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saddles, 556
sainfoin, 326
St. Bernard Bay, 555, 561n
St. Clair, Arthur, 230n, 443-4
Saint-Domingue, W.I.
removal of condemned slaves to, x, 720
commercial agents at, 125, 126n, 253n, 312-13, 322, 401, 402n
U.S. relations with, 125, 126n
constitution of, 126n, 527
French prisoners sent to, 259n
coffee from, 312
sugar from, 312
seat of government relocated, 322-3
trade with, 345n
French expeditionary force to, 395-6, 398n, 527-8, 535, 539n
yellow fever at, 539n
See also Toussaint-Louverture
St. Francis River, 554
St. Marks, Fort, 106
St. Mary's Seminary, 203n
St. Petersburg, Russia, 154
St. Vincent, Ill., 77
Salamanca, Spain, xlv
Sally (b. 1792, TJ's slave), 35
Sally (schooner)
suspected of engaging in slave trade, x, 711, 738-9, 740, 741-3
Salonica, 341
saltpeter, 74
Sands, Joshua, 100, 135n, 159n
Sandy (b. 1789, Eppes slave), 34
San Ildefonso, Treaty of (1800), 695n
Sans Pareille (French privateer), 82n
Santa Escolastica (Spanish armed vessel), 110, 111n, 125
Saratoga, battle of, 26n
Sardinia, 714, 715n
Sargent, Paul Dudley, 227, 229n, 230n, 726n
Sargent, Winthrop
Political Intolerance, 501-2, 733
and assault on Fero, 552
appointments by, 553
as governor of Miss. Terr., 733
Papers, 733n
sashes, 754
Savage, Mr., 665
Savage, Edward, 115
Savage, George, 665n
Savage, Nathaniel L., 665n
Savannah, Ga.
collector at, 53, 54, 56n, 85, 108, 133, 159, 226, 229n, 287-8, 314, 374, 693
merchants, 368n
postal service, 559
revenue cutter at, 596n
Sayre, Stephen
letter from, 416-17
seeks appointment, 416-17, 591n
recommended by Bloomfield, 591
Scales, William
letter from cited, 749
scalping, 556
Scammell (revenue cutter), 654
Scannell, Edmund, 759
Schlegel, Johan Frederik Wilhelm
Neutral Rights, 81, 82n
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., xi-xii
Schneider, Jacob, 703
Schroeder, Charles, 24-5
Schuylkill Arsenal, 636n
Schuylkill River, 611n
Scilla. See Gillette, Priscilla (b. 1794, Scilla, TJ's slave)
Scotland, 82, 219n, 452, 453n
Scott, Gustavus, 97-8, 113n, 349n
Scott, Joseph T.
letter to, 267
New and Universal Gazetteer, 267
and A. Campbell, 440n
Scott, William (U.S. Army), 557, 561n
sculpture
sent to TJ, 292-5, 741
displayed at the Louvre, 538, 539n
seamen, 56n, 335n, 357-8
Second Congregational Church (Marblehead), 516, 517n
Sedition Act (1798)
compensation for victims of, xi, 635, 639-40
criticism of, 26n, 59
persecutions, prosecutions under, 125, 136n, 148, 613
TJ pardons, halts prosecutions under, 480-1, 543-4, 607, 616-17, 647-8, 650, 652, 653-4n, 655-7
seeds, 351-2, 707
Selden, Mr., 453
Seneca Indians
annuity for, 695-8
serpentine (mineral), 716-17
servants
wages, 7, 66-7, 178, 266, 394-5, 421, 422, 437n, 758
clothing for, 66-7, 394, 421n, 422, 437n, 758
free blacks as, 266
drink allowance for, 421n
racism among, 421n
See also cooks; stewards
Sète (Cette), France, 299n
Seton, Mr. (Nassau), 546-7
Settle (Bache estate), 23n
"Seven Friends" (David Fergusson)
suggests taxes, 51-2, 335n
Sevier, John, 19, 402, 403-4n
Seymour, Ledyard
letter from, 546-8
reports on captured American vessels in W. Indies, 546-8
identified, 548n
Seymour, Moses, 598-9n
Shadwell (TJ's estate)
road through, 36
mill at, 343n
taxes on, 350n
lease of fields at, 455, 507-8, 580
Shakespeare, William
Hamlet, 198, 200n
Henry V, 548
Shawangunk, N.Y., 107n, 435-6n
Sheaff, Henry
sells wine to TJ, 226n, 329, 756
letters to cited, 753, 756
letters from cited, 754, 756
Shee, John, 102n, 440n, 609, 704n
sheep, 105n, 463-4, 465n
sheeting, 270
Sheffield, Mr., 362
Sheffield, Enoch, 302
Sheild, Samuel
letter to, 119-20
letter from, 185-6
advises on appointments, 112, 119-20, 185-6
identified, 120n
Shepherd (b. 1782, TJ's slave), 34
Sherman (Shermon), John (Conn. paymaster), 456
Shiflett (Shifflit), Joel, 744n
shipbuilding, 192, 194n, 728-31
shipwrecks, 60n, 543
shoes, 587n
Shore, Dr. John
letter to, 277-8
letter from, 318
TJ sends smallpox vaccine to, 277-8, 312n, 318
identified, 278n
sells horses to TJ, 278n
Short, Peyton
letter from, 7-8
and brother's business affairs, 7-8, 189n, 383, 463, 465n
Short, William
letter to, 380-3
letter from, 461-5
and brother, 7-8, 189n, 383, 463, 465n
business affairs, 50-1n, 128, 171, 350n, 380-1, 463-4
service in Spain, 72, 73n
canal shares of, 128, 137
Wagner forwards packet from, 188, 189n
recommends Osmont, 368n
TJ's opinion of, 377-8
salary due to, 380-1, 383n, 463
settlement of accounts with U.S., 380-1, 463
TJ sends news of politics and personal affairs, 380-3
seeks appointment, 381
Va. lands, 383n
sends books to TJ, 444-5
recounts visit to Auvergne, 461-5
plans return to U.S., 464, 465n
sibyls, 575-6
Sicily
vessel from Ragusa, 149n, 162-3
consul at, 494n
Sidonius Apollinaris, Caïus Sollius, 462, 465n
Sierra Leone, 556
silver
assaying and coining of, 15-16
plate, 153, 367, 492, 544-5
coins, 682
silversmiths, 15-16
Simmonds, William, 601
Simonds, Jonas, 102n
Simons, James
delinquent accounts of, 53-4
replacement as collector sought, 53-4, 85, 713-14
sends pamphlets to TJ, 86n
and "Americanus" letter, 227, 229-30n
business partners, 453n
Simpson, George, 134n, 597
Sims, Joseph, 46n
Sitgreaves, John, 460
Six Introductory Lectures, to Courses of Lectures, upon the Institutes and Practice of Medicine (Benjamin Rush), 736
Skelton, Bathurst, 320-1, 446n, 726-7
Skelton, James, 446
Skelton, Meriwether, 320-1, 445-6, 726
Skinner, John, 459, 460n
Skipwith, Fulwar
letter from, 526-8
letter to cited, 377n, 750
TJ recommends A. Tubeuf to, 377n
restored as commercial agent, 382
proposes establishment of exchange at Paris, 526, 528n
recommends Barnet and Waldo, sends news from France, 526-8
and Louisiana, 535
Slate Run Church (Va.), 568, 581
slavery
French policy toward, 528, 669-70
abolition of, 669-70
slaves
and smallpox vaccination, vii, 34-5, 47, 89, 91, 118-19, 120-1, 166, 170, 174, 178, 213, 278, 472, 490, 495, 572-3
removal of condemned, from Va., ix-x, 683, 712, 718-22
enumeration of, 19, 255
mulattoes, 346n, 557-8, 721n
as part of estates, 378
disputed ownership of, 473n
demand for, 518
ongoing threat of insurrection by, 518, 668-9, 718-22
profitability of, 518
manumission of, 528, 543n, 721n
population growth among, 533n
as cooks, 542-3n
prisoners sold as, 556, 663
free blacks, 557-8, 721n
health of, 660
Gabriel's insurrection, 719, 721n
slave trade, x, 561n, 738-9, 740, 741-3
Small, William, 533n
smallpox
TJ's vaccination experiments, vii, xlix, 34-5, 47, 89, 118-19, 120-1, 166, 170, 174, 178, 198, 213, 278, 318, 490, 495-6, 523, 572-3, 698, 710, 722-3
methods of vaccination, xlix, 35n, 166, 231, 278, 279n, 289-90, 321, 370, 495, 572-3, 604-5, 680, 698
origins of kinepox, xlix, 199-200, 430
portrait of cowpox on a hand, xlix, 382 (illus.)
preparation and transportation of vaccine matter, 8, 47, 89, 121n, 170, 174, 198, 213, 230-1, 277-8, 278-9, 321, 339, 490, 523, 604-5, 680
laws regarding inoculation, 47
growing popularity of vaccination, 198-9, 278, 279, 311-12, 318, 321, 339, 369, 472, 490, 523, 604-5, 685n, 698, 710, 736
clergy encourage vaccination, 199
in British navy, 231
publications on, 312
fraudulent, speculative use of vaccination, 369, 680-1
vaccination of children, 605
Smith, Mr. (John Monroe's son-in-law), 727
Smith, Abigail Adams (Mrs. William Stephens Smith), 237n
Smith, Adam, xlv, 346n
Smith, Benjamin, 390
Smith, Charles, 164, 165n
Smith, Christopher
letter to cited, 754
Smith, Isaac, 469n, 653n, 665, 674
Smith, James, 392n
Smith, Jeremiah, 655n
Smith, John (Pa.), 440n, 711n
Smith, Jonathan, 705n
Smith, Joseph Allen, 162
Smith, Margaret Smith (Mrs. Robert Smith), 270
Smith, Nathaniel, 73
Smith, Robert
letters to, 90-1, 172-3, 217-18, 268, 324-5
letters from, 37-9, 104, 186-8, 211-12, 269, 358, 417-18, 422-3, 512-13, 638-41, 661
return to Washington delayed, viii, 219, 270, 288, 330
advises on annual message to Congress, xi, 614-17, 622, 638-41
appointed secretary of the navy, 22
forwards warrants drawn on Treasury, 31, 32n, 104, 218n
letters from cited, 32n, 218n, 325n, 422-3n, 513n, 749, 750
and French prizes in U.S. ports, 37-9, 90-1
and Létombe's departure, 61
as acting secretary of war, 90, 104, 215n
and Marine barracks, 168, 172-3, 209, 211, 217, 417-18, 512
and ratification of Convention of 1800, 186-8, 211-12, 217, 268
instructions for the Boston, 187-8, 211, 217-18, 268, 316
construction of naval magazine, 217-18
forwards commissions, 218n, 324, 325n, 422-3n
death of son, 219, 269, 270, 316, 325, 723
and French prisoners in U.S., 259, 268
and Barraud, 268, 358
reports on Maryland elections, 269, 324
and R. R. Livingston's travel party, 291, 292n
and Mediterranean squadron, 422-3
books directed to, 445
as reference, 469n
attends cabinet meetings, 488-9, 609
and resignation of J. Church, 512-13
method of communication with the president, 576-8
TJ praises, 577
TJ's notes on conversation with, 599n, 612, 668
forwards statements on navy expenditures, 641n
dismissal of McNeill, 661
advises on navy arrangements, 668
Smith, Robert (Pa.), 46n
Smith, Samuel (Md.)
letters to, 350-1, 426, 496
letters from, 22-3, 173-4, 219, 303, 406-7, 478-9, 663-4, 665, 723
and Yznardi's appointment, 22-3, 39-40
acting secretary of the navy, 168n, 173, 241n
forwards Joshua Barney's letter, 173-4, 265
and ratification of Convention of 1800, 173-4
and death of R. Smith's son, 219, 273
reports arrival of Mediterranean squadron, 219, 303
recommends aspirants for office, 303, 426, 445n, 665, 674
TJ recommends Glendy to, 350-1, 406, 426
and blockade of Gibraltar, 406-7
receives books for TJ, 406-7, 723
as reference, 469n
and S. Quarrier, 478-9, 496
advises on military affairs, appointments, 663-4
offers services to TJ's administration, 723
Smith, Samuel Harrison
letters to, 269-70, 508
letters from, 212-13, 387, 714-15
and J. Blair, 150-1
recommends T. P. Smith, 212-13, 269-70
advises on appointments, 226
forwards letter to TJ, 387
and W. Barton's letter, 423, 508
reprints Jenner's pamphlet on vaccination, 430
receives printing contracts, 570n
reports on preliminary peace treaty, 714-15
See also National Intelligencer (Washington)
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 497, 499n
Smith, Thomas Peters, 212-13, 269
Smith, William (1727-1803), 164, 165n
Smith, William Loughton
forwards dispatches from the Mediterranean, 109n
recall of, as minister to Portugal, 159n, 507n, 519
secretary to, 175n
as congressman, 257
Smith, William Stephens
letter from, 235-8
seeks appointment, 235-8
Smith & Buchanan, 229n, 307
smuggling
in Mass., 222
in Va., 226, 317, 347
in Ga., 367
in Md., 711
Smyrna, 341, 406
Sneed, John, 375, 380n, 757
Snelson, Robert, 362
Snyder, Adam, 24n
soap, 134n
Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture, 698-9, 722
Söderström, Richard, 148, 149n
sofas, 152-3, 204
Somerset House, 293, 294n
Songster's Tavern (Va.), 568
Sons of Liberty, 654n
Sophia (brig), 453, 454n
South America, 435, 436n, 717n, 720, 721n
South Carolina
appointments and removals in, 12-14, 31-2, 53-4, 85, 100, 101-2n, 117, 145, 201-2, 319-20
elections in, 32, 100, 101-2n, 118, 147, 201-2
attorneys, 42n
commissioners of Direct Tax, 54
migrants to Ky. from, 75
banks, 101n
and camels, 105n
Beaufort collectorship, 109n
French commercial agent at, 114-15
supervisor for, 201-2
lighthouses, 202n
and American Revolution, 257-8
Chester District, 262n
legislature, 262n, 531n
census, 288n
Spanish agent in, 453n
galleys in, 488n
and Whitney's cotton gin patent, 514n, 663
Camden, 531n
medical societies, 531n
Ninety Six District, 531n
physicians, 531n
circuit court cases in, 658
See also Charleston, S.C.; Federalists; Republicans
South Carolina Medical Society, 531n
South-Carolina State Gazette, and Timothy's Daily Advertiser (Charleston), 229n, 519, 520n
southern states
demand few removals, 145, 618
prejudice against, 267
New England subordinated to, 522n
perceived as hostile to navigation and commerce, 652
Southwest Point, Tenn., 78n, 196n, 308n, 325n
Spain
and Irujo's recall, xlv
U.S. relations with, xlv, 17-18, 72, 73n, 106-7, 392-3, 488, 550, 670n
cedes Louisiana to France, 18, 340, 396, 507, 527, 535, 695n
trade with U.S., 18
consul at Baltimore, 40
immigrants to Spanish territories, 75
sheep from, 105n, 463-4
and Florida, 106-7, 559-60n
naval prizes in U.S. ports, 110, 111n, 125, 132-3, 134n, 154, 158, 159n
prisoners of war, 110, 125
secretary of U.S. legation, 189, 190n
declares blockade of Gibraltar, 406, 407n, 425, 488, 507, 545, 593-5, 660-1
and C. W. Peale's petition to collect specimens, 435, 436n
agent in S.C., 453n
agriculture, 462
Valencia, 462
Catholics in, 494
privateers, 494n
and New Orleans, 550
and Nuevo León, 553-4, 561n
horses imported by, 555
and Indian relations, 555
missionaries, 556
possessions in the Americas, 670n, 719
relations with France, 695n
and preliminary peace, 714
removal of condemned slaves to territories of, 719
See also Algeciras, Spain; Cadiz, Spain
Spanish language, xlv, 197, 328
Sparks, Mr., 726
Spectator (London), 562n
Spence, John, 318
Spooner, Alden, 265n
Sprigg, Osborn, 228n
springs, 727-8
Sproat, Ebenezer, 169, 216
stagecoaches, 52n, 486n
Stamp Act (1797), 104n, 602, 604n, 633, 643
Stanton, Joseph, Jr., 4, 5n
Stanwix, Fort, 76, 78n
Stark, Theodore, 148, 149n, 162
stars, 549n
State, U.S. Department of
passports, 13, 14n, 31
warrants drawn on Treasury by, 31
consular appointments, 57-60, 65-6n, 71, 82-3, 101, 107, 125, 148, 157, 247-53, 259, 277, 279-80, 298-9, 312-13, 322, 327, 341-2, 371, 388n, 493-5, 498, 500, 526-7, 528n, 585, 705n, 754
contracts sought from, 79, 80n, 265, 570n
publication of laws in German, 79, 80n
letters of credence, 125, 217n, 258, 266, 270-1
secretaries of legation, 144n, 189, 190n, 237n
and exequaturs, 148, 162, 163n, 258
and abuses by British admiralty courts, 163
and Dutch loan, 276-7
clerks, 311n, 378, 379n, 445n
compensation of consuls, 327, 401, 633
uses ciphers, 340n
reduction of diplomatic establishment, 382, 519, 633, 644
and blockade of Gibraltar, 406
revised system for making expenditures, 629, 630n
expenses of, 633, 738n
accountant of, 636
oaths required by, 700
See also Madison, James; United States: Foreign Relations; Wagner, Jacob
Staunton, Va., 49
staves, 277n
steamboats, 560n
Steele, John (comptroller of Treasury)
and A. W. White's resignation, 107
forwards letters from Simons, 227, 229n
and Richard Harrison's appointment offer, 405n
and Wilmington collectorship, 468, 496-7
and dismissal of James Read, 469n
and Bank of Columbia, 545-6n
and S. R. Gerry's accounts, 587n
and request for rowboat, 693
and Seneca annuity, 696-7
and conduct of Latimer and Jordan, 726
and the Sally, 739, 743n
Steele, Richard, 562n
steelyards, 679
Sterett, Andrew
defeats Tripolitan corsair, 588-9, 642-3, 663
arrives at Baltimore, 589n, 688, 690
Stevens, Daniel, 201-2
Stevens, Ebenezer, 13, 14n, 238
Stevensburg, Va., 568
stewards
TJ seeks to hire, 7, 24-5, 89-90
wages for, 7, 66-7
TJ's former, 524
See also Lemaire, Étienne; Rapin, Joseph
Stewart, James H., 392n
Stewart, Mary, 676n
Stewart, William (blacksmith)
asks for money, 676
returns to Monticello, 691
letter from cited, 755
Stewart's Kentucky Herald (Lexington), 392n
Stillman, Amos
musket contract of, 116-17, 254-5
letters from cited, 117n, 752, 754
Stillman, Ethan
letters from cited, 117n, 752, 754
musket contract of, 117n, 254-5
stills, 41, 261-2
stockings, 587n
Stoddert, Benjamin
letter to, 175-6
letter from, 113
and Bank of Columbia, 46n, 190-1, 400n
sale of D.C. lots, 97-9, 113, 130, 175-6, 191n, 373
and Warren mission to Veracruz, 534n
Stoddert, Fort, 557, 561n
Stone, David, 376, 460
Stone, John H., 82
Stony Point, N.Y., 456
Story, Bradstreet, 516
Story, Isaac
letter from, 515-17
seeks appointment, sends writings, 515-17
"Metempsychosis doctrine," 516-17
identified, 517n
Story, Isaac, Jr., 516, 517n
Story, Joseph, 517n
Story, Rebecca Bradstreet (Mrs. Isaac Story), 516, 517n
Strasbourg, France, 351
Strong, Caleb, 111n
Stuart, Alexander, 356
Stuart (Stewart), Archibald
letter to, 27-8
advises on appointments, 27-8
letter from cited, 27-8n, 749
TJ sends vaccine matter to, 174, 278, 339
visits Monticello, 745
Stuart (Stewart), Mrs. Archibald, 745
Stuart, Gilbert
portraits of the Irujos, xlv-xlvi
portrait of TJ, 225, 226n, 282-3, 329, 418
Stuart, William
letter from, 508-9
seeks appointment, 508-9
submarines, 509-10
Suckey (b. 1796; TJ's slave), 35
Suddarth, Martha, 510, 511n
Suddarth, William, 511n
sugar
ordered by TJ, 83, 87, 118, 128
from Guadeloupe, 134n
from Saint-Domingue, 312
tax on, 602, 604n, 632
captured, 674-5
suicide, viii, 542-3, 569-70
Sullivan, James
letter from, 686-7
and cowpox, 199
recommends W. R. Lee, 686-7
Sully, Lawrence, 9
Sully, Thomas, 9n
Summary Journal of Letters
description of, xlv, 382 (illus.)
Sumter, Nathalie Delage de Volude, 292n
Sumter, Thomas, Jr., 271n, 292, 378, 570n
Sumter, Thomas, Sr., 32, 101n, 378, 511n
Sur Bonaparte, Premier Consul de la République Française (Jean Chas), 203
Surinam, 395
surveying, 715-17
Susquehanna River, 224-5
Swan, John, 336
Swartwout, John, 273-4n, 275n
Sweden
prisoners of war, 39n, 111n, 125
U.S. relations with, 149n
U.S. treaty of amity and commerce with, 244, 245n
raising of sheep in, 464
Sweeny, Doyle, 440n, 630n, 706n
Swiftsure (British ship-of-war), 192, 194n
Switzerland, 199, 672, 715
Syme, John
letter to, 399
letter from, 318-19
offers political advice, horses to TJ, 318-19, 399
identified, 319n
Symmes, John Cleves, 391-2
Synonymes Français (Denis Diderot, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, and Louis de Jaucourt), 203
Syria, 105n
syrup of punch, 11, 12n, 118, 137n, 225