nails, 490n

See also Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery

Nancy (schooner), 388n, 664

Nanny (b. ca. 1799, TJ's slave), 443

Nantes, France, 526-7, 538, 539

Naples, 500, 501n

Natchez, 15, 65, 425

See also Mississippi Territory

National Aegis (Worcester), 689n

National Bank of Washington, 604n

National Institute of Arts and Sciences. See France: National Institute of Arts and Sciences

National Intelligencer (Washington), 312, 556n, 612n, 697

See also Smith, Samuel Harrison

Natural History (Pliny), 565n

naturalization. See immigrants

Naturalization Act (1798), vii, 168, 296, 297n

"Nauticus" (pseudonym), 561, 563n

naval science, 226-7, 242, 482-3, 484-5n

navigation, 486-8, 612-13

Navy, U.S.

accountant of, 390n, 440

appropriations and expenditures, 420, 440

clerks, 410n, 440n

construction of 74-gun ships, 116n, 683n

dry docks, 682-3

furloughs, 464

letter from, 115-16

naval stores, 420

navy agents, 252-3, 420

officers' commissions and warrants, 24, 71, 140, 345, 416, 429-30, 485-6, 596

provisions for, 16

reduction of, 151, 168, 296, 458-9

reinstatement of officers, 121, 150

and S. Humphreys's contract, 115-16

and Saint-Domingue, 457n

salaries and compensation, 410n

sends squadrons to Mediterranean, 160-1, 296

ship plans, designs, 226-7

timber for, 115-16, 420

See also Marines, U.S.; Peace Establishment Act (1801); Smith, Robert

Neal, Charles, 140n

Ned (slave, Norfolk), 336n

Negotiations de monsieur le President Jeannin (Pierre Jeannin), 229

Nellie (sloop), 428n

Nelson, Roger, 302

Nelson, Fort, 553n

Nero, 296

Nesbit, Hugh, 706

Netherlands

agriculture in, 639, 643

Batavian Republic, 84n, 523-4

and France, 498, 524n

Haarlem, 639, 643-4, 646n

U.S. debt to, 158-9n, 187n, 198n, 377, 616, 621

U.S. relations with, 532

See also Amsterdam

Neue Philadelphische Correspondenz (Philadelphia), 318n

Neufforge, Jean-Françoise de, 64n

Neuilly, France, 485n

neutrality, league of armed, 84n

neutral rights, 8-9n

Neutral Rights; or an Impartial Examination of the Right of Search of Neutral Vessels Under Convoy (Johan Frederik Wilhelm Schlegel), 230

New, Anthony, 150

New, Robert Anderson, 323, 324n, 325

New Abridgment of the Law (Matthew Bacon), 230

New American Practical Navigator (Nathaniel Bowditch), 612-13

New and Complete Law-Dictionary, or, General Abridgment of the Law (Timothy Cunningham), 230

New England

hostility toward Va. in, 689n

influence of British literature in, 684-7

See also Federalists; Republicans

New Hampshire

Amherst, 703

attorneys, 703

banks, 621-2

commissioners of bankruptcy, 210, 420-1, 462-3, 577, 621, 688-9, 697, 698, 701-2, 703, 707

Concord, 462, 703

Dover, 462

Durham, 462, 703

elections in, 400, 401n, 420-1, 462-3

Exeter, 462

governor, 400, 401n, 420-1, 462-3

influence of Mass. in, 689

legislature, 400

marshal for, 324, 326n, 348

merchants, 703

New Market, 462

Rochester, 462

U.S. circuit court, 462-3

U.S. district court, 462-3

See also Federalists; Portsmouth, N.H.; Republicans

New Hampshire Bank, 622n

Newhampshire Latin Grammar: Comprehending All the Necessary Rules in Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody; with Explanatory and Critical Notes, and an Appendix (John Smith), 423-4

New Hampshire Union Bank, 621-2

New Haven, Conn.

collector at, 28, 122-3

commissioners of bankruptcy, 210, 704, 708

Remonstrance of the Merchants of, 123n, 630

New Jersey

attorneys, 692

Bordentown, 709

Burlington, 709

Burlington Co., 3, 210-11, 346n, 692

commissioners of bankruptcy, 377, 669-70, 691-3, 702, 704, 709

courts, 211n, 670n

and election of 1800, 363, 364n, 491

Essex Co., 669, 670n, 692

Hunterdon Co., 491

Jersey City, 670n

Lambertville, 491n

legislature, 491

Little Egg Harbor collectorship, 210-11, 323, 324n, 325, 345-6, 348

marshal for, 356, 363, 491, 697, 717

merchants, 670n, 692

Middlesex Co., 23n, 363, 465, 669, 692

militia, 356n, 363, 692

Morris Co., 669, 670n, 692

Newark, 709

New Brunswick, 709

New Brunswick surveyorship, 23, 53, 324, 325

Orange Academy, 670n

Perth Amboy collectorship, 356, 363-4, 406, 427, 428n, 465, 474-5, 491, 697

physicians, 670n

Princeton, 363, 364n, 585n

Salem Co., 692

Sussex Co., 381n

Woodbridge, 465-6

Woodstown, 709

See also Federalists; Republicans

New Jersey, College of (Princeton), 18n, 241n, 504n, 720

New-Jersey Trooper's Pocket Companion (John Heard), 356n

New Law-Dictionary (Giles Jacob; corrected and enlarged by Owen Ruffhead), 230

New London, Va., 298, 304, 426, 459-60

Newmarket course (Prince George Co., Va.), 61, 62n

New Orleans

acquisition of, 265-6, 365, 370, 374, 418-19, 452, 455

commerce of, 65-6, 264, 452, 455

competition with Savannah, 128

as cotton market, 97-8

descriptions of, 452, 455

and France, viii-ix, 65, 264-6, 437, 452, 455, 501n, 651, 661

latitude and longitude of, 425

marine hospital at, 69-70, 75, 112-13, 206, 248, 249, 302n, 350-1, 377n, 619-20, 715

physicians, 302n

and Spain, 264

unhealthiness of, 112-13

Newport, R.I.

commissioners of bankruptcy, 376, 698, 701, 703, 708

French commissary of commercial relations at, 632-4

as health resort, 671

naval officer at, 50n, 323, 324n, 325, 348, 715

New Providence, Bahamas, 199, 200n

newspapers

carry away party rage, 168, 296

Federalist, 19, 119, 168, 189n, 241-2n, 284n, 296, 308, 315-18, 388-9, 437n, 555, 689n

and libels, 119

postage on, 308n

price of, 308n, 312

Republican, 188, 189n, 308, 312, 315-18, 341-3, 386, 387n, 390, 407, 437n, 580-1, 630, 631n, 689n

seek printing contracts, 342, 343n

TJ's list of, 312

New System of Geography (Anton Friedrich Büsching), 232

Newton, Sir Isaac

Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, 232

natural philosophy of, 226

Newton, Thomas

advises on appointments, 438, 469

family of, 690

introduces Hartsinck, 524-5

letter from, 524-5

letter from cited, 524-5n, 714

supplies wine to TJ, 524

New York

Albany, 514, 515n, 540n, 577, 698, 704, 709

Albany Co., 461n

attorney general, 461n

attorneys, 398-9, 517, 704

banks, 538n

Burrites, 399n, 403, 514, 516, 517

Canajoharie, 135n

Canandaigua, 31, 461n

Clintonians, 149n

Columbia Co., 461n

commissioners of bankruptcy, 398-9, 402-3, 514, 515n, 516, 577, 697, 698, 702, 704, 708-9

comptroller, 539n

constitutional convention, 515, 517n

Cooperstown, 136n

Delaware Co., 461n

Dutchess Co., 398-9, 461n

elections in, 449, 460-1, 468, 514-15, 516-17, 573

Greene Co., 461n, 514-15

grocers, 130n

Herkimer Co., 461n

Hudson, 343n, 539-40n

Indian affairs in, viii, 9, 23-4, 30, 37n

Kings Co., 514

Kingston, 461n

laws from, adopted by Northwest Terr., 608n

legislature, 173n, 460-1, 468, 514-15

lieutenant governors, 538n

militia, 399n

Montgomery Co., 517n

newspapers, 312, 343n, 580-1

Ontario Co., 461n

Orange Co., 460, 461n

Poughkeepsie, 398-9, 580-1, 704

Rensselaer Co., 460, 461n, 514, 515n

Rockland Co., 461n

secretary of state, 540n

Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts, and Manufactures, 172-3, 217, 227, 339, 688

Southold, 173n

state printers, 580n

supervisor for, 148-9

Supreme Court, 403n

Ulster Co., 461n, 514-15

U.S. district courts, 133n

Washington Co., 461n

Westchester Co., 460, 461n

Willsboro, 709

See also Federalists; Republicans

New York City

annual rent day, 361

attorneys, 173n, 326n, 516, 704

banks, 187n

Chamber of Commerce, 516

collector at, 670n

commissioners of bankruptcy, 324, 326n, 403n, 514, 516, 577, 704, 708-9

fortifications, 143n

French prisoners in, 238n, 239n

literary fair at, 687n

merchants, 292, 309, 516, 552n, 704

naval officer at, 148-9, 527n

navy agent at, 248n

newspapers, 312, 316-17

packets to, from, 179

postmaster, 399n

post office, 179

vessels condemned at, 133n

See also Republicans

New-York Evening Post, 241-2, 308, 461n

New-York Herald, 410n

New York Missionary Society, 579-80

Niagara

military post at, 577n

Niagara River, 9n, 30, 369, 374

Nicholas, Wilson Cary

advises on appointments, 159-60, 703, 706n, 716

as committee member, 350n

letter from, 159-60

letter from cited, 716

letter to, 326

and settlement of British debt claims, 326

Nicholls, Edward C.

letter from, 554

seeks appointment, 540-1, 554

Nichols, Francis, 636

Nichols, John, 704, 708

Nichols, Walter, 323, 324n, 325, 348, 716

Nichols, William, 636

Nicholson, John, 604n, 611n

Nicholson, Joseph H.

and American Board of Agriculture, 340n

as committee member, 228n

forwards letters, 388n

and J. D. Thompson's petition, 21-2

letter from, 21-2

and Library of Congress, 228n

Nicholson, William, 562, 564n, 592, 593n

Nicklin & Griffith, 293n

Niclas, Johann Nicholaus, 114

Nimmo, James, 710

Nixon, Henry, 293n

"Noname Iota" (pseudonym)

letter from, 219

warns about J. Wheaton, 219

Norbury, Heath

letter from cited, 715

Norfolk, Va.

attorneys, 549, 668

banks, 285, 287n

collector at, 285, 287n

commissioners of bankruptcy, 438, 469, 510, 533, 549, 668, 690-1, 705, 710

fisheries, 285

marine hospital, 662-3, 716

merchants, 244, 549, 668, 690

navy agent at, 16n

notary publics, 533

slave conspiracy in, 335, 336n

unhealthiness of, 285

yellow fever in, 206

Norman's ford (Rappahannock River), 384, 385-6n, 437

Norris, Isaac, 721

North America, Bank of, 390n

North Carolina

and American Revolution, 152-3

Anson Court House, 96

Beaufort surveyorship, 10-11, 323, 325, 341, 349

Bennetts Creek, 390, 394, 395n

Bertie Co., 710

Charlotte, 96

Chowan Co., 343n

commissioners of bankruptcy, 702, 710, 711

courts, 614

Edenton, 710

Edenton collectorship, 390

ferries, 96

grants land in Tenn., 252n

Guilford Court House, 96

Halifax, 710

Hillsboro, 96

Hyde Co., 395n

and Indian affairs, viii, 304

merchants, 11n

Montgomery Court House, 96

New Bern, 10n, 326n, 395n, 710

Newbiggin Creek surveyorship, 314, 323, 325, 341, 343, 348

newspapers, 312

Pasquotank Co., 341

Salisbury, 96

Salmon Creek, 391, 394, 395n

Slade's Creek surveyorship, 391, 394-5

Superior Court, 326n

Tombstone surveyorship, 390, 394, 395n

U.S. circuit court, 325, 326n, 348

U.S. district court, 187, 325, 348, 716

Washington collectorship, 395n

Williamsborough, 702, 711

Windsor surveyorship, 578, 579n, 699

Winton surveyorship, 314, 323, 325, 341, 343n

See also Federalists; Republicans

North West Company, 566n

Northwest Ordinance of 1784, 359-60

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

boundaries specified in, 380, 606

and creation of counties, 357-8, 378, 569, 604, 624n

powers granted to governors by, 357-8, 568-9, 604

provisions for statehood in, 358, 380, 606

and slavery, 344n

Northwest Territory

bounty lands in, 520n

commerce of, 419

creation of counties in, 357-8, 569, 604-5, 622, 624n

delegate to Congress, 606

Indian affairs in, 29, 304

license fees in, 359, 378, 568, 605, 608n, 622-3

location of county seats, 358, 378, 569, 622

militia in, 379, 571, 607, 623

party politics in, 505n

redivision of, 358, 360n, 379, 380, 570, 606, 623

salaries of public officers in, 379, 505

secretary of, 505-6

state laws adopted by, 359, 379, 605, 607-8n

supervisor for, 211, 323, 325, 349

Symmes purchase, 382-3

See also Ohio; St. Clair, Arthur

Notes and Observations on the Pine Lands of Georgia (George Sibbald), 66-7, 95, 98, 127

Notes on the State of Virginia

and Logan's speech, 631, 632n

See also Appendix to the Notes on Virginia Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family

Nourse, Joseph, 179n, 197n

Nouveau commentaire sur l'ordonnance de la marine (René Josué Valin), 230

Nouveau dictionnaire historique; ou histoire abrégée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait au nom par des talens, des vertus, des forfaits, des erreurs, &c. (Louis Mayeul Chaudon), 232

Nouvel abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de France (Charles Jean François Henault), 232

Nouvel abrégé chronologique de l'histoire des empereurs (Adrien Richer), 232

Nouvel abrégé chronologique de l'histoire et du droit public d'Allemagne (Chretien Frédéric Pfeffel), 232

Nova Scotia, 532