Gabriel
plans insurrection, 131n, 136-7, 138n
executed, 145n
legal counsel assigned to, 421n
See also slaves: Gabriel's insurrection
Gadsbury, Anthony, 287n
Gadsby's hotel (Alexandria, Va.), 392n
Gage, Thomas, 5n
Gaillard, Theodore, 265
Gaither, Henry
at Fort Wilkinson, 50, 51-2n
letter from cited, 52n
Galatians, 521, 523n
Gales, Joseph, 60
Galilee, 216, 217n, 333
Gallatin, Albert
Sketch of the Finances, 219, 220n
Views of the Public Debt, 219, 220n
expected to receive one electoral vote, 306, 324
TJ offers cabinet position, 322, 323n, 409
makes Treasury appointments, 366n
absent from Congress, 418, 419n
expects quick resolution of electoral tie, 419n
denounced for support of TJ, 519n
presents Dufour's memorials, 530-2
Gallatin, Hannah Nicholson, 512n
Gamble, Robert
small debt owed to, 14
letter from cited, 15n
and Bell's estate, 342
Gamble & Temple, 471, 473n
gambling, 452n
Garat, Dominique Joseph, 188
Gardner, William, 367n
Garrett, Alexander, 128n, 472
Gates, Horatio
letters from, 315-16, 565-7
N.Y. politics, 315-16
national politics, 565-7
criticizes Adams, 566
Gazette de Leide (Leyden Gazette), 132
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia)
reports TJ's death, 42n
prints XYZ addresses, responses, 196-202
Geismar, Baron von, 48
Gelston, David
supplies information, 234, 329
Gemm, Richard, 274, 277
Genera Plantarum (Carolus Linnaeus), 178
Geneva, 148, 585n
Geneviève de Saint Théodose, Sister. See La Marche, Madame de
Genoa, 174, 186-7
Gentleman Farmer (Lord Kames), 178
Geodæsia; or The Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land Made Easie (John Love), 180
geography
books on, 180
in schools' curricula, 395n
need for authoritative topographical description of U.S., 423
cartographers, 462-4, 574-5
improved by astronomical observations, 479
Geography Improved (William Guthrie), 464n
geology
in college curricula, 143
books on mineralogy, 178
of N.Y., 407-8
George (1759-1799, TJ's slave), 528
George (Burton's slave), 175-6
George III, King of Great Britain
knights Rumford, 5n
histories of reign of, 176, 177
and negotiations between France, Austria, 187
subjects dissatisfied with, 191n
Georgetown, D.C.
contemporary views of, xxxix, 328 (illus.)
population of, xxxix
merchants, 57, 64-5, 114-15
banking, financial transactions, 120, 127, 130, 139-40, 251
Federalists in, 128, 225
newspapers, 213n, 261-2, 305
congressmen reside in, 271
churches, 318n
Catholic academy in, 392-5
ferry at, 392n, 540
Convent of the Visitation, 395n
jewelers, watchmakers, 405, 406n
Georgetown College, 395n
Georgia
and election of 1800, vii, 91, 146, 214, 216, 300, 306, 322, 329, 367n, 368
newspapers, 34n
introduction of olives, heavy upland rice to, 123-4, 125n
disease in, 124
history of, 178
capital, 216, 217n
visited by Fraser, 232n
frontier, 243
congressmen, 320, 343, 344
possible delay in J. Jackson reaching U.S. Senate by 4 Mch., 572
See also Creek Indians
Georgia Republican (Savannah, Ga.), 34n
Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 384-5
Gérard de Rayneval, Joseph Mathias
letter from, 384-5
presses claim of brother's family, 384-5
Germain, Lord George, 5n
German language
German edition of federal statutes needed, 424
and notation of Indian languages, 449
German states
French gains in, 187, 202-3, 586
and negotiations at Rastatt, 192n
Gerry, Elbridge
letters from, 465-9, 489-95
and Short, 75
and Delamotte, 183, 184
correspondence with Talleyrand published, 465-6
relationship with Adams, 465-6, 492
political sentiments, XYZ affair, 465-9, 489-95
supports both Adams, TJ, 466
abused by both parties, 491-5
insulted on floor of House, 494, 495n
expected to run for governor, 534
Giannini, Antonio
correspondence forwarded for, 88, 90n
and Mazzei's finances, 275, 278, 279n
letters from cited, 279n
Gibbon, Edward
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 177
Gibson, Patrick
G. Jefferson's business associate, 14
Gibson & Jefferson
handle TJ's business affairs in Richmond, 171, 227, 305n, 374, 400n, 406n, 409-10, 458, 459n, 464-5, 496n, 499, 515, 540, 546
insulated from TJ's aid to Callender, 240, 244-5, 470
TJ's account with, 470-3
and sale of TJ's tobacco, 546, 573
Gilbert, Sylvester, 7n
Giles, William Branch, 51
Gill. See Gillette, Gill
Gillette, Agnes (b. 1798, Aggy, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Barnaby (b. 1783, TJ's slave), 417
Gillette, Edward (b. 1760, Ned, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Edward (b. 1786, Ned, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Fanny (b. 1788, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Gill (b. 1792, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, James (b. 1796, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Jane (b. 1764, Jenny, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Priscilla (b. 1794, Scilla, TJ's slave), 163
Gillette, Richard (b. 1790, Dick, TJ's slave), 163
Gilmer, Dr. George, 109n
Gilmer, Lucy Walker (Mrs. George Gilmer), 134
Glasgow, 210n, 546
Gloucester Co., Va., 175
Godwin, Francis (Bishop of Hereford)
Annales of England, 176
Goldsmith, Oliver
History of England, 178
Goliah (TJ's slave)
supervises older slaves, 517, 518n
Goochland Co., Va., 286-7, 324
Goodwin, Edmund, 413
Gordon, Thomas, 471
Gordon, William
History, 178
gout, 495
grains
demand for, in Britain, 30, 95, 188, 294-5
in crop rotation plans, 108, 110, 164-6
flour milling, 109n, 116
in Ky., 150
Russia as supplier of, 294-5
See also oats; rice; wheat
Granger, Gideon
letter to, 95-7
letters from, 5-7, 228-30
promotes Republican cause, 5-7, 95-7, 146, 228-30, 382n
identified, 7n
grasses
Peruvian winter grass, 49, 128
hay, 152
Gray, Abigail, 115n
Gray, Nellie, 115n
Great Britain
Agriculture
board of agriculture as model, 13-14, 560, 596
improvement of livestock, 148, 149-50, 159n
saffron, 152
farmers affected by cash shortage, 188
Art
émigré artists in U.S., xxxix, 374-5
R. Peale in Britain, 317n
Conflict with League of Armed Neutrality
British treatment of neutral nations, commerce, 89, 132, 133, 187, 193-4, 223n, 274, 277, 294, 572n, 581
convention with Denmark, 188, 192n, 222-4, 478
fleet sent to the Sound, 188, 192n, 295
Russian embargo against Britain, 188, 192n, 223-4, 294-5, 478, 479n, 581, 586
Baltic nations form alliance, 188-9, 192n, 222-4, 478
and provisions shortage in Britain, 294-5
and Malta, 295, 296n, 586
dependence on naval stores from Baltic, 438
and 1780 league of armed neutrality, 455-6
and British access to European ports, 586
Britain takes action against Sweden, Denmark, Russia, 587, 588n
Economy
shortage of grain, 30, 95, 188, 294-5, 438
commercial ties to Va., 70
English, Irish goods sold in U.S., 115n
effects of paper money, 188
bridge construction, 189-90, 192-3n
fiscal burdens, problems, 191n, 422-3
manufacture of gunpowder, 313, 314
and American tobacco, 330
needs U.S. as market, 339, 586
weights and measures, 363n
types of business activities and property, 379-81
requires U.S. agricultural produce, naval stores, 438, 439n
dominance of manufactures in world market, 454
Americans learn manufacturing techniques, technical processes, 513-14
Stamp Office, Mint, 514
American Revolution affects wire exports to U.S., 582n
Foreign Relations
China, 35, 37n
Russia, 40
and Puerto Rico, 453
Laws
prosecution of Paine's printer, 190-1, 193n
admiralty courts and rights of neutrals, 223n
Navy
high cost of, 138n, 422-3
France considers use of submarines against, 144n
prospective naval armistice, 187, 192, 203
may need naval stores from U.S., 438
and loss of U.S. survey crew's provisions, 548, 549n
Politics and Government
procedures in Parliament, 25, 179
use of official pensions, 110
judiciary resisted political corruption, 122
crowned heads of England, 176
Paine seeks to publish essays, 188
members of Parliament, 190
references to Civil War, Commonwealth, 205, 206, 485, 566, 567n
influence of English republicans on America, 206
Tory rule in Queen Anne's reign, 315
revenues from income taxes, 379-81
opposition to revolutions in Europe, 429
denounced as greatest example of modern tyranny, 521
Science and Learning
Royal Institution, 4-5, 311
study of natural history, 54, 55n, 312
Americans at Oxford, 63n
books on British history, 176-8
smallpox treatment, vaccines, 207, 264n
Royal Society of London, 231, 233n, 479, 480n
Nautical Almanac, 255
Stockdale edition of Notes on Virginia, 334
medical training, 349n
Society
penal institutions and solitary confinement, 123
colonial North America, 140-1
dissenting religion in, 205, 316n
news of Gabriel's insurrection, 295
exiles from French Revolution, 345n
Church of Scotland, 387n
American residents, 514n
U.S. Relations with
Britain intimidates U.S., 33
Robbins case, 33-4
and W. A. Bowles, 52n
perceptions of English travelers, 121
treatment of consuls, 132
undue influence of British in U.S., 134, 214-16, 383n, 520-2
regular communication by English packet ships, 147
American politics in British press, 172
interference with U.S. shipping, 173, 424, 426n, 575, 586
U.S. should stand up to Britain, 173, 339
rupture of relations advocated, 194
and U.S. relations with France, 194-5, 322, 410, 437-8, 468, 490-1, 539-40
British compared to "Algerine Marauders," 195
piracy of Ranger, 212, 213n, 236
and southeastern frontier, 224
prospective attacks on Canada, 339, 361n
U.S. embargo, privateering suggested, 339
British consul at Norfolk, 350
Federalists allegedly on British payroll, 352-4
resolution of debt claims, 424
U.S. policy favors Britain, 424-5
T. Pinckney appointment, 436, 439n
economic incentives for Britain to treat U.S. well, 438
and league of armed neutrality, 438, 489
boundary issue, 479, 480n, 481n
bringing of captured prizes into ports, 539-40
most favored nation status, 539-40
See also Jay Treaty
War with France
prospects of peace, xxxviii, 74, 181, 183, 187, 193, 318, 429, 491
affects transatlantic communication, 185, 190, 274, 277
Britain excluded from Lunéville negotiations, 187, 188, 191n, 192n, 195, 203, 372
potential naval armistice, 187, 192n, 203
British demoralized, 191n
and Egypt, 192n, 429
and Malta, 192n, 195, 295, 296n, 586
Russia leaves coalition, 296-7n, 585-6, 587
no news in U.S., 385
prompted by fear of revolutionary change, 520-2
British control seas, 552, 554
and Naples, 587, 588n
Greece
history, antiquities of, 176-7
influence on architecture, 220
allusions to ancient Spartans, 571
Greek language
TJ studies New Testament in, 345n
allusions drawn from, 486, 488n
Green, Timothy, 104, 498
Green, Timothy (N.Y.), 290, 291n, 343
Greenleaf, James, 358n
Greenleaf's New York Journal, & Patriotic Register (New York), 376n
Gregory, John
Comparative View, 179
Father's Legacy, 179
Grenet, Abbé
Atlas Portatif, 180
Grenville, William Wyndham, Lord, 410
Griffin, John Tayloe, 77-8, 81
Griffiths, Elijah
letter from, 44-6
comments on politics, 44-6
groceries. See Monticello
Groombridge, William, 374, 375n
"Grotius" (D. Clinton pseudonym), 135n
Grove, William B., 364
Grymes, John Randolph, 64n
Grymes, Mary Randolph, 64n
Grymes, Philip
father of P. L. Grymes, 63-4, 117-19
Grymes, Philip Ludwell
letters to, 63-4, 118-19
Ariana Randolph annuity, 63-4, 117-19, 421, 473
identified, 63-4n
letter from cited, 119n
Grymes, Susanna Randolph, 64n
Guadeloupe, W.I.
threat of privateering from, 114n
guinea fowl, 443
gunpowder
manufacture, 313, 314, 315n
Gustavus III, King of Sweden
and 1780 league of armed neutrality, 455-6
Guthrie, William
New System of Modern Geography, 180
Geography Improved, 464n
Guynemer, John, 474-5