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