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Title: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 5 (of 9)
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Editor: H. A. Washington
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Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistent or incorrect accents and spelling in passages in French, Latin and Italian have been left unchanged.
The following possible inconsistencies/printer errors/archaic spellings/different names for different entities were pointed out by the proofers, and left as printed:
- Crownenshield, Crowningshield,
- Pontchartrain, Ponchartrain,
- Blennerhasset and Blannerhassett,
- Miller and Millar,
- ascendancy and ascendency.
- Page 129: Turfot's works should possibly be Turgot's works.
- Page 208: "Whom shall we appoint in the room of Kilgore." is possibly missing a question mark.
- Page 234: seafencibles should possibly be sea fencibles.
- Page 277: "if we become dissatisfied" should possibly be "if we become satisfied".
- Page 278: Uberville should possibly be Iberville.
- Page 556: teazing should possibly be teasing.
- Page 468: arbonverous is a possible typo.
- Page 581: chetif is a possible typo.
- Table of Contents:
- Colonel Humphreys was misspelled as Umphreys, and therefore out of order.
- Latrobe was mispelled and therefore out of order.
- LEVETT HARRIS omitted.
THE
WRITINGS
OF
THOMAS JEFFERSON:
BEING HIS
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MESSAGES,
ADDRESSES, AND OTHER WRITINGS, OFFICIAL
AND PRIVATE.
PUBLISHED BY THE ORDER OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE LIBRARY,
FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS,
DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND A COPIOUS INDEX
TO EACH VOLUME, AS WELL AS A GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE,
BY THE EDITOR
H. A. WASHINGTON.
VOL. V.
NEW YORK:
H. W. DERBY, 625 BROADWAY.
1861.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
TAYLOR & MAURY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia.
CONTENTS TO VOL. V.
BOOK II.
Part III.—Continued.—Letters written after his return to the United States down to the time of his death.—(1790-1826,)—3.
| Adams, citizens of county of, letter written to, 262. |
| Albemarle county, inhabitants of, letter written to, 439. |
| Armstrong, General, letters written to, 134, 280, 433. |
| Astor, John Jacob, letter written to, 269. |
| Attorney General, letter written to, 546. |
| Baldwin, M., letter written to, 494. |
| Barlow, Joel, letters written to, 402, 475, 587, 601. |
| Barnum, Hon. Joseph, letter written to, 388. |
| Barton, Dr., letters written to, 204, 469. |
| Beatty, Captain, letter written to, 125. |
| Bettay, Mr., letter written to, 246. |
| Bibb, Mr., letter written to, 326. |
| Bidwell, Mr., letters written to, 14, 125. |
| Blake, George, letters written to, 113, 371. |
| Bloodgood & Hammond, Messrs., letter written to, 472. |
| Botta, Mr., letter written to, 527. |
| Bowdoin, Mr., letters written to, 17, 63, 123, 298. |
| Boyd, Mr., letters written to, 414. |
| Brent, Robert, letters written to, 49, 196. |
| Brent, Colonel D. C., letter written to, 305. |
| Bringhurst, Joseph, letter written to, 208. |
| Brown, Jacob, letters written to, 239, 241. |
| Brown, Dr. James, letter written to, 378. |
| Burwell, W. A., letters written to, 20, 504. |
| Cabell, Governor, letters written to, 114, 118, 132, 138, 141, 143, 147, 150, 156, 158, 166, 170, 191, 194, 201, 205, 208, 258, 385. |
| Campbell, John W., letter written to, 465. |
| Campbell, Judge David, letter written to, 499. |
| Capede, M. de, letter written to, 309. |
| Chapman, Dr., letter written to, 487. |
| Chase, Thornwick, letter written to, 156. |
| Christian, Mr., letter written to, 33. |
| Claiborne, Governor, letters written to, 40, 306, 318, 345, 381, 518, 519. |
| Clarke, Daniel, letter written to, 32. |
| Clarke, General Wm., letters written to, 220, 467. |
| Clarke, General George Rogers, letter written to, 220. |
| Clay, Charles, letter written to, 27. |
| Clinton, Mr., letter written to, 80. |
| Colles, Christopher, letter written to, 302. |
| Colvin, J. B., letter written to, 499. |
| Cooper, Judge, letter written to, 530. |
| Cooper, Mr., letter written to, 182. |
| Cooper, Hon. Thomas, letters written to, 121, 376. |
| Coste, M. de la, letter written to, 79. |
| Coxe, Mr., letters written to, 57, 199. |
| Crawford, Mr., letter written to, 193. |
| Croix, M. de la, letter written to, 421. |
| Dashkoff, M., letter written to, 463. |
| Dearborne, General, letters written to, 44, 60, 118, 149, 278, 295, 283, 409, 454, 529, 607. |
| Dickinson, John, letter written to, 29. |
| Digges, Mr., letter written to, 14. |
| Diodati, M. de, letter written to, 61. |
| Dorsey, Mr., letter written to, 235. |
| Duane, Wm., letters written to, 139, 532, 538, 551, 574, 590, 602. |
| Eccleston, Daniel, letter written to, 213. |
| Eppes, Mr., letter written to, 490. |
| Eustis, Dr., letter written to, 410. |
| Evans, Oliver, letter written to, 74. |
| Fishback, James, letter written to, 470. |
| Foronda, Don Valentine, letter written to, 473. |
| Franklin, Mr., letter written to, 303. |
| Fulton, Mr., letters written to, 165, 216, 341, 516. |
| Gaines, Mr., letter written to, 140. |
| Gallatin, Albert, letters written to, 23, 26, 29, 36, 42, 49, 50, 59, 70, 86, 114, 115, 122, 202, 207, 209, 215, 221, 223, 227, 231, 243, 244, 245, 250, 251, 259, 263, 265, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 275, 286, 300, 336, 369, 370, 371, 372, 375, 382, 386, 396, 398, 399, 403, 405, 408, 477, 536, 548, 588. |
| Gamble, James, letter written to, 204. |
| General, Attorney, letter written to, 200. |
| Giles, Wm. B., letter written to, 65. |
| Gilliam, Shelton, letter written to, 301. |
| Governors of States, letter written to, 413. |
| Granger, Gideon, letters written to, 497. |
| Gregg & Leib, Messrs., letter written to, 431. |
| Gregoire, M., letter written to, 429. |
| Griffith, Elijah, letter written to, 450. |
| Grove, Captain, letter written to, 374. |
| Guest, Henry, letter written to, 407. |
| Hay, George, letters written to, 78, 81, 82, 84, 86, 94, 98, 102, 112, 174, 187, 190, 191, 198. |
| Hamilton, Hon. Paul, letter written to, 495. |
| Harris, Mr., letter written to, 5. |
| Hawkins, Samuel, letter written to, 392. |
| Henry, Mr., letter written to, 31. |
| Hewson, Thomas, letter written to, 494. |
| Hillard, Captain Isaac, letter written to, 551. |
| Holland, King of, letter written to, 47. |
| Hollins, John, letters written to, 427, 596. |
| Howell, David, letter written to, 554. |
| Humboldt, Baron de, letters written to, 434, 580. |
| Irving, George W., letter written to, 479. |
| James, Thomas C., letter written to, 411. |
| Jay, Governor James, letter written to, 440. |
| Jefferson, S. Garland, letter written to, 497. |
| Johnson, Richard M., letter written to, 256. |
| Jones, Skelton, letter written to, 459. |
| Jones, Dr., letter written to, 509. |
| Kentucky, Ohio, &c., Governors, letter written to, 51. |
| Kerr, &c., Messrs., letter written to, 332. |
| Kercheval, Samuel, letters written to, 489, 492. |
| Knox, Robert M., letter written to, 502. |
| Kosciusko, General, letters written to, 281, 506, 585. |
| La Fayette, Marquis, letter written to, 129. |
| Lambert, W., letter written to, 449. |
| Lambert, Mr., letter written to, 528. |
| Langdon, Governor, letter written to, 511. |
| Latrobe, Mr., letter written to, 578. |
| Lasteyrie, Mr., letter written to, 314. |
| Law, Mr., letters written to, 555. |
| Leib, Dr., letter written to, 304. |
| Leiper, Mr., letters written to, 295, 416. |
| Letue, Mr., letter written to, 384. |
| Lewis, Governor, letters written to, 153, 320, 349, 353. |
| Lincoln, Levi, letters written to, 264, 352. |
| Lincoln, Lieut. Governor, letter written to, 387. |
| Livingston, Robert R., letters written to, 54, 224, 369. |
| Logan, Dr., letter written to, 404. |
| Lyman, Wm., letter written to, 279. |
| Lynch, John, letter written to, 563. |
| Madison, James, letters written to, 37, 72, 76, 77, 169, 172, 195, 197, 257. |
| Maese, &c., Messrs., letter written to, 230. |
| Maese, Dr., letter written to, 412. |
| Main, James, letter written to, 373. |
| Mason, Captain Armistead, letter written to, 432. |
| Mason, General John, letter written to, 217. |
| Masters of Norfolk vessels, &c., letter written to, 118. |
| Masters of Charleston vessels, letter written to, 147. |
| Matthews, General, letter written to, 120. |
| Maury, Mr., letter written to, 214, |
| McAndless, Wm., letter written to, 438. |
| McIntosh, Wm., letter written to, 241. |
| McGregor, Captain, letter written to, 356. |
| Melish, John, letter written to, 573. |
| Miller, Robert, Mr., letter written to, 236. |
| Minor, Colonel, letter written to, 215. |
| Monroe, Colonel James, letters written to, 9, 52, 82, 247, 253, 419, 597. |
| Monroe, Thomas, letter written to, 395. |
| Moore, Thomas, letter written to, 73. |
| Morgan, Benjamin, letter written to, 137. |
| Morgan, G., letter written to, 56. |
| Navy, Secretary of, letters written to, 157, 171, 184, 186, 192, 196, 300, 316, 335, 337, 367, 582. |
| Nemours, Dupont de, letters written to, 127, 432, 456. |
| Nicholas, Wilson C., letters written to, 3, 4, 48, 260, 400, 452, 488. |
| Nicholas, John, letter written to, 168. |
| Niemcewicz, Mr., letter written to, 72. |
| Nicholson, Mr., letter written to, 45. |
| Norvell, John, letter written to, 90. |
| Ogilvie, Mr., letter written to, 604. |
| Onis, Chevalier de, letter written to, 478. |
| Orleans, New, Governor of, letter written to, 286. |
| Page, John, letter written to, 135. |
| Paganel, Mr., letter written to, 581. |
| Paine, Mr., letter written to, 200. |
| Paine, Thomas, letter written to, 189. |
| Patterson, Robert, letter written to, 61. |
| Pemberton, James, letters written to, 212, 302. |
| Pahlen, Count, letter written to, 526. |
| Philosophical Society, letter written to, 392. |
| Pinckney, Governor, letters written to, 34, 322, 383. |
| Pinckney, Charles, letter written to, 265. |
| Potocki, Count, letter written to, 599. |
| President, The, letters written to, 437, 442, 443, 458, 463, 468, 480, 481, 484, 522, 572, 600. |
| Price, Chandler, letter written to, 46. |
| Randolph, Thomas Mann, letters written to, 424, 430. |
| Randolph, E., letter written to, 406. |
| Randolph, T. Jefferson, letter written to, 388. |
| Representatives, Speaker of House of, letters written to, 222, 249. |
| Rodney, Cæsar A., letter written to, 501. |
| Rodney, Wm., letter written to, 275. |
| Ronaldson, James, letter written to, 533. |
| Ruelle, M., letter written to, 430. |
| Rush, Dr., letters written to, 225, 558. |
| Russia, Emperor of, letter written to, 358. |
| Salimankis, Abbe, letter written to, 515. |
| Salmon, Daniel, letter written to, 245. |
| Saunders, Captain J., letter written to, 119. |
| Sevier, Governor, letter written to, 421. |
| Seymour, Thomas, letter written to, 43. |
| Shee, General, letter written to, 33. |
| Short, Wm., letters written to, 93, 210, 362, 435. |
| Silvester, M., letter written to, 83. |
| Simms, Colonel Charles, letter written to, 418. |
| Smith, General, letters written to, 13, 146. |
| Smith, Mr., letters written to, 41, 228, 234, 244, 268, 282, 317, 372. |
| Smith, Hon. John, letter written to, 77. |
| Smith, General Benjamin, letter written to, 293. |
| Smith, Colonel Larkin, letter written to, 440. |
| Smith, Robert, letter written to, 589. |
| Smith, John, letter written to, 342. |
| Spafford, Mr., letter written to, 445. |
| Stael, Madame de, letter written to, 133. |
| State, Secretary of, letters written to, 69, 154, 164, 167, 173, 178, 181, 185, 186, 274, 278, 290, 294, 299, 329, 339, 360, 361, 367, 451, 545. |
| Stewart, Judge, letter written to, 606. |
| Stoddart, Mr., letter written to, 425. |
| Sullivan, Governor, letters written to, 100, 203, 252, 317, 340. |
| Sylvestre, Mr., letter written to, 312. |
| Tatham, Colonel, letter written to, 116, 145. |
| Taylor, John, letter written to, 226. |
| Taylor, Colonel John, letter written to, 148. |
| Theus, Simeon, letter written to, 364. |
| Thompson, Charles, letter written to, 403. |
| Tiffin, Governor H. D., letters written to, 37, 241. |
| Tompkins, Governor, letters written to, 238, 283, 343. |
| Tracy, Destutt, letter written to, 556. |
| Treasury, Secretary of, letters written to, 35, 172, 193, 271, 277, 289, 290, 291, 296, 307, 325, 327, 333, 335, 344, 346, 355, 360, 363, 368. |
| Turpin, Dr. Horatio, letter written to, 90. |
| Tyler, Governor, letters written to, 414, 425, 524. |
| Humphreys, Colonel, letter written to, 415. |
| Vater, John Severin, letter written to, 599. |
| Vavasseur, M. de, letter written to, 263. |
| Vice-President, letter written to, 115. |
| Voolif, G., &c., letter written to, 517. |
| War, Secretary of, letters written to, 110, 317, 122, 126, 135, 155, 157, 162, 167, 175, 179, 183, 188, 202, 206, 229, 288, 293, 321, 330, 332, 334, 338, 348, 355, 357, 361, 408. |
| Washington, Colonel, letter written to, 276. |
| Waterhouse, Dr., letter written to, 393. |
| Weaver, Mr., letter written to, 88. |
| Willis, Charles F., letter written to, 483. |
| White, Hugh L., &c., letter written to, 520. |
| Wilkinson, General, letters written to, 24, 38, 109, 198, 305, 359, 572. |
| Williams, J. & Peale C. W., letter written to, 28. |
| Williams, Governor, letter written to, 209. |
| Wirt William, letters written to, 233, 593, 596. |
| Wistar, Dr., letters written to, 46, 104, 218, 261. |
| Woodward, Judge, letter written to, 449. |
| Worthington, W. D. G., letter written to, 503. |
| Wyche, John, letter written to, 448. |
| Addressee lost, letters written to, 55, 285, 380, 406. |