Volume 41 Index
W
Wabash River
as boundary, 655
claimed by France as part of Louisiana, 332
and Illinois and Wabash Company, 617-18n
Wabash saline, 214, 217n, 626, 627, 643n, 664, 675, 683, 695
Wadsworth, Peleg, 545
Wagner, Jacob
and advertisement for Serraire, 237
and ciphers, 238
and commission for A. Bishop, 382-3
and Derieux, 169n, 307, 344, 345
forwards letter from Irujo, 355-7, 374-5
letters from, 266, 355-7
letters to, 184, 237, 382-3
and pardons, 184, 196, 198n, 266
and preparation of Account of Louisiana, 649, 676n
as State Department chief clerk, 118, 119, 128, 169n, 220, 221n, 237n, 295, 387n, 509n, 530n, 551n, 582n, 699
wagoners, 405-6
wagons, 581
Walker, David (Ky.), 739
Walker, James (millwright)
letter from, 460
letter to, 403
and Shadwell mills, 403, 460
Walker, John, 145
Wall, Mr. (Savannah), 270
Wallace, James (astronomer)
letter from cited, 28n
letter to, 27-8
thanked by TJ, 27-8
Wallace, James Westwood, 304-5, 363-4, 369-70
Walton, Matthew, 359n, 547
War, U.S. Department of
accountant of, 24, 27n
appropriations and expenditures, 498-9, 502
arsenals, armories, 389
chaplains, 384n
clerks, 275n
courts-martial in, 155-7, 294, 343, 395
engineers, 676-7
forts, posts, 65n
gun carriages, 281-2, 315-17
gunpowder for, 99, 100, 101n, 125
medical department, 61
military agents, 179, 181n
military storekeepers, 389n
minors in the army, 193, 195
party affiliation of officers in, 13, 14, 15n, 24
regiments of artillery, 85-6, 282n, 294n
regiments of infantry, 85-6, 202n
regulation of hair length by, 155-7, 295
saltpeter for, 99, 100, 101n, 137n
superintendent of military stores, 24
See also Dearborn, Henry; Indians: U.S. Indian Affairs
Ward, Samuel, 87n, 697, 702
War of 1812, 484n, 571n
War of Polish Succession, 326
War of Spanish Succession, 325, 330
War of the Quadruple Alliance, 325, 333
Warren, Henry, 52-3, 696, 702
Warren, James, 52-3, 241
Warren, James, Jr., 53, 55n
Wartman, Lawrence
asks TJ for money, 723-4
identified, 724n
letter from, 723-4
Washington, D.C.
alterations to plan of, 418-21, 514-23
attorneys, 574n
bridges, 520
canals, 520, 522n
Capitol Hill, 238, 239, 302
churches, 232n
coffeehouses, 238-40
costs of living in, 273-4
education in, 575n
Georgia Ave., 420n, 517, 522n
Hamburg, 520
horse racing at, xlv-xlvi, 394 (illus.)
hotels, boardinghouses, 239n, 302, 574n
insurance companies, 268n, 523-4, 576-7
jail, 574n, 586-94, 708
lack of capital in, 523, 576
lack of port facilities in, 644
maps of, 418-21, 516, 522n
markets, 517
merchants, 273
New Jersey Ave., 302, 522n
Pennsylvania Ave., 302, 390
plan for marine hospital in, 517
plan for national university in, 517
postal service, 680
President's Square, 418, 419, 420-1n
public buildings, 418, 670
relationship with Georgetown, 576
reputation as unhealthy, 306, 343, 363, 419
residence of Portuguese minister, 521, 523n
sale of spirituous liquors in, 515
shoe stores, 273
streets and roads in, 302, 303, 389-90, 476
surveyors, 420n
taverns, 239n
wages at, 476
Washington Navy Yard, 316n, 503n, 517, 521
waterfront lots in, 518-21, 522n
water street in, 419, 420n, 522n
wharves, 418-19, 420n, 515, 517, 520, 521, 522n
See also Anacostia River; Capitol, U.S.; District of Columbia
Washington, George
appointments by, 25n, 26n, 27n, 422n
declines writing letters of condolence, 471
and District of Columbia, 418, 420n, 515-19, 522n
foreign policy of, 413
and Lafayette's emancipation experiment, 309
and Morocco, 510n
and passports for U.S. ships, xlii
portraits of, xlv
and R. Harvey, 40n
as reference, 474
relationship with J. Adams, 471
Washington Hotel, 239n
Washington Jockey Club
notice of annual races, xlv-xlvi, 394 (illus.)
watches, 566n
Waterman, Thomas
identified, 96n
letter from, 96
seeks appointment, 96
Waterson, William, 504n
Watson, Elkanah
letter from, 568-9
sends book to TJ, 568-9
Tour in Holland, 568-9
Watson, George
letter from cited, 737
Watson, Richard (Bishop of Llandaff)
Apology for the Bible, 368, 369n
Watson, William (Mass.), 696, 702
Wayles, John (TJ's father-in-law), 525
Wayne, Anthony, 105n, 126
Wayne, Elizabeth Iddings, 126, 128n
weather
cold, 292n
drought, 461
Webb, William (Bath, Me.), 511-12, 572n
Wells, William H., 547, 553n
West, Cato, 21n, 22n, 350
West, Hugh, 26n
West, John S., 19n
western states
settlement of, 450
West Indies
admiralty courts in, 214, 217n
slavery in, 222, 558
trade with, 214, 217n, 407-8
See also Guadeloupe, W.I.; Jamaica; Saint-Domingue, W.I.
West New Jersey Society (London), 342n
Westphalia, Kingdom of, 603n
Weyman, Edward, 19n, 24, 26n
wharves
in Washington, D.C., 418-19, 420n, 515, 517, 520, 521, 522n
wheat, 262, 345, 346, 483, 486
Wheatcroft, John, Jr., 431n
Wheatcroft, John, Sr.
forwards account of L'Aigle meteor, 430-2
letter from, 430-2
letters from cited, 431n
Wheaton, Mr., 364, 365
Wheaton, Seth, 3-4n
Wheeling, Va., ix, 352, 378
Whelen, Israel, 20n, 41, 698, 702, 733
Whipple, John, 86
Whipple, Joseph, 19n
Whiskey Insurrection, 155n
White, Mr. (Rouen), 612
White, Alexander
as D.C. commissioner, 418, 522n
letter from, 271-2
seeks appointment, 271-2
White, James (Tenn.)
identified, 688n
letter from, 687-8
resolution of approbation for TJ's administration, 687-8
White, Reuben, 34n
White, Samuel, 425, 547
White, William (Va.), 26n
Whitehill, John, 546
White River (Arkansas), 615
Whitworth, Charles, 216
Wilkes, Charles, 203, 204
Wilkins, Alexander, 34n
Wilkinson, Benjamin, 86
Wilkinson, Fort, 10, 437n
Wilkinson, James
and Indian treaty negotiations, 44, 47, 402n, 403n, 437n, 643n, 698
sends information on Louisiana, 322
and T. Butler court-martial, 157n
and transfer of Louisiana to U.S., 621-2, 625, 632-5, 668, 707, 734
Willard, Joseph, 365, 366n
Willcox, Joseph, 19n, 276, 277n, 289
William I, King of England, 51
William III, King of England, 554n
William V, Prince of Orange (stadtholder of Netherlands), 188n
William and Mary, College of, 242-3n, 364n, 373n, 615, 719n
Williams, David
Claims of Literature, 400n, 725-6
identified, 726n
letters to, 725-6, 726-8
sends book to TJ, 398-9, 725
thanked by TJ, 725-8
works by, 726n
Williams, Lemuel, 422, 545
Williams, Marmaduke, 546
Williams, Robert, 41, 180, 213, 350, 429, 733
Willich, A. F. M.
Domestic Encyclopædia, 171
Willis, John (Pa.), 69, 75
Willis, William, 698, 700n, 702
Willson, Richard
asks TJ for loan, 238-9
letter from, 238-9
proposes to open national coffeehouse, 238-40
Wilmer, James Jones
identified, 383-4n
letters from, 383-4, 681
letter to, 688
seeks appointment, 681
sends publication to TJ, 383-4
thanked by TJ, 688
works by, 383-4n
Wilmington, Del.
booksellers in, 501n
collector at, 426n
education in, 501n
Episcopalians in, 500-1
Republicans in, 124
Wilmington, College of, 501n
Wilson, James (Baltimore)
letters from, 391, 436
seeks appointment, 391, 436
Wilson, John
letter from, 272-4
seeks appointment, 272-4
Wilson, John, Sr., 273, 274
Wilson, Robert Thomas
History of the British Expedition to Egypt, 145-6, 147n, 148n
Wilson, William, Jr., 274n
windmills, 135n
wine
adulteration of, 424
Arruda, 613
Brazil, 49
from Burgundy, 158, 612, 717
Carrasqueira, 613
champagne (still), 158, 612, 694-5, 717
duties on, 229n, 595-6, 613n
effect of heat on, 158
Hermitage (white), 31, 229, 404
Madeira, 49, 174-5
Malaga, 409-10
Montrachet (Monrachet), 158
Oeiras, 424
ordered by TJ, 31, 49, 96-7, 158, 163-4, 174-5, 192, 228-9, 404, 423-5, 457, 473-4, 511, 595, 596-7, 612, 613, 659-60, 662, 694-5, 710, 717
Portuguese, 423-5, 613
prices, 229, 457n, 596, 597n, 612
Rausan-Margaux (Rozan-Margau), 457
sauterne, 457
sherry, 596-7
Termo, 423-4, 613
theft of, 417
vineyards, 609n
Wingate, Joshua, Jr., 275, 643n
Wingate, Julia Cascaline Dearborn, 276
Winn, Richard, 547
Winner, Joseph, 342, 343n
Winslow, John, 572n
Winston, Joseph, 546
Wisdom, which “Cometh Down from Above” (James Jones Wilmer), 384n
Wise, Peter, Jr.
letter from, 708-9
and pardon for W. Galloway, 708-9
Wistar, Caspar
and Faujas de Saint-Fond, 188n
forwards books to TJ, 83
letter from cited, 736
letters from, 83, 91-2, 479-80, 711-12
and mastodon, 467
prepares M. Lewis for expedition, 91-2, 479-80
recommends aspirants for office, 711-12
sends suggestions on Louisiana, western exploration, 479-80
Wolcott, Alexander
advises on appointments, 226, 289
letter from, 226
party affiliation of, 19n
Wolcott, George, 226n
Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 38n
Wollaston, Frederick Hyde, 211, 698, 702
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 431n
women
abandoned, 307
adultery, 9
ask TJ for money, 307-8, 527-9, 629-31
attend horse races, xlvi
divorce, separation, 208n
education of, 207n, 254, 685n
Indian, 9-10, 614-15
marriage, 666-7, 668-9n
midwives, 680, 681n
pregnancy, childbirth, 680, 681n
prostitution, 490
seamstresses, 528, 529, 630, 631
slaves, 212n
widows, widowhood, 563
Wood, Joseph, 24
Woodward, Augustus Brevoort
exchanges books with TJ, 577
letters from, 267, 577
sends memoir on Louisiana to TJ, 267
Wooldridge, William H., 86
Woolsey, Melancthon Lloyd, 24, 26n
Works of Flavius Josephus, 501n
Worthington, Thomas
attends opening of Congress, 457n
and Kosciuszko's lands, 41
and Louisiana Purchase, 358, 359n
as member of Eighth Congress, 548
and Wabash saline, 664
Wright, Robert, 238, 547, 602n, 680n, 703n
Wright, Thomas (Pa.), 69
Württemberg, Electorate of, 603n
Wynns, Thomas
identified, 571n
letter from, 570-1
as member of Eighth Congress, 546
recommends aspirants for office, 570-1
Wythe, Anne, 304n
Wythe, George
law students of, 394n
letters from, 304-5, 712
recommends aspirants for office, 304-5, 369, 370n, 712