Volume 34 Index
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Lady Washington's Chapel (Washington, D.C.), 369n, 406n
Lafayette, Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier de. See La Tour-Maubourg, Anastasie du Motier Lafayette de
Lafayette, George Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier de, 403
Lafayette, Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de, 403, 404n
Lafayette, Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier de (Virginie, daughter of the Marquis de Lafayette), 403
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de
letter from, 403-4
and Madame de Tessé, 336, 338, 404
congratulates TJ, sends family news, 403-4
La Fontaine, Jean de, 141, 142, 143n
La Grange, France, 403
Lamb, John, 311n
Lambert, John, 243
Lambert, William
letter from, 171-2
seeks appointment, 171-2
letters from cited, 172n
presentations on eclipses, 172n
Lamorinnière, Fournier
letter from, 44-5
seeks TJ's assistance, 44-5
lampblack, 327
lamps, 135, 194, 332n
land speculation
in D.C., xli
in Ohio, 86n
Yazoo lands, 197n, 318, 461n
criticism of, 605
Langdon, Elizabeth Sherburne, 173, 409
Langdon, John
letters to, 172-3, 408-9
letters from, 302-3, 409-10
offered, declines secretaryship of the navy, 172-3, 302-3, 309, 408-10, 433, 461, 534, 535
identified, 173n
as reference, 394
letters from cited, 410n, 699, 703
Langdon, Woodbury, 303, 409
Larimore, Jane, 332, 333n
La Rochefoucauld, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, Duchesse de, 287, 293n
Latimer, George
delinquent accounts of, 281n
deters advertising in the Aurora, 298-9
as Federalist partisan, 426, 428n, 444
removal of, sought, 671-2
Latimer, John, 368n, 378
La Tour-Maubourg, Anastasie du Motier Lafayette de, 403, 404n
La Tour-Maubourg, Charles de, 404n
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 128, 211
law
contempt, 213-16
and neutral rights, 253-4n
and naval prizes, 320-1, 497-503, 584
U.S. maritime law in its infancy, 500
quarantine laws, 526n
admiralty law, 534n
qualifications for judges, 542
common law, 584, 597
judges should be given opportunity to do right, 597
militia laws, 645
clerks, 674n
military judge advocates, 674n
installment laws, 696
Laws of Maryland (William Kilty), 544
Lawson, Robert
letter to, 410
letter from, 307-8
seeks charity from TJ, 307-8, 360-1, 398, 410
identified, 307n
Leach, Gean
letter from, 583
seeks pardon for husband, 583
Leach, Thomas, Jr.
seeks pardon, 583
letter from cited, 583n, 699
lead, 82
Leamy, John, 278n
Lear, Tobias
letter from, 637-8
appointed general commercial agent, 65
forwards liqueurs and sweetmeats to TJ, 637-8
Learner, Michael, 102
leather
morocco, 201, 235
Lebon, Philippe, 331
Lebrun, Charles François, 424n
Leçons d'Anatomie Comparée (Georges Cuvier), 68
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (Hugh Blair), 322n
Lee, Charles, 584
Lee, John (Me.), 130, 131n
Lee, Richard (English barrister)
Treatise of Captures in War, 254n
Lee, Silas, 131n, 344, 345n, 682n
Lee, William (1772-1840)
carries letter for E. Gerry, 21
seeks appointment, 23
appointed commercial agent by Adams, 333-4
recommends Forbes, 415n
Lee family, 456
Leghorn (Livorno), Italy
consul at, 48, 51, 132, 657
Lego (TJ's estate), 595
Le Havre, France
British blockade, 284, 286n, 450-1, 618, 619
commercial agent at, 415
merchants, 454n
vice consul at, 614n
Leib, Michael, 355n, 704
Leiper, Thomas, 257, 270n
Lemaire, Étienne
and W. Bingham, 544-5, 546n, 568
wages, 568
hired as steward of President's House, 685
lemons, 49
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 647
Leslie, Robert
letters from, 236-9, 694-5
carries letters for TJ, 167, 236
proposes new method of coining, 167, 236-9, 352-3
letter from cited, 239n, 699
suggests staff reduction at Mint, 239n
recommends Adam Gordon, 694-5
Létombe, Philippe André Joseph de
letters to, 568, 648-9, 685-6
letters from, 357-9, 544-6
and French prisoners, 157-8n, 305n, 374, 668n
finds steward for TJ, 357-9, 544-6, 568, 685-6
forwards letter, 400, 620n
TJ recommends, to Bonaparte, 545, 546
returns to France, 545-6, 568, 648
and the Berceau, 547
visits Washington, 620n
TJ's bids farewell to, 648-9
summary of diplomatic services, 648-9n
Letters from His Excellency George Washington, President of the United States of America (Sir John Sinclair), 414
Lettsom, John Coakley, 641
Levant, 134
Levy, Nathan, 16
Lewis, Eli
letter to, 65
letter from, 7-8
declares support for TJ, 7-8
thanked by TJ, 65
Lewis, Elizabeth Jane Woodson Lewis, 390-1n
Lewis, Jacob
letter from, 656-7
resignation of, expected, 433, 535
opposition to, 461
appointed consul at Calcutta, 536n
seeks appointment, defends conduct, 656-7
Lewis, Joel
letter from, 578
recommended, appointed marshal, 131n, 437
appointment criticized, 563-4, 578, 587-8, 590-1, 683
identified, 578n
Lewis, Lilburne (TJ's nephew), 390-1n
Lewis, Lucy Jefferson (Mrs. Charles Lilburne Lewis, TJ's sister), 390-1n
Lewis, Mary
letter from cited, 702
Lewis, Mary Howell Lewis, 390-1n
Lewis, Meriwether
classification of army officers, viii, 629-30
western expedition of, 73n
TJ's private secretary, 151n, 200, 502n
resides in President's House, 200
insulted by Callender, 205, 229
and S. Tinsley's debt, 421
Lewis, Randolph (TJ's nephew), 390-1n
Lewis, Samuel
letter from cited, 702
Lexington, Ky., 455, 654
Lexington, Va., 673n
libel, 213, 214, 216n
Liberty
depicted on U.S. coins, 72, 73-4n
liberty poles, 428n
Library of Congress
books for, 13-14, 72, 74n
librarian of, 270n
Lilly, Gabriel
overseer at Monticello, 327, 571, 580, 639
agreement with T. M. Randolph, 595
letters from cited, 701, 703, 704
letters to cited, 702, 703
lime, 327
lime syrup, 638n
Lincoln, Benjamin, 81, 85n, 533n
Lincoln, Levi
letters to, 320-1, 546-9
letters from, 340-5, 497-503, 515-17, 657-69
attends cabinet meeting, 114-15
advises on appointments, 130, 343, 518, 661-2
acting secretary of state, 131, 132n, 156n, 160n, 166-7n, 297, 300n, 666
and remission of Callender's fine, 190n
absent from Washington, 213, 460, 534
and Duane's sedition trial, 297, 300n, 584
case of Betsy Cathcart, 320-1, 497-503, 515
reports on New England politics, 340-5, 657-62
as reference, 394
influence of clergy in New England, 515-17
resigns as attorney general, 534n
and restoration of the Berceau, 546-9, 550, 662-7
relations with Great Britain, 646n
Linn, James
letter from, 5-6
advises on N.J. appointments, 5-6, 517-18n
seeks appointment, 6n
recommended for office, 243
lions, 554n
liqueurs, 637-8
Lisbon
consul at, 176, 261-2, 429, 526n, 657
Liston, Robert, 125, 584
Litchfield Monitor, 77n
Little (British subject), 125
Little, George, 597n
Little Kanawha River, 456
Littlepage, John Carter
letter to, 62
brother's return to U.S. expected, 62
Littlepage, Lewis, 62, 63, 64n, 361, 481
Littleton, Sir Thomas, 535, 536n
Little Turkey (Cherokee chief), 505-8
Livermore, Edward St. Loe, 129, 131n
Livermore, Samuel, 521n
Livingston, Edward, 158-9n, 624n
Livingston, Robert R.
letters to, 62-4, 213-14, 251-4
letters from, 12-13, 214-16, 254-5, 263
unable to speak French, 12
advises on appointments, 12-13, 165n, 255, 256
and T. Sumter, Jr., 12-13, 62-4
plans visit to Washington, 13
declines secretaryship of the navy, 173n
and W. Duane's contempt case, 213-14, 214-16
and TJ's opinion on neutral rights, 251-4, 254-5
notes on conversations with, 255, 256
criticizes Denniston & Cheetham, 263
letter to cited, 263n, 698
appointed minister to France, 281, 284, 311, 453
and Convention of 1800, 284
prepares to depart for France, 309, 545, 546, 568, 628
as reference, 394
and Sayre, 452
as gubernatorial candidate, 514n
gubernatorial election of 1792, 515n
and Louisiana, 528
letter from cited, 703
Livy, 465
Lloyd, James, 207n
Locke, John, 41n
locks, 191, 194
Logan, Deborah Norris, 78
Logan, George
letter from, 77-8
advises on appointments, 77-8, 355n
candidate for U.S. Senate, 300n, 492
as reference, 474
Lomax, John Tayloe, 200
Lomax, Thomas
letter from, 200
recommends sons, 200
London
booksellers, 14n
medical education in, 117, 270n, 322n
consul at, 176n, 429
mint at, 237
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 270n
physicians, 276
merchants, 436n
London Vaccine Institution, 273
Long, Frederick, 102
longitude, xli, 183-4, 249, 480n, 687-8
Loomis, Lebeus, 609n
Lora, Reverend, 705
Lormerie, Louis Philippe Gallot de
letter from, 203-4
offers tapestries to U.S., 203-4
letters to, from cited, 204n
lotteries, 417n
Louis I, King of Etruria, 691, 692n
Louis XVI, King of France, 167n
Louisiana
applications for appointment in, 105n
ceded to France by Spain, 111, 174-5, 186, 205, 528, 560, 646n
immigration to, 174-5, 216, 456
military forces of, 216
population, 216
cotton production in, 216-17
imports and exports, 216-17
sugar production in, 216-17
acquisition of, 417n
and Great Britain, 419n, 646n
Opelousas, 598, 599n
Catholics, 599n
Love, John S., 705
Lovell, William
letter from cited, 702
"Lover of Republicanism" (pseudonym)
letter from, 41
urges TJ to be independent, 41
Low, Rufus
letter from, 263-4
seeks navy commission, 263-4
identified, 264n
Lowell, John, 659, 665
Lower, Christian, 525n
Loyalists. See American Revolution
Ludlow, Daniel
candidate for supervisor, 37
criticism of, 37, 513, 522-3
appointed navy agent, 158n, 256, 513, 515n, 522
loan of pump to C. W. Peale, 686
Ludwig, John, 523-5
Lunéville, Treaty of, 286n, 691
Lyman, Micah J., 601-2
Lyman, William, 547, 548n, 661-2
Lynchburg, Va., 620
Lyon, James
letters from, 404-5, 602-3, 620-4
publishes Political Mirror, 20n
seeks appointment, 404-5, 602-3
seeks loan, 602-3
plan for establishing country newspapers, 620-4