1 January to 31 May 1792

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The documents in this volume deal with an unusually active, dramatic period during Thomas Jefferson’s tenure as Secretary of State. They reveal for the first time the full extent of his role in securing Senate confirmation of Washington’s controversial nominees as ministers to France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. During this period Jefferson is instrumental in formulating American policy toward the Saint-Domingue slave revolt, while continuing his efforts to achieve a new commercial treaty with France so as to lessen American economic dependence on Great Britain. Two of his most famous state papers are composed at this time—a comprehensive letter to British minister George Hammond on infractions of the Treaty of Paris and an elaborate report to President Washington on a diplomatic settlement of American differences with Spain.

On the domestic front Jefferson encounters such issues as a serious Indian war in the Northwest Territory, the reorganization of the United States Army, the Panic of 1792, and the development of the Federal District. His role in the growing conflict between the Federalist party and the emerging Republican opposition is clearly revealed when he denounces Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, as a threat to republican government and urges Washington to serve a second term in order to ensure the survival of the union.

Table of Contents


C O N T E N T S

Guide to Editorial Apparatus	vii
Illustrations	xxxiii

1 7 9 2

From Edward Church, 1 January	3
To John Dobson, 1 January	4
From Christopher Gore, 1 January	5
From Alexander Hamilton, 1 January	5
From David Humphreys, 1 January	6
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 1 January	7
From Alexander Donald, 3 January	8
From Benjamin Hawkins, enclosing Notes on Senate Debate,
3 January	10
From William Hay, 3 January	15
To William Short, 3 January	16
From Christopher Gore, 4 January	16
From Benjamin Rush, 4 January	17
George Washington to the Senate, [ca. 4 January]	18
Memorandum on Meeting with Senate Committee, 4 January	19
To George Washington, 4 January	24
From Alexander Donald, 5 January	25
To William Short, 5 January	26
To J. P. P. Derieux, 6 January	27
From Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 6 January	28
To Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 7 January	28
To Philip Mazzei, 7 January	29
To William Short, 7 January	30
From J. P. P. Derieux, 8 January	30
To Francis Eppes, 8 January	31
To Daniel L. Hylton, 8 January	32
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 8 January	32
From Hasting Marks, 10 January	33
Report on Appointment of Consul at Copenhagen, 10 January	34
From James Monroe, [11] January	35
From John Page, 11 January	36
To James Madison, [12 January]	37
To John Page, 12 January	38
From John Page, [12] January	38
From John Page, [12] January	39
To Charles Pinckney, 12 January	39
To John Witherspoon, [12 January]	40
From Alexander Hamilton, 13 January	40
From George Washington, [13 January]	41
From Richard Peters, 14 January	41
From Jerman Baker, 15 January	42
To Alexander Hamilton, 15 January	43
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 15 January	44
From George Washington, [15 January]	45
To George Washington, 15 January	45
From Thomas Barclay, 16 January	46
From George Washington, [16 January]	47
From William Knox, 17 January	47
To Thomas Pinckney, 17 January	49
From Benjamin Rush, 17 January	50
George Washington to the Commissioners of the Federal
District, 17 January	50
From George Washington, 18 January	51
From Nathaniel Cutting, 21 January	51
From George Hammond, 22 January	52
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 22 January	52
Report on Case of Charles Russell, 22 January	53
To Montmorin, 23 January	55
To Gouverneur Morris, 23 January	55
To William Short, 23 January	58
To Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 23 January	60
From Nathaniel Cutting, 24 January	61
To Alexander Hamilton, 24 January	62
From George Meade, 24 January	63
From William Short, 24 January	64
To José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 25 January	66
From José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 25 January	67
From William Short, 25 January	68
To George Washington, 25 January	73
To Alexander Hamilton, 26 January	75
From Richard Harrison, 26 January	75
To José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 26 January	76
From Benjamin Rush, 26 January	77
To Daniel Carroll, 27 January	77
From José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 27 January	78
From Edmund Randolph, 27 January	81
To George Hammond, 28 January	82
From Richard Peters, 28 January	82
To William Short, 28 January	83
From George Washington, 28 January	84
To George Washington, enclosing George Washington to
Gouverneur Morris, 28 January	85
To Joshua Johnson, 29 January	87
To Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 29 January	87
From Thomas Barclay, 30 January	88
From George Hammond, 30 January	89
From George Hammond, 30 January	90
From Thomas Auldjo, 1 February	91
From David Humphreys, 1 February	92
From Tobias Lear, 1 February	93
From Lucy Ludwell Paradise, 1 February	93
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 1 February	95
To George Washington, 1 February	96
To George Washington, [1 February]	96
From Joel Barlow, 2 February	96
To George Hammond, 2 February	97
From Daniel L. Hylton, 2 February	98
From Daniel Carroll, 3 February	98
From William Vaughan, 4 February	99
To George Washington, 4 February	100
To Daniel L. Hylton, 5 February	102
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 5 February	103
To Richard Harrison, 6 February	103
From George Washington, [7? February]	104
To George Washington, 7 February	104
From William Short, 8 February	106
From George Washington, [9 February]	109
From David Humphreys, 11 February	110
From Tobias Lear, 11 February	111
From George Washington, 11 February	111
From Daniel L. Hylton, 12 February	112
From Madame d'Enville, 13 February	112
From Joseph Fenwick, 13 February	113
To Samuel A. Otis, 13 February	114
From Thomas Paine, 13 February	115
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 13 February	115
From J. P. P. Derieux, 14 February	116
From Alexander Donald, 15 February	118
From William Knox, 15 February	119
From George Washington, 15 February	119
From George Mason, 16 February	120
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 17 February	121
From George Hammond, 18 February	122
From George Thompson, 18 February	124
From Daniel L. Hylton, 19 February	125
From James Madison, 20 February	125
From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 20 February	125
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 20 February	126
To Nathaniel Barret, 21 February	127
From Nathaniel Cutting, 21 February	127
From C. W. F. Dumas, 21 February	128
Explanations of Ferdinand Grand's Accounts, 21 February	128
Explanations of Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard's Accounts,
21 February	138
To Richard Harrison, 21 February	140
To Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 22 February	141
From Edmund Randolph, 22 February	142
To The Speaker of the House of Representatives, 22 February	143
From George Washington, [22 February]	143
From Thomas Barclay, 23 February	144
From Anthony Giannini, 23 February	145
From Thomas Barclay, 24 February	145
From William Barton, 24 February	146
From Delamotte, 24 February	146
From George Washington, [24 February]	147
From David Campbell, 25 February	148
To George Hammond, 25 February	148
From Thomas Pinckney, 25 February	149
To James Currie, 26 February	149
From Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 26 February	150
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 26 February	159
To Fulwar Skipwith, 26 February	159
From George Washington, 26 February	160
From George Washington, 26 February	160
To Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 27 February	161
From Oliver Pollock, 27 February	162
From George Washington, [ca. 28 February]	163
From Thomas Johnson, 29 February	164
Report on Proceedings of Executive in Northwest Territory,
29 February	167
From William Short, 29 February	167
From William Short, 29 February	170
To Jean Baptiste Ternant, 29 February	171
Notes on the Constitutionality of Bounties to Encourage
Manufacturing, [February]	172
From Thomas Barclay, 1 March	174
From Walter Boyd, 1 March	174
To Daniel Carroll, 1 March	177
From Nathaniel Cutting, 1 March	177
Hamilton's Notes on Report of Instructions for the
Commissioners to Spain, with Jefferson's Comments,[1-5 March]	179
Memoranda of Conversations with the President, 1 March	184
To George Walker, 1 March	188
Statement on Major William Galvan, 2 March	188
From George Washington, 2 March	189
To George Washington, 2 March	189
To José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 3 March	191
From Jean Baptiste Ternant, 3 March	191
To José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 4 March	191
Plan for Expediting Postal Service, [4 March]	192
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 4 March	193
To the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 4 March	193
From George Washington, 4 March	194
Agenda for Commissioners of the Federal District,
[ca. 5 March]	194
From George Hammond, 5 March	196
From Tobias Lear, 5 March	220
From James Madison, 5 March	223
From George Washington, [5? March]	223
From Daniel Carroll, 6 March	223
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, enclosing
Contract with Samuel Blodget, Jr., An Advertisement for the
Capitol, and An Advertisement for the President's House,
6 March	224
From Alexander Hamilton, 6 March	228
From David Humphreys, 6 March	228
To Robert R. Livingston, 6 March	229
Memorandum on Deed of Lormerie, 7 March	230
To Jean Baptiste Ternant, 7 March	231
From José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 7 March	232
To George Washington, 7 March	233
To George Washington, 7 March	234
From George Washington, [7 March]	234
To Thomas FitzSimons, 8 March	235
To Elizabeth Hylton, 8 March	236
To Thomas Johnson, enclosing Calculation of Payment
Schedule for Federal District Loan, 8 March	236
From David Meade Randolph, 8 March	239
From George Washington, [8 March]	239
Memorandum of Consultation on Indian Policy, 9 March	239
From George Walker, 9 March	244
To Alexander Hamilton, 10 March	245
From Daniel L. Hylton, 10 March	245
Memorandum on References by Congress to Heads of Departments,
[10 March]	246
To Gouverneur Morris, 10 March	248
From George Washington, [10 March]	250
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 11 March	250
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 11 March	251
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, 11 March	252
To Francis Eppes, enclosing Account with John Banister, Jr.,
11 March	253
To James Lyle, 11 March	255
Memorandum of Conference with the President on Treaty with
Algiers, 11 March	256
Memoranda of Consultations with the President,
11 March-9 April	258
From William Short, 11 March	265
To Jerman Baker, 12 March	268
To J. P. P. Derieux, 12 March	268
To Hasting Marks, 12 March	269
Memorandum of Advice for the President, 12 March	269
Notes on British Commercial Relations with United States,
[12 March]	270
From George Washington, [12 March]	271
To John Witherspoon, 12 March	271
To Edward Church, 13 March	272
To Delamotte, 13 March	273
To Joseph Fenwick, 13 March	273
To William Hay, 13 March	274
To Daniel L. Hylton, 13 March	275
From Madame Plumard de Bellanger, 13 March	275
To George Washington, 13 March	277
From the Commissioners of the Federal District, 14 March	278
From the Commissioners of the Federal District, 14 March	278
To Henry Lee, 14 March	281
George Washington to Louis XVI, 14 March	281
From John Page, 14 March	282
To George Walker, 14 March	283
From George Washington, 14 March	283
From George Washington, [14 March]	284
From Daniel Carroll, 15 March	284
From Thomas Barclay, 16 March	285
From Charles Louis Clérisseau, 16 March	286
To James Madison, 16 March	286
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 16 March	287
From Henry Remsen, 16 March	288
To Jerman Baker, 17 March	288
To John Joseph de Barth, 17 March	289
From David Humphreys, 17 March	290
To Daniel L. Hylton, 17 March	290
From George Taylor, Jr., 17 March	291
From Joel Barlow, 18 March	292
To William Carmichael and William Short, 18 March	292
From David Humphreys, 18 March	293
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 18 March	294
To Henry Remsen, 18 March	295
Report on Negotiations with Spain, 18 March	296
To William Short, 18 March	317
To William Short, 18 March	318
To George Washington, 18 March	320
From Alexander Hamilton, 20 March	320
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, 21 March	320
From John Melcher, 21 March	322
From George Walker, enclosing Robert Peters and Others to
George Walker, 21 March	322
To George Washington, [21 March]	323
From George Washington, [21 March]	324
To Thomas Bell, 22 March	324
From Joseph Ceracchi, 22 March	325
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 22 March	326
Report on Proposed Convention with Spain Concerning Fugitives,
enclosing Proposed Convention with Spain and Considerations
on a Convention with Spain, 22 March	327
To the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 22 March	332
From Andrew Ellicott, 23 March	332
From Daniel L. Hylton, 23 March	333
To José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 23 March	334
From Henry Lee, 23 March	335
From Jean Baptiste Ternant, 24 March	336
From George Washington, [24 March]	336
To John Hancock, 25 March	337
From David Humphreys, 25 March	337
From William Short, 25 March	337
From George Washington, 25 March	341
From Benjamin Hawkins, 26 March	342
To Daniel L. Hylton, 26 March	343
Memorandum of Conversation between Philemon Dickinson and
George Hammond, 26 March	344
From Benjamin Rush, 26 March	345
To George Walker, 26 March	345
To David Campbell, 27 March	346
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 27 March	347
To Timothy Pickering, 28 March	347
From Fulwar Skipwith, 28 March	348
To George Washington, 28 March	349
From the Commissioners of the Federal District, 30 March	350
To George Hammond, 30 March	352
From George Hammond, 30 March	354
From David Humphreys, 30 March	355
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 30 March	355
From George Washington, [30 March]	356
From Thomas Barclay, 31 March	356
To George Hammond, 31 March	357
To William Barton, 1 April	358
To Jacob Blackwell, 1 April	359
From William Lewis, 1 April	359
To Charles Pinckney, 1 April	360
From George Washington, [1 April]	361
To George Washington, enclosing Considerations on Policy
toward Algiers, 1 April	361
To Hugh Williamson, 1 April	363
From John Churchman, 2 April	363
From James Monroe, 2 April	365
From George Pfeiffer, 2 April	365
To Rodolph Valltravers, 2 April	366
To George Washington, 2 April	367
From Andrew Ellicott, 3 April	367
From Tobias Lear, 3 April	368
From George Washington, 3 April	368
To David Allison, 4 April	369
From Fisher Ames, 4 April	369
To John Churchman, 4 April	369
Opinion on Apportionment Bill, 4 April	370
From George Washington, [4 April]	378
To George Washington, 4 April	378
To Benjamin Bankson, [5 April]	378
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, 5 April	379
To Leonard Harbaugh, 5 April	379
From George Hammond, 6 April	379
From Joshua Johnson, 6 April	381
From Gouverneur Morris, 6 April	382
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 6 April	384
To Thomas Barclay, 9 April	384
To William Carmichael, 9 April	385
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, 9 April	385
To David Humphreys, 9 April	386
To Adam Lindsay, 9 April	388
From James Maury, 9 April	388
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 9 April	389
From William Rawle, 9 April	389
From Thomas Barclay, 10 April	391
From Gouverneur Morris, 10 April	392
From Elias Boudinot, [11 April]	393
From Elias Boudinot, 11 April	394
From the Commissioners of the Federal District, 11 April	396
From George Hammond, 11 April	397
From Daniel L. Hylton, 11 April	399
From Thomas Johnson, 11 April	400
From James Monroe, 11 April	400
To James Monroe, 11 April	401
From Henry Remsen, 11 April	401
To the Senators and Representatives of Virginia, 11 April	403
To George Washington, 11 April	404
From William Duval, 12 April	404
From W. Barry Grove, 12 April	405
To George Hammond, 12 April	406
From George Hammond, 12 April	406
From Benjamin Hawkins, 12 April	407
To Nicholas Lewis, 12 April	408
From Adam Lindsay, 12 April	409
From Nathaniel Macon, 12 April	410
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 12 April	411
From John Steele, [12 April]	411
From Edward Church, 13 April	412
From Nathaniel Cutting, 13 April	413
To George Hammond, 13 April	417
From George Hammond, [13 April]	418
From John Hylton, 13 April	418
From Joshua Johnson, 13 April	419
From Samuel Johnston, 13 April	420
To George Washington, 13 April	421
From the Commissioners of the Federal District, 14 April	422
To Francis Eppes, enclosing Form of Receipt for Bonds,
14 April	423
From Mark Leavenworth, 14 April	424
To Henry Remsen, 14 April	425
From Thomas Barclay, 15 April	426
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 15 April	427
From Tobias Lear, 15 April	427
From Samuel Smith, 15 April	428
From Daniel Carroll, 16 April	428
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 16 April	429
American Philosophical Society's Circular on
the Hessian Fly, 17 April	430
From Samuel Mackay, 17 April	433
To Alexander Hamilton, 19 April	433
From Alexander Hamilton, 19 April	433
From Alexander Hamilton, 19 April	434
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 19 April	435
From Samuel Blodget, Jr., 20 April	437
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, 20 April	437
To William Foushee, 22 April	438
From William Irvine, [ca. 22] April	439
From William Short, 22 April	440
From William Blount, 23 April	443
From the Senators and Representatives of Maryland, [23 April]	444
From Henry Remsen, 23 April	447
To Samuel Smith, 23 April	453
To William Carmichael and William Short, 24 April	453
To William Carmichael, 24 April	454
To Samuel and Sheppard Church, 24 April	455
From D'Anmours, 24 April	455
To Joseph Fenwick, 24 April	456
From Catherine Greene, [ca. 24 April]	457
To Thomas Leiper, 24 April	457
From John F. Mifflin, 24 April	458
To William Short, 24 April	458
To William Short, 24 April	460
Affidavit of Samuel Bayard, 25 April	461
To David Beveridge, 25 April	461
From C. W. F. Dumas, 25 April	461
From the Senators and Representatives of Georgia, 25 April	462
To Catherine Greene, 25 April	462
From Catherine Greene, 25 April	463
To Richard Henry Lee, 25 April	463
From Gouverneur Morris, 25 April	464
From Adam Lindsay, 26 April	465
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 27 April	466
To Gouverneur Morris, 28 April	467
From Charles Pinckney, 28 April	469
From George Washington, 28 April	470
To Delamotte, 29 April	471
To Joseph Fenwick, 29 April	471
From David Humphreys, 29 April	472
To Gouverneur Morris, 29 April	472
From Joseph Fenwick, 30 April	473
From James Maury, 30 April	474
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 1 May	474
From George Gilmer, 1 May	474
From James Monroe, 1 May	475
To Henry Knox, 2 May	476
From William Short, 2 May	477
From Samuel Blodget, Jr., 3 May	479
From Ernst Frederick Gayer, 3 May	480
From David Humphreys, 3 May	480
From Thomas Newton, Jr., 4 May	481
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 4 May	481
To Edward Church, 5 May	482
To John Dobson, 5 May	482
From William B. Giles, 6 May	483
From Thomas Barclay, 7 May	485
From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 7 May	486
From James Maury, 8 May	487
George Washington to William Smith, 8 May	487
From George Hammond, 9 May	488
From William Vans Murray, [9 May]	488
From Thomas Pinckney, 9 May	489
From Thomas Barclay, 10 May	490
From Daniel Carroll, 10 May	490
To the Commissioners of the Federal District, 11 May	491
From Madame d'Enville, 11 May	491
To George Gilmer, 11 May	492
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 11 May	493
From Hans Rodolph Saabye, 11 May	493
To Samuel Sterett, 11 May	495
To Elias Vanderhorst, 11 May	495
From Andrew Ellicott, 13 May	496
To James Madison, enclosing Notes on Bonds, 13 May	496
From Samuel Sterett, 13 May	498
From Daniel L. Hylton, [14 May]	498
From John Page, 15 May	499
From John M. Pintard, 15 May	499
From Hugh Rose, 15 May	500
From William Short, 15 May	503
From William Short, 15 May	505
From Edward Church, 16 May	510
To Sharp Delany, 16 May	513
From Daniel L. Hylton, 16 May	513
James Madison's Notes on Jefferson's Letter to George Hammond,[ca. 16 May]	514
To Thomas Pinckney, 16 May	517
From Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 16 May	517
To George Washington, 16 May	518
From Thomas Barclay, 17 May	519
From Edward Church, 17 May	520
From Daniel L. Hylton, 17 May	521
To Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 17 May	521
From William Short, 17 May	522
To José de Jaudenes and José Ignacio de Viar, 17 May	523
To James Madison, [18 May]	524
From Sir John Sinclair, 18 May	524
To George Washington, 18 May	524
From Joshua Johnson, 19 May	525
From Francis Willis, 19 May	526
From Joseph Fenwick, 20 May	526
Alexander Hamilton's Notes on Jefferson's Letter to George
Hammond, with Jefferson's Response, [20-27 May]	527
From David Humphreys, 21 May	531
From George Washington, 21 May	532
From Philip Mazzei, 23 May	533
To George Washington, 23 May	535
To George Washington, 23 May	535
To Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 23 May	541
From J. P. P. Derieux, 25 May	542
From James Fanning, 25 May	542
From Daniel L. Hylton, 25 May	543
From Edward Rutledge, 26 May	544
To Thomas Leiper, 27 May	545
From James Maury, 27 May	545
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 27 May	546
From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 27 May	546
From Thomas Barclay, 28 May	547
From Peter Carr, 28 May	548
To Henry Knox, 28 May	549
From William Knox, 28 May	549
From Ezra Stiles, 28 May	550
To George Hammond, 29 May	551
From Thomas Leiper, 29 May	613
From Edmund Randolph, 29 May	614
To Mary Jefferson, [30 May]	614
From Thomas Leiper, 30 May	614
To Thomas Leiper, 30 May	615
To George Washington, 30 May	615
From Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 30 May	616
Circular to Consuls and Vice-Consuls, 31 May	617
To James Mease, 31 May	620
From F. P. Van Berckel, 31 May	621
To James Woodhouse, 31 May	621

Index	623

Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Abdelaru Fenis

in Moroccan civil war, 391

Abderhaman Benasser

in Moroccan civil war, 46, 104, 174, 391, 426-7

relations with U.S., 285-6

Account of the New, Improved Sea Compasses (Kenneth MacCulloch)

cited by Churchman, 364

Account of the Sugar-Maple Tree (Benjamin Rush)

sent to TJ, 77

Adams, John

opposition to, 24n

account audited by Harrison, 75

employs Dumas as U.S. agent, 100

payment by, 132

and treaty of amity and commerce with Prussia, 135

payment to, 136-7, 138

and infractions of peace treaty, 197

polemics with Daniel Leonard, 402n

and restitution of Loyalist property, 556

and installment payments of debt to British, 575, 608n

and enforcement of peace treaty, 577-8

letter to Jay on peace treaty cited, 593, 605n

diary on peace treaty negotiations cited, 603n

and slaves not returned by British, 608n

Advice to the Privileged Orders (Joel Barlow)

sent to TJ, 96, 292

Agricultural Society of South Carolina

caper plants for, 251

olive trees for, 251

and olive culture, 495

agriculture

TJ's views on, 27, 249, 618

Aitcheson, Mr.

delivers letters for TJ, 159-60

Alafoñes, John Carlos of Braganza, Duke of

relations with Humphreys, 110

Albemarle co., Va.

trial for freedom of slaves in, 117

crops in, 436

Algiers

relations with U.S., 21, 250, 256-8, 263, 361-2, 474, 615

acquires Oran, 144, 293

relations with Sweden, 144, 547

and piracy, 251, 252

relations with Spain, 310

payment of tribute to, 361-2

naval blockade of, 362, 547

navy, 547

relations with Naples, 547

Algiers, American captives in

ransom of, 136-7, 139, 256-8, 263, 361-2, 369, 427, 615

subsistence of, 251

William Duncan not among, 355

petitions, 473, 474, 547

Algiers, Dey of. See Ali Hassanaliens

rights in Md., 445, 446n, 563

and peace treaty, 528

rights in Ga., 560-1

Ali Hassan, Dey of Algiers

relations with U.S., 474

and defense against Naples, 547

Allegheny river

and proposed revision of U.S.-Canadian border, 239-40

Allen, Andrew. See Hoare v. Allen

Allison, David

letter to, 369

agent of William Blount, 148n

delivers letter to TJ, 148n, 346

letter from cited, 369n

American Philosophical Society

Ceracchi elected member of, 230n

Valltravers elected member of, 366

and investigation of Hessian fly, 430-3

American Revolution

TJ's views on, 296-7

considered as rebellion by British, 554

Ames, Fisher

letter from, 369

thought to be "Massachusettensis," xxxiv, 402n, 452

and ransom of captives in Algiers, 369

and apportionment bill, 377n

Amsterdam

exchange rate, 3, 146

loan to U.S., 170

"Anas"

entries in, 19-22, 184-7, 239-43, 246-7, 256-7, 258-64

Anderson, Mr. (Norfolk)

note from Mazzei, 534

Angoumois, France

insect of, 122

Anthony. See Giannini, Anthony

Antifederalists

alliance with Republicans, 537

Antwerp

loan to U.S., 170, 248

and right to navigate Scheldt, 301, 314n

Apalachicola river

as Ga. boundary, 296, 298

Aphorisms on Man (Johann Kaspar Lavater)

for Martha Jefferson Randolph, 481-2, 493

apportionment

bill for, 7, 187, 264, 265n, 287, 370-7, 387, 388, 408

TJ's opinion on, 370-6

apricots

requested by Rose, 502

Aranda, Pedro Pablo Abárca y Boléa, Conde de

appointed foreign minister, 228-9, 265-7, 339, 341n, 488

Argote, Antonio

ruled owner of San Antonio, 272n

Arguments and Judgment in the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York

New-York

used by Hammond, 381n

Armstrong, John

conflict with Symmes, 349

and N.C. land warrants, 443

arson

punishment for, 329

Artois, Charles Philippe, Comte d'

opposes French Revolution, 7n

Asquith, Lister

payment to, 130, 135

case of, 135

assignats

value of, 3, 30-1

depreciation, 9, 65, 69, 108, 114, 146, 170, 251, 252, 268,

412-13, 542

appreciation, 338, 412-13, 546

assumption

Hamiltonian policy criticized by R.I., 246

additional favored by S.C., 247

Hamilton's plan for additional, 408

Ast, William Frederick

payment to, 139

asylum

and proposed commercial treaty with Spain, 310

Atkyns, John Tracy

Reports of Cases, 590

Attorney General, U.S. See Randolph, Edmund

Auditor. See Harrison, Richard

Auguette, M.

introduced to TJ, 455-6

Augusta, Ga.

postal service, 348n

Auldjo, Thomas

letter to, 617-18, 619n

letter from, 91-2

Austin, William

TJ's debt to, 513

Austria

relations with France, 68, 72, 107, 170, 267, 287, 440, 461,

464-5, 473, 474, 477-9, 499, 504, 525, 531-2, 543

relations with Prussia, 70, 479

relations with Great Britain, 464

Autun, Bishop of. See Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de