Dabney, George, 150

Daily Advertiser (New York), 576n

Dale, Richard, 160n, 307n, 429, 682

Dallas, Alexander J.

advises on appointments, 578n, 704

criticism of, 538

and D. Jackson pardon, 477, 493

recommended, appointed commissioner of bankruptcy, 334, 577, 578n, 698, 704, 709

as U.S. attorney, 81, 451n

as Yznardi's attorney, 306-7

Dalton, Tristram

appointed commissioner of bankruptcy, 698, 705, 709

as D.C. commissioner, 523

and TJ's report on fisheries, 163, 164n

Dana, Francis, 188, 189n

Dana, Joseph, 678

Dana, Samuel W., 678

Dane, Nathan, 703, 708

Dan River, 96

Darne, Thomas, 154, 170, 181

Darrell, Edward, 53

Dartmouth College, 424n

Dashkova, Princess Ekaterina Romanovna, 425-6n

Daves, John, 10n

Davidson, Capt., 720

Davidson, David, 21

Davidson, William (mariner)

imprisonment of, 427-8, 521, 574-7

letter from, 574-7

Davie, William R.

and compensation for Lafayette, 93-4, 165, 166

letter from, 93-4

opinion of TJ's administration, 614

Davies, William, 662, 663n

Davis, Goodorum, 710

Davis, Micajah, 511

Davis, Thomas, 522n

Davis, Thomas T., 5n, 12n

Dawes, Thomas, Jr., 703, 707

Dawson, John, 82, 309, 310n

Dawson, Martin

letters from cited, 716, 717, 718

letters to cited, 716, 717

Dayton, Jonathan, 121n, 144n, 350n

Deaderick, George M., 711

Dearborn, Benjamin

identified, 541n

letter to, 541

Patent Balance, 541n

sends manuscript to TJ, 541

Dearborn, Henry

absent from Washington, 427

advises on appointments, 144, 182, 194-5, 243, 251, 325n, 517, 553, 555n, 577, 676, 689n, 701, 702, 703

applications to, for appointments, 107, 108n, 656

appointment of public storekeeper, 107, 108n

and arms for Miss. Terr., 129-30n

conferences with Indian delegations, vii, 29, 31-2, 35-6, 40-1

and education of blacks, 507n

and expenditures by quartermaster general, 420

and federal arsenals in Va., 298, 304, 426, 459-60

forwards estimate of army expenditures, 123-4, 149

and Indian affairs, vii-viii, 7-9, 23-4, 29, 31, 52n, 304, 447, 661n

letter from cited, 194n, 714

letters from, 9, 123-4, 144, 182, 194-5, 243, 304, 426, 517, 553, 577

letters to, 7-9, 298, 355, 420, 459-60

and Mentges's claim, 528-9

prepares list of clerks, 410n

and proposed Spanish expedition against Creeks, 7-9

reduction, reorganization of the army, xlix, 120-1, 159-60

and Spence court-martial, ix, 54-7

and St. Clair, 355

and Wilkinson, 661n

writes letters for B. S. Barton, 132

Dearborn, Fort, 130n

Debates Relative to the Affairs of Ireland; in the Years 1763 and 1764 (Sir James Caldwell), 231

debt. See United States: Economy; United States: Public Finance

DeButts, Henry, 253n

DeButts & Purviance (Leghorn), 160n, 253n

Declaration of Independence, xlvii, l, 364n

De Jure Belli ac Pacis (Hugo Grotius), 229

De Jure Maritimo (Charles Molloy), 230

De la Manière de negocier avec les souverains (François de Callières), 229

Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph, 45, 46n, 446, 447n

De la nature des choses (Titus Lucretius Carus, trans. N. de La Grange), 198n, 233, 234

Delaware

address from grand jury, 567-8

attorneys, 518-19n, 631, 678

canals, 543n

Cape Henlopen lighthouse, 502-3, 518, 519n, 549

Christiana Bridge, 680n

commissioners of bankruptcy, 602, 630-1, 660, 678-9, 680n, 705, 709

courts, 386, 519n, 567, 678

Dover, 567, 601

elections in, 331n, 466-8, 629, 677, 678, 680n

gunpowder manufacturing in, 454, 456-8

Kent Co., 116, 386, 517, 543n, 630, 678

legislature, 677-8, 679n

letters from Democratic Republicans of, 116-18, 542-4

Lewes, 518n

lotteries, 678, 679n

Medical Society of Delaware, 43n, 248n, 351n

New Castle, 43, 78, 543n, 602, 631, 667, 678, 679n, 680n, 705, 709

New Castle Co., 43n, 543n, 678

physicians, 247-8, 249, 350-1

prothonotaries, 43n

and reapportionment, 467

revenue cutters, 578

sheriffs, 466, 467n

Society of Friends in, 507n, 678

state debt, 467

surveyors, 543n

Sussex Co., 386, 678

taverns, 680n

U.S. circuit court, 543n

See also Federalists; Republicans; Wilmington, Del.

Delaware River

Mud Island, 529n

piers in, 43n, 667

pilots on, 112

revenue cutters on, 111-12, 326n, 509-10

De l'esprit des choses (Louis Claude de Saint-Martin), 305

Delessert, Étienne, 674n

Delineation of Universal Law (Fettiplace Bellers), 229

Delolme, Jean Louis

Constitution de l'Angleterre, 231

Demerara, 52, 53n

Demosthenes, 641, 645

Denmark, 82, 84n

Denniston & Cheetham. See American Citizen and General Advertiser (New York); Cheetham, James

Dent, George, 579n

De republica Anglorum: the maner of governement or policie of the realme of England (Thomas Smith), 231

De rerum natura (Titus Lucretius Carus), 197, 198n, 233, 234, 252, 253

Dermott, James Reed, 225n, 260n, 544-5, 546n

Description of a Chart of Biography (Joseph Priestley), 232

Description of a New Chart of History (Joseph Priestley), 232

Detroit, 54-7, 313, 517n

De varia temporum in iure civili observatione . . . libellus. Item: Leges Rhodiorum navales . . . (Simon Schardius), 230

Devoirs de l'homme, et du citoien (Baron Samuel von Pufendorf), 229

D'Ewes, Sir Simonds

Journal of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 231

DeWitt, Benjamin, 173n

DeWitt, Jacob, 704, 708

Dexter, John S., 602-3, 700, 704, 708

Dexter, Samuel, 529n

Diadème (French ship), 432

Diccionario de la lengua castellana, compuesto por la real academia Española (Real Academia Española), 232

Dick, Elisha Cullen, 154

Dickerson, Mahlon

recommended, appointed commissioner of bankruptcy, 577, 578n, 657, 659n, 698, 704, 709

recommends aspirants for office, 85n

Dickinson, Francis, 513n, 706

Dickinson, John

introduces A. Alexander, 43

letter from, 43

M. Lewis calls on, 471-2n

as reference, 510

suggests titles for Library of Congress, 228-9n

Dickson, William

letters from cited, 609n, 713, 717

Dictionaire historique et critique (Pierre Bayle), 232

Dictionarium undecim linguarum (Ambrogio Calepino), 232

Dictionary of the English Language (Samuel Johnson), 232

Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, 232

Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique portatif (Jean Baptiste Ladvocat), 113, 114n, 232

Dictionnaire raisonné de diplomatique (François Jean de Vaines), 232

Dictionnaire universel des sciences morale, économique, politique et diplomatique (Jean Baptiste René Robinet), 229

Diderot, Denis

Encyclopédie, 232

Jacques le fataliste et son maître, 113, 114n, 182, 183

mentioned, 305

Religieuse, 182, 183, 197, 233, 234

Didot, Pierre, 114n

Dieppe, France, 82

Digest of the Laws of England (Sir John Comyns), 230

Dinmore, Richard

letter from cited, 717

partnership with J. Lyon, 312n

Dinsmoor, Silas, 447

Dinsmore, James

account with TJ, 327n

letters from cited, 653-4n, 715, 716, 717

letters to, 86-7, 653-4

letters to cited, 87n, 654n, 715, 716, 717, 718

receives building instructions from TJ, 86-7, 653-4

Directeur des enfans, depuis l'âge de cinq ans jusq'à douze (Charles Le Brun), 49n

Direct Tax (1798), 23, 152, 189-90

Discourse on the Conduct of the Government of Great-Britain, in Respect to Neutral Nations, during the Present War (Charles Jenkinson), 230

Discours sur l'art de negocier (Antoine Pecquet), 229

Discours sur l'histoire universelle (Jacques Benigne Bossuet), 232

Dissertation on the Freedom of Navigation and Maritime Commerce (William Barton), 75-6

Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind in Antient and Modern Times (Robert Wallace), 231

District of Columbia

alterations to plan of, 63-4

bill to establish government for, 72-3

canals, 126-7

commissioners of bankruptcy, 698, 699, 702, 705, 709

dissolution of board of commissioners, l, 523, 553

jails, 138-40

justices of the peace, 89n, 154-5, 170, 181, 618n

and L'Enfant's claim, 62-4, 72

letters to, from commissioners, 523

Md. loans to, 547-8, 553, 603-4, 611-12, 624-5, 656-7, 659

militia, 699

sale of lots in, 448, 553-4, 604n, 612, 624-5

streets and roads in, 544-6

superintendent of, 523

Surveyor's Office, 544-6, 553-4

U.S. circuit court, ix-x, 195-6, 207-9, 212, 217n, 283-4, 522n

warrant executions in, 138-40

See also Alexandria, D.C.; Georgetown, D.C.; Washington, D.C.

Dobrée, Pierre Frédéric, 526-7

Dodd, John, 704, 708

Dollond, Peter, 11, 12n, 108n

Domat, Jean

Lois civiles, 230

Donaldson, Joseph, Jr., 675n

Dorr, Joseph, 243, 325, 349

Dorsey, William H., 181

Dougherty, Joseph

accuses Süvermans of theft, 331-2

house of, 443-4

identified, 332n

letters from, 331-2, 443-4

reports on President's House staff, 443

stable accounts, 719-21

Dougherty, Mary Murphy, 331-2

Douglas, Charles

borrows book from TJ, 291-2

letter from, 291-2

Downes, John, 485-6

Downey's ford (Rapidan River), 384, 534

D'Oyley, Daniel, 450n, 478n

Drake, Mr., 443

Drayton, William, 646n

Drexel University, 194n

Droit de la Nature et des Gens (Baron Samuel von Pufendorf), 229

Droit des Gens (Emmerich de Vattel), 229

Droit public de l'Europe, fondé sur les traités (Gabriel Bonnot de Mably), 229

drownings, 356, 363, 364n

dry docks

proposed by TJ, at Washington, 682-3

Duane, William

account with TJ, 312

bookselling, stationery business of, 182, 183, 197, 311

criticizes New-York Evening Post, 241n

delivers watch for TJ, 13

evaluates political sympathies of government clerks, 635n

and Leiper's appointment, 657

letter from, 311

and M. Carey, 315-18

printing contracts, 228n

and Reich's medals, xlvii

as Republican leader, 315-16

sedition trial of, 592n

TJ orders newspapers from, 311, 312, 719-20

See also Aurora (Philadelphia)

Duane, William J., 657

Dudley, Christopher, 710

duels, 241n, 393n

Dufief, Nicolas Gouin

account with TJ, 183n, 198n

catalogs, 94, 113

forwards pamphlets to TJ, 352-3

letters from, 5-6, 94, 182-3, 233-4, 305-6, 352-3

letters to, 113-15, 156, 197-8

TJ orders books from, 5-6, 113-15, 156, 182-3, 197-8, 233-4, 305-6

Dufour, John James, 186n

Dumfries, Va., 134

Dumont, Jean, Baron de Carlscroon

Corps universel diplomatique du droit des gens, 229

Dunbar, William, 431, 434n, 563, 661

Duncan, David, 324, 325, 349, 634, 635

Duncan, William, 530

Dundas, John, 170, 181

Dungeness (Randolph estate), 329

Dunlap, Henry, 522n

Dunlavy, Francis, 360n

Dunn, John, 549, 668, 690, 691n

du Pont, Gabrielle Joséphine de la Fite de Pelleport, 321, 322

du Pont, Victor Marie

and family's business affairs, 321, 322, 458n

forwards letters, 362, 372, 375

and Houdon, 454, 456

refused exequatur, 223n

returns to U.S., 178

TJ's support for, 366

and U.S.-French relations, 222, 223

du Pont de Nemours, Éleuthère Irénée

characterized, 321, 322

and gunpowder manufacturing, 321, 322, 454, 456, 457-8n

TJ's support for, 366

Du Pont de Nemours, Françoise Robin Poivre, 334, 366

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel

carries letters for TJ, ix, 263, 264, 287, 298, 332-4, 338, 362, 399, 403, 419, 422, 427, 428n

and Delessert, 674n

and Houdon's sculpture, 73, 321, 322, 366, 454, 456

letters from, 165-6, 170-1, 222-3, 320-2, 367-75, 451-8

letters to, 298, 332-4, 365-7, 403, 418-19

plan to manufacture gunpowder, 321, 322, 454, 456-8

returning to France, 222-3, 263, 298, 320-2, 332-4, 338, 365-7, 422

seeks compensation for Lafayette, 93, 165-6, 170-1, 320-1, 322, 366, 453-4, 456

TJ's opinion of, 421-2

unofficial emissary to France, 332-4, 367-75, 418-19, 451-2, 454-5, 493

du Pont de Nemours, Sophie Madeleine Dalmas, 321, 322

Duty, Advantages, and Pleasure of Public Worship (John Smith), 424n

Duval (servant), 469-70, 471, 492

DuVal, William

and R. Lawson, 520

recommended, appointed commissioner of bankruptcy, 510, 511n, 578, 699, 705, 710

Duvall, Gabriel, 303

D'Wolf (DeWolf), James, 200n, 376

D'Wolf (DeWolf) family, 200n