orders to, after outrage on Chesapeake, 227; his official statements in regard to impressment of Hiram Thayer, 382; chased into New London by a superior force, 384; prevented from escaping by signals from the shore, 385; his account of the "Blue Light Treason,” 385.
De Chastellux, his visit and journal at Monticello in 1781, Vol. I. 373-375; Jefferson to, 385.
Decimal currency, American, proposed by G. Morris, Vol. I. 395; the coins, etc., proposed by Jefferson, 396. Declaration of Independence, committee for drafting, Vol. I. 143, 144; Jeffer- son pressed to prepare draft, 164; draft submitted by him to Franklin and Adams, 164; submitted to entire committee, 164; reported to Congress, 161; Adams's version of the matter, 165, 166; Jefferson's reply, 165; his contemporaneous notes, etc, 167, et seq.; Debate on the Declaration, 170; its passage, 171; post-signers, 171, 172; different times of signing, 171; original and amended copy, 172-176; fac simile of Jefferson's draft, 172; where written, etc., 176, 177; criti- cisms annoy Jefferson, 178; Franklin's comforting illustration, 178; principal speakers on, 181-184; its merits as a literary production, 186; its originality questioned, 186; Jefferson's reply, 186; Mecklenburg declaration, 190; effect of the national declaration, 191, 192. De Geismer, Baron, a convention pri- soner, Vol. I. 235; Jefferson to, 432. De Kalb, General, marches South in 1780, Vol. I. 264; his death at Cam- den, 270.
Democracy, when introduced into U. S., Vol. I. 461; length and breadth of Jefferson's, 479.
Dexter, Samuel, appointed Secretary of War, Vol. II. 547; offers his resigna- tion to Jefferson, 627. Vol. III. 646. Dickinson, John, his position in Revolu- tionary Congress, Vol. I. 114, 115, 125, 171; opposed to treaty of London, Vol. II. 266; his adhesion to Jefferson in 1799, 471; the principle on which the Revolutionary patriotic extremes combined, 471, 472; Jefferson to, ex- pressing his weariness of office, Vol. III. 200; his death, 249; Congress wear mourning for him, 249. Donald, A., Jefferson to, on the attach- ments of early life, Vol. I. 507. Drayton, Mr., Jefferson to, Vol. I. 451. Duane, William, editor of Aurora, beaten by army officers, Vol. II. 505; voted
guilty of a contempt by U. S. Senate, 531, 532; Jefferson tó, proposing pub- lication of certain works, Vol. III. 354; he reflects on Gallatin and Madi- son in Aurora, 358; his appeal to Jef- ferson for aid, and their correspond- ence, 358 et seq.; his character, 360. Dunglison, Dr. Robley, his statement of religious views of the Professors of Virginia University, Vol. III. 467, 468; his Memoranda of his journey to Char- lottesville, and in regard to University, etc., 512 et seq.; his Memoranda in relation to Jefferson's health and to life at Monticello, 514-519; he attends Jefferson as his physician in his last illness, 547; his Memoranda of Jeffer- son's illness and death, 547 et seq.; his descriptions of Jefferson in private life, 548, 549, 670.
Dunmore, Lord, Vol. I. 85, 103; orders powder removed from Williamsburg,
104; his character, 105; driven out of Virginia, 110.
Du Plaine, French Consul at Boston, his conduct, Vol. II. 186. Duponceau, Mr., of Philadelphia, Vol. II. 165, 255; Jefferson to, in regard to journals of Lewis and Clarke, Vol. III. 443.
Du Simitiere, Vol. I. 410. Dwight, Theodore, specimen of an ora- tion by, in 1801, Vol. II. 661.
Eaton, William, engages Hamet Cara- malli in the Barbary war, Vol. III. 141; his march across the Lybian desert, and capture of Derne, 141; Barron refuses his applications for land forces, 142; treaty made with Tripoli, 142; Eaton's views, etc., thereon, 144, 145; Burr attempts to engage him in his schemes, 174, 175; he discloses these to members of Congress, 175; his interview with the President, 175; his testimony fully corroborated, 178. Edinburgh Review, its mention of Jeffer- son's character as a foreign Minister, Vol. I. 551; its remarks on the British Orders in Council, and the effects of the retaliatory measures of U. S., Vol. III. 297.
Edwards, Judge Henry P., his statements in regard to Burr's female correspond- ence, Vol. II. 581.
Emmet, Thomas Addis, his remarks on the interference of Mr. King to prevent Irish prisoners from being sent to U. S., Vol. II. 400; he becomes Attorney- General of New York, 402; his charac- ter, 402; his grave near those of other foreign-born citizens, 402.
Emmet, Robert, Vol. II. 403. Englebrecht, Mr., Jefferson to, on 15th Psalm, Vol. III. 500. Eppes, Francis, marries Jefferson's wife's sister, Vol. I. 63; Jefferson's letters to, in 1776, 193; Jefferson to, from Bor- deaux, concerning his "dear Poll," 475, 476; Jefferson to, 610; Jefferson to, Vol. II. 20, 114; his character and death, 359, 360; Jefferson's letters to, Vol. III. 567, 568, 569, 570, 582, 583, 584, 586, 587, 588, 589, 595, 596. Eppes, Mrs. Francis, Jefferson to, Vol. I.
Eppes, Francis (the younger), his descrip- tion of Eppington and its inmates, Vol. II. 359, 360; Jefferson to, on style of Paine and Bolingbroke, Vol. III. 393; Jefferson's letters to, 434, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485. Eppes, John Wayles, to Jefferson, solicit- ing his advice in regard to his pursuits and studies, Vol. I. 479; marries Maria Jefferson, Vol. II. 359; Eppington and its inmates described, 359; "Jack Eppes" at twenty-five, 360, 361; two letters from Jefferson to, on state of public affairs in 1798, 383-385; Jeffer- son to, Vol. III. 98, 99, 100, 136; moves the rejection of Senate's bill suspending habeas corpus, and speech thereon, 195; his remarks on Broom's resolution, 197, 198; Jefferson to, 226, 227, 264, 319, 355, 369; Jefferson's three letters to, on the subject of banks and currency in 1813, 386, 387; Jefferson to, 433.
Eppes, Mrs. Maria J. (see also Maria Jef-
ferson), her father to, Vol. II. 358, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 480, 481, 506, 507, 533, 535, 536, 565, 594, 599, 600, 663, 664, 668, 669, 675, 676; Vol. III. 3, 4, 5, 22, 44, 45, 96, 97, 98; her death, 100; her death, character, etc., described by a niece, 100-103. Europe, Jefferson compares, with United States, Vol. I. 432-434; Jefferson on sending American youth to, for educa- tion, 434.
Eustis, William, Vol. III. 42; Jefferson to, in regard to duration, etc., of Embargo, 281.
Fauchet, the French minister, attempt by
a British vessel to seize him in U. S., Vol. II. 259; his intercepted dis- patches, 263, 264.
Fauquier, Governor, of Virginia, his cha-
racter and habits, Vol. I. 30, 31; his attentions to Jefferson, 31; his alleged influence on Jefferson's religious views, 31, 32; his passion for gaming, 31.
Federal Convention, to form U. S. Con- stitution, Jefferson on, Vol. I. 479, 485, 486, 487-489. Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, Vol. II. 399,
Fitzhugh, Peregrine, Jefferson to, on French invasion of England, Vol. II. 380.
Fitzsimmons, Mr., of Pa., Vol. II. 24, 103, 117, 119, 139, 252.
Floyd, Gen. William, Vol. II. 574. France, its political and social condition in 1783, Vol. I. 417-420; its affairs in 1787 described by Jefferson, 463; patri- otic party, 463; meeting of the Nota- bles, 466; Paris in commotion, and result, 483; its state on Jefferson's return from Germany, 501, 502; Jef- ferson's account of affairs in, 509–511; famine in, 511; requested to recall its minister in the U. S., 511; the Revo- lution opening, 526-528; the issue of blood made up, 529; first fray, 530; progress of the struggle, 531, et seq.; the Queen tampering with the troops, 533; a constitution framed, 534-536; U. S. treaties of alliance and com- merce with, Vol. II. 133, 134; con- struction of the 17th and 22d articles thereof, 132-135; it waives U. S. West India guaranty, 139, 140; gratitude of U. S. towards, 146; conduct of, on re- ceiving demand for Genet's recall, 203, 204; effect in, of ratification of treaty of London, 339-341; offended by re- call of Monroe, 341; its hostile com- mercial measures, 341; effect of Presi- dential election on, 343; its unwise conduct, 348; dismisses Monroe with distinction, and refuses to receive Pinckney, 349; European victories of, 351, 352; negotiations of American commissioners with, 385, 386; orders them away except Gerry, 392; report- ed to be preparing to invade U. S., 391; Talleyrand informs Gerry that France has no thought of war with U. S., 424, 425; other overtures and concessions pressed upon Gerry, 425; Logan's reception, 426; Lafayette in- forms Washington and Hamilton that France desires an accommodation, 426, 427; Skipwith, Barlow, Codman, Cutting, and other Americans in France, send home same assurances, 426, 427; Pichon makes overtures to the Ameri- can minister at the Hague, 427, 428; impolicy of its earlier conduct towards U. S., 429, 430; restoration of the American vessel Retaliation by, 476; Hughes ordered home a prisoner for severities to Americans, 476; treaty
with U. S., 623; obtains cession of Louisiana from Spain, Vol. III. 6; pro- poses to colonize that territory, 50, 51, 52; circumstances which led to its sale to U. S., 6-8, 22, 23, 50, 51-58; Ber- lin and Milan decrees, 238. Franklin, Benjamin, one of the commit- tee on Declaration of Independence, Vol. I. 144; his story of John Thomp- son, the hatter, 178; his influence in favor of the Declaration, 183; his position and character, 183, 184; his style as a writer, 184; appointed a Commissioner to France, 197; anecdote of, 366, 395; with Jefferson in France, 413; returns home, 415; his popularity in France, 415; some comparisons be- tween him and Jefferson, 416, 417; deposits a confidential paper with Jef- ferson, 560. Freneau, Philip, charged by Hamilton with being a pensioned tool of Jefferson, Vol. II. 69, et seq.; his oath discredited by Hamilton, 71; establishment of the National Gazette, explained by Madi- son, 74; his lines on Cobbet, 403; ac- count of him in Duyckinck's Cyclopædia of literature, 403.
Fries' Insurrection, Vol. II. 504, et seq.; Fries found guilty of treason, 505; par- doned by the President against advice of Cabinet, 505; alleged conduct of the troops, 505; officers whip Duane and other Republican editors, 505; effect of these proceedings on Pennsyl- vania elections, 506.
Fry, Col. Joshua, Vol. I. 11.
Funding law and its effects on society,
Vol. I. 604-608; opposition to, in the State Legislatures, 628.
Gadsden, Gen., opposed to treaty of Lon- don, Vol. II. 266.
Gallatin, Albert, his statement of effects of Assumption law, Vol. I. 610; his speeches against treaty of London, Vol. II. 293; menaced by the Fede- ralists, 388; his character as a debater, and his stand in Congress in 1798, 388, 389; his speeches on the Robbins' affair, 525; appointed Secretary of the Treasury, 635; his fitness for the office, 638; Jefferson to, on constitutional questions, Vol. III. 23; Jefferson to, in regard to a new rule for removals from office, 110; originally intended by Madison for Secretary of State, 357; circumstances which prevented his ap- pointment, 357; Jefferson's defence of him politically, 360; Jefferson to, on the compensation law and on the veto on the internal improvement bill, 442.
Galloway, Joseph, becomes a loyalist, Vol. I. 114, 115. Gardenier, Barent, his charges against the Administration in tenth Congress, Vol. III. 247, 248; replies of Johnson, Campbell, etc., 248, 249; he chal- lenges Campbell, 249; severely wound- ed, but recovers, 249. Gardiner, Rev. J. S. (mentioned in Jef- ferson's Ana), his sermons on the war in 1812, Vol. III. 372, 373. Garnett, Robert J., Jefferson to, on inter- nal improvements, etc., in 1814, Vol. III. 499, 500.
Gates, Gen. Horatio, succeeds Lincoln in the South, Vol. I. 264; defeated at Camden, 269, 270; suspended by Con- gress, 282; Jefferson informs him that he himself originated the purchase of Louisiana, Vol. III. 64.
Genet, French minister to U. S., his character, Vol. II. 127; lands at Char leston, 128; his reception, 128; com- missions privateers, etc., 128; Capture of the Grange, 129; popular feeling on its arrival in Philadelphia, 129; Genet's arrival in Philadelphia, and presentation to the President, 159, 140; his correspondence with Secre- tary of State, 151, et seq.; his angry communications, 155, 156; affair of the Little Democrat, 157, et seq.; interviews with Jefferson thereon, 158- 160; continues his indiscreet course, 174; his threat to appeal from the President to the people, 183; his infa- tuation, 184; his appeal to the people made, 185; apprised of demand for his recall, 190; his reply denouncing the conduct of the President and Cabi- net, 196, 197; Cabinet debate on order- ing him away, 201, 203; the public opinion on his conduct, 204; his recall in disgrace, 203, 204.
Gerry, Elbridge, Vol. I. 183; his action on the funding law, 605; on the assumption law, 611; in second Con- gress, Vol. II. 24, 103; Jefferson to, on the relations between himself and President Adams, 352, 353; Jefferson to, on public affairs, 353; Jefferson urges him to accept appointment in French commission, 354, 355; requir ed to remain in France when other American envoys are dismissed, 424; his spirited reply to Talleyrand's com- plaints, 425; his opinions of the motives and intentions of France, 425, 426; treatment his family received during his absence, 430; Jefferson to, seeking to detach him from the Fede ralists,468-470; Jefferson to, 663; Jef-
ferson to, on his own acceptance of a renomination, Vol. III. 95; elected Governor of Massachusetts, 363; re- moves malcontents from office, 363; Jefferson applauds him therefor, 362, 363; elected Vice-President in 1812, 376.
Gibbons, Major, collector of Richmond, Jefferson's refusal to remove him, Vol. III. 218, 219.
Giles, William B., Vol. II. 24, 103; moves resolutions of inquiry into Hamilton's official conduct, 117; his speech thereon, 117, 118; moves reso- lutions of censure, 119; the vote thereon, 119; his speech on proposed suppression of democratic societies, 252; Jefferson to, 271; Jefferson to, on proposal to suppress democratic societies, 290; his "wooing" of Presi- dent Adams, 323, 328; his activity in Virginia elections in 1799, 492; on committee which reports in favor of sus- pending habeas corpus, Vol. III. 195. Gilmer, Dr., Jefferson to, Vol. II. 104. Gilmer, Francis W., sent to England to procure professors for Virginia Univer- sity, Vol. III. 497; Jefferson's opinion of him, 497.
Girardin, Professor, Jefferson to, on Vir-
ginia history, and on the manner in which he would be treated in history, Vol. III. 425.
Goodrich, Chauncey, Vol. II. 292, 294; his report on sustaining alien and sedition laws, 479.
Goodrich, Elizur, removed by Jefferson from the collectorship of New Haven, Vol. II. 659; memorial of merchants thereon, and President's reply, 661. Gore, Christopher, his report on Embargo, etc., in Massachusetts Legislature, Vol. III. 283; his action in 1807, 284. Granger, Gideon, appointed postmaster- general, Vol. II. 636; his previous history, 641; Jefferson to, on eastern coalition between Republicans and Federalists, Vol. III. 95, 96; Jefferson to, in regard to certain political trans- actions, 402. Gray, William, his patriotic action on Embargo law, Vol. III. 262; made an example of the President's impartiality,
Great Britain, prepares to coerce the American colonies, Vol. I. 135, 136; attitude of, towards U. S. in 1788, 543; impresses part of crew of an American national vessel in 1799, Vol. II.476; attitude of, towards U. S. chang- ed by battle of Trafalgar, Vol. III. 148; its captures of U. S. vessels, 159;
effect of death of Pitt on its policy towards U. S., 171; outrage of frigate Leander on an American vessel, 171, 172; forms treaty with U. S., 201, 202; treaty not ratified by U. S., 201, 202; outrage of frigate Leopard on the U. S. frigate Chesapeake, 224, 225; how far its conduct grew out of rejec tion of treaty, 235, 236; its deter- mination to persist in impressments, 236; declines to make satisfactory reparation for outrage on the Chesa- peake, 236; royal proclamation order- ing and legalizing impressments, 237; issues orders in council of Nov., 1807, 237; the several orders in council and the pretexts for them, 238; American commerce excluded from the ocean, 239; Mr. Rose sent special minister to U. S., 250; his limited instructions, 250; his negotiations with U. S. Gov- ernment, and return home, 250; Great Britain encouraged to persist in orders in council by Americans, 257, et seq.; Comparative effects of Embargo on England and U. S., 258, 259; negotia- tions between Canning and Mr. Pink- ney, 272, et seq.; the result, 275, 276; impressments, 298, 380-382, 400; Er- skine concludes a treaty with U. S., 314; his government refuses to ratify treaty, 316; its policy towards U. S., 316; character of the ministers it sent to U. S., 316, 317; Foster informs U. S. Government that orders in coun cil will be persisted in, 361; war with U. S., 367, et seq.; the treaty of peace, 398; results of the war, 400; England asks cooperation of U. S. against designs of Holy Alliance in South America, 491; U. S. Government avow "Monroe doctrine," 493.
Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, chosen to suc- ceed Gates in the South, Vol. I. 282; his retreat before Cornwallis, 308; fol- lows Cornwallis into North Carolina, 309, 310; battle of Guilford Court- house, 312; his testimony to Jefferson's energy, 313; leaves following Corn- wallis, and advances into the Carolinas, 327; his reasons for the movement, 327; its effect on Virginia, 327, 328; his death, 603. Greenhow, Samuel, Jefferson to, on aid- ing Bible Society, Vol. III. 401. Grigsby, Hugh B., his statement of the effect of Jefferson's letter to Kercheval on the Constitution of Virginia, Vol. III. 429, 430; his address on Mecklen-. burg Declaration of Independence, 582; his correction of an error in our account of Patrick Henry, 679, 680.
Griswold, Gaylord, his constitutional ob- jections to treaty for purchase of Lou- isiana, Vol. III. 77.
Griswold, Roger, his resolutions, etc., in Congress on Spanish affairs, etc., Vol. III. 29, 30; remarks on dry docks, 43; moves a call for the French treaty papers, etc., 75, 76; a disunionist, 638. Grundy, Felix, Vol. III. 296, 320. Guilford Court House, battle of, Vol. I. 312.
Gunn, General, Hamilton to, on prepara-
tions for offensive war in 1799, Vol. II. 464.
Hall, Lieutenant Francis, his account of his visit to Monticello, Vol. III. 435– 439. Hamilton, Alexander, his plan of govern- ment proposed in federal Convention, Vol. I. 568-571; Governeur Morris declares him opposed to Republican government, and a monarchist in his aims, 575; his recorded action in fede- ral Convention, 576; his joint author- ship of The Federalist, 577; he carries the idea that he has abandoned his theoretical preferences for monarchy, 577; later confidential disclosures on same subject, 578, 579; Judge Yates's version of his speech in federal Con- vention, 579; Morris's later statements of Hamilton's views, 580, 581; he is appointed Secretary of the Treasury in Washington's Cabinet, 594; sketch of his preceding life, 595-597; his finan- cial system, 604, et seq.; Funding law, 604-608; Assumption law, 608-611; Cabinet opinion on resolutions for pay- ing soldiers, etc., 613; Cabinet opinion on allowing Lord Dorchester's passage, 619, 620; annual report to Congress, 628, 629; Cabinet opinion on U. S. bank bill, 630; Jefferson's declaration that he avowed himself a monarchist, 633, 634; Jefferson's opinion of his character, 634; his deportment in the Cabinet, 635; his mixing in Congres- sional and party affairs, 635; his poli- tical star in the ascendant, 636, et seq.; effect of the bank bill on his popularity, 637, 638 Ames's laudations of him, 638; tone of his correspondence at this period, 639; his character as a politician and statesman, 640-645; Cabinet opinion on apportionment bill, Vol. II. 51; consulted on Jefferson's answer to Hammond, 57; attacks Jef- ferson in a series of anonymous news- paper articles, 69-74; accuses Jeffer- son of employing Freneau to vilify the Administration, 69; charges him with
indelicacy in remaining in the Cabinet, etc., 70; discredits Freneau's oath, etc., 71; charges Jefferson with opposition to adoption of Constitution, 72; charges him with attempting to defraud a com- pany of Hollanders, etc., 73; intimates his willingness to afford Jefferson per- sonal satisfaction, 73; attempts to col- lect testimony of Boudinot and Dayton to "confound and put down" Jeffer- son, 74; his reply to Washington's appeal for harmony in his Cabinet, 83, 84; how far he carried his professions into practice, 85, 92; his complaints that Jefferson retained Freneau in office considered, 89, 90; his action in the Cabinet in regard to Pennsylvania disturbances, 94; his correspondence with Washington thereon, 95, 96; his views on Spanish relations, 98; pro- poses to obtain a defensive alliance with England, by giving her common navigation of Mississippi, 98, 99; Cabi- net opinion on suspending payments to France, 105; his recommendation to repay U. S. bank two millions, etc., 106; his demeanor in the Cabinet, 111, 112; resolutions of inquiry into his official conduct moved in Con- gress, 117; his replies, 118; resolutions of censure then moved, 119; vote thereon, 119; his views on receiving Genet, 121, 122; thinks French treaty should be declared void, 122; his hos- tility to the Republican government of France, 124, 129; prepares a circular to collectors, etc., 130, 131; overruled by Washington, 131; Jefferson com- plains of his interference in State department, 136; his Cabinet opinion on restoring prizes made by French privateers fitted out in U. S., 137; Cabinet opinion in favor of forcibly detaining Little Democrat, 161, 162, 166; Cabinet opinion, on demanding Genet's recall and convening Congress, 175, 176; on instructions, asking Ge- net's recall, 181; Cabinet opinions, 186- 188; attacked by yellow fever, 190; Cabinet opinion on President's power to change place of meeting of Con- gress, 193; on ordering Genet away, 201; on the messages to be made to Congress, 202; on drafts of messages, 205-208; writes "Phocion" Smith's speech on "regulating propositions," 227; letter to Washington on nomi- nating an Envoy Extraordinary to Great Britain, 231; his views and action in respect to whisky war, 241, 242; his influence in the Cabinet, 243, 246; his accompanying the troops in the whisky
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