Volume 32 Index
M
M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera (Marcus Tullius Cicero), 180
Macartney, George, Lord Macartney, 37n
Macaulay, Catharine
History of England, 176, 177
McClay, Mr., 420
McClung, Susan Tarleton Marshall, 569, 570n
McClung, William, 569-70
McDowell, John
letters to, 169, 254
to cease sale of TJ's nails, 169, 254
letters from cited, 254n
McDowell, Joseph
deputy marshal, 460, 562-3
McDowell, Margaretta Madison, 563n
McDowell, Mary McClung, 563n
McDowell, Samuel, Jr.
seeks renewal of marshal's office, 327-8, 457-8, 561-3
charges against, 451-2, 460-1, 564
replaced as marshal, 592
McDowell, Samuel, Sr.
letter from, 327-8
acquaintance with TJ, 327, 328n
writes on son's behalf, 327-8
family, 563n
McDowell, William (Ky.)
letter from, 561-3
and Ky. marshalship, 460, 561-3
relationship with TJ, 561
identified, 563n
McGee (McGehee), James, 99
McGee (McGehee), Richard, 99-100, 116
McGregory, Lucretia Ely, 59n
McGregory, Uriah
letter to, 98-9
letter from, 58-9
reports slander to TJ, 58-9, 98-9
TJ praises, 97
background investigated, 228
McHenry, James, 352n
McKean, Robert, 434, 435n
McKean, Thomas
letter to, 538-9
letters from, 307-10, 389, 432-6
and election of 1800, 45, 307-10, 432-6, 484, 538-9
calls special session of assembly, 222, 231, 242, 259
acrimony against, 308
reports on Pa. Federalists, 308, 348, 349n, 483
ally of Rodney family, 370-1
introduces Mendenhall, 389, 427n, 538
recommends aspirants for office, 433-4
patronage practices, 435n, 518-19
and Sayre, 456, 457n
McKinnen, Daniel, 550-1
McMillan, William, 246
McMunn, Mr.
and John Barnes, 271
See also Conrad & McMunn (Washington)
McMurdo & Fisher (Richmond)
purchase TJ's tobacco, 297-8, 450
and poor rating of TJ's tobacco, 516, 545-7, 572
Macon, Nathaniel, 170, 512n
McPherson, John, 265
McPherson's Blues, 573, 574n
Madeira
wine, 115n
U.S. consul, 397n
climate, 443
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd
TJ cares for packages for, 17
visits Monticello, 17-18
TJ sends regards to, 18, 60, 116, 537, 579
accounts for nails, 100
Madison, James
letters to, 17-18, 59-61, 116-17, 146, 250, 321-4, 358-9, 537, 579
letters from, 99-100, 170-1, 185, 234-5, 252-3, 329-30, 436-9
letter from cited, 61n
Opinions
on negotiations with France, 170
on selection of presidential electors, 382
Personal Affairs
financial transactions, 17-18, 116-17, 170
friends, 51
renovates Montpelier, 59-61, 99-100
and Ceracchi, 62
relationship with Rush, 207
confused with Bishop Madison, 273-4, 276, 277, 279
interested in education, 299
health, 329, 438, 537
president of American Board of Agriculture, 503n
Politics
national issues and Republican cause, vii, 146, 170-1, 185, 250, 252-3, 321-4, 329-30, 358-9, 436-9, 537
and Burr, xxxvi
joins subscription for Holt's fine, 117n, 129n
and Callender, 212, 238, 250, 537n
and prospect of TJ-Burr electoral tie, 244
meeting of presidential electors, 253, 329
appointments as president of U.S., 266n
role as a party leader, 322
and efforts to modify Ross bill, 379n
war powers in Constitution, 381n
TJ reports progress of House balloting to, 579
Relations with Jefferson
1791 trip to northern states, xxxvi
TJ visits, 17, 217n, 250, 253, 259
visits Monticello, 17-18
places orders from TJ's nailery, 59-61, 99-100, 116-17, 146
and revisal of Va. laws, 123, 125n
forwards publications, correspondence, 185, 216, 217n, 248
TJ handles newspaper subscriptions, 261, 329-30, 358
TJ offers cabinet position, 303, 304n, 322, 409, 438-9
assumes office as secretary of state, 439n
Writings
Federalist papers, 179
Madison, Bishop James
letters from, 238-9, 349-50
visits Monticello, 146
and election attacks on TJ, 168, 169n
calls on J. Madison, 170
and TJ's Williamsburg connections, 238-9
and politics, public events, 239, 350
letter to cited, 239n
confused with J. Madison, 273-4, 276, 277, 279
president of William and Mary, 276, 279
and W. G. Munford, 349-50
and scientific research, 350
Madison, James, Sr.
financial affairs, 17
makes nails, 100
declining health, death of, 438, 439n, 537
Ky. land claims, 564n
Madison Co., Va., 104
Madrid, Spain, 162
magazines
lack of support for, 93
Magellan, John Hyacinth de (João Jacinto de Magalhães)
edits Cronstedt's Mineralogy, 178
magnetism, 350n
Maine
XYZ address from Kittery, 198
speculation in lands of, 353n
boundary, 479, 480n
and U.S. customs districts, 603
Mallet, Paul Henri
Northern Antiquities, 177
Malpomene (Muse), 551n
Malta
Britain captures, controls, 192n, 296n, 587
role in diplomacy, military strategy, 195, 295, 296n, 586
knights of, 296n
as seaport, 587
Manchester, Va., 107, 388
Manœuvres of Horse Artillery (Tadeusz Kosciuszko), 101-2
Mantua, Italy, 586, 587
Manual of Parliamentary Practice. For the Use of the Senate of the United States (Thomas Jefferson), xxxv-xxxvi, 282n, 286n, 337, 405, 600
Manures Most Advantageously Applicable to the Various Sorts of Soils (Richard Kirwan), 178
maps
Arrowsmith's, 69
atlases, 180, 463-4
of Mississippi Valley, 262, 336
need for authoritative map of U.S., 423
U.S. government, 463
of Va., 464n
of western N.Y., 547, 549n
Marchant, Elihu, 213n
Marche. See La Marche, Madame de
Marengo, battle of, 21n, 102n, 137, 186, 192n
Maria (ship), 223n
Mariana, Juan de
Historia general, 177
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 90n
Marie des Anges, Sister. See La Rochefoucauld, Céleste Le Blond de
Maritime Compact; or, an Association of Nations for the Protection of the Rights and Commerce of Nations that May be Neutral in Time of War (Thomas Paine), 202, 204n
Marseilles, France
olive trees shipped from, 123, 125n
consul at, 162n, 173-4, 341n
as port, 587
Marshall, Anna Maria (Mary), 569, 570n
Marshall, Humphrey, 569-70
Marshall, James M., 151-2, 159n
Marshall, John
letter to, 367
as secretary of state, 75, 134n, 154, 173, 325, 326, 357n, 367, 410n
sees Short in Paris, 75
and possible transfer of presidency to secretary of state, 358, 375, 403
and U.S. relations with Spain, 396-7
as envoy to France, 466-8, 490-5
on procedure for resolution of electoral tie, 481
returns from France a hero, 493
candor questioned, 569
family, 569, 570n
named chief justice, 570n
Marshall, Thomas, 569, 570n
Martens, Georg Friedrich von
Précis du droit, 179
Martha's Vineyard, 602
Martin, Alexander (Baltimore), 583
Martin, Luther
challenges TJ's account of Logan's speech, 8, 93, 581
political motives condemned, 93
attorney general of Md., 365, 366n
Martinsburg, Va., 127n
Mary (1776-1813, TJ's slave), 164
Mary (b. 1788, TJ's slave), 163
Maryland
and election of 1800, vii, 45, 46n, 100, 185, 208, 214, 216, 218, 234
elections, 46n, 128-9, 140, 208, 225-6, 227, 236, 242-3
selection of presidential electors, 46n, 48-9, 100, 128-9, 208, 225-6
politics, 48-9
legislature, 49, 140n, 196, 200, 208, 366, 512n
governor, 49n
Baptists in, 54n
Republican gains in, 128-9, 140, 208, 329
Charles Co., 140n, 226
addresses on XYZ affair, 196-7, 199-201
courts, 197
Washington Co., 197, 225
Worcester Co., 197, 226
Queen Anne's Co., 199, 226
Federalists, 208, 263
Baltimore Co., 225, 227
election returns by county, 225-6
Kent Co., 226, 264n
Talbot Co., 226, 365
Fitzhugh statement circulated, 253
newspapers, 253n
U.S. senators, 264
electoral votes, 271, 289, 332, 367n
and resolution of tied electoral vote, 322, 358, 418, 419n, 432
Republicans lose ground in, 333
treatment of Republicans in, 365
Digest of the Laws, 365-6
and Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 372n
boundaries, 479, 480n
London agent, 535-6
cession of federal district to U.S., 601
Maryland (U.S. sloop), 357n
Maryland, Bank of, 350-1
Maryland Gazette (Annapolis), 253n
Mason, Charles, 479, 480n
Mason, George, 124
Mason, John (British author)
Essays, 180
Mason, John Thomson, 49, 128-9, 225-6
Mason, Stevens Thomson
letters from, 48-50, 128-9, 225-6
reports political intelligence, 48-50, 128-9, 215, 225-6
aids accused seditionists, 49-50, 114, 117n, 129n, 406n
letters to cited, 50n, 129n, 226n
corresponds with TJ, 66n
and TJ's search for tenants, 116
Republican leader, 268
aids J. Lyon, 305
acts on TJ's behalf, 355
supports officeseekers, 358n
confident House will name TJ president, 574
Massac
customs district, 603
Massachusetts
and election of 1800, vii, 146, 367n
Republicans in, vii, 116, 146, 229, 250, 348, 349n, 352
newspapers, 116
colonial governors, 141
opinions of TJ, 141, 338-9, 341n
ratification of U.S. Constitution, 180
addresses on XYZ affair, 196-201
grand juries, 197
legislature, 197, 353n
Freemasons, 200
and C. C. Pinckney candidacy, 229, 271
strong position of Federalists, 263, 492
physicians, hospitals, 264-5n, 349n
Federalists reportedly on British payroll, 352-4
attorneys, 353n, 465
Essex Junto, 385-6
Gerry is expected to run for governor, 534
and overseas trade, 603
ports of entry, 603
Massachusetts Historical Society, 141
Massena, André, 340, 341n
mastodon
called "mammoth," 231, 233n, 288-9, 302
remains discovered in Hudson Valley, 231, 232-3n, 288-9, 302, 312, 317n, 407-8, 544-5
Cuvier classifies, 232n
speculation about, 233n, 407-8
Peales recover remains of, 317n
Mat (Duke's slave), 414
Mathematical Tables (Charles Hutton), 180
mathematics
books on, 180
almanacs should have tables of sines, tangents, 334
in schools' curricula, 395n
Mather, Cotton, 231, 233n
Mather, Mr. (Conn.), 5, 7n
Matthiessen & Sillem (Selem) (Hamburg), 89, 147
Matthieu, John S. M.
consul at Naples, 174n, 587-8
Maximes et rélexions morales (Duc de La Rochefoucauld), 179
Mayo, John, 77, 81, 93
Mayo, William, 175n
Mazzei, Antonia Antoni (second wife of Philip Mazzei), 274-9
Mazzei, Elisabetta, 274-9
Mazzei, Philip
letters from, 273-9, 552-6
affairs in Va., 47, 55, 57, 64, 114, 115n
Colle, 149, 275, 278
and election attacks on TJ, 168, 169n, 519n
does not read newspapers, 273, 276
TJ's letter of 24 Apr. 1796, 273, 276, 506
sends news from Europe, 273-9
family, 274-9
finances of, 275, 278, 565
seeks U.S. position in Italy, 276, 279
events in Italy, 552-6
accused as Jacobin in Pisa, 553-4, 555-6
Mechanics (James Ferguson), 180
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duke of, 584, 585n
Medical Repository (New York), 269n, 288, 289-90n
medicine
physicians, xxxvii, 94n, 237n, 348, 349n, 415-16, 509-10, 518, 582n
medical schools, education, 19n, 248, 264-5n, 269n, 273, 276, 279n, 349n, 415n, 510n, 582n
medical societies, 34n, 269n
mental illness, 39n, 236
doctors equated with lawyers, clergy, 103
medical care for slaves, 108
in Egypt, 112
physician to British royal family, 112
vegetation, fruit, insects as indicators of disease, 112
relationship of rice cultivation, disease, 124
TJ orders ointment, 161, 172, 406n, 472
anatomy, 178
books on, 178
surgery, 178
analogies to human body, health, 205, 511, 582
new discoveries not always accepted immediately, 207
physicians tend to be Republicans, 228
U.S. marine hospitals, 264-5n, 349n
in Europe, 273, 274, 276, 277, 279n
salves, eyewash, 395n
See also Philadelphia; smallpox; yellow fever
megalonyx, 591
melons
Minorcan muskmelon, xxxvii, 206, 207, 266, 306
Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de Sully, 177
Mémoires du Général Dumouriez (Charles François Du Périer Dumouriez), 415
Memoirs of Aaron Burr (Matthew L. Davis), 219n
Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow, Esq. (Edmund Ludlow), 176, 177
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland (Sir John Dalrymple), 176
Memorials of the Method and Manner of Proceedings in Parliament (Henry Scobell), 22, 28n, 283
Mendenhall, Thomas
letter from, 496-7
carries letters, calls on TJ, 389, 427n, 496-7, 538
identified, 497n
Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
Elements of Conchology, 178
Mercer, John Francis, 49, 129
mercury, 8-9, 11-13, 120
Mercy-Argenteau, Florimund Claude, Comte de, 73, 90n
Meredith, Samuel, 139, 140n
Messiah (Alexander Pope), 488n
meteors, 55n, 481n
Mexico, 231
Meyer, Friedrich Johann Lorenz
Fragments sur Paris, 343-5, 415
Miami Purchase, 603
Miccosookee (Seminole town), 51, 52n
Micrographia Illustrata: or the Microscope Explained (George Adams), 178
Middlesex Co., Va., 63-4n, 201
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, Conn.), 230n
Middleton, Conyers
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero, 177
Miscellaneous Works, 179
Middleton, Henry, 4n
Migliaresi, Signore, 553, 555
Milan, Italy, 186-7
Milbanke, Ralph, 190
military academy
proposed, 5n
militia
as preferred means of defense, 60, 173, 339, 422
and suffrage, 102
addresses to Adams from, 196-9
fiscal needs of, 423
officers of, 434
Miller, Mr. (Philadelphia), 186
Miller, Edward, 94n
Miller, Henry, 308, 309n, 348
Miller, Isaac, 144
Miller, Samuel
letter to, 140-1
letter from, 93-4
receives Appendix, 93
patron of C. B. Brown, 93-4
historical research, 140-1
Miller, Sylvanus, 289n
Miller, William (Pa.), 308
Millot, Claude François Xavier
works, 177
mills
Craven's, 109n
at Shadwell, 116
in Ky., 150
millwrights, 363
in Pa., 403n
canal for Shadwell mill, 500, 517, 559
Henderson mill, milldam, 558
Milton, John
in M. Carey's reader, 319n
allusions drawn from Paradise Lost, 523, 551
Milton, Va.
business activities at, 15n, 401
postal service for, 40n, 417, 498
roads, 163
river port, 172, 471, 498, 517
tobacco inspection at, 245, 250
Price's ordinary, 418
near Randolphs' Edgehill, 580n
Mine and Metal Company, 603
Minerva. See North-Carolina Minerva (Raleigh, N.C.)
Minerva (TJ's slave), 163
Minor, Dabney, 15n
Minorca, 206, 266
Mint, U.S., 575
Minzies, Ninian, 471, 472n
Mirror of the Times, & General Advertiser (Wilmington, Del.), 597
Miscellaneous Works (Conyers Middleton), 179
Miscellaneous Works (David Humphreys), 162n
Mississippi River
Dunbar studies, 54, 55n
as transportation system, 119, 265
Ellicott maps, 336
source of, 481n
Mississippi Territory, 262
Mitchill, Samuel Latham
letter to, 18-19
scientific research, 18-19, 31, 363n
identified, 19n
letters from cited, 19n
writings, 19n
publishes Medical Repository, 289
teaches at Columbia, 289-90n
Mohawk River, 408
molasses
for Monticello, 14, 15, 20, 29, 471, 535, 558
Molly (1749-1811, TJ's slave), 164
monarchy
Federalists accused of aspiring to, 96, 225, 581, 588-9, 595
in conflict with Christianity, 111
associated with executive branch, 126
persistence of, 207
U.S. a covert monarchy, 302-3
American foreign policy favors monarchies, 425
Moniteur (Paris), 188, 192n
Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright (Mrs. James Monroe)
in Albemarle Co., 39, 226
affected by death of son, 213, 241, 373
TJ sends regards to, 330, 580, 594
Monroe, James
letters to, 160-1, 226-7, 248-9, 330, 580, 594
letters from, 131-2, 144-5, 161-2, 213-14, 241-2, 244, 310-11, 373, 389, 403-4, 416-17, 481-2, 511
Republican leader, xxxvi, 216, 244, 248-9, 252-3, 256, 268, 329, 332-3, 481-2
relatives, 38, 41
letter from cited, 39n
and Ceracchi, 62
employs overseer, 100n
Albemarle Co. property, 116, 131n, 144, 160, 161, 213-14, 226-7, 241-2, 248, 310-11, 330, 373, 481
and Beckley, 125n
and Gabriel's insurrection, 131-2, 138n, 144-5, 160-1, 161-2, 174, 311, 330, 389
as governor, 131n, 241, 250
conveys correspondence, 133n
letter to cited, 145n
and Delamotte, 183, 184
effects of recall from France, 186
and Paine, 186
and R. Smyth, 190
and Latin America, 218n
reports political news, 352
Thorn to call on, 360
optimistic about outcome of electoral tie, 373
and potential amendment of Constitution, 382n
introduces S. Tyler, 389
preparations to thwart naming of an acting president, 403-4, 481-2, 511
and P. Carr, 416-17, 481
counsels restraint in presidential election impasse, 482
dispute with Hamilton, 577n
TJ reports progress of House balloting to, 579, 580, 594
Monroe, James Spence
illness, death of, 131n, 161, 162n, 174
Monroe, John, 38-9, 41
Mont Blanco
as Eppes residence, 43
TJ visits, 342n
J. W. and M. J. Eppes move from, 364
Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de
works of, 179, 319n
Monthly Magazine, and American Review, 93-4, 140, 361, 363n
Monticello
various visitors to, vii, 17, 39, 146, 208-9, 216, 232n, 234, 240, 242-3, 244, 495n, 527
piano for, xxxv, 39, 538
Burr visits, xxxvi
art displayed at, xxxvii, 375n
groceries and supplies for, 14, 15, 20, 29, 31, 47, 61, 471-3, 517, 535, 558
renovation and expansion of, 15n, 29, 30-1, 37, 70-1, 94, 342, 390-1, 482, 499
Madison visits, 17-18
TJ invites family to, 17-18, 39, 70, 391-2, 593
plastering, 18n
bricks, lime for, 29, 37
furnishings for, 30, 46, 55, 57-8, 61, 64-5
carpenters, housejoiners at, 30-1, 57, 64, 70-1, 109n, 482, 499
healthy climate of, 47
sash cord for, 47, 61, 471
heat wave at, 65, 92
TJ invites friends to, 66, 92
sashes for, 71
insurance of, 104-7
lands adjoining, 105
assessed value of house, 105-7, 128n
workshops and service buildings, 105-7
diagram by TJ, 106
fences, 108, 165, 500, 559
livestock, 108
slaves at, 108-9, 116, 163-6
lease of portion of, 108-10, 116, 163-6, 390-1, 475, 488-9, 499-500, 516-17
management of fields, 108-10, 163
adjoins Tufton, 110n
depth of well at, 120
tax on house, 128n
sheep flock, 149
potential for saffron at, 152
roads, 165, 517
woodlands, 165
stoves, 172, 405n, 472
climate, and melons, 306
management of work at, 341-2, 390-1, 417-18, 475, 488-9, 499, 516-17, 528, 598
cold weather impedes work at, 342
east portico, 342
completion of house for Craven, 390, 417
efforts to clear land for Craven's lease, 390-1, 417-18, 475, 488-9, 499-500, 516-17
and Tarleton's raid, 452n
boundaries, 469-70
neighboring properties, 469-70
carpenter dies from injuries, 482, 499
garden at, 517
wine cellar, 517
See also corn; Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery; Jefferson, Thomas: Slaveholder; Richardson, Richard; tobacco
Montpelier
TJ visits, 17, 217n, 250, 253, 259
renovation of, 59-61, 99-100
Madison's father at, 439n
Montucla, Jean Etienne
Histoire des mathématiques, 180
moon
effects on air temperature, 287, 443
astronomical data, 334
Moore, Andrew, 359-60, 398
Moore, Jeremiah
letter to, 102-3
letter from, 52-4
and Va. suffrage restrictions, 52-4, 102-3
identified, 54n
Moore, Thomas, 258n
More, Thomas
works by, 176
Moreau, Jean Victor, 187, 429, 478
Moreau de St. Méry, Médéric Louis Elie, 244n
Morgan, Thomas, 163
Morris, Gouverneur
letter to, 351-2
in Senate, 248n, 323n, 603
chairs Senate committees, 351-2, 539-40n
relationship to L. R. Morris, 419n
and convention with France, 539-40, 601
thought to be bargaining for office, 590
Morris, Lewis Richard, 322, 323n, 419n, 590
Morris, Robert
Va. land speculations, 83-4, 151-2, 159n
N.Y. land speculations, 549n
Morrison, James, 461
Morse, Jedidiah
mentioned, 94n
American Universal Geography, 180
Morse, Samuel
letter from, 32-4
Republican publicist, 32-4, 386, 387n, 446
threatened, 33
identified, 34n
Môrtefontaine, France, xxxviii, 159n, 204, 339, 431n
Morton, Jacob, 544n
Morton, John
letter from, 544
responds to charges, 544
Mosby, Littleberry, 77, 81, 92-3, 499
Moses. See Hern, Moses
Moses (Hendrick's slave), 414
Mountflorence, James Cole, 296n
Mount Vernon
TJ visits, 391, 392n
Washington at, 426n
Moylan, Stephen, 17, 18n
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad
letter from, 575-7
seeks collectorship, 575-7
identified, 576-7n
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 309, 538, 576n
mules, 108
Munford, William G. (d. 1804), 349-50, 528-9, 577
Munroe, Horatio Gates, 367n
Munroe, Thomas, 358n
Munson, William, 310, 347, 349n, 367n
Murat, Joachim, 341n
Murray, William
certificate of cited, 562n
Murray, William Vans
as envoy to France, xxxviii, 71, 147, 437
toasted, 61n
expected to leave France, 72, 89, 157, 181, 183, 185, 187, 191, 202, 222, 291
at Môrtefontaine ceremony, 159n, 204
criticized, 186, 188-9
Barlow suggested as replacement for, 189, 211
to return to Batavian Republic, 189
scorns Republicans, 189
See also Convention of 1800
Muses, 487, 550-1
Mush Island, N.C., 80-1, 85, 90n
Muskogee (Muscogee) Indians. See Creek Indians
Musschenbroek, Petrus van
Cours de physique, 180
Mutual Assurance Society, 104-7
Myntas (Allen's slave), 440, 441n