nails. See Jefferson, Thomas: Nailery
Nancarrow, John, 620n
Nancy (ship), 574
Naples
and Barbary states, 482
consul at, 483
French army occupies, 481-2, 484n, 628
relations with France, 123n, 416n, 456
trade with U.S., 480-1, 627-8
U.S. navy vessels at, 151, 493n
Natchez
attorneys, 450n
establishment as port of entry, 10
merchants, 60n
newspapers, 449
register of land office at, 59, 60n, 87, 89, 209, 250n, 259, 260n, 689, 717
roads to, 365, 424
and termination of right of deposit at New Orleans, 292
transfer of legislature from, 521n
See also Mississippi Territory
National Aegis (Worcester), 70n
National Institute of Arts and Sciences. See France: National Institute of Arts and Sciences
National Intelligencer (Washington)
announces Louisiana Purchase, viii, 624n
announces restoration of deposit at New Orleans, 557n
and information on Serraire, 34n
prints letters regarding New Orleans crisis, 62, 63n, 79-80, 257n
prints Vindication of the Measures, 335-6n
publishes Laussat's proclamation, 114n
reports on trade with Portugal, 94, 95n
subscribers to, 336
TJ accused of writing for, 553
TJ submits information on Conn. elections to, 415n, 464n
See also Smith, Samuel Harrison
National Vaccine Establishment, 657n
Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 73, 670
Nautilus (U.S. schooner), 23n, 498n, 548, 558
Navoni, François
identified, 492n
letter from, 490-3
letter from cited, 492-3n
seeks appointment, 490-3
Navy, U.S.
alcoholism in, 90-1, 154-5
appropriations and expenditures, 381-2
cannon for, 160-1
carronades for, 22-3
construction of 74-gun ships, 77n, 306
contracts to supply, 495-6
dry docks, 17
expiration of crew service, 56, 88
letter from, 150-2
and the Mediterranean, vii, 82, 88, 92, 111, 115-16, 150-2, 491, 492, 493n, 498, 547-8, 574, 659
navy agents, 160-1n, 257n
navy yards, 56n, 70n, 88-9n, 306n
officers' commissions and warrants, 10, 154-5, 343, 439, 498, 615n, 667-8
repair of vessels, 17
smaller vessels needed by, 22-3, 116, 152
supplies, provisions for, 491, 492, 493n, 495-6, 547
warrants drawn on Treasury by, 305-6, 381-2
See also Smith, Robert
Nebuchadnezzar, 104n
Neches River, 661-2n
Neele, Samuel J., 534n
Nelson, Mr., 504
Nelson, Judith Carter Page, 271
Nelson River, 60, 61n
Netherlands
and France, 37, 303n
immigrants from, 358, 360, 553n
learned societies in, 516n
promotion of art in, 213, 215
request for plant exchange with U.S., 612-14
U.S. relations with, 432, 434n
vessels of, seized by Britain, 432, 434n
Neunan, James (seaman), 462
neutral rights
and blockade of Tripoli, 92
policies of France toward, 616, 617, 618n
Proclamation of Neutrality, 330, 331n
in renewed war between Britain and France, 330-2, 392, 481-2, 707-8
and transfers of captured territory, 332n
See also United States: Foreign Relations
Nevitt, John, 439
New, Anthony, 343
Newark Gazette and New-Jersey Advertiser, 389n
New England
retardation of science in, 408
New England Convention of Universalists, 561n
New Hampshire
attorneys, 261
banks, 262n
collection of internal revenues in, 634
elections, 262n, 406, 423
judges, 261-2
newspapers, 211n
supervisor for, 634
U.S. attorney, 261
See also bankruptcy commissioners; Federalists; Portsmouth, N.H.; Republicans
New Hampshire Union Bank, 262n
New Haven, Conn.
brewers, 168
TJ's reply to merchants of, 184, 465
New Jersey
Bridgetown collectorship, 339, 340n, 347, 718
collection of internal revenues in, 634-5, 644
commissioner of loans, 644, 645n
copper mining, manufacturing in, 24, 25n
elections in, 186n, 323, 324n, 405, 550
Gloucester Co., 323, 324n
Hunterdon Co., 323, 324n
Indian affairs in, 610, 612n
legislature, 405
marshal, 644, 645
Newark, 388-9
New Brunswick, 185n, 289n
newspapers, 185-6, 323, 324n, 336n, 388-9n
Perth Amboy collectorship, 645n
postmasters, 185n, 388-9
supervisor for, 634-5, 644
Trenton, 324n, 336n
See also Federalists; Republicans
New Jersey (ship), 192, 194
New Jersey, College of (Princeton), 6n, 51n, 102n
New Jersey Copper Mine Association, 25n
New Madrid, 654n
Newman, Joseph (seaman), 462
New Mexico, 660
New Orleans
alleged French involvement in termination of deposit at, 334, 519-20
amount of shipping at, 698, 704
attempt to bypass with canal, 235n
Britain contemplates seizure of, 229, 331, 332n, 335, 472n
collector at, 393
criticism of TJ's policy toward, 77n, 460, 461n
decline in trade at, 113
duties at, 94, 95n
exports from, 690
fortifications near, 195n
French inhabitants of, 186-7
and French policy, 77n, 79-80, 108, 334, 519-20
French troops expected at, 108, 186-7, 202n, 450, 518
health of, 461-3
included in Louisiana Purchase, viii, 229, 302, 303n
Louisiana worthless without, 201n
marine hospital at, 112, 389n, 461-3
need to replace with new deposit, 292, 354
newspapers, 711n
prospects of armed seizure of, vii, 19, 21n, 70, 77n, 108, 146, 201-2n, 286, 292, 326, 335, 355, 391-2, 451-2, 460, 461n, 660
reaction of western states to closure of, 77, 220n
restoration of deposit at, 229, 256, 257n, 258-60, 269-70, 275, 286, 292, 326, 335, 372, 381, 449-50, 520-1, 553, 556, 557n, 706, 708n
restrictions on U.S. provisions eased at, 94, 95n
revenues collected at, 689-90
and Spanish policy, 80n, 108-9, 258-9, 519-21, 557n
success of TJ's policy of peaceful acquisition of, vii-viii, 351, 353, 357, 359, 391-2, 553, 660, 668, 711-12
tensions between Spanish and French at, 112, 114n, 596
termination of right of deposit at, vii, 19, 26-7, 29n, 62, 63n, 70, 77n, 78, 79-80, 108, 117-18, 220n, 245, 519-20, 582, 682, 706
U.S. seeks to acquire, vii-viii, 42n, 77n, 201-2n, 227, 229, 286, 292, 330-2, 422, 451-2, 681-2
See also Louisiana; Louisiana Purchase; Mississippi River
newspapers
accused of libel, 408
apprenticeships with, 385
in Europe, increase hostile sentiments, 39, 45
Federalist, 68, 77, 101, 187-9, 325, 334, 371, 382, 388-9n, 408, 449, 500, 551-2, 553-4n, 571n
French language, 711n
German language, 566n
Republican, 164n, 187-9, 211n, 323, 324n, 335-6n, 340n, 382, 388-9n, 449, 468n, 551-2, 553-4n, 569n, 571n
TJ attempts to influence, 187-8
and TJ's debt to G. Jones, 568-72
TJ sends writings, information to, x, 414-15, 463-9, 568-72
TJ's opinion of, 187-8, 408
and Walker Affair, 187-9, 325, 382-3
See also press, freedom of
Newton, E. J., 482, 483, 484n
Newton, Sir Isaac, 397, 399, 402-3n
Newton, Thomas
letter to, 7
TJ orders cider, wine from, 7, 679
Newton, Thomas, Jr.
advises on appointments, 580-1
letter from, 580-1
returns to Norfolk, 7
New Translation of Volney's Ruins (Constantin François Chasseboeuf Volney), 96-8, 348-9, 351, 353n
New Treatise on the Use of Globes, and Practical Astronomy (James Wallace), 402n
New York
Albany, 505n, 592, 718
Albany Co., 311n, 323, 324n, 505n
appointments and removals in, 465-6, 467
attorneys, 505n
Baptists in, 384
Bedford, 385n
Brooklyn, 385-6
Buffalo surveyorship, 585, 592n
Burrites, 310, 311n, 592n
Chenango Co., 323, 324n
Clintonians, 555n
collection of internal revenues in, 634-5, 644
Council of Appointment, 504, 505n
courts, 384n
eastern immigrants to, 310, 311n
education in, 32n, 385-6n
elections in, 167n, 310-11, 323, 324n, 405, 448, 550
Genesee Co., 324n
Indian affairs in, 610-12
Irish in, 385n
legislature, 167n, 310, 311n, 324n, 448
libraries, 386n
Long Island Sound, 339n
marshal, 166, 167n
newspapers, 385-6n, 553n
New Stockbridge, 611n
Niagara collection district, 585-6, 592
Oneida Co., 323, 324n
Onondaga Co., 324n
Ontario Co., 323, 324n
Rensselaer Co., 311n
Sackets Harbor, 722, 723
supervisor for, 634-5, 644
U.S. attorney for, 166, 167n, 545-6n, 645
See also bankruptcy commissioners; Federalists; Republicans
New York City
accountants, 156n
arts in, 430-1
attorneys, 609n
banks, 543n, 555n
brokers, 155, 156n
Catholics in, 402n
collector at, 166-7, 545-6n, 645
custom house, 166-7, 310
education, 397, 402n
elections in, 167n
insurance companies, 555n
merchants, 608n
museums, xli, 207, 430-1
naval officer at, 256, 257n, 310, 311n, 339, 346, 464, 644, 645n, 718
navy agent at, 257n
newspapers, 28n, 188, 189n, 257n, 311n, 388-9n, 448, 449, 450n, 463, 464, 468n, 549, 566n, 571n, 601, 602
Presbyterians in, 608n
surveyor at, 673n
trade with Jamaica, 12
New-York Academy of the Fine Arts, xli, 430, 431n
New York, Bank of, 543n
New-York Evening Post
criticizes removals by TJ, 463, 464, 468n
and New-York Herald, 450n
TJ's subscription to, 602
and Walker Affair, 189n
New-York Gazette & General Advertiser, 388-9n
New-York Herald, 389n, 449, 450n
New-York Insurance Company, 555n
New-York Literary Institution, 402n
New York (U.S. frigate), 56, 547, 574
Niagara Falls, xli-xlii, 349, 352, 353n
Nicholas, George
appointment for son of, 208-9, 259, 459, 460n, 689
Nicholas, John, Jr. (clerk of Albemarle Co. Court), 188, 189n, 288n
Nicholas, Philip Norborne
and DuVal's reappointment, 279-80
letter from, 279-80
Nicholas, Robert C.
seeks appointment, 208-9, 259, 459-61, 689
Nicholas, Wilson Cary
letter from cited, 721
letters from, 208-9, 459-61
letters to, 165, 259-60
letter to cited, 165n, 721
recommends aspirants for office, 208-9, 259-60, 459-61, 689
and Walker Affair, 165, 208, 259
Nichols, Samuel, 527n
Nichols, Walter, 644, 645
Nicholson, James, 155, 156n, 311nn
Nicholson, Joseph H.
advises on appointments, 526-7n, 557
and divisions among Pa. Republicans, 347-8, 371-3
letter from, 347-8
letter to, 371-3
Nicholson, Samuel, 160-1n
Nile River, 234
Niles, Hezekiah, 76n
Nîmes, France, 379-80, 381n
Nimmo, James, 580, 581n
Nine Letters on the Subject of Aaron Burr's Political Defection (James Cheetham), 601, 602n
niter, 74
Nootka Sound, 180, 182n
Norfolk, Va.
attorneys, 580
bankruptcy commissioners, 580-1, 718
banks, 574, 679
merchants, 580
newspapers, 569n
Norte, Rio del. See Rio Grande
North Carolina
Beaufort, 11-12n
Beaufort collectorship, 525-7, 718
Cape Hatteras, 721
collection of internal revenues in, 635, 636n
governors, 148n
Granville District, 6
lighthouses, 721
New Bern, 525, 526n
public laws, 148
Shell Castle Island lighthouse, 721
supervisor for, 635, 636n
See also Republicans; Wilmington, N.C.
North Milton, Va., 454-5, 542n
North Mountain, Va., 407, 408n
North Saskatchewan River, 369n
North Sea, 37
North West Company, xliii, 61n, 93n
Northwest Territory
supervisor for, 715
survey of, 12n, 410-11, 424, 497
See also Ohio
Notes on the State of Virginia
and animals, 399
and Md.-Va. boundary, 533-4, 577-80
TJ esteemed as author of, 336, 396
Nourse, Joseph, 157n
Nouveau commentaire sur l'ordonnance de la marine (René Josué Valin), 510, 512
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), 510, 512
nurseries, 65, 66-7n, 96n