1 March 1796 to 31 December 1797

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In the twenty-two months covered by this volume, Jefferson spent most of his time at Monticello, where in his short-lived retirement from office he turned in earnest to the renovation of his residence and described himself as a ''monstrous farmer.'' Yet he narrowly missed being elected George Washington's successor as president and took the oath of office as vice president in March 1797. In early summer he presided over the Senate after President John Adams summoned Congress to deal with the country's worsening relations with France. As the key figure in the growing ''Republican quarter,'' Jefferson collaborated with such allies as James Monroe and James Madison and drafted a petition to the Virginia House of Delegates upholding the right of representatives to communicate freely with their constituents.

The unauthorized publication of a letter to Philip Mazzei, in which Jefferson decried the former ''Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council'' who had been ''shorn by the harlot England,'' made the vice president the uncomfortable target of intense partisan attention. In addition, Luther Martin publicly challenged Jefferson's treatment, in Notes on Virginia, of the famous oration of Logan.

Jefferson became president of the American Philosophical Society and presented a paper describing the fossilized remains of the megalonyx, or ''great claw.'' At Monticello he evaluated the merits of threshing machines, corresponded with British agricultural authorities, sought new crops for his rotation schemes, manufactured nails, and entertained family members and visitors.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

FOREWORD	vii
GUIDE TO EDITORIAL APPARATUS	xi
ILLUSTRATIONS	xxxvii
JEFFERSON CHRONOLOGY	2

1796

From Benjamin Rush, 1 March	3
To James Monroe, 2 March	4
From Robert Pollard, 3 March	6
To James Madison, 6 March	6
From James Madison, 6 March	9
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 6 March	11
To Richard Harrison, 8 March	11
Statement on Accounts as
Minister Plenipotentiary in France, 8 March
To Richard Harrison, 9 March	24
From James Madison, 13 March	25
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 13 March	26
From Thomas Pinckney, 16 March	27
From William Cabell, 17 March	30
To Jean Antoine Gautier, 17 March	30
To Richard Harrison, 17 March	33
To William Blount, 19 March	34
To William Branch Giles, 19 March	35
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 19 March	36
To Robert Brooke, [20 March]	37
From William Branch Giles, 20 March	38
Memorandum to Richard Harrison, [ca. 20 March]	38
To John Pendleton, 20 March	39
To James Madison, 21 March	41
From James Madison, 21 March	41
To James Monroe, 21 March	41
To Benjamin Hawkins, 22 March	42
To John Bowyer, 25 March	44
From Patrick White, 25 March	45
From William Branch Giles, 26 March	45
To John Barnes, 27 March	50
To James Brown, 27 March	50
To James Madison, 27 March	51
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 27 March	52
From Volney, 28 March	53
From William Branch Giles, 31 March	54
From James Madison, 4 April	55
To Archibald Stuart, 5 April	57
From John Adams, 6 April	58
From William Branch Giles, 6 April	60
To Volney, 10 April	61
From James Madison, 11 April	62
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 11 April	63
From John Stuart, 11 April	64
From Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 11 April	65
Agreement with Randolph Jefferson, 17 April	66
To James Madison, enclosing
Extract of Madison's Notes on
Debates in the Federal Convention and
Extracts from Jefferson's Papers, with Comments, 17 April
From Thomas Pinckney, 17 April	69
From James Madison, 18 April	70
From Tench Coxe, 22 April	71
From Aaron Burr, 23 April	72
From James Madison, 23 April	72
Jefferson's Letter to Philip Mazzei	73
I. Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 24 April
II. Extract and Commentary Printed in the Paris Moniteur,
III. Extract and Commentary Printed in the New York Minerva,


IV. Italian Translation of Extract, n.d.
To James Madison, 24 April	88
To Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 24 April	90
To Thomas Mann Randolph, [25 April]	90
From Bushrod Washington, 26 April	91
From Edward Rutledge, 30 April	92
To James Lyle, 1 May	93
From James Madison, 1 May	93
From James Madison, 9 May	95
To James Lyle, enclosing Deed of Mortgage of Slaves to
Henderson, McCaul & Company, 12 May
Deed of Mortgage of Slaves to Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 12 May	98
To Francis Walker, 14 May	99
From Archibald Stuart, 15 May	99
To Mann Page, [16 May]	100
From Alexandre Lerebours, 17 May	101
From Patrick White, 19 May	102
From William Strickland, 20 May	102
From Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 21 May	106
To John Barnes, 2[2] May	107
From James Madison, 22 May	108
From William Thornton, 22 May	110
From Volney, 22 May	111
To James Brown, 23 May	112
To Archibald Stuart, 26 May	113
To John Stuart, 26 May	113
From Sir John Sinclair, 28 May	114
From William Strickland, 28 May	115
From Joseph Marx, 29 May	119
From James Madison, 30 May	119
From Robert Pleasants, 1 June	120
To Joseph Marx, 4 June	121
To Charles Willson Peale, 5 June	121
From Jean Antoine Gautier, 7 June	122
To James Monroe, 12 June	123
To John Barnes, 19 June	125
To George Washington du Motier de Lafayette, [19 June]	126
To George Washington, 19 June	127
From Richard Stith, 20 June	130
From Jonathan Williams, 20 June	130
To John Breckinridge, 21 June	131
To Jean Baptiste Ducoigne, [21 June]	131
To Harry Innes, 21 June	132
To Henri Peyroux de la Coudrèniere, 21 June	132
To Isaac Shelby, 21 June	134
To Archibald Stuart, 21 June	134
From Tench Coxe, 22 June	134
From Charles Willson Peale, 22 June	136
To Hite, 29 June	137
To Archibald Stuart, 29 June	138
To David Rittenhouse, 3 July	138
To Jonathan Williams, 3 July	139
To J. P. P. Derieux, [4 July]	141
From George Washington, 6 July	141
To Madame de Chastellux, 10 July	144
To Tench Coxe, 10 July	146
To James Monroe, 10 July	147
From LaRochefoucauld-Liancourt, 11 July	148
From Volney, 12 July	150
From John Stuart, 13 July	152
To Francis Willis, 15 July	153
From John Guillemard, 18 July	154
From Philip Turpin, 18 July	155
From James Martin, [20 July]	156
To William Alexander, 26 July	158
From George Wythe, 27 July	158
From George Washington du Motier de Lafayette, 29 July	159
From James Monroe, 30 July	160
From Benjamin Smith Barton, 1 August	165
To Francis Eppes, 4 August	166
To John Barnes, 7 August	167
To George Wythe, 8 August	168
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 12 August	168
From William Cocke, 17 August	169
To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 August	170
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 19 August	170
From Archibald Stuart, 19 August	171
From Wakelin Welch, enclosing
Account with Robert Cary & Company, 22 August
From Volney, 24 August	174
From John Stuart, 25 August	177
To Robert Pleasants, [27 August]	177
From George Washington, 28 August	178
Questions on the Cow Pea, with Answers of Philip Tabb,
[after 30 August]
From John Carey, 1 September	180
From Benjamin Smith Barton, 5 September	182
From Sir John Sinclair, 10 September	183
To John Barnes, 11 September	183
To Joseph Donath, 11 September	184
From Galvan, 21 September	184
From John Garland Jefferson, 21 September	185
From John Wayles Eppes, 25 September	186
To John Barnes, 2 October	186
To Joseph Donath, 2 October	187
To William Booker, 4 October	187
From William Booker, 7 October	188
To Bushrod Washington, 9 October	189
From William Frederick Ast, 10 October	190
To Benjamin Smith Barton, 10 October	192
Documents Relating to the 1796 Campaign for
Electors in Virginia
I. Certificate of William Marshall, 10 October
II. Certificate of Joseph Jones Monroe and Thomas Bell,

To William Cocke, 21 October	199
From Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 21 October	199
To James Currie, 22 October	200
From Benjamin Smith Barton, 25 October	200
From James Lyle, enclosing Statement of Interest and Payments
on Bonds to Henderson, McCaul & Company, 25 October
From William Fleming, 30 October	204
To John Carey, 10 November	205
To John Stuart, 10 November	205
To John Barnes, 13 November	206
From William Booker, 17 November	207
From Jean Armand Tronchin, enclosing Tronchin's Memorandum
on Recovering Foreign Debts in America, 17 November
Deed of Mortgage of Slaves to Van Staphorst & Hubbard,
21 November
To Peter Carr, 28 November	210
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 28 November	211
To John Barnes, 4 December	212
To Joseph Donath, 4 December	212
To Henry Banks, 5 December	213
From James Madison, 5 December	214
To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 5 December	215
From John Wickham, 8 December	217
From James Madison, 10 December	218
To John Barnes, enclosing Power of Attorney to
John Barnes for William Short, 11 December
To Thomas A. Taylor, 11 December	219
From Volney, 12 December	220
To John Garland Jefferson, 17 December	222
To James Madison, 17 December	223
To Volney, [17 December]	224
From John Wayles Eppes, 19 December	226
From James Madison, 19 December	226
From James Madison, 25 December	227
From Volney, 26 December	229
From Enoch Edwards, 27 December	230
To Edward Rutledge, 27 December	231
Jefferson's Letter to John Adams	234
I. To John Adams, 28 December
II. Copy from Memory, 28 December
From Volney, 29 December	237
From Archibald Stuart, 31 December	239
Declaration for the Mutual Assurance Society, [1796 or later]	239
Memorandum on Farming Operations, [1796 or later]	244
Notes on a Copying Process, [1796]	246

1797

Jefferson's Letter to James Madison	247
I. To James Madison, 1 January
II. Copy from Memory, 1 January
From Benjamin Rush, 4 January	251
To Archibald Stuart, 4 January	252
From the American Philosophical Society, 7 January	254
To James Madison, 8 January	255
From James Madison, 8 January	255
To Volney, 8 January	257
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 9 January	260
From James Sullivan, 12 January	262
From James Wood, 14 January	262
From James Madison, 15 January	263
To James Madison, 16 January	266
From John Stuart, 16 January	266
To Henry Tazewell, 16 January	267
To John Wickham, 20 January	268
To Enoch Edwards, 22 January	269
To John Langdon, 22 January	269
To James Madison, 22 January	270
From James Madison, 22 January	272
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 22 January	273
To Benjamin Rush, 22 January	275
To George Wythe, 22 January	275
To the American Philosophical Society, 28 January	276
To John Barnes, 28 January	277
To John Marshall, 28 January	278
To James Wood, 28 January	279
From James Madison, 29 January	280
To James Madison, 30 January	280
From Henry Tazewell, 1 February	281
From George Wythe, 1 February	283
From Benjamin Rush, 4 February	284
From James Madison, 5 February	285
From Charles Willson Peale, 6 February	286
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 6 February	287
From Robert Pleasants, 8 February	287
To James Sullivan, 9 February	289
Memoir on the Megalonyx, [10 February]	291
From James Madison, 11 February	304
From Timothy Pickering, 11 February	305
From Timothy Pickering, 11 February	306
To James Lyle, 12 February	306
From Timothy Pickering, 16 February	307
From Mary Jefferson, 27 February	308
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 28 February	308
Notes on a Paragraph by John Henry, [after 1 March]	309
From James Wood, 3 March	309
Address to the Senate, [4 March]	310
From Madame de Chastellux, 5 March	312
From Enoch Edwards, [6 March]	313
From Enoch Edwards, 9 March	313
To Mary Jefferson, 11 March	314
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 11 March	315
To William Short, 12 March	316
To Sir John Sinclair, 12 March	318
To William Strickland, 12 March	319
From Volney, 15 March	320
From Samuel Brown, 17 March	321
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 23 March	322
From Peregrine Fitzhugh, 25 March	323
To John Barnes, 26 March	324
From Timothy Pickering, 26 March	325
From John Trumbull, 26 March	325
From Elbridge Gerry, 27 March	326
To William Vans Murray, 27 March	327
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 27 March	327
To Van Staphorst & Hubbard, enclosing
Bond to Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 27 March
To Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 28 March	331
From William Short, 30 March	332
From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 31 March	334
From Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 31 March	334
To James Wood, enclosing Notes on Plan of a Prison, and
Table of Estimates, 31 March
From Thomas Paine, 1 April	340
To John Brown, 5 April	345
To Peregrine Fitzhugh, 9 April	346
From Alexandre Giroud, 9 April	347
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 9 April	349
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 9 April	349
To Elizabeth House Trist, 9 April	350
To Volney, 9 April	352
From Mann Page, 19 April	353
From Jean François Paul Grand, 1 May	354
From Pierre Auguste Adet, 4 May	355
From Elbridge Gerry, 4 May	355
From Edward Rutledge, 4 May	356
From William Wirt, with Jefferson's Notes, 4 May	358
From “Monitor,” 7 May	359
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 7 May	360
From Antonia Reynon Carmichael, 8 May	360
From Horatio Gates, 9 May	361
To Elbridge Gerry, 13 May	361
From Thomas Paine, 14 May	366
From Thomas Bee, 16 May	367
To Benjamin Smith Barton, 17 May	367
From Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 17 May	368
From Dugnani, 17 May	370
To Thomas Bell, 18 May	370
To James Madison, 18 May	371
Richard O'Brien's Memorandum on Naval Protection, 18 May	375
From John Oliver, 18 May	377
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 18 May	379
From Peregrine Fitzhugh, 19 May	380
From “A Native American,” [19 May]	382
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 19 May	385
From Edward Rutledge, 19 May	386
From Elbridge Gerry, 22 May	387
To Alexandre Giroud, 22 May	387
To Allen Jones, 22 May	388
From Charles Louis Clérisseau, 23 May	389
To Louis of Parma, 23 May	389
The Senate to John Adams, [23 May]	392
John Adams to the Senate, [24 May]	396
To Angelica Schuyler Church, 24 May	396
From Hugh Williamson, 24 May	398
To Elbridge Gerry, 25 May	398
To Mary Jefferson, 25 May	399
From William Linn, 25 May	400
To William Wardlaw, 25 May	401
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 26 May	402
From Elbridge Gerry, 28 May	402
From Hugh Williamson, 28 May	403
From Sebastian Bauman, 29 May	403
To Thomas Pinckney, 29 May	404
To Antonia Reynon Carmichael, 30 May	406
To Horatio Gates, 30 May	407
To John Oliver, 30 May	408
To John Gibson, 31 May	409
To James Madison, 1 June	411
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 1 June	413
To Dugald Stewart, [2 June]	415
To Peregrine Fitzhugh, 4 June	415
To Wakelin Welch, 4 June	419
Senate Resolution on Appointment of
Charles C. Pinckney, [5 June]
From Tench Coxe, 7 June	420
To James Madison, 8 June	421
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 8 June	424
To French Strother, 8 June	425
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 9 June	426
From Thomas Bell, 12 June	427
From Mary Jefferson, 12 June	428
To John Moody, 13 June	428
To Mary Jefferson, [14 June]	429
To Edward Stevens, 14 June	431
To John Strode, 14 June	432
To James Madison, 15 June	433
From Pierre Malon, 15 June	435
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 15 June	436
To Aaron Burr, 17 June	437
From John Gibson, 17 June	440
To Henry Remson, 17 June	441
From Peregrine Fitzhugh, 20 June	442
Book Dedication from Benjamin Smith Barton, 21 June	445
From Aaron Burr, 21 June	447
To Elbridge Gerry, 21 June	448
From Sir John Sinclair, 21 June	449
To James Madison, 22 June	450
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 22 June	451
To John Gibson, 24 June	451
From Luther Martin, 24 June	452
To Edward Rutledge, 24 June	455
From Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 26 June	457
To Andrew G. Fraunces, 27 June	459
To Edmund Randolph, 27 June	459
To Andrew G. Fraunces, 28 June	460
To James Madison, 29 June	461
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 29 June	462
From La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 30 June	462
To William Short, 30 June	463
From Willem H. van Hasselt, 30 June	465
To Thomas Mifflin, 1 July	468
Account with John Francis, 3 July	469
From Arthur Campbell, 4 July	469
From Edmond Charles Genet, 4 July	470
Senate Resolution on William Blount, [4 July]	472
To Volney, 5 July	474
From Volney, 5 July	474
From Elbridge Gerry, 6 July	475
Suit against the Estate of William Ronald:
Order and Report, 10 July
From James Monroe, 12 July	478
From Sir John Sinclair, 15 July	480
From William Wirt, with Jefferson's Notes, 15 July	481
To John Barnes, [18] July	481
From Volney, 19 July	482
To James Madison, 24 July	483
From John Barnes, 26 July	484
To John Barnes, 31 July	484
From Delamotte, 31 July	485
Note on Diplomatic Appointments, [July]	486
From Thomas Bee, 1 August	487
From James Madison, 2 August	488
From St. George Tucker, 2 August	488
To James Madison, 3 August	489
Petition to Virginia House of Delegates	491
I. Petition to the Virginia House of Delegates,

II. Revised Petition to the Virginia House of Delegates,

From James Madison, 5 August	505
To Volney, 5 August	507
From Citizens of Vincennes, 7 August	507
From John F. Mercer, 9 August	508
From John Barnes, 10 August	509
To John Stuart, 15 August	509
From William Strickland, 16 August	510
From William Strickland, 18 August	511
From Allen Jones, 20 August	513
From Rufus King, 22 August	514
From St. George Tucker, 22 August	515
From James Madison, 24 August	516
Notes on Alexander Hamilton, 24 August	517
To Willem H. van Hasselt, 27 August	518
To St. George Tucker, 28 August	519
To Robert Lawson, 31 August	520
To Benjamin Vaughan, 31 August	521
To John Vaughan, 31 August	521
To Arthur Campbell, 1 September	522
To John Barnes, 2 September	523
From Volney, 2 September	523
To John F. Mercer, 5 September	524
From James Monroe, 5 September	524
To Archibald Stuart, 5 September	525
From John Stuart, 6 September	525
To James Monroe, 7 September	526
To Alexander White, 10 September	527
To John Vaughan, 11 September	529
To Alexander White, 12 September	530
From John Barnes, 14 September	530
To John Barnes, 17 September	531
To Francis Eppes, 24 September	531
To John Barnes, [25] September	534
From Andrew Ellicott, 28 September	534
From James Thomson Callender, 28 September	536
From Arthur Campbell, 30 September	538
From Dugnani, 30 September	538
Statement of Nailery Profits, 30 September	540
From John Barnes, 3 October	542
From John McQueen, 6 October	543
To John Barnes, 8 October	544
To John Barnes, enclosing Power of Attorney, 8 October	544
To John Taylor, 8 October	545
From Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, 10 October	546
Marriage Settlement for John Wayles Eppes, 12 October	547
Marriage Settlement for Mary Jefferson, 12 October	549
Note on Spanish Expenditures, 13 October	551
Notes on Conversations with
John Adams and George Washington, [after 13 October]
From John Taylor, 14 October	553
From Peregrine Fitzhugh, enclosing
A Citizen to the Rights of Man and Peregrine Fitzhugh
to the Rights of Man, 15 October
From John Barnes, 19 October	561
From James Madison, 20 October	562
From James Monroe, [22] October	562
From James Madison, 25 October	564
To James Monroe, 25 October	564
From James Monroe, [27 October]	565
From Benjamin Galloway, [October]	566
Memorial of Charleston Merchants to the Senate, 2 November	567
To William Bradford, 6 November	568
From Thomas Mann Randolph, 6 November	568
Memorial of Charleston Wharfholders to the Senate, 10 November	570
From Paroy, [before 10 November]	570
From Edmund Randolph, 15 November	572
From John Wayles Eppes, [17 November]	572
From John Taylor, 19 November	573
From Edmund Randolph, 21 November	574
Bond to Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 25 November	574
To Henry Tazewell, 28 November	575
From James Monroe, [November]	576
To Mary Jefferson Eppes, 2 December	576
To George Jefferson, 2 December	577
From James Monroe, 2 December	578
From Mary Jefferson Eppes, 8 December	579
From Arthur Campbell, 10 December	580
From Luther Martin, 11 December	581
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 14 December	583
From Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 15 December	584
To Richard Richardson, 16 December	585
To John Wayles Eppes, 21 December	585
To Francis Walker, 21 December	587
To John Taylor, 23 December	588
John Henry to Henry Tazewell, 24 December	590
From James Madison, 25 December	591
Notes on Comments by John Adams and Robert Goodloe Harper,
26 December
To James Monroe, 27 December	593
Notes on a Conversation with Tench Coxe, [27 December]	596
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 27 December	596
From William Short, 27 December	597
From George Jefferson, 30 December	598
To John Gibson, 31 December	599
To John Henry, 31 December	600
To Henry Tazewell, 31 December	604
Design for Chimney and Flues, [1797]	605
Notes on John Jay's Mission to Great Britain, [1797 or after]	605

APPENDIX: Notations by Jefferson on Senate Documents	633

INDEX	635

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

abolition

Va. laws on, 96n, 120n

Tucker's proposals for, 488-9, 519

Abolition Society, Virginia, 120nAbram (Abraham, TJ's slave)

TJ mortgages, 98

Abrégé de l'Histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile & de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré (Jean François de La Harpe)

cited by TJ, 155, 156n, 296

Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)

seeds of, sent to TJ, 105

Adams, Abigail

correspondence with husband, 224n, 252n

Adams, John

letter to, 235-7

letter from, 58-9

letter to cited, 23n

address from Senate, 392-5

address to Senate, 396

Diplomatic Career

expenditures, accounts, 17-18, 58

and Franklin, 17-18

minister to Britain, 23n

in Amsterdam, 467

and forged letter on treatment of Tories, 506n

and boundary with British possessions, 626-7

Election of 1796

election results, viii, 211, 218, 226-7, 228n, 234-7 255, 261

characterized as friend of monarchy, 193-6

support for, 193-9, 232, 253, 326

and Hamilton's intrigues, 214, 223, 226, 251, 265, 326

as opponent of banks and funding system, 214-15, 226

supported by TJ as president elect, 223-4, 234-7 247-8, 250, 270

comments on support for Clinton, 592-3

Opinions

on D'Ivernois, Mably, 58-9

on France, 59, 593

on republicanism, democracies, 59, 593

on banks, 214-15

on elective government, 592-3

Personal Affairs

correspondence with A. Adams, 224n, 252n

and Wirt, 359n

Portraits

mezzotint by Graham, xl, 318 (illus.)

President

convenes Congress, viii, 76-7, 325, 350, 392, 416 418n, 435n

and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76

TJ urges to avoid war, 235, 237

and relations with France, 316, 340, 342-3, 367, 370-1 371n, 373-4n, 380, 382, 394-5, 396, 416, 418-19n, 425 442-3, 551-3, 557, 560

sends correspondence, papers to Congress, 325, 472 563-4

relations with Gerry, 326-7, 402, 415

Paine criticizes, 340, 342-3, 367

public regard for, 368-9

and sons of Duchesse d'Orléans, 369

May 1797 address to Congress, 370-1, 372, 373n, 379 382, 385, 392, 395n, 401, 405, 407, 411, 416, 425 431, 438, 442-3, 455, 459

and French influence in Netherlands, 372

recommends naval defense, 377n, 594

appointments, 387n, 486-7

and unity of sentiment with Senate, 396

and appointment of envoys to France, 420n, 443

signs legislation, 423n

and legislation, 434-5n

and authority to lay embargoes, 461, 462

Genet praises, 471

petitioned by Vincennes claimants, 508n

relations with Cabinet, 552

and U.S. ministers abroad, 565

Nov. 1797 address to Congress, 587-9, 592

on convening Congress during epidemics, 592

removes Coxe, 595

President Elect

attitude toward France, Britain, 272, 273

desires Madison on mission to France, 273n

Madison's views on, 280, 285

and notification of election to office, 282

relinquishes Senate duties, 283n

seeks advice on transition to new administration 304-5

succeeds Washington, 317

Relations with Jefferson

defeats TJ for presidency, 226-7

political differences, 234, 362-3

TJ's conciliatory letter to, 234-7

distorted by press, 235

TJ expresses esteem, respect for, 235, 237, 259, 270 311, 362

cordiality after election, 251, 252n, 263-4, 271, 273 280-1

Gerry on, 326-7, 475

and TJ's letter to P. Fitzhugh, 418n, 560

consults with TJ on mission to France, 551-2

Vice President

and TJ's notification of election, 282n, 304, 305-6

counts electoral votes, 305n, 306n

resides at Francis's hotel, 469n

response to publication of forged letter, 505

Writings

Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, 194, 342, 345n

Collection of State-Papers, 342, 344-5n

Adams, John Quincy

reports on French influence at the Hague, 372, 374n

appointed minister to Prussia, 411, 412-13n, 414

Adams, Richard (brickmason)

witnesses mortgage, 210

Adams, Samuel

TJ praises, 290

Adams administration

and France's refusal to receive C. C. Pinckney, 371

and appointments, 564

Addison, Joseph

Cato, 52n

Adet, Pierre Auguste

letter from, 355

and French opposition to Jay Treaty, 214-15

addresses French complaints against U.S., 273n, 280

returns to France, 316, 355

wishes good relations with TJ, U.S., 355

letter to cited, 355n

and U.S. policy, 384, 419n

Aeneid (Virgil)

quoted, 519

mentioned, 386

Aesop

fable of floating sticks, 237, 238n

Africa

languages, 201n

Aggey (Aggy, TJ's slave)

TJ mortgages, 98

Agrarian Justice, Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly (Thomas Paine)

TJ sends to Madison, 434, 435n

agriculture

La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's innovations, 149n

research in France, 333

S.C. Agricultural Society, 367, 487

grasses, clovers, and legumes grown in the U.S. and Britain 510-12

Akin, James

megalonyx engravings, xxxix, 318 (illus.)

caricature of TJ, xl

Albany, N.Y.

Volney to visit, 174

Albemarle Co., Va.

suits in county court, 26, 63-4n, 158

elects delegates to Va. General Assembly, 27, 52, 322-3 327-8, 349, 350n

price of corn in, 37, 51-2, 67

crops and weather in, 43

land prices, 124

wheat grown in, 146, 147, 350

physicians in, 153

prospects for mill seat on Moore's Creek, 350-1

TJ plans to attend court, 436

and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524

roads in, 586

Alcock, Elizabeth Gregory Thornton Walker, 5, 169

Alcock, Weston, 5

alcohol

brewed v. distilled, 104-5

supply of, for harvest, 414

tax proposed on, 461, 462

Alexander (the Great), 318

Alexander, William

letter to, 158

orders nails from TJ, 158, 525

letter from cited, 525n

Alexandria, Va.

wheat prices at, 322

climate at, compared to Monticello, 351

Algiers

U.S. treaty with, 9, 62, 70-1, 95n, 369n

ransom of U.S. captives in, 68-9, 369

U.S. relations with, 135, 256

and construction of U.S. frigates, 377n

potential British intercession with, 628-9

alien acts

passage of, 537n

Allegheny Mountains

plants at foot of, 319

Allison, Burgess, 378

Allison, Patrick

recounts attack on Logan's kin, 556

Ambler, Jacquelin, 191, 240

American Minerva (New York)

and TJ's letter to Mazzei, vii, 75-6, 80, 86-7, 385n

publishes letter from Paris, 109-10

American Philosophical Society

letter to, 276-7

letter from, 254

elects TJ president, viii, 252, 254, 276-7

elects members, 65n, 101n, 154n, 206, 322, 323n, 415 509-10, 525

books presented to, 102n

papers by members, 130, 133n, 140, 322n

TJ announces megalonyx discovery to, 138-9

publishes TJ's megalonyx report, 165, 182-3, 200-2, 205-6 275, 284, 391, 510

seeks, receives specimens, 201, 202n, 398, 403

officers, 254

and TJ's plan to record, study winds, 259

publishes TJ's letter, 277n

TJ's report on the megalonyx, 291-304

TJ presides over, 300-1n

American Revolution

France's participation in, 76

lands confiscated during, 157n

J. Carey's publication of letters from, 180-2, 205

T. Pickering's role in, 381

principles of jeopardized, 447-8

American Universal Geography (Jedidiah Morse)

prints Logan's speech, 455n

"Americanus" (pseudonym)

publishes articles in Va. Gazette criticizing Jefferson 76

Ames, Fisher

and Jay Treaty, 36

as member of House committee, 218

views on relations with France, 228n

retires from Congress, 381, 411, 413n, 417

Amherst Co., Va.

price of corn in, 36, 37

and TJ's grand jury petition, 490, 491-504, 524

Amis, Iles de. See TongaAmsterdam

and American financial transactions, 89, 95, 165n

C. C. Pinckney goes to, 231n

Adams in, 467

“Anas”

described, 486-7n

Anderson, Nathaniel

and Mazzei's finances, 65n

TJ's account with, 65n

Anderson, William (London merchant)

and Mazzei's finances, 65, 81, 90, 200

Andes Mountains

Volney alludes to, 175

Anglicans

and Jay Treaty, 95

Angola (Eppes estate, Cumberland Co., Va.)

and marriage settlement of J. W. Eppes, 532-3, 549-50

Peyroux publishes essay in, 133n

Annual Register . . . For the Year 1787 (London)

prints Logan's speech, 454, 455n

anteaters

associated with megatherium, 299, 510

Anville, Madame d'. See Enville, Louise Elisabeth de La Rochefoucauld, Duchesse d'

publication of, 410n

as revision of Notes on Virginia, 455n, 600

prints documents, 603n

Appomattox River

and proposed road from Georgetown to Ga., 529

lands on, 533n, 549

apricots

possible introduction of French variety, 5

Apthorpe, Charles Ward, 398, 403

Arcola

French victory in battle of, 305n

Argus (New York)

publishes TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76

reports comments by Harper, 593n

Aristotle

History of Animals, 295

Arnold, Benedict, 194artisans

cabinetmaker, 379

in Philadelphia, 523

Asia

and comparative study of languages, 201-2, 446-7

asparagus

grown at Monticello, 322

asses

and farm implements, 318

Ast, William Frederick

letter from, 190-1

fire insurance program, 190-1, 239-44

auditor. See

Harrison, Richard

Pendleton, John

Augusta, Ga.

as terminus of proposed road from Georgetown, 529

Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State (Ga.)

and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 79n

Auldjo, Thomas

letter from quoted, 583-4

letter from cited, 584n

“Aurelius” (John Gardner), 199n Aurora (Philadelphia)

criticized, xxxvii

and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76, 79

and election of 1796, 228n

publishes political correspondence, 309, 440n, 517n, 593n

TJ subscribes to, 442, 544

prints forged Washington letters, 506n

Austin (TJ's slave)

TJ mortgages, 98

in marriage settlement of Mary Jefferson, 550

Austria

truce with France, 56

War of First Coalition, 117, 169, 341, 422, 423n

opposes France along Rhine and in Italy, 135-6, 161

Archduke Charles defeated by Bonaparte, 341, 344n

and peace of Leoben, 367n, 431, 433, 434n, 436, 438, 450 451, 459, 558

Avignon, France

Volney compares Kanawha River region to, 151

Azevedo, António de Araújo

and Portuguese-French diplomacy, xxxvii

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

Selected Documents

24 April 1796

Jefferson's Letter to Philip Mazzei

Writing as a private citizen, Jefferson expresses his criticism of the Federalist party. The letter's subsequent unauthorized publication, often appearing out of context, haunts him for the rest of his life.

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abolition

Va. laws on, 96n, 120n

Tucker's proposals for, 488-9, 519

Abolition Society, Virginia, 120nAbram (Abraham, TJ's slave)

TJ mortgages, 98

Abrégé de l'Histoire générale des voyages, contenant ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable, de plus utile & de mieux avéré dans les pays où les voyageurs ont pénétré (Jean François de La Harpe)

cited by TJ, 155, 156n, 296

Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore)

seeds of, sent to TJ, 105

Adams, Abigail

correspondence with husband, 224n, 252n

Adams, John

letter to, 235-7

letter from, 58-9

letter to cited, 23n

address from Senate, 392-5

address to Senate, 396

Diplomatic Career

expenditures, accounts, 17-18, 58

and Franklin, 17-18

minister to Britain, 23n

in Amsterdam, 467

and forged letter on treatment of Tories, 506n

and boundary with British possessions, 626-7

Election of 1796

election results, viii, 211, 218, 226-7, 228n, 234-7 255, 261

characterized as friend of monarchy, 193-6

support for, 193-9, 232, 253, 326

and Hamilton's intrigues, 214, 223, 226, 251, 265, 326

as opponent of banks and funding system, 214-15, 226

supported by TJ as president elect, 223-4, 234-7 247-8, 250, 270

comments on support for Clinton, 592-3

Opinions

on D'Ivernois, Mably, 58-9

on France, 59, 593

on republicanism, democracies, 59, 593

on banks, 214-15

on elective government, 592-3

Personal Affairs

correspondence with A. Adams, 224n, 252n

and Wirt, 359n

Portraits

mezzotint by Graham, xl, 318 (illus.)

President

convenes Congress, viii, 76-7, 325, 350, 392, 416 418n, 435n

and TJ's letter to Mazzei, 76

TJ urges to avoid war, 235, 237

and relations with France, 316, 340, 342-3, 367, 370-1 371n, 373-4n, 380, 382, 394-5, 396, 416, 418-19n, 425 442-3, 551-3, 557, 560

sends correspondence, papers to Congress, 325, 472 563-4

relations with Gerry, 326-7, 402, 415

Paine criticizes, 340, 342-3, 367

public regard for, 368-9

and sons of Duchesse d'Orléans, 369

May 1797 address to Congress, 370-1, 372, 373n, 379 382, 385, 392, 395n, 401, 405, 407, 411, 416, 425 431, 438, 442-3, 455, 459

and French influence in Netherlands, 372

recommends naval defense, 377n, 594

appointments, 387n, 486-7

and unity of sentiment with Senate, 396

and appointment of envoys to France, 420n, 443

signs legislation, 423n

and legislation, 434-5n

and authority to lay embargoes, 461, 462

Genet praises, 471

petitioned by Vincennes claimants, 508n

relations with Cabinet, 552

and U.S. ministers abroad, 565

Nov. 1797 address to Congress, 587-9, 592

on convening Congress during epidemics, 592

removes Coxe, 595

President Elect

attitude toward France, Britain, 272, 273

desires Madison on mission to France, 273n

Madison's views on, 280, 285

and notification of election to office, 282

relinquishes Senate duties, 283n

seeks advice on transition to new administration 304-5