Volume 31 Index
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Vandalia Company, 253
Van Staphorst & Hubbard
letters to, 55-6, 570-1
and Kosciuszko's funds, 51-3, 55, 87, 90, 212, 560-1
TJ's bonds to, 55, 570-1, 575, 577n
TJ's correspondence with, 510n
handle correspondence, 559, 570
Varina (Randolph estate)
mortgage on, ix, 390-1, 403, 406, 414, 418, 420, 423, 425, 428, 430-1, 438, 448, 467, 473, 482, 497, 562, 575, 576-7n
workers of, 422
T. M. Randolph hopes to sell, 507-8
as longtime Randolph property, 508
Varnum, Joseph Bradley, 342n
Vatican
territories, 132
pope's exile, 133, 134n
Dugnani as papal nuncio, 559-60
Vattel, Emmerich de
Law of Nations, or, Principles of the Law of Nature, 68
Vaughan, John, xli, 600
vehicles
TJ's chair, 536-7, 546
E. Randolph's coach, phaeton, 584
Venable, Abraham B.
and proposed newspaper, 102n, 112-13
letter from cited, 114n
letter to cited, 114n
Vengeance (French frigate)
battles Constellation, 408, 410n, 456n
Venice
as example of oligarchy, 169
venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), 535
Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de, 194, 200-1, 202n
Vermont
Chipman represents, 68, 430-1, 447
political sentiments in, 72, 455
religious situation in, 73-4n
responds to Va. Resolutions, 174n
J. Lyon moves from, 194
selection of presidential electors, 201
and common law, 430-1, 447, 492, 493n
and selection of juries, 430-1, 547
newspapers, 492, 493n, 521
prosecutions for libel in, 492, 493n, 521
political leaders, 554n
and federal law, 599
Vermont Gazette, 493n, 521, 531
Vernor and Hood (engravers), xliv-xlv
View of the Calvinistic Clubs in the United States (John C. Odgen), 73n
View of the Conduct of the Executive (James Monroe), 461-3
View of the New-England Illuminati (John C. Ogden), 17n, 73n, 351n
Vincennes, 611
Virgil
Publius Virgilius Maro, 144-5, 501
new French edition of works of, 145n
Eclogues, 496n
Virginia
Agriculture
tobacco in, 54
quality, quantity of wheat harvest, 147, 189, 523
rains affect crops, 189
pecans, 238, 309
snow benefits grains, 440
"bottom lands" elsewhere called "low grounds" in Va., 508
Claim to Western Land
and Conn. claim, 25
and land companies, 253
Council of State
selection of Tazewell's successor, 8-9
members, 67n, 554n, 589n
prerevolutionary orders of council, 253-6
makes appointments, 391n
Courts
courts of chancery, 165-6, 176, 190, 205-8, 241, 343, 344, 476n
TJ's suit against Henderson heirs, 165-6, 176, 190, 193, 205-8, 217
case reports, 166n
Court of Appeals, 166n, 192n, 207, 458-9n, 510n
and insurance company liens, 187-8
judges of, 192n, 205n
attorney generalship, 205n, 432-3
and juries, 241, 344, 374
and Wayles estate, 458-9n
General Court, 584n
Description
springs, 151
by Morse, 318n
Tidewater region, 320, 523
TJ extols virtues of, 320
artists' views of, 446-7n
roads, 536-7
Economy
losses due to suspension of trade with France, ix, 106, 111, 189, 209, 212, 216, 218, 280n, 288, 299, 314, 315n, 331, 333, 343, 383, 408, 443
relationships with Philadelphia, 82, 185-6, 199n, 245, 286, 298, 342, 353-4, 524
and farm tenancy, 144, 145n, 222-3, 506-7, 513-14, 518
personal debts to British firms, 159-62, 268n, 457-61
transactions in Va. currency, 162, 498, 505, 508, 516, 586
insurance, 186-8, 571-2
Green Sea land investments, 216, 218, 234-5, 239, 506, 508, 511n, 515
commercial ties to Britain, 218
market for horses, 310, 311
difficulty of negotiating drafts, obtaining credit, 342, 353-4, 359, 390, 406, 414, 502
commercial, financial relations with New York, 418, 423, 428
European trade, 442
and nonimportation agreements during Revolution, 491
role of credit, 502
prospects for manufacturing cannon, 540
Education and Science
TJ seeks to create new university, ix, 320-1, 323n, 339-40, 346, 495-6, 567-70
common schools, 340, 341n
and religious differences, 340
TJ's education bill, 340, 341n
See also William and Mary, College of
General Assembly
supports Va. Resolutions, vii, 172-4, 177, 278-80, 295-6, 299-300, 319, 367, 417, 446, 461
and selection of successor for Tazewell, 8-9
and TJ's petition on jurors, 41-2
elections, 110-11, 113-14, 227-8
and Alien and Sedition Acts, 117, 137, 278, 279-80n, 289, 299
and confiscation of British property, 169-70, 171n
acts concerning Mutual Assurance Society, 187-8
and gubernatorial election, 204-5, 269n
and James River Co., 224-5
Republican strength in, 228, 299
sessions of, 233, 251n, 319, 325
and projected roads, 244
acts pertaining to land, 253-5, 257n
instructs its U.S. senators, 278, 280n, 288, 295-6, 299-300, 319, 325, 356, 417, 446
seeks reduction, disbanding of standing army, 278-80, 299
members' pay as political issue, 279, 319
protests federal application of English common law, 280n, 288, 295-6, 299-300, 319, 325, 356
act for at-large selection of presidential electors, 299-300, 325-6
and reform of William and Mary, 323n
jury bill not introduced, 374
prints Madison's Report, 446n
potential defense of Callender, 590-1
House of Delegates
members, 67n, 110, 111n, 114, 214n, 226n, 227, 230n, 241, 274, 280n, 326n, 489n, 526n, 537-8, 542
clerks, 129n, 243, 244, 246, 250
and changes in chancery courts, 241
speakers, 250-1, 290n, 326n
committees, 278, 279n, 300n, 446
considers instructions to senators, 280n, 295-6, 299-300, 319, 325
Republican majority in, 288-9, 299
addresses Monroe, 289-90
parliamentary procedures, 521
See also Madison, James: Virginia House of Delegates
Indians
in colonial period, 225
relations with Chickasaws, 246-8
Laws
published, 117, 122, 136-7
TJ collects and preserves, 117-18, 122, 150
common law, 169-70, 207
continuity of, 169-70
categories of, 170
and Ky. statehood, 192
Sequestration Act, 211n
on land office, land titles, 252-9
as basis for Ky. laws, 267
similarities to English laws, 503
Militia
power affiliated with command of, 40-1
arming of, as political issue, 41-2
and federal volunteer force, 44
and Dunmore's War, 263n
arms evaluated, 377n
officers, 489n
for political display, 490
Politics
Republicans create committees, form ticket, vii, 356-7, 537n
TJ sends pamphlets, vii, 12-13, 23-4, 30, 35, 319-20, 322n, 325, 333, 443, 455, 456n, 470, 485, 492
elections, 32-3, 110-11, 113-14, 227-8, 274, 278, 280n, 524, 537-8, 541-3
TJ encourages Republican publicists, 36-7
importance of governorship, 40-1
state as counter to federal despotism, 41
in crisis, 59
elections affect administration policy, 98n
Federalists in Congress, 113, 114n, 305, 306n
Richmond associators equated to Bacon's Rebellion, American Revolution, 180
Republicans, 192n, 243, 244, 246, 250-1, 289, 299
selection of presidential electors, 201, 299-300, 319, 325-6, 356-7, 440, 524
election of governor, 204-5, 227
and patronage, 243, 250-1
instructions to senators, 278, 280n, 295-6, 299-300, 325, 356
partisan divisions in assembly, 278-9
Republicans laud Monroe, 290n
votes in Congress, 305, 306n
would be haven for Cooper, Priestley, 320, 346
need for united front with other states, 358
and valuation of militia arms, 377n
newspapers, 427-8
contention for attorney generalship, 432-3
TJ seeks to avoid gatherings, 462, 489-90, 499, 588-90, 591n
election of 1800, 482, 490, 499
Republicans show way for other states, 485
Federalists discouraged, 490
John Marshall key to Federalist support, 499
Monroe distrusts post office, 537
and Burr's distrust, 556n
and TJ dinner in Fredericksburg, 589
and Callender's trial, 590-1
Public Finance
depreciated payments to treasury, 210-11, 225, 234-5, 239, 459n, 460-1n
composition money, 255, 257n
Public Opinion
newspapers, 37, 59, 98n, 163-5, 181n, 194, 238-9
understanding of true federal-state relationship, 59
Federalist, Republican sentiments, 113-14, 223
Republicans seek to nurture, 289, 356-7
partisan manipulation of, 462
Senate
members, 67n, 278, 280n, 290n, 489n
speakers, 241n, 290n
political balance within, 278-9, 288-9, 295, 299
supports Va. Resolutions, 279n, 319
considers instructions to senators, 280n, 299-300n, 319, 325
addresses Monroe, 289-90
and selection of presidential electors, 319
Society
stagecoach travel, ix, 349, 406, 480, 484, 533, 589n
postal service in, 11-12, 79-80, 179, 196-7, 321, 333-4, 348, 367-8, 369, 382-3, 393-4, 422n, 440-1, 484, 537, 546
prospective home for Du Pont de Nemours, 92, 327-8, 481, 483, 531n
health, 139-40, 194, 245, 320
Callender skeptical of, 194
armor relic unearthed, 225
Indians, 225
Houdon statue of Washington, 303-4
religious differences, 340
duels, 376-7
colonial history, 412-13, 507-8
physicians, 577n, 583
State Institutions
penitentiary, 391, 486
armory, 540-2
Weather
and healthiness, unhealthiness of regions, 139-40, 320, 523
affects crops, 189, 440, 523
disastrous rains, 189
snow, 274, 374, 389, 440
frosts, 523
Virginia, auditor of, 218, 234, 254, 506
Virginia, Governor of. See De La Warr, Thomas West, fourth Baron; Dunmore, John Murray, fourth Earl of; Monroe, James; Pendleton, John; Wood, James
Virginia, treasurer of, 225, 254, 256
Virginia, University of
owns portraits, xliii
faculty, 86n, 452n
funding of, 326n
See also Virginia: Education and Science
Virginia Argus (Richmond)
publishes "Curtius" letters, 15n
and Callender, 164, 165n
Virginia Federalist (Richmond), 165n, 268n
Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser (Richmond)
Federalist sympathies of, 181n
attacks TJ, 268n
Virginia Resolutions
reaffirmed by Va. assembly, vii, 41, 278-80, 288-9, 295-6, 299-300, 325, 326n, 417, 446, 461
rebuffed by other states, 4-5, 174n, 178, 279, 289
government measures in reaction to, 40
efforts to support, 172-4, 177, 178-9
opposition to, in Va. assembly, 289, 299
Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf
travels, 71, 131
and new French government, 357
Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, 528, 530
Voyages aux Peuples Samœides, 237
Vues sur l'éducation nationale par un cultivateur, ou moyen de simplifier l'instruction (Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours), 529, 530