1 August to 30 November 1801

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Description

For the first two months covered by this volume, Thomas Jefferson is residing at Monticello, avoiding the “rather sickly” season in the nation’s capital. His mountaintop house finally has a roof and both daughters and their families come to stay with him. Using cowpox vaccine received from Benjamin Waterhouse, he undertakes what he calls “my experiment,” the systematic inoculation of family members and slaves against the smallpox.

In Washington, the construction of buildings for the nation’s capital moves forward. The walls of the chamber of the House of Representatives now extend “up to the window heads,” with only three feet more to go. Jefferson considers the erection of this chamber as well as completion of a “good gravel road” along Rock Creek as crucial for “ensuring the destinies of the city.” The interior decoration of the President’s House also progresses, with draperies, girandoles, and a chandelier furnishing the circular room. His carriage is ready to be shipped from Philadelphia.

As the city takes shape, so too do the operating principles of Jefferson’s administration. He dispatches a letter to his heads of department outlining “the mode & degrees of communication” for conducting their business. In mid-November, he enters a period of intense activity in the preparation of his first annual message to Congress, soliciting suggestions but personally drafting the document that he will submit in writing in early December.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Foreword	vii
Editorial Method and Apparatus	xv
Illustrations	xlv
Jefferson Chronology	2


1801

From “Nicholas Geffroy,” 1 August	3
From Philippe de Létombe, 1 August	6
From Peyton Short, 1 August	7
From Benjamin Waterhouse, 1 August	8
From George Douglas, 2 August	8
From Lyon Lehman, 2 August	10
From John Barnes, 3 August	11
From Albert Gallatin, 3 August	12
From Thomas Heyward, Jr., 3 August	14
From Robert Leslie, 3 August	15
From Lewis Littlepage, 3 August	17
From William C. C. Claiborne, 4 August	17
From Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 4 August	20
From John W. Maddux, 4 August	21
To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 4 August	21
From Samuel Smith, 4 August	22
From Sarah Franklin Bache, 5 August	23
From Thomas Claxton, 5 August	23
From Philippe de Létombe, 5 August	24
To Andrew Moore, 5 August	26
From Andrew Moore, 5 August	27
To Archibald Stuart, 5 August	27
To John Barnes, 6 August	28
From Philippe de Létombe, 6 August	28
To Robert Maxwell, 6 August	30
To John Barnes, 7 August	30
To Albert Gallatin, 7 August	31
From Ephraim Kirby, 7 August	33
List of Inoculations, 7 August-17 September	34
To James Madison, 7 August	36
From Elijah Russell, 7 August	36
From Robert Smith, 7 August	37
From Joseph Yznardi, Sr., 7 August	39
To William Duane, 8 August	41
From Albert Gallatin, 8 August	41
From Samuel Hanson, 8 August	42
To Benjamin Waterhouse, 8 August	47
From Alexander White, 8 August	47
To Andrew Moore, 9 August	49
From John Barnes, 10 August	49
From David Fergusson, 10 August	51
From Albert Gallatin, 10 August	52
From Benjamin Homans, 10 August	57
From Philippe de Létombe, 10 August	60
From Robert R. Livingston, 10 August	62
From Thomas McKean, 10 August	64
From Joseph Rapin, 10 August	66
From John Thomson, 10 August	67
From Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy, 11 August	68
From Caesar A. Rodney, 11 August	69
From Philo Andrews, 12 August	71
From Abraham Baldwin, 12 August	71
From Henry Dearborn, 12 August	74
From Matthew Lyon, 12 August	74
From James Madison, [12 August]	79
To James Madison, 13 August	80
From Elizabeth House Trist, 13 August	82
To John Barnes, 14 August	83
To Henry Dearborn, 14 August	83
To Albert Gallatin, 14 August	84
To “Nicholas Geffroy,” 14 August	87
To George Jefferson, 14 August	87
From Levi Lincoln, 14 August	88
To James Madison, 14 August	88
To Thomas Newton, 14 August	89
To Joseph Rapin, 14 August	89
To Robert Smith, 14 August	90
To Benjamin Waterhouse, 14 August	91
From Albert Gallatin, 15 August	91
To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 15 August	92
From Jacob Nixon, 15 August	93
From James Currie, 16 August	93
From James Madison, 16 August	94
From John Barnes, 17 August	95
From the District of Columbia Commissioners, 17 August	97
From Albert Gallatin, 17 August	100
From Edward Gantt, 17 August	102
From George Jefferson, 17 August	103
From Robert Smith, 17 August	104
From John Dawson, 18 August	105
From Andrew Ellicott, 18 August	106
From Albert Gallatin, 18 August	107
From James Madison, 18 August	110
From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 18 August	112
From Benjamin Stoddert, 18 August	113
From John Drayton, 20 August	114
From Enoch Edwards, 20 August	115
To Henry Dearborn, 21 August	116
To Albert Gallatin, 21 August	117
To George Jefferson, 21 August	118
From Samuel Quarrier, 21 August	119
To Samuel Sheild, 21 August	119
To Benjamin Waterhouse, 21 August	120
From William Dunbar, 22 August	121
To James Madison, 22 August	124
From Thomas Newton, 22 August	126
From Thomas Newton, 22 August	127
From John Barnes, 24 August	127
To the District of Columbia Commissioners, 24 August	129
From the District of Columbia Commissioners, 24 August	131
From Albert Gallatin, 24 August	132
From George Hay, 24 August	136
From George Jefferson, 24 August	137
From Ignatius Palyart, 24 August	137
From David Austin, 25 August	138
From Joel Barlow, 25 August	141
From Samuel Broome, 25 August	142
From Henry Remsen, 25 August	143
From Josiah Tattnall, Jr., 25 August	144
To Pierce Butler, 26 August	145
To Levi Lincoln, 26 August	145
From James Madison, 26 August	148
From James Blair, 27 August	149
From Thomas Claxton, 27 August	152
From James Madison, 27 August	153
From Thomas T. Davis, [28 August]	154
To Enoch Edwards, 28 August	155
From Christopher Ellery, 28 August	156
To Albert Gallatin, 28 August	157
To Levi Lincoln, 28 August	159
To Robert R. Livingston, 28 August	161
To James Madison, 28 August	162
From Timothy Matlack, 28 August	164
To James Taylor, Jr., 28 August	165
From Benjamin Waterhouse, 28 August	166
To Thomas Willing, 28 August	166
To the District of Columbia Commissioners, 29 August	167
From Albert Gallatin, 29 August	168
To Edward Gantt, 29 August	170
To George Jefferson, 29 August	171
From George Jefferson, 29 August	171
From Samuel Meredith, 29 August	172
To Robert Smith, 29 August	172
From Samuel Smith, 29 August	173
To James Currie, 30 August	174
From George Izard, 30 August	175
To Benjamin Stoddert, 30 August	175
From David Austin, 31 August	176
From John Barnes, 31 August	178
From John Davis, 31 August	179
From Enoch Edwards, 31 August, enclosing

From John Hurt, 31 August	182
From Meriwether Lewis, 31 August	183
From Samuel Sheild, 31 August	185
From Robert Smith, 31 August	186
From Jacob Wagner, 31 August	188
John Thomson Mason’s Notes on Candidates for

From Thomas Paine, [August]	191
From Henry Dearborn, 1 September	195
From James Wilkinson and Benjamin Hawkins, 1 September	196
From William Gardiner, 2 September	197
From Benjamin Waterhouse, 2 September	198
To Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy, 3 September	201
From Pierce Butler, 3 September	201
To John Carroll, 3 September	202
To Jean Chas, 3 September	203
From Aaron Burr, 4 September	204
To Thomas Claxton, 4 September	204
From Tench Coxe, 4 September	205
From the District of Columbia Commissioners, 4 September	208
To Joseph Habersham, 4 September	209
To George Jefferson, 4 September	210
To Samuel Meredith, 4 September	210
From Robert Smith, 4 September	211
From Samuel Harrison Smith, 4 September	212
From Benjamin Waterhouse, 4 September	213
From Turner Richardson Whitlock, 4 September	214
To Henry Dearborn, 5 September	215
To Albert Gallatin, 5 September	216
To Robert Smith, 5 September	217
From Samuel Smith, 5 September	219
From St. George Tucker, 5 September	219
From James Warren, 5 September	221
From John Thomson Mason, 6 September	223
From John Barnes, 7 September	224
From Albert Gallatin, 7 September	226
From Edward Gantt, 7 September	230
From George Jefferson, 7 September	232
From Isaac Ledyard, 7 September	233
From Anthony Lispenard, 7 September	234
From William Stephens Smith, 7 September	235
From Marinus Willett, 7 September	238
From Charles Pinckney, 8 September	239
To Hammuda Pasha, Bey of Tunis, 9 September	240
To Robert R. Livingston, 9 September	241
From Anonymous, [before 10 September]	246
From Isaac Cox Barnet, 10 September	247
From Robert Brent, 10 September	253
From Henry Dearborn, 10 September	254
From Andrew Moore, 10 August [i.e. September]	255
From James Taylor, Jr., 10 September	255
From “Tru Federalist,” 10 September	256
From Hugh Williamson, 10 September	257
To John Davis, 11 September	258
To John Drayton, 11 September	258
From Pierpont Edwards, 11 September	259
To Theodore Foster, 11 September	260
From Peter Freneau, 11 September, enclosing

To Albert Gallatin, 11 September, enclosing

To William Gardiner, 11 September	264
To Anthony Haswell, 11 September	265
To James Madison, 11 September	265
From James Madison, 11 September	266
To Ignatius Palyart, 11 September	267
To Joseph T. Scott, 11 September	267
To Robert Smith, 11 September	268
From Robert Smith, 11 September	269
To Samuel Harrison Smith, 11 September	269
To John Barnes, 12 September	270
To Napoleon Bonaparte, 12 September	270
To Henry Dearborn, 12 September	271
From Albert Gallatin, 12 September	272
To George Jefferson, 12 September	275
To James Madison, 12 September	276
To John Shore, 12 September	277
From William Foushee, 13 September	278
From David Meade Randolph, 13 September	279
From Thomas Auldjo, 14 September	280
From David Austin, 14 September	281
From John Barnes, 14 September	282
From DeWitt Clinton, 14 September	283
From Albert Gallatin, 14 September	284
From Edward Gantt, 14 September	289
From Joseph Habersham, 14 September	291
From Robert R. Livingston, 14 September	291
From Arnold Oelrichs, 14 September	292
From Charles Pinckney, 14 September	295
From Alexander White, 14 September	297
From Solomon Bartlett, 15 September	298
From Tench Coxe, [ca. 15 September]	298
From Levi Lincoln, 15 September	299
From Beriah Norton, 15 September	301
From Samuel Smith, 15 September	303
From Thomas Willing, 15 September	303
To Benjamin Hawkins, 16 September	305
From Levi Lincoln, 16 September	305
From James Madison, 16 September	306
To James Wilkinson, Benjamin Hawkins,

To Enoch Edwards, 17 September	309
To Christopher Ellery, 17 September	309
To James Hopkins, 17 September	310
From James Madison, 17 September	311
To Benjamin Waterhouse, 17 September	311
From Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., 18 September	312
To Albert Gallatin, 18 September	314
From William Heath, 18 September	315
To James Madison, 18 September	316
To Thomas Newton, 18 September	317
From John Shore, 18 September	318
From John Syme, 18 September	318
From Pierce Butler, 19 September	319
To William Fleming, 19 September	320
To Edward Gantt, 19 September	321
To Samuel Hanson, 19 September	321
From Tobias Lear, 19 September	322
From Levi McKeen, 19 September	323
To Robert Smith, 19 September	324
From De Chanlas, 20 September	325
From Oliver Pollock, 20 September	326
From John Barnes, 21 September	328
From Albert Gallatin, 21 September	329
From Joseph Habersham, 21 September	330
From Levi McKeen, 21 September	331
From William Barton, 22 September	334
From David Fergusson, 22 September	334
Petition from Henry Roberts, 22 September	335
From Aaron Burr, 23 September	337
From Connecticut Officers and Soldiers of

From James Currie, 23 September	339
From James Madison, 23 September	340
From James Mease, 23 September	341
Declaration of Trust with Craven Peyton, 25 September	342
From William Branch Giles, 25 September	344
From William Keteltas, 25 September	345
From Charles Lewis, 25 September	346
From Nathaniel Macon, 25 September	347
From Thomas Newton, 25 September	347
From James Barry, 26 September	348
To Gibson & Jefferson, 26 September	349
From Thomas Newton, 26 September	350
To Samuel Smith, 26 September	350
From Mathias Kin, 28 September	351
From William R. Lee, 28 September	352
From Philip Mazzei, 28 September	353
From James Monroe, 28 September	354
Statement of Account with John March, 29 September	355
From James Patton Preston, 29 September	356
From Thomas Newton, 30 September	357
From Robert Smith, 30 September	358
From “Philopoemen,” September	359
Form of Deeds for Henderson Purchases, [September?]	359
Valuation of Henderson Property for Dower, [before 1 October]	362
From Anonymous, 1 October	364
From Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey,

From Lewis Osmont, 1 October	366
From Benjamin Waterhouse, 1 October	369
To Jacob Wagner, 2 October	370
From the District of Columbia Commissioners, 3 October,


From John Wayles Eppes, 3 October	373
To Albert Gallatin, 3 October	374
To George Jefferson, 3 October	375
From David Ker, 3 October	376
To Robert R. Livingston, 3 October	377
To Robert R. Livingston, 3 October	377
From James Madison, 3 October	378
From Craven Peyton, 3 October	379
To William Short, 3 October	380
From John Tyler, 3 October	383
Notes on the District of Columbia Commissioners’

From Joel Barlow, 4 October	385
From Daniel Carroll Brent, [on or before 4 October]	386
From Samuel Harrison Smith, 4 October	387
From John Thomson Mason, 5 October	387
To Elizabeth House Trist, [5 October]	389
From Timothy Bloodworth, 6 October	389
Statement of Account from Thomas Claxton, 6 October	391
From Albert Gallatin, 6 October	391
From Carlos Martínez de Irujo, 6 October	392
From Robert R. Livingston, 6 October	393
Order on John Barnes, 6 October	394
From Charles Pinckney, 6 October	395
To John Syme, 6 October	399
To Thomas Willing, 6 October	399
From John Barnes, 7 October	400
From Sylvanus Bourne, 7 October	401
From William C. C. Claiborne, 7 October	402
From Albert Gallatin, 7 October	404
To Gideon Granger, 7 October	404
From George Jefferson, 7 October	405
From Samuel Smith, 7 October	406
From the Danbury Baptist Association, [after 7 October]	407
To John Coalter, 8 October	409
From Albert Gallatin, 8 October	410
From Dennis Griffith, 8 October	411
To Craven Peyton, 8 October	412
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 8 October	414
From Benjamin Rittenhouse, 8 October	415
From Stephen Sayre, 8 October	416
From Robert Smith, 8 October	417
From John Barnes, 9 October	418
To John Wayles Eppes, 9 October	418
To Albert Gallatin, 9 October	420
From Conrad Hanse, 9 October	421
From Edward Maher, [9 October]	421
Order on John Barnes, [9 October]	422
To Robert Smith, 9 October	422
From William Barton, 10 October	423
From Andrew Ellicott, 10 October	423
From John Coakley Lettsom, 10 October	424
From the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 10 October	425
To Samuel Smith, 10 October	426
From Dr. John Vaughan, 10 October	427
To Enoch Edwards, 11 October	429
From Edward Gantt, 11 October	430
From Charles Willson Peale, 11 October	430
To Joseph Rapin, 11 October	436
From Anthony Campbell, 12 October	437
To João, Prince Regent of Portugal, 12 October	441
From Andrew Marshall, 12 October	442
From John Thomson Mason, 12 October	444
From John H. Purviance, 12 October	444
From William Fleming, 13 October	445
From Abishai Thomas, 13 October	446
From George Clinton, 14 October	447
To Albert Gallatin, 14 October	449
To Gideon Granger, 14 October	449
From the District of Columbia Commissioners, 15 October	450
From Richard Hutton, [on or before 15 October]	451
From Richard Willson, 15 October	451
From Hary Grant, 16 October	452
To Nicholas Lewis, 16 October	453
From Thomas Newton, 16 October	453
From Craven Peyton, 16 October	454
From Johnson Cook, 17 October	455
From Thomas Corcoran, 17 October	457
From Michael Fry and Nathan Coleman, 17 October	457
From Gabriel Phillips, 18 October	458
From William Short, 18 October	461
From Thomas Claxton, 19 October	466
To James Currie, 19 October	466
From Albert Gallatin, [19 October]	467
To George Jefferson, 19 October	470
From Kezia Norris, 19 October	471
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 19 October	471
From Henry Rose, 19 October	472
From Robert S. Coleman, 20 October	473
From Johnson Cook, 20 October	473
To Kezia Norris, 20 October	475
From Joseph Willcox, 20 October	475
From John Woodside, 20 October	476
From Johnson Cook, 21 October	477
From Samuel Smith, 21 October	478
To John Beckley, [22 October]	479
To Thomas Claxton, 22 October	480
From Denniston & Cheetham, 22 October	480
From Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 22 October	482
From Pierpont Edwards and Ephraim Kirby, 22 October	484
To Michael Fry and Nathan Coleman, 22 October	486
From George Jefferson, 22 October	487
From James Lyon, 22 October	487
Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 22 October	488
From Rapine, Conrad & Co., 22 October	489
From John Vaughan, 22 October	490
To Robert S. Coleman, 23 October	491
Petition of William Hammell, 23 October	492
From Gouverneur Morris, 23 October	492
From Henry Preble, 23 October	493
To Henry Rose, 23 October	495
To Samuel Smith, 23 October	496
From Albert Gallatin, 24 October	496
From Levi Lincoln, 24 October	497
From John F. Mercer, 24 October	499
From Elizabeth House Trist, 24 October	499
To Peter Carr, 25 October	501
From Maria Digges, 25 October	502
From John Wayles Eppes, 25 October	503
From Gideon Granger, 25 October	504
To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 25 October	506
To Craven Peyton, 25 October	507
To Samuel Harrison Smith, 25 October	508
From William Stuart, [on or before 25 October]	508
From Joel Barlow, 26 October	509
To Mary Jefferson Eppes, 26 October	510
From Gideon Granger, 26 October	511
From Robert Smith, 26 October	512
From Robert Smith, 26 October	512
From John Beckley, 27 October	513
From Pierpont Edwards, 27 October	514
From Gideon Granger, 27 October	515
From Isaac Story, 27 October	515
To Connecticut Officers and Soldiers of

From Benjamin Hawkins, 28 October	518
From William Keteltas, 28 October	518
To Stevens Thomson Mason, 28 October	519
From Theodore Foster, 29 October	520
From Henry Rose, 29 October	523
From William Barton, 30 October	523
From Nicholas Lewis, 30 October	524
From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 30 October	525
From Fulwar Skipwith, 30 October	526
To Gideon Granger, 31 October	528
To John F. Mercer, 31 October	529
To Thomas Tudor Tucker, 31 October	530
Calculation of Population Increase, [October]	531
Notes on John Morton, [October]	534
From Charles Pinckney, October	534
From Charles Pinckney, October	540
To Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 1 November	542
To William Evans, 1 November	542
From John Gardiner, 1 November	543
To Edward Livingston, 1 November	543
To Gouverneur Morris, 1 November	544
To Craven Peyton, 1 November	545
From Ledyard Seymour, 1 November	546
From Andrew Ellicott, 2 November	548
From John Devereux DeLacy, 3 November	549
From Pierre Charles L’Enfant, 3 November	562
From Thomas Newton, 4 November	568
To Henry Rose, 4 November	568
From William Evans, 5 November	569
From Albert Gallatin, 5 November	570
To James Madison, 5 November	571
From Thomas Tudor Tucker, 5 November	571
To John Vaughan, 5 November	572
From the Vermont House of Representatives, [5 November]	574
From “The Voice of A Sybil,” [before 6 November]	575
Circular to the Heads of Departments, 6 November	576
From John Wayles Eppes, 6 November	578
From Mary Jefferson Eppes, 6 November	579
To Albert Gallatin, 6 November	580
From Craven Peyton, 6 November	580
From Henry Rose, 6 November	581
From Tench Coxe, 8 November	582
From Gideon Granger, 8 November	584
From Joseph Yznardi, Sr., 8 November	585
From Albert Gallatin, 9 November	586
To Thomas Newton, 9 November	588
From Ellen Wayles Randolph, [before 10 November]	589
From Martha Jefferson Randolph, [before 10 November]	590
From Joseph Bloomfield, 10 November	590
From Cornelius Coningham, 10 November	592
From Samuel Elam, 10 November	593
To Albert Gallatin, 10 November	595
From Albert Gallatin, 10 November	596
From Ephraim Kirby, 10 November	597
Notes on Actions for the War Department, 10 November	599
Notes on Patronage in New Hampshire, 10 November	601
Notes on the Bank of the United States

From John Vaughan, 10 November	604
To Albert Gallatin, 11 November	606
From Edward Livingston, 11 November	607
From Benjamin Nones, 11 November	608
Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 11 November	609
To William Barton, 12 November	609
From George Clymer, 12 November	610
To Cornelius Coningham, 12 November	611
Drafting the Annual Message to Congress, 12 November	611
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II.

III.

IV.
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VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.

X. Albert Gallatin’s Memorandum on

XI. To James Madison, [16 November or after?]
XII.
XIII.

XIV.
XV.

From Albert Gallatin, [12 November], enclosing

To Albert Gallatin, 12 November, enclosing

From Nicholas King, 12 November	657
Notes on Circuit Court Cases, 12 November	658
From Bowling Clark, 13 November	659
From Gouverneur Morris, 13 November	660
From Robert Smith, 13 November	661
From Willie Blount, 14 November	662
To James Monroe, 14 November	662
From Samuel Smith, 14 November	663
From Samuel Smith, 14 November	665
From Philip Mazzei, 15 November	666
Notes on a Consultation with Robert Smith, 15 November	668
From James Workman, 15 November	669
Notes on the Funded Debt, [15 November or after]	672
To Albert Gallatin, 16 November	674
From Elisha Hinman, 16 November	674
From George Jefferson, 16 November	676
From James Madison, [16 November]	677
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 16 November	677
From David Turner, 16 November	678
From Benjamin Waterhouse, 16 November	680
From Thomas Digges, 17 November	681
From James Monroe, 17 November	683
From Moses Robinson, 17 November	684
From James Sullivan, 17 November	686
From Samuel Adams, 18 November	687
To Aaron Burr, 18 November	687
From a “Citizen,” 18 November	689
From Thomas Newton, 18 November	689
From Martha Jefferson Randolph, 18 November	690
From Philip B. Bradley, 19 November	691
To Aaron Burr, 19 November	692
To Thomas Digges, 19 November	692
From Albert Gallatin, 19 November	693
From Philip Mazzei, 19 November	694
Memorandum on the Seneca Annuity, [19 November]	695
I.
II.
III.
From John Vaughan, 19 November	698
From William P. Gardner, 20 November	699
From Lewis Littlepage, 20 November	706
From William Maclure, 20 November	706
To Amos Marsh, 20 November	708
From John Vaughan, 20 November	709
From Thomas Leiper, [before 21] November	710
From Albert Gallatin, 20 [i.e. 21] November	711
From Lewis Littlepage, [21 November]	712
To James Madison, 22 November	712
From “An Observer & Friend to Justice,” 23 November	713
From Samuel Harrison Smith, [23 November]	714
From Joseph Elgar, Jr., 24 November	715
From B. T. Longbothom, 24 November	717
To James Monroe, 24 November	718
To James Monroe, 24 November	718
To John Vaughan, 24 November	722
From Samuel Smith, 25 November	723
From Giuseppe Caracciolo di Brienza, 26 November	724
From Albert Gallatin, [26 November]	725
To Peter Lyons, 26 November	726
From John Monroe, 26 November	727
From Benjamin Vaughan, 26 November	728
Albert Gallatin’s Statement on the

From William C. C. Claiborne, 27 November	732
To Thomas Newton, 27 November	734
To Ellen Wayles Randolph, 27 November	734
To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 27 November	735
From Benjamin Rush, 27 November	736
From David Austin, 28 November	736
From Albert Gallatin, 28 November	738
From Albert Gallatin, 28 November	738
To Albert Gallatin, 28 November	740
To John G. Ladd, 28 November	740
From George Latimer, 28 November	741
From Albert Gallatin, 29 November	741
James L. Henderson and Elizabeth Henderson

From Thomas Mann Randolph, 29 November	744
From Nathan Burrowes, 30 November	745
From John G. Ladd, 30 November	746
Proclamation Offering a Reward for Murderers


APPENDICES
Appendix I: Letters Not Printed in Full	749
Appendix II: Letters Not Found	752
Appendix III: Financial Documents	757

Index	761

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

Abigail & Rebecca (sloop), 11, 95

Abram (b. 1794, TJ's slave), 35

accountants, 215n, 628-9, 636, 703

Adams, Abigail, 3, 237n

Adams, John

Minister to Great Britain

negotiates treaties, 245n

Politics

and election of 1800, 256

meets with L. Lincoln, 299

President

criticism of, xlv, 21, 33n, 456

and fortifications at Newport, 3

and Fergusson, 51

makes appointments, 54, 57n, 58, 320n, 460n, 469n, 493, 494n, 601n

administration praised, 86n

late-term appointments, 252n, 301n, 371n

removals by, 263n, 277n, 654

absences of, from capital, 315, 577

and surveyors for D.C., 349n

and term limits for foreign missions, 381

leaves horses and carriages for TJ, 391

and President's House accounts, 391

and Spain, 393n

method of communicating with heads of departments, 577

annual address to Congress, 612

applications to, for appointments, 676n

removal from office an act of God, 737

Adams, Samuel

letter from, 687

portrait of, 115

congratulates TJ on return of peace, 687

Adams, Fort, 308n, 549, 550, 560n

Adams, Fort (R.I.), 3

Adams (U.S. frigate), 663, 668

Addington, Henry, 715n

Adet, Pierre Auguste, 189n

Adriatic Sea, 398n

Aeolus, 294

Africa

removal of condemned slaves to, x, 720, 721n

smallpox in, 199

Africans compared to American Indians, 556

and slave trade, 561n, 739n

Aggy. See Gillette, Agnes (b. 1798, Aggy, TJ's slave)

agriculture

U.S. an agricultural nation, 240, 652

measurement of bushels, 280-1, 659, 660n, 679

"artificial" meadows, 326

viticulture, 326n

books on, 605

one of four pillars of prosperity, 647

comparison of European to American, 706-7

erosion, 707

Aikin, Charles Rochemont

Concise View, 490, 491n, 573, 698

Alabama Indians, 555, 561n

Albemarle Co., Va.

descriptions of, 22n, 461-3

land taxes, 350n

surveyor, 455n

midwives in, 511n

clerk of court, 744n

alcoholism

among Monticello artisans, 50

among candidates for office, 184, 347n, 350

among Irish immigrants, 350

as cause of suicide, 570

among mariners, 653n

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'

Synonymes Français, 203

Alès, France, 345n

Alexandria, Bank of, 682

Alexandria, Egypt, 239n, 296, 297n, 341

Alexandria, Va.

collector at, 43, 46n, 682, 683n

surveyor at, 43

merchants, 82n, 734, 740

packet service to, from, 453, 454n, 689-90

stage lines to, from, 486n

breweries, 592

banks, 682

Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer, 46n

Alfred (Continental ship), 674-5

Algeciras, Spain

naval battle near, 192, 194n, 239, 407n

American vessels taken to, 406, 407n, 425, 488, 507, 545, 593-5, 660-1

Alger, James, 229n, 570, 580

Algiers

consuls at, 109n, 163

tribute for, 148, 163, 456, 474, 643, 690, 705n, 706n

U.S. warships depart for, 219n

support for military action against, 474

attacks U.S. shipping, 701

Alicante, Spain, 498

Alien Enemies Act (1798), 621n

Alien Friends Act (1798), 26n, 621n

aliens. See immigrants

Allan (Allen), John, 653n

Allen, Captain. See Takinowtha (Captain Allen, Delaware chief)

Allen, John, 598

Allison, Patrick (Baltimore), 406, 407n

Almon, John

Remembrancer, 482-4

almonds, 12, 95, 96n

Alston, Theodosia Burr, 539

Altona, 17

alum water, 16

amaranth, 759

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 299, 516

American and Daily Advertiser (Baltimore), 355, 356n

American Citizen and General Advertiser (New York), 409n, 439, 589n, 607

American Philosophical Society

elects members, xlv, 165n, 490, 491n, 670n

receives communications, specimens, 122, 124n, 412n, 423, 424n, 491n

publishes Transactions, 124n

secretary, 165n

vice president, 213n

loans money to C. W. Peale, 434-5

displays mastodon skeleton, 436n

library, 699

American Revolution

Eastern Navy Board, 6n

relief efforts for troops, 23n

women in, 23n

veterans of, 26n, 36, 37n, 68-9, 83n, 144, 172n, 249, 257, 262, 279n, 302n, 315-16, 332, 335, 339n, 352n, 429n, 447n, 456-7, 460n, 473-4, 476n, 477n, 485, 502-3, 591n, 592n, 608, 691n

Loyalists, 62, 253n, 274n, 332, 481n, 601, 655, 679

and France, 68-9

persistent principles and spirit of, 127, 203, 338

privateers, 160n, 249

chaplains, 183n

histories of, 203

in S.C., 257

and West Indies, 257n, 332

and Louisiana, 328n

in Va., 328n, 502-3

in N.Y., 337n

quartermasters, 447n

hospitals, 531n

physicians, 592n

in Vt., 601

naval affairs, 654, 674-6

Sons of Liberty, 654n

"Americanus" (pseudonym)

argues against unwarranted removals, 229-30n

Americanus (schooner), 547

Ames, Fisher, 299-300

Amsterdam

bills of exchange on, 228, 229n, 597

C. Pinckney at, 239, 295

banks, 371n

consul at, 401-2

prospects for revival of trade, 540

Anacostia River

road to, 167-8, 172

wharves on, 349n

navy yard at, 641n, 646

Anderson, Charles, 429n

Anderson, David, 343n, 380n

Anderson, James, 298-9

Anderson, Joseph, 404n

Andrews, George, 30-1, 95, 127, 418

Andrews, Hannah Shelton, 71

Andrews, Joseph (La.), 557

Andrews, Philo

letter from, 71

seeks consular appointment, 71

identified, 71n

recommended for office, 754

Andrews, Samuel, 71

Anmours, Charles François, Chevalier d', 558-9, 562n

Annapolis Convention (1786), 206, 208n

Annual Message to Congress (1801)

drafting of, x-xi, 611-52

fair copy, 641-50

Annual Register, and Virginian Repository, for the Year 1800 (George Douglas), 8-9

Anomabo, Africa, 561n

anonymous letters

and proposals for government reform, 246-7

recommend aspirants for office, 364

recorded in SJL, 752, 755

António, Prince of Beira, 441-2

Antwerp, 252n, 540

Apollo Belvedere (sculpture), 538, 539n

Appleton, Thomas, 664n, 666, 667, 694

Aranjuez, Treaty of, 695n

architects, 92n

Argument Against Continuing the War (James Workman), 670-1n

Argus (revenue cutter), 675n

Arkansas Territory, 175n

Armstrong, Gen. John

advises on appointments, 62, 63n

letter from cited, 63n

political influence in N.Y., 287

Armstrong, John (Nassau), 547, 548n

Army, U.S. See War, U.S. Department of

Arnold, Benedict, 674

art

lack of patronage for, 388n

France collects, from Europe, 538, 539n

Artois, Charles Philippe, Comte d', 714, 715n

Ash, James, 582, 584n

Ashe, John Baptista, 390

Ashley, Warren, 406, 487

Aspinwall, William, 681n

Ast, William Frederick, 103-4

astronomy, 411-12, 423, 424n, 548-9

attorneys

mentioned, 5n, 42n, 71, 136n, 155, 165n, 207n, 288n, 337, 355n, 516, 517n, 547-8, 559n, 661n

overabundance of, 155

deemed an unproductive profession, 246

seek admission to the bar, 335-6

conveyancers, 336n, 367

auctions, 602, 604n

Augean stable, 5

Auldjo, Thomas

letter from, 280-1

sends news from England, 280-1

Aurora (brigantine), 546-7, 548n

Aurora (Philadelphia)

delivery of, in Va., 41

prints T. Coxe's writings, 263

subscriptions to, 310

publishes accounts from Egypt, 415n

reports misuse of public funds, 438-41, 700, 704-5n

as source of news and information, 455

Austin, David

letters from, 138-41, 176-8, 281-2, 736-7

observations on Barbary affairs, 138, 140n

offers plans, advice, 138-41, 176-8

removes to Washington, 140

letters from cited, 140-1n, 178n, 282n, 750, 752

sends draft of message to Congress, 140-1n

seeks appointment, 178n, 281-2, 736-7

Austria, 192, 396

Auvergne, France, 326, 461-5

Avery, John, 687n

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

26 August 1801

To Levi Lincoln

Jefferson comments on the "dreadful operation" he must perform in finding offices for members of his party who feel that they had been denied jobs and influence in previous administrations.

[after 7 October 1801]

From the Danbury Baptist Association

The Danbury Baptists congratulate the new president and express their belief in religious liberty as a matter between God and individuals.

6 November 1801

Circular to the Heads of Departments

Jefferson sends his cabinet members his thoughts on "the mode & degrees of communication" by which the business of government should be conducted, taking as his model the administrative example of George Washington.

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Abigail & Rebecca (sloop), 11, 95

Abram (b. 1794, TJ's slave), 35

accountants, 215n, 628-9, 636, 703

Adams, Abigail, 3, 237n

Adams, John

Minister to Great Britain

negotiates treaties, 245n

Politics

and election of 1800, 256

meets with L. Lincoln, 299

President

criticism of, xlv, 21, 33n, 456

and fortifications at Newport, 3

and Fergusson, 51

makes appointments, 54, 57n, 58, 320n, 460n, 469n, 493, 494n, 601n

administration praised, 86n

late-term appointments, 252n, 301n, 371n

removals by, 263n, 277n, 654

absences of, from capital, 315, 577

and surveyors for D.C., 349n

and term limits for foreign missions, 381

leaves horses and carriages for TJ, 391

and President's House accounts, 391

and Spain, 393n

method of communicating with heads of departments, 577

annual address to Congress, 612

applications to, for appointments, 676n

removal from office an act of God, 737

Adams, Samuel

letter from, 687

portrait of, 115

congratulates TJ on return of peace, 687

Adams, Fort, 308n, 549, 550, 560n

Adams, Fort (R.I.), 3

Adams (U.S. frigate), 663, 668

Addington, Henry, 715n

Adet, Pierre Auguste, 189n

Adriatic Sea, 398n

Aeolus, 294

Africa

removal of condemned slaves to, x, 720, 721n

smallpox in, 199

Africans compared to American Indians, 556

and slave trade, 561n, 739n

Aggy. See Gillette, Agnes (b. 1798, Aggy, TJ's slave)

agriculture

U.S. an agricultural nation, 240, 652

measurement of bushels, 280-1, 659, 660n, 679

"artificial" meadows, 326

viticulture, 326n

books on, 605

one of four pillars of prosperity, 647

comparison of European to American, 706-7

erosion, 707

Aikin, Charles Rochemont

Concise View, 490, 491n, 573, 698

Alabama Indians, 555, 561n

Albemarle Co., Va.

descriptions of, 22n, 461-3

land taxes, 350n

surveyor, 455n

midwives in, 511n

clerk of court, 744n

alcoholism

among Monticello artisans, 50

among candidates for office, 184, 347n, 350

among Irish immigrants, 350

as cause of suicide, 570

among mariners, 653n

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'

Synonymes Français, 203

Alès, France, 345n

Alexandria, Bank of, 682

Alexandria, Egypt, 239n, 296, 297n, 341

Alexandria, Va.

collector at, 43, 46n, 682, 683n