The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 9 (of 9) / Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private

by Thomas Jefferson

GENERAL INDEX.

• (A.)
  • Aborigines of America.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The origin of, [109].
  • [Adams, John].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His views of the Articles of Confederation, [33].
      • Appointed Minister to England, [63].
      • His presentation at the Court of St. James, [436].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Views of character of, [107].
      • His recall from England, [110].
      • Mr. Jefferson's views of his new work, [128], [282].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His alienation from Mr. Jefferson, [257].
      • His anonymous contributions to newspapers, [267].
      • Letters from Jefferson, explaining the difference between them, [270].
      • Friendly relations with Jefferson restored, [292].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Opposition to his administration on the question of war with France, [229].
      • The effects of his war policy, [234], [235].
      • Expenses of his administration, [259].
      • State of parties during his administration, [262], [263].
      • His appointments to office, [356], [383], [386].
      • Relations between him and Jefferson, [545], [555], [560].
      • Policy of his administration relative to French war, [290], [291], [298].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Difference between his political opinions and Hamilton's, [551].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His views of Washington's administration, [157].
      • His political principles, [152], [162], [166], [208], [357], [473], [500].
      • Terrorism excited against him, [155].
      • His religious opinions, [150], [159], [168], [171], [174], [172], [204], [208], [251], [264], [325], [357], [473], [545], [599], [601].
      • His views of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, [501], [545].
      • The French encyclopedists, [555].
      • His views of different systems of philosophy, [556].
      • His views on aristocracy, [160], [222], [254], [260].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His estimate of life, [30].
      • His reading, [59], [69].
      • Calumnies of Pickering against, [58], [62].
      • His views of metaphysics, [71].
      • His views of Bonaparte, [71].
      • Letter of condolence to, from Mr. Jefferson, [107].
      • Oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence, [218], [219].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • In favor of a strong government, [189], [194].
      • Believes disunion inevitable, [203].
  • Adams, John Q.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Made Secretary of State, [85].
  • Adams, Samuel.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His character, [121].
  • Advice.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Letter of, [401].
  • Agriculture.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Superiority to all other pursuits, [403], [465].
      • That of England and France compared, [549].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Condition of, in the South of France, [135].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Profits of, in Virginia, [1].
    • Vol. v.—
      • The science of, [224].
      • Implements of, [226].
      • Products of, adapted to U. States, [314].
      • Jefferson's partiality for.
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Scheme for general system of agricultural societies.
  • Albemarle County.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Its climate, soil and natural advantages, [431].
  • Albinos.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Description of, [318].
  • Alexander, Emperor.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Bust of, presented to Jefferson, [6].
      • His character, [7], [526].
      • His intervention in favor of neutral rights, [8].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His views, [20].
  • Aliens.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Who are and who are not aliens, [530].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • The rights and privileges of, [262].
  • Alien and sedition laws (The).—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Proposal of, [237], [242], [244].
      • Objections to, [258].
      • Copy of Kentucky resolutions sent to Mr. Madison, [258].
      • Resolutions on, by Kentucky, [305].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Resolutions relative to, [464].
  • Algiers.—
    • [See [Barbary States].]—
    • War with, the best policy.
      • Vol. iii., [164].
  • Almanacs.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Improvements in suggested, [29].
  • America, United States of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Imperfections of articles of confederation, [78].
      • A new constitution for, necessary, [78].
      • Views of, prevalent in Europe, [407], [413].
      • Views of public affairs in U. States in the year 1785, [423].
      • English calumnies against, [427].
      • Hostile feeling of England against, [429], [464], [541], [550], [563], [604].
      • Low reputation of, in Europe, [513].
      • Extravagance of people of, [550].
      • Summary of news from, [349].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Origin of the Aborigines of, [109].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Whether men and animals degenerate in, [312].
  • Anas (The).—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Explanation of, [87].
  • Anatomy.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Experiments in, [388].
  • Anglo-Saxon.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • The language, [416].
  • Antiquities.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Monuments of in South of France, [132], [133], [134].
      • In Western America, [176].
  • Antoinette, Maria.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Her character, [88], [101].
    • Vol. ii., [154], [310].
  • Apocalypse (The).—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Views of, [394].
  • Apportionment.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Bill apportioning representation, [384].
  • Aristocracy.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views on, [160], [222], [254], [360].
      • [See [Virginia].]
      • [See [Adams, J.]]
  • Arms.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Supply of, for Congress, [603].
    • Vol. v.—
      • When loaned by government, [168], [238], [240].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Application for, by governor of Pennsylvania, [159].
  • Army.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Reduction of, [430].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Objections to standing army, [11].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Pickering's views on, [194].
  • Army, Revolutionary.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Virginia troops in, [235].
      • Continental troops in, [235].
      • Disasters of, in the South, [241], [249].
      • Success in Canada, [202].
      • Supplies of men, provisions and ammunition from Virginia for Southern army, [243], [244], [245], [246], [247], [249], [251], [252], [253], [260], [262], [263], [273], [274], [285], [288], [302], [304].
      • The movements of the Southern Army, [291], [294], [296], [298], [299], [300], [302], [303], [309].
      • Expedition against Canada, [206].
      • Military movements in Virginia, [207].
      • Progress of the war, [211].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • False accounts of our battles circulated in Europe, [207].
      • Mutiny in, [258].
  • Arnold, Benedict.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His invasion of Virginia, [144].
  • Articles of Confederation.—
    • [See [Confederation].]
  • Asquith Lister.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Relative to his imprisonment in France on charge of being engaged in contraband trade, [583].
  • Assumption.—
    • [See [Debts, State].]
  • Astronomy.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Discoveries in, [447], [516].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Its application to navigation, [374].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Astronomical observations, [27], [28].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • New method of finding longitude, [223], [226].
  • Aubaine, Droit d'.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Law of, in France, relative to citizens in new States, [189].
      • Its abolition in France, [259].
  • Austria.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Relations between the Emperor of, and the Dutch, [346], [353], [355], [358], [365], [400], [405].
      • Relations between Austria, Russia and Turkey, [400].
      • Treaty of commerce with, [510], [523], [566], [571].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our commercial relations with, [28].
      • Relations of, with the Netherlands, [289].
      • Relations of, with Prussia and France, [315], [344], [371].
      • Relations of, with Turkey, [392], [396], [510], [531], [552].
• (B.)
  • Bacon's Rebellion.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • View of, [528].
  • Baily, M.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Made Mayor of Paris, [78].
  • Balls, Birth-night.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Dissensions about, [218].
  • Balloons.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Experiments with, in France, [54], [441].
  • Banks.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's view of the English banking system, [405].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Excess of, [516].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Evils of the system of, [295], [300], [381], [434], [498], [515].
      • Jefferson's hostility to, [305], [381], [605].
      • Suspension of, in 1814, [381].
      • Number of, at different periods, [434].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Suspension of, [142].
      • Distress resulting therefrom, [151].
      • Jefferson's plan for reducing circulating medium, [146].
  • Bank of Philadelphia.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Charter of, [24].
  • Bank, U. States (The).—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Shares in, taken immediately, [268].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Question of its constitutionality, [412].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views of the plan for, proposed in 1813, [228].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • The origin of, [95].
  • Bankrupt Bills.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Views on, [495].
  • [Barbary States].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Naval alliance against, proposed, [65], [591], [606].
      • It fails, [67].
      • Disposition of, towards U. States, [401], [413], [428].
      • Relations of U. States with, [376], [393], [557], [560], [565], [570], [572], [575], [584], [591], [601].
      • A minister should be sent to, [406].
      • Mr. Barclay sent as minister to Morocco, [416], [474].
      • Letter to Emperor of, [418].
      • Instructions to Mr. Barclay, [420].
      • Inquiries to be made by him, [421].
      • Mr. Lambe sent on mission to Algiers, [376], [438], [457], [474], [581].
      • Embarrassments occasioned by his delay, [376], [385].
      • Remanded to America to give information relative to his mission, [581].
      • His equivocal conduct, [605].
      • Passports for ministers to, [471].
      • American prisoners in, [439], [477], [601].
      • Negotiations with the Tripoline minister, [551].
      • Naval war against, advisable, [591].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Hostile relations of, with U. States, [10], [26], [27], [85].
      • Treaty with Morocco, [72], [94], [125].
      • Its ratification, [264].
      • Treaty with Algiers fails, [85].
      • Intervention of the Mathurin Monks in favor of our Algerine prisoners, [93], [113], [270], [307], [386].
      • Redemption of our Algerine prisoners, [307], [380], [464], [564].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Provision for our Algerine prisoners, [209], [436], [533].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • War with Tripoli, [574].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Piracies of, [520].
      • Efforts to redeem Algerine prisoners, [532].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Peace with, restored, [50].
      • Case of Hamet Caramalli, ex-bashaw of Tripoli, [54].
      • Difficulties with Tunis, [61].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Plan for an European alliance against, [307].
      • How best to secure peace with, [424].
      • Question of ransom of captives, [424].
  • Barclay, Thomas.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His arrest at Bordeaux, [155], [158], [159], [226].
      • His return to U. States, [183].
      • His pecuniary embarrassments, [183], [210].
      • His character, [210], [211].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His second mission to Morocco, [261].
  • Barlow, Joel.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His Columbiad, [238].
      • His History of the U. States, [496].
      • His departure for Paris, [587].
  • Bastrop's Case.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • An account of, [231].
  • Beds of Justice.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Held to force parliament to register decrees, [258].
  • Berlin and Milan Decrees.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Character of, [100].
  • Berceau (The).—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Case of, [405].
  • Billon.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Report of National Assembly of France on, [207].
  • Bills of Rights.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views of, [329], [358].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Federal Constitution should be amended by inserting a bill of rights, [3], [13].
      • Arguments for and against bills of rights, [4], [13], [201].
      • Amendments to, proposed by Jefferson, [100], [101].
  • Bloodworth, Mr.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His bankruptcy, [49].
  • Bolingbroke, Lord.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His writings, [197].
  • Bollandists (The).—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Their collection, [475], [489].
  • Bonaparte.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His expedition to Egypt, [278], [280].
      • Establishment of Consular government by, [315], [320].
      • His administrative talents, [320].
      • His character and purposes, [322].
      • Jerome Bonaparte's marriage with Miss Patterson, [510].
    • Vol. v.—
      • His great victories, [173].
      • His plans of conquest, [512].
      • His character, [601].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views of his character and career, [283], [352], [358].
      • His fall, [352], [421].
      • His restoration, [480], [490], [458], [463].
      • His final abdication, [467], [490], [492], [553].
      • His feelings towards U. States, [464].
  • Books.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Should be imported free of duty, [220].
  • Boston Port Bill.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Effects of its passage on colonies, [6].
      • Proceedings thereon in Virginia, [6].
      • A day of fasting, humiliation and prayer appointed, [7].
  • Botta, M.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His History of American Revolution, [527].
  • Boundary.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Between Pennsylvania and Virginia, [399].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Difficulties on our Eastern boundary, [230].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Difficulties between Virginia and Maryland, reference to, [162].
  • Brabant.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Revolutionary movements in, [212].
  • Brazil.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Revolutionary movements in, [140].
      • Jefferson's views relative thereto, [143].
      • Character of population of, [140].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Emperor of, [285].
  • Brienne, Cardinal.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His influence over the queen, [310].
      • His character, [311], [316].
      • His want of popularity, [316].
      • His dismissal, [471].
  • Brittany.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Difficulties between Noblesse and people, [577].
  • Bunker Hill.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Account of the battle of, [293].
  • [Burgesses], Virginia house of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Proceedings in, on stamp act, [4].
      • Distinguished members of, [4].
      • Tone and political views of members, [5].
      • Proceedings on Boston Port Bill, [6].
      • Dissolution of, by Governor, [7].
      • Recommends sending men to Continental Congress, [7].
      • Also election of delegates to meet at Williamsburg, [7].
      • The action of, [8], [9].
  • Burr, Aaron.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His conspiracy, [24], [26], [28], [38], [40].
      • His accomplices, [34], [45], [60], [99], [305].
      • Efforts in Ohio to suppress his conspiracy, [37].
      • His arrest and trial, [55], [65], [57], [66], [81], [84], [86], [95], [96], [98], [174].
      • His views and objects, [64], [128], [129], [130].
      • Federalists come to his rescue, [64], [65], [66], [67].
      • Proofs and witnesses against, [72], [78], [81], [95], [96], [112], [190].
      • His forgeries, [86].
      • His acquittal, [187], [199].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Intrigues of, [202], [204].
      • Wishes his friends to unite on a federalist for president, [204].
      • Explanations between him and Jefferson, [204], [205], [208].
      • Jefferson's disgust of, [207], [208].
      • Relations of, with Jefferson, [204], [205], [208], [209].
• (C.)
  • Cabinet, Executive.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Mode of transacting business in, [94].
      • Of Washington and Jefferson, [568], [569].
  • Callender.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Mr. Jefferson's relations with, [445], [447], [448].
  • Calonnes, M. de.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His administration of French finances, [298].
  • Camden.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • The battle of, [263].
  • Campbell, Col.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • The hero of King's Mountain, [268].
  • Canada.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Attack on, [130].
  • Canals.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The Erie and Ohio canal projected, [250].
      • Practicability of a canal through Isthmus of Panama, [325], [397].
      • Advantages of a canal between Cuyahoga and Big Beaver, [370].
      • Potomac canal projected, [283].
      • The Santee and Cooper canal, [283].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The Potomac and Ohio canal, [29].
  • Caper, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The culture of, in the U. States, [198].
  • Capitol of Virginia.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Model for, from France, [46].
  • [Capitol, Federal].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Plans for, [507], [508].
      • Dr. Thornton's plan approved, [508].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • The building of, [435].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Burnt by the English, [383].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Whether there shall be any inscription on the front of the new capitol, [41].
  • Carmichael, Mr.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • The estimation in which, held at Court of Spain, [526].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Character of, [107].
  • Carolina, N.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • What included in her cession of public lands, [229].
  • Carolina, S.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Introduction of culture of grape, almond, caper, olive, fig, &c., in, [197], [198], [199].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Notice of effort to excite insurrection among negroes in, [98].
  • Carr, Peter.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Advice in respect to his education, [395].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Advice in respect to his education, [237], [409].
  • Carr, Mr.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Character of, [529].
  • Carrying Trade.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Foreign vessels excluded from, between France and her Colonies, [338], [346].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Condition of, [16].
  • Cedars (The).—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Account of the affair at, [296].
  • Census.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Of U. States, [205].
  • Chancery Courts.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Expediency of introducing trial by jury in, [37], [49], [50].
  • Charities.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Principles on which they should be bestowed, [589].
  • Chargé des Affaires.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Proper form for their credentials, [142].
  • Charters.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Whether revocable by the Legislature, [103], [108].
  • Chemistry.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • The science of, [73].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Progress of, [259].
  • Cherbourg, Port of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Its fortification, [587].
  • Cherokees, (The).—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Rights of, under the treaty of Hopewell, [192].
  • Chesapeake (The).—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Capture of, [113], [114].
      • Executive action, relative to, [116], [118], [120], [122], [123], [126], [139].
      • Preparations for war, on account of, [120], [122], [123], [126], [127], [132], [146].
  • Chesapeake Bay.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Defence of mouth of, [180].
  • China.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Chinese Mandarin released from embargo, [325].
  • Christianity.—
    • [See [Religion].]
    • [See [Law, Common].]
  • [Church, Episcopal].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Its first establishment in Virginia, [38].
      • Character of its clergy, [38].
      • Dissenters from, constitute the majority, [38].
      • Its overthrow as an establishment in Va., [39], [174].
      • Its maintenance advocated by many, particularly by Pendleton and R. C. Nicholas, [39].
  • Cincinnati.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • History of, [334].
      • Objections to, [334].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Dangers of, [61].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • First suggested by Gen. Knox, [376].
      • Washington in favor of abolishing, [478].
  • Citizenship.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Act defining, [40].
  • Claiborne, Gov.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Wounded in a duel, [137].
  • Clarke, Col.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His success at St. Vincennes, [221].
      • His expeditions against the Indians, [339], [359], [381], [382], [395].
  • Clarke, Gen.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His character and talents, [217].
  • Classics.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Benefits of the study of, [131].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Study of, should not be neglected, [389].
  • Clay, Henry.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His opposition to Jefferson, [183].
  • Clergy.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Benefit of, abolished, [263].
  • [Climate].—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Changes of, in U. States, [487].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Of Europe and America compared, [570].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Of Western country, [375].
    • Vol. viii.—Of Virginia, [320].
  • [Coinage].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Of the U. States, [101].
      • Improvements in, [75], [89], [111].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Employment of Mr. Drost at the Mint, [139], [140], [446].
      • Relative to copper coinage, [279].
      • Hamilton's report on the Mint, [330].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Report on copper coinage, by Jefferson, [462].
      • Jefferson's report on coins, weights and measures, [472].
  • Colleges.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • How buildings for, should be arranged, [521].
  • [Colonies], American.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Resistance of, to the mother country, [5].
      • Tone and views of different parties in, [5].
      • Resistance to governor, [5].
      • Summary view of relations between colonies and mother country, [8].
      • Summary view of rights of, [124].
      • Grievances of, [201].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • How originally populated, [254].
      • But few manufactures in, [254].
      • Indented servants in, [254].
      • Founded by individual enterprise, [255].
      • No criminals carried to England from, for trial, [299].
      • Equality of rights in, [270].
      • Population of, in 1775, [272], [273].
      • Laws of England adopted in, [282].
      • The power of English parliament over, [294].
      • The tyranny of the king towards towards, [299].
  • Colonization.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Of Negroes, [564].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Views on, [332].
  • Columbus.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Portraits of, [343], [373].
  • [ Commerce ].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Commercial treaties under Confederation, [60].
      • Powers of Congress over, [349].
      • Proposition to exempt merchant vessels from seizure in time of war, [62].
      • Commercial treaties with European powers, [62], [371], [455], [459], [465], [478], [487].
      • Benefits of commerce, [404].
      • Expediency of investing Congress with control over, [425], [475], [487], [531].
      • Commercial relations with France, [378], [386], [491], [499].
      • Commercial relations with Austria, [511], [512], [523].
      • Commerce of the U. States, [597].
      • Programme of commercial treaties with European powers, [350], [360], [371].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Transfer of power over to Congress, [19], [21].
      • Commerce with the West Indies, [112], [536].
      • Commerce with Sardinia, [146].
      • Commerce with France, [163], [169], [528], [529].
      • Commercial policy of the U. States, [321], [529], [537].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Commercial relations with England and France, [99], [100], [320].
      • Whether in our commercial relations we should discriminate in favor of France, [99], [100].
      • Our commerce with French West Indies, [113], [114], [191], [319].
      • Summary of our commerce with France and England, [313], [316], [317], [318].
      • Our commercial relations with France, [509], [516].
      • Our commercial relations with the Netherlands, [510].
      • Our commercial relations with Great Britain, [511], [514].
      • Our commercial relations with Spain, [512].
      • Our commercial relations with Portugal, [533].
      • Foreign-built vessels purchased by our citizens stand on the same footing as to neutral rights with home-built vessels, [550].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Condition of commerce in U. States in 1798, [213].
      • Commercial relations with Great Britain, [214].
      • French regulations in relation to, [220], [221].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Impulse given to, by embargo, [441].
      • Coasting and carrying trade, [505].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Our Mediterranean trade, [519].
      • Privileges of, and restrictions on, our foreign commerce, [636].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Commercial negotiations with France, [230], [234], [535].
      • Commercial regulations of U. States, [239].
      • Commerce with French West Indies, [243].
      • Project of treaty with France and England, [415].
  • Committees of Correspondence.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Origin of, [6], [115], [124].
  • Compensation Law.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Unpopularity of, [78].
  • [Confederation], Articles of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Report of Committee appointed to prepare, [26].
      • Debates thereon in Continental Congress, [27], [28], [29], [30], [31].
      • Adoption of, [36].
      • Executive power lodged in an executive committee, [54].
      • The Committee splits into factions, [54].
      • Character of Congress under, [58].
      • Imperfections of, [78].
      • New Constitution required, [78].
      • Financial embarrassments under, [83].
      • Powers of, over commerce, [349], [425], [475], [487].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Powers of the government under, [23].
      • Reform of, [66].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Differences arising under, and mode of adjusting them, [291].
      • Plan of confederation proposed by Franklin, [303].
  • Confiscation.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Of refugees' property breaking out of Revolutionary war, [372], [377], [378], [380], [381], [382], [383], [384].
      • Question of restitution after the war, [372], [385], [386].
      • Restitution recommended by Congress, [376].
      • Confiscation of debts due to England, [387].
      • Debts not confiscated during the war survive it, [406], [407].
      • But if confiscated, the debtor is released, [407], [408].
  • Congress.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Proceedings of Continental Congress, [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19].
      • Address by, to people of Great Britain, [11].
      • Character of the Congress at Annapolis, [58].
      • Instructions of Virginia to her delegates to Continental Congress, [122], [142].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Current business before, [208].
      • Corrupting influences brought to bear on, [301], [360], [362].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Whether the States have power to prescribe new qualifications for members of, [309].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Whether Congress has the right to adjourn to a new place of meeting, without consent of the President, [495].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Relative to its powers to call on President for papers, &c., [12], [113].
      • Question of an extra session in 1793, [165].
  • Consolidation.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Dangers of, [223], [293], [430].
      • Rapid strides towards, [426], [430].
  • Constitution Federal.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [79].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His objections to, [316], [318], [329], [355], [358], [375], [399].
      • Description of, [324].
      • Opposition to, by different States, [324].
      • Who for, and who against it, [324], [358].
      • Best to adopt first and amend afterwards, [332], [355], [399], [404].
      • Vote of different States in adoption of, [384], [423].
      • Conduct of Massachusetts in relation to, [398], [399], [404], [550].
      • Nine States accede to, [455], [533].
      • Effect thereof, [533].
      • Virginia and New York accede, but propose amendments, [480], [533], [550].
      • North Carolina follows lead of Virginia and New York, [492], [550].
      • Debates on, in Virginia Convention, [481].
      • Organization of government under new Constitution, [550], [573], [576].
      • Character of first elections under, [576].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Jefferson's opinion of, [12].
      • Adoption of, [13].
      • Unpopularity of, in New York and Virginia, [24].
      • Organization of government under, [88].
      • Amendments to, [89].
      • Vote of States on, [207].
      • General acquiescence in, [132].
      • Successful operation of new government under, [199], [200].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Declaration of its principles desirable, [328].
      • Manner of construing by Federalists, [329].
      • True principles of, [330].
      • Principles of the Eastern States relative to, [331].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Rules for interpreting, [296], [336], [342], [358].
      • Distribution of power between State and Federal Governments, [297], [358].
      • Who would be final arbiter between State and Federal Governments, [298], [358].
      • Should be easily amendable, [223], [336].
      • Similarity of Constitutions of different States, [323].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Original form of, [118], [119].
      • Powers of Federal Government strictly limited, [464], [496].
      • Limit to Federal powers, [364], [496].
      • The Constitutional majority varies in different cases, [245].
      • How far questions under, may be reconsidered, [246].
  • Constitutions.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • No such thing as perpetual Constitutions, [106], [108].
      • Should be easily amendable, [323], [336].
      • Similarity of Constitutions of different States, [323].
  • Contracts.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Should not be given to members of the Legislature, [50].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Laws impairing obligations of, [461].
  • Consuls.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Consular convention with France, [85].
      • Not entitled to ministerial privileges, [426].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Creatures of convention, [17].
      • May be dispensed with, [420], [421].
      • Changes in consular convention with France, [416], [478], [493].
      • Whether foreigners should be made consuls, [495].
      • Copy of consular convention, [498].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Native consuls always preferred where they can be had, [155], [195].
      • Consular fees, [160].
      • Consular authentication of instruments, [160].
      • J. Johnson sent consul to London, [176].
      • Consular instructions, [187].
      • How far exempt from duties, taxes, &c., [193].
      • The footing on which the Law of Nations places consuls, [295].
      • Consular circular, [429].
      • What security required of consuls, [429].
      • Whether we have a right to send consuls to French colonies, [252].
      • Consular arrangements with Prussia, [457].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • One nation not bound to receive consuls from another, [90].
      • How commissions for consuls to the U. States addressed, [91].
      • Limits of the consular jurisdiction, [39].
      • No consuls admitted in the British West Indies, [69].
      • Revocation of Exequatur of French consul, [72].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Bill relating to consuls, [416].
      • Notes on a consular convention with France, [462].
      • Jurisdiction of, over prizes, [83], [84].
      • Continental money.—
  • Convention, Federal.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • The Assembly of, to amend Constitution, [79].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Objects of, [149], [211], [257], [264].
      • Distribution of powers of Federal government, [152].
      • Scheme of new Constitution, [217], [249], [250], [256].
      • Place of assembling, [480].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • What done with journal of, [136].
  • Cornwallis, Lord.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Military movements of, in the South, [291], [294].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Depredations of, on Mr. Jefferson's property, [426].
  • Cotton.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Product of the Southern States, [10].
  • Corporations.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Congress has no power to charter, [191].
  • Courts, County.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Magistrates of, should be elected by the people, [12], [18].
  • Credit.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Credit of U. States in Holland, [376].
      • Credit of U. States in Austria, [376].
      • Credit of U. States in England, [376].
      • Mode of building up credit, [377].
  • Criminal Code.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Revision of Criminal Code of Virginia, [43].
      • Whether punishment of death should be abolished, [45].
      • Bill proportioning crimes and punishment, [146].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Apportionment of punishments to crimes, [164].
  • Cuba.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Question of the acquisition of, [444].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Should not be allowed to pass to England, [288], [299].
      • People of, how affected, [299].
      • Should belong to U. States, [316].
  • [Currency].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Notes on the money unit, [53], [162].
      • Coinage for U. States, [475].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Great scarcity of metals after Revolution, [398].
      • When gold and silver are both standards of value, [18].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Relative merit of paper and metallic currency, [231].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • An account of the paper money of the U. States, [248].
• (D.)
  • David, King,
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His description of a good man, [337].
  • Davies, Col. Wm.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Recommendation of, for Commissioner of War Office, [301].
  • Dean, Silas.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Seizure of his letter books, for debt, [454].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His wretched condition, [101].
  • Dearborn, Gen.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Made Secretary of War, [356].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Urged by Jefferson to continue in office, [295].
  • [Debt].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Imprisonment for, wrong, [396], [397].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Evils of national debt, [477].
  • Debt, British.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Remedy for, suspended by war, [387], [391], [392], [393], [394], [395].
      • Justification of the suspension of, [395].
      • Obstacles in way of recovery of, in the States, [407], [408], [409], [410], [411], [412], [413], [414].
      • No interest on, allowed during the war, [415], [416], [417], [418], [419], [420].
      • Justification thereof, [416], [417], [418].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Amount of, [250].
      • How far confiscated during revolutionary war, [292].
  • Debt, Domestic.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Condition of, [369], [472], [578].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Purchase thereof, by U. States, [578], [582].
  • Debt, Foreign.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Condition of, [83], [369], [471], [510], [512], [519], [546], [566], [576].
      • Interest on, [357].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relative to the funding of, [507].
      • Transfer of French debt to Holland, [28], [53], [79], [111], [120], [154], [161], [181], [209], [231], [327], [385].
      • Interest on, not paid, [101], [103], [181], [378].
      • Instalment laws, [216].
      • Debt to foreign officers and their complaints, [301], [326], [333], [386], [422], [479].
      • Policy of paying interest on, punctually, [239], [351], [352], [377].
      • Negotiations in relation to, [351], [352].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Distinction between foreign and domestic debt, [156].
      • Payment of foreign debt pressed, [33].
      • Arrangements to pay foreign officers, [37].
      • Amount due, [91], [92].
      • Mode of paying French debt, [546], [575].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • How it should be managed, [506].
  • Debt, Public.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Amount of, [358].
      • Public lands looked to as means of paying, [358].
      • Redeemed at price paid by holder of the script, [360].
      • Negotiations in Holland for a loan, [363], [373].
      • Certainty that the whole debt will be ultimately paid, [422].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The funding of, [152], [153], [165], [169].
      • Funded debt above par, [283].
      • Debt to France will not be paid in depreciated assignats, [294].
      • Condition of public debt, [261].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Evils of, [239].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Reduction of, [19], [26], [39], [52], [67], [109].
  • [Debt, Revolutionary].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Interest on, not paid during war, [546], [561].
      • On what principle paper debt redeemed, [595].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • The funding of, [92].
      • Will all be paid, [262].
  • [Debts], States.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Question of their assumption by General Government, [145], [148], [159], [166], [169], [185].
      • Arguments for and against assumption, [166].
      • Opposition to, in Virginia and North Carolina, [198].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Debts of different States in 1784, [283].
  • Decius.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His false statements, [20].
  • Declaration of Independence.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • First moved in Continental Congress by Virginia delegates, [12].
  • Delaware River.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Defence of, against the English, [244].
  • Deluge.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Reasons against a general deluge, [275].
  • Democracy.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [100], [105], [166], [249].
      • Self government by the people, [166], [249].
  • Denmark.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Claim against, for prize money, [461], [489].
      • Money paid, [522].
      • Commercial relations with, [571].
  • Departments.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Circular to heads of, [315].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Question of the reference of measures to heads of, by Congress, [105].
  • Deserters.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Should not be enlisted, [173].
  • Dickinson, John.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Death of, [249].
  • Dictator.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Effort to appoint one in Virginia, [368].
  • [Distillation].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Of pure water from salt, [228].
  • Drawbacks.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • View of, [426].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Should be repealed, [6].
  • Duane, William.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Opposition of, to Madison's administration, [590].
      • Pecuniary embarrassments of, [574], [590].
  • Dumas, M.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Personal standing of, in France and Holland, [527], [568].
      • Debt due to, [528].
      • Mission of, to the Hague, [593].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Protection for his official character, asked of the Netherlands, [287].
      • Claims of, against U. States, [366].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Statement of his case and claim, [331].
  • Dumourier, Gen.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Desertion and character of, [5].
• (E.)
  • Earth, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Theory of, [68].
  • Eastern States.—
    • [See [Riots].]
  • Eclipse.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Of 1778, [310].
  • Eclipse, Solar.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Account of, [16], [28].
  • Economy, Political.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • New work on, [261].
  • Edinburgh Review.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Merits of, [345].
  • Editors.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Duties of, [591].
  • Education.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • General system of, [47].
      • Advice from Jefferson relative to, [395].
      • Relative advantages of foreign and domestic education, [467].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [175], [192], [227], [245], [429].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • European schools, [313].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Proposition to remove college of Geneva to U. States, [108], [113].
      • Importance of, [119].
      • System of schools and colleges proposed by Jefferson, [317].
      • Plan of popular education, [525].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • System of common schools, [542].
      • General system of, [564].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Female education, [101].
      • Northern teachers and professors, [187].
      • Common School system of Virginia a failure, [256].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Plan for system of elementary schools, [489].
  • Elections.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Members of Congress should be elected by districts, and not by general ticket, [308].
  • Eloquence.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Specimens of, [346].
    • Vol. vii., [231].
  • Embargo.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Account of, [227], [252], [299].
      • War preferable to continuance of, [258].
      • Our citizens allowed to withdraw property from foreign countries, [259].
      • Draft of law by Gallatin, [267].
      • Measures to enforce, [271], [272], [297], [336], [341], [343], [352], [359].
      • Its operation, [275].
      • Cases arising under, [277], [292], [307], [317], [324], [327], [344], [346], [355], [363], [368], [369], [370], [375], [382], [386], [396], [399], [405], [418].
      • When to be suspended, [279].
      • Evasions of, [286], [287], [290], [297], [317], [334], [335], [336], [340], [413].
      • Construction of, [287], [290], [292], [307], [317], [324], [327], [344], [346], [355], [398].
      • Resistance to, in Massachusetts, [341], [343], [347], [384], [424].
      • Unpopularity of, in the East, [293], [384].
      • Popularity of, elsewhere, [290], [384].
      • Bonaparte's position relative to, [370].
      • War the only alternative, [384], [387].
      • Views relative to, in Congress, [404].
      • A temporary measure, [410].
      • Action of Congress relative to, [419], [421], [424].
      • Repeal of, [433], [529].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Account of, [48], [50].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Circumstances under which resorted to, [373].
      • Circumstances which led to repeal of, [425], [431].
      • Treasonable conduct of Massachusetts relative to, [425], [431].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Preferable to war, [127], [134], [135], [140], [141], [143], [144], [163], [164], [165], [169], [170].
  • Emigrants.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • German emigrants the best, [235].
  • [England].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Commercial treaty with, impracticable, [64], [541], [543], [550], [552], [553].
      • Hostile feelings of, towards U. States, [429], [464], [541], [550], [563], [604].
      • England and France compared, [557], [560], [576].
      • Debt of United States to, [563].
      • Incites Indians against our people, [604].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Calumnies in, against U. States, [36], [204], [318].
      • Scheme for conquest of U. States, [305].
      • Bad health of king of, [490], [532], [577].
      • Relations between England and France, [303], [308], [356].
      • Relations between England, Spain and Russia, [565].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Our diplomatic relations with, [182], [203].
      • Political relations with, [182].
      • Infractions by U. States of treaty with, [183].
      • Admission of our wheat by, [249].
      • Negotiations with, through Mr. Hammond, [365], [439].
      • Review of matters in controversy with, [365], [423], [425], [426], [427].
      • Her seizure of our slaves at end of war, [387], [391].
      • Refuses to withdraw troops from our posts, [388].
      • On whom the blame for not executing the treaty should fall, [400].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Her refusal to surrender our military posts, [95].
      • Danger of war with, [102], [105].
      • Our dependence on, [172].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Treaty with, objectionable, [52].
      • Its ratification suspended, [54].
      • Hostilities commenced by, [113], [117], [118], [123], [131], [134], [139].
      • Her fleet retires from Hampton Roads, [135].
      • Probability of war with, [134], [135], [139], [189], [197], [211], [215], [266].
      • Relative to certain captors, [142].
      • The conduct of the English in our waters, [143], [145], [195], [196].
      • Relations with, during this quasi state of war, [151], [155], [167], [170], [174], [191], [202].
      • Notice to our merchant vessels of danger of war, [184], [185], [186], [194].
      • Her violations of maritime law, [200], [468], [501], [511], [551].
      • Her orders in council, [442].
      • Repeal of, [443].
      • Relations of peace restored, [455].
      • Domination on the ocean, [530].
      • Condition of, [552], [557].
      • Relations with, [556].
      • War with, inevitable, [464].
      • Character of kings of, [514].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Her maritime encroachments, [5].
      • Death of King of, [15].
      • Jefferson's sentiments towards, [53], [463].
      • Character of government of, [346], [463].
      • Social condition of, compared with that of U. States, [376].
      • Tendency to revolution in, [423].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Feeling of, towards U. States, [42], [519].
      • Debt of, [43].
      • Condition and prospects of, [45], [48], [232].
      • Constitution of, [48].
      • Parties in, [50].
      • Discontents in, [196].
      • Origin of her constitution, [355].
      • Effects of Norman conquest, [413].
      • Indemnity for slaves carried off by, during revolutionary war, [518].
      • Commercial relations of, with U. States, [518].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Negotiations with, [70].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Negotiations with Hammond, [175], [176], [425].
      • Our relations with, [183], [419].
  • Enlistments.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • When binding on infants, [283], [372].
  • Entails.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Abolition of, in Virginia, [37], [138].
  • Episcopal Church.—
    • [See [Church, Episcopal].]
  • Etiquette.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Of the government under Gen. Washington, [454].
  • [Europe].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Political condition of, [346], [353], [355], [358], [365], [366], [400], [435], [442], [453], [509], [559], [605].
      • Relations between Emperor and Dutch, [346], [353], [355], [358], [365], [400], [405], [412].
      • Relations between Austria, Russia and Turkey, [400].
      • Mr. Jefferson's views of Europe, [444].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Political condition of, [3], [7], [9], [11], [76], [77], [150], [157], [170], [191], [206], [212], [215], [222], [234], [248], [263], [267], [315], [334], [336], [371], [381], [392], [396], [405], [422], [429], [436], [448], [468], [491], [508], [532], [558], [580], [583], [588].
      • Hostilities threatened, [270], [272], [281], [283], [290].
      • Difficulties adjusted, [303], [308].
      • Social and political degradation of, [7].
      • Relations between Turkey and Russia, [262], [263], [272], [288].
      • War between, [436], [441], [453], [459], [460], [462], [468], [510], [533], [552], [568].
      • Relations between Prussia and Holland, [279], [281], [288], [289], [303], [308], [476], [483].
      • Relations between Austria and Netherlands, [289].
      • Relations between England and France, [356].
      • Relations between Spain, England and Russia, [365].
      • Relations between Austria and Turkey, [392], [396], [510], [531], [552].
      • Relations between Sweden and Russia, [453], [459], [460], [462], [476], [483], [570].
      • Relations between Naples and Papal See, [454].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Political condition of, [5], [9], [25], [34], [49], [154], [163].
      • War between Russia and Turkey, [56].
      • War between Russia and Sweden, [92].
      • War between England and France, [537].
      • Relations between Spain and England, [537].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Condition of, in 1798, [217], [218].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Not to be permitted to interfere in American affairs, [381].
      • Condition of, [511].
      • Insignificancy of kings of, [514].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Condition of, [114], [497], [503].
      • Relations with U. States, [114].
      • Moral condition of, 18th and 19th centuries contrasted, [524].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Condition of, [182], [193], [217], [244], [288].
      • Revolutions in, [307].
    • [See [Treaties].]
    • [See [Commerce].]
  • Excise.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Distinction between excise and import, [17].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Obnoxious character of, [112].
  • Executives.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Mode of communicating between State and Federal Governments, [401].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Question between a single and plural executive, [449], [567], [581].
      • The executive should be removable, [569].
  • Expatriation.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Is a natural right, [72].
  • Exports.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Why exempted from taxation, [483].
• (F.)
  • [Farmers-General].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Have a monopoly of tobacco trade in France, [14], [70], [89], [183], [186], [193].
      • Jefferson's difficulty with, [182].
  • [Federalists], The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's opinion of, [506].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Views and aims of the party, [450], [503].
      • Strength of the party, [503].
      • The condition of, [548].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Character of the party, [112], [139], [197], [448].
      • Their ascendency, [140], [141].
      • The moderate portion of the party, [361].
      • Mr. Jefferson's policy towards, [451], [484], [542].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Their disorganization as a party, [101].
      • Their conduct in reference to embargo, [304].
      • Their bitterness of feeling, [608].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Their opposition to the war of 1812, [63].
    • [See [Parties, Political].]
  • Fenno's Paper.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Account of, [133].
  • Fever, Yellow.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Ravages of, [46].
    • [See [Yellow Fever].]
  • Finance.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Condition of our European finances, [147], [385].
      • Financial embarrassments of France, [222], [230], [510].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Reforms in, [428], [430].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [136], [194].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Prosperous condition of, [18], [26].
  • Fiseaux, M.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His loan, [339], [351], [352], [368].
  • Fisheries.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Report on whale and cod fisheries, [185], [214].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Report on cod fisheries, [538].
      • History of cod fisheries, [538].
      • History of the whale fisheries, [544].
  • Floridas, The.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Cession of, to France, [432].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Necessity of the acquisition of, [18].
  • Flour.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • New mode of preserving, [236].
  • Fly, Hessian.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • An account of, [32], [38].
  • Foreign Policy.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • View of, [414].
  • Foreign Relations.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Views on, [40], [47], [62], [85], [102], [106].
  • Fourqueux, M. de.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Succeeds Calonnes as minister to France, [138].
  • [France].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Influence of American Revolution on, [69].
      • Financial embarrassments of, [69].
      • Assembly of Notables convened, [70].
      • They refuse to vote supplies, [70].
      • Constitutional reforms, [71].
      • Abuses of old government, [86].
      • Assembling of States General, [87].
      • Progress of the Revolution, [87].
      • Constitution of States General, [87].
      • Character of king and queen, [88], [101].
      • Severity of winter of 1788-9, [88].
      • Importation of bread-stuffs from America, [89].
      • Riots, [89], [97].
      • Opening of States General, [90].
      • Early debates and difficulties in organizing, [91].
      • Tiers Etat constitute themselves National Assembly, [92].
      • Conduct and policy of Court party, [92].
      • Royal session, [94].
      • Popular demonstrations, [94].
      • Disaffection of soldiery, [95].
      • Part of nobles and clergy join Tiers Etat, [95].
      • New Constitution for France, [96], [103].
      • Military interference by Government, [96].
      • M. Necker expelled from ministry, [96].
      • The new court ministry, [97].
      • Bastille taken, [98].
      • Resignation of court ministry, and recall of M. Necker, [100].
      • Flight of aristocracy begins, [100].
      • Views on the execution of king and queen, [101].
      • The Necker ministry, [102].
      • Great reforms of National Assembly, [103].
      • Divisions spring up in popular party, [103].
      • Friendly relations between France and U. S., [456].
      • Relations between France and England, [371].
      • England and France compared, [549].
      • Mr. Jefferson's views of French people, [187], [395], [549].
      • Commercial relations with U. S., [378], [386], [491], [499], [561], [567], [586], [589].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Military preparations by, [3].
      • Importations of whale oil, [27], [47], [157], [312], [341], [393], [488], [515], [516], [537], [539], [565], [567].
      • Note on whale oil, by Mr. Jefferson, [516].
      • Commercial relations with, [45], [47], [50], [65], [88], [163], [169], [260], [274], [278], [298], [312], [341], [487].
      • Description of south of France, [71], [109].
      • Consular convention with, [90].
      • Changes therein, [416], [478], [493], [498].
      • Assembly of Notables, [91], [95], [99], [119], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131].
      • Organization of, [133].
      • Her friendship for U. States, [109].
      • Character of king and queen of, [154], [310].
      • Commerce with south of, [157].
      • Commercial negotiations, [172], [312], [342].
      • Political condition of, [209], [222], [230], [231], [234], [382].
      • Financial embarrassments of, [222], [230], [510].
      • Ministerial changes, [258], [309], [471].
      • Division of ministry on question of war, [294].
      • Call of States General inevitable, [372].
      • Violent measures of king, [390].
      • Reforms in Constitution granted, [390], [448], [457], [466].
      • Concessions by the king, [448], [450], [506].
      • French revolution begins with aristocratic orders, [457], [490], [559].
      • States General convened, [458], [461], [463], [467], [509].
      • Difficulties as to how they shall be constituted, [468], [485], [491], [492], [511], [551], [561].
      • The question referred to decision of Notables, [463], [511], [535].
      • Their decision thereon, [535], [548], [556], [561].
      • The court dissatisfied with decision, [536], [561].
      • Riots, [471].
      • Reforms by States General, [535], [562].
      • What reforms practicable, [544], [548].
      • Elections to States General, [580], [589].
      • Severity of winter of 1788-9, [541], [558], [590], [591].
      • Mr. Jefferson's views on rise and progress of French Revolution, [554], [591].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Elections to States General, [8].
      • Question whether States should vote by persons or orders, [8], [11], [23], [27], [34], [36], [40], [41], [43].
      • Concessions by the king, [11], [78].
      • Riots, [22], [26].
      • Opening of States General, [22], [26], [43].
      • Condition of finances, [26].
      • Large numbers of inferior clergy returned to Assembly, [27].
      • State of parties in National Assembly, [27], [34], [35].
      • Majority of clergy unite with Tiers Etat, [40], [41], [43], [44].
      • Proposition to distribute bread among poor, [48].
      • Tiers Etat declare themselves National Assembly, [50], [53], [57].
      • Character of Tiers Etat, [58].
      • Character of the noblesse, [58].
      • Clergy go over to Tiers Etat, [58].
      • A royal session proclaimed, [60].
      • Duke of Orleans joins Tiers Etat, [62].
      • Proceedings of Court party, [60], [61].
      • Disaffection of soldiery, [64].
      • King urges nobles and clergy to go over to Tiers Etat, [64], [65], [83].
      • Supplies of provisions from U. S., [65], [67], [68], [69], [73].
      • Constitutional reforms by National Assembly, [69], [70], [71], [75], [94], [97], [115].
      • Scarcity of provisions in Paris, [73], [86], [94], [111], [117].
      • Military intervention by the Government, [74], [75].
      • Fall of Necker and appointment of new Ministry, [85].
      • Character of new Ministry, [75].
      • Insurrections, [76], [77], [78], [79], [84].
      • Bastile taken and destroyed, [77], [79], [84].
      • Fall of Court Ministry and recall of Necker, [78], [79], [84].
      • Noblesse begin to emigrate, [79], [84], [87].
      • Massacres begin, [84], [85], [87].
      • The constitutional reforms contemplated by Liberal party, [89], [94], [97].
      • Internal condition of, [93], [94].
      • Financial embarrassments of France, [97], [115], [121].
      • Friendly disposition of National Assembly towards U. States, [99].
      • Division of parties in National Assembly, [116].
      • Danger of civil war, [117].
      • The king's flight from Paris, [284], [285], [293].
      • Plan of a French colony in America, [179].
      • How far our people exempt from droit d'Aubaine in France, [189].
      • Commercial relations of, with U. States, [225], [274], [275], [356], [448].
      • Duty on our oil, [250].
      • Duty on our tobacco, [250], [274], [288], [289].
      • War between France and Spain, [357].
      • Payment of our debt to, [252], [546].
      • Suspended by French Revolution, [476].
      • Declaration of war by, against Hungary and Bohemia, [458].
      • Our shipments to Marseilles, [486].
      • Revolutionary Government of France recognized by U. States, [489], [500], [522].
      • Military successes of France, [494], [495], [549], [570].
      • Effects of, in U. States, [502].
      • Mr. Jefferson's views of Jacobins, [501].
      • Reply to notification of establishment of French Republic, [518].
      • Plan of allies to exclude neutral commerce with, [519].
      • Execution of king of, [520].
      • Progress of the war, [549], [570].
      • Dumourier's desertion, [570].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Condition of, in 1793, [8].
      • Affection of our people for, [123].
      • Her victories in Europe, [182].
      • Danger of war with, in 1797, [181], [183], [184], [185], [189], [233], [265], [277].
      • Special mission to, to preserve peace, [187], [208], [232], [234].
      • War with, avoided, [189], [190].
      • Silence of Envoys to, favorable, [216].
      • Their negotiations in France, [232], [234], [251].
      • Talleyrand's intrigues with, [234], [235], [270].
      • Return of Envoys to U. States, [250].
      • The X Y Z delusion, [265], [271], [274].
      • Effect of, in U. States, [275].
      • Conduct of Envoys, [271], [272].
      • Disposition of France to peace, [271], [275], [276], [288], [292], [293].
      • Establishment of the Consulate, [315].
      • Unfriendly feeling in, towards U. States, [448].
      • Condition of, under Bonaparte, [452], [493], [496].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Views of her Revolution, [133], [582].
      • Our relations with, [266].
      • War with England, [214].
      • Berlin and Milan decrees, [444].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • French Revolution, [41], [162], [227], [421].
      • Restoration of Bourbons, [428], [499].
      • Her revolutions, [499], [507], [520].
      • Prospects of, [526].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Condition of, [66], [76].
      • Return to, of Louis XVIII., [82].
      • Constitution of, [86].
      • Allied Powers depart, [109].
      • Her Revolution, [302].
      • Her progress in science, [323].
      • Whether our treaties with, remain obligatory after her Revolution, [611].
      • Not allowed to equip privateers in our ports, [226].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Whether we should recognize revolutionary government of, [125], [130], [171].
      • Our relations with, [123], [132], [183], [185], [442].
      • Unpopularity of Governeur Morris at French Court, [132], [133].
      • Jefferson urged to accept mission to, [133].
      • Supplies furnished to, by U. States, [134].
      • Negotiations with, in reference to commerce, [230], [234].
      • Commercial treaty with, [304].
      • Joint mission to, [185].
      • Jefferson's notes of his travels in, [313].
      • Message relative to, [183].
      • Party in favor of war with, [185], [199].
  • Franklin, Benjamin.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His views on Articles of Confederation, [31].
      • Visit to, from Jefferson, [108].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His declining health, [134].
      • His death, [139].
      • His philosophical attainments, [212].
      • His popularity in France, [213].
      • National Assembly of France expresses grief at his death, [218].
    • Vol. v.—
      • His last autobiography, [540].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Calumnies against, [108].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Anecdotes of, [497].
  • Freneau, Philip.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Appointed clerk in State department, [215].
      • Circumstances under which appointed, [464].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Attacks of his paper on the Administration, [144].
  • [Fugitives].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Surrender of, depends on Convention, [299].
      • Convention relative to, proposed by France, [299].
      • Difficulties in arranging Convention with Spain, [346].
      • Project of Convention with Spanish provinces, [350].
      • General views on Conventions for delivery of fugitives, [352].
      • Forcible seizure in Florida, by Americans, of fugitive slaves, [454].
      • Slaves escaping to Florida restored to their masters, [195], [219].
  • Fur Trade.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Establishment of depôt for, at Alexandria, [60].
• (G.)
  • Gallatin, Albert.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Character of, [574].
      • Jefferson dissuades him from leaving Madison's Cabinet, [477].
      • False imputations against, [593], [594].
      • Views of, on U. States Bank, [595].
  • Gates, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His disasters in the South, [241], [249].
      • Supplies for, from Virginia, [243], [244], [245], [246], [247], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253], [254], [256], [260], [262], [263], [273], [274], [285], [288], [302], [304].
      • Consolations of Jefferson on his failures, [314].
  • Generations.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Whether one generation can bind another, [103].
  • [Genet], M.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His arrival in U. States as French minister, [563].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His conduct, [7], [20], [31], [45], [46], [47], [48], [49], [52], [53], [64], [68], [84].
      • His recall asked, [50].
      • Petitions to have Mr. Jay prosecuted for libelling him, [97].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • The question of his reception, [140].
      • His proceedings in violation of our neutrality, [150], [151], [152].
      • The question of his dismissal, [158], [162], [163], [169], [177], [178], [179], [180].
      • Difficulties with, [182].
      • Conferences with, [438].
  • Geology.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Views on, [516].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relative to rock formations, &c., [276].
  • George IV.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Character of, [558].
  • Gerry Elbridge.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His views of the political condition of the U. States, and his mission to France, [273].
  • Giles, Wm. B.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • The resolutions of, [139].
  • Glebes.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Moneys arising from sale of, how disposed of, [389].
  • Gordon, Dr.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • History of U. States by, [167], [425].
  • [Government].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The best treatises on, [145].
      • Establishment of seat of, [145], [146], [148], [152], [160].
      • Removal of, to Philadelphia for ten years, and permanent establishment at Georgetown afterwards, [162], [163], [169].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [114], [115].
      • Importance of equilibrium between State and Federal Governments, [217].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Principles of, [45].
      • Should be local, [543].
      • Definition of Republican Government, [605].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Is progressive, [42].
      • Benefits of Republican Government, [148].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Views on, [3], [263], [307], [318], [357].
      • Should reflect will of people in all its departments, [9], [319].
      • Is progressive, [15].
      • Should be remodelled from time to time, [14], [19].
      • Principle of representation, [32].
      • Must be adapted to each particular people, [56].
      • Majority must govern, [75].
      • Europe cannot bear Republican Government, [325].
  • Grand, Mr.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His pecuniary advances to U. States, [223].
  • Greek.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Pronunciation of, [112], [137].
      • The Ablative case in, [33], [37].
  • Green, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His military movements in the South, [291], [294], [296], [298], [299], [300], [302], [303], [309].
  • Grief.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • The uses of, [601].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Uses and abuses of, [33], [37].
  • Grimm, Baron.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Character of, [576].
  • Gunboats.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Views on, [507].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Value of, as means of defence, [41], [42], [202], [228], [234], [316].
      • Improvements in, [189].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • The use of, recommended, [79].
• (H.)
  • Hamilton, Alexander.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His split with Jefferson, [460], [470].
      • His report on manufactures, [461].
      • His strong English bias, [548].
      • His political system, [548].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His great talents, [121], [231].
      • His advocacy of Jay's treaty, [121].
      • His anonymous writings, [231].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Difference between his political principles and those of J. Adams, [554].
      • Relations with Jefferson, [496].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His monarchical principles, [389].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • His system of measures, [92], [93], [94], [95], [96], [174].
      • Monarchical principles of, [96], [122], [126], [147], [169], [196].
      • Preference of, for stronger government than the present, [99].
      • English partialities of, [108], [109], [145], [196], [197].
      • Relations of, with Jefferson, [121].
      • Efforts of Washington to reconcile him and Jefferson, [131].
      • His abhorrence of French Revolution, [177].
  • Hamilton, Gov.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His detention as prisoner of war, [231], [232], [233], [237], [258], [267].
  • Hammond, Mr.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His negotiations with Jefferson, [365].
  • Harper's Ferry.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • The scenery at, [446].
  • Hartford Convention.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views of, [425].
  • Hastings, Warren.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His trial, [349].
      • Jefferson's views on, [349].
  • Hazzard, Mr.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Collection of State Papers by, [20].
  • Head and Heart.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Dialogue between, [32],
  • Hennin, M.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His character, [110].
  • Hemp Breaker.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • New invention, [506].
  • Henrick, The.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • The case of, [22].
  • Henry.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His mission to Eastern States, [50].
  • Henry, Patrick.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His connection with the Revolution, [116].
      • His eloquence, [4].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His course in Virginia Assembly, [574].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • His views relative to amendments to Virginia Constitution, [469].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Court paid to him by Federalists, [148].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Resolutions of, 1765, by, [366], [485].
      • Case of Josiah Philips, [369].
      • His manners and habits, [487].
  • Hessian Fly.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Account of, [32], [38].
  • History, Civil.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Course of, indicated for University of Virginia, [412].
  • [History], Natural.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Objects of, [506].
      • The grouse, pheasant, elk, deer, &c., [506], [507], [519].
      • The big bones of the West, [323].
      • Whether animals degenerate in America, [340].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Skeleton from Paraguay, [195].
      • The wild horses of the West, [253].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Fossil remains, [46], [219], [220], [261], [310], [467].
      • Different systems of classification, [319].
  • Holland.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Political condition of, [212], [215], [234].
      • Division of parties in, [228].
      • Relations between Holland and Prussia, [279], [281], [289].
      • Amicable adjustment of, [303], [308], [476], [483].
  • Holland, King of.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Congratulations on his accession to the throne, [47].
  • Honfleur, Port of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Should be made a free port, [579].
  • Hopkins, Mr.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His views of Articles of Confederation, [34].
  • Hostage.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Case of one confined at Dunkirk, [312].
  • Houdon, M.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His statue of Washington, [513], [533].
  • Hull, Gen.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His defeat, [101], [103].
  • Humboldt, Baron.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • His work on Spain, [435].
  • Humphreys, Col. David.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Testimonials of his character, [538], [568].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Sent on special mission to Europe, [180].
      • Appointed resident minister to Portugal, [215].
      • Sent on special mission to Algiers, [529].
  • Hundreds.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Division of counties into, [525].
  • Hygrometer.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Invented by Dr. Rittenhouse, [83].
• (I.)
  • Incorporation.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • The power of, not granted by Constitution, [412].
  • Impeachment.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Introduction of trial by jury in cases of, [215].
  • Imports.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Distinction between impost and excise, [17].
  • Impressment.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Of American sailors by England, [204], [206].
      • Case of Hugh Purdie, [204].
      • Provision for impressed seamen, [335].
      • Jefferson's views on impressment, [448].
      • Negotiations in relation to, [525].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson's views of, [138].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Efforts to suppress by treaty, [55], [63].
      • Refusal of, to sign treaty not providing for suppression of, [55], [63].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Our remonstrances against, [58].
  • Improvement, Internal.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [131], [449], [478].
      • Post roads, [131].
      • Piers in the Delaware, [449], [478].
      • Light-houses, [450], [478].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Progress of, [75], [422].
      • Power of, does not belong to Federal Government, [79].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • The Cumberland Road, [78], [97].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • By General Government, unconstitutional, [496], [497].
  • Inaugural Address.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Notes on Jefferson's second Inaugural, [475].
  • [Independence, Declaration of].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • First moved in Continental Congress by the delegates from Virginia, in obedience to instructions, [12].
      • Debates on that motion, [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17].
      • Action of Congress thereon, [17], [18].
      • Committee appointed to prepare Declaration, [17], [18].
      • Report of Committee, [19].
      • Copy of rough draught of Declaration, [19], [20], &c.
      • Facsimile of rough draught of the Declaration, [26].
      • History of the circumstances attending the Declaration, [118].
      • Separation from mother country necessary and inevitable, [207].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Its history, [122], [304].
      • Jefferson's opinion of Mecklenberg Declaration, [128].
      • Authorship of, [407].
      • Original rough draft of, [409].
      • The house in which written, [410].
      • Celebration of 50th anniversary of, [450].
    • Vol. ix.—History of, [309].
  • Indians.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Expeditions of Clarke and Shelby against, [221].
      • Expedition by Clarke, [239], [259], [281], [282], [295].
      • England incites them against our people, [604].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our policy towards, [3].
      • The origin of the aborigines of America, [434].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Treaty with Creek Indians concluded, [184].
      • What rights States have over Indians within their limits, [142], [281].
      • Their progress in civilization, [217].
      • Expedition against, fails, [217].
      • Hostility of the Six Nations, [248].
      • Intrigues of the English with, [248].
      • Disclaimed by their Government, [331].
      • Scott's expedition against, [273], [279].
      • What right a State has over Indian territory within its limits, [192], [281].
      • Gen. Wilkinson's expedition against, [306].
      • Our intervention with, in favor of Spain, [358].
      • Intrigues of Spanish agents among, [455], [459], [474], [479], [480], [566].
      • Our conduct towards Creek Indians, [478], [479], [480].
      • Spain incites Indians to hostility against us, [478], [479], [480].
      • Our relations with the Indians, [478], [479], [480], [487], [581], [584].
      • Spanish officers furnish them with arms, &c., [566].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Our efforts to keep them neutral in revolutionary war, [10].
      • Efforts to preserve peace with, [10], [11], [12].
      • Our policy towards, [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [464], [467], [472], [489].
      • War with North-Western Indians, [86].
      • Cessions of land by, [464], [467], [472].
      • Their languages, [326], [580].
      • Their artistic skill, [310].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Improvement of, [212], [278], [302].
      • Their languages, [6], [469], [599].
      • Best articles of trade with, [44].
      • Relations with, [162], [184], [330], [348], [350].
      • Danger of war with, [175].
      • Policy towards, in a war with England, [176], [276], [348].
      • Trade with, [269].
      • General policy towards, [348], [350].
      • How to proceed in case of murders by, [354].
      • Settlement of boundaries with Kickapoos, [400].
      • Efforts to prevent the use of spirituous liquors by, [407].
      • Best mode of civilizing, [440].
      • Efforts to civilize, [484].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Wabash prophet, [49].
      • Traditions of, [59].
      • Religion of, [60], [147].
      • Civilization of, [62].
      • Origin of, [120], [146].
      • Our policy towards, [269].
      • Languages of, [529].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • The right to extinguish Indian titles belongs to the Federal Government, and not to the States, [467].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Our Indian relations, [17], [21], [25], [31], [37], [42], [66], [85], [106], [172], [184], [186].
      • Acquisitions of territory from, [25], [52], [93], [94], [108], [190], [192], [199], [206], [219], [237], [239].
      • Relations with, during Revolutionary war, [172], [177].
      • Prohibition of sale of spirituous liquors to, [187], [191], [233].
      • Commerce with, [196].
      • Warned against uniting with English in war of 1812, [212], [215], [217], [233], [236].
      • Virginia Indians, [336].
      • Burial places of, [341].
      • Language of, [345].
      • Origin of, [344].
      • Catalogue of tribes of, [346].
      • Logan's speech, [308].
      • The character of the races of, [304].
      • The capacity of, [305].
      • Efforts to preserve peace between, [221], [223], [228], [236].
      • Removal of, West, [231].
      • Government of, [435].
      • Tribes of sea-board, [434], [437].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Efforts of English to preserve peace, [127].
      • Nature of our jurisdiction over Indian territory within our limits, [136], [429].
      • Expeditions against Creeks proposed, [174].
      • Our policy towards, [460].
  • [Indies, West].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our trade with, [536].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Views of U. States in regard to French West Indies, [275].
      • Commerce with, [275], [276].
      • Insurrection of negroes in St. Domingo, [303], [306], [320], [450].
      • Relief furnished by U. States, [492].
  • [ Insurrection ].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Of negroes in St. Domingo, [303], [306], [320], [450].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Of negroes in Virginia, [336].
  • International Law.—
    • [See [Law of Nations].]
  • Ireland.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Commerce of, with U. States, [478].
  • Italy.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Description of Northern Italy, [136], [137].
  • Inventions, Mechanical.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Improvement in making wheels, [97].
• (J.)
  • Jay, John.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Unpopularity of his treaty with England, [120].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Why he did not sign the Declaration of Independence, [308].
  • [Jefferson, Thomas].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His family, [1], [2].
      • His birth, [2].
      • His early education, [2].
      • Elected to Virginia Legislature, [3].
      • Endeavors to have slavery abolished in Virginia, [3].
      • His marriage, [4].
      • Student at William and Mary College, [4].
      • Resolutions against Stamp Act, [4].
      • Proceedings therein, in Virginia, [4].
      • Appointed member of Continental Congress, [10].
      • Elected to Virginia Legislature after separation from England, [36].
      • Brings in bill for establishing courts of justice, [36].
      • Also declaring that tenants entail shall hold their lands in fee, [36].
      • Appointed member of committee to revise laws of Virginia, [42].
      • Overthrow of landed aristocracy of Virginia, [49].
      • Elected Governor of Virginia, [50], [216].
      • His resignation in favor of Gen. Nelson, [50].
      • Appointed Commissioner to France, [50].
      • Declines in favor of Dr. Lee, [51].
      • Appointed minister plenipotentiary to negotiate peace, [51].
      • Declines at first, but accepts afterwards, [51], [313], [321].
      • Prepares to sail, [312], [324], [326].
      • His detentions, [327], [332].
      • Treaty of peace being concluded before he sails, he resigns and returns home, [52], [329], [330], [331].
      • Appointed a delegate to Congress, [52].
      • Executive powers of confederation lodged in committee, [54].
      • Committee split into factions, [54].
      • Appointed minister plenipotentiary to negotiate treaties with foreign nations, [60].
      • Sails for Europe, [60].
      • Appointed minister to France, [63].
      • Subjects of negotiation with France, [64].
      • Visit to south of France, [72].
      • Dislocated wrist, [72].
      • Takes management of European debt of U. States, [83].
      • Visit to Holland, and journey along Rhine, [85].
      • Refuses to aid in framing Constitution for France, [103].
      • Consultation at his house in Paris among the leaders of liberal party of France, [104].
      • His views of French revolution, [106].
      • His views of the French people, [107].
      • His return to U. S., [107].
      • Appointed Secretary of State, [108], [176].
      • Visits Franklin, [108].
      • A summary of his public services, [174].
      • Love affair in Williamsburg, [181], [186], [188], [190].
      • Relative to his residence in Williamsburg, friends and things there, [184], [193], [194].
      • Loss of his library and papers by fire, [193].
      • His opinion of Ossian, [196].
      • Member of the association against importing goods from England, [197].
      • His love of music, [209].
      • His views of Europe, [444].
      • His salary as minister insufficient, [452].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His visit to south of France, [71], [109], [121], [126].
      • His views of south of France, [132], [135], [136], [266].
      • Visit to Northern Italy, [136], [137], [266].
      • Settlement of his accounts as minister, [225], [400], [401].
      • His domestic tastes, [243], [356].
      • His visit to Hague, [361].
      • His outfit as foreign minister, [401], [406].
      • Effort to take him prisoner in Albemarle, [425].
      • Tarleton's conduct at Charlottesville, [425].
      • The depredations of Cornwallis, [426].
      • Petitions for leave of absence to visit U. States, [513], [552].
      • His relations to parties under new Constitution, [586].
      • His views on Hastings' trial, [349].
      • His views on democracy, [100], [105], [106], [249].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Made Doctor of Laws by Harvard University, [14].
      • Asks leave of absence from France, [31], [102], [121].
      • Draws Constitutional charter to be signed by King of France, [45], [46], [47].
      • Declines any office in U. States, [102].
      • Declines Secretaryship of State, [124].
      • Accepts the same, [126].
      • Reasons for this change, [131].
      • The appointment of his assistant, [127].
      • Arrives in New York to enter on duties of his office, [128], [129].
      • Elected member of American academy of Arts and Sciences, [130].
      • Letters of farewell to partisan friends, [133], [134], [135], [136].
      • His observations on the weather, [144].
      • His illness, [155].
      • Depredations on his property during the war, [197].
      • His visit to Eastern States, [265].
      • His purpose to retire from the cabinet, [467], [490], [531], [577].
      • Delay therein, and reasons for it, [506], [531].
      • Letter to General Washington, urging him to serve a second term, [360].
      • His negotiations with Mr. Hammond, [439].
      • His conversations with Hammond, [365], [439].
      • His controversy with Hamilton, [460].
      • His statement of, to Washington, [460].
      • Hamilton's attack upon, [460], [470].
      • Collection of his letters, [520].
      • Refuses, while in public life, to embark in any enterprise for the improvement of his fortune, [527].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His retirement from Secretaryship of State, [26], [28], [99], [100].
      • Consents to remain until December 1792, [28].
      • His retirement from politics, [101].
      • His devotion to agricultural life, [103].
      • His farming system, [106], [143], [224].
      • Declares his purpose never to enter public life again, [110].
      • Does not desire the Presidential office, [116].
      • His relations with Gen. Washington in 1796, [142], [171].
      • Prefers Mr. Adams to himself for Presidency, [150], [151], [153], [154].
      • His letter to J. Adams on the subject, [153].
      • His election to Vice-Presidency, [158], [163], [165], [168].
      • Mode of notifying his election, [160].
      • His views of duties of his new office, [161].
      • His relations with J. Adams, [161], [167].
      • Preparation of his Parliamentary Manual, [163].
      • His account of the Mazzei letter, [193].
      • His opposition to war with France, [178], [181], [183], [184], [185], [198], [230], [254].
      • His political associates, [254].
      • Calumnies against him, [255], [333], [520], [576].
      • Summary of his political principles, [268].
      • His election over Burr to Presidency, [358].
      • His Valedictory to Senate on termination of Vice-Presidency, [362].
      • His oath of office, [364].
      • Reformations in administration of Government, [396], [399], [523].
      • His agency in forming Constitution, [441].
      • Principles of his Administration, [452], [523], [548].
      • Candidate for second Presidential term, [536].
      • His early friends, [547].
      • Political differences have no effect on his private friendships, [562].
      • His purpose to retire at end of second term, [565].
      • His majority at second election, [573].
      • Unanimity of his Cabinet, [592].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Efforts to alienate his Cabinet from him, [23].
      • Calumnies against, [80], [264], [503], [504].
      • Resigns presidency of American Philosophical Society, [392].
      • Is re-elected, [40], [494].
      • Refuses all presents while President, [392].
      • Resolution to retire at end of second term, [62], [88], [407].
      • Reception of, by people on his retirement, [431].
      • His pleasure at retiring, [432].
      • Letter to people of Albemarle at end of Presidential term, [439].
      • All prosecutions for libels against him, dismissed, [452].
      • Franking privilege allowed him, [453].
      • His writings, [465].
      • Relations with Hamilton, [496].
      • His habits, [508], [558].
      • Made member of Royal Institute of Amsterdam, [517].
      • Relations with Adams, [559], [560].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His bodily decay, [4], [519].
      • His devotion to agriculture, [6].
      • Efforts to extort from, [9], [10].
      • His declining faculties, [107], [403].
      • His relations with Mr. Adams, [125].
      • Complains of publication of his letters, [282].
      • His views of merchants, priests and lawyers, [334].
      • Made member of Agronomic Society of Bavaria, [363].
      • Tenders his library to Congress, [384], [387].
      • Resigns presidency of Philosophical Society, [396], [397].
      • His feelings towards England, [449].
      • Estimate of his public services, [455].
      • Calumnies against, [465].
      • His estimate of life, [575].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Resigned to death, [52], [243].
      • Oppressed by correspondence, [54], [254].
      • His occupations in his old age, [111], [116].
      • His habits of life, [116].
      • Materials for his biography, [117].
      • Application for his portrait, [203].
      • Settlements of his accounts on his return from France, [239], [246].
      • His relations with J. Adams, [314].
      • Calumnies of Pickering, [362].
      • His relations with Washington unaffected by the Mazzei letter, [364].
      • Their friendship uninterrupted to the last, [370].
      • His losses by security debts, [433].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Declines being candidate third time, [121], [123], [126].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Disinclination of, to all public offices, [103].
      • Purpose of, to retire from Secretaryship of State, [120], [133].
      • Consents to remain longer, [130].
      • Relations of, with Hamilton, [121].
      • Efforts of Washington to reconcile him and Hamilton, [165], [166], [167], [168].
      • Reasons for wishing to resign, [166].
      • Course of, pending the contested election between Burr and himself, [202], [209], [210].
      • His diary of the invasion of Virginia in 1780, [212], [220].
      • Censures against, in connection with his conduct during invasion, [215].
      • Unanimously acquitted by Virginia Legislature, [218].
      • Circumstances of his flight from Monticello, [219], [223].
      • Recommends the appointment of General Nelson as governor, [223].
      • Answers to questions propounded to him by M. de Meusnier, relative to our Government, [244].
      • Journal of his tour through south of France and north of Italy, [313].
      • Tour of, to some of the gardens of England, [367].
      • Tour of, to Amsterdam, Strasburgh and the Rhine, &c., [373].
      • Farewell address of Virginia Legislature to, [476].
      • Applies to Virginia Legislature for leave to sell his estates by lottery, [500].
      • Summary of his public services, [506].
      • His will, [511].
  • Jones, Paul.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Prize money due him, [1].
      • Takes employment in Russian navy, [372], [381], [382].
      • His victory over Turks, [441], [443], [448], [449], [451], [454], [466].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Difficulties of, with Russian officers, [101].
      • Sent commissioner to Algiers, [431].
      • Instructions to, [431].
      • Death of, [528].
  • Judiciary.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [81].
      • Expediency of introducing jury trial in Chancery courts, [37], [49], [50].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • The Executive consults it, [22].
      • Limits to jurisdiction of Federal Judiciary, [199].
      • Jury trial and vivâ voce evidence in Chancery suits, [318].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Always Federal, [549].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Limits between State and Federal, [494].
      • Cannot bind Legislature or Executive by its decisions, [462].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Decisions of, do not bind other departments of Government, [134], [177].
      • Each department decides for itself, [134], [177].
      • Dangers to our Government from encroachments of, [192], [199], [216], [256], [278], [293], [321], [403].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Reorganization of, [13].
  • Juries.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [81].
  • Jurisdiction.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • One sovereign not amenable to the jurisdiction of another, [277].
  • Jurisdiction, Maritime.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Extent of the marine league, [75], [559].
• (K.)
  • Kaims, Lord.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Jefferson's opinion of, [452].
  • [Kentucky], State of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Danger of her secession, [518].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Resolutions of, on alien and sedition laws, [258], [305].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Establishment of, as a State, [258].
  • Kentucky Resolutions.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Drawn by Jefferson, [229].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Originals of, [464].
  • King, Rufus.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Sent minister to Russia, [289].
  • Kings.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Character of European kings, [271].
  • Klein, M.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Claim of, against U. States, [569].
  • Knox, Gen.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His bankruptcy, [262].
  • Kosciusko, Gen.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • His return to Europe, [248].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His will, [98].
      • His services to the U. States, [106].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Biographical sketch of, [494].
• (L.)
  • Lafayette.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Presentation of bust of, by Virginia, to city of Paris, [403], [514].
      • Grant of land to, [533].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Services of, to U. States, [108].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Jefferson advises him to join Tiers Etat, [20].
      • Embarrassments of his position in France, [32].
      • Made commander-in-chief of National Guards, [84].
      • Efforts to secure his release from imprisonment, [524].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Reception of his son in U. States, [114].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His journal of his campaign in Virginia, [426].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His visit to U. States, [378], [379].
  • Lamb, Mr.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His mission to Algiers, [376], [581].
      • Embarrassments resulting from his delay, [376], [385].
      • Remanded to America to give information in reference to his mission, [581].
      • His conduct equivocal, [605].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His equivocal conduct, [73], [85].
  • Land.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Colonial tenure of, [138].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Conveyances of, before Revolution, [371].
  • Lands, Public.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Best disposition to be made of, [347].
      • Ordinance in relation to, [407].
      • Purchase of, by Congress, [423].
      • Land office, [423], [430].
      • Sales of, [430].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Disposition of proceeds of, [325].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • What included in North Carolina cession, [229].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Intrusions on, [382].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Settlements on, [83].
  • Langdon, Gov.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Relations of, with Jefferson, [154].
  • Language.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Introduction of new words in, [185], [272].
      • Is progressive, [185], [272].
  • Languages.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Study of the languages, [316].
      • The Indian languages, [326], [348], [580].
  • Law.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Course of reading in, [207].
      • Common Law no part of the Law of U. States, [251].
      • Christianity no part of Common Law, [359].
      • Origin of Common Law, [381].
  • Laws.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Revision of Virginia code, [42], [45].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Evil of their instability, [333].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • No such thing as perpetual laws, [106], [108].
      • Collection of laws of different States, [184].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Rules for construing by Executive, [158].
      • Degeneracy of law, [524].
      • Some cases above law, [542].
      • Law of New England not Common Law, [547].
  • [Law, Common].—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • No part of law of Federal Government, [301], [306].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Christianity no part of the Common Law, [303], [311].
      • Interpolations on, [311].
      • How far binding, [65].
      • Works on, [291].
      • Origin of, [381].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Whether part of law of U. States, [199], [485].
      • How far in force, [485].
      • Hardin's case, [485].
  • [ Law, International ].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Effort to introduce a new principle in, [62].
      • Free ships make free goods; enemies' ships make enemies' goods, how far Law of Nations, [62].
      • Proposition to exempt merchant vessels from seizure in time of war, [62].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Property of one sovereign cannot be seized in territories of another, [477], [486].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • One sovereign not amenable to jurisdiction of another, [277].
      • Enemies' property in our territory at the time of war, may be seized and confiscated, [369].
      • Enemies' debts may be confiscated, [387].
      • Rights of one party where another violates a treaty, [391].
      • Before a foreigner can apply to Executive for relief, he must exhaust his remedies in the Courts, [538], [540], [541], [585].
      • We acknowledge always the government de facto, [489], [500], [522].
      • Foreign-built vessels purchased by our citizens, stand on the same footing as to neutral rights with home-built vessels, [550].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Enemies' property in neutral vessels may be seized and confiscated, [24], [43], [408].
      • Arms are contraband, but Government will not prohibit exportation of, [87].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Principles of, to be insisted on in our first treaties with European powers, [226].
      • Origin of the principle, "Free bottoms make free goods," 443.
  • Law, Municipal.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Derived their authority from the people, [302].
  • Lawyers.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Of New England, not good common-law lawyers, [547].
  • Ledyard.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Expedition of, to explore western part of American continent, [68].
      • Defeated by the Empress of Russia, [68].
  • Lee, Richard H.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Biography of, [422].
  • Leslie, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Letter from, to Cornwallis, intercepted, [271].
  • Latrobe.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Relations of, with Jefferson, [578].
  • Levees, Presidential.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Account of, under Washington, [132], [147].
  • [Lewis,] Capt. Meriwether.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Expedition of, to explore West, [470], [492], [516], [540].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Papers of, [480].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Publication of his journal delayed, [270].
      • Lewis and Clarke's journal of their western expedition, [595].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Biographical sketch of, [480].
  • Lexington.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Account of battle of, [207].
  • Liancourt, Duke de.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • A fugitive from French Revolution, [145].
  • Libraries, Public.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Benefit of, [448].
  • Lincoln, Levi.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Declines seat on bench of Supreme Court, [8].
  • Literature.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • New literary works, [95].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Literary news of Europe, [14].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Condition of literary men, [513].
  • Livingston, Robert R.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Secretaryship of Navy tended to, [338].
      • Sent Minister to France, [360].
  • Livingston, Edward.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • His Louisiana code, [383], [483].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Effort to bribe him to Burr's support, [202].
  • Livy.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Arabic translation of, [483].
  • Loans.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • European loans to U. States, [210].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Negotiation of Holland loan, [247].
      • Destination of Holland loan, [536].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Proposition for new loan, [629].
  • Logan.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Account of speech of, [308].
  • Logwood, Thomas.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Pardon of, [385].
  • Looming.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • The phenomenon of, [327].
  • Lotteries.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Jefferson applies to Virginia Legislature for leave to sell his property by lottery, [434], [500].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Thoughts on, by Jefferson, [500].
  • Louis XVI.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Character of, [88], [101].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Execution of, [520].
  • Louisiana.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Its cession to France, [432], [435].
      • Efforts to purchase, for U. S., [454], [457], [460].
      • Its acquisition, [494], [497], [503], [509], [510], [525].
      • Boundaries of, [498], [503], [539], [548], [550], [587].
      • Its unconstitutionality, [500], [503], [504], [506].
      • Cession of, opposed by Spain, [511].
      • Occupation of, [510], [514].
      • Organization of government of, [551], [558].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Benefits of acquisition of, [41].
  • Luzerne, Chevalier de.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Appointed Minister to U. States, [350].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His return to U. States as Minister, [106], [112].
      • Appointed ambassador to England, [314].
      • His domestic affairs, [445].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Letter of regret to, on termination of his mission to U. States, [140], [141].
      • Gold medal presented to, [107].
• (M.)
  • Madison, James.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Character and early history of, [41].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Books for, [207].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson wishes him to succeed Washington as President, [116], [117], [136], [150].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Divisions in his Cabinet, [509], [589], [596], [598], [600], [607].
  • Mammoth, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Account of, [474].
  • Mansfield, Lord.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's opinions of his decisions, [487].
  • Manual, Parliamentary.—
    • [See [Parliamentary Manual].]
  • Manufactures.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Improvement of U. States in, [91].
      • Reason why U. States do not prosper in, [412].
      • Domestic manufactures of Virginia, [412].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Impulse given to, by embargo, [415], [456].
      • How far should, be protected, [415], [417], [440].
      • Condition of, in U. States, [583].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Domestic, in U. States, [36], [69], [94], [472].
      • Growth of, during the war, [430].
      • Jefferson's views on manufacturing system, [521], [553].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Hamilton's Report on, [104].
  • Mail.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Robberies of, [406].
  • Malthus.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Work of, on population, [526], [527].
  • Map.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Of Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland, [536].
  • Maritime Jurisdiction.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Limits of, [73], [559].
  • Maria Antoinette.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Character of, [88], [101].
  • Marque, Letters of.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Character of, [273].
  • Marseilles.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our trade with, [138].
  • Marshall, John.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Reception of, on his return from mission to France, [249].
    • Vol. v.—
      • His Life of Washington, [476].
      • Notes on, by Jefferson, [476].
  • Mason, George.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Character of, [41].
  • Massachusetts.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Extension of Republican principles in, [116].
  • Materialism.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Views on, [153], [175].
  • Matthews, Col.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Prisoner of war, [231], [232], [233].
  • Mazzei Letter.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • History and explanation of, [193].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Relations with Washington unaffected by, [364].
  • [Measures].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Standard of, for U. States, [157], [161].
      • Standard of, adopted by French National Assembly, [276].
  • Medals.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • For Revolutionary officers, [123].
  • Medicine.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Views of science of, [105].
  • Mesmerism.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Jefferson considers Mesmer a maniac, [212].
  • Messages.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Substituted for speeches by Jefferson, [426].
  • Metaphysics.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Jefferson's views, [153], [175].
  • Meteoric Stones.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Account of, [245].
  • Mexico.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Classification of population of, [143].
      • Revolutionary movements in, [144].
  • Militia.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • The discipline of, [469].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Organization of, [116], [76].
      • Called out to defend Norfolk and Hampton, [118], [138].
      • Disbanded, [143].
      • The Ohio militia, [206].
      • When should be called out, [409].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Washington's opinion of best mode of using, [146].
  • Mines.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Rent of Indiana lead mines, [207], [210].
  • Ministers, Foreign.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Salaries of, insufficient, [401], [406].
      • Entitled to outfit, [402], [406].
      • Have no power to authenticate legal instruments, [542].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Medals presented to, on leaving, [142].
      • Breach of privilege, [453].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Pay of, [455].
      • Right of, to import free of duty, [588].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Senate has no right to negative the grade of a minister. It can only negative the person appointed by the Executive, [465].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Relative to appointments of, at London, Paris, and the Hague, [420].
  • Ministers of Religion.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Should not discuss political matters from the pulpit, [445].
  • [Mint], The.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Arrangements for its establishment, [139], [140], [446], [509], [542].
      • An Assayer for, [542].
      • Hamilton's report on, [330].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Appointment of assistant engraver for, [61].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • The coiner at, unable to give security, [651].
  • Miranda's Expedition.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Discountenanced by our government, [474].
  • Missions, Religious.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • To foreign States objectionable, [287].
  • Mississippi River.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our right to the navigation of, [100], [378], [396], [398], [416].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Question of the right of navigation of, mooted with Spain, [172].
      • Necessity of some port on bank of, [173], [178], [228].
      • Negotiations relative to, [178], [227], [233], [234], [328], [340], [341], [342], [344].
  • Mississippi Territory.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • British claims in, [274].
  • Missouri Question.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Agitation of, [150], [151], [194], [200].
      • Evils of a geographical line, [151], [158], [159], [180], [182], [184].
  • Monarchy.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [221], [249], [253].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Efforts to establish, in U. States, [89], [90].
      • Washington's opinion that there is no real monarchical party in U. States, [117], [122].
      • Jefferson's opinion that there is, [184], [187], [188], [189], [190], [196], [197].
      • Jefferson's apprehensions of the Hamilton party, [122], [167], [184].
  • [Money].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Redemption of paper money of U. States, [51], [64].
      • Money unit of U. States, [52].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Depreciation of Continental money, [259], [260].
  • Monroe, James.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Character of, [555].
      • Marriage of, [590].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson advises him to come to Congress, [242].
      • Sent on special mission to France, to negotiate for Louisiana and the Floridas, [454], [457], [460].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Relations of, to Madison's administration, [247], [482].
      • Offered government of Orleans or Louisiana, [11].
      • Explanations by, in relation to English treaty, [254].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Made Secretary of War, [410].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Elected President, [80].
  • Montesquieu.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Commentary on his Spirit of Laws, [525], [539], [566].
  • Montmorin, Count de.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Succeeds Count de Vergennes, [122].
      • Character of, [131].
  • Monticello.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Beautiful scenery of, [35].
  • Monuments.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • To living men objectionable, [335].
  • Moose, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Account of, [474].
  • Moose Island.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Within jurisdiction of U. States, [317].
  • Morality.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Basis of, [348].
  • Moral Sense.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • The existence of, [349].
  • Moreau, Gen.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Arrival of, in U. States, [584].
  • Morris, Governeur.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Appointed minister to France, [325].
      • Instructions to, [325], [329], [448].
      • Salary of, [325].
      • Opposition to his appointment, [329].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Becomes unpopular in France, [93].
  • Morris, Robert.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Land purchases by, in Massachusetts, [231].
  • Morocco.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Death of Emperor of, [357].
  • Mountains.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Method of measuring height of, [495], [510].
  • Moustier, Count de.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Letter of respect to, on terminating his mission to U. States, [216].
  • Mulatto.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Who are Mulattoes under our laws, [437].
  • Museum.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Establishment of one at Williamsburg, [79].
  • Music.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • New musical instrument, [504].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The Harmonicon, [75].
  • Muskets.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Improvement in, [412], [514].
• (N.)
  • Napier, Lord.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His theorem, [335].
  • Naples.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relations of, with Papal See, [454].
  • Natural History.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • [See [History].]
  • Naturalization.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Revision of laws of, [14].
  • Navy.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Success of, [122], [211].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Origin of, [261], [264].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Necessity for small one, [12], [20].
  • Necker, M.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Appointed director-general of finance in France, [471].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Character of, [52], [53].
      • Popularity of, in France, [61], [62].
      • Dismissal of, from office, [75].
      • Recall of, [78], [79].
  • Negroes.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Capacity of, relative to white races, [429], [475].
  • Netherlands.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Insurrection in, against the Stadtholder, [73].
      • France promises assistance to, [73].
      • Difficulties in, compromised, [77].
  • [Neutrality].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The true policy of U. States, [253], [291].
    • Vol. viii., [25].
      • Obstacles to, growing out of French treaty, [223].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Principles of, pursued by our Government relative to, [559], [561], [571], [573], [574], [582].
      • Our efforts to preserve neutrality, [533], [535], [542], [551], [557], [564], [569], [574], [580], [583].
      • Proclamation of, [543], [544].
      • Circumstances attending it, [591].
      • Invasions of our neutrality by France, [547], [558], [560], [571], [583].
      • [Existing treaties with France], &c., and duties under, 651.
      • Hamilton's interference with this question, [552], [566].
      • It is a question belonging to State and not Treasury Department, [556].
      • Government does not prohibit exportation of arms, ammunition, &c.; but leaves them to be confiscated, if seized, [558], [560].
      • Punishment of our citizens for invasions of, [559], [574].
      • The equipment and arming of vessels in our waters, violation of our neutrality, [559], [561], [571], [573], [586], [587], [588], [589].
      • Right of France and Holland, under pre-existing treaties, to arm and equip vessels in our ports, [564].
      • Circumstances under which French vessels were armed and equipped in our ports, [573].
      • Difficulties with French and English ministers, [585], [586].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Efforts to preserve it, [6].
      • Grounds on which proclamation of, opposed, [18], [29].
      • Circumstances attending it, [18], [29], [30], [32].
      • Measures vindicating our neutrality, [18], [19], [27], [51], [55].
      • Violations of, by France, [27], [33], [45], [46], [55], [68].
      • Questions at issue between Genet and U. States, [34], [38], [41], [42], [43], [44].
      • Unlawful for the belligerents to arm and equip in our ports, [34].
      • In what cases our courts have jurisdiction over prizes, [38], [40].
      • Enemy's goods in neutral vessels liable to capture, [43].
      • Same rule extending to England as to other nations, though no treaty with her, [57].
      • Violations of our neutrality by England, [59], [62].
      • What are the rights of neutral nations, [59].
      • Condition of neutrality, [61].
      • Difference between England and France resulting from treaty, [65].
      • French prizes admitted, and English excluded, by treaty, [66].
      • Right of vessels of belligerents to visit our ports, [66].
      • Territorial jurisdiction extends to the Marine League, [75], [559].
      • In what cases our courts make restitution of prizes, [78].
    • Vol. v.—
      • No breach of, to assist vessels in distress, [35].
      • Invasions of, by France and England, [217].
      • Frauds on our neutral flag, [223], [250].
      • Our resolution to side with the party that shall first respect our neutrality, [258].
      • What the rights of neutral vessels, [425], [426].
      • Wisdom of our neutral policy, [585].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • A neutral nation may refuse both belligerents right to pass through its territory, [509].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Violations of our neutral territory, [47], [57].
      • Right of neutrals to trade with belligerents, [57].
      • Berlin and Milan decrees inconsistent with, [100], [103].
      • Violations of our neutrality, [103], [128], [129], [130], [132], [149], [151].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Invasions of, by Genet, [152], [153].
      • Case of the Little Sarah, [152], [153], [158].
      • Our neutral obligations, [157], [161].
      • Case of the ship Jane, [161].
      • Invasions of, by England, [193].
      • Rights and duties of U. States relative to, under treaty with France, [405].
      • Rules regulating our conduct to belligerents, [440].
      • Origin of principle, "Free ships make free goods," 443.
  • New England.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Character of the people of, [247].
  • New Orleans.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Difficulties relative to right of deposit at, [454], [457], [460].
      • Our policy relative to, [483].
  • Nicholas, Wilson C.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Sent on special mission to France, [3].
      • Declines it, [5].
      • Jefferson wishes him to take leadership in House of Representatives, [48].
  • Notables.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • The Assembly of, [70].
      • Refuse to vote supplies, [70].
      • Make reforms in Constitution of France, [71].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Assembly of, in France, [91], [95], [99], [119], [127], [128], [129], [131].
      • Organization of, [133].
      • Question of organization of States General referred to, [463], [511], [535].
      • Their decision thereon, [535], [562].
      • Reforms by, [257].
  • Notes on Virginia.—
    • [See [Virginia].]
  • Nova Scotia.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Relations of, with U. States, [488].
  • Novels.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Evils of, [102].
  • Nullification.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • The rightful remedy, [467], [468].
• (O.)
  • Office.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Question whether a citizen has right to decline office, [320].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Rotation in, the true principle, [330].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Principles on which distributed, [353], [368], [380], [391], [398], [402], [406], [451], [543].
      • Jefferson refuses all offices to relations, [388].
  • Oglethorpe, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Claim of, to lands in Georgia, [499], [500], [501].
  • Olive, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The culture of, in U. States, [359], [414].
      • Olive oil, [359].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Culture of, in South Carolina, [471].
  • Optics.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Views on, suggested, [258].
  • Oratory.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Defects of modern, [347].
  • Orders in Council.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Repeal of, [78], [117].
  • Orleans, Duke of.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Goes over to the Tiers Etat, [62].
      • His character, [95].
      • His faction, [118].
  • Orleans, New.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Claim of, to public common, [26].
      • Scheme for defence of, [36], [46].
      • Public property at, [251].
      • Canal at, [288], [306], [318], [321].
      • Title to the Batture at, [291], [319], [518], [536], [545], [546], [548].
      • Conspiracies at, against U. States, [378].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Battle of, [420].
  • Orleans, Territory of.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Discontents in, [29], [32].
  • Orthography.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Improvements in, [190].
  • Ossian.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Jefferson's opinion of Ossian's poems, [199].
  • Otto, M.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Mission of, to U. States, [346].
• (P.)
  • Pacific Ocean.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • American settlements on, [55], [248].
  • Pagan, Thomas.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Memorial in his case, [308].
      • Answer thereto, [335].
      • Merits of his case, [538].
  • Paine, Thomas.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Account of his bridge, [204], [546].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Extract from letter by, [32].
      • Sensation produced by his pamphlet on "The Rights of Man,", [267], [279].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • The writings of, [197].
  • Panama, Isthmus of.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Practicability of a canal through, [325].
  • [Paper Money].—
    • [See [Money].]
    • Vol. ix.—
      • An account of, [248].
      • Depreciation of, [254].
      • Redemption of, [287], [289].
  • Paris.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Every-day life in Paris and America compared, [116].
      • Improvement in city of, [253].
    • [See [France].]
  • Parliament of Paris.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Resistance of, to the crown, [254], [255], [439].
      • Removal of, to Troyes, [258].
      • Bed of justice, [258].
    • [See [France].]
  • [ Parliamentary Manual ].—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Preface to, [3].
      • Legislative powers, [7].
      • Privilege, [7].
      • Elections, [13].
      • Qualifications, [13].
      • Quorum, [15].
      • Call of the House, [16].
      • Speaker, [16].
      • Address, [18].
      • Committees, [18].
      • Committee of the Whole, [19].
      • Examination of witnesses, [21].
      • Arrangement of business, [22].
      • Order, [23].
      • Order respecting papers, [24].
      • Order in debate, [24].
      • Order of the House, [29].
      • Petitions, [31].
      • Motions, [31].
      • Resolutions, [32].
      • Bills, [33].
      • Bills, leave to bring in, [33].
      • Bills, first reading of, [33].
      • Bills, second reading of, [34].
      • Bills, commitment of, [34].
      • Report of committee, [38].
      • Bills, recommitment of, [38].
      • Bills, report taken up, [33].
      • Quasi committee, [39].
      • Bill, second reading in the House, [41].
      • Reading papers, [42].
      • Privileged questions, [43].
      • Previous question, [50].
      • Amendments, [52].
      • Division of the question, [55].
      • Co-existing questions, [57].
      • Equivalent questions, [58].
      • The question, [59].
      • Bills, third reading, [60].
      • Division of the House, [62].
      • Title, [66].
      • Reconsideration, [68].
      • Bills sent to the other house, [68].
      • Amendments between the houses, [68].
      • Conferences, [70].
      • Messages, [73].
      • Assent, [75].
      • Journals, [76].
      • Adjournment, [77].
      • A session, [78].
      • Treaties, [80].
      • Impeachment, [82].
  • [ Parties, Political ].—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • History of, in U. States, [277], [290].
      • View of original Federal and Republican, [290].
      • Republican party becomes Federalized, [325], [342].
      • Necessity of, [376].
      • A strong monarchical party at the beginning of our government, [390].
    • [See [United States].]
    • [See [Republican party].]
    • [See [Federalists, the].]
  • Passports.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Mode of distributing for sea vessels, [555].
      • To whom, and on what conditions granted, [581].
  • Patents.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Construction of the Patent law, [75].
      • What should be duration of, [75], [76].
  • Peace.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Ratification of, at Annapolis, [55], [56].
      • Debate thereon, in Congress, [56], [59].
  • Pearls.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The manufacture of, [203].
  • Pedometer.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Account of, [379].
  • Pendleton, Edmund.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His character, [37].
      • Opposed to abolition of entails, [37].
      • Also to abolition of Church establishment in Virginia, [39].
  • Penitentiary.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Model for Virginia Penitentiary, [46].
      • Question as to solitary confinement, [46], [47].
  • [Pennsylvania].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Boundary between, and Virginia, [399].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Whiskey riots in, [471].
  • Perpetual Motion.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views on, [83].
  • Peru.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Insurrectionary movements in, [147].
      • Our sympathy with, [145].
  • Peyrouse, M.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Expedition of, [454], [602].
  • [Philadelphia].—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Yellow fever at, [54], [64], [70], [74], [86].
  • Phillips, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Point of etiquette between him and Jefferson, [308].
  • Philips, Josiah.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Case of, [439].
  • Philosophy.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • What the true, [531].
      • Of the ancients, [147], [277].
  • Pinckney, Thomas.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Appointed Minister to England, [298], [321].
      • His letter of credence, [441].
      • Instructions to, [442].
  • Platina.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Uses of, [505].
  • Plato.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Writings of, [354], [360].
  • Plenary Courts.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views of, [388], [391], [438].
  • Ploughs.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Improvement in, by Jefferson, [147], [225].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Improved model of, [313].
  • Poisons.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views on, [164].
  • Poland.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Views on the partition of, [603].
  • Polygraph, The.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Description of, [572].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Value of, [17].
  • Pope, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relations between Naples and the Papal See, [454].
  • Portraits.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Of Columbus and Americus Vespucius, [343], [373].
      • Of Jefferson, [344].
  • Portugal.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Treaty of commerce with, defeated, [64].
      • Treaty proposed again, [406], [458], [460], [492], [539], [543], [551].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our commercial relations with, [589].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Establishment of mission to, [174], [175].
      • Health of Queen of, [359].
      • Her succession, [359].
      • Commercial relations with, [488].
  • Post Office.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Postal arrangements between U. S. and France, [410].
      • Infidelities of French and English Post Offices, [442].
  • Post, North-Western.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Refusal of English to surrender, [540].
  • President.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's view of question on re-eligibility of, [330].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Has no power to change place of meeting of Congress, [72].
      • Removal of Executive Government to Germantown, [74], [86].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Presidential tours objectionable, [102].
      • Not bound to obey subpœna duces, tecum, [103], [191].
      • Cannot present memorial to Congress from State Legislature, [203].
      • Candidates for Presidency in 1808, [247], [321].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Should be elected for four years, [213].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Ceremonies of his inauguration, [139].
  • Presidency.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Nominations for, in 1796, [100], [116], [150], [151], [153], [154].
      • Equality of vote for, between Barr and Jefferson, [340], [342], [344], [345], [349], [352], [354], [369].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Candidates for, in 1808, [247], [321].
  • Press.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Freedom of, in U. States, [21].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Calumnies of, [92].
      • License of, [362].
      • How far to be tolerated, [362].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Corruption of, [285].
      • Censorship of, not to be tolerated, [340].
  • Primogeniture.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Abolition of, in Virginia, [39], [43], [138].
  • Printing.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Extension of, in U. States, [475].
  • Prisoners.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Disposition of those taken at Saratoga, [202], [268], [276].
      • Case of Col. Hamilton, [231], [232], [233], [237], [258], [267].
      • Case of Col. Matthews, [231], [232], [233].
      • Jefferson's attention to Saratoga prisoners, [278].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • [See [U. States].]
      • Redemption of our Algerine prisoners, [307], [380], [386], [464], [564].
      • Intervention of Mathurin monks in favor of, [93], [113], [270], [307], [386].
  • [ Privateering ].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Proposition to abandon, in time of war, [477].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • A merchant vessel armed for defence only, is not a privateer, [41].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Success of our privateers, [409].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Equipment of French privateers in our ports prohibited, [148].
      • Those already equipped prohibited from leaving without further order, [156].
  • Prizes.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Claim against Denmark for prize money, [461], [522].
      • Against France, [364], [374], [392].
  • Proclamation.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Against whiskey riots in Pennsylvania, [471].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • [Of Neutrality].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Views relative to unconstitutionality of, [178], [180], [181].
  • Protestants.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Edict of, [13].
  • Prussia.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Commercial negotiations with, [355], [368], [372], [382], [416], [469].
      • Bad health of King of, [586].
      • His death, and the effects of, in Europe, [586].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Death of King of, [28].
      • Relations of, with Holland, [279], [281], [288], [289], [303], [308], [476], [488].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Articles of treaty with, [280].
• (Q.)
  • Quakers.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • English affinities of, [492], [494].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Character of, [66].
  • Quarantine.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Views on, [362].
• (R.)
  • Ramsay, Dr.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • His History of U. States, [216].
  • Randolph, Edmund.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Vacillations of, in Washington's cabinet, [569].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Character of, [125].
  • Randolph, John.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Relations of, to Jefferson's administration, [517].
  • Randolph, Peyton.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Character of, [20].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Biography of, [477].
  • Randolph, Thomas J.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Education of, [245].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Advice to, [398].
  • [Religion].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Bill establishing religious freedom, [45].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Reception of, in Europe, [67].
      • Jefferson's views on, [237].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [422], [525].
      • His views on Christianity, [475], [477], [479].
      • His views of Jesus, [475], [477], [481].
      • Fastings and Thanksgivings not proclaimed by him, [427].
    • Vol. v.—
      • President has no right to prescribe day for prayer and fasting, [237].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views of J. Adams on, [150], [159], [168], [171], [172], [174], [204], [208], [251], [264], [325], [357], [473], [545], [599], [601].
      • Views of Jefferson on, [191], [210], [217], [302], [305], [387], [519].
      • The Christian system, [217], [412].
      • Platonic Christianity, [354].
      • The Jewish creed, [577].
      • The character of Jesus, [593].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [28], [61], [127], [164], [170], [185], [210], [245], [252], [257], [266], [269], [281].
      • System of Jesus compared with that of ancient philosophers, [138], [156], [164], [185].
      • Jesus as a reformer, [164].
      • Modern fanaticism, [170].
      • Religious intolerance, [396].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Religion should be free, [113], [137], [138].
  • Representation.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Bill apportioning, [594].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Vetoed as unconstitutional, [115].
      • History of, [447].
      • Invasion of, by Grand Jury, [447].
  • [Republican] Party.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Ascendency of, in the country, [491], [493].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Dissensions in, [591].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Massachusetts republicanized, [14].
      • Increase of, [450].
      • Importance of harmony in, [577].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • The danger of, in 1800, [506].
  • [ Republican Government ].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Superiority of, over Monarchical, [221], [249], [253].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Danger of, in 1800, [506].
  • Retrenchment.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Necessity of, [9].
  • Revenue, Surplus.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • How it should be disposed of, [68].
  • Revolutions.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views of, [332].
  • Revolution, American.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Its early stages, [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16],17, [18], [19], [20].
      • Association against importing foreign goods, [197].
      • Outbreak at Boston, [199], [202].
      • Tone of colonies, [201], [203], [204].
      • Expedition against Canada, [203], [206].
      • Military movements in Virginia, [207].
      • Progress of the war, [211].
      • History of, [535].
      • Disasters in South, [241], [249].
      • False accounts of the war propagated in Europe, [207].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • History of, by M. Chas, [63].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • History of American, [489], [492].
      • Revolutionary men and documents, [249], [484].
      • Of South American States, [268], [274].
      • Reminiscences of, [364], [412], [484], [527].
      • Committees of correspondence, [527].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Who began it, [99], [103], [121].
      • Circumstances attending Declaration of Independence, [122].
  • Revolution, French.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Washington's opinion of, [110], [111].
  • [Revolutionary Debts].—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Those due soldiers of North Carolina and Virginia, should be paid to themselves, and not to their assignees, [469].
  • Revolution, French.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • [See [France].]
  • Revolution.—Of South American Spanish provinces.
    • [See [South American Provinces].]
  • Reyneval, M.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Character of, [109].
  • Rhode Island.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Accession of, to the Union, [146].
  • Rhode Island, College of.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson refuses to apply to King of France for donation of books to, [184].
  • Rice.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Consumption of, in France, [48], [434].
      • Rice trade, [138], [537].
      • Mode of preparation, [138], [434].
      • The rice of Lombardy, [139].
      • Attempt to introduce its culture in S. Carolina, [139], [178], [347].
      • Difference between Carolina and Piedmont rice, [162], [178], [195].
      • Rice trade of France, [194], [205], [320].
      • Rice of Cochin China, [197].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The rice trade of France, [110].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Upland, [393].
  • Richmond, City of.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Removal of Government to, from Williamsburg, [40].
  • Riedesel, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Detention of, in Albemarle, as prisoner of war, [240].
  • [Riots].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • In Eastern States, [78], [81], [99], [104], [124], [165], [318], [322], [399].
      • In New York, [415].
    • [See [France].]
  • Ritchie, Thomas.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Relations of, to Madison's Administration, [596].
  • Rittenhouse, Dr.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Character of, [324].
  • Rivanna River.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Navigation of, [514], [541].
  • Rivers.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Right of all nations inhabiting banks of, to navigate, [115].
  • Robbins' Case.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Account of, [323], [324].
  • Rome.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • View of people and Constitution of, [148], [150].
  • Royalists.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • The number of, in the States, [285].
  • [Russia].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Relations of, with Austria and Turkey, [400].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relations with Turkey, [261], [263], [272], [285].
      • War with Turkey, [436], [441], [453], [459], [460], [465], [468], [510], [552], [553], [568].
      • Relations with Austria and France, [315], [344], [371].
      • Relations with Sweden, [453], [459], [460], [462], [476], [483], [510].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Emperor of, his character and policy, [140].
      • Mission to, [329], [358], [360].
      • Negatived by Senate, [435].
• (S.)
  • Safe Conduct.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • One asked for Mr. Nesbitt, [575].
  • Saints.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Lives of, [479].
  • Say, M.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Contemplates emigrating to U. States, [405].
  • Science.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Discoveries in, [364], [446], [516].
      • Scientific views of Europe, [364].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Theory of vegetation, [430].
      • Astronomical discoveries, [429].
      • The Rainbow, [430].
      • The progress of chemistry, [431].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Distribution of the sciences, [339].
      • Progress of, in France, [327].
  • Science, Political.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Views on, [160].
  • Seamen.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Employment of foreigners in our navy, [69], [70].
  • Sea Letters.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • To whom should be granted, [566].
  • Sea, The.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The currents of, [58].
  • Secession.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • No danger of, [571].
  • Senate.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Functions of, [107].
      • J. Adams's views of, [215].
  • Sheep.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Introduction of Merino breed of, [479], [522].
  • Short, William.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Appointed Jefferson's private secretary, [407], [411].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Appointed Minister at the Hague, [322].
      • Salary and outfit of, [322].
      • Joined in the mission to Spain to negotiate for navigation of the Mississippi River, [328].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Recall of, from Europe, [413].
  • Sinclair, Gen. Arthur.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Charges against, as Governor of North-West Territory, [455].
  • [ Slavery ].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Effort to abolish, arrested by royal veto, [3].
      • View of different sections of U. S. on, [377].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's views on, [357].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Slaves escaping from Florida restored to their masters, [195], [219].
      • Difficulties in connection with fugitive slaves, [454].
      • Effort to improve condition of slaves, [291].
      • Our slaves carried off by English at end of revolutionary war, [387].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • How to be abolished, [456].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Roman and American slavery compared, [384].
      • Effects of, on manners, [403].
      • Evils of, [404].
      • In Virginia, [380].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • American colonies not ripe for emancipation, [279].
      • Sentiment of different States on policy of emancipation, [290].
  • Slaves.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Their first importation into Virginia, [38].
      • First law prohibiting their importation, [38].
      • Bill relative to, [48].
      • Prospective emancipation proposed, but defeated, [49].
      • King's veto to bill abolishing, [135].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Slaves carried off by English at end of revolutionary war, [387], [391].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Policy of emancipation, [196].
      • Plans of colonization, [420], [442].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Not entitled to be represented, [36].
      • Amelioration of condition of, [403], [437].
      • Re-capture of slaves escaped to Florida, [601].
  • Slave Trade.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Abolition of, [357].
  • Societies, Democratic.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Opposition of Federalists to, [111], [133].
      • Efforts to suppress them, [111], [133].
  • Society.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Progress of, [377].
  • [South American Provinces].—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Revolt of, against Spain, [584], [586], [580].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Independence of, recognized, [550].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Incapable of self-government, [67], [75], [104], [210].
  • Spain.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Presentation of case of Don Blas to court of, [138].
      • Independence of colonies of, [534].
      • Invasion of jurisdiction of U. States by, [222].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Danger of war with, [7], [8], [16], [17], [21].
      • Summary of our relations with, [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16].
      • Difficulties with, in respect to inciting the Indians against us, [12], [13], [14].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Our relations with, [27], [164], [181], [211], [337], [367].
      • Questions of navigation and boundary with, [278], [294].
      • Plan to seize our territory in possession of, [337], [339].
      • Conquest of, by Spain, [442].
      • Defence against French, [603].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • New Constitution of, [341].
      • Revolt of her South American colonies, [550].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Treaty with, rejected, [160].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Our relations with, and policy towards, [123].
  • State Department.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Statement of accounts of, [482], [483], [484].
  • States General.—[See [France].]
  • States.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Jefferson's views on rights of, [331], [570].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Sovereignty of, a high conservative feature in our government, [570].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Admission of new, [251].
  • Steam.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Application of, to milling, [543].
      • To navigation, [543].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Use of, as a motive power, [67], [69].
      • Description of new steam mill, [277].
  • Steam Engines.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Employed to conduct water through houses, [296].
  • Stevens, Dr.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Case of, [528].
  • St. Domingo.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Sends deputies to States General of France, [52].
      • They are received, [64].
      • Insurrection of negroes in, [303], [306], [320], [450].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Condition of fugitives from, [20].
      • Expulsion of whites from, [20].
      • Assistance rendered to, by U. States, [49].
      • Condition of the island, [251].
  • Stocks, Public.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Depreciation of, [343], [430].
  • Sugar.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The manufacture of, from maple, [158].
  • Surveying.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • New method of platting, [338].
• (T.)
  • Talleyrand.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Connection of, with the X Y Z affair, [436].
  • Tariff.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • On wines, [76].
  • Tarleton, Col.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Conduct of, at Charlottesville and Monticello, [425].
  • Taylor, John.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Jefferson's opinion of his "Constitution Construed," [213], [216].
  • Taxation.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Principles of, [573].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Direct taxes should be abolished, [9], [40].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • In different States, [284].
  • Taxes.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Of U. States, how imposed, [586].
  • Ternant, M.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Alienation of, from Jefferson, [549].
      • Affiliation of, to Hamilton, [549].
  • Territory, North-Western.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Right of Va. to, controverted, [315].
  • Terrorism.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • The era of, [155].
  • Texas.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Included in the Louisiana purchase, [551].
  • Theatre.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Establishment of one at Richmond, Virginia, [346].
  • Theological Societies.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Should not be incorporated, [533].
  • Timber.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • American ship timber, [488].
  • [ Tobacco ].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Shipments of, to England, [488].
      • Trade in, with France, [343], [362], [515], [547], [561], [563], [577], [600].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Trade in, to France a monopoly in hands of Farmers General, [14], [70], [89], [183], [186], [193].
      • Tobacco trade of France, [320], [333].
  • Tombigbee.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Memorial from, [141].
  • Torpedoes.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Invention of, by Fulton, [165], [516].
  • Tracy, Destutt.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Works of, [109].
      • Prospectus to his works, [568].
  • Travelling.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Directions relative to, [403].
  • Treasury.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • State of our European finances, [450].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Funds of U. States in hands of Mr. Grand, [2].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Financial reforms in, [428], [430].
  • [Treaties].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Paramount to State laws, [402], [403], [404], [405], [406].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Our policy in relation to, [552].
      • The unpopularity of Jay's treaty, [120].
      • Power of House of Representatives over, [125], [134], [135].
      • Passage of Jay's treaty, [148].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • With European nations, [453].
      • Power of Senate over, [557].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Where money is required, lower house must be consulted, [106], [114], [190].
      • Whether the national domain can be alienated by treaty, [135], [137].
      • Effect of French revolution on treaties with France, [142], [143].
      • Hamilton's opinion of Jay's treaty, [186].
      • Principles embodied in first treaties with European powers, [226].
      • Fidelity of U. States to her treaties, [235], [239].
  • Troops.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Virginia troops in continental service, [235].
      • Continental troops, [235].
  • Trumbull, Mr.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The paintings of, [10].
  • Truxton, Commodore.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Medal for, [300].
  • Turkey.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Relations of, with Austria and Russia, [400].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relations of, with Russia, [262], [263], [272], [288].
      • War with Russia, [436], [441], [453], [459], [460], [462], [468], [510], [533], [552], [568].
      • Relations with Austria, [392], [396], [510], [531], [552].
  • Turkey, The.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • A native of America, [346].
• (U.)
  • [United States].—
    • Vol. i.—[See [Colonies].]—
      • Imperfection of Articles of Confederation, [78].
      • They require remodelling, [78].
      • Views of U. S. prevalent in Europe, [407], [413].
      • Account of public affairs in 1785, A. D., [423].
      • English calumnies against, [427].
      • Bad reputation of, in Europe, [513].
      • Extravagance of people of, [550].
      • Summary of news from, at different times, [349].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Habits of people in 1786, [13].
      • Current events, [19], [21], [148], [574].
      • Climate of, [82].
      • Extravagance of people of, [191], [193], [215], [219].
      • The instalment laws of, [216].
      • Minister to, [227], [274].
      • Histories of, [256].
      • Coinage of, [101].
      • Money unit of, [52].
      • Paper money of, how redeemed, [52].
      • Public debt of—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Supply of corn from, for France, [66], [67], [68], [119], [122].
      • Credit of, in Holland, [114].
      • Division of parties in, [209], [363], [494], [495], [557].
      • Invasion of our jurisdiction by Spain, [222].
      • Prosperity of, [260].
      • Gambling, stock jobbing and speculating mania abroad in, [285].
      • Condition of political parties, [361].
      • The Federalists, their views, strength and conduct, [450], [503], [548].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Excess of party spirit in, [176], [178], [184], [191], [241], [247], [286].
      • Danger of war with France, [178], [181], [183], [187].
      • State of parties in, [179], [184], [206], [224], [234], [246].
      • Preparations for war, [183], [185], [241].
      • Political complexion of different sections of U. S., [186], [246].
      • Importance of peace to, [187].
      • State of parties on question of war with France, [189], [190], [222], [227], [229], [239].
      • Majority against war, [190], [192], [210].
      • Our true policy in our Foreign relations, [191], [414].
      • Proceedings in Congress, [205], [208], [210], [211], [237].
      • Political condition of, [256], [259], [265], [271], [281], [287], [295], [297], [300], [322], [328], [330].
      • Financial condition of, in 1798, [264], [277], [284].
      • Increase of Republican party, [288], [414], [437], [488].
      • Consolidation of Republicans and moderate Federalists, under Jefferson, [366], [367], [370], [378], [381], [382], [386], [389], [406], [437], [523], [542].
      • The political revolution of 1800, [373], [375], [376], [390], [425], [440], [467].
      • Relations with England and France, [586].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Condition of parties in Senate and House of Representatives, [5].
      • Relations with England, [12].
      • Conduct of, in relations with European powers, [472].
      • Prosperity of, [604].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Social condition of, compared with that of England, [376].
      • Relations of, with Europe, [13], [430].
      • Survey and census of, [548].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • True policy of, [6].
      • Animosity to England growing out of last war, [22].
      • Relations of, with European Powers, [288].
      • Relations of, with England, [22].
      • Danger of dissolution of Union, [182].
      • Should disconnect their policy from that of Europe, [183], [315].
      • Dangers which threaten them, [211], [214].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Treasonable combinations against it, [90], [95].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Capacities of, for population, [275].
      • Taxes in different States, [284].
      • Treasonable schemes against, [200], [201].
      • Policy of, in war between Spain and England, [419].
  • Universities.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Relative merits of Universities of Rome and Geneva, [466].
  • University of Virginia.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Foundation of, [313], [316], [462].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Establishment of, [294], [371].
      • What Chairs should be established, [389].
      • Organization of, [537].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Religious objections to appointment of Dr. Cooper in, [156], [162], [171].
      • Difficulties surrounding, [201], [204], [237], [392].
      • Necessity for a Southern University, [205].
      • Arrangement for religious worship, [267].
      • Students allowed to select tickets, [300].
      • Difficulties of discipline, [301].
      • Progress of, [309].
      • Selection of Professors for, [348].
      • Inculcation of Federal doctrines in, should be guarded against, [397].
      • Necessity for an Anatomical Hall, [393], [398].
      • Appointment of Foreign Professors, [415].
      • Library of, [432].
      • Establishment of school of Botany, [438], [441].
• (V.)
  • Vander Kemp.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • History of, [29].
  • Vergennes, Count de.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Conference between him and Jefferson, [576].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • View of his character, [108].
      • His ill health, [113].
      • His death, [122].
  • Vermont.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Admission of, into Union, probable, [280].
  • Veterinary College.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Policy of establishing one, [402].
  • Vice-Presidency.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Candidates for the first, [465], [490], [573].
  • Vincennes.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Loyalty of French inhabitants of, [240], [243].
  • [ Virginia ].—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Abolition of entails in, [37], [138].
      • Primogeniture, [39], [43], [138].
      • Church establishment, [27], [38], [39], [174].
      • Revision of code of, [43], [45], [146].
      • History of, by Girardin, [50].
      • Right of Virginia to Western territory, controverted, [315].
      • Boundary between Virginia and Pennsylvania, [399].
      • Her militia in Southern army, [249], [250], [256], [266], [285].
      • Her supplies for Southern army, [243], [244], [245], [246], [247], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [253], [254], [256], [260], [262], [263], [273], [274], [285], [288], [302], [304].
      • Model of Capitol of Virginia, [432], [434], [578].
      • Notes of Virginia, [6], [297], [340], [464], [578], [531], [536].
      • Supplies of arms for, from France, [570], [600].
      • Invasion of Virginia, [265], [266], [267], [269], [270], [271], [273], [274], [275], [278], [282], [284], [288], [290], [291], [304], [306].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Jefferson's notes on, [6].
      • Circumstances of their publication, [170], [180].
      • Revisal of code of, [6].
      • The sea breezes on her coast, [54].
      • Arms and ammunition for, [215].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Whether her first constitution was repealable by an ordinary legislature, [202].
      • Destruction of her records in 1781, [258].
      • Jefferson's views of new constitution for, [314].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Profits of agriculture in, [1].
      • Height of mountains of, [147].
      • Proposition for State convention in, [199].
      • Collection of statutes of, [128].
      • Loss of public documents of, [129].
      • Alterations in Notes on Virginia, [564].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Defence of sea boundary against English in 1807, [113], [117], [123], [131], [134], [139], [150], [166].
      • Her exertions in Revolutionary war, [461].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Relative powers of governor and council, [38].
      • Aristocracy of, [225], [485].
      • New edition of Notes on Virginia contemplated, but not executed, [403].
      • Invasion of, by Arnold and Cornwallis, [410].
      • Patrick Henry's resolutions, [485].
      • Survey of, [578].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Programme of new Constitution for, [9].
      • Arnold's invasion of, [144], [444].
      • Historical documents of, [312].
      • Her first Constitution, [344].
      • Defects in, [345].
      • Authorship of Bill of Rights and Constitution of, [405], [407].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Boundaries of, [249].
      • Rivers of, [250].
      • Mountains of, [263].
      • Their height, [265].
      • Scenery at Harper's Ferry, [264], [429].
      • Cascades and caverns of, [266].
      • Natural bridge, [269].
      • Mines, minerals, trees and plants, [270].
      • Mineral springs of, [279].
      • Mammoth, [286].
      • Whether animals degenerate in America, [290], [297], [300], [431], [432].
      • Whether man degenerates in America, [303], [313].
      • The fish of, [319].
      • Climate of, [320].
      • Winds of, [323].
      • Changes in climate, [327].
      • Population of, [328].
      • Immigration not desirable, [330].
      • Militia and regular troops of, [334].
      • Marine of, [336].
      • Indians in, [336], [434].
      • Logan's speech, [309], [457].
      • Indian burial places, [341], [440].
      • Counties, cities, townships and villages of, [350].
      • Charters of, [352].
      • Oppressions of George III., [358].
      • First Constitution of, [359].
      • Convention of 1776 not authorized to make a Constitution, [363].
      • Proposition to appoint a Dictator, [368].
      • Judicial system of, [372].
      • The laws of, [374].
      • Land laws, [378].
      • Negro slavery in, [380].
      • Bill proportioning crimes and punishments, [387].
      • School system of, [386].
      • Colleges, public establishments, roads, &c., [391].
      • Public buildings of, [394].
      • Architecture of, [394].
      • Dwelling houses of, [395].
      • Property of Tories and English how far respected during Revolution, [397].
      • Religious sects of, [398].
      • Heresy punished, [399].
      • Free inquiry, [400].
      • Religious tolerance, [400].
      • Manners, customs, &c., of Virginians, [403].
      • Commerce and manufactures of, [404].
      • Exports and imports of, [406].
      • Wheat and tobacco culture compared, [407].
      • Horses of, [408].
      • Copy of a Constitution submitted in 1783, [409].
      • Weights, coins, and measures of, [409].
      • Public income and expenses, [410].
      • Means of defence, [413].
      • Histories of, [415].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Contributions of, to Revolutionary war, [261].
      • First Constitution of, [283].
      • Her cessions of territory to General Government, [285].
      • Answer to Lord North's conciliatory propositions, [302].
      • Jefferson's diary of invasion of in 1780, [212], [220].
      • Losses of public by invasion, [214].
      • Censures of Jefferson on account of, [215].
      • Tarleton's effort to surprise Legislature at Charlottesville, [219], [223].
      • Delays of courts in, before Revolution, [240].
      • Since Revolution, [240].
      • Reasons for the delay in the recovery of British debts, [240].
      • Course of England relative to slaves captured in the war, [240].
      • Debt due to British merchants in, [250].
      • First Constitution of, revocable by the Legislature, [252].
      • Account of Capitol of, [446].
  • Volunteers.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Relative to, [33], [51], [153], [158], [179], [423].
      • Construction of law relative to, [159].
      • Offers of, [408], [414], [423].
• (W.)
  • War.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Effect of European war on U. States, [252].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • What amounts to levying war, [256].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Preparations for, [279], [283], [285], [290], [291], [299], [323].
      • Public opinion in relation to, [279], [295], [300].
      • War policy of J. Adams' administration, [290], [291], [298].
      • War unavoidable in Europe, [491].
      • Danger of war with France, [181], [183], [184], [185], [189], [233], [265], [277].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Prospect of, [214], [215], [437].
      • Preparations for, [58], [280], [283], [506].
      • Feeling of Eastern States relative to, [488], [607].
      • Jefferson opposed to, [598].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • With England inevitable, [51], [57], [91], [215].
      • Efforts to avoid, [215].
      • Declared against England, [67], [215].
      • Causes for which declared, [398], [452], [481], [470].
      • Benefits resulting from, [444], [452].
      • Popularity of, and means of maintaining, [70], [391], [394].
      • Progress and history of, [76], [77], [81], [100], [128], [211], [275], [307], [385], [408], [418], [423], [438].
      • Opposition in New England, [79], [213].
      • Defection of Massachusetts, [402], [414], [451].
      • Hull's surrender, [80], [83].
      • Financial arrangements to meet expenses of, [137], [391], [395], [406], [408], [419].
      • Prospects of termination of, [353].
      • Purposes for which waged, [391], [394], [403], [452].
      • Internal effects produced by, [390].
      • Peace declared, [420], [426], [428], [438], [450].
      • Successful termination of, [453], [466].
      • Upon what principles war is justifiable, [539].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Benefits of the last war, [66].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Defensive works, [111].
  • War, Revolutionary.—
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Cost of, [260].
      • Valor of our soldiers, [261].
      • Treatment by British of American prisoners, [277].
      • Effects of foreign aid in, [298].
      • The defence of New York, [298].
      • Barbarous manner in which waged by English, [300].
  • Wards.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Counties should be divided into, [35].
  • Washington, Gen.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Expression of Jefferson's esteem for, [326].
      • Houdon's statue of, [513], [533].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Vast popularity of, [465].
      • Jefferson's opinion of, [587].
      • Looked to as first President, [465], [587].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Elected first President, [21].
      • Letter to, from Jefferson on the occasion, [30].
      • His health, [133], [166], [579].
      • His pure republicanism, [224].
      • His visit to Southern States, [245].
      • Equestrian statue of, proposed, [347].
      • Letter from Jefferson, urging him to serve a second term, [360].
      • Reasons urged in favor of it, [360], [361], [362], [364].
      • Dissensions in his cabinet, [460].
      • His proclamation against Pennsylvania riots, [471].
      • Attacks upon him in newspapers, [579].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Monument to, [82].
      • Influence of Federalists over, [139], [140], [141].
      • His influence in the country, [169].
      • His relations with Jefferson, [142], [171].
      • Cost of Houdon's statue of, [310].
      • Monuments to great men while living, objectionable, [335].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Mode of doing business in his Cabinet, [510].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His political principles, [97].
      • Adams' view of Administration, [157].
      • A sketch of his character, by Jefferson, [285], [286].
      • Statue of, for N. Carolina, [534].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Authorship of Farewell Address, [291].
      • No unkind feeling between him and Jefferson on account of Mazzei letter, [364], [370].
      • Forms and ceremonies adopted during his administration, [367].
      • Was a true Republican, [371].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • His Federal tendencies, [99].
      • His purpose to retire from office, [102], [116], [121], [157].
      • His views of French Revolution, [110].
      • Efforts to alienate him from Republicans, [160].
      • His restlessness under assaults upon him, [264].
      • Whether a Christian or not, [198].
      • Did not wish to perpetuate his power, [478].
      • In favor of abolishing Society of Cincinnati, [478].
  • [Washington City].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • [See [Capitol, Federal].]—
      • Survey and map of, [221].
      • Laying off the city, [236], [297], [301], [336].
      • Reservation of public grounds, [238].
      • Proposition to build a whole street, [300].
      • Sale of lots, [301].
      • Plan for Capitol and President's house, [337], [507].
      • Dr. Thornton's model of Capitol approved, [508].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Removal of Government to, [201].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Improvement of, [50].
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Attack on, by English, [424].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • The location of, [512], [561].
  • Waste.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • The law of, [452].
  • Water.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Report on method of obtaining fresh water from salt, [455].
  • Waterhouse, Dr.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Appointment of, to Marine Hospital, [222].
  • [Weather].—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • The extreme cold of winter of 1776-7, [157].
    • [See [Climate].]
    • [See [Virginia].]
  • [Weights and Measures ].—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Standard of, for U. States, [149], [150], [157], [161], [171], [496].
    • Vol. v.—
      • Improvements in, proposed, [235], [377].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Report on, [476].
    • [See [Measures].]
  • Western Country.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Division of, into States, [587].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Antiquities of, [176].
      • Danger of separation from the East, [106], [153], [395].
      • Our policy towards, [395].
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Exploration of, by Capt. Lewis, [470], [492], [516], [540].
      • Exploration of Red River, [577].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Instructions for exploration of, [434].
  • [ West Indies ].—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Our commerce with, [536].
    • [See [Indies, West].]
    • [See [Insurrection].]
  • West Point.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Complaints of cadets, [332].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Enlargement of, proposed, [101].
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Establishment of, proposed, [182], [183].
  • Western Road.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Route of, [332], [333].
  • Whale Fishery.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Views on, by Jefferson, [516].
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Of England, [112].
  • Whiskey.—
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Evils of cheapness of, [285].
  • Wilkinson, Gen.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Relations of, with Jefferson, [34].
  • William and Mary College.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Character of, [48].
      • Change in organization of, [50].
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Great ability of faculty of, [428].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Its foundation, [328].
      • Proposition to consolidate it with University, [350], [384].
      • Proposition to remove it to Richmond, [350], [384].
      • Its charter is under the power of the Legislature, [350], [384].
    • Vol. viii.—
      • History of, [391].
  • Williamsburg.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Removal of seat of government from, to Richmond, [40].
  • Wills.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Construction of G. Harmer's will, [242].
  • Winds.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Observations on, [159].
  • Wines.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Mazzei's experiment at manufacturing, in Virginia, [251], [284].
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Use of, beneficial, [110].
  • Wilson, Mr.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • His views of articles of confederation, [35].
  • Wirt, William.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Urged by Jefferson to become candidate for Congress, [233].
  • Writing Machine.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • A new invention, [110].
  • Wyoming.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Account of the massacre at, [102], [114].
  • Wythe, George.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Character of, [41].
      • Biography of, [111].
• (Y.)
  • Yazoo.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Account of the Yazoo claims, [251], [281].
  • [ Yellow Fever ].—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Ravages of, at Philadelphia, [54], [64], [70], [74], [86].
      • Nature of, [570].
  • Yorktown.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Battle of, [314].
      • Jefferson's congratulations to Washington thereon, [314].