies himself as a Democrat, 656
Livingston, Susan. See Niemcewicz, Susan Livingston Kean
Livy:
works of, 595
Lloyd, James:
elected to Senate, 10
and aid for Federal District, 244-5
introduces sedition bill, 437, 440, 443-4
and Direct Tax, 442-3
Lloyd, John, 467-70
Lloyd, Thomas, 237n
loan offices, 634, 676
Locke, John:
essays of, 594
Treatise on Government, 595
Locke, Matthew, 557
Logan, Deborah Norris, 418-9n
Logan, George:
mission to France, vii, 83, 386-7, 417-19, 607n, 631
correspondence with Monroe, 11n
discussions with Directory, 196n, 499-500
TJ's certificate for, 386-7, 611n, 644, 645-6, 651n, 662
connections with TJ, 439n, 486n, 627
Short sees in Paris, 489, 496
Kosciuszko sees in Paris, 497-8
leaves Paris, 498n, 499, 501-2
thought to be TJ's agent, 577, 644, 645-6, 649, 651n, 658-9, 662
declaration on mission, 610-11
elected to Pa. Assembly, 610
newspaper reports on, 612
conversations with Pickering, Adams, 621
accused of presenting memorial to French government, 622, 624n, 627, 630-1
Monroe's comments on, 658-9
and Logan Act, 662, 665, 667
Logan (Mingo Indian):
accuses Cresap, 3-6, 12-13, 34, 38, 100, 103, 216, 264, 392, 512, 514-15
address to Dunmore, 3-4, 7, 8, 37-8, 101, 102, 264, 291, 303-4, 511-12n
parents, tribe, 4, 103, 136, 309, 310n
relatives killed at Yellow Creek, 4, 30, 39, 75, 100, 102, 103, 134-43, 264, 285-8, 305-6, 308, 329, 509, 511n, 512, 514
S. T. Mason's text of address to Dunmore, 38-9
H. Mercer's text of address to Dunmore, 101, 103
authenticity of speech, 136-7, 138, 142-3, 264, 291, 509, 514-15
character maligned, 136, 138, 143, 264
place of residence of, 136, 138
character defended, 288, 291, 306, 309
death of, 309
statements characterized, 309
publication, circulation of speech of, 321-2, 328, 339-40, 342, 392n, 570-1n
TJ's letter of 31 Dec. 1797 to J. Henry, 392-3, 419
See also Martin, Luther
Lohra, Peter, 315n
Lomax, Thomas, 288n
London:
Kosciuszko visits, xl-xli
African city compared to, 149, 154n
astronomical observations at, 160
as source of credit for U.S., 379, 408
inaccurate news from, 625n, 627, 631
Long, William, 459-60
longitude: calculation of, 160, 162n
Longworth, David:
letter to, 82-3
identified, 82-3n
publisher, bookseller, 82-3
letter from cited, 83n
Longworth's American Almanack, 82n
Loring, John, 611n
Loskiel, George Henry: History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America, 86, 87n, 238
Lott, Peter: TJ's financial transactions with, 231, 411, 505, 506n
letter to cited, 232n
signs TJ's petition, 574n
Loudoun Co., Va., 13n, 521-2
Louisiana: establishment of boundary between U.S. and, 55n
Louis of Parma:
letter from, 232-4
seeks natural history specimens, 232-4
TJ sends tooth of mammoth to, 232
Louis XVIII, King of France, 185
Love and Madness (Sir Herbert Croft), 570-1n
Lownes, Caleb, 225
Lowth, Robert: Short Introduction to English Grammar, 594
Lucy (Mary J. Eppes's slave):
gives birth, 599
arrives at Mont Blanco, 639
Ludlow, Daniel, 366-7
Ludlow, Daniel, & Co. (New York), 503
Ludlow, Edmund: Memoirs, 595
lumber, 73
Luther, Benjamin, 617n
Luxembourg Palace (Paris), 500
Lycurgus, 463-5
Lyle, James:
letter to, 412
and TJ's debt to Henderson, McCaul & Co., 411-12, 579
Lyon, James, 584n
Lyon, Matthew:
confrontation with Griswold, viii, 87-8, 90, 111, 115-16, 133, 164, 165, 227, 241
efforts to expel from House, 117
prosecuted under Sedition Act, 174n, 576, 583-6, 588, 619-20
publishes Barlow letter to Baldwin, 174n
supported by Ogden, 586n
petition for remittance of fine, 610-11
reelected to Congress, 610, 612
and congressional privilege, 619-20
Lyons, Peter:
and Short's salary, 35, 36, 317, 561, 588
and sale of stock, 64, 164-5