Eastern Branch. See Anacostia River

eastern states

given preference in military appointments, 159-60

East India Company, 26

Easton, David, 17-18, 98-9

Easton, John, 10-11n, 325, 349

Eaton, John, 710

eclipses, 46

Eddy, Samuel, 602-3, 700, 704, 708

Edgar, James, 585

Edgar, William, 516, 577, 698, 704, 708

Edgehill (Randolph estate)

Milledge plans to visit, 96, 329, 384-6, 398, 405

TJ's directions to, from, 384-6, 534-5

tobacco crop at, 657

Edinburgh, 351n

Edinburgh, University of, 235n

education

academies, schools, 209, 541, 615n, 664, 670n

of blacks, 506-7

British influence in, 684-7

of children, 15, 20-1, 49n, 71, 209, 246-7, 285, 506-7, 566-7, 585n

foreign languages, 566-7

illiteracy, 475

of Indians, 585n

legal, 51n

TJ's advice on, 566-7

of TJ's grandchildren, 15, 20-1, 71

of women, 507n

See also medicine

Edwards, Henry Waggaman, 210, 704, 708

Edwards, L., 716

Edwards, Pierpont

letter from, 210

recommends aspirants for office, 210

reports on elections, 488

Edwards, Thomas, 703, 707

Egypt, 295, 297n

Elam, Samuel, 293n

Eldon, John Scott, first earl of, 138n

Eldridge, Daniel, 24

election of 1800, 284n, 295, 331n, 363, 364n

election of 1804, 401

Élémens de Chymie (Jean Antoine Chaptal), 5-6, 94, 113, 183n

Élémens d'histoire générale. Premiere partie. Histoire ancienne (Claude François Xavier Millot), 232

elephants, 489, 551, 565, 566n

Elgar, John, 339, 340n

Elgar, Joseph, Jr., 573

Elk Run Church (Fauquier Co., Va.), 384, 385, 437, 535

Ellery, Christopher

advises on appointments, 44, 376, 701, 703

and Geffroy letters, 354

letters from, 44, 354, 376

Ellicott, Andrew

Almanac, 45, 46n

"Astronomical, and Thermometrical Observations," 46n

astronomical research, 45-7, 424-5, 444-7

boundary surveys, 46n, 424-5

and Dinsmoor, 447

letters from, 45-7, 444-7, 447

offered appointment as surveyor general, 45, 46n

recommends Ingels, 108n

secretary of Pa. land office, 261, 262n

as surveyor of Federal District, 544, 546n

Ellicott, Joseph, 37

Elliott, James, 708

Ellsworth, Oliver

letter from cited, 715

Elmendorf, Conrad E., 460, 461n, 515n, 517

Elmendorf, Lucas C., 307-8n, 460, 461n, 516n

Elmer, Ebenezer, 377, 378n, 669, 670n, 691

Elsynge, Henry

Opinions of Several Learned Antiquaries, 231

Emlyn, Sollom

Compleat Collection of State-Tryals, 230

Enabling Act (1802), 380, 381n, 505n

Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert), 232

Encyclopédie méthodique, 232

Engles, Silas

letter from cited, 108n

seeks appointment, 107, 108n, 220, 715

English Works of Sir Henry Spelman (Henry Spelman), 231

Enoree River, 96

Enquiry into the Foundation and History of the Laws of Nations in Europe (Robert Ward), 229

Enterprize (U.S. schooner), 69n, 160n

Entrès, Jean Baptiste, 412n

Epicurus, 113, 114n

Eppes, Elizabeth Wayles (Mrs. Francis Eppes, TJ's sister-in-law), 299-300, 389, 647

Eppes, Francis (TJ's brother-in-law), 299, 389

Eppes, Francis Wayles (TJ's grandson)

health of, 61-2, 133, 176, 299, 448

Eppes, John Wayles (TJ's son-in-law)

Albemarle lands of, 134, 176, 354, 448-9

asked to find horse for TJ, 61-2

elected to state legislature, 662

engaged in farming, 299, 448, 647, 662

health of, 133

invited to Monticello, 618, 662

letters from, 61-2, 448-9, 662

letters to cited, 62n, 662n, 717

letter to, 354-5

sends family news, 61-2

sends legislative news, 355n

TJ gives Poplar Forest land to, 448, 449n

TJ's affection for, 389

TJ sends political news to, 354-5, 389

Eppes, Mary Jefferson (Maria, Polly, Mrs. John Wayles Eppes, TJ's daughter)

and C. Church Cruger, 354

correspondence with sister, 647

correspondence with TJ, 62, 354, 389

health of, 62, 133, 448, 647-8, 662

invited to Monticello, 299, 448, 618

invited to Washington, 134, 176, 389

letters from, 299-300, 647-8

letters to, 133-4, 389

piano for, 224n

sends family news to TJ, 299-300, 647

TJ's affection for, 355

TJ sends books to, 389, 647

TJ sends family news to, 133-4

TJ sends medals to, xlvii, 134, 299

Eppington (Eppes estate, Chesterfield Co., Va.), 389, 662

Equator (ship), 306, 307

Erie

collection district, 325

Errard, Charles

Parallèle de l'architecture, 114, 115n

Erving, George W.

as claims agent under Jay Treaty, xlviii, 57-60, 245n, 449, 450n

Esprit de l'histoire générale de l'Europe (Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet), 232

Essai historique et chronologique (L'Abbé de Berlié), 232

Essay on Longevity (Sir John Sinclair), 537

Essay on Man (Alexander Pope), 49n

Essays, Mathematical and Physical (Jared Mansfield), 131-2, 241, 251n

Essays and Notes on Husbandry and Rural Affairs (John Beale Bordley), 433, 435n

Essequibo, 53n

Este, Charles, 83

Estrades, Godefroy d'

Lettres, mémoires et negociations, 229

Etruria, 495, 500, 501n

Europe

Bonaparte's corruption of governments of, 499

fears growing influence of U.S., 495-7

immigrants from, 483-4

republicanism in, 496, 499

social divisions in, 423

U.S. economic relations with, 484

U.S. to avoid entanglements with, 297

Eustis, William

as committee member, 240n

letter from, 144-5

recommends aspirants for office, 307n

recommends Ebenezer Stevens, 144-5

as reference, 188

as secretary of war, 460n

Evans, Griffith, 192n

Evans, William, 50n

exequaturs, 223n, 632, 633, 634n

Exposition du systême du monde (Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace), 197, 198n, 233, 234

Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September 1774, 277n