Abeel, John, 38n

abolition, 507n

Abrahams, Abraham David, 194-5, 325, 349

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire ancienne des empires et des républiques (Jacques Lacombe), 232

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire d'Angleterre (Thomas Salmon), 232

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Pologne (Friedrich August von Schmidt), 232

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire des Juifs (François Nicolas Charbuy), 232

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire d'Espagne et de Portugal (Charles Jean François Henault), 232

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire du Nord: ou des etats de Dannemarck, de Russie, de Suède, de Pologne, de Prusse, de Courlande, &c (Jacques Lacombe), 232

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire universelle depuis les premiers empires du monde (Johannes Sleidanus, trans. Antoine Hornot), 232

Abridgment des plusieurs cases et resolutions del common ley (Henry Rolle), 230

Académie Française, 232

Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), 582n

Ackermann, Suardy, & Co., 668-9

Adams, Abigail, 84n

Adams, John

administration praised, 436

and the Berceau, 184, 185n

criticism of, 658

declarations of fast days, 294n

family of, 84n

and France, 436

late-term appointments, 53n, 89n, 99

makes appointments, 53n, 117, 135n, 136n, 253n, 356n, 363, 474, 609n, 658, 675n

and President's House, 332n

and Priestley, 595n

removals by, 27-8, 164n, 410n

and Saint-Domingue, 453, 456

steward of, 610, 611n

use of patronage by, 686

and V. du Pont, 223n

Adams, Samuel, 188, 189n

Adams, Fort, 52n, 129n

Adams (U.S. frigate), 71, 160n, 248

Adams's Mill (Orange Co., Va.), 534

Adet, Pierre Auguste, 564n

adultery, 392

Aertsen, Guilliam, 711

Africa

removal of condemned slaves to, 469, 531-3, 588-9

agriculture

agricultural societies, 172-3, 177, 179, 217, 290, 339-40, 639, 643-4, 646n

animal husbandry, 332n

crop rotation, 97, 289, 472-4, 503-4

difficulty establishing farms, plantations, 448

fertilizer, 97, 194n

hoes, 40, 41n

merino sheep, 674n

plows, 95, 105n

promotion of, 172-3

publications on, 340

recommendations for a national board or society, 172-3, 217, 227, 339-40, 537, 688

scientific, 15

and self-sufficiency, 638, 643

superiority of, over commerce, 609-10

tenants, tenancy, 14-15, 289-90, 448, 472-4, 494, 503-4

and transportation costs, 638, 643

viticulture, xi, 12n, 159, 185, 186

See also cotton; Indians: Economy; Jefferson, Thomas: Agriculture; tobacco

Ainsworth, Robert

Latin and English Dictionary Abridged, 232

Alabama River, 52n

Albany, Bank of, 538n

Albany Register, 312

Albemarle Co., Va.

courts, 15

Franklin plantation, 619, 620n

land values in, 289-90

migration from, 129n

parishes of, 247n

quality of tobacco from, 657

roads, 386n

schools, 247n

T. M. Randolph's landholdings in, 15

taverns, 384, 386n

alcoholism

among Indians, vii, 30, 32, 33-4

among judges, 463n

removals from office due to, 463n

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'

Encyclopédie, 232

Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 202, 203, 204n

Alexander, Archibald, 78

Alexander, Charles, 154

Alexandria, D.C.

booksellers, 537n

butchers, 720

capital punishment in, 208, 215

collector at, 303n

commissioners of bankruptcy, 618, 699, 702, 705, 709

education in, 615

Federalists in, 170

jail, 139n

laws of Virginia adopted in, 212, 215

mayors, 170n, 303n

merchants, 170n

physicians, 489n

postmaster, 716

Republicans in, 170

roads to, from, 134, 385

smallpox vaccination in, 291

warrant executions in, 142

See also District of Columbia

Alexis, Louis, 485-6

Algeciras, Spain, 293n

Algiers, 671, 674n, 675n

Alien Friends Act (1798), 595n, 626

aliens. See immigrants

Ali Hassan, Dey of Algiers, 671, 675n

Allegheny River, 32, 37n, 38, 42

Allen, Drury M., 416

Allen, Nathaniel, 710

Allen, Thomas, 23, 52, 53n

Alliance (Continental frigate), 692

Allibone, William, 502, 503n, 519n

Alonzo and Melissa (Isaac Mitchell), 580n

Alston, Aaron Burr, 513n

Alston, Theodosia Burr, 513n

Ambassades de monsieur de la Boderie (Antoine Lefèvre de La Boderie), 229

Ambassadeur et ses fonctions par monsieur de Wicquefort (Abraham de Wicquefort), 229

American and Daily Advertiser (Baltimore), 312

American Atlas: or, A Geographical Description of the Whole Continent of America (Thomas Jefferys), 232

American Board of Agriculture, 340n

American Citizen and General Advertiser (New York), 308, 312

See also Cheetham, James; Denniston & Cheetham

American Farmer and Dutchess County Advertiser (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), 580n

American Literary Advertiser (Washington, D.C.), 312, 409

“American Merchant” (T. Coxe), 164

American Mercury (Hartford), 312

American Philosophical Society

elects members, 207n, 351n, 426n

offered Rittenhouse clock, 193

proposed convention of agricultural societies, 172-3, 227

publishes Transactions, 46n, 431, 434n, 487n, 504, 592

receives communications, specimens, 205, 207n, 227, 351-2, 425n, 431, 434n, 487-8n, 489, 551, 572, 581-2

requests census returns, 431, 434n

TJ as president of, 105n, 172-3, 351-2, 425, 486

American Revolution

artificers, 179n

artillery, 144-5

bounty and pension claims, 76n, 152-3, 178-9

cavalry, 404

dragoons, 356n, 363

and France, 320, 321, 454, 456

Loyalists, 19n, 153n, 192

Maréchaussée Corps, 282n

naval forces, 645-6n

in N.Y., 399n

paymasters, 152, 153n

in Philadelphia, 404

physicians, 43n

prisoners, 152

recruiting officers, 76

slaves lost during, 532

in Va., 313n

veterans of, xlvii, 18n, 19n, 76, 143, 144-5, 152-3, 195n, 205n, 313n, 346n, 356n, 363, 381n, 384n, 399n, 404, 405n, 503n, 517, 518-19n, 520n, 539n, 543n, 579n, 596, 636n, 692, 716

Amherst Co., Va., 656n

Amiens, France

peace negotiations at, 83, 84n, 91, 484n

Amiens, Treaty of

impact of, 479, 501n

signed, 84n

Amsterdam, 83, 476

Anacostia River, 126-7, 256

Analytical Hints Relative to the Process of Ackermann, Suardy, & Co's.

Manufactories for Waterproof Cloths, and Wearing Apparel, 668-9

Anderson, Mr. (Washington, D.C.), 361

Anderson, Adam

Historical and Chronological Deduction, 231

Anderson, Charles, 466, 467n

Anderson, James, 699

Anderson, Joseph

as committee member, 121n, 144n, 349n

and federal lands in Tenn., 251-2n

letters from cited, 145n, 713

recommends Ebenezer Stevens, 145n

Anderson, Matthew, 61, 62n

Anderson, Richard, 131n, 503, 504n

Anderson, Turner

letter from cited, 716

Anderson, William Preston

letter from cited, 609n, 717

resignation of, 608-9

Andréossy, Antoine François, 484n

Angus, John, 356n, 363

Annales de chimie, 562, 564n

Annales romaines, ou Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire romaine (Philippe Macquer), 232

Annals of Agriculture (Arthur Young), 562, 564n

Annual Message to Congress (1801), 82-3, 84n

Annual Register (Great Britain), 232

anonymous letters

warn of influence of British literature, 684-7

Anstey, John, 57, 58, 60n, 137n

Antient Right of the Commons of England Asserted (William Petyt), 231

Antwerp, 699, 700

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bougignon d', 232

Apollo (Washington, D.C.), 312n

Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family, 51n, 585n, 631, 632n, 660

Appleton, Thomas, 253n

Arabia, 452, 455

Aranjuez, Spain, 500

Aranjuez, Treaty of, 501n

Arbuthnot, John

Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, 231

Arcana Parliamentaria: or Precedents Concerning Elections, Proceedings, Privileges, and Punishments in Parliament, 231

Archer, John

identified, 18n

letter from cited, 716

letters from, 18, 350-1

recommends aspirants for office, 18, 350-1, 716

Archer, John, Jr., 18

architects, l, 611n

See also Hadfield, George

architecture

of hospitals, 649

of jails, x, 694-6

of public buildings, 649

Argou, Gabriel

Institution au droit françois, 230

Aristotle, 113

Army, U.S. See War, U.S. Department of

art

physiognotrace, 224n

sculpture, 73-4, 101-2, 218n

support for, 13-14

See also Jefferson, Thomas: Portraits

Ashby, Matthew

Ashby and White, 231

Ashby and White: or, the great question, whether an action lies at common law for an elector (Matthew Ashby and William White), 231

Ashley River, 639, 644

assault and battery, 195-6, 210-11

"Astronomical, and Thermometrical Observations, made on the Boundary between the United States and His Catholic Majesty" (Andrew Ellicott), 46n

Astronomie (Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande), 446, 447n

astronomy

asteroids, 447n

astronomical instruments, 11, 12n, 46, 107-8, 193, 194n, 220-1, 254, 327, 329n, 446-7, 596, 598-9

calculation of equal altitudes, x, 46, 107, 108n, 444-7

calculation of longitude, 46, 431, 434n, 487n

discovery of new planets, 446-7

eclipses, 46, 446

government support for, 434n

magnetic variations, 424, 425n

solar observations, 11

TJ's interest in, x, 105n, 107-8, 193, 398n

Athabasca, Lake, 566n

Athenæ Oxonienses: An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford (Anthony à Wood), 232

Atkyns, Robert

Power, Jurisdiction and Priviledge of Parliament, 231

Atlas portatif à l'usage des colleges (L'Abbé Grenet and Rigobert Bonne), 231

attorneys

education of, 51n, 173n, 405, 567

fees, 522n

legal profession criticized, 6-7

mentioned, 51n, 85n, 129n, 173n, 326n, 353, 398-9, 462, 510-11, 512, 516-17, 518-19n, 540, 549, 555n, 574n, 579n, 602, 621, 631, 668, 678, 691, 692, 703-6

poor lack access to, 88

recommend aspirants for office, 85n

See also law

Atwater, Reuben, 708

Augusta Herald, 19

Augustus, Emperor, 646n

Aurora (brigantine), 346-7

Aurora (Philadelphia)

country edition of, 311

M. Carey's plan to improve, 315-18, 407

reports Leiper's appointment, 657-8, 659n

subscriptions to, 719-20

See also Duane, William

Aurore naissante (Jakob Boehme, trans. Louis Claude de Saint-Martin), 305

Austin, David

leaves Washington, 337-8, 406, 417

letter from cited, 716

letters from, 91-2, 337-8, 406-7, 417

observations on foreign affairs, 91-2

seeks appointment, 406-7, 716

TJ gives money to, 338n

Austin, Jonathan L., 703, 707

Austin, Lydia Lathrop, 406, 407n

Austria, 415n

Avaux, Claude de Mesmes and Bougeant, G.-H.

Histoire du traité de Westphalie, 229

Aventures de Télémaque (François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon), 49n

axes, 40, 41n

Azara, José Nicolás de, 495, 501n