Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de

Droit public de l'Europe, 229

McAllister, Matthew, 19n

McAllister & Matthews (Philadelphia), 299n

McClary (McCleary), Michael, 324, 326n, 348

McClellan, Mr., 489

McClenachan, Blair, 205n, 709

McClintock, John

recommended, appointed commissioner of bankruptcy, 462, 463n, 577, 621, 689, 698, 703, 707

McConnell, James, 323, 324n, 325, 634, 635n

McCord, Andrew, 516

McCrea, James, 709

McCreery (Macrery), Joseph, 247-8, 249, 350-1

MacCreery, William, 699, 705, 709

McCullough, William

letter from, 491

recommends aspirants for office, 491

MacDougal, Miss (Georgetown), 74

McDowell, John, 585

McElroy, George Washington

appointed consul at Tenerife, 122

letter from, 122

McGinnis (McGinnas), Daniel, 195-6

McGlatheny, James, 715

McGowan, Mr. (Ohio), 360n

McGuire, William, 4n

McGurk, James

identified, 283-4n

letter from, 283-4

petition for pardon, 283-4

sentenced to death, ix-x, 207-8, 212-17

McGurk, John, 284n

McHenry, James, 528, 529n

McIntosh, Simon, 477, 478n, 513n, 706, 711

McKean, Robert, 334, 591, 592n, 600, 704

McKean, Sarah Armitage, 118-19n

McKean, Thomas

advises on appointments, 334, 383, 591-2, 600, 704, 705, 706n

appointments by, 539n

and the Cabo de Hornos, 450-1

family of, 118-19n, 383n, 591-2, 600

letters from, 334, 383, 591-2

letter to, 600

M. Lewis visits, 471n

reelection of, 164n

and T. Coxe, 162

McKee, William (Del.), 118n

Mackenzie, Alexander

Voyages from Montreal, 433, 435n, 565-6

Mackenzie & Glennie (London), 160n

McLane, Allen

calls for removal of, 116-18, 517-18, 542-4, 549, 567-8, 601-2, 628-32, 660, 677, 717

McLaughlin, Andrew, 50

McLaughlin, Charles

identified, 50n

letter from, 50

sends fish to TJ, 50

McLean, Thomas

letter from, 396-8

letter to, 572

observations on centrifugal force, 396-8, 572

McLellan, Joseph, 703, 707

Maclure, William, 295, 297n

McMullen, French, 631, 678, 705, 709

Macomb, Alexander (1782-1841), 52n

Macon, Col. (Va.), 167, 244, 403

Macon, Nathaniel

advises on appointments, 10, 187n

carries payment for TJ, 312

and J. Minor's claim, 152

letter from, 614

sends news of N.C. politics, 614

McPherson, William, 502-3, 518, 539

McPherson's Blues, 539n

Macquer, Philippe

Annales romaines, 232

McRae, John, 511, 578, 699, 705, 710

MacRea (McRea), William, 159

Maddox, William

letter from cited, 717

letters to cited, 717, 718

Madgett, Nicholas

alleged British spy, 11, 12n

letters to, from cited, 12n

Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, l, 329, 422, 533

Madison, James

letter from cited, 344n, 714

letters from, 135-6, 245-6, 293-4, 427-8, 449-51, 622-4

letters to, 355, 422, 437, 463-4, 493

Personal Affairs

and Churchman, 425

and Ellicott, 446

portraits of, l

president of American Board of Agriculture, 340n

receives honorary memberships, 339

and T. Moore, 650n

See also Montpelier

Politics

and Barlow, 400

and N.Y. politics, 449

and Priestley, 595n

President

appointments, 118n, 286n

Relations with TJ

TJ advises on road conditions, 437

TJ sends portrait to, 422

TJ visits, at Montpelier, 493

and U.S. Constitution, 626-7

Secretary of State

applications to, for appointments, 17, 109-11, 292n, 307-8n, 326n, 403n, 408n, 449, 450n, 527n, 558, 691n

appointed, 169

and the Berceau, 239-40n

and Bowles's expedition, 8n

and ciphers, 107, 271, 500n

and Convention of 1800, 185n

and detention of U.S. vessels in Brazil, 675n

and Ga. land claims, 343-4

instructions for R. R. Livingston, 266n, 422

and J. Steele, 681n

and Jay Treaty, 245-6, 449-50

and Lake Superior copper mines, 135-6, 150

and Leghorn consulship, 253n

and Louisiana, 264, 266n

and Miss. Terr., 129n

and pardons, 477, 493

prepares list of clerks, 410n

and publication of laws, 437, 477

receives commissions, 634n

receives diplomatic, consular reports, 57, 60n, 79, 80n, 412n, 482, 484n, 496, 500-1n

and Saint-Domingue, 427-8, 463-4, 576-7n

and Spain, 293-4, 450-1

and St. Clair, 355, 622-4

and T. Sumter, Jr., 414n, 415-16n

and Washington jail, 138-40

See also State, U.S. Department of

and Yznardi, 81

Madison, Bishop James

letter from, 241-2

and student protest at William and Mary, 241-2

Madrid, 673, 675n

Magnetic Atlas, or Variation Charts of the Whole Terraqueous Globe (John Churchman), 424, 425n

magnetism, 487

Maher, Edward

dismissed by Lemaire, 492

leaves TJ's service, 441, 442n

wishes to be reemployed, 443, 463, 475

Maine

commissioners of bankruptcy, 701, 702, 703, 707

Portland, 703, 707

Waldoborough collectorship, 634, 635n

See also Federalists; Republicans

Maitland, Thomas, 453, 456, 457n

Malta, 84n

Malynes, Gerard de

Consuetudo, vel, Lex Mercatoria, 230

"Mammoth Cheese," 719, 721

Manchester, Va., 298, 304, 438, 469, 510

Manhattan Company, 187n

Manière de bonifier parfaitement, avec facilité et économie, au moyen d'un appareil simple et solide, les mauvaises eaux (James Smith), 431, 434n, 559-60

Manning, Laurence

letter from cited, 717

Manning, Phineas, 23n, 669, 692, 709

Mansfield, Jared

Essays, Mathematical and Physical, 131-2, 241, 251n

recommended, receives appointment, 251, 325, 349

mantua-makers, 76

manufacturing

copper, 559

cotton, 92-3, 650n

flour, 507n

glass, 194n

gunpowder, 321, 322, 454, 456-8

nails, 490n

potash, 194n

promotion of, 172-3, 318n, 484

silk, 639-40, 641-2, 644, 645, 646-7n

steelyards, 541

wire, 596

maps

of Maryland, 311

price of, 63-4

of Washington, D.C., 63-4

Mare liberum (Hugo Grotius), 229

Maria Antonietta (María Antonia), Princess of the Two Sicilies, Princess of Asturias, 496, 501n

María Luisa, Queen of Spain, 500n, 672

Marines, U.S., 151, 586-7, 604n

Marks, John, 129n

Marmont, Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de, 482, 484n

Marquand (Markwan), Joseph, 703, 707

Marseilles, France, 306, 307-8, 716

Marsh, Daniel, 356, 363-4, 406, 428n

Marsh, Joseph, 428n

Marshall, John

Life of George Washington, xii, 401

as secretary of state, 135

Marshall, William (S.C.), 478n, 573, 574n

Martens, Georg Friedrich von

Summary of the Law of Nations, 229

Martin, Alexander, 312

Martin, Luther, 585

Martin, Sylvanus, 602-3, 700, 704, 708

Martin, Thomas (soldier)

identified, 313n

letter from, 313

letter from cited, 715

seeks appointment, 313

Martinique, W.I., 18n, 25

Martinsburg, Va., 398

Mary (b. 1776, TJ's slave), 443

Maryland

agricultural societies, 339, 340n

and American Revolution, 596

Annapolis, 603n

attorneys, 540, 579n

and Bank of England stock, 547, 548n

canals, 650n

capital punishment in, 214, 216

Cecil Co., 21-2

census in, 21-2

commissioners of bankruptcy, 540, 554, 699, 701, 702, 705, 706n, 709

cotton manufacturing in, 650n

courts, 72, 541n, 554n

Dorchester Co., 388n

Easton, 388n

Frederick, 238n, 302n

French prisoners in, 238n

Harford Co., 18n

insolvent law, 139n, 141-3, 145

jails, 139n

laws of, adopted in Washington, D.C., 207-8, 212, 216, 217n, 256

levy courts, 139n

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

map of, 311

marshal for, 579n

Mattawoman Creek, 682

merchants, 705

Montgomery Co., 72, 650n

Nanjemoy, 134

Nanjemoy collectorship, 578, 579n, 699, 717

Oxford collectorship, 387-8

packet ships in, 388n

physicians, 302n

revenue cutters in, 388n

Sandy Spring, 340n

silver mining in, 451

slave trade in, 388n

Society of Friends in, 650n

Talbot Co., 388n

See also Baltimore, Md.; Federalists; Republicans

Maryland (U.S. sloop), 82, 121n

Maskelyne, Nevil, 446, 447n

Mason, John (Georgetown merchant), 181n, 510, 699

Mason, John Thomson

and Berry's case, 522n

and bill for D.C. government, 72-3

on discharge of imprisoned debtors, 141, 142-3n

fees due to, 604n

health of, 72

law students of, 405

letters from, 72-3, 81, 151-2, 195-6, 214-17

letter to, 207-9

letter to cited, 715

and McGinnis's case, 195-6

and McGurk's case, ix-x, 207-9, 214-17, 284n

offered appointment as attorney general, 81

and pardon for F. Long, 151-2

as reference, 303

Mason, Stevens Thomson, 121n, 144n, 345n

masons

stone, 520, 529n, 590n, 694

Massac

customs district, 634

Massac, Fort (Illinois), 577n

Massachusetts

attorneys, 555n

Beverly, 708

commissioners of bankruptcy, 430, 555n, 676, 701, 702, 703, 707-8

Congregationalists in, 613n

elections, 400, 401n, 430, 555-6

governor, 401n

influence of, in N.H., 689

legislature, 400, 401n, 430, 555-6

Marblehead, 430, 703, 708

Marblehead collectorship, 556n, 634

Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, 689n

Nantucket, 539n

Newburyport, 555n, 678, 703, 707

Plymouth collectorship, 555-6

proposed address to TJ from, 430, 431n

Salem, 613n, 707

Salem and Beverly collectorship, 634

U.S. circuit court, 347n

Worcester, 708

See also Boston; Federalists; Maine; Republicans

Massachusetts Charitable Society, 189n

Masters, Josiah, 461n, 515n

mastodon

and Bison latifrons, 489, 563, 581

C. W. Peale displays skeleton of, 221n, 423, 550, 551-2, 566n, 581, 582n

remains discovered in Hudson Valley, 352n

writings on, 582n

mathematics

books on, 105n, 131-2, 241

logarithms, 104

Mathews (Matthews), George, 129n

Matthews Co., Va., 390

Maury, James, 247n

Maury, Matthew, 246, 247n

Mayer, Jacob, 235n

Mayo, John, 289, 291n

Mazzei, Antonia Antoni (second wife of Philip Mazzei), 202, 203, 204n

Mazzei, Elisabetta, 202, 203, 204n

Mazzei, Philip

correspondence with TJ lost, 201, 202

exchanges seeds, plants with TJ, 201, 203

finances of, 201, 203, 204n

journey to St. Petersburg, 202, 203, 204n

and Leghorn consulship, 252-3

letter from cited, 204n

letters from, 201-4, 252-3

printed Italian translation of inaugural address, 201, 203

Meade, Cowles, 711

Meals, Joshua, 706

Mease, James

letter from, 404-5

recommends father for appointment, 404-5

Mease, John, 404-5

medals

commemorative, xlvii, l, 134n, 318 (illus.)

from England, 49n

TJ's image on, l, 13, 134, 175, 196, 246, 299

Medical Repository (New York), 592, 593n

medicine

anatomy, 221-2n

bowels, 246

chicken pox, 246

exercise, 78

eye injuries, disease, 470, 471, 536

fever, 246, 479, 647

flux, 520

folk remedies, 284n

fractures, 174, 522

gout, 72, 235n, 601

headaches, 284n, 383n

insanity, mental illness, 68, 69n, 442n, 463n

lancets, 151

longevity, 537

measles, 151, 152n, 390n, 534, 618, 647

medical devices, 234-5

medical schools, education, l, 18n, 69n, 70n, 112-13, 118n, 235n, 247-8, 249, 302n, 351n, 383n, 504n

medical societies, 43n, 248n, 351n

medicinal bark, 647

physicians, l, 43n, 69-70, 112-13, 118n, 151-2, 205-6, 234-5, 239n, 247-8, 249, 302n, 350-1, 383, 407n, 489n, 504n, 670n

rheumatism, 235n

shipborne diseases, 257

surgeons, 69, 120n, 577, 670n

teething, 61, 246, 299, 448, 647

toothaches, 284n

tropical diseases, 75n, 205, 207n

See also hospitals; smallpox; whooping cough; yellow fever

Mediterranean Sea. See Navy, U.S.

megalonyx, 489, 566n, 582n

megatherium, 565, 566n

Meigs, Return Jonathan, 132

Meigs, Return Jonathan, Jr., 359, 360n

Mellinger, David

letter from, 600-1

sends handbills to TJ, 600-1

Mémoires des commissaires du roi et de ceux de sa Majesté Britannique, sur les possessions & les droits respectifs des deux couronnes en Amérique (Étienne de Silhouette), 229

Memorials of the Method and Manner of Proceedings in Parliament (Henry Scobell), 231

Mendenhall, Thomas

letter from, 509-10

seeks appointment, 509-10

Mentges, Francis

claim for compensation, 528-9

letter from, 528-9

Mentor (ship), 226, 227n

Mercer, John F.

advises on appointments, 717

letter from, 547-8

letter from cited, 717

letter to, 659

and repayment of Md. loans, 547-8, 611-12, 656-7, 659

Merchant, George, 515n, 577, 698, 704, 709

Mercury and New-England Palladium (Boston), 189n

Meredith, Samuel

advises on appointments, 357, 705

letter from, 357

Meriwether family, 127, 129n

Mexico, 368-70, 372-4

Mey, Florian Charles (Charleston merchant), 641, 645, 646n

Michaux, André

Histoire des chênes de l'Amerique, 433, 435n

Michigan Territory, 517n

Michilimackinac

collection district, 324, 325, 349, 634

Mifflin, Fort, 529n, 560

Military Peace Establishment Act (1802)

estimates of military expenditures, 123-4, 149

and military agents, 195n

officers discharged under, 313

passage of, vii

rearrangement of officer corps, 120-1, 155, 159-60

terms of, xlix, 120-1n

militia

cavalry, 356n

militia laws, 399

parades, 6n

preferable to standing armies, 626

TJ's appointments to, 699

Milledge, John

advises on appointments, 53n, 388, 707n

advises on Georgia lands, 67, 95-6, 127-8, 405

as boundary commissioner, 300n, 343-5

identified, 384n

letter to, 384

plans visit to Edgehill, 96, 128, 329-30, 384, 398, 405

Milledge, Martha Galphin, 96

Miller, Samuel

letter from, 579-80

letter to cited, 580n, 714

sends Sermon to TJ, 579-80

Miller, William, 260-1, 262n, 404, 502

milliners, 76

Millington, Langford, 562, 564n

Millot, Claude François Xavier

Elémens d'histoire générale, 232

mills

and centrifugal force, 396-8

flour, 507n

Somerville's, 384

Milnor, James, 85n

Milton, Va.

business activities at, 87

postal service, 115, 131, 459, 463, 525, 534, 716

shipments received at, 244, 404, 664

mineralogists, 136n

Minerva (b. 1771, TJ's slave), 443

Minerva (goddess), l

Ministre public dans les cours etrangeres (Jean de La Sarraz du Franquesnay), 229

Minor, Mr., 385

Minor, John

identified, 51n

letter from, 81-2

letter to, 50-1

and Short's salary claim, 50-1, 81-2

Minor, John (N.C.)

claim for brother's back pay, 152-3

letter from, 152-3

Minor, Reuben, 152-3

Mint, U.S., 249-51

Mirabaud, Jean Baptiste de, 113, 114n

Mirror of the Times, & General Advertiser (Wilmington, Del.), 386, 387n, 630, 631n, 680n

mirrors

used for lighthouses, 561, 563n

Mississippi River

as boundary, 418

difficulty of ascending, 128

free navigation of, 369-70, 373, 418-19, 495

junction with the Ohio River, 425

unhealthiness of, 65

Mississippi Territory

address to House of Representatives, 173-4, 522-3

arms for, 128, 129-30n

boundary of, 65, 661n

collection district, 391, 394-5

cotton production in, xii, 65-6, 97-8, 99, 133-4

descriptions of, 65, 174, 320

immigrants to, 14, 16, 65-6, 99

and Indian affairs, viii, 65, 320, 651, 661n

judges, 3, 4-5n

politics, 3-5, 390

population of, 65, 320

prospects for, 173-4

resolution of General Assembly, 19-20, 319

road through Indian lands in, viii, 51-2n, 65

secretary of, 3-5, 18n, 325

and slave importations, 128, 130n

slavery in, 128-30, 133

and Spain, 320

surveyor general, 651, 660-1

travel to, from, 65, 128-9, 133-4

unhealthiness of, 65, 66

vulnerability of, 65, 128, 129-30n, 133-4

See also Claiborne, William C. C.; Federalists; Republicans; Steele, John (Va.)

Mitchell, David Brydie, 52, 53n, 391-3, 409

Mitchell, Isaac

Alonzo and Melissa, 580n

identified, 580n

See also Mitchell & Buel

Mitchell, Jane Mills, 392, 393n

Mitchell, Nathaniel, 677, 679n

Mitchell & Buel

letter from, 580-1

letter from cited, 654n

letter to, 654

sends newspaper to TJ, 580-1, 654

See also Buel, Jesse; Mitchell, Isaac; Political Barometer (Poughkeepsie)

Mitchill, Samuel Latham

advises on appointments, 403n, 704

and American Board of Agriculture, 339, 340n, 688

forwards L'Hommedieu's address, 217

letter from, 217

reelected to Congress, 516

secretary of N.Y. society, 173n

Mobile River, 52n

Modus Tenendi Parliamentum (William Hakewell), 231

Molloy, Charles

De Jure Maritimo, 230

Molly (ship), 293n

Moniteur (Paris), 484n

Monongahela River, 369, 374

Monro, George, 350-1

Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright (Mrs. James Monroe), 154, 309

Monroe, James

advises on appointments, 438, 469, 510-11, 533, 668, 690-1, 701, 705

Albemarle Co. property, 100, 153, 218, 335, 690

and British claims convention, 153-4

as governor, 286

and guard for federal armories in Va., 298, 304

and Houdon's sculpture, 73-4, 101n, 153, 218-19, 335, 366, 367n

and Lafayette, 171n

letters from, 73-4, 100, 218-19, 335-7, 468-9, 510-11, 511, 533, 588-9, 690-1

letters to, 153-4, 438, 531-3, 668

as minister to France, 362

and Minor, 51n

needs bricks, 100, 153

and removal of condemned slaves, 153, 468-9, 531-3, 588-9

and repeal of Judiciary Act, 335-7

requests swords from France, 411, 413n, 415n

and slave conspiracies, insurrections, 335, 336n, 468

and Smyth, 82

uses ciphers, 271

Monroe, Joseph

letter from cited, 716

Monthly Magazine (London), 561, 563n

Monthly Review, 562, 564n

Monticello

balusters, 653

bedrooms, 653, 654n

biannual visits to, planned by TJ, 134, 618

blinds, 655

capitals, 86

carpenters, housejoiners at, 653-4

carriage built at, 665n

closets, 654n

cooks at, 619n

cornices, 327

dairy, 653

gardens, gardeners at, 100n, 176

great clock at, 347-8, 394

groceries and supplies for, xiii, 79, 96, 172, 200-1, 244, 329, 404, 440-1, 507, 587, 655, 719

ice house, 86

iron and steel for, 597-8, 664-5

kitchen, 653

masons at, 590n

offices, 86-7, 153

piano for, 223-4, 301, 587, 599, 612n, 613-14

pilasters, 86, 153

privies, xi, 327, 653, 655

renovation and expansion of, xi, 86-7, 153, 154n, 327, 653-4

screen doors, 596n

servants rooms, 653

sheep at, 674n

smallpox vaccination at, 311n

TJ invites family to, 247, 299, 448, 618, 662

TJ invites friends to, 309

TJ looks forward to retirement at, 309-10

various visitors to, 284n

vineyard at, xi, 159

See also Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery

Montpelier, 329, 390, 493, 533

Moody, John, 717

Moody, Samuel

letter from cited, 717

moon, 46

Mooney, Laurence

continued as surveyor, 314, 323, 324n, 325, 326n, 341, 343n

Moore, Mr. (Pa.), 704

Moore, David

letter from, 491

recommends aspirants for office, 491

Moore, Hugh, 578n

Moore, John Hamilton

Practical Navigator, 613n

Moore, Thomas (Md.)

Great Error of American Agriculture Exposed, 340, 650n

identified, 650n

invents refrigerator, 650-1

letter from, 650-1

Moravians, 584-5

More, Benjamin, 181, 556

Moreri, Louis

Grand dictionnaire historique, 232

Morgan, John (bookseller, publisher), 435n

Morizot, Jacques Philippe Grattepain-, 170-1

Morris, Gouverneur

and D. B. Mitchell, 392

and Houdon's sculpture, 73-4, 101-2, 153

invited to dine with TJ, 313n

letters from, 101-2, 313

letter to, 101

TJ advises, on flooring, 313

Morris, Richard Valentine, 160, 161n

Morris, Robert

and D.C. land speculation, 604n, 611n

makes gift of merino sheep to TJ, 674n

and Seneca lands, 34n, 37n, 38n, 41

Morris, Thomas, 38, 420n, 460, 461n

Morrison, James, 402, 578, 698, 706, 710

Morse, Jedidiah, 129n

Morsell, James S., 709

Mosby, Littleberry, 47, 87, 289, 291n

Mott, James, 377, 378n, 669, 670n, 691

Motte, Samuel, 708

Moultrie, William, 513n, 699, 706, 711

Mount Vernon, xlviii, 488-9, 519n

Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 161, 162, 164n, 261-3

mulberry, 483, 638, 640, 643, 644

Mulligan, Francis, 711

Mumford, Paul M., 376, 698, 703, 708

Munroe, Thomas

appointed superintendent of Washington, D.C., 603-4n, 697

clerk of D.C. commissioners, 523, 544

and D.C. commissioners' note, 586

estimates debts due to, from Washington, D.C., 604n

identified, 603-4n

letters from, 603-4, 624-5

letter to, 611-12

and Md. loans, 603-4, 611-12, 624-5, 656-7

and sale of D.C. lots, 612, 624-5

and Washington jail, 666

Munroe, William, 603n

Munson, Elihu, 704, 708

Muratori, Lodovico Antonio, 229

murder

by, of Indians, 7

as capital offense, 214-15, 217n, 283-4

imprisonment for, 139n

of spouses, ix, 283-4

Murfree, Hardy, 314n

Murphy, Mary (Maria). See Dougherty, Mary Murphy

Murray, Alexander, 140n

Murray, William Vans, 80n

Muse, William T., 341, 343n

Mussey, John, 707

Myer, Philip

asks TJ for assistance, 88-9

letter from, 88-9

Myers, Moses

appointed commissioner of bankruptcy, 668, 690, 705, 710

introduces Hartsinck, 523-4

letter from, 523-4

Myers, Robert, 24