Volume 33 Index
P
packet ships
between Alexandria and Norfolk, 554, 584n
Page, Mr. (Alexandria clerk), 123
Page, John
letter to, 422-3
letters from, 184-6, 544-5
seeks appointment, 100, 186n, 422-3, 544, 666
TJ describes his political program to, 135, 422-3
denounces Federalist insolence, 184-6
letters to, from cited, 186n
as congressman, 423n
Page, Margaret Lowther (Mrs. John Page), 423
Paine, Elijah, 15n, 113, 683
Paine, Thomas
letter to, 358-9
TJ sends news of personal and public affairs, viii, 358-9
sends packet to TJ, 21
Common Sense, 185
Compact Maritime, 185, 240-1, 358
"On the Jacobinism of the English at Sea," 185
offered passage in the Maryland, 358-9
seeks employment, 665
Palermo, Sicily, 363
Palfrey, William, 57, 226n
paper
from cornstalks, 104n
ruling machine, 104n
manufacture of, 195n, 497, 498n, 529n
Papin, Denis, 224n
Paradise Lost (John Milton), 185-6, 186n
pardons
granted by TJ, x-xi, 251-2, 309-10, 318n, 558-9n
petitions for, x-xi, 252n, 582-3
refused, 79, 80n
Paris
commercial agent at, 52, 173n, 420n, 672, 676
publishing in, 77n, 341n, 420n
building regulations in, 155n
Catholic Church in, 189-90n
schools, universities, 189-90n
booksellers, 339n
education, 408
post office, 469n
chargé d'affaires at, 617n
consul general at, 627, 667
banks, 649n
Parker, Isaac, 219, 377n
Parker, Thomas, 513, 514n
Parrott, Richard
letter from, 289-90
seeks appointment, 289-90
identified, 290n
Parsons, Enoch, 590, 591n, 677
Parsons, Theophilus, 15, 16, 671, 674
parties, political
criticism of, 8, 19, 201, 286, 289, 337-8, 341, 442
newspapers carry away party rage, 262
patents
on saddles, 104
on papermaking, 104n, 497
on steam engines, 166n
applications for, 214
on shipbuilding, 214n
on fireplaces and stoves, 222-4
on nailmaking machine, 435
Paterson, Cornelia Bell, 183, 184n
Paterson, William (N.J.), 183, 184n
Patriot (French schooner), 60n
Patten, William, 652n
Patterson, William (N.Y.), 672, 677
Patton, Robert, 78, 80n, 192, 194n
Paul I, Emperor of Russia
character of, 93
seeks compact with France, 561, 563n
death of, 616, 617n
Peace Establishment Act (1801)
implementation of, vii, 292n, 527
officers retained, discharged under, 250n, 340n, 469, 475n, 545, 555n, 605, 606n, 647, 648n
terms of, 250n, 340, 598n, 606n
vessels sold under, 250n, 340n, 545, 605
peaches, 328
Peale, Charles Willson
letter to, 34-5
letter from, 221-4
forwards music to TJ, xlvii, 98n
sends lecture to TJ, 34
Discourse, 35n, 221
recommends Eckstein, 91n
plan for improving fireplaces, 221-4
lectures on natural history, 224n
receives premium from APS, 224n
Peale, Raphaelle, 224n
Peale, Rembrandt
letters from, 114, 433-4
portraits of TJ, x, xlvii, 34-5, 114, 433-4
seeks aid to study abroad, x, 433-4
writes lyrics, xlvii, 223, 224n
recommends Eckstein, 91n
Apotheosis of Washington, 245n
Peale, Titian Ramsey (1780-1798), 224n
Pearl River, 580
Peck, Henry, 91, 92n
Peck, William, 291
Penniman, Jabez, 125n, 672
Pennsylvania
western, 5
U.S. attorneys, 15, 207n, 219, 230, 392, 671, 674
legislature, 26, 28-9, 42n, 69n, 73n, 93, 94, 337n, 391, 431n
usurpation feared in, 26, 28, 391
election for U.S. Senate, 28-9
Federalists in, 28-9, 41, 71, 78-80, 106n, 207n, 523-4
Republicans in, 29, 69n, 73-4, 78, 95n, 105, 247n, 248, 317, 352n, 391, 539, 543n
supervisor for, 29n, 78, 179, 219, 237, 344n, 387n, 392, 410, 453, 523-4, 543, 612-13, 614, 665, 669, 670, 673, 676
Democratic Republican Society of Pennsylvania, 42n, 358n, 543n
treasurer, 69n, 72n
gubernatorial elections in, 71, 72n, 105, 247n
Lancaster Co., 71, 72-3n
and ratification of U.S. Constitution, 71, 73-4n, 80n
relocation of state government in, 71
Adams Co., 73n
comptroller-general, 73n, 212n
constitution of 1776, 73n
and election of 1800, 73n, 364, 391
Irish in, 73n, 80n
militia, 73n, 80n, 162n, 337n, 391
Presbyterians in, 73n, 80n
register general, 73n, 78, 387
supreme court, 73n, 535, 536n
and election of 1796, 77-8, 247n, 248
postmasters, 77-8, 80n
land office, 105, 206n
marshals for, 105, 205-7, 219, 247n, 367, 381, 437, 438n, 454, 535, 585, 668, 671, 673, 674, 675
opposition to federal excise in, 178-80, 247n
U.S. district court, 207n
courts, 317, 337n
judges, judiciary system, 317, 392
commissioners of bankruptcy, 343n
interpreters, 358n
notary publics, 358n
participation in presidential election in doubt, 364
Centre Co., 392
Antifederalists in, 458n
collectors of the excise, 523-4
newspapers, 535
inspectors of the revenue, 543, 613, 614
See also Beaver Co., Pa.; Lancaster, Pa.; Northumberland Co., Pa.; Philadelphia; Reading, Pa.
Pennsylvania, Bank of, 289n
Pennsylvania, University of, 35n, 124n, 206n, 224n, 395n, 647
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 406n
Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 73n
Pentemont (Panthemont), Abbaye Royale de
TJ's daughters attend, 577n
"People's Friend" (John Isaac Hawkins and Rembrandt Peale), xlvii, 223, 224n, 369, 406 (illus.)
Perkins, Benjamin
letter from, 17
sends architectural drawings, 17, 435n
identified, 17n
letter from cited, 435n
Perkins, James & Thomas H., 474n
Perkins, Thomas
letter to, 434-5
family, 17n
nail-making machine, 434-5
letters from cited, 435n
persimmon trees, 648n
Perth Amboy, N.J.
collector at, 184n, 219, 669, 670, 672, 676, 679
Peruzzi, 631
Peter, John, 675
Peter, Thomas, 173n, 674
Peters, Richard (judge), 206n, 207n, 261, 431n, 557
Peters, Theodore
letter from, 129
seeks appointment, 129, 666
appointed vice commercial agent, 677
Peyton, Craven
letter to, 18
purchases land for TJ, 18
Peyton, Francis (Alexandria, Va.)
letters from, 271, 368
and Alexandria collectorship, 124
mayor of Alexandria, 125n
and public dinner for TJ, 271
identified, 271n
letter to cited, 271n, 686
recommends Gilpin, 368
appointed justice of the peace, 674
Peyton, Francis (Loudoun Co., Va.), 271n
Phelon (Philne), Patrick, 407
Philadelphia
contemporary images of, xlvi
churches, clergy in, xlvii, 99n, 105, 206n, 224n
TJ's election celebrated in, xlvii, 30, 97, 98, 203, 224n, 247n, 265
music publishers, xlviii
collector at, 4n, 352n, 410, 411n, 428n, 458, 458n, 612-13, 614, 666, 670
as market for tobacco, 7, 34n, 215-16, 497, 542
rolling mill near, 10n
Federalists in, 19, 535
carpenters, housejoiners, 36, 377
postal service, 39n, 426-7
almshouse, 41
innkeepers, 42n, 458n
Jews in, 42n, 358n
livery stables, 42n
sheriff, 42n, 247n, 468n
French, 43
labor demand at, 67
removal of state government from, 71
newspapers, 73n, 136, 224n, 529n
register of wills, 73n
postmaster, 78, 80n, 192, 194n
artists, 91n
attorneys, 99n, 189n, 543n
theaters, 99n
saddlers, 104, 116n
and American Revolution, 116
customhouse, 121, 122n, 458, 535, 537, 584, 666
public market, 121-2
taverns, 122, 227, 387
building regulations in, 155n
artisans, 166
superintendent of military stores, 180n, 219, 392, 393n
shoemakers in, 182n
printers, 211n, 451n
merchants, 216, 217n, 246n, 352n, 358n, 418n, 538n, 539-40, 556, 669n
militia, military units, 216, 246-7n, 357, 458n, 584n, 643n
Morris's wharf, 217n
keeper of public stores, 219
hotels, boarding houses, 227, 288n, 458n
confectioners, 233n
timber prices at, 264, 265n, 292
cabinetmakers and upholsterers, 306, 377n
gunlock factory in, 337n
customs inspectors, 342n, 458
prostitution, 343
accountants in, 343n
Republicans in, 358n, 535, 538n, 543n
Tammany Society, 358n
coffeehouse, 360
wine merchants, 360n, 477-8
houses, 377
physicians, 381n, 543n
museums, 406n
naval officer at, 410, 411n, 458, 612-14
surveyor at, 410, 411, 458, 584-5, 613
stagecoaches, 415n
economy of, 418
shipbuilding, 418
carriage makers, 500-1, 600-1, 601n
tailors, 504n
Germans, 529n, 543n
framemakers, 530n
purveyor of public supplies, 530n
yellow fever, 538n
patronage opportunities in, 612
inspector and collector of internal revenues, 614n
Philadelphia (U.S. frigate), 545, 546n
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 68n
Philadelphia Committee of Arrangements and Correspondence
letter from cited, 246n, 686
recommends J. Smith, 246n
Philadelphia Gazette, 99n
Philadelphia Militia Legion
letter from cited, 246n, 686
recommends J. Smith, 246n
physiognotrace, 104n
pianos, xlviii, 223
Pichon, Louis André
letter from, 525-6
successor to Létombe, 59, 97, 98, 385, 386, 440, 450, 451
carries letters, 270, 289, 338, 373, 615
indemnification for loss of Insurgente, 349n
pamphlets attributed to, 419, 420n
misses meeting TJ in Washington, 525-6
identified, 526n
circular letter by, 597, 598n
Pickens, Andrew, 70n, 175n, 677
Pickering (U.S. revenue cutter), 278, 347-8, 349n
Pickering, Timothy
bullies Adams, 74
accused of misusing public funds, 108n
as secretary of state, 120n, 169, 171, 250n, 334n, 349n, 378-9, 457, 513n
as quartermaster general, 365
Olive Branch affair, 534-6
attempts to deport Priestley, 567
and Fulton, 654n
Pickett, Pollard & Johnston, 158, 203
Pickman, William, 673
Pierce, John, 669, 672, 675
Pinckney, Charles
letters to, 201-2, 335
letters from, 186-7, 259, 621-3
appointed minister to Spain, ix, 259, 335, 441n, 457, 483-4, 484, 671, 676
advises on appointments, 186-7, 201-2, 220, 331, 332n, 333, 513, 514, 514n, 657-8, 667
not respected in S.C., 209-10
and Irujo's recall, 230
sketch of public life, 259n
memorandum from, 333
letters from cited, 333n, 623n, 690
Yznardi's accounts, 604
fears nomination will be rejected, 621-3
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 225n, 666
Pinckney, Thomas, 25n
Pinckney Treaty, 278
Pinkney, Ninian (army officer; d. 1825), 530
Pinkney, Ninian (Md. clerk; d. 1824), 10-11n
Pinkney, William
notes on letter from, 10-11
supports TJ's election, 10-11
Pintard, John M., 558, 604, 666, 667n
Pintard, Lewis Searle, 666, 667n
Pitcairn, Joseph, 413n, 677, 678
Pitt, William, 41, 90n, 468, 649n
plasterers, 531
Plato, 98n
Platt, Jeremiah, 572n
Pleasants, Samuel, 602, 603n, 640
Pleasonton, Stephen, 512, 513n
Plumer, William, 561n
Plutarch's Lives, 506n
Plymouth, England, 397
Poirey, Joseph Léonard
letter from, 594-5
claim against the U.S., 594-5
Polacca (steamboat), 10n
Political and Military Rhapsody, on the Invasion and Defence of Great Britain and Ireland (Henry Lloyd), 218-19n
Pollock, Oliver
letter from, 537-8
seeks appointment, 537-8
polygraph, 104n
Poole, John, 166
Pope, Alexander
Essay on Man, 656
Poplar Forest (TJ's estate)
groceries, supplies from, 37, 570
sale of tobacco from, 50, 603
TJ's absence from, 50
poplar trees, 370
Poquette, Francis, 559n
Porcupine's Gazette (Philadelphia), 262
Porter, Charles J., 52
Porter, David, Jr., 451
porters, 504n, 531n
Port Folio (Philadelphia), 206n
Portsmouth (U.S. ship), 68n
Portsmouth, N.H.
collector, 219, 220n, 560, 669, 672, 675
naval officer, 219, 220n, 561n, 669, 672, 679
shipbuilding, 256n, 263
navy agent, 396, 398n
surveyor and inspector, 561n, 670
Portugal
British ambassador to, 190n
poor reputation of military, 218
wine from, 258
U.S. minister to, 323n, 428n, 625n
relations with Britain, 562, 563n
threatened, attacked by France and Spain, 562-4
postal service
postmaster general, vii, 191-4, 330, 332n, 415n, 432, 670, 678
schedules, efficiency of, 39n, 99, 184, 191-2, 207, 255, 314, 380, 427, 524, 544, 566, 604, 610, 642, 655
distrusted, 42, 47, 77-8, 270, 274, 304, 305n, 323, 328-9, 339n, 442, 453, 492, 587, 654n, 655, 658
removals in, expected, 77-8, 178, 192, 429, 587
postmasters, 78, 80n, 84n, 192, 194n, 216, 303n, 330, 332n, 352, 415n, 426-7, 579n, 627
expansion of, 191-2
abuse of franking privilege, 192
branch of Treasury Department, 193, 429-30
and collection of revenue, 193
printers should not be postmasters, 332n, 637
mail contracts, 415
assistant postmaster general, 427n
TJ proposes transferring to State Department, 429-30
letter carriers, 444-5
in Conn., 492, 587
post roads, 683
See also Habersham, Joseph
Potomac District
U.S. attorney for, 288n, 558, 596, 671, 678
marshal for, 545, 558, 676
Potomac River, 3n, 345n, 545, 546n
Potter, Henry, 620, 621n, 670, 678-9
Pougens, Charles, 338
Poughkeepsie Journal, 320n
Powell, Cuthbert, 173n, 674
Powell, James
replaced as collector, 220, 669, 673, 677
Power, Nicholas, 330, 332n
Pratt, John W.
letter from, 202-3
seeks appointment, 202-3
Preble, Henry
appointed, replaced as consul, 172n, 173n, 293, 294, 667, 672, 678, 682
Presbyterians, 73n, 80n, 206n, 227n
President (U.S. frigate), 132n, 292n, 545, 546n
President's House
TJ takes up residence at, xi, 153n
Adams's household accounts, 23-4n, 153n
furnishing of, 23-4n, 153n
staircase, 377
TJ expected to decorate, 477
cleaning of, 531
painting of, 531
location of, criticized, 575n
Madisons temporarily reside at, 595n
preparations to receive visitors, 605
levees at, should be discontinued, 620
See also Jefferson, Thomas: Personal Affairs
press, freedom of
as essential principle, 141-2, 145-6, 151, 409
Federalist judges threaten, 186
in Great Britain, 455
Prevost, John B., 309, 420, 667
Price, Alexander P., 65n
Price, Meredith, 65n
Price, Nathaniel W.
letter from cited, 65n, 686
seeks clerkship, 65n
Priestley, Joseph
letter to, 393-5
letter from, 567-8
health of, 317, 351, 393-4, 482, 567, 600
friendship with Cooper, 392
strength of republican government, 393-5
Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland, 567
Pickering attempts to deport, 567
thanks TJ, encloses writings, 567-8
Doctrine of Phlogiston Established, 568
"Experiments on the Production of Air," 568n
Priestman, William, 557-9, 604
prisoners of war
treatment of, 127-8
French, in U.S., 273, 278, 291, 347
Procter, Thomas
recommended by Sheaff, 360
letter from cited, 690
Prospect Before Us (James Thomson Callender), 46, 47n
Prosperity (ship), 562
prostitution, 343
Prout, William, 205, 320n
Providence, R.I.
congratulatory address from, 187-8
merchants, 188n
French prisoners at, 291
thanked by TJ, 475-6
newspapers, 651
Prussia
U.S. relations with, 94
ports embargoed by Britain, 203
appoints consuls, 444
invades Netherlands, 497
and league of armed neutrality, 563n
occupies Hanover, 616
Puerto Rico, 568, 569
Pulaski, Casimir, 357
Pulis, Joseph, 676
Pulteney, Sir William, 464, 467-8, 469n