Volume 31 Index
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Nancy (ship), 239
Nanny (E. Randolph's slave), 584
Naples
under French control, 132
in war against coalition, 134n
Nash, Thomas. See Robbins, Jonathan
Natchez, 7, 28, 138-9, 196
National Institute of Arts and Sciences. See France: National Institute of Arts and Sciences
National Magazine; or a Political, Historical, Biographical, and Literary Repository
established, 164-5, 194, 204
and Callender's Prospect, 204, 427, 432
and Friend of the People, 388
natural history
museums, specimens of, 61-2
education in, 127, 291, 321, 569
and natural philosophy, 127, 321, 452n
of west, 138, 203, 237, 585
Rush on animal life, 150-1, 182-3
APS seeks information, specimens on North America, 313n
mysterious stone wall in N.C., 317, 318n
earth science, 443-5, 448
See also American Philosophical Society; Royal Society of London
Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 592
Nava, Pedro de, 236-7, 238n
Ned. See Gillette, Edward
Nelson, Hugh, Jr., 278
Nelson, Thomas (d. 1803), 465n, 590n
Netherlands
and U.S. debt to France, 156, 161n
North American colonies, 411-13
See also Batavian Republic
neutrality
theories of, 231
potential shift in British policy toward, 473
See also France: War with Britain and Second Coalition; Great Britain: War with France
New England
relationship of religion, politics, 10, 17n, 72-4, 97, 350, 351n, 492
and general tickets for presidential electors, 300, 300n, 324
prefers longer congressional sessions, 314, 331, 366, 368, 381, 409, 422
could break from union, 324
economic motives for politics of, 324-5
unwavering politics of, 358
does not desire new treaty, commercial arrangements with France, 381, 409
recovering from XYZ excesses, 485, 491-2
and TJ's Appendix, 556
and election of 1800, 562n, 581
New Hampshire
politics in, 10, 37, 455, 509, 511n, 512
responds to Va. Resolutions, 174n
selection of presidential electors, 201
selection of jurors, 431n
New Haven, Conn.
collectorship at, 18n, 74n
Republicans in, 74n
Holt's trial, 522n
New Jersey
and election of 1800, vii, 408-9, 581
copper mining, manufacturing in, 4n, 60, 355, 378-81, 547, 548n, 550n
strengthening Republican prospects in, 35, 36, 67, 77, 151-2, 357, 409, 455
selection of presidential electors, 201, 301, 408-9
Du Pont settles in, 314n, 481, 483
Indians of, 411
prominent families, 420n
land prices, 508
incorporates copper company, 547, 548n, 550n
and TJ's Appendix, 556
New Jersey, College of (Princeton), 335n, 353n
New Jersey Copper Mine Association
operates Schuyler mine, 4n, 378-81
investors and management, 60, 355, 378-81
seeks federal incorporation, monopoly rights, 547, 548-9n, 550
See also Soho Company
New Kent Co., Va., 68
Newland, Jacob
and attacks on Indians, 70, 131, 260, 263n
New London, Conn.
lighthouse, 608
customs district, 609, 611
See also Bee (New London, Conn.)
New Mexico, 236
New Netherlands, 411
New Orleans
and shipments to U.S., 196, 309, 310, 312, 585, 593
postal service to, 311n, 593
under Spanish administration, 312n, 469n
and French control of Mississippi Valley, 468
and customs duties, 603
Newport, R.I., 313-14n
New Spain, 236-7, 238n
newspapers
establishment of Republican, 10, 36, 40, 48, 50, 100-2, 112-14, 132
news of France biased by British, Germans, 19n
in Va., 37, 59, 98n, 163-5, 181n, 194, 238-9
British, influential in Mass., 97
in Germany, 132
German, in Pa., 152n
equipment, supplies for, 163
in Ireland, 165n
and political opinion in west, 262
in New England, 342n
managed by editors' widows, 454n, 493n
Aurora and freedom of the press, 467n
See also Lyon, James
New Theatre. See Chestnut Street Theatre (New Theatre; Philadelphia)
Newton, Thomas
letter to, 216-17
letter from, 218
TJ's contact in Norfolk, 216, 218, 234
letters from cited, 216n
letters to cited, 216n
offices held, 216n
on Republican ticket, 357n
Newton, Thomas, Sr., 216n
New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America (Benjamin Smith Barton), 412
New Virginia Justice (William Waller Hening), 117, 122, 136-7
New York
importance of spring elections in, vii, 301, 408-9, 455, 499-500, 509, 511n, 512, 546, 558, 560, 561, 581
and Ky. and Va. Resolutions, 4-5, 174n
legislation, 4-5
party politics, 4-5, 338n, 409, 455, 494-5
boundary settlement, 26
strengthening Republican prospects in, 35, 36, 67, 77, 152, 300-1, 357, 455, 554-5, 557
selection of presidential electors, 201, 301, 408-9, 455, 509, 512
Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manufactures, 397, 549
Indians of, 411-12
history of, 411-13
newspapers, 425, 426n
TJ sends pamphlets, 438-9
common law prosecutions for seditious libel, 492-3
courts, 493n
land prices, 508
selection of juries, 547
results of elections, 554-5, 557, 558, 560
and TJ's Appendix, 556
and Republican vice-presidential selection, 556-7n
senate, 557
New York City
key role in presidential election, vii, 301, 409, 455, 482, 494-5, 499-500, 558, 560, 561, 581
home port for captured ships, 24
as market for tobacco, 88, 105-7, 111, 120-5, 135, 149-50, 167, 211, 235, 239, 242, 307, 338-9, 341-2, 359, 383, 406, 414, 415, 562, 578n
yellow fever in, 211, 493n
banks, 307n, 495
water supply, 307n
TJ is unable to visit, 313
Du Pont resides near, 314-15, 314n, 481, 483
last home of Porcupine's Gazette, 322n
business failures, 334, 342, 358, 407, 414
St. Andrew's Society, 337
merchants, 338, 604
source for news, 341, 342n
and financial transactions, 390
commercial, financial relations with Va., 418, 423, 428
newspapers, 425, 426n, 493n
Argus as lone Republican voice in, 493n
Du Pont company office, 531n
stagecoaches between Philadelphia and, 550
results of elections, 554-5, 557, 558, 560, 561
New York Missionary Society, 247n
New York Packet, 425, 426n
New-York Price-Current (New York), 105-6, 339
Nicholas, Anne Cary
family, 205n, 584-5n
estate of, 583-4
Nicholas, George
Letter from George Nicholas, 12-13, 16-17, 24, 30, 35
death of, 172, 179, 509, 544
Correspondence, 204-5, 232-3
family of, 205n
Nicholas, John (brother of W. C. Nicholas)
writes for publication, 37
attacks Sedition Act, 64-5, 117, 137, 346, 347n
reelected to Congress, 110-11
and proposed newspaper, 112-13
family of, 205n
reports gossip, intelligence, 303
introduces resolution, 306n
in House, 357n, 408, 410n, 548n
and R. Brooke's debts, 413n
receives Appendix, 552
Nicholas, John, Jr. (clerk of Albemarle County Court)
attestations by, 142n
suspected of political espionage, 240, 241
as "Americanus" criticizes TJ, 241n
Nicholas, Lewis, 583-4
Nicholas, Philip Norborne
letters to, 232-3, 485-6
letters from, 204-5, 356-7
chairs Republican state committee, vii, 356-7, 485, 537n
and politics, 204-5, 232-3, 485-6
attorney general of Va., 205n
identified, 205n
receives Appendix, 553
and mother's estate, 583-5
relationship to Edmund Randolph, 584n
defends Callender, 589-90n
Nicholas, Robert Carter, 205n, 584n
Nicholas, Wilson Cary
letters to, 102-3, 177, 178-9
letter from, 172
and Va. politics, 40, 250
asks for fireplace design, 102-3
and Ky. and Va. Resolutions, 172, 173, 177, 178-9
letter from cited, 179n
family of, 205n
in Senate, 227, 241n, 280n, 316n, 431n, 443n, 476, 541, 542n, 605
vacates assembly seat, 241
and financial transactions, 248n, 463n, 576, 577n
travels with TJ, 274
reports political intelligence, 324-5
and Ross election bill, 382n, 407, 410n, 455, 456n, 461, 481, 605
and R. Brooke's debts, 413n
and TJ's statement in Aurora, 457, 458n
addressed by millennialist, 476n
communication with Va. Republicans, 490
carries papers, letters, 542, 579-80
receives Appendix, 552
hires slaves from Edmund Randolph, 583-4
relationship to Edmund Randolph, 584n
Nicholson, James, 556-7n
Nicholson, William
Introduction to Natural Philosophy, 68
Nickolls, James B., 224
Nicolls, Richard, 26
Nicolson, George, 428
Niemcewicz, Julian Ursin, 51, 60
Niles, Nathaniel, 553
Nolan, Philip
and trans-Mississippi west, 27-8, 135-6, 236-8, 309-11, 585, 594
suspected by Spanish officials, 236-8
expected in Va., 585, 594
Norfolk, Va.
goods shipped through, 75, 196n, 364
fires in, 188n
officeholders, 216n
attorneys, 230n
custom house, 353-4, 355n, 364
TJ expects to pass through, 462
as port, 587n
Norfolk Canal Company, 505-6
Norfolk Co., Va.
Short's Green Sea investments in, 216, 218, 234, 235, 239, 506, 508, 511n, 515
North, Stephen, 577n
Northampton Co., Pa. See Fries Rebellion
Northampton Co., Va., 32-3
North Carolina
price of tobacco, 106n, 115
selection of presidential electors, 201
and federal court circuits, 261-2, 266-7, 336, 344
manipulation of public opinion within, 279
and Va. Resolutions, 279
votes in Congress, 305, 306n
mysterious stone wall formation, 317, 318n
governors, 335n
wavering political course of, 358, 485
and election of 1800, 408, 561, 563n
Burr distrusts Republicans of, 556n
support for TJ in, 562n
receives U.S. statutes, 601
federal courts, 604
northern states. See eastern states
Northumberland, Pa.
residence of Priestley, Cooper, 320, 322n, 346-7, 452n
Northwest Ordinance of 1787, 337n
Northwest Territory
development, sale of land, 5-8, 25-6, 262, 547, 549n, 560-1, 598, 603, 606, 607, 609, 610, 611
jurisdictional claims, 25-6
laws, 262
legislature meets, 262
and federal judicial circuits, 262-3, 267, 336, 344, 598
representation in Congress, 281, 282n
government of, 337n
Indians in, 393
divided, 547, 549n, 606, 608
as source of copper, 548-9n
officers of, 561n
Notes on the State of Virginia
Boston edition of 1802, xlv
frontispiece portraits, xlv
Trenton edition of 1803, xlv
and Logan's speech, 69-71, 131, 156, 161n, 263-4n, 335-6, 449-50, 479
Cobbett mocks, 156, 161n
potential revision of, 335-6, 556
Baltimore edition of 1800, 373n
depiction of Indians in, 411-12
TJ's plan for education, 527, 529
TJ calculates words per page, 554n
See also Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family
Nottnagel, Montmollin & Co. (Philadelphia), 358
nullification
and Ky. Resolutions, 153n, 266, 268n
and tariff, 452n
Nymph (ship), 220n