Lacépède, Anne Huberte Charlotte Jubé Gauthier, 368, 369, 370n
Lacépède, Bernard Germain Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de
health of, 368, 369
Histoire naturelle, 368, 369, 370n
letter from, 367-70
Monroe carries letter to, 19, 21n, 367, 368
and TJ's proposed western expedition, 367-70
Lacombe, Jacques
Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire ancienne des empires et des républiques, 510, 512
La Coruña, Spain, 574
Lacroix, Silvestre François
Traité du calcul differential et du calcul integral, 403n
Ladvocat, Jean Baptiste
Dictionnaire historique, 510, 512
Lafayette, Françoise Émilie Destutt de Tracy, 387, 486
Lafayette, George Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier de, 387, 486
Lafayette, Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de, 387, 486
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de
and Beaumarchais heirs' claim, 415-16
and Bernadotte, 121-2, 144, 145
and Bollmann, 563, 591, 592n
and Chastellux claim, 485-6, 487, 488n, 633-4, 655
congratulates TJ on Louisiana Purchase, 386, 485
financial situation of, 591, 592
health of, 121-2, 204, 206, 387, 487, 655
imprisonment of, 4n
land granted to, 4, 125, 386-7, 485, 563
letter from cited, 723
letters from, 121-2, 386-7, 415-16, 485-6, 655
and Lormerie, 214, 216
and Mme de Tessé, 387
recommends aspirants for office, 195n
and U.S. relations with Britain, vii, 121
Lafayette, Natalie Renée Émilie du Motier de, 486
Laforgue, Louis
Art du dentiste, 713
Lake of the Woods, 179
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 15, 222, 223n
Lamb, Gen. John, 166, 167n, 645
Lambert, John
letter from cited, 76n
Landais, Louis
identified, 590n
letter from, 589-90
letter from cited, 590n
resignation of, from army, 589-90
Langdon, John
candidate for governor, 11
and J. S. Sherburne, 262n
letter from, 335-6
TJ sends pamphlet to, 335-6
Langham, Elias, 714
Lanham, Elisha, 508n
La Poype, Jean François Cornu, baron de
Lois de la Nature, 713
La Rochefoucauld, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, Duchesse de, 486n
Latimer, George, 92n, 508, 509n
Latimer, Thomas, 104
latitude
calculation of, 171, 177, 222, 223-4, 424, 425
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
appointed surveyor of public buildings, ix, 16-17, 17-18, 57
asked to examine sheet iron roof of S. Smith's house, 419
design, alteration of U.S. Capitol, ix, 126, 127-37, 237, 262-3
expenditures by, 618
family of, 126
health of, 126
and Lenthall, 330, 374, 410, 443, 528, 572, 609, 646, 691
letters from, 57, 126, 127, 237
letters from cited, 447n, 722, 723
letters to, 16-17, 17-18, 262-3, 419
letter to cited, 723
and Lormerie, 204, 206
Report on the Ground Plan of the Capitol's New Wing, 127-37
rolling mill business, 57, 309
TJ buys sheet iron from, 263, 447n
Latrobe, John Hazlehurst Boneval, 126n
Latrobe, Mary Elizabeth Hazlehurst (second wife of B. H. Latrobe), 126
Latude, Jean Henri Masers de, 54, 55n
Laussat, Pierre Clément
arrives at New Orleans, 112, 114n, 450
and D. Clark, 202n
issues proclamation, 112-13, 114n, 186
as possible successor to Bernadotte, 529
promises to restore deposit at New Orleans, 372
tensions with Spanish officials, 596
and transfer of Louisiana to U.S., 616, 617
law
and boundary dispute between Va. and Md., 533-4, 577-80
calls to reform, 621n
capital punishment, 476n
common, 580n
corporal punishment, 15n
letter of law vs. spirit of law, 538, 544
manslaughter among slaves, 506n
mercantile, 282
militia laws, 29-30
slave trade, 338, 342-3
See also attorneys; Courts, U.S.; crime; Jefferson, Thomas: Law
Lawrence, Augustine, 124n
Laws of North Carolina (1802), 148
Lear, Tobias
and annuity for Algiers, 87
appointed consul general at Algiers, 79, 80n, 94, 659, 718
instructions to, 649, 659n
salary and compensation for, 649
and W. Eaton's accounts, 649
Le Brun, Charles (1619-1690), 204-5, 206, 207n
Leclerc, Victoire Emmanuel, 350, 352, 430n, 598n
Leçons d'anatomie comparée (Georges Cuvier), 301n, 316
Ledet, Joseph M.
carries letter for Mme de Corny, 542, 543
letter from cited, 543-4n
Le Duc, M., 313
Lee, Ann Hill Carter, 188
Lee, Edmund Jennings
identified, 212-13n
letters to, from cited, 213n
letter to, 212-13
requests copies of laws pertaining to Alexandria, 212-13
Lee, Henry
letter from cited, 724
and Walker Affair, 187, 188n, 189n, 283, 284n, 325
Lee, John (Me.), 466, 468n
Lee, Richard Evers, 580, 581n
Lee, Richard Henry, 212n, 580, 581n, 718
Lee, Sarah Lee, 212n
Lee, William (1772-1840)
forwards news from France, 430
letter from, 430
letter to, 539-40
and wine for TJ, 539-40, 541n, 567, 574
Lee, William R., 340n, 427n
Le Fevre, Mr., 155
Legg, William, 59
Leghorn (Livorno), Italy
and the Grana, 197n
intercourse with Britain, 711
merchant convoys to, from, 493n
merchants, 197n, 515, 516n
U.S. navy vessels at, 152, 547
Lego (TJ's estate)
J. W. Eppes seeks to exchange Bedford lands for, 322, 361-2, 536-7, 575
Le Havre, France
books for Library of Congress shipped from, 513n
commercial agent at, 340-1, 412, 505n, 608-9, 717, 718, 719n, 724
dispatches sent by way of, 301
Louisiana treaty and conventions sent from, 412-13
Monroe disembarks at, 21n
wine for TJ shipped from, 313, 344
Leib, Michael, 329n, 347-8n
Leiper, Thomas, 515, 568n
Lemaire, Étienne
orders groceries, supplies for President's House, 266
and President's House accounts, 725-6
Lenox, David, 708
Lenthall, Jane King, 330n
Lenthall, John
identified, 330n
Latrobe's instructions for, 262, 263n
letters from, 330, 374, 410, 443, 528, 572-3, 609, 646, 691
sends progress reports on U.S. Capitol, ix, 330, 374, 410, 443, 528, 572-3, 609, 646, 691
Leonard, John West, 342
leopards, 264
Létombe, Philippe André Joseph de, 204, 205
Letter Concerning The Ten Pound Court, in the City of New-York, Addressed to the State Legislature (James Cheetham), 602
Letters from Europe during a Tour through Switzerland and Italy, in the Years 1801 and 1802 (Joseph Sansom), 380n
Letters from His Excellency General Washington (Arthur Young), 336, 337n
Letters to Alexander Hamilton, King of the Feds ("Tom Callender"), 670, 671-2n
Letter to Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. (John Blair Linn), 610
Letter to the Reverend John Blair Linn, A. M. (Joseph Priestley), 609-10
Letter to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States ("Junius Philænus”), 670, 671n
Lettres originales de Mirabeau (Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau), 291n
Levant, 109n, 550, 627
Lévesque, Pierre Charles
Collection des moralistes anciens, 301
Levrault Frères (Paris), 98n
Lewis (TJ's slave), 503
Lewis, Francis, Jr., 124n
Lewis, Jacob
letter from, 57-8
seeks appointment, 57-8
Lewis, James (Charlottesville), 21-2
Lewis, Joseph, Jr., 335n
Lewis, Meriwether
asked by TJ to make payments, purchase items, 263-4, 287, 316, 394, 395, 445, 446n
cipher for, 180, 182n, 293-9
departs on western expedition, ix, 605, 661, 680-1
and I. Briggs, 383
introduces J. Ellicott, 278-9
letter of credit for, 655-6
letters from, 245-50, 278-9, 374-5, 444-6, 680-1
letters to, 176-83, 263-4, 277-8, 288-9, 377, 655-6
and news of Philadelphia politics, 586, 587, 588n
notes for TJ, on Bank of Columbia, 436, 437n
power of attorney for, 498n
promissory note to TJ, 599
and R. Claiborne, 300n
reports on preparations for western expedition, 245-50, 374-5, 444-6
servant of, 391n
and T. Coxe, 586, 588n, 592
TJ forwards letters to, 263, 497-8
TJ purchases coat for, 276
TJ's instructions to, xliii, 169-72, 176-83, 277-8, 288-9, 377, 444
TJ's private secretary, 78, 176, 258, 442
See also Lewis and Clark expedition
Lewis, Nicholas, 572n
Lewis, Reuben, 497, 498n
Lewis, Seth
resignation of, 448-9, 450n, 555, 557
Lewis, Thomas (Va. congressman), 407-8
Lewis and Clark expedition
appropriation for, 60, 61n, 89
astronomical observations, 15-16, 70-4, 170, 176, 177, 182n, 222, 223-4, 248, 288-9, 374-5, 377, 446n, 573
boats, canoe for, 246-8, 249-50n, 445
Clark invited to join, ix, 172
compensation for members of, 181, 183n
confidential message to Congress about, 176
and contact with Indians, 169, 171, 175, 176, 178, 179-80, 182n, 250n, 288, 444, 446n, 530, 655
corn mill for, 288, 289n
and Federalists, 169, 175
and Great Britain, 8-9, 170, 173, 177, 278
interpreters for, 245-6, 249n, 278
leadership of, 171-2, 181
letter of credit for, 181, 183n, 655-6
map for, xlii-xliii, 60, 61n, 89-90, 170, 320 (illus.), 445
potential to return by sea, 180-1, 655-6
preparations for, ix, 15-16, 54, 60, 70-4, 78n, 170, 172, 245-50, 258, 263, 278, 374-5, 377, 444-6, 605
proposed route of, 8-9, 605
recruits for, 176-7, 246, 249n, 445
Rush's advice for preserving health of, 530-1
safe conduct passes for, 8-9, 177, 653-4
safety of, emphasized, 171, 176, 180, 182
secrecy surrounding, 278
to send reports to Washington, 177-8, 180, 293, 296
smallpox vaccination recommended for, 169, 175, 176n, 179, 182n
supplies, equipment for, ix, 176, 248, 250n, 288, 289n, 374-5, 377, 446n, 531n, 680
and TJ's presidential legacy, 8-9n
winter camp on Missouri River, 1804-1805, xliii
Lewis & Lawrence (New York City), 124
Lexicon Graeco-Latinum Novum (Johann Scapula), 511, 512
Liberia, 455n
Liberty
depicted on U.S. coins, xlvi, 320 (illus.)
liberty cap, xlvi
libraries
free, 386n
See also Jefferson, Thomas: Library; Library of Congress
Library of Congress
books for, xlv, 41, 43n, 47, 432-3, 509-13, 529, 712
Life of George Washington (John Marshall), 14
lighthouses
appointment of keepers, superintendents, 345, 721, 722, 723
at Cape Henlopen, Del., 104-5
erection of, 250-1
at Newport, R.I., 345
Old Point Comfort, Va., 722
salary of keepers, 104-5
Smith Point, Va., 722
St. Simons Island, Ga., 274n
Lilly, Gabriel
and canal for Shadwell mills, 110, 506
and Henderson's mill dam, 541
letters forwarded to, 723
letters from cited, 722, 724
letters to cited, 506n, 722, 723, 724
overseer at Monticello, 266, 273, 284-5, 362, 503
payments to, 285, 317-18
and sale of Cary, 505
and sale of W. Short's lands, 168-9, 219
supervises nailery, 454
and W. Short's tenants, 28, 107
limestone, 515
Lincoln, Abraham, 488, 489n, 718
Lincoln, Benjamin, 457, 458n, 468n
Lincoln, Levi
advises on acquisition of new territory, 681-2
advises on appointments, 266-8, 489
advises on Barbary affairs, 153
attends cabinet meetings, 152-4, 330-2
children of, 105-6
and Fosdick's removal, 243n, 267, 276
letter from cited, 724
letters from, 69-70, 175-6, 266-8, 489
letters to, 105-6, 260, 276-7, 463-4
and Lewis and Clark expedition, 169-70, 171, 175-6, 182n
nominated to Supreme Court, 86n
opinion on T. Munroe's appointment, authority, 237
and potential alliance with Great Britain, 153
recommends aspirants for office, 184-5
as reference, 210
reports on anniversary celebration in Mass., news from Washington, 69-70
TJ sends his views on the doctrines of Jesus to, ix, 260, 266-7, 276-7
and TJ's "Fair Play" essay, 463-4
and TJ's proposed amendment for incorporation of Louisiana into U.S., viii, 684
Lincoln, Levi, Jr.
Address: Pronounced at Worcester, 70n
complimented by TJ, 105-6
Lind, Dr. James, 109n
Lindsey, Theophilus, 159n
Linn, James, 186n
Linn, John Blair
Letter to Joseph Priestley, 610
Powers of Genius, 713
Linnaeus, Carolus
Systema Vegetabilium, 613, 614n
Linnard, William, 680
Linnean Society, 516n
Lisbon, 67, 209, 346, 370
L'Isle, Guillaume de, xliii, 60, 61n, 89
Literary and Philosophical Society (Manchester, Eng.), 516n
Littlejohn, Miles, 463, 469
Little Turtle (Miami Indian), 349, 351-2, 353n
Lively (ship), 629
Livingston, Edward
removed from office, 545-6, 645
and society for promotion of fine arts, xli, 430, 431n
as U.S. attorney, 166, 167n
visits Washington, 645
Livingston, John (cadet), 270
Livingston, Robert R.
advises on appointments, 341n, 528-9
agricultural interests, 515, 516n
and American debt claims, 38, 40-1, 42n, 44-5, 46, 48, 49, 432
announces purchase of Louisiana, viii, 301-4, 660
and Beaumarchais heirs' claim, 415
and books for Library of Congress, 41, 43n, 47, 432-3, 529
and cases of Rodgers and W. Davidson, 472n
commission for, 199-200
correspondence with Madison, 38, 39, 41, 42n, 48, 62-4
criticism of, 62-3, 87
and Curwen, 98n
deafness of, 36, 38, 40
and delivery of Louisiana treaty and conventions, 412-13n, 431
expense of outfit in France, 41, 47
and Florida, 35, 39, 42-3n, 45, 48, 64n
and French invasion of Hanover, 529
and Fulton, 629n
instructions to, 41, 47, 331-2n, 684
letters from, 38-44, 44-8, 48-50, 198-203, 301-4, 431-4, 470-4, 528-9
and Louisiana negotiations, vii-viii, 35, 38-9, 40-1, 42n, 43n, 44-5, 46, 48, 121, 187, 198-203, 331-2n, 393n
and navigation of rivers through Florida, 418n
to negotiate for New Orleans, 77n, 199-200, 202n, 331-2n, 682
opinion on Louisiana boundary, 431, 433-4n
and P. S. Du Pont, 145
and Pinckney Treaty, 62, 63-4n, 121
portrait of, xli-xlii, 320 (illus.)
and potential alliance with Great Britain, 153-4n, 227-9
receives blank consular commissions, 719n
relationship with Monroe, 198, 201n, 302-3
and renewal of war between Britain and France, 35-8, 39-41, 43n, 45-6, 48-9, 64n, 331-2n, 431-4
seeks to resign as minister, 35, 38, 41, 47, 229-30, 231-2, 432
sends dispatches via Le Havre, 340, 341n
sends news from France, 38-44, 44-8, 48-50
thoughts on U.S. as maritime power, 39, 43n, 45, 48
and U.S. consuls, 457, 480
uses British minister to forward dispatches, 63, 64n
uses ciphers, 35-6, 38-40, 42n, 44-6, 47n, 62-4, 302, 303n, 470-1, 474n, 490n
warns that Bonaparte wishes to void Louisiana convention, 470-4
llamas, 182n, 264
Logan, Deborah Norris, 522
Logan, George
and divisions among Pa. Republicans, 522-3
and I. Coffin, 220
letter from, 522-3
Lois de la Nature…Ouvrage divisé en deux parties (Jean François Cornu, baron de La Poype), 713
London
agricultural societies, 709n
booksellers, 511, 512
descriptions of, 474
food prices in, 125
learned societies, 516n, 613, 614n
medical societies, 226n, 657n
smallpox vaccination in, 657n
Tyburn Hill, 476n
Westminster General Dispensary, 226n
Long Island, battle of, 629
longitude
calculation of, 15-16, 70-4, 171, 177, 182n, 222, 223-4, 288-9, 374, 424, 425
Longworth, David
invoice submitted by, 725
letter from cited, 724
L'Orient (Lorient), France, 490n
Lorimer, John, 234, 235n
Lormerie, Louis Philippe Gallot de
letters from, 203-7, 213-16
letters to, 207, 220
offers tapestries to U.S., 203-7, 213-16, 220
Louis XIV, King of France, 207n, 213, 215
Louis, M.
winemaker's agent, 313
Louisa, Queen of Denmark, 494n
Louisiana
administrative divisions in, 694, 700, 701
agricultural production in, 698, 704
Balize (Balise), 112, 114n
black population of, 683, 695, 700, 701
and Bonaparte, viii, xliv, 35, 39, 42n, 45, 48, 114n, 201n, 202-3n, 354
boundaries of, 302, 304n, 354, 431, 433-4n, 660, 683, 694, 695, 699-700, 701
Britain opposes French control of, 39, 45
British interest in upper, 170, 173, 302
ceded to France by Spain, 177, 653
church and clergy in, 695, 699, 700, 702
citizenship for inhabitants of, 684-5
civil and military officials in, 694, 695, 696, 699, 700, 702
composition of population of, 683, 684, 695, 700, 701
consequences of cession to France, vii, 9n, 20-1, 75n, 144-5, 153-4, 187, 227-9, 354, 372, 515, 517-19, 596
division of, 683
education in, 698, 702
exports from, 697-8, 703
freedom of religion in, 684
French expeditionary force expected at, 108, 113, 114-15n, 121-2, 186-7, 202n, 517, 682
and French policy, 112-13, 114n, 121-2, 517-19
governor of, 673
immigration to, 357-8, 359-60, 517-19, 704-5
impact on U.S.-British relations, 75n, 121, 153-4, 201n, 227-33, 472n, 515
imports to, 697-8, 703-4
Indians in, viii, 683, 684, 685, 686-7, 695, 700, 701, 704-5, 712
land titles and tenure in, 695, 698, 700, 701
legal system in, 698, 700, 702
of little value without Florida, 39, 45, 48
manufacturing in, 698, 704
maps of, 302, 304n, 695, 699, 699n, 700, 701
militia in, 701
Natchitoches, 698
newspapers in, 710, 711n
offered by France, 201n, 202-3n
Opelousas, 698
proposed amendment for incorporation of, into U.S., 681-8, 690, 704-5
proximity to Canada, 201n, 357, 359
public buildings and fortifications in, 695, 700, 702
public debt in, 697, 703
public expenditures in, 695, 696, 700
relocation of inhabitants from, 683, 686, 687
removal of eastern Indians to, 682-8
revenue system in, 689-90, 695-6, 700, 702-3
settlement of, viii, 302, 682-3
size of, 660-1
Spanish administration of, 114n
Spanish division of, 660
Spanish posts, settlements in, 654n
Spanish resistance to retrocession, 112, 229, 596
sugar cultivation in, 695, 700, 702
terms of retrocession to France, 256, 257n, 258-60, 269-70, 286, 292, 354, 372
TJ's queries on, viii-ix, 688, 689, 692-704
transfer of, from France to U.S., 473n, 616, 617
transfer of, from Spain to France, 27n, 114-15n
W. Fla. claimed as part of, 39, 302, 304n, 354, 431, 433-4n
See also Mississippi River; New Orleans; Pinckney Treaty
Louisiana Purchase
Bonaparte's decision to sell, 201n
deadlines for U.S. compliance with terms of, 470-3
delivery, arrival of treaty and conventions from France, 412-13, 470, 473n, 661
and Federalists, viii, 668, 677, 711-12
financing of, viii, 470, 472-3n
negotiation of, viii, 198-203, 302-4, 349, 352, 357, 359-60, 386, 391-2, 456-7, 481, 485, 553, 616, 617, 660, 707
New Orleans included in, viii, 229, 302, 303n
news of, arrives in U.S., viii, 624n, 653, 660, 668, 672-3, 677, 682, 710
R. R. Livingston's proposals, 38, 39, 42n, 43n, 44-5, 48
ratification of, by France, 431, 433n, 470, 472-3n
ratification of, by U.S., 471, 473n, 490n
safeguards U.S. national security, 661, 682-3, 712
Spain opposes, 472n
terms of, viii, 202-3n, 302, 303-4n, 660, 673, 684
Louvre, 201n
Lowndes, Thomas, 554n
“Lucius Sempronius” (pseudonym), 194n
Ludlow, Charles (N.Y.)
identified, 555n
letter from, 601
letter to, 554-5
makes payment for TJ, 549, 554-5, 601, 602
Ludlow, Daniel, 256-7n
Ludlow, Israel, 715, 716n
Lukens, John, 329
lumber
beech, 110, 111n, 390n
birch, 111
cherry, 284, 318, 389-90
mahogany, 318
pine, 318, 390n
price of, 284-5, 318
See also trees
Lur-Saluces (Salus), Comte de, 539
Lusk, Amos, 429
Lyle, James
letter from, 602-3
letter to, 691-2
and TJ's debt to Henderson, McCaul & Co., 602-3, 691-2
Lyles, William, 485n
Lynch, Edward
identified, 388n
letter from, 387-8
seeks appointment, 329, 387-8
Lyon, James
letter from, 370
sends proposals for mail contract, stage line, 370
Lyon, Matthew, 365
Lyons, France, 510, 512