Volume 35 Index
P
packet ships, 95, 453, 454n, 543, 689-90
Page, John
advises on appointments, 53, 85, 108, 157-8, 226
TJ's opinion of, 85, 157-8
and removal of condemned slaves from Va., 722n
Page, Mann
letter from cited, 755
Paine, Thomas
letter from, 191-4
offered passage in the Maryland, 125, 126n
plan for power generation, 189n
sends news of Europe, 191-4
suggests gunboat invasion of Britain, 192, 194n
recommends French plaster of paris, 192-3
works of, 346n
painters, 372
Palfrey, William, 251, 253n
Palladium. See Mercury and New-England Palladium (Boston)
Palyart, Ignatius
letter to, 267
letter from, 137-8
plans leave of absence, 137-8, 267
identified, 138n
Panchaud, Isaac, 417n
Panegyricus (Pliny the Younger), 25n
pans, 758
Panton, Leslie & Co., 559n
Pantops (Eppes estate, Albemarle Co., Va.), 418-20, 504, 510
Paoli, Pasquale, 293, 294n
paper, 214, 370
Papers, in Relation to the Official Conduct of Governour Sargent (Winthrop Sargent), 733n
pardons
petitions for, 41-2, 84, 215, 261-2, 301-2, 457
granted by TJ, 84, 86n, 109, 216n, 261n, 391, 457n
Paris
consuls, commercial agents at, 252n, 382
preliminary peace announced at, 385-6, 395
plan to establish an exchange at, 526, 528n
Louvre, 538, 539n
Paris, Treaty of (1763), 106
Parker, Daniel, 189n
Parker, Jeremiah, 46n
Parker, Thomas, 41, 42n
Parliamentary Debates, 482-3
Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England, 482-4, 542
Parnassian Shop, Opened in the Pindaric Stile (Isaac Story, Jr.), 517n
Parrott, Richard
seeks appointment, 288, 289n, 290
letter from cited, 289n, 750
parsley, 759
Parsons, Enoch, 485-6
parties, political
criticism of, 18
and political "Trimmers," 45-6
based on fluctuating majorities, 55
office hunters rely on, 55
impact of Jay Treaty on, 257
Pascal, Blaise, 461, 465n
passports, 13, 14n, 31, 528n, 557, 704n
patents, 426n, 514, 610-11, 662
Paterson, William (N.J.), 301-2
Patterson (revenue boat), 365
Patterson, Catharine Livingston, 664n
Patterson, John (Demerara), 704-5n
Patterson, John (Pa.), 664
Patterson, Robert, 124n, 213, 412n, 423, 424n
Patterson, Samuel, 705n
Patterson, William (N.Y.), 371, 664
Patton, Robert
and letter for T. T. Tucker, 530-1n, 572n
letter to cited, 530-1n, 751
letter from cited, 572n, 751
Patty. See Hern, Patty (1781-1806, TJ's slave)
Patuxent River, 711n, 738-9
Paul, Thomas
letter from cited, 755
Paulen, John, 434
Payne, Anna, 81, 82n, 265
Payne, Michael, 459-61
Peace and Plenty (ship), 13, 14n, 31
Peace Establishment Act (1801), 639, 641n, 646, 661n, 663
peaches
sent by Mazzei, xlix, 666, 667
Venus peach, xlix, 382 (illus.)
varieties of, 353-4
at Monticello, 354n
Peale, Charles Willson
letter from, 430-6
designs treadmill wheel, xlviii, 431, 433-4, 435n
and mastodon skeleton, xlviii-xlix, 107, 430-6, 699
painting of mastodon exhumation, xlviii-xlix, 382 (illus.)
museum, 434, 436n
seeks specimens in S. America, 435, 436n
and Louis of Parma, 695n
children of, vaccinated, 710
Peale, Rembrandt, xlviii, 128, 434, 436n, 699
Peale, Rubens, 436n
Pearce, William, 451
Pearson, Lawrence, 418n, 512
pecans, 351, 352n, 454n, 504
Peirce, Charles, 522n
Peirsoll, Jeremiah, 703
Pendleton, Edmund, 380-1, 383n
Penniman, Jabez, 37n
Pennsylvania
Catholics in, xlvi
Germans in, 79, 80n, 513
Lancaster, 79, 549n
newspapers, 79, 80n, 263n
Reading, 79
need for removals in, 147
French consul for, 161n
legislature, 164, 172n, 416n, 457-8, 740n
Lancaster Co., 164-5
attorneys, 165n
clerks, 165n
inspectors of the revenue, 165n
master of the rolls, 165n
Wayne Co., 172n
elections in, 184, 457-8, 740n
militia, 184
"Neville connection," 184n
land office, 206, 207n, 423-4
Presbyterians in, 213n
Wright's ferry, 225
Germantown, 352n
Montgomery Co., 416n
and American Revolution, 477n
too many federal appointees from, 508
supervisor for, 584n
circuit court cases in, 658
agriculture, 706
census in, 711n
and ratification of U.S. Constitution, 740n
See also Federalists; Republicans
Pennsylvania (ship), 741
Pennsylvania, Bank of, 700, 705n
Pennsylvania, University of, 213, 341, 490, 491n, 698
"Pennsylvanian" (Tench Coxe), 263
Pensacola, Fla., 106, 557
Perot, Elliston and John, 530n
Perry, Reuben
carpenter at Monticello, 735
letter from cited, 756
Peter, Thomas, 46n, 136n
Peters, Abigail Willing, 118n
Peters, Richard, 118n
Peters & Johnson (Baltimore), 723
Petit, Mr., 203n
Peyton, Craven
letters to, 412-14, 507-8, 545-6
letters from, 379-80, 454-5, 580-1
purchases land for TJ, xlvi, 342-4, 359-61, 412-14, 454-5, 743-4
reports on division of Henderson lands, xlvi-xlvii, 363-4n, 379-80, 580-1
Declaration of Trust with TJ, 342-4
payments to, 400, 412, 454, 545-6, 580
and lease of Shadwell fields, 455, 507-8, 580
family of, 546n
supplies firewood, 580
Peyton, Jane Lewis (Mrs. Craven Peyton), 343n
Philadelphia
artists, 9
silversmiths, goldsmiths, 15
Ladies Association, 23n
naval officer at, 23n, 57n, 102n, 583
Republicans in, 23n, 100-1, 102n, 457-8
cabinetmakers and upholsterers, 24n
newspapers, 41, 80n
as center of finance, 54
collector at, 55, 57n, 100-1, 102n, 664, 740n
custom house, 55, 57n, 100-1, 102n
purveyor of public supplies, 57n
French in, 65
merchants, 65, 96, 102n, 172n, 425, 594-5
Germans in, 80n
surveyor at, 102n
roads to, from, 115-16
Federalists in, 118n
taverns, 118n
Portuguese consul general at, 138n
bills of exchange drawn on, 275-6
yellow fever, 304
banks, 374n
observatory at, 424n
trade of, 425, 550
manufacturing in, 451
butchers, 457-8
stage lines to, from, 486n
fortifications, 567n, 634
post office, 572n
collector of internal revenues, 582-4
smallpox vaccination in, 604-5, 698, 710, 736
medical education in, 605
growth of, 631
arsenals, 636n
navy yard at, 641n
ironmongers, 676n
as market for tobacco, 710
Philadelphia (U.S. frigate), 219, 303, 325, 668
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
letter from, 425
protests the blockade of Gibraltar, 425
Phill. See Hubbard, Philip (1786-1819, Phill, TJ's slave)
Phillips, Gabriel
letter from, 458-61
recommends M. Payne, 458-61
"Philopoemen" (pseudonym)
letter from, 359
criticizes TJ's removal policies, 359
Philosophical Magazine (London), 122, 716, 717n
Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society of London), 699
Philosophie de Kant (Charles François Dominique de Villers), 708n
philosophy, 708
Pichon, Louis André
and recognition of commercial agents in U.S., 114-15, 258
and naval prizes in U.S. ports, 125
and French prisoners in U.S., 259n
seeks refund of duties, 586, 587n
and proclamation of Convention of 1800, 609
Pickens, Andrew
letter to, 307-8
appointed Indian commissioner, 196, 197n, 305n, 307, 316
and Indian treaty negotiations, 307-8, 402, 518n
Pickering, Timothy
dispute with Irujo, xlv
accused of misusing public funds, 55, 437-41, 635, 636n, 704-6n
and the Hope, 160n, 300, 301n
and Seneca annuity, 695-6
Pierce, John, 263n
Pigalle, Jean Baptiste, 482-4
Pike, Zebulon, 551, 560n
Pilgrim (U.S. privateer), 160n
Pinckney, Charles
letters from, 239, 295-7, 395-9, 534-9, 540-1
advises on S.C. appointments, 12, 14n, 31-2, 53, 85, 86n, 100, 102n, 319
arrives in Europe, 53, 239, 295
correspondence with Madison, 80, 398n
cost of diplomatic outfit, 101n
as reference, 252n, 253n
and pardon for D. Hopkins, 261
sends news, observations from Europe, 295-7, 534-9, 540-1
family of, 296, 297n
revised instructions for, 340, 378
use of ciphers by, 340n
reports signing of preliminary peace treaty, 395-9
and blockade of Gibraltar, 406, 407n, 488n
Grant forwards letters from, 452-3
wishes to remain in Europe, 537-8, 541
fears nomination will be rejected, 538
Pinckney, Frances Henrietta, 297n
Pinckney, Mary Eleanor, 297n
Pinckney, Thomas, 73, 681-3, 692, 695n
Pinkney, William, 445n
Pintard, Lewis Searle, 148
piracy, 125, 711
Pisces (constellation), 549n
Pitt, William, 395
plasterers
at Monticello, 11, 31, 49-51, 83, 95-6, 178
at President's House, 66-7, 96n
wages for, 96n
at Madisons' house, 471
plaster of paris
ordered by TJ, 11, 31, 83, 95, 103, 128, 171, 178
French superior to American, 192-3
Platt, Jeremiah, 142
Pliny the Younger, 25, 180n
Poems Written at Coosohatchie, in South Carolina (John Davis), 180n
poetry, 516, 517n, 677
Poindexter, Mr., 659
Poinsett, Joel R., 94n, 125, 126n
Poirey, Joseph Léonard, 68-9, 201
Political Essays (James Workman), 670-1n
Political Intolerance, or The Violence of Party Spirit; Exemplified in a Recent Removal from Office (Winthrop Sargent), 501-2, 733
Polk, Charles Peale, 387-8
Pollock, Oliver
letter from, 326-8
seeks appointment, 326-8
claim presented to Congress, 328n
Pontchartrain, Lake, 106
Poole, England, 281n
Pope, Piercy Smith, 560n
Poplar Forest (TJ's estate)
overseers, 21-2, 350n, 525
land from, given to T. M. Randolph and J. W. Eppes, 414-15, 418-20, 503-4, 510, 659, 677-8
in marriage settlement of Martha Jefferson Randolph, 415n
TJ visits, 589n
harvest at, 659-60
hogs at, 660
slaves at, 660
population
rates of increase, 382, 507, 531-3, 545, 627, 643
study of, 532-3n
Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue, 312-13, 322-3
porter, 118, 137n, 210
Porterfield, Charles, 502
Port Républicain. See Port-au-Prince, Saint-Domingue
Portsmouth, N.H.
lighthouse at, 135n, 159
collector at, 159, 653
newspapers, 522n
revenue cutter at, 596n
naval officer, 601
navy agent, 601
harbor defenses, 634
navy yard at, 641n, 654
banks, 652-3
Portugal
prospects for peace with France and Spain, 108
consul general in U.S., 137-8, 267, 349n
U.S. legation to, discontinued, 157, 159n, 507, 519
South American colonies, 192, 720
treaty with France, 192, 194n, 398n
U.S. relations with, 244, 245-6n, 441
accounts from, 295
royal family, 441-2
invaded by France, 442n
minister to Great Britain, 442n
African colonies, 556
and preliminary peace treaty, 714
See also Lisbon
Portuguese language, 197
postal service
distrusted, 7-8, 87, 127, 145, 221-2, 396, 597-9, 612, 619
unsealed letters, 7-8, 127, 305
schedules, efficiency of, 29, 41, 49, 77-8, 79, 94, 153, 173, 188, 211, 214, 216, 217, 218, 266, 273, 305, 412, 507, 510, 677, 735
improvement, reorganization of, 30, 330n
postmasters, 30, 37n, 142, 156-7, 186n, 228n, 302n, 324n, 357n, 365n, 367, 368n, 443, 444n, 597-9, 649-50n
proposed post office tax, 52n, 335n
removals in, expected, 55
postmaster general, 77-8, 303n, 330-1, 334, 364, 374, 449, 460, 504-6, 511, 515, 528-9, 754
wages for private messengers, 266
and Federalists, 331, 597-9, 619
postage on newspapers, 616, 643, 649-50n, 651
income from, 632, 643, 649-50n
commissions for postmasters, 649-50n
clerks, 705n
potatoes, 759
Potsdam, 237n
Potts, John, 82n
Powell, James
replaced as collector, 53, 133, 226, 314, 693
delinquent accounts of, 374
Power, Nicholas, 324n
Preble, Edward, 488, 489n, 494n
Preble, Henry
letter from, 493-5
seeks appointment, 493-5
identified, 494n
Prentiss, Charles, 282n
Presbyterians
in Va., 184n, 350
in Pa., 213n
in N.J., 253n, 499n
in N.C., 376n
in Md., 388n, 407n
in N.Y., 407n
President (U.S. frigate), 219, 668
President's House
bedrooms, viii, 66-7, 152
construction, alterations to, viii, 66-7, 152-3, 372, 384
furnishing of, viii, 12, 14n, 66-7, 152-3, 205, 270, 391, 469n, 544-5, 588n, 758
servants at, 7, 24-5, 31, 178, 335, 421, 422, 437n
keys for, 11
stable and household accounts, 12n, 395n, 437n, 470, 757-9
appropriations for, 48
drawing room, 66-7
plastering, 66-7, 96n
physician at, 103n, 383
grates, 152, 466, 480
fence, 372
ice house, 372
dinners held at, 437n
groceries and supplies for, 437n, 757, 759
Madisons temporarily reside at, 471, 472n
images of, 657n
See also Jefferson, Thomas: Personal Affairs; Lemaire, Étienne; Rapin, Joseph
press, freedom of, 67-8, 656
Preston, Francis, 307, 316
Preston, James Patton
letter from, 356-7
seeks appointment, 356-7, 525
identified, 357n
Prevost, John B.
letter from cited, 143-4n, 750
recommends M. L. Davis, 143-4n
Price, Richard, 626n
Pride, John, 701, 705n
Priestman, William, 440-1n
printing presses, 611n
Priscilla (d. 1830, Randolph slave), 34
prisms, 123
prisoners of war
seize British vessel, 39n, 110, 111n, 124-5, 158
French, in U.S., 114-15, 259, 268
agents for U.S., 250, 253n
privateers
in U.S. ports, 56, 57n, 79-80, 111n, 132-3, 134n, 158, 404, 677
American, 160n, 249
Spanish, 494n, 593-5
French, 594
Continental, 674-5
prizes, naval
and neutral ports, 37-9, 56, 57n, 79, 81, 86, 90, 108, 110-11, 124-5, 132-3, 134n, 153-4, 158, 247, 404, 677
restitution of, 145-6, 276, 316
U.S. cargoes aboard, 404, 410-11, 420
French Council of Prizes, 528n
taken to the W. Indies, 546-8
Proceedings Relative to the Danish Brig Hope, and Cargo (William Bingham), 160
Projet de Code Civil, Présenté par la Commission Nommée par le Gouvernement, le 24 Thermidor An 8, 708n
Prospect of Exterminating the Small Pox, Part II (Benjamin Waterhouse), 200n
Provence, France, 105n
Providence, R.I., 4, 6n, 521, 522n
Providence Gazette, 522n
Providence Journal, and Town and Country Advertiser, 521, 522n
prunes, 12
Prussia
U.S. treaty of amity and commerce with, 111n, 126, 244, 245-6n
and Holy Roman Empire, 297n
increasing influence of, 396
Pulis, Joseph
letter from cited, 755
pumps, 430-1, 435n, 610-11
Purdie, George, 137
Purviance, John H.
letter from, 444-5
carries dispatches from France, 173, 174n, 188, 194n
forwards books to TJ, 444-5, 463
identified, 445n
letter from cited, 445n, 753
carries letters from Short, 463
Purviance, Robert, 445n, 587n
Purviance, Samuel, 445n
Putnam, Rufus, 586, 587n, 738n
Puy de Dôme, France, 461-3, 465n
pyramids
model of, sent to TJ, 426