1 July to 12 November 1802

Volume Details

Description

Volume 38 opens on 1 July 1802, when Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. For the last week of July and all of August and September, he resides at Monticello. Frequent correspondence with his heads of department and two visits with Secretary of State James Madison, however, keep the president abreast of matters of state. Upon learning in August of the declaration of war by Mawlay Sulayman, the sultan of Morocco, much of the president's and the cabinet's attention is focused on that issue, as they struggle to balance American diplomatic efforts with reliance on the country's naval power in the Mediterranean. Jefferson terms the sultan's actions "palpably against reason." In September, he addresses the concerns of the mayor of New York City and the governor of South Carolina that free blacks expelled from Guadeloupe by the French will be landed onto American shores. Although he believes the matter will be dealt with by the states, he also instructs Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin to direct custom house officers to be watchful. In late August, Jefferson is alerted that he has been touched by the "breath of Slander," when James T. Callender's accusations appear in the Richmond Recorder and make public his relationship with Sally Hemings. The president offers no comment, and a month later returns to Washington, where he continues planning for an impending visit by his daughters.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Editorial Method and Apparatus	xvii
Illustrations	xlvii
Jeﬀerson Chronology	2

1802

To William Bache, 1 July 1802		3
To Charles Bulﬁnch, 1 July 1802		4
To Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 1 July 1802		4
From Albert Gallatin, with Jeﬀerson’s Notes, [1 July 1802]		6
To John Steele, 1 July 1802		7
From John Steele, 1 July 1802		8
From William Tatham, 1 July 1802		8
From Henry Dearborn, 2 July 1802		9
To Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 2 July 1802		10
To Albert Gallatin, 2 July 1802		11
From Albert Gallatin, [2 July 1802]		12
From Philip Key, 2 July 1802		12
To Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 2 July 1802		13
From Thomas Whitney, 2 July 1802		14
From Thomas Newton, Jr., 3 July 1802		14
To Alexander White, 5 July 1802		15
From John Beckley, 6 July 1802		16
From Carlos IV, King of Spain, 6 July 1802		17
To Peter Carr, 6 July 1802		18
From John Redman Coxe, 6 July 1802		19
From Albert Gallatin, 6 July 1802		20
Memorandum from Albert Gallatin, with
Jeﬀerson’s Instructions, 6 July 1802		22
To David Hall, 6 July 1802		24
To Thomas Leiper, 6 July 1802		25
From Levi Lincoln, 6 July 1802		27
Memorandum on Appointments, 6 July 1802		27
From William Bache, 7 July 1802		29
From Albert Gallatin, enclosing Gallatin’s Draft of
Authorization for Payment on Maryland Loan, [7 July 1802]		30
From Albert Gallatin, [7 July 1802]		31
To Cyrus Griﬃn, 7 July 1802		32
From Thomas Jenkins, 7 July 1802		33
From Francis Mentges, 7 July 1802		34
To John F. Mercer, 7 July 1802		35
From James Monroe, 7 July 1802		36
From Henry Dearborn, 8 July 1802		38
From Matthew Adgate, 9 July 1802		39
From Henry Dearborn, 9 July 1802		40
To Albert Gallatin, 9 July 1802		41
To Albert Gallatin, [ca. 9 July 1802]		42
From Samuel Smith, 9 July 1802		42
From James Carroll, with Jeﬀerson’s Note,
[on or before 10 July 1802]		43
From Henry R. Graham, 10 July 1802		44
From Dennis Griﬃth, 10 July 1802		45
From William Kilty and James M. Marshall, with
Jeﬀerson’s Note, 10 July 1802		46
From Robert Lawson, 10 July 1802		48
From Louis André Pichon, 10 July 1802		49
From Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 10 July 1802		50
From Henry Dearborn, [12 July 1802]		51
To Thomas Newton, 12 July 1802		52
To Albert Gallatin, 13 July 1802		52
To Gibson & Jeﬀerson, 13 July 1802		53
To Rufus King, 13 July 1802		54
From Alexander White, 13 July 1802		57
From Isaac Cox Barnet, 14 July 1802		58
From John Wayles Eppes, 14 July 1802		60
From Cornelius McDermott Roe, [on or before 14 July 1802]		61
To John Ponsonby, 14 July 1802		62
From William G. Stewart, 14 July 1802		62
To Caleb Strong, 14 July 1802		63
To John Trumbull, 14 July 1802		65
To Caspar Wistar, 14 July 1802		65
From Jacob Bouldin, 15 July 1802		66
To John Redman Coxe, 15 July 1802		67
From Cyrus Griﬃn, 15 July 1802		68
To David Humphreys, 15 July 1802		69
To Joseph Marie Lequinio de Kerblay, 15 July 1802		70
From Joseph Marie Lequinio de Kerblay, 15 July 1802		70
To Francis Mentges, 15 July 1802		71
To James Monroe, 15 July 1802		72
To John Beckley, 16 July 1802		74
To William Duane, enclosing
List of Books for the Library of Congress (Paris),
List of Books for the Library of Congress (London),
and To William Short and George W. Erving, 16 July 1802		75
To Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 16 July 1802		80
To George W. Erving, 16 July 1802		81
To Albert Gallatin, 16 July 1802		82
From John Isaac Hawkins, 16 July 1802		83
From John F. Mercer, 16 July 1802		85
To William Short, 16 July 1802		86
From Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 17 July 1802		86
From Albert Gallatin, 17 July 1802		87
To Nathaniel Macon, 17 July 1802		89
To James Monroe, 17 July 1802		92
From William Irvine, 18 July 1802		93
From George Logan, 18 July 1802		94
From Benjamin Nones, 18 July 1802		95
From Charles Willson Peale, enclosing Diagram: Skull of
an Ox, Diagram: Fossil Skull from Kentucky, and
Diagram: Angles of Skulls and Necks, 18 July 1802		95
From Mathew Carey and Others, 19 July 1802		99
From Tench Coxe, 19 July 1802		100
From George Davis, 19 July 1802		101
From H. O. Hebert, 19 July 1802		102
From David Jackson, Jr., 19 July 1802		103
Memorandum to James Madison, 19 July 1802		104
To William Short, 19 July 1802		105
From Samuel Stephens, 19 July 1802		106
To John Barnes, 20 July 1802		107
To Jacob Bouldin, 20 July 1802		107
Statement of Account with Thomas Carpenter, 20 July 1802		107
To James Dinsmore, 20 July 1802		108
To Albert Gallatin, enclosing
Authorization for Tench Coxe, 20 July 1802		109
To James Monroe, 20 July 1802		110
To Ellen Wayles Randolph, 20 July 1802		111
From Jonathan Smith, 20 July 1802		111
From Josiah Tattnall, Jr., 20 July 1802		112
From William Wirt, 20 July 1802		114
From George Jeﬀerson, 21 July 1802		114
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 21 July 1802		115
From John Vaughan, 21 July 1802		115
From James Madison, 22 July 1802		116
From Thomas Newton, 22 July 1802		118
From “A Republican,” 23 July 1802		119
From Daniel D’Oyley, 24 July 1802		120
From Albert Gallatin, 24 July 1802		121
From Levi Lincoln, 24 July 1802		123
From Charles Miniﬁe, 24 July 1802		126
From Robert Smith, 24 July 1802		128
From Thomas Underwood, Jr., 25 July 1802		129
From Robert Gourlay, 26 July 1802		130
To John Isaac Hawkins, 26 July 1802		130
To George Jeﬀerson, 26 July 1802		130
From James Monroe, 26 July 1802		131
From “N,” 26 July 1802		132
From Thomas McLean, 27 July 1802		134
To Albert Gallatin, 28 July 1802		135
From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, [on or after 28 July 1802]		135
From Isaac Story, 28 July 1802		136
Chiles Terrell’s Nailery Account, 28 July 1802		136
From William Thornton, 28 July 1802		137
From Henry Dearborn, 29 July 1802		138
To John Barnes, 30 July 1802		140
From John Barnes, 30 July 1802		141
From John Redman Coxe, 30 July 1802		142
From Elijah Griﬃths, 30 July 1802		143
To James Madison, 30 July 1802		143
From James Madison, 30 July 1802		144
From Henry Dearborn, 31 July 1802		145
From Henry Dearborn, 31 July 1802		145
From Joseph Marie Lequinio de Kerblay, 31 July 1802		147
From Lucy Ludwell Paradise, 31 July 1802		148
To Daniel Brent, 1 August 1802		150
To Henry Dearborn, 1 August 1802		150
From William Jones, 1 August 1802		151
To Joseph Scott, 1 August 1802		152
From Matthew C. Groves, 2 August 1802		153
From John Barnes, 3 August 1802		154
From Daniel Carroll Brent, 3 August 1802		155
To Albert Gallatin, 3 August 1802		156
From James Lyle, 3 August 1802		158
From John Bird, 4 August 1802		159
From George Jeﬀerson, 4 August 1802		160
To Henry Dearborn, 5 August 1802		160
To George Jeﬀerson, 5 August 1802		161
To Isaac Story, 5 August 1802		161
To Mawlay Sulayman, Sultan of Morocco, [5 August 1802]		162
To John Barnes, 6 August 1802		164
To Daniel Carroll Brent, 6 August 1802		164
To Henry Dearborn, 6 August 1802		165
From William Henry Harrison, 6 August 1802		165
To James Madison, 6 August 1802		167
From Newburyport, Massachusetts, Citizens, 6 August 1802		168
From Henry Dearborn, 7 August 1802		169
From Albert Gallatin, 7 August 1802		170
From Étienne Lemaire, 7 August 1802		172
From Gideon Granger, 8 August 1802		173
To Thomas Munroe, 8 August 1802		174
To Henry Dearborn, 9 August 1802		175
To Albert Gallatin, 9 August 1802		176
From Albert Gallatin, 9 August 1802		177
From Albert Gallatin, 9 August 1802		178
From Elbridge Gerry, 9 August 1802		180
To James Madison, 9 August 1802		189
From Samuel Morse, 9 August 1802		191
From John Page, 9 August 1802		192
To Robert Smith, 9 August 1802		193
From Samuel Smith, 9 June [i.e. August 1802]		194
To Benjamin Stoddert, 9 August 1802		196
From John Barnes, 10 August 1802		196
From Elias Boudinot, 10 August 1802		197
From Daniel Brent, 10 August 1802		199
From Henry Dearborn, 10 August 1802		199
From William Jarvis, 10 August 1802		200
From Dr. Samuel Kennedy, 10 August 1802		201
From William Lee, 10 August 1802		202
From James Monroe, 10 August 1802		202
From Edmund Custis, 11 August 1802		203
From George Jeﬀerson, 11 August 1802		203
From James Madison, 11 August 1802		204
To William Short, 12 August 1802		205
From Joseph Yznardi, Sr., 12 August 1802		205
To Henry Dearborn, 13 August 1802		208
To Henry Dearborn, 13 August 1802		209
To Albert Gallatin, 13 August 1802		210
To Étienne Lemaire, 13 August 1802		210
To James Madison, 12 [i.e. 13] August 1802		211
From Thomas Munroe, 13 August 1802		211
To Bushrod Washington, 13 August 1802		212
From Luisa and Aurora Bellini, 14 August 1802		213
To John Brown, 14 August 1802		214
To Henry Dearborn, 14 August 1802		216
To Albert Gallatin, 14 August 1802		216
To Albert Gallatin, 14 August 1802		218
To Joseph Marie Lequinio de Kerblay, 14 August 1802		219
From James Madison, 14 August 1802		219
To Josiah Smith, 14 August 1802		221
From Henry Dearborn, 15 August 1802		222
To Daniel D’Oyley, 15 August 1802		224
To Gideon Granger, 15 August 1802		224
From John Barnes, 16 August 1802		225
To Henry Dearborn, 16 August 1802		226
From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 16 August 1802		227
From Albert Gallatin, 16 August 1802		229
To James Madison, 16 August 1802		233
To Thomas Munroe, 16 August 1802		234
To Craven Peyton, 16 August 1802		234
From Robert Smith, 16 August 1802		235
From Augustus B. Woodward, 16 August 1802		237
From Augustus B. Woodward and Others, [ca. 16 August 1802]		237
From William Firby, 17 August 1802		238
From Albert Gallatin, 17 August 1802		241
From Étienne Lemaire, 17 August 1802		244
To James Madison, 17 August 1802		245
From Marblehead, Massachusetts, Inhabitants, 17 August 1802		246
To Robert Smith, 17 August 1802		248
From Robert Smith, 17 August 1802		248
From Adams & Rhoades, 18 August 1802		249
From Andrew Jackson, 18 August 1802		250
From James Madison, 18 August 1802		252
From Isaac Story, 18 August 1802		253
From Tristram Dalton, 19 August 1802		253
From Albert Gallatin, 19 August, enclosing
Daniel Clark to Albert Gallatin, 16 August 1802		254
From Albert Gallatin, 19 August 1802		256
From Bushrod Washington, 19 August 1802		257
From John Barnes, 20 August 1802		257
To Henry Dearborn, 20 August 1802		258
To Albert Gallatin, 20 August 1802		259
From Albert Gallatin, 20 August 1802		261
From David Higginbotham, 20 August 1802		262
From James Madison, 20 August 1802		263
To Robert Smith, 20 August 1802		264
From Robert Smith, 20 August 1802		265
From Isaac Story, 20 August 1802		266
Stay of Execution, 21 August 1802		268
To Mawlay Sulayman, Sultan of Morocco, 21 August 1802		268
From Richard Claiborne, 22 August 1802		271
From Henry Dearborn, 22 August 1802		272
To Robert Smith, 22 August 1802		275
To Albert Gallatin, 23 August 1802		277
From John F. Gaullier, 23 August 1802		278
From Gideon Granger, 23 August 1802		279
From Robert King, Sr., enclosing Plan for
System of Inland Navigation, 23 August 1802		280
To James Madison, 23 August 1802		282
From Margaret Page, 23 August 1802		283
To Robert Smith, 23 August 1802		284
From Albert Gallatin, 24 August 1802		286
From Gideon Granger, 24 August 1802		286
To John Milledge, 24 August 1802		287
From Thomas Munroe, 24 August 1802		287
From John Gemmil, 25 August, enclosing
From Thomas McKean, 8 May 1802		288
From James Madison, 25 August 1802		290
From John Page, 25 August 1802		291
From Caesar A. Rodney, 25 August 1802		292
From Thomas Leiper, 26 August 1802		292
From Henry Preble, 26 August 1802		295
From Joshua Wingate, Jr., 26 August 1802		296
From Jacob Bouldin, 27 August 1802		297
To Stephen R. Bradley, 27 August 1802		298
To Henry Dearborn, 27 August 1802		299
To Albert Gallatin, 27 August 1802		300
From Albert Gallatin, 27 August 1802		301
To James Madison, 27 August 1802		302
To Israel Smith, 27 August 1802		303
From Robert Smith, 27 August 1802		304
From Robert Smith, 27 August 1802		306
To Elbridge Gerry, 28 August 1802		306
To Craven Peyton, 28 August 1802		309
To Elias Boudinot, 29 August 1802		309
From William Deblois, 29 August 1802		309
To Gideon Granger, 29 August 1802		310
From James Madison, [on or before 29 August 1802]		311
To Willem H. van Hasselt, 29 August 1802		312
From Henry Warren, 29 August 1802		313
To Henry Dearborn, 30 August 1802		314
From John Drayton, 30 August 1802		316
To Albert Gallatin, 30 August 1802		317
To James Madison, 30 August 1802		318
From Louis Sébastien Mercier, [30 August 1802]		320
To Robert Smith, 30 August 1802		322
From John Barnes, 31 August 1802		323
From James Monroe, 31 August 1802		325
To Thomas Munroe, 31 August 1802		327
From Robert Smith, 31 August 1802		327
From Robert Smith, 31 August 1802		328
Survey and Plat for Land Purchased from
Richard Overton, [on or after 31 August 1802]		329
From James Madison, 1 September 1802		332
From James Monroe, 1 September 1802		332
From Elihu Palmer, 1 September 1802		333
From Robert Smith, 1 September 1802		334
From Frederic Herlitz, 2 September 1802		335
To James Monroe, 2 September 1802		336
To James Monroe, 2 September 1802		338
From Daniel Dinsdale Thompson, 2 September 1802		339
To Henry Dearborn, 3 September 1802		340
From Henry Dearborn, 3 September 1802		341
To James Madison, 3 September 1802		344
From James Madison, 3 September 1802		346
To Stevens Thomson Mason, 3 September 1802		348
To James Monroe, 3 September		349
To Robert Smith, 3 September		350
From William Killen, 4 September		351
Survey and Plat for Land Purchased from Benjamin Brown
and Thomas Wells, Jr., [on or after 4 September]		354
From Gideon Granger, 5 September		356
To Henry Dearborn, 6 September		358
To James Madison, 6 September		358
Promissory Note to Thomas Wells, Jr., 6 September		359
To Robert Smith, 6 September		360
From John Barnes, 7 September		361
From Daniel Brent, 7 September		361
From David Brown, 7 September		362
From George Read, Jr., 7 September		362
To Jacob Bouldin, 8 September		363
From Henry Dearborn, 8 September		364
To Albert Gallatin, 8 September		365
From Hammuda Pasha, Bey of Tunis, 8 September		365
To George Jeﬀerson, 8 September		368
From George Jeﬀerson, 8 September		369
From Josiah Smith, 8 September		369
From Carlos IV, King of Spain, 9 September		370
Deed for Land Purchased from Benjamin Brown,
9 September		370
From Albert Gallatin, 9 September		372
From Albert Gallatin, 9 September		374
From James Madison, [on or before 9 September]		374
From Louis André Pichon and
Émilie Brongniart Pichon, 9 September		376
From Isaac Cox Barnet, 10 September		377
To Daniel Brent, 10 September		378
To Christopher Clark, 10 September		378
To James Madison, 10 September		380
To Thomas Munroe, 10 September		381
To William Thornton, 10 September		381
From James Madison, 11 September		382
From Daniel Rapine, 11 September		383
From William Thornton, 11 September		384
From John Drayton, 12 September		384
To James Lyle, 12 September		386
From Joseph Pannill, 12 September		387
From Stephen R. Bradley, 13 September		387
To Henry Dearborn, 13 September		389
To Albert Gallatin, 13 September		390
To James Madison, 13 September		391
From John Barnes, 14 September		392
From Gideon Granger, 14 September		394
From Robert Smith, 14 September		394
Deed for Land Purchased from Thomas Wells, Jr.,
15 September		396
From G. Louis de Golz, 15 September		398
From George Jeﬀerson, 15 September		399
From James Madison, 15 September		400
From Anthony Haswell, 16 September		401
To Henry Dearborn, 17 September		402
To Albert Gallatin, 17 September		403
To James Madison, 17 September		403
From Thomas Munroe, 17 September		404
To Robert Smith, 17 September		406
From Caleb P. Wayne, 17 September		406
From Thomas Leiper, 19 September		407
From John Callender, 20 September		408
From Henry Dearborn, 20 September		409
From George Divers, 20 September		410
To Albert Gallatin, 20 September		410
To Thomas Munroe, 20 September		411
From Nathaniel Niles, 20 September		411
To Robert Smith, 20 September		412
From Samuel Stephens, 20 September		413
From Alexander White, 20 September		414
From John Barnes, 21 September		415
From Albert Gallatin, 21 September		416
From John Mercer, 21 September		418
From John Jones Waldo, 21 September		419
From Ephraim Kirby, 22 September		420
From Thomas Leiper, 22 September		421
From John Barnes, 24 September		422
To Henry Dearborn, 24 September		423
To George Jeﬀerson, 24 September		423
To Josiah Smith, 24 September		424
To Albert Gallatin, 27 September		424
From John Langdon, 27 September		425
To James Madison, 27 September		425
From John Allen, 28 September		426
From John Barnes, 28 September		427
From Gideon Granger, 28 September		427
From John Harvie, 28 September		428
From Nicholas Norris, 28 September		428
Notes on an Agreement with James Walker, 28 September		429
From “A Sybill Leafe,” [28 September]		430
From George Jeﬀerson, 29 September		430
From James Sylvanus McLean, 30 September		431
From John Steele, 30 September		434
Deed for Land Purchased from Richard Overton, [September]		435
From John Appleton, 1 October		437
To James Walker, 1 October		438
From John Jeﬀers, 2 October		438
From William Norvell, 3 October		440
From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 4 October		441
From William Barry, 5 October		444
From Albert Gallatin, 5 October		445
From Albert Gallatin, 5 October		446
From Albert Gallatin, 5 October		447
From Albert Gallatin, [5 October]		448
To George Jeﬀerson, 5 October		449
From James Lyon, 5 October		450
From Henry Dearborn, 6 October		452
To Albert Gallatin, 6 October		452
From Albert Gallatin, 6 October		453
To George Jeﬀerson, 6 October		453
From Thomas Newton, 6 October		454
From Caesar A. Rodney, 6 October		455
From Alexander Addison, 7 October		456
From Henry Dearborn, 7 October		458
To Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 7 October		458
To Albert Gallatin, 7 October		459
From Albert Gallatin, [7 October]		460
To Albert Gallatin, [on or after 7 October]		461
Memorandum on Appointments, 7 October		462
To Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 7 October		462
From Henry Dearborn, 8 October		463
From Albert Gallatin, [8 October]		463
From George Jeﬀerson, 8 October		465
From George E. Cordell, 9 October		465
To Albert Gallatin, 9 October		466
From Albert Gallatin, 9 October		467
From George Jeﬀerson, 9 October		468
To William Short, 8 [i.e. 9] October		468
From Joseph Anderson, 10 October		469
From John Bond, 10 October		470
To Daniel Carroll Brent, 10 October		471
To William Duane, 10 October		472
From George W. Erving, 10 October		472
From Christopher Gore, 10 October		473
To Robert R. Livingston, 10 October		476
From James McGurk, 10 October		478
To J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 10 October		479
From Joseph Parsons, 10 October		480
To William Bache, 11 October		480
From Louise d’Egremont Brongniart, 11 October		481
From Albert Gallatin, 11 October		482
From Albert Gallatin, 11 October		482
Statement of Account with John March, 11 October		483
To Thomas Newton, 12 October		484
From Joseph Parsons, 12 October		484
From Francis Peyton, 12 October		485
From Samuel Richardet, 12 October		485
From Henry Dearborn, [13 October]		486
To Albert Gallatin, 13 October		486
From Albert Gallatin, 13 October		488
From Albert Gallatin, 13 October		488
To Anthony Haswell, 13 October		489
To Thomas Newton, 13 October		490
From Albert Gallatin, 14 October		490
From Albert Gallatin, [14 October]		491
To William Killen, 14 October		492
From J. P. G. Muhlenberg, 14 October		493
To Nicholas Norris, 14 October		493
From John Barnes, 15 October		494
From Charles Willing Byrd, 15 October		494
To Carlos IV, King of Spain, 15 October		496
To James Dinsmore, 15 October		497
From Caesar A. Rodney, 15 October		497
From Caspar Wistar, 15 October		499
From John Barnes, 16 October		499
From John Barnes, 16 October		500
From Albert Gallatin, 16 October		501
From Thomas Jenkins, Ambrose Spencer, and
Alexander Coﬃn, 16 October		501
From Levi Lincoln, 16 October		503
To Robert Patterson, 16 October		504
From Thomas Mann Randolph, 16 October		505
To Robert Smith, 16 October		506
From Joseph Coppinger, 17 October		507
To James Monroe, 17 October		508
From Mustafa Baba, Dey of Algiers, 17 October		509
To John Barnes, 18 October		511
From William Duane, 18 October		511
To Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 18 October		514
To Nathaniel Macon, 18 October		514
Memorandum to James Madison, [on or before 18 October]		515
From Joseph Parsons, 18 October		516
To Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 18 October		517
To William Short, 18 October		517
Memorandum from the State Department,
[on or before 18 October]		518
To John Barnes, 19 October		519
From William Barry, with Jeﬀerson’s Note, [19 October]		520
From Isaac Dayton, 19 October		520
From Albert Gallatin, [19 October]		521
From Michael Leib, 19 October		523
From Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, 20 October		524
From John Drayton, 20 October		526
From John Rutledge, Jr., 20 October		527
From James Monroe, 21 October		529
Notes on a Cabinet Meeting, 21 October		530
From William Barton, 22 October		531
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 22 October		532
To Robert Smith, 22 October		533
To Thomas Sumter, Sr., 22 October		534
To Joseph Coppinger, 23 October		535
From J. P. P. Derieux, 23 October		535
From “Friend,” 23 October		537
From Albert Gallatin, [23 October]		541
From Robert Smith, 23 October		542
To Samuel Harrison Smith, 23 October		544
To John Barnes, 24 October		544
From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 24 October, enclosing
From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 27 March		544
From John Oakley, [on or before 24 October]		548
To John Allen, 25 October		549
From Jonathan Brunt, 25 October		550
From Thomas Cooper, 25 October, enclosing
Extracts from a Letter of John Hurford Stone
to Joseph Priestley, [10 August]		550
From Albert Gallatin, 25 October		564
From William Jarvis, 25 October		565
To Levi Lincoln, 25 October		565
To James Sylvanus McLean, 25 October		567
From Thomas Newton, 25 October		568
To Thomas Claxton, 26 October		568
To Albert Gallatin, 26 October		569
From Albert Gallatin, [26 October]		569
From João, Prince Regent of Portugal, 26 October		572
Notes on Bounds of the Vincennes Tract,
[on or after 26 October]		572
From Connecticut Republicans, [27 October]		573
From George Hadﬁeld, Leonard Harbaugh, and
George Blagden, 27 October		575
From John F. Mercer, 27 October		576
From Craven Peyton, 27 October, enclosing
Elizabeth Henderson Deed for Dower to Craven Peyton,
18 September, Craven Peyton’s Contract
with Elizabeth Henderson, 18 September, and
James L. Henderson Deed to Craven Peyton, 18 September		577
To J. P. P. Derieux, enclosing Certiﬁcate and Passport,
28 October		580
To George Jeﬀerson, 28 October		581
From Robert R. Livingston, 28 October		582
From Robert R. Livingston, 28 October		583
From James McGurk, [28 October]		590
Memorandum to Albert Gallatin, 28 October		590
From Charles Willson Peale, 28 October		591
From Albert Gallatin, with Jeﬀerson’s Opinion, 29 October		593
From Levi Lincoln, 29 October		595
From Anna McKnight, 29 October		596
From James Ogilvie, 29 October		597
From Joseph Priestley, enclosing
Extract from a Letter of John Hurford Stone
to Joseph Priestley, 29 October		598
From Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 29 October		600
From Thomas Mann Randolph, 29 October		601
From a “Citizen free Born,” 30 October		602
From Gideon Granger, 30 October		605
From Mary Ingraham, 30 October		606
From Thomas Sumter, Sr., 31 October		607
Note on Value of District of Columbia Loans,
[before 1 November]		607
To William Bache, 1 November		608
From John Barnes, [ca. 1 November]		608
From Joseph Bartlett, 1 November		610
From Albert Gallatin, 1 November		613
From Albert Gallatin, 1 November		614
To George Jeﬀerson, 1 November		614
From Lafayette, [ca. 1 November]		615
From Lafayette, 1 November		616
From William Moultrie, 1 November		617
From Robert Patterson, 1 November		617
From Henry Dearborn, 2 November		619
To Benjamin H. Latrobe, 2 November		619
To Craven Peyton, 2 November		621
To Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 2 November		622
To Thomas Mann Randolph, 2 November		623
From George Vanleer, 2 November		624
From William Barton, 3 November		625
To Michael Bowyer, 3 November		626
From Henry Dearborn, 3 November		627
To Handsome Lake, 3 November		628
From John Hollins, 3 November		631
From James Monroe, 3 November		632
From Thomas Paine, [on or before 3] November		634
To Charles Willson Peale, 3 November		634
From David Stone, 3 November		635
From Caesar A. Rodney, [before 4 November]		636
To Gabriel Duvall, 5 November		639
From Mary Jeﬀerson Eppes, 5 November		640
From Peter Kuhn, Jr., 5 November		640
To Edward Thornton, 5 November		641
To Henry Dearborn, 6 November		641
To Matthew C. Groves, 7 November		643
From Nathaniel Macon, 7 November		643
From Benjamin Dearborn, 8 November		644
From Thomas Worthington, 8 November		645
From Nicolas Gouin Duﬁef, 9 November		647
To Gibson & Jeﬀerson, 9 November		651
From Benjamin H. Latrobe, 9 November		652
From Thomas Munroe, 9 November		654
From Thomas Munroe, 9 November		654
From Martha Jeﬀerson Randolph, 9 November		655
From John Smith, 9 November		656
From Jean Pierre Paulin Hector Daure, 10 November		658
Proclamation on Land for Market, 10 November		659
From Samuel Ward, 10 November		660
From Henry Warren, 10 November		661
From Jacob Lewis, [11 November]		663
From John F. Mercer, 11 November		664
Opinions on the Common Law: The Case of William Hardin		665
I.	Observations on the Common Law and
	Hardin’s Case, 11 November	668
II.	Albert Gallatin’s Opinion on the Common Law
	and Hardin’s Case, [ca. 11 November]	672
III.	Robert Smith’s Opinion on the Common Law
	and Hardin’s Case, [ca. 11 November]	674
To John Barnes, 12 November		676
To David Gelston, 12 November		676
From James Monroe, 12 November		677

APPENDICES

Appendix I: List of Appointments, [1 July-12 November]	679
Appendix II: Letters Not Printed in Full	684
Appendix III: Letters Not Found	685
Appendix IV: Financial Documents	690

Index

693

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, 563n, 602-5

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire ancienne des empires et des républiques (Jacques Lacombe), 76

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire d'Angleterre (Thomas Salmon), 78

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Pologne (Friedrich August von Schmidt), 76

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire des Juifs (François Nicolas Charbuy), 76

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire d'Espagne et de Portugal (Charles Jean François Henault), 76

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire du Nord: ou des etats de Dannemarck, de Russie, de Suède, de Pologne, de Prusse, de Courlande, &c (Jacques Lacombe), 76

Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire universelle depuis les premiers empires du monde (Johannes Sleidanus, trans. Antoine Hornot), 76

Abridgment des plusieurs cases et resolutions del common ley (Henry Rolle), 78

accountants, 103n

Ackermann, Suardy, & Co., 62n

Adams, Abijah, 249n

Adams, John

correspondence of, published, 249-50

criticism of, 90, 92, 126n, 187, 352, 421, 451

and France, 227, 228

and Indian affairs, 316n

late-term appointments, 60n, 254n, 420n

makes appointments, 243-4n, 254n, 255n, 257n, 590, 591n

popularity of, 124

removals by, 243n, 425

and Saint-Domingue, 324n

and Sedition Act, 452

and Sweden, 190n

TJ recommends books to, 525n

Adams, John Quincy, 124, 190n, 420n, 612, 613n

Adams, Samuel, 249-50

Adams, Samuel (N.H.), 243n, 682

Adams, Thomas, 188n, 249n

Adams, Fort, 172n, 217, 254, 255n

Adams (U.S. frigate)

in the Mediterranean, 175, 177, 189, 193, 530

money sent with, 232

Simpson awaits arrival of, 191n, 266n, 290, 319n, 334, 395

Adams & Rhoades

letter from, 249-50

sends pamphlet to TJ, 249-50

Addison, Alexander

complains about postal service, 456-8

identified, 457n

letter from, 456-8

letter from cited, 458n

persecution of Republicans by, 44

Addison, Thomas

letter from cited, 151n, 686

Address, to the People of the United States, on the Subject of the Report of a Committee of the House of Representatives (Oliver Wolcott, Jr.), 394

Address to the People Called Quakers (Samuel Stephens), 106n

Adelaide (ship), 565

Adgate, Matthew

Digest, or, Plain facts stated: in which the Gospel and Law are compared, 40n

letter from, 39-40

Northern Light; or New Index to the Bible, 40n

sends religious writings to TJ, 39-40

Africa

maps of, xlviii

removal of condemned slaves to, 54-7, 326, 474-6

African Association, xlviii

agriculture

"animated oats," 197-8, 309

cultivating machines, 67n

merino sheep, 200n

Ainsworth, Robert

Latin and English Dictionary Abridged, 79

Albany Register, 92

Albemarle Co., Va.

Castle Hill plantation, 259n

courts, 372n, 397, 580n

Dunlora estate, 5

Henderson lands in, 578-80

measles in, 10, 13, 50, 60-1, 80-1

militia, 359n

Montalto, 372n

Music Hall estate, 137n

roads, 401n

sheriffs, 398n

Alberti de Villaneuve, François d'

Nuovo Dizionario Italiano-Francese, 77

alcoholism

among Indians, x-xi, 342n, 628-30

removals from office due to, viii, 12, 243n, 446, 459, 462, 464

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d'

Encyclopédie, 77

Alexander I, Emperor of Russia

admiration for TJ, l

compared with TJ, 552, 554-6

influence of La Harpe on, xlix-l, 553-4n, 561n, 599-600

interest in constitutional government, 598

portrait of, l, 314 (illus.)

relations with France, 562n

reorganizes ministries, 587n

Alexander, Archibald (Del.)

and Delaware River piers, 179n, 292

letter from cited, 159n, 686

as reference, 159

Alexandria, D.C.

jail, 46-7

militia, 150-1, 175, 296-7

Algeciras, Spain, 245-6

Algiers

annuity payments to, 116-17, 118n, 135, 143, 231, 232, 235, 305n, 334, 367n, 395

consul at, xlviii, 233n

divan, 509, 510n

Jews in, 510n

map of, xlviii, 314 (illus.)

peaceful relations with U.S., 484, 506

relations with Ottoman Empire, 510n

and release of crew of Franklin, 208n, 509-10

and Spain, 390

special U.S. agent to, proposed, vii, 222-3

treaty with U.S., 118n

U.S. negotiations with, 230

Alicante, Spain, 390n

Alien Enemies Act (1798), 477

Alien Friends Act (1798), 45n, 477

aliens. See immigrants

Ali Hassan, Dey of Algiers, 223, 510n

Allen, Hancock, 689

Allen, John (Me.)

cure for yellow fever, 426, 549

identified, 426n

letter from, 426

letter to, 549

Alliance (Continental frigate), 663n

Allston, Benjamin, Sr., 526n

Ambassades de monsieur de la Boderie (Antoine Lefèvre de La Boderie), 77

Ambassadeur et ses fonctions par monsieur de Wicquefort (Abraham de Wicquefort), 76

Ambler, John, 149

American and British Chronicle of War and Politics: Being an Accurate and Comprehensive Register of the Most Memorable Occurrences in the Last Ten Years of His Majesty's Reign (E.I.S.), 78

American Literary Advertiser (Washington, D.C.), 480

American Mercury (Hartford), 125n

American Museum (Mathew Carey), 284n

American Philosophical Society

elects members, 615-16n

library, 651n

publishes Transactions, 115-16, 618

receives communications, specimens, 46n, 97n, 115-16, 134, 214, 215n, 504-5, 586, 615-16, 617-18

TJ as president of, 97n, 115

American Practical Brewer and Tanner (Joseph Coppinger), 508n

American Revolution

bounty and pension claims, 248, 471n

and divine sanction, 121n

and France, 589n

histories of, 213n, 617n

Loyalists, 280n, 294-5

naval forces, 248, 663n

in New York City, 336n

in S.C., 617n

in Va., 152n

veterans of, 99, 100-1, 151, 152n, 295, 387n, 402n, 471n, 522n, 661, 663n, 664-5

American Universal Geography (Jedidiah Morse), l-li

America's Deliverance and Duty (Richard Furman), 120-1, 224

Amiens, Treaty of

collapse of, 584, 586, 588n

impact of, 105, 390, 584

signed, 144n

terms of, 264n, 562n, 588n

Amsterdam, 227, 228, 229n, 460n, 569

Anacostia River, 90, 126, 236n, 272n, 543n, 620

Anderson, J. B., 690

Anderson, James (Scotland), 73n

Anderson, Joseph

advises on appointments, 469-70

letter from, 469-70

letter to cited, 515n, 688

Anderson, Richard

letters to, from cited, 687

Anderson, William Preston, 681

Andréossy, Antoine François, 584, 587-8

Andrews, Asa, 31, 32n

Annales romaines, ou Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire romaine (Philippe Macquer), 76

Annual Register (Great Britain), 78

Anthony & Pleasants (Richmond), 530n

Antient Right of the Commons of England Asserted (William Petyt), 79

Antwerp, 60n, 377-8

Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourgignon d', 77

Aphorisms on Man, Manners, Principles & Things (Joseph Bartlett), 613n

Appleton, John

identified, 437-8n

letter from, 437-8

sends printing samples to TJ, 437-8

Appleton, Nathaniel, 437n

Appleton, Thomas, 437n

Arabic language, xlviii, 266n, 509-10n

Aranda, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Conde de, 17-18n

Aranjuez, Treaty of, 584, 588n

Arbuthnot, John

Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, 79

Arcambal, Louis, 311, 312n, 400n

Arcana Parliamentaria: or Precedents Concerning Elections, Proceedings, Privileges, and Punishments in Parliament, 79

Archer, Thomas, 446, 447n, 462, 519, 679, 682

architects, 4, 461n, 481n

architecture

Halle aux Bleds, 619, 620-1n

of hospitals, 460-2

of jails, xi, 164-5

plinths, 691

Argou, Gabriel

Institution au droit françois, 77

Argus (U.S. brig), 63n

Ariosto, Ludovico, 558

Aristotle, 483

Armistead, Francis, 680

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

art

illustration of medical works, 20

miniature portraits, 96

sculpture, 377n

study of European, 592

Ashash, Abd al-Rahman, 176n, 190n, 266n, 319n, 360, 395

Ashby, Matthew

Ashby and White, 79

Ashby and White: or, the great question, whether an action lies at common law for an elector (Matthew Ashby and William White), 79

Asnet (child), 244-5

assault and battery, 43

astronomy

astronomical instruments, 14, 134, 153, 154n, 504, 618

calculation of longitude, 44, 45n, 153-4, 485, 504-5, 618

TJ's interest in, 14

Athenæ Oxonienses: An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford (Anthony à Wood), 78

Atlas portatif à l'usage des colleges (L'Abbé Grenet and Rigobert Bonne), 77

attorneys

education of, 101, 262-3, 611

as Federalists, 513

mentioned, 32n, 93, 99-101, 143, 151, 241, 304n, 333n

Atwater, Reuben, 388, 515

Aubrée, Mr., 59

Augusta Co., Va., 74, 75n

Augustus, Emperor, 557

Aurora (Philadelphia), 294, 422n, 498, 499n

Austin, Benjamin, Jr., 124, 126n

Austin, Jonathan L., 28, 681

Austria, 558, 562n

Authentic Information Relative to the Conduct of the Present & Last Administrations of the United States (Caesar A. Rodney), 497, 498n

Avaux, Claude de Mesmes and Bougeant, G.-H.

Histoire du traité de Westphalie, 77

Azara, José Nicolás de, 383, 584, 588n