Volume 35 Index
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McCall, Archibald, 46n
McClary (McCleary), Michael, 601n
McClenachan, Blair, 57n
McComb, John, Jr., 91-2
MacCreery, William, 495n
McDonogh, Thomas, 111n
McDowell, James, 525
McDowell, Sarah Preston, 525
McGuire, William, 551, 560n
McHenry, James, 10n, 195, 445n
McHoy, Mr., 559
Mackay, Adam, 367, 368n
McKean, Thomas
letter from, 64-6
Irujo's father-in-law, xlvi, 393
and Pa. politics, 64
advises on appointments, 64-6
election of, 184
patronage practices, 202
Republican support for, 424
McKeanites, 553
as reference, 609, 705n
McKee, John (mariner), 134n
McKeen, Levi
letters from, 323-4, 331-3
recommends Bailey, 323-4, 331-3
identified, 324n
Mackel, Samuel, 759
McKnight, Washington, 406, 407n
McLane, Allen, 693
Maclure, Alexander
forwards letter and books to TJ, 708n
letter from cited, 750
McLure, Brydie & Co., 28
Maclure, William
letter from, 706-8
observations on European agriculture and economy, 706-8
letter from cited, 708n
sends pamphlets to TJ, 708n
McLurg, James, 46n
McMillan, William, 392n
McNeill, Daniel, 56n, 187, 268n, 291, 446-7, 488, 661
Macon, Nathaniel
letter from, 347
and J. P. Williams, 347
letter from cited, 347n, 750
recommends aspirants for office, 467, 468n
and Wilmington collectorship, 496-7
McPherson, William, 102n
McRee, Griffith J., 132, 134n, 159n, 389, 390n, 468n
Maddux, John W.
letter from, 21
declares support for TJ, 21
Madeira
consul at, 148, 154, 754
to be restored to Portugal, 714
See also wine
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd
visits Monticello, 79, 81, 374n
returns to Washington, 389
resides at President's House, 471
invited to dine with TJ, 677
Madison, James
letters to, 36, 80-2, 88-9, 124-6, 162-4, 265-6, 276-7, 316-17, 571, 621-2, 638, 712
letters from, 79-80, 94, 110-11, 148-9, 153-4, 266-7, 306-7, 311, 340, 378-9, 677
Constitutional Convention
attends Annapolis Convention, 206
Personal Affairs
note with Bank of Columbia, 179
and Hurt, 183
health of, 217, 263, 265, 266, 277, 306-7, 614, 677
executor of father's estate, 378-9
returns to Washington, 378-9, 389, 497
residence in Washington, 471, 472n
college classmates of, 516
purchases wine, 568
Politics
absence from Washington criticized, viii, 273, 275n
and removal of condemned slaves from Va., x, 712, 721n
and Habersham, 330-1
essays on emigration and population, 533n
character of, defended, 701
President
appointments, 252n, 254n
Relations with Jefferson
invited to, visits Monticello, 36, 110-11, 209, 216, 217, 263, 266, 268, 374n
TJ advises on road conditions, 36
forwards letters to Monticello, 94, 216
potential successor to TJ, 286
resides at President's House, 471
travels with TJ, 529
invited to dine with TJ, 677
Secretary of State
method of communication with the president, x, 576-8
TJ sends draft of circular to, x, 571
advises on annual message to Congress, xi, 613-15, 617, 621-2, 638
sends Claiborne's commission, 17
and A. Moore's appointment, 27
valedictory letter to Létombe, 29
and warrants drawn on Treasury, 31
advises on appointments, 32-3n, 69, 80, 148, 162, 209-10, 306-7, 316
and naval prizes in U.S. ports, 39n, 79-80, 81, 110-11, 124-5, 153-4, 159n, 677
and census of 1800, 49, 532n
publication of laws in German, 79, 80n
and Geffroy letters, 88-9
and Barbary affairs, 148-9, 162-4, 189-90n
impressment of the George Washington, 163-4n
instructions for R. R. Livingston, 217n, 245n, 266-7, 276, 291, 306, 311, 340, 371n, 378
and Barraud's removal, 221n
applications to, for appointments, 253n, 307n, 313, 333n, 388n, 392n, 417n, 559n, 591n, 737
TJ forwards letters to, 265-6
and the Hope, 301n, 677
and Norton, 302
receives consular reports, 322-3
and C. Pinckney, 340, 378, 538
and Irujo, 393n, 599
and blockade of Gibraltar, 407n, 425n, 488n
and the Harmony, 410-11n, 677
forwards letters to prince regent of Portugal, 441-2n
attends cabinet meetings, 488-9, 609
and British debt claims, 507n
and Whitney, 514n
and J. Morton, 534n
TJ praises, 577
and T. Coxe, 584
revises system for expenditures, 629, 630n
and Duane's sedition trial, 653-4n
circular on circuit court cases, 658n
and W. P. Gardner, 704n
Madison, Bishop James
visits Madison, 267
recommends Barraud, 268
letter from cited, 268n
and T. P. Smith, 269-70
Madison, James, Sr., 378, 379n
Madrid, 239, 494n
Magellan, Ferdinand, 105n
magnetism, 716-17
magnolias, 352n
Magruder, William B., 46n
Maher, Edward
letter from, 421-2
leaves TJ's service, 421-2
identified, 421-2n
payments to, 758
Mahican Indians, 600n
Maine
Knox's estate in, 3
St. George River, 3
Kennebunk collectorship, 54, 57n, 85, 108
timber from, 87
Portland, 154n
Penobscot collectorship, 195, 227, 229n, 230n, 314
Republicans in, 195
U.S. attorney for, 195
circuit court cases in, 658
Frenchman's Bay collectorship, 726n
Malta
British naval base at, 74, 663
donkeys from, 105n
descriptions of, 124n
restored to Knights of St. John, 395, 398n, 714
Maltbie, Jonathan, 675
Malthus, Thomas Robert, 532-3n
"Mammoth Veal"
presented to TJ, 458, 479, 486, 513
Manhattan Company, 62, 143
Manual of Parliamentary Practice. For the Use of the Senate of the United States (Thomas Jefferson), 501
manufacturing
of paper, 214
cotton, 451
muskets, 514n, 599-600, 662-3
and principle of interchangeable parts, 514n, 600n, 662-3
one of four pillars of prosperity, 647
hemp, 746n
mustard, 746n
manure, 247
maps
of southwestern U.S., 106-7, 423-4, 548-9
of Federal District, 564, 568n
marble
Carrara, 293-4, 482-3
March, John
account with TJ, 355-6, 418
identified, 356n
Marchant, Elihu, 301-2
Marchant, Sarah Norton, 301, 302n
Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 442n
Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, 297n
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, 297n
Marines, U.S.
barracks for, 167-8, 172-3, 187, 211, 217, 417-18, 512
officers' commissions, 218n
resignations from, 512-13
appropriations for, 637
Marks, Anna Scott Jefferson (Mrs. Hastings Marks, TJ's sister)
TJ's affection for, 419
letter to cited, 752
Marks, Peter S., 551, 560n
Marseilles, France, 59, 251, 494
Marsh, Amos
letter to, 708-9
letter from, 574-5
congratulatory address from, 574-5
identified, 575n
letter from cited, 575n, 751
thanked by TJ, 708-9
Marsh, Daniel, 118n, 693
Marshall, Andrew
letter from, 442-4
criticizes St. Clair, 442-4
identified, 444n
Marshall, John, 46n, 493, 494n
Martin, Thomas, 135n, 159n, 263n
Martinique, W.I., 160n, 395
Mary (ship), 60n
Maryland
elections in, 22, 147, 169, 223, 269, 273, 303, 324, 529, 684, 686n
Harford Co., 22
Charles Co., 83n
legislature, 97-8, 99-100n, 384
loan to D.C. commissioners, 97-100, 113, 129-30, 175-6, 371-3
Bladensburg, 109n
Frederick, 168, 387, 388n
Calvert Co., 223
Frederick Co., 223
Prince George's Co., 223, 289-90, 444
ferries, 225, 328
Havre de Grace, 225, 270, 328
Oldtown, 228n
roads in, 270
smallpox vaccination in, 289-90
courts, 335-6, 452n
U.S. district court, 336
Portuguese vice consul in, 349n
Nottingham collectorship, 364, 711, 738, 743n
medical societies, 384n
presidential electors, 384n
inspectors of revenue in, 388n
Presbyterians in, 388n
maps of, 412n
too many federal appointees from, 426, 508
Montgomery Co., 444, 717n
taxes in, 444
Queen Anne's Co., 451, 452n
registers of wills, 451, 452n
Anne Arundel Co., 499
census in, 531, 532n
French consul for, 562n
circuit court cases in, 658n
agriculture, 706
smuggling, 711
Brookeville, 717n
surveyors, 717n
U.S. attorney for, 739, 742-3n
admiralty court, 743n
See also Baltimore, Md.; Federalists; Republicans
Maryland (U.S. sloop)
ordered to give passage to T. Paine, 125, 126n
returns to U.S., 173, 174n, 175n, 176, 187n, 188, 189, 216, 263, 268, 394, 445n, 587n
Mason, Mr. (Georgetown, D.C.), 289-90
Mason, George, 224n, 387n
Mason, John (Georgetown merchant), 46n, 191, 223-4, 290
Mason, John Thomson
letters from, 223-4, 387-8, 444
as bank director, 136n, 191n
as attorney, 144
Notes on Candidates for Bank Director, 190-1
recommends aspirants for office, 223-4, 290, 387-8
as reference, 386
letter from cited, 388n, 750
sends tax estimates, 444
Mason, Mary Elizabeth Armistead, 519, 520n
Mason, Mary Thomson, 387n
Mason, Stevens Thomson
letter to, 519-20
and S.C. appointments, 12, 13-14n, 31, 53
C. Pinckney sends regards to, 398, 538
TJ sends newspapers, foreign news to, 519-20
and Miss. Terr., 553
and W. P. Gardner, 700
Mason, Thomson, 224n
masons. See Freemasons
Massac
customs district, 391-2
Massac, Fort (Illinois), 77, 560n
Massachusetts
union of clergy and Federalists in, 4
Plymouth collectorship, 53, 56n, 221-3
Marblehead collectorship, 108, 587n
roads in, 155
U.S. attorney for, 160, 687n
courts, 160n, 299, 689
privateers from, 160n
heat wave in, 198
kinepox reported in, 199, 430
Massachusetts Medical Society, 199
paper manufacturing in, 214
smuggling in, 222
Dedham, 300, 301n
Martha's Vineyard, 302n
postmasters, 302n
elections in, 305, 498
newspapers, 305-6
Worcester, 305-6
Salem and Beverly collectorship, 315-16, 352, 498
legislature, 498
attorneys in, 516, 517n
Congregationalists in, 516, 517n
Marblehead, 516
Brookfield, 520-1
Springfield armory, 521, 522n
Stockbridge, 521, 522n
circuit court cases in, 657
hospitals, 681n
smallpox vaccination in, 681n
American Revolution in, 686
bankruptcy laws in, 689
See also Boston; Federalists; Republicans
Massachusetts Spy (Worcester), 147n, 306n
Massena, André, 528
Masten, John, 435n
mastodon
C. W. Peale's painting of exhumation of, xlviii-xlix, 382 (illus.)
remains discovered in Hudson Valley, 107, 430-6, 699
Matagorda Bay, 555, 561n
mathematics
geometric progressions, xi, 531-3, 545, 643
logarithms, 531-3, 625
Mathews, Mr. (Nassau attorney), 547
Matilda (slave of Randolph Lewis), 346n
Matlock, Timothy
letter from, 164-5
reports on Federalists in Pa., 164-5
identified, 165n
mattresses, 205
Maurepas, Lake, 106
Maximilian Franz, Elector of Cologne, 295, 296-7n
Maxwell, Robert
letter to, 30
removed as postmaster, 30
Mazzei, Philip
letters from, 353-4, 666-8, 694-5
exchanges seeds, plants with TJ, 353-4, 666, 667
prints Italian translation of inaugural address, 666-7
seeks U.S. position in Italy, 666-7
finances of, 666-8
reports arrival of king of Etruria, 694-5
Mease, James
letter from, 341-2
seeks appointment, 341-2
medals, 231, 599, 681, 683n, 702
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, 384n
medicine
rheumatism, 52n, 334
mental illness, 74, 170n, 195, 406, 407n, 442n, 502-3
seasoning, 75, 77, 350, 357
hygiene, 77
surgeons, 93, 183n, 358n
medical schools, education, 103n, 200, 278n, 279n, 490, 491n, 531n, 605, 698
physicians, 103n, 119n, 198-9, 252n, 278n, 279n, 289n, 369, 592n, 684-5
anatomists, 183n
eyesight, 197, 383-4
medical societies, 199, 384n
chicken pox, 200, 578
diarrhea, 297
autumnal diseases, 318
ruptures, 334
importation, cost of drugs, 341
head inflammation, 346n
strokes, 348
fraud, unethical behavior by physicians, 369
deafness, 382
fevers, 433
childbirth, 498
influenza, 500
invalids, 505
midwives, 510, 511n
gout, 513, 523
worms, 590
epilepsy, 694-5
dentists, 718n
See also hospitals; smallpox; whooping cough; yellow fever
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean passes, 13, 14n, 31
British navy bases in, 74
navy squadron sent to, 74, 108-9, 163, 187, 188n, 211, 240, 277, 422, 638-9, 663-4
squadron arrives at, 219, 228, 303, 630-1, 638
U.S. trade in, 341-2, 593-5, 630-1, 638-9, 642, 664
Britain to withdraw from, 398n, 714
Meeks, Richard, 383n
Meeks, William, 383n
Meigs, Return Jonathan, 403, 404n, 456, 473-4, 748n
Melinda (b. 1787, Eppes slave), 34
Mello e Castro, João de Almeida de, 442n
"Memorandum on the Vaccine Disease" (Samuel L. Mitchill), 430
Menou, Jacques François de Boussay, Baron de, 296, 297n
Mercer, Mr., 11
Mercer, John (Va.)
letter from cited, 755
Mercer, John F.
letter to, 529-30
letter from, 499
invites TJ and Madison to visit, 499, 529-30
Mercer, Sophia Sprigg, 499, 530
Mercury and New-England Palladium (Boston), 146-7, 519, 521, 598
Meredith, Margaret Cadwalader, 172
Meredith, Samuel
letter to, 210
letter from, 172
warrants issued on, 56n, 169n
resigns as treasurer of the U.S., 169, 172, 209-10, 216, 223, 253, 281-2, 303, 307, 321, 330, 364, 530, 571-2
identified, 172n
letter to cited, 572n, 751
commission on Seneca annuity, 696-8
Merrick, Pliny, 521
Merry, Anthony, 295, 297n
"Metempsychosis Doctrine, in a Limited Sense, Defended" (Isaac Story), 516-17
Mexican Association, 670n
Mexico, 122, 561n, 717n
Michaux, François André, 352n
Michilimackinac
collection district, 13, 31
microscopes, 198
Middleton, James R., 218n
Mifflin, Jonathan, 705n
militia
fines for non-service, 246
preferable to standing armies, 645
milk, 757, 759
Milledge, John
advises on appointments, 53, 85, 133, 226, 229n, 287-8, 314, 570, 580
recommends E. Clark, Jr., 144n
Miller, Henry, 263n
Miller, John, Jr., 46n
Miller, Lillian B., xlviii
Miller, William
commissioner of the revenue, 91, 92n, 101, 117, 133, 135n, 159n, 584n
mills
Warren, 22n
Somerville's, 568
Poindexter's, 659
See also Henderson lands
Mills, Jared, 409n
Millspaw, Peter, 435n
Milton, Va.
creation of, xlvii
and Henderson lands, xlvii, 343n, 360-1, 363n, 379, 380n, 581n, 743
merchants, 28
roads to, from, 36
post office, 41, 173, 510
shipments received at, 171, 210, 361n
tobacco sent from, 232
whooping cough in, 373
demand for firewood in, 580
mineralogy, 212
Minor, John, Jr.
letter from cited, 755
Minorca, 199, 714
Mint, U.S.
coining process at, 15
treasurer of, 135n, 375n, 597n
salaries of officers, 375n
applications for appointment in, 416n
rumored to be discontinued, 530
copper for, 587n, 596-7
expense of, 628
establishment of, 682
mirrors
ordered by TJ, 12, 96
Mississippi River
as transportation system, 77
Spanish settlements along, 106
Dunbar studies, 121
maps of, 423
defense of, 562n
French interest in, 670
Mississippi Territory
relations with Spain, 17-18
politics, 18, 732-3
descriptions of, 121, 550
U.S. attorney for, 149n, 162
governor of, 154
collection of internal revenues in, 264
immigrants to, 376, 377n
salaries in, 376
courts, 376-7, 550-1, 552, 560n, 734n
trade with New Orleans, 549-50
military in, 550-2, 550-3, 734n
Adams Co., 553, 561n
attorney general, 553
election of 1800 in, 553
Federalists in, 553
Republicans in, 553
sheriffs, 553, 561n
code of laws, 733
legislature, 733-4
See also Adams, Fort; Claiborne, William C. C.; Natchez
Missouri River, 553-4
Mitchell, John (Georgetown)
letters from cited, 750
Mitchell, Nathaniel, 428
Mitchill, Samuel Latham
and New York City Republicans, 235n
"Memorandum on the Vaccine Disease," 430
and New York Mineralogical Society, 716
letter from cited, 753
Mobile, W. Fla., 106, 557, 561n
molasses, 134n
Molly (servant), 178
Molly (ship), 594-5
Moniteur (Paris), 527
Monitor (Litchfield, Conn.), 519-20
Monroe, James
letters to, 662-3, 718-22
letters from, 354-5, 683
and removal of condemned slaves, ix-x, 683, 712, 718-22
recommends aspirants for office, 59, 354-5, 478, 496
travels between Albemarle and Richmond, 81, 110-11
and Hay, 136n
and I. C. Barnet, 249-50, 252-3n
View, 253n
applications to, for appointment, 298-9n
Albemarle Co. property, 309
letters from cited, 355n, 750
as reference, 356, 357n
and J. H. Purviance, 445n, 683
secretaries for, 445n
advises on appointments, 494n
service in the American Revolution, 502
TJ recommends Whitney to, 662-3
Monroe, John
letter from, 727-8
seeks loan to open tavern, 727-8
Monticello
M. L. Davis visits, vii, 272-3, 286, 287, 289n, 307, 311, 314, 316
renovation and expansion of, vii, 735, 745
smallpox vaccination at, vii, xlix, 34-5, 47, 89, 91, 118-19, 120-1, 166, 170, 174, 178, 198-9, 213, 277-8, 369, 472, 490, 495, 572-3, 681n, 698
TJ invites family to, vii, 266n, 419, 510-11
various visitors to, vii, 79, 93, 94, 501n, 745
TJ's correspondence from, vii-viii, 31, 260
groceries and supplies for, 11, 12, 30-1, 83, 87, 95-6, 103, 118, 137n, 171, 210, 225
plastering, 11, 31, 49-51, 83, 95-6, 178, 373, 579, 691
glass for, 12, 95, 225, 676n
TJ invites friends to, 21, 27, 36, 81, 110-11
furnishings for, 23-4, 137, 152, 181, 232-3, 270
biannual visits to, planned by TJ, 26n, 305, 315, 471
architectural ornaments for, 30-1, 95, 127, 418
cellars, 96n
dining room, 96n, 418
insurance of, 103-4
Madison visits, 209, 216, 217, 263, 266, 268, 374n
De Chanlas offers to take charge of, 325-6
peach cultivation at, 354n
masons at, 373, 579, 735, 745
octagonal chamber, 373, 374n
study, 414
descriptions of, 462-3
too many visitors, interruptions at, 471, 510-11
pecan trees at, 504
James Hemings as cook at, 543n
kitchen, 543n
nursery, 579
wings, 579
catalog of artwork at, 657n
sash weights for, 754
See also Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery; Jefferson, Thomas: Travels
Montmollin & Herron (Savannah), 368n
Moore, Andrew
letters to, 26, 49
letters from, 27, 255
appointed marshal, 26, 27, 32, 49, 255, 371
identified, 26n
health of, 27n
prepares census return, 255, 570n
as reference, 356
Moore, Duncan, 390
Moore, Thomas (Va.), 726
Morale de Jésus-Christ et des Apôtres; ou, La Vie et les Instructions de Jésus-Christ, 20
Moran, Joseph
leaves Monticello to work at Milton, 579, 678
masonry work at Monticello, 691, 735, 745
letter to cited, 752
Moreau de St. Méry, Médéric Louis Elie
Description, 356
Morgan, Daniel, 26n
Morgan, Jacob, 416n
Morgan, William, 758
Morphy, Diego, 114, 115n
Morris, Gouverneur
letter to, 544-5
letters from, 492-3, 660-1
and naval prizes, 158
offers silver service to TJ, 492, 544-5
and Convention of 1800, 492-3
comments on foreign, domestic affairs, 660-1
Morris, Richard Valentine, 488
Morris, Robert
and D.C. land speculations, 113n, 384, 401, 402n
bankruptcy of, 565, 568n
and Seneca annuity, 695-7
Morris, Thomas, 695
Morton, George C., 534, 547-8
Morton, John
resigns as consul, 388n, 534n
TJ's notes on, regarding Warren mission, 534
Möser, Justus, 294, 295n
Moses. See Hern, Moses (b. 1779, TJ's slave)
Mountflorence, James Cole, 174n, 463
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel
forwards letter to TJ, 252n
letter from cited, 252n, 751
appoints T. Coxe, 582, 584n
mules, 105n
Mumford, Paul M., 4, 5n, 6n
Munroe, Thomas, 373
Munsee Indians, 600n
Murad Rais (Peter Lisle), 219, 228, 277, 303, 325
murder
by Indians, 77, 344, 345n, 599-600
of Indians, 196n, 308, 747-8
executions for, 301n
by thieves, 345n, 377
attempted, 547-8, 551-2
unpunished, 553
duelists accused of, 705n
reward for apprehending, 747-8
Murray, Alexander, 488
Murray, William Vans
dispatches from, 80
and ratification of Convention of 1800, 105n, 173-4, 186-8, 189n, 211-12, 216, 217, 265, 276, 306, 315, 316
commission for, 266-7
secretary to, 313n
music
books, 355
muskets, 116-17, 254-5, 662-3
Mustafa Baba, Dey of Algiers
writes to bashaw of Tripoli, 108, 109n
impressment of the George Washington, 163-4
Dale's instructions regarding, 241n
See also Algiers
mustard, 746n
Mutual Assurance Society, 104n