Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series - Comprehensive Cumulative Index (Vols. 1-5)

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Dacqueny, John, 3:233

Daendels, Herman Willem

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:505

Daingerfield, John

identified, 2:661n
letter from, 5:103–104
letter from accounted for, 2:661n
letter to, 2:661
TJ hires slaves from, 2:661, 3:111–112, 4:142, 5:103–104
TJ’s debt to, 2:661, 5:299

Daingerfield, Mary Willis

account with, 4:556
death of slave of, 3:180–181, 5:104, 5:104n
identified, 1:48n
letters to, 1:47–48, 2:41
paid by TJ, 1:41n
TJ hires slaves from, 1:48n, 2:41, 2:661, 3:55, 3:111–112, 3:180–181, 3:302, 4:81, 4:142, 4:183, 4:556, 5:103–104, 5:225

Daingerfield, Sarah, 1:41n, 1:48n

Daingerfield, William, 1:48n

Dallas, Alexander James

and B. Franklin’s estate, 3:451, 3:452n
publishes The Opinion of Judge Cooper on the Effect of a Sentence of a Foreign Court of Admiralty, 2:376, 2:377n
Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution, 3:547
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625

Dalrymple, Sir John

An Essay towards a general history of Feudal Property in Great Britain, 2:51

Dalton, Michael

on land litigation, 2:324

Damoulin. See Du Moulin, Charles

dams

destroyed, 4:165
mill and wing, 3:421–422
on Rivanna River, 1:560, 1:579, 2:97–98, 3:303

Danäe and the Shower of Gold (Wertmüller), 4:181, 4:182n

Dance, Harrison

identified, 5:224n
letter from, 5:224
letter to accounted for, 5:224n
and Peyton v. Henderson, 5:224
Va. Court of Appeals clerk, 4:402

dancing

TJ attends inaugural ball, 1:9, 1:10n

Dandridge, Julius B., 5:574

Dandridge, Nathaniel West

TJ spends Christmas with, 4:598

Daniel (TJ’s slave; b. 1790)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461

Daniel, Peter Vyvian

identified, 2:88n
letter from, 2:87–88
letter to, 2:133
and J. Stadler’s land grant, 2:87–88, 2:133

Daniel, Thomas

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Danton, Georges Jacques

leader of French Revolution, 4:471

Darcantel, Paul, 3:478n

Darmsdatt, Joseph

identified, 2:423n
letters from, 2:430, 2:502, 3:550, 5:164
letters to, 2:422–423, 2:503, 3:530, 5:155
sells TJ fish, 2:422–423, 2:430, 2:502, 2:503, 3:530, 3:550, 5:155, 5:164
TJ pays, 3:530, 3:531, 3:550, 5:299, 5:660, 5:672

Darnell, Mr. See Darnil, Nimrod

Darnil (Darnell; Darniel; Darnold), Nimrod

identified, 5:593n
letter to, 5:593
Poplar Forest overseer, 4:306–307, 4:374, 5:382, 5:403, 5:489, 5:545–546, 5:593, 5:653
witnesses agreement, 5:487

Darrell, Phillip

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Darsonel. See Durosnel, Antoine Jean Auguste Henri, comte

Daschkoff, André

forwards letters to TJ, 1:328
identified, 1:329n
letters from, 1:328–329, 1:484–485
letter to, 1:433
Russian consul general to U.S., 1:120, 1:329n, 1:332, 1:360, 3:190, 4:551
visits Monticello, 1:120, 1:433, 1:484, 1:519

Dashwood. See Despencer, Sir Francis Dashwood, baron le

dates, 1:366, 2:271

Datt, Johann Philipp

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506n

Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie

Advice to Shepherds, 3:96n, 3:343, 5:165

Daucus carota (wild carrots), 4:139

Davenport, Jesse

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 5:378–380

Daveny. See Rioult-Davenay, Archange Louis, baron

David, king of Israel, 2:584

Davidson, Capt., 1:15, 1:217, 2:362

Davies, Tamerlane W. W.

witnesses land conveyance, 4:318n

Davis, Daniel

asks for varnish, 1:419
identified, 1:419n
letter from, 1:419

Davis, Edmund

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Davis, George

resigns consular position, 4:5n
U.S. consul at Tripoli, 1:26

Davis, Samuel B., 2:450n

Davis, Sancho (TJ’s slave)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Davout, Louis Nicolas, Duc d’Auerstädt, Prince of Eckmühl, 1:372

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1755). See Hern, David (Davy) (TJ’s slave; b. 1755)

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1784). See Hern, David (Davy) (TJ’s slave; b. 1784)

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1785)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1803). See Hern, David (Davy) (TJ’s slave; b. 1803)

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1806)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461

Davy, William

and domestic manufactures, 1:170–172
identified, 1:172n
letter from, 1:170–172
and merino sheep, 1:16, 1:17

Dawson, Allen

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Dawson, John

diplomatic mission of, 4:648, 4:649n
identified, 4:648n
letter from, 4:648–649
letter to, 5:9–10
seeks La. judgeship, 5:9, 5:9–10
sends La. state constitution, 4:648
U.S. Representative from Va., 1:644

Dawson, Martin. See also Dawson, Martin, & Co. (Milton firm)

identified, 2:281–282n
letter from, 2:286
letter to, 2:281–282
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349, 5:378–380
and J. Sammons’s order, 5:298
and Shadwell Mill, 5:120
and TJ’s dispute with E. Alexander, 2:240n, 2:281–282, 2:286–287, 2:294
and TJ’s land dispute with D. Michie, 5:140–141n, 5:260–261

Dawson, Martin, & Co. (Milton firm), 4:74, 5:92n

Dawson, Pleasant

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Dawson, William

identified, 1:219n
letter from, 1:417
letters to S. Greenhow, 1:218–219, 1:240, 1:244n, 1:317–318
and Mutual Assurance Society, 1:218–219, 1:240, 1:244n, 1:333, 1:417, 1:472, 1:625, 1:659, 2:29

Dayton, Jonathan, 3:324

Deane, P.

letter from accounted for, 1:677

Deane, Samuel

The New-England farmer, or, Georgical dictionary, 1:581

Dearborn, Dorcas Osgood Marble (Henry Dearborn’s wife)

death of, 3:552, 3:553n, 4:82
mentioned, 1:301
sends greetings to TJ, 2:430
TJ sends greetings to, 1:280, 2:538

Dearborn, Henry

and batture controversy, 2:426, 2:435
and charges against B. Waterhouse, 1:295
consults with TJ on botany, 1:189
on foreign relations, 3:552–553
and E. Gerry, 4:84n
and G. Granger, 3:129
and gunpowder, 3:583
and E. Herrick’s spinning machine, 4:513, 4:514, 4:544
identified, 1:280n
introduced to T. M. Randolph, 1:572–573, 1:574
and invasion of Canada, 5:367, 5:368, 5:385, 5:493, 5:545n
letters from, 1:301–302, 2:429–430, 3:27–28, 3:552–553, 4:544–545
letters to, 1:279–280, 1:572–573, 2:537–538, 4:82–84, 4:513
as minister plenipotentiary to Portugal, 5:165n
on New England politics, 2:429–430, 2:537–538, 3:28, 3:75, 3:553
and New London military stores, 5:104–105, 5:107
nomination as major general, 4:513, 4:544
and N.Y. campaign, 5:320, 5:396, 5:441, 5:445, 5:449
recommendation by, 2:320
as secretary of war, 1:6, 1:7, 1:48, 1:351, 2:56, 2:57, 2:175, 2:176n, 2:315, 4:196, 4:376, 4:398, 4:412, 4:537, 4:538n, 5:684, 5:685n
sends fish to TJ, 1:153, 1:279
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
TJ sends greetings to, 4:238
and War of 1812, 5:167n, 5:398
and wife’s death, 4:82

Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell

and astronomy, 4:195–196, 4:237–239
and E. Herrick’s spinning machine, 4:544, 4:545n
identified, 4:197n
letter from, 4:195–197
letter to, 4:237–239
military commission of, 1:78, 1:280, 1:301–302
translator of A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, History and Analysis of Pastel, or Woad (Lasteyrie), 3:462n

Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin (James Bowdoin’s widow; Henry Dearborn’s second wife)

and J. Bowdoin’s eulogy, 5:597, 5:597n
and L. J. M. Daubenton’s work on sheep, 3:343n
identified, 5:165n
letters to, 5:165, 5:597
sends works to TJ, 5:165, 5:165n

Deborah (schooner), 2:118

debt, private

imprisonment for, 4:489–492

debt, public

P. S. Du Pont on, 2:583, 2:590, 2:603, 2:611
A. Gallatin on, 4:547
reduction of, 1:62, 1:177, 1:610, 1:664, 2:358n, 4:54n
TJ on, 1:168–169, 1:598, 3:560, 3:566

Debue, Monsieur, 1:372

DeButts, Mary Anne Welby (Samuel DeButts’s wife)

and Northmore’s poem, 4:392–393, 4:470

DeButts, Richard

mentioned, 4:392, 4:393n

DeButts, Samuel

dispute with S. Carr, 1:75, 1:134–135
identified, 1:75n
letter from, 1:75
letter to, 1:134–135
mentioned, 4:393n

Decatur, Stephen, 1:111, 1:252

Declaration of Independence

mentioned, 2:105
published, 5:631–632, 5:632–633n, 5:643, 5:644n
signers of, 4:429, 4:475, 4:476n
TJ as author of, 1:11, 1:487, 1:610, 4:490
TJ on, 5:135–136, 5:643

Declaration of Independence. A Candid Statement of Facts (Tyler), 5:644n

deer skins, 2:118, 2:255

Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (Adams), 5:185n

“Defence of the Review of Mr. Lambert’s Memorial,” 3:285n

Defoe, Daniel

Essay upon Projects, 1:572
Robinson Crusoe, 1:110

Deforge, Mr. See Desforgues, François Louis Michel Chemin (French consul at New Orleans)

Degen & Purviance (Leghorn mercantile firm), 1:361, 1:362n, 1:515, 3:381n

Delabigarre, Peter

and batture controversy, 2:524, 2:527–528, 3:476, 3:478n, 3:484, 3:485, 3:492–493, 4:111n

Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph, 1:100–101, 1:357

Delaplaine, Joseph. See also Delaplaine & Hellings (Philadelphia firm)

American Edition of the New Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 3:51n, 3:589, 3:609
and Emporium of Arts & Sciences, 4:663, 4:685, 5:100
identified, 3:51n
letters from, 3:589, 4:663, 5:654–655
letters to, 3:609, 4:685, 5:662
and new Bible edition, 5:654, 5:654–655n, 5:662
Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans, 3:51n

Delaplaine & Hellings (Philadelphia firm)

identified, 3:51n
letter from, 3:50–51
letter from accounted for, 3:51n
solicits subscription, 3:50–51

Delaware County, Pa., 1:69n

Delaware River

act to improve navigation on, 4:161n

Delessert, Étienne, 2:xli

Delessert, Jules Paul Benjamin, & Cie, 1:235

Delolme, Jean Louis

read by J. Adams, 4:474
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503

Delor, Mrs., 2:441n

Demaree, Samuel R.

identified, 1:457n
letter from, 1:455–457, 5:478–479
letter to, 1:575–576, 5:557
seeks grammar recommendation, 5:478
TJ recommends books, 1:576–577, 5:478, 5:479n, 5:557

Demeneu, Mr., 2:463

Democrat (Boston newspaper), 1:50n

Demosthenes, 1:70

Dempsey v. Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, 2:377n, 2:668, 3:79

Denisart, Jean Baptiste

Collection de décisions nouvelles, 3:131, 3:160, 3:174n, 3:546

Denmark

G. W. Erving appointed special minister to, 3:293, 3:459, 3:539
government of, 3:8, 3:12, 3:16
prisoners of war from, 4:362
relations with U.S., 4:237n, 4:611, 4:612
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506n, 4:507n

Dennis, George (TJ’s slave; b. 1808)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:386, 5:461

Derbigny, Pierre (Peter) Augustin Bourguignon

and batture controversy, 2:160n, 2:444n, 2:516, 2:518n, 2:524, 3:30, 3:71, 4:110, 4:643n
Case laid before Counsel for their opinion on the claim to the Batture, situated in front of the Suburb St. Mary, 2:658, 3:476, 3:483, 3:494
identified, 4:632n
letter to, 4:631–632
Mémoire a Consulter, sur la Réclamation de la Batture, Située en Face du Faubourg Sainte-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orléans, 2:439, 2:441n, 2:446n, 2:531, 2:532n, 4:466
Réfutation du Mémoire en forme de consultation, 2:657, 2:658n, 3:173–174n, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:237n, 3:271, 3:476, 3:484
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:631–632

Derieux, Maria Margherita Martin (Peter Derieux’s wife)

financial situation of, 3:77, 3:394–395
sends greetings to TJ, 5:29
stepdaughter of P. Mazzei, 3:77n, 3:381n, 3:576

Derieux, Peter (Justin Pierre Plumard)

financial situation of, 3:77, 3:394–395
identified, 3:395–396n
letters from, 3:394–396, 5:29–30
letter to, 3:575–576, 5:98–99
and P. Mazzei, 3:395, 3:576
sends tarragon to TJ, 5:29, 5:30n, 5:98
TJ forwards letter to, 3:77, 3:295, 3:481, 3:511, 3:575

Desalination of Sea Water, Report on (Thomas Jefferson), 1:487

Descripción histórica y cronológica de los piedras (León y Gama), 1:521, 1:556

A Description of the British Possessions in North America (Melish), 5:443n, 5:492, 5:493n, 5:501

Desforgues, François Louis Michel Chemin (French consul at New Orleans), 1:203

Deshay, Madame

letter from, 1:450–451
seeks TJ’s aid, 1:450

Despencer, Sir Francis Dashwood, baron le, 1:124

Despinville, Charles

and West Point appointment, 4:375n, 4:376, 4:434, 5:405–406, 5:430–431, 5:435–436

Destrehan, Jean Noël, 5:112–113

Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude

as anonymous author, 3:335
Commentary and Review of Montesquieu’s Spirit of Laws, 1:260–261, 1:262–263n, 1:270, 2:288, 3:xlvi, 3:3, 3:58 (illus.), 3:3–4, 3:6–7, 3:7–25, 3:89, 3:105, 3:184–185, 3:189, 3:207, 3:208n, 3:213, 3:310–312, 3:329, 3:339, 3:444, 3:449, 3:452, 3:509, 3:584, 4:19, 4:25, 4:30, 4:36, 4:54, 4:56, 4:57n, 4:202, 4:204, 4:239, 4:240, 4:325, 4:436, 4:446, 4:457n, 4:607, 4:608, 4:609, 4:611n, 5:51, 5:54, 5:276–277, 5:436, 5:557, 5:557n, 5:577, 5:612, 5:634–635, 5:636n
Discours prononcés dans la séance publique tenue par la classe de la langue, 1:262
Élémens d’Idéologie, 5:7, 5:8n, 5:83, 5:114, 5:211, 5:223, 5:276, 5:436, 5:576, 5:577, 5:578, 5:579n, 5:635
Élémens d’Idéologie: Idéologie proprement dite, 4:203, 4:209n, 4:239–241, 4:242–243n
on federalism, 4:204–206
Grammaire, 4:203, 4:209n
health of, 4:649
identified, 1:262n
and Lafayette, 4:358
letters from, 1:260–263, 4:202–209, 4:239–243
letter to, 3:334–339
letter to mentioned, 4:30, 5:69
Logique, 4:203, 4:209n
portrait of, 3:xlvi, 3:358 (illus.)
sends manuscript to TJ, 4:239–241, 4:325, 4:326n, 4:574–575
TJ on Commentary, 3:86–87, 3:334–339, 5:557, 5:577
TJ on Treatise, 5:577–579
Traité de la volonté et de ses effets, 4:203, 4:243n
A Treatise on Political Economy, 4:243n, 5:577–579, 5:579n
on U.S. Constitution, 4:204–205
Warden carries TJ’s letter to, 3:443, 3:444n, 3:538

Detroit, Mich. Territory

W. Hull’s surrender at, 5:580
Indian school at, 1:7, 1:660–662, 2:55–57, 2:58n, 3:369–370
U.S. effort to retake, 5:336, 5:396

Detroit red apple, 3:448

Devany, Mr., 2:323

De Vezin, Olivier, 5:86n

Dewitt, Simeon

A Map of the State of New York, 5:581

Dexter, Samuel, 3:68, 3:69n, 3:73

diamonds

purchased by TJ, 4:576, 4:577, 4:590

Diana (ship), 2:233, 2:360–361, 5:289–290

dianthus (pinks), 3:353, 3:355n, 5:477, 5:553

Dianthus caryophyllus (carnation), 3:545, 4:497, 4:498

Diar, Francisco Geronimo Barquez, 2:480n

Dick (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231n

Dick (TJ’s slave), 4:373

Dick (Yellow Dick) (TJ’s slave; b. 1767)

laborer, 4:379, 5:545, 5:546
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462

Dick (TJ’s slave; b. 1781)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387
on Poplar Forest slave list, 4:382

Dick (TJ’s slave; b. 1790). See Gillette, Dick (TJ’s slave)

Dickenson, John, 3:318

Dickerson, Wiley

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Dickinson, John

and Continental Congress, 4:601

Dickson, Adam

The Husbandry of the Ancients, 1:581, 2:82

Dickson, William

identified, 2:242n
letter from, 2:241–242
letter to, 2:340
and M. Lewis’s effects, 2:241, 2:340

Dictionaire Historique et Critique (Bayle), 3:547

Dictionary of Arts & Sciences (Owen), 1:582

Dictionary of the Holy Bible (Brown), 1:36, 1:630n

Dictionnaire de droit et de pratique (Ferrière), 3:131, 3:174n, 3:175n, 3:546

Dictionnaire de jurisprudence et des arrêts (Prost de Royer), 3:174n, 3:175n

Dictionnaire de la Langue Françoise, Ancienne et Moderne (Richelet), 3:547

Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique Portatif (Ladvocat), 1:580

Diderot, Denis

attends salon, 5:452n
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Didot, Firmin

publishes work, 1:316–317, 4:148

Dieu, Lodewijk de

Grammatica linguarum orientalium, hebraeorvm, chaldaeorvm, & syrorvm, inter se collatarum , 5:36

Digby, John, trans.

Historia Alexandri Magni Regis (Curtius Quintus), 1:580

Digest. See Corpus Juris civilis Romani (Godefroy)

A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans (Kerr and Moreau Lislet), 3:168, 3:547

A Digest of the laws of England (Comyns), 3:547

Digges, Frank, 1:516

Digges, Thomas Attwood

identified, 1:517n
letter from, 1:515–517

Digges, William, 3:426

Diggs, Dudley, 3:179, 5:15–16

Dillehay, James Madison, 5:505

Dillehay, Thomas Jefferson, 5:505

Dillehay, Thomas L.

letter from, 5:504–505
names sons after TJ and J. Madison, 5:505, 5:505n

Dillwyn, William, 3:268

Dinah (TJ’s slave; b. 1766)

laborer, 4:379
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462, 5:462

Dinsmore, James

accounts with TJ, 1:64, 1:65n
and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
identified, 1:136n
letter to, 3:119–120
list of carpenter’s tools, 1:135–136
petition to General Assembly, 5:378–380
seeks recommendation for brother, 4:476, 5:449
works at Montpellier, 1:155, 2:106, 3:119–120
works with J. Neilson, 5:299n

Dinsmore, John

TJ recommends, 4:476–477, 5:449, 5:449n

Diocletian

drawings of palace of, 2:39, 3:581–582

Diodorus Siculus

Bibliothecae Historicae Libri Quindecim de quadraginta, 1:580
on Egyptian finance, 2:582
Historiarum Libri Aliquot, qui extant, opera & studio Vincentii Obsopoei in lucem editi, 1:580

Diomed (British horse), 1:52n

Diomede (TJ’s horse), 1:51–52n

Dionysius Halicarnasseus

Opera Omni Graece et Latine (trans. Spelman), 1:580

diplomatic immunity

TJ on, 5:290–291

Dipsacus fullonum (teasel), 2:271

Directions for the Transplantation and Management of young Thorn or other Hedge Plants (Main), 2:132n

A Discourse Delivered at Cambridge (Osgood), 2:411, 2:412n

Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux (Saurin), 2:322n

Discours prononcés dans la séance publique tenue par la classe de la langue (Destutt de Tracy), 1:262

Discours sur les progrès des sciences (Kesteloot), 1:656

Dismal Swamp Land Company, 4:80

A Dissertation on the Prophecies (Faber), 4:484, 4:485n

Dissertations de Maxime de Tyr, philosophe platonicien (Maximus of Tyre), 1:35

distiller’s syphon, 1:482–483

D’Ivernois, Sir Francis

Effets du blocus continental, 3:198, 3:200n, 3:274

Divers, George

and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
and W. Duane, 3:507, 3:509n, 3:540
exchanges plants and cuttings with TJ, 4:561, 4:562
and fiorin grass, 4:561, 4:562
friend of TJ, 4:671
grinds wheat, 1:109
health of, 2:265, 5:26
hosts E. Trist, 1:73
identified, 1:157–158n
letters from, 1:157–158, 3:456, 4:562
letters to, 3:454, 3:460–461, 4:156, 4:561
and W. McClure’s debts, 5:174–175, 5:328–329, 5:574–575, 5:575, 5:587n, 5:639–640
mentioned, 3:68n, 3:136
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349, 5:378–380
and Rivanna Company, 3:192–194
sends seeds to TJ, 1:157
and timothy seed, 3:454, 3:456, 3:460–461, 4:156, 4:157n
TJ visits, 1:80, 1:98n

Divers, Martha Walker (George Divers’s wife)

health of, 5:26
hostess to E. Trist, 1:73
mentioned, 1:157n

Divers, Thomas

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Divers, Thomas Jefferson, 1:157n

The Diversions of Sidney (Margaret Bayard Smith), 1:10n

The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan (Paulding), 5:397, 5:397n

Dixon, George, ed.

A Voyage Round The World (Beresford), 1:445–446, 1:449n

Dixon (Dickson), Isaac. See also Alrichs & Dixon (Wilmington, Del., firm)

identified, 5:322–323n

Dizionario d’agricoltura o sia la coltivazione italiana (Ronconi), 2:82

Dobson, Mr., 1:308

Dobson, John, 3:211

Dobson, Thomas

Encyclopædia, 1:577n, 1:582, 4:365, 4:366n

dock (Rumex), 4:139, 4:142n

The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions (Simpson), 5:416, 5:442, 5:443n, 5:501

The Doctrine of fluxions (Emerson), 1:576

Dodsley, Robert

The Economy of Human Life, 3:50n

dogs

bill for taxing, 1:17, 1:68
breeding of, 1:3n, 5:181
described by TJ, 2:378, 2:409, 2:490, 2:492
and R. Jefferson, 4:183, 4:481, 4:607
kill sheep and other farm animals, 1:476
proposed taxation of, 4:161, 4:170, 4:346–349
puppy given to F. W. Eppes, 2:378
requested from TJ, 2:3, 2:32, 2:53, 2:413, 2:456
sent to W. Thornton, 2:511–512, 2:568, 2:569, 2:666, 3:63
shepherd, 1:376, 1:457, 1:469–470, 1:483, 3:63, 3:201, 3:241, 3:252, 3:503, 5:69, 5:181, 5:209–210, 5:395
TJ on, 4:170
in U.S. Congress, 3:330

dogwood (Cornus florida), 1:272, 1:274n, 3:353, 5:189

Doll (TJ’s slave; b. 1757)

on Monticello slave list, 4:386

Dollond, Peter & John (London firm)

TJ purchases telescope from, 4:237, 4:238n

Dolly (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231n

Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1809). See Hughes, Dolly (TJ’s slave)

Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1812)

on Poplar Forest slave list, 5:460

Dolphin of York (ship), 1:53, 1:64

Domat, Jean

Les lois civiles dans leur ordre naturel (trans. Strahan), 3:160, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:547

Domesday Book

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Domestic encyclopædia (Willich), 1:18, 1:19n, 1:252

Domestic Spinner. See Herrick, Ebenezer, Domestic Spinner (spinning machine of)

Donald, James (of Bedford Co.)

merchant, 5:163n
and J. Wayles’s land purchase, 5:162, 5:339–340, 5:343

Donald, James (of Richmond), 2:434

Donck, Adriaen van der

Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant, 2:503n

Don Pedro (sheep), 1:16, 1:18, 1:19n, 2:xli, 2:379, 2:380 (illus.), 2:380n

Don Quixote

TJ alludes to, 5:95, 5:122

Doolittle, Isaac

carries letters from Europe, 5:612

D’orgenoy, Francis Joseph Le Breton

and batture controversy, 2:444n, 2:449, 2:450n, 2:516, 2:545, 2:659, 2:682, 5:144–145
marshal at New Orleans, 3:233, 3:246–248, 3:265, 3:326, 3:409, 3:410n, 3:477, 3:485, 3:498, 5:137n, 5:144–145, 5:314–315

D’oring, Mr., 3:478n

Dorsenne, Jean Marie Pierre François Lepaige, comte, 1:372

Dorsière, Eugene, 3:478n

Dort, Synod of (1618–19)

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506n

Dortic, John

forwards seeds to TJ, 3:583, 3:604–605, 3:614
identified, 3:583n
letters from, 3:583, 3:614, 3:619–620, 4:84–85, 4:419–420, 5:447
letters to, 3:604, 3:628, 4:176–177
and public dispatches, 3:619–620, 3:628
travels of, 4:419–420
and viticulture, 4:84–85, 4:176–177, 4:419–420, 5:447

Dossie, Robert

The Handmaid to the Arts, 1:581

double blue hyacinths, 5:358

Doublehead

Cherokee leader, 1:7

Doublehead’s Reserve, Tenn., 1:7

Dougherty, Joseph

account with TJ, 1:3–4
acquires sheep for TJ, 1:153, 1:464, 1:465–466, 1:467, 1:476–477, 1:486, 5:454, 5:455n
acquires sheep from W. Thornton, 1:465–466, 1:476, 1:480–481
and books for TJ, 2:101
delivers seeds, 3:98
identified, 1:3–4n
letters from, 1:64, 1:153, 1:199–200, 1:286, 1:320–321, 1:480–481, 2:53–54, 2:101, 2:362, 2:392, 2:431–432, 3:241–242, 4:124, 4:200, 5:454–455
letters to, 1:76, 1:224–225, 1:310, 1:464, 1:467, 2:409–410, 2:490–491, 3:252, 4:163–164, 5:500
letter to accounted for, 2:53n
mentioned, 3:528, 3:587
and merino sheep, 1:3n, 1:153, 1:199, 1:225, 1:286, 1:310, 1:320–321, 1:467, 2:362, 2:366, 2:392, 2:409, 2:431–432, 2:457, 2:481, 2:491, 3:241–242, 3:252, 5:454, 5:455n, 5:500
oversees transport of TJ’s belongings, 1:53
paid by TJ, 1:41, 1:42n
and porter business, 3:241–242, 3:252
and ram husbandry, 2:431–432
seeks Senate doorkeeper appointment, 4:124, 4:163, 4:164, 4:171, 4:173, 4:200
and shepherd dogs, 2:53, 2:409, 2:413, 2:431, 2:456, 2:490, 2:492, 3:63, 3:241, 3:252, 5:181
travels to Monticello, 1:53

Dougherty, Mary (Joseph Dougherty’s wife), 1:3n, 1:53

Doulson v. Matthews, 2:432n, 2:455–456, 4:302n

Draper, John. See also Murray, Draper, Fairman & Company (Philadelphia firm), 5:654, 5:654n

drawknives, 1:135–136

drayman. See Ned (Couch’s slave)

Drew, Peyton

letter from accounted for, 5:687

Le droit commun de la France (Bourjon), 3:174n

droit d’aubaine, 3:468, 3:472n

Le Droit des Gens, ou, Principes de la loi naturelle, appliqué à la conduite & aux affaires des nations & des souverains (Vattel), 3:159, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:546

druids

J. Adams on, 5:70

drunkenness

of W. Fontaine, 1:526, 1:645–646
of J. Madison’s maitre d’hotel, 1:53
of S. Scott, 5:39, 5:239, 5:243
of TJ’s blacksmith, 1:419n

Duane, Margaret Hartman Markoe Bache (William Duane’s wife), 3:40n, 3:452n

Duane, William

and J. Armstrong, 3:330–331
and Bank of the United States, 3:450–451, 5:254–255, 5:257n
and R. de Bécourt’s book, 5:467n
A Bird’s Eye Sketch of the Military Concerns of the United States, 5:257n
books requested from, 4:56
The Constitutions of the United States, 5:649, 5:650n
H. Dearborn on, 3:553
on W. Eustis, 5:255
and failed Washington bookstore, 3:449, 3:452n
and A. Gallatin, 3:584, 3:585–586, 3:600, 3:601–603, 3:626
on Great Britain, 5:256–257
A Hand Book for Infantry, 5:256, 5:257n
A Hand Book for Riflemen, 5:256, 5:257n
identified, 1:49n
letters from, 2:538–540, 3:37–340, 3:189–190, 3:329–331, 3:449–453, 4:25–26, 5:254–257, 5:352–355, 5:634–638
letters to, 1:48–49, 3:4–7, 3:86–89, 3:184–185, 3:207–208, 3:310–311, 3:339, 3:506–509, 3:591–594, 4:56–57, 4:632–633, 5:293–294, 5:366–368, 5:577–579
libel charges against, 4:174–175
mentioned, 3:385
A Military Dictionary, 3:38, 3:40n, 5:611
and perpetual-motion machine, 5:558, 5:559n
portrait of, 3:xlvi, 3:358 (illus.)
publishes Destutt de Tracy’s works, 3:3–4, 3:6–7, 3:38, 3:184–185, 3:189, 3:310–311, 3:329, 3:339, 3:449, 4:25, 4:243n, 5:224, 5:557, 5:577–579
recommends A. Macaulay, 2:304
and Republican supporters, 3:451–452, 3:507–509, 3:515, 3:540, 3:549–550, 3:573–575, 3:584, 3:585–586, 3:591–593, 4:25, 5:635, 5:637n
and R. Rush’s cabinet proposal, 5:79–80n
sedition prosecution, 1:278, 2:412n
sends document to TJ, 2:538–539
and S. Snyder, 3:563, 3:564n, 3:601
TJ on, 3:563–564, 3:601–602, 3:603
TJ’s account with, 4:56, 4:633, 4:634
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:632
on TJ’s return to office, 5:352–353
vouches for J. Melish, 4:423
and D. B. Warden, 3:340, 4:19
on War of 1812, 5:352–353, 5:635–636
and war with Great Britain, 5:255–256
and The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, 3:449, 3:451, 4:56

Duane, William J., 1:49n

Duckett, Allen Bowie, 1:516

ducks

summer, 1:56

dueling, 3:277, 3:279n, 3:425

Duffel (Duffell; Duffie), Henry Leonard

identified, 5:359n
seeks military position, 5:359, 5:359n

Dufief, Nicolas Gouin

and R. de Bécourt’s book, 5:467n
bookseller, 3:340, 4:71–72, 4:79, 5:14, 5:36, 5:133, 5:416–417, 5:442, 5:443n, 5:501, 5:523, 5:549, 5:557, 5:594, 5:625
identified, 3:98n
letters from, 3:97–98, 3:393, 4:79–80, 4:278, 4:370, 5:36, 5:442–443, 5:523–524, 5:594–595
letters to, 3:137, 4:71–72, 5:14, 5:416–417, 5:501, 5:549, 5:625
mentioned, 3:309
Nature Displayed, 1:581, 3:98n, 5:467n, 5:557
A New Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and English Languages, 3:97–98, 3:137, 3:393, 4:71, 4:79, 5:557
sends book catalogs, 4:278, 4:370, 5:14n

Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis

A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, 2:82

Du Jareau, Godefroi

and American Philosophical Society, 2:372, 2:375n, 2:663, 2:664, 2:665n, 3:41–42
civic improvement proposals of, 2:372, 2:373, 2:375n, 2:483, 2:484, 2:485, 2:487n, 2:552, 2:557, 2:665n
and flour milling, 2:557–558
horse-drawn saw, 2:374n, 2:553, 3:41–42
identified, 2:375n
letters from, 2:372–375, 2:483–487, 2:552–563, 2:663–665
and J. Mather, 2:373, 2:484, 2:487n, 2:657, 3:233, 3:234n, 3:484
water-raising machine, 2:553–557, 2:563–564, 2:663–664

Dulac, Madame, 2:15

Dumont, Jean, baron de Carlscroon

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506n

Du Moulin, Charles

Coutumes du comté et bailliage de Mante et Meulant, 3:131, 3:174n
Coûtumes generales du paîs et duché de Bretagne, 3:131, 3:174n

Dumouriez, Charles François du Périer

advises British ministry, 4:270
on British politics, 4:270–271
spoliations by army of, 2:14

Dunbar, John, 3:183, 3:210–211

Dunbar, William, 1:97n, 1:498n

Duncan, Abner Lawson

identified, 2:119n
and J. Peyton’s estate, 2:117, 2:118, 2:119, 2:254, 2:255, 2:383, 2:495, 3:59–60, 3:149, 3:186, 3:480–481, 4:640, 4:641, 5:383

Dundee. See Thomas Smart v. The Magistrates and Town Council of the Burgh of Dundee (Brown’s Reports)

dunfish (New England cod), 1:115n, 1:176, 1:279

Dunkum, William

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Dunlap, William, 3:633n

Dunmore, John Murray, 4th Earl of

colonial governor of Va., 4:601, 5:480–481n

Dunn, William

letter from, 1:467–469
requests charity, 1:467–469

Duplantier, Gabriel Armand Allard

and Lafayette’s La. land, 1:529, 1:530n, 1:628, 2:8–9, 2:243–244, 2:418, 3:212, 3:314, 3:445, 4:649, 5:68–69, 5:212–213, 5:214

Duplessis, P. L. B., 3:478n

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen

and American Philosophical Society, 3:41–42
and batture controversy, 1:287, 2:516
Mémoire en forme de consultation, 2:532n, 2:657, 2:658
Opinion on the case of the alluvion land or batture, near New-Orleans, 5:45, 5:47n
A Review of the Cause of the New Orleans Batture, 3:73, 3:133, 3:135n, 3:173–175n, 3:235, 3:271, 3:483, 5:275

du Pont, Victor Marie

and cloth manufacture, 5:130, 5:199
family of, 5:402, 5:403n
identified, 5:200–201n
and Lafayette’s La. land, 2:243
letter from, 5:198–201
and wool production, 5:198–199

Du Pont, Bauduy & Company, 3:223n

du Pont de Nemours, Eleuthère Irénée

and cloth manufacture, 5:129–130, 5:130, 5:350, 5:448, 5:501–502
and Don Pedro (sheep), 2:xli, 2:379, 2:380n
explosion at factory, 4:686
family of, 5:402, 5:403n
and father’s speech, 3:414
gunpowder of, 4:218, 4:686, 5:129, 5:130–131, 5:201n, 5:350, 5:448, 5:500, 5:501–502
identified, 3:414n
letters from, 3:414, 3:621, 5:130–131
letters to, 3:583–584, 4:218, 4:686, 5:129–130, 5:448–449, 5:501–502
mentioned, 1:200n, 1:667, 2:431, 5:198
and merino sheep, 1:16, 1:18, 1:19n, 1:153, 4:686, 5:454, 5:455n
sells TJ gunpowder, 3:583–584, 3:621
TJ pays, 4:685, 4:686, 5:28

Du Pont de Nemours, Françoise Robin Poivre

and Julienne Bureaux de Pusy, 4:155

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel. See also taxes, Du Pont de Nemours on

on American financial system, 2:163–164, 2:330–331, 2:569–570, 2:578, 2:582–583, 2:594–595, 2:599, 2:600–601, 2:604–618, 3:80, 3:248, 3:515–516, 3:517n, 3:559–560, 4:327–328, 4:445
and J. Armstrong, 1:314
on ascertaining revenue from American landholdings, 2:595–596, 2:604
on British constitution, 2:607
and Bureaux de Pusy family, 4:124–125, 4:155, 4:457n, 5:71, 5:71–72n
on Chinese financial system, 2:585–586
on class and citizenship, 4:608
and contraband trade, 2:601–602
and Destutt de Tracy’s commentary on Montesquieu, 4:436–448, 4:607–609, 5:51, 5:54, 5:436, 5:612
edits Turgot’s Oeuvres, 1:263, 1:264n, 1:584–585, 3:516, 4:22–23, 4:24n, 4:125, 4:126–127n
on education, 1:202n, 1:584–585, 4:125
Sur l’éducation nationale dans les États-Unis d’Amérique, 1:592, 1:593n, 1:674, 4:125, 4:127n, 4:327, 5:616, 5:620
on Egyptian financial system, 2:582–583, 4:437
on English financial system, 2:570–581, 2:590–591, 2:612, 4:439
financial estimates of, 2:587, 2:588, 2:614, 2:615
on governmental authority, 4:608–609
on A. Hamilton, 2:578, 3:80, 4:328
on Hebrew financial system, 2:583–585
identified, 1:201–202n
introduces J. Corrêa da Serra, 4:350–351, 4:539n
introduces M. A. Jullien, 2:503–504
on labor and wealth production, 4:440–445, 4:446–448, 5:53–54
and land offices, 2:597–598, 2:616
on landownership and citizenship, 2:576–577, 2:581, 4:328–330
on law and justice, 4:330–331
letters from, 1:263–264, 2:162–165, 2:330–332, 2:503–504, 2:569–656, 3:80–82, 3:515–517, 4:22–24, 4:124–127, 4:327–336, 4:350–352, 4:436–458, 4:607–611, 5:51–56, 5:612–614
letters to, 1:201–202, 1:315–316, 1:385–386, 3:559–561
letter to J. Madison, 1:584–585, 1:592
and J. Madison, 2:570, 2:654n, 4:22, 4:24n
Mémoires soumis à Troisième Classe de l’Institut, 3:516, 3:517n
and merino sheep, 1:199, 1:584–585n
on Montesquieu, 2:579, 2:592
and mortgage legislation, 2:593–8, 2:616
on national defense, 2:588, 2:603, 2:606, 2:614, 3:81, 4:328, 4:445–446
Obituary Notice for Joel Barlow, 5:612, 5:614–617, 5:618–621
organizes aid for Parisians, 2:331
and R. M. Patterson, 1:201, 2:162–163
portrait of, 2:xli, 2:380 (illus.)
and public lands, 2:582–583, 2:587
and public works, 2:589, 2:614
sends book to TJ, 5:402
sent geophysical work, 2:536
on slaves and slavery, 4:328, 4:444
and speech in L’Historien, 3:414
and subsidies to agriculture and industry, 2:613
Table raisonnée des principes de l’economie politique, 4:327, 5:51–54, 5:56n
taxes, 3:80, 3:248, 3:515–516, 3:517n, 3:559–560
TJ praises, 1:402
TJ receives letter from, 5:130, 5:130n
on war with Great Britain, 4:327–328, 5:612–613

Durnford, Charles

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King’s Bench, 2:455, 4:300, 4:302n

Durosnel, Antoine Jean Auguste Henri, comte, 1:372

Durrett, Mr.

overseer of, 4:101

Durrett, Davis

identified, 5:497n
letters from, 5:497–498, 5:499
letters to, 5:497, 5:498
sells horses, 5:497, 5:497–498, 5:498, 5:499

Durrett, Richard

carpentry agreement with TJ, 5:418
family of, 5:497n

Dussieux. See Ussieux, Louis d’.

dutch fan, 5:360, 5:361n

Duval, Benjamin

newspaper collection of, 1:288
and G. Wythe’s lectures, 3:206

DuVal, John Pope

TJ recommends, 4:458

DuVal, William

and burnet seed, 4:515, 4:526
letter from accounted for, 4:458n
as E. Randolph’s trustee, 4:231n
seeks appointment for son, 4:458

Duvall, Gabriel

comptroller of the Treasury, 1:352, 2:435
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Duvernois, Claude Antoine Prieur

identified, 3:66n
letter from, 3:65–66
sends minerals to TJ, 3:65–66

dyeing, 3:221–223, 3:238–239, 3:288–289, 3:326–327, 3:461–462

dyer’s madder (Rubia tinctorum), 3:288–289, 3:326–327

dynamometers

forwarded by I. A. Coles, 1:20, 1:21n, 1:376
loaned by R. Fulton, 5:673, 5:674n
lost in transit, 1:180, 1:204, 1:205, 2:111, 2:333
TJ tries to obtain, 2:111, 2:145, 2:152, 2:176, 2:317, 2:332–333

dysentery

among slaves, 1:354, 1:416
treatment for, 1:483, 5:669

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