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Laban (Old Testament figure), 6:564

La Bergerie (J. Armstrong’s Hudson River estate), 5:8n

Labernardière, Mr.

French public official, 7:489

Labigarre. See Delabigarre, Peter

Labouchere, Peter Caesar, 2:9, 2:245, 3:54, 3:105–3:106

La Brousse, M. de

Traité de la Culture du Figuier, suivi d’observations & d’expériences sur la meilleure maniere de cultiver, 2:82, 2:83n

Lacépède, Bernard Germain Étienne de La Ville-Sur-Illon, comte de

analyzes bones for Institut de France, 1:101n, 1:250n
and Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle, 7:626
Histoire naturelle de l’homme, 1:250n
identified, 1:250n
letter from, 1:248–1:250
letter to, 8:321–8:323
mentioned, 3:221n, 5:601
sends greetings to TJ, 1:629
TJ forwards letter from, 1:249, 1:417
TJ introduces B. S. Barton to, 8:321, 8:325

Laclotte, Jean Hyacinthe, 2:445n, 5:86n

La Croix, Mr.

Abridgment of Universal History, 8:629, 8:632n

Lacroix, Irenée Amelot De, Baron de Vanden Boègard

identified, 4:375–4:376n
letters from accounted for, 4:376n
letters to, 4:375–4:376
seeks military appointment, 4:375–4:376, 4:376

Lacroix, Sylvestre François

Complément des élémens d’algèbre, 4:79, 4:80n
Cours de Mathematiques à l’usage de l’École Centrale des Quatres-Nations, 4:71–4:72, 4:72n, 4:79, 5:14, 5:36, 8:640, 8:670, 8:685, 8:686
Traité élémentaire de trigonométrie rectiligne et sphérique et d’application de l’algèbre à la géométrie, 4:79, 4:80n
works on calculus, 4:370

Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus (early Christian author), 7:25

Lacy, Stephen H.

and P. Piernet’s estate, 3:466–3:467, 3:467–3:468, 3:472n, 3:652–3:653, 4:42, 4:43n, 4:81–4:82, 4:166n, 5:99, 5:116–5:118, 5:217, 5:333–5:334
and P. Piernet’s will, 5:332

Ladd, Thomas

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:304, 1:305, 1:306–1:307, 1:329–1:330, 1:331, 1:362–1:363, 1:364–1:365, 1:591, 1:608, 2:123, 2:368, 2:396–2:397, 2:403, 2:407, 2:425, 2:447, 2:448, 2:464–2:465, 2:465–2:466, 2:674–2:675, 3:44–3:45, 3:45, 3:84, 3:85–3:86
identified, 1:307n
letters from, 1:329–1:330, 2:674–2:675
letters from accounted for, 3:45n
letters to, 1:306–1:307, 2:464–2:465, 3:45

Ladvocat, Jean Baptiste

Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique Portatif, 1:580

“The Lady of the Wreck; or, Castle Blarneygig: a poem” (G. Colman), 7:60, 7:62n

lady-slipper, 1:436–1:437n

Laertius. See Diogenes Laertius

Laet, Joannes de

Nieuwe wereldt, ofte Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien, 2:503n, 2:503n, 2:511

La Fare, Charles Auguste, 7:665

Lafayette, Adrienne de Noailles, marquise de (Lafayette’s wife)

dowry of, 2:10, 2:12, 2:13
mentioned, 2:16

Lafayette, Emilie Destutt de Tracy (Lafayette’s daughter-in-law), 2:17

Lafayette, George Washington (Lafayette’s son)

inheritance of, 2:14
marriage and marriage contract of, 2:16, 2:17
mentioned, 3:447
sends greetings to TJ, 3:106, 4:359

Lafayette, Gilbert Motier de (1380-1462), 2:12–2:13

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de

J. Adams on, 6:287
and American Revolution, 2:10–2:11, 3:314, 3:315n, 4:434, 8:266
attempts to emancipate African slaves, 2:11
and Bureaux de Pusy family, 4:155, 5:71, 5:72n
and chestnuts, 4:322
and I. A. Coles, 1:269–1:270, 1:528
description of his finances, 2:10–2:26, 3:213, 3:214n, 3:446, 3:447n
and Destutt de Tracy, 1:270, 8:266
and Destutt de Tracy’s commentary on Montesquieu, 4:54, 4:202, 4:446
on events in France, 7:536–7:541
family of, 1:629, 5:212, 5:215n, 7:349, 7:537, 7:542
financial situation of, 1:376, 1:628, 2:8–2:9, 2:10–2:18, 2:243–2:245, 2:287–2:288, 2:310, 2:418, 3:54–3:55, 3:212, 3:213, 3:445–3:446, 7:15, 7:349
and French Revolution, 8:262
identified, 1:270–1:271n
introduces J. Corrêa da Serra, 4:359
introduces M. A. Jullien, 7:215
land of, in La., 1:270n, 1:529, 1:628, 2:8, 2:9, 2:15, 2:16, 2:17–2:18, 2:33–2:34, 2:72–2:73, 2:243, 2:244, 2:245, 2:418, 3:54, 3:105–3:106, 3:212–3:213, 3:248, 3:314, 3:445, 4:29–4:31, 4:359, 4:649–4:650, 5:68–5:69, 5:69n, 5:212–5:214, 5:215n, 7:541
on Latin American revolutions, 4:359, 7:14–7:15
and J. B. Lefevre, 2:74, 2:75n
letters from, 1:269–1:271, 1:528–1:530, 1:627–1:629, 2:7–2:9, 2:242–2:246, 2:287–2:288, 2:310, 3:54–3:55, 3:105–3:106, 3:211–3:214, 3:444–3:447, 4:155, 4:358–4:359, 4:649–4:650, 5:68–5:69, 5:212–5:215, 7:215, 7:536–7:542
letters from mentioned, 2:512
letter from to an Unidentified Correspondent, 7:542–7:544
letters to, 3:313–3:315, 4:29–4:31, 4:36, 7:13–7:16, 8:261–8:268, 8:478–8:479
letters to mentioned, 4:33
memoir of, 8:478
mentioned, 3:114, 3:512, 3:538, 5:189
and merino sheep, 2:39, 7:404
on neutral powers, 2:242
plans to write TJ, 4:325, 7:505
portraits of, 8:239
proposed biography of, 8:478–8:479
recommends L. P. G. de Lormerie to TJ, 1:342
recommends F. De Masson to TJ, 8:250, 8:251n
sends dogs, 1:376, 1:457, 6:511
sends greetings to TJ, 3:198
sends merino sheep, 1:529, 1:537–1:538, 1:629
and W. Short, 5:215n
Madame de Staël Holstein on, 5:450
and Madame de Tessé, 1:528, 1:593–1:594, 1:627, 7:35, 7:536
TJ forwards letter of, 8:482
TJ introduces L. H. Girardin to, 8:478–8:479
TJ on, 3:504
TJ sends greetings to, 3:443, 3:444n
travels of, 2:11, 2:13, 2:16
and U.S. peace commission, 7:542–7:543

Lafitau, Joseph François

Mœurs des Sauvages Ameriquains, 5:122–5:123, 5:125n, 5:182, 6:324

Lafon, Bartholemew

“Plan of the City and Environs of New Orleans,” 2:525, 3:486, 3:488n

La Fontaine, Jean de

in collegiate curriculum, 7:665
on Plato, 7:454

La Forest. See Mathurin, Antoine René Charles, comte de La Forest

La Grange (Lafayette’s French estate), 1:270n, 1:529, 2:15, 2:17, 7:540, 7:541

Lagrange, Joseph Louis

praised, 7:661

La Grange et de Fourilles, Adélaïde Blaise François Le Lièvre, marquis de, 1:372

La Harpe, Frédéric César de

tutor of Alexander I, 7:506, 8:671n

La Harpe, Jean François de

Lycée ou Cours De Littérature Ancienne Et Moderne, 7:26
writings of, 6:302, 7:481

Lake Champlain

natural history of, 7:357
Vt. militia crosses, 8:112, 8:112n

Lake Erie

O. H. Perry’s naval victory on, 6:524, 6:524n, 6:531, 6:546n, 7:11, 7:14, 7:56, 7:57n, 7:88, 7:89n, 8:259, 8:263
proposed canal to, 3:459–3:460, 3:597–3:598, 4:160, 4:161n
survey on, 3:437
and War of 1812, 7:531

Lake George, N.Y.

W. Short on, 8:687

Lake Ontario

proposed canal to, 3:459–3:460
and War of 1812, 7:10, 7:14, 7:531

Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de

Astronomie, 4:244, 4:244n, 7:626
Histoire des Mathématiques, 6:381, 7:250, 7:626
and W. Lambert’s calculations, 4:253, 4:260, 5:249
mentioned, 7:480
praised, 7:661

Lallemand, François Antoine, baron, 1:372

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de

praised, 7:661

La Marck, Marie Françoise Augustine Ursule Le Danois de Cernay, comtesse de, 2:10

Lambarde, William

Archaionomia, 7:126, 7:127
Eirenarcha: or Of the office of the Iustices of peace, 3:546

Lambert, John

letters to, 4:164
as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n

Lambert, William

and American Philosophical Society, 5:251, 5:311, 7:436, 7:437n, 7:486
astronomical calculations, 2:54, 2:55n, 4:634–4:637, 5:311
calculates longitude of U.S. Capitol, 4:275, 4:651–4:660
calculates Monticello’s longitude, 4:235–4:236, 4:239, 4:246, 4:247–4:266, 4:276, 4:368, 4:369, 4:402–4:406, 4:407, 8:455, 8:456n
clerk of the House of Representatives, 1:275, 1:359n, 1:512
congratulates TJ, 1:54–1:55, 1:237–1:238
and domestic manufactures, 1:560–1:562
on House of Representatives, 1:274–1:275, 1:534–1:535
identified, 1:54–1:55n
and latitude calculations, 3:367n
letters from, 1:54–1:55, 1:274–1:276, 1:356–1:359, 1:489–1:498, 1:534–1:535, 1:539–1:540, 1:560–1:562, 2:54–2:55, 2:60–2:68, 2:337–2:338, 2:398–2:399, 2:566, 3:285, 4:235–4:236, 4:275–4:276, 4:402–4:406, 4:407–4:408, 4:634–4:637, 4:651–4:660, 5:245–5:251, 7:436–7:437
letters from accounted for, 2:68n
letters to, 1:237–1:238, 1:511–1:512, 2:541, 4:368–4:369
letters to accounted for, 2:54–2:55n
lunar calculations, 1:539–1:540, 1:540–1:554, 2:54, 2:60–2:68, 5:245–5:251
ode for Fourth of July by, 2:399, 2:400–2:401
and prime meridian, 1:275–1:276, 1:356–1:358, 1:359n, 1:489–1:498, 1:511–1:512, 1:534–1:535, 2:54, 2:55n, 2:337–2:338, 2:398–2:399, 2:541, 2:566, 3:285, 3:367n
proposes reformation of Gregorian calendar, 7:436–7:437, 7:486
Table for Computing the Moon’s Motion, with Explanations, 1:540–1:554, 1:571–1:572, 1:608–1:609, 1:609n
To the Critical Reviewers of Boston, 3:285

Lambrecht, Mr.

and Lafayette, 7:537

Lameth, Alexandre Théodore Victor, 8:504, 8:508n

Lameth, Charles Malo François, 8:504, 8:508n

Lamétherie, Jean Claude de, 2:551, 2:552n

Théorie de La Terre, 8:429, 8:429, 8:429–8:430n

La Motte, Jeanne de Saint Remy de Valois, comtesse de

Vie de Jeanne de St. Remy de Valois, ci-devant Comtesse de La Motte (included in Book of Kings compiled by TJ; see also Book of Kings), 8:33, 8:34n, 8:240
works on, 8:309, 8:310n

Lampredi, Giovanni Maria, 7:688

lamps

at Bell Rock lighthouse, 4:362–4:363

lamps, alabaster

brass chain for, 1:190, 1:309

Lancaster, Joseph

Improvements in Education, 1:662, 1:662n

Lance, William

identified, 4:106n
letters from, 4:105–4:107
letters to accounted for, 4:107n
and Seventy-Six Association, 4:105, 4:106n

land conveyances. See indentures

Landsdown, Lord. See Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3d marquess of

Lane’s Ordinary (Fairfax Co.), 1:52n, 8:290

Langdon, John

elected governor, 2:348
identified, 2:231–2:232n
letters from, 2:230–2:232
letters to, 2:274–2:277, 7:365
as member of Continental Congress, 6:184n
and political situation, 2:230–2:231, 2:274–2:277
TJ introduces W. C. Rives to, 7:365
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Langhorne, John, trans.

Lives (Plutarch), 1:580

Langhorne, William, trans.

Lives (Plutarch), 1:580

Langland, William

The Vision of Pierce Plowman, 1:390, 1:397n

Langley, Batty

Pomona: or, The Fruit-Garden Illustrated, 2:82

Arabic, 8:3, 8:5
books on French, 2:27n, 5:557
books on Spanish, 2:32n
Chinese, 1:518, 1:518n, 7:480
Coptic, 8:3
French training of T. J. Randolph, 1:520, 1:557
Gaelic, 7:560, 7:561n, 8:3
Greek, 7:658, 7:660–7:661, 7:666, 7:685–7:686, 7:715, 8:13, 8:297, 8:446–8:447, 8:449n, 8:660
Hebrew, 7:715, 8:5
Indian, 1:205, 1:269, 1:520–1:521, 1:555–1:557, 1:599n, 1:651–1:652, 3:596, 3:596, 3:596–3:597, 3:616, 7:181, 7:182n, 7:243, 7:281
neology, 7:209, 7:514
Persian, 8:6
and phonics, 2:306–2:307, 2:308n
Punic, 7:560, 7:561n
Russian, 1:556, 7:480
Sanskrit, 7:480, 8:3
sign, 1:662, 1:662n
study of, 7:357, 7:480, 7:481n, 7:658, 7:660–7:661, 7:666, 7:686, 8:3
TJ on study of, 4:162–4:163, 7:243, 7:447, 7:637, 7:638, 7:640, 7:641, 8:13, 8:341
translations by TJ, 3:11–3:15, 3:21–3:23, 3:652
translations by D. B. Warden, 1:142

Lania (TJ’s slave; b. 1805)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Lannes, Jean, Duc de Montebello, 1:371, 1:372

Lannes, Louise Antoinette, Duchesse de Montebello

and D. B. Warden, 7:490, 7:491n

Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3d marquess of

British politician, 7:541

Lansdowne, William Petty, 2d earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of

on taxation, 7:299

lanterns, 1:303

Lanusse, Paul, 6:436

La Pérouse, Jean François de Galalup, comte de

Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde, 1:445–1:449

Lapie, Pierre

Carte réduite de la Mer Méditerranée et de la mer Noire (Zannoni and Lapie), 1:247–1:248

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de

Americans correspond with, 4:196
error of detected, 4:634
Exposition du Systême du Monde, 1:348, 1:349n, 1:357, 1:491
praised, 7:661
J. Wood’s book sent to, 2:171

Laportea canadensis. See nettle, wood

lard

as scab remedy, 5:182n

Large, Daniel

and hydrostatic engines, 7:232

La Rivière. See Le Mercier de La Rivière, Paul Pierre

La Roche, Martin Lefèbvre de (abbé), 3:9, 3:17, 3:87, 3:89n, 3:330

La Rochefoucauld, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, duchesse de. See Castellane, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, marquise de

La Rochefoucauld, François de, 6:228, 6:287, 6:296

criticized, 7:220
on marriage, 7:403, 7:405n

La Romana, José Caro, marquês, 2:247, 2:248n

La Rouërie, Armand Charles Tuffin, marquis de, 2:74

La Rue, Charles de

edits Virgil, Opera. Interpretatione et Notis (Delphin edition), 8:660

Lasalle, Philippe de, 2:591

Las Cases, Emmanuel Auguste Dieudonné Marin Joseph, comte de (A. Le Sage)

Atlas Historique, Généalogique, Chronologique et Géographique, 3:552, 3:552n, 3:578
Genealogical, chronological, historical, and geographical atlas, 4:325–4:326, 4:326n, 5:7, 5:83, 5:114, 5:211, 5:436, 7:90
work of sent to M. J. Randolph, 5:7, 5:436, 7:90

La Serna de Santander, Carlos Antonio

Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de M. C. de la Serna Santander, 8:559, 8:561, 8:562n
owns Bollandist manuscript, 8:559, 8:561

Last Day. A Poem In Three Books (Young), 6:297

Lasteyrie, Louis, marquis de (Lafayette’s son-in-law), 2:17

Lasteyrie, Virginie, marquise de (Lafayette’s daughter)

sends greetings to TJ, 4:359

Lasteyrie Dusaillant, Charles Philibert, comte De

agricultural report of, 2:83
Du Cotonnier et de sa Culture, 1:37, 2:83
Du Pastel, de l’indigotier, 3:461–3:462
identified, 3:115n
letters from, 3:114–3:115, 3:461–3:462
sends books on arts and sciences, 3:114, 3:115n, 3:461–3:462
sends greetings to TJ, 1:141
Traité sur les Bêtes-à-Laine d’Espagne, 2:83
A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, History and Analysis of Pastel, or Woad (trans. Dearborn), 3:462n

Latham, William, 5:253, 5:253n

Latin

of G. Buchanan, 2:215
dictionaries, 6:387, 8:660
documents in, by
- T. de Bry, 7:614–7:615
documents in, from
- S. G. Tucker, 1:617–1:619
study of, 3:327–3:328, 3:372, 3:501, 4:131, 4:372, 4:648, 6:65, 7:447, 7:658, 7:659, 7:660–7:661, 7:662–7:663, 7:666, 7:685–7:686, 8:13, 8:200, 8:446–8:447, 8:449n, 8:482, 8:482, 8:513, 8:514
TJ on, 7:447

Latin America

constitutions in, 7:476
revolutions in, 4:359, 7:14–7:15, 7:29
TJ on liberation of, 7:14–7:15, 7:29–7:30
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506, 4:508

Latin and English Dictionary abridged (R. Ainsworth), 1:35

latitude

calculations for Poplar Forest, 3:361–3:367

Latour, Géraud Calixte Jean Baptiste Arsène Lacarrière

witnesses deed, 3:478n

La Tour-Maubourg, Anastasie, comtesse de (Lafayette’s daughter)

inheritance of, 2:17
marriage contract with, 2:16
sends greetings to TJ, 4:359

La Tour-Maubourg, Charles, comte de (Lafayette’s son-in-law), 2:17

La Trémoïlle, Marie Geneviève de Durfort, duchesse de, 2:10, 2:15

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry

and alterations to U.S. Capitol’s design, 8:595–8:596, 8:596n
Anniversary Oration, 3:624, 3:625n
and J. Barlow’s letter, 5:576, 5:577n
and E. F. Bond’s application, 5:525, 5:526n
and carving for TJ, 4:66, 4:459, 5:206–5:207
on conflict with TJ, 8:592–8:593
designs houses in Philadelphia, 4:63–4:64
drawings by, 2:39, 2:40n, 2:106, 3:535–3:536, 3:537n, 3:581–3:582, 3:590–3:591, 8:594 (illus.), 8:595 (illus.)
and expenses at U.S. Capitol, 5:205, 5:207n, 5:238, 5:239n
to find work for J. Dougherty, 1:199
furnishes President’s House, 1:43n
identified, 1:474–1:475n
letters from, 1:473–1:475, 3:534–3:538, 3:624–3:625, 4:63–4:67, 5:205–5:207, 8:591–8:596
letters to, 1:595–1:596, 3:555–3:557, 4:459, 5:238–5:239, 8:479–8:480
mentioned, 6:216
and model of corncob capitals, 1:473, 1:475n, 1:595
oversees work at Washington Navy Yard, 4:64, 5:206
and payment for Italian sculptors, 1:78n, 1:113, 1:114n
A Private Letter to the Individual Members of Congress, 3:537n
and proposed marine hospital, 5:178, 5:179n, 5:206
proposed visit to Monticello, 1:366, 1:474, 1:595–1:596
relocates to Washington, 8:591
seeks office, 7:165–7:166
and steamboats, 7:56–7:57, 8:591
students of, 7:165–7:166, 7:166n
TJ recommends carpenters to, 8:479–8:480, 8:592
and window glass for TJ, 2:80, 2:188, 2:346, 2:362, 5:298
works on U.S. Capitol, 1:65, 1:92, 1:474n, 3:534–3:537, 3:555–3:556, 4:64–4:66, 4:67n, 5:205–5:206, 5:238, 8:479–8:480, 8:591–8:596

Latrobe, Henry, 1:65n

Latrobe, Mary Elizabeth Hazlehurst (Benjamin Henry Latrobe’s wife)

greetings from, 5:207, 8:596

Laud, William, archbishop of Canterbury, 5:387, 5:389, 6:145, 6:228

Lauffeld, Battle of

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504

Laurens, Henry

family of, 7:28

Laurent, Simon, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

Laurie, Robert

A New Juvenile Atlas, and familiar introduction to the use of maps, 8:76, 8:77n, 8:78n

Laurie & Whittle (London firm)

map engravers, 7:70n

La Vauguyon, Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, duc de

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504

Lavergné, Celestino, 5:85n

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent

Traité Élémentaire De Chimie, 7:626

law. See also books: on law; Virginia: laws of

agrarian, 4:168
books on, 1:158, 1:416, 2:28, 2:51, 2:103, 2:104n, 2:420, 2:521, 2:676, 2:676, 2:677, 3:173–3:176n, 3:236–3:237n, 3:546–3:547, 5:176, 5:176n, 5:245, 6:45, 6:122, 6:372, 6:374, 6:412–6:413, 6:445, 6:477, 6:479, 6:598, 7:125–7:127, 7:146–7:148, 7:228, 7:249, 7:249–7:250, 7:257–7:258, 7:292, 7:292n, 7:627–7:628, 7:683
bound pamphlets on, 8:630
British, 5:135–5:136, 7:125–7:127, 7:146–7:148, 7:190–7:191, 7:257, 7:688
British sympathies of attorneys, 7:57–7:58, 7:248–7:249
civil, 2:357, 2:521, 2:522, 2:526, 2:527, 2:678, 2:679, 3:31, 4:477, 7:688, 8:483–8:484
collegiate education in, 7:480, 7:663, 7:668
common, 1:381–1:382, 2:357, 2:521, 2:522, 2:527, 2:532, 3:117, 3:144, 3:165, 4:293, 4:296–4:297n, 4:297–4:298, 4:300–4:301, 5:58–5:59, 5:135–5:136, 7:125–7:127, 7:146–7:148, 7:190–7:191, 7:217
compilations proposed, 7:257–7:258
criminal, 1:382, 1:384n, 7:374–7:378
doom book, 7:125
P. S. Du Pont de Nemours on, 4:330–4:332
feudal, 3:174–3:175n, 7:688
French, 2:676, 2:678, 3:47–3:48, 3:71, 3:73n, 3:130–3:132, 3:159–3:160, 3:203, 3:226–3:227, 3:236–3:237n, 4:477, 4:643n, 5:45–5:47, 5:576, 5:576–5:577n, 7:688
Gentoo Code, 7:219, 7:221n
of Great Britain, 1:382, 1:424, 4:293, 4:294, 4:296–4:297n, 4:297–4:298, 4:299–4:300, 4:302n, 5:137n, 8:525, 8:526, 8:527n
Jewish, 3:124–3:125, 3:165
and judicial review, 1:380, 8:525–8:526
Laws of Manu, 7:219, 7:221n
legal profession, 7:273
Magna Carta, 7:67, 7:125, 7:126
marital, 8:374, 8:376n
maritime, 7:688, 7:688n
martial, 1:571, 3:120–3:121
natural, 3:138–3:139, 3:142, 3:144
professional education in, 7:639, 7:640, 7:688
Roman, 2:676, 3:47–3:48, 3:130–3:131, 3:133, 3:151n, 3:174n, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:236n, 3:237n, 3:546, 4:502, 4:643n
Spanish, 2:471, 2:678, 3:71, 3:160–3:161, 3:175n, 4:477, 4:643n
study of, 3:276, 7:688, 8:341, 8:341, 8:342
TJ on attorneys, 7:129, 7:248–7:249
TJ on study of, 4:162, 7:626, 7:627–7:628, 7:628
TJ provides training in, 1:245, 1:389, 1:416, 2:28, 2:51, 2:77n, 2:259, 2:420
TJ’s legal commonplace book, 7:125, 7:130n, 7:151n, 7:190–7:191
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:503
and the West, 3:423–3:424

Law, Edward, 1st Earl of Ellenborough

and alleged remarks on TJ by C. J. Fox, 3:261n, 3:261–3:262, 4:234
family of, 3:261n, 3:262n

Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis (Thomas Law’s wife), 3:209n

Law, John

Mississippi scheme of, 6:586, 6:593n

Law, Jonathan

identified, 1:95n
letters from, 1:95
letters to, 1:126–1:127
and meeting of Conn. Republicans, 1:95, 1:126–1:127

Law, Thomas

on Anglo-American relations, 4:234
on banks and banking, 6:578, 6:592, 6:594, 6:649, 6:649, 7:468, 8:475
on British economy, 7:468
on education, 7:342
on European political economy, 7:467–7:468
and Federalist criticism of TJ, 4:234
identified, 3:209n
on interest-bearing treasury notes, 6:534, 6:578, 6:592, 6:594, 6:649, 7:468
letter from to J. Wagner, 3:261–3:262
letters from, 3:209, 3:261, 3:552, 4:234–4:235, 6:534, 6:649, 7:342, 7:467–7:469, 8:231–8:232, 8:475
letters to, 3:298–3:299, 3:578–3:579, 6:594, 7:412–7:416
Second Thoughts on Instinctive Impulses, 7:342, 7:342n, 7:412, 7:468n
sends letter to TJ, 8:231
sends prospectus to TJ, 3:552, 3:552n, 3:578–3:579
sends respects to TJ, 7:308–7:309
taxation policy of, 4:234, 4:235n
Thoughts on Instinctive Impulses, 3:209, 3:261, 3:298, 3:578, 3:579n, 7:467, 7:468n

Lawfeld. See Lauffeld, Battle of

Law of Nations. See Le Droit des Gens, ou, Principes de la loi naturelle, appliqué à la conduite & aux affaires des nations & des souverains (E. de Vattel)

The Law of Nature, or Principles of Morality, Deduced from the Physical Constitution of Mankind and the Universe (Volney), 8:668, 8:669n

Law of Orleans. See A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans (Kerr and Moreau Lislet)

Law, or, A Discourse Thereof, In foure Bookes (H. Finch), 7:147–7:148

The Laws of Las Siete Partidas (Carleton and Moreau Lislet), 3:53n, 3:160–3:161, 3:168

The laws of the United States of America (Swift), 2:521

Laws of the United States of America, from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 4th of March, 1815 (J. B. Colvin), 8:151, 8:152n, 8:179

Lawson, Sarah

boardinghouse of, 3:552

Lawur, Peter

letters from accounted for, 1:677

laxatives, 7:387

Lay, Amos

Map of the Northern Part of the State of New York, 5:263n, 5:306n, 5:581

Lazaria (Maria) (TJ’s slave; b. 1797)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

lead

manufacture of, 2:376
in N.Y., 8:209n
for shot, 8:96, 8:120, 8:121, 8:121
white, 1:55n, 1:77, 5:33, 6:111

Leake, Walter, 2:211

Leander (British warship), 1:228n

Lear, Benjamin Lincoln

education of, 6:158–6:159, 6:208

Lear, Frances Dandridge Henley (Tobias Lear’s wife)

mentioned, 6:208, 6:208
sends greetings to TJ, 6:159
TJ sends greetings to, 6:209

Lear, Tobias

identified, 6:159n
letters from, 6:157–6:160
letters to, 6:208–6:209
and proposed visit to TJ, 6:158, 6:208
son’s education, 6:158–6:159, 6:208
as U.S. consul to Algiers, 6:159–6:160n, 6:164

leather

map drawn on, 8:238
for shoes, 6:345, 6:345, 6:346, 6:346, 6:347, 6:348, 8:234
tanning, 8:411

Leavenworth, Mark, 3:542, 3:543n

Leavitt, Dudley

identified, 7:407–7:408n
letters from, 7:407–7:408
Table for Determining the Moon’s Quarters, 7:407, 7:408–7:409

Le Baron, Francis

appointment of, 6:28n

le Blanc (Siblong) de Villeneufve, Paul Louis

La Fête du Petit Blé; ou, L’Heroisme du Poucha-Houmma, 1:202, 1:203n, 1:509

LeBourdais, Mr., 1:557

Le Bourgeois, Mr., 2:244

Le Breton, John

British army officer, 8:221

Le Breton D’orgenoy, Francis Joseph. See D’orgenoy, Francis Joseph Le Breton

Lebrun, Ponce Denis Écouchard, 7:665

Leclerc, Georges Louis, 5:452n

Leclerc, Jean (Joannes Clericus), 5:594

Leçons d’Anatomie Comparée (G. Cuvier), 8:429, 8:429n

Leçons d’Histoire (Volney), 1:580

Le Coulteux, Mr., 2:13

A Lecture, introductory to a Course of Lectures on the Cause, Seat and Cure of Diseases (Crawford), 4:336, 4:338n, 4:394

Lectures on Mechanics (Helsham), 1:581

Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy (Adams), 1:581

Lectures on Political Principles (Williams), 3:38, 3:40n, 3:87, 3:189, 3:334

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (H. Blair), 1:576, 7:629, 7:662

Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory (Adams), 4:390, 4:391n, 4:428, 4:430n, 4:435, 4:473, 4:483

Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics (J. Ferguson), 1:581, 6:380

Le Duc, Marie Pierre

as notary, 7:366n

Ledyard, John

letters from, 2:419, 2:423–2:424
seeks assistance from TJ, 2:419, 2:423–2:424

Ledyard, John (of Connecticut)

and western exploration, 6:417, 6:420

Lee, Arthur

and cession of Northwest Territory, 4:567
The Farmer’s and Monitor’s Letters, 6:440
relationship with B. Franklin, 8:23
as writer, 6:440

Lee, Edmund Jennings, 1:516

Lee, Henry (1756–1818)

as defense witness, 1:277, 1:278–1:279n
and P. Henry, 4:604
introduces I. McPherson to TJ, 6:353, 6:354n
medal voted for, 2:104–2:105, 2:106n, 2:125–2:126, 2:224, 2:253
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States, 6:122, 8:178, 8:179n

Lee, Henry (1787–1837)

and father’s medal, 2:104–2:105, 2:106n, 2:224, 2:253

Lee, Rachel Fanny Antonina

An Essay on Government, 1:123–1:124, 3:116, 3:117n

Lee, Richard Bland, 2:170n

as commissioner of public buildings, 8:596n

Lee, Richard Evers

identified, 6:364n
introduced to TJ, 6:364

Lee, Richard Henry

and G. R. Clark’s 1779 expedition, 4:378
and P. Henry, 4:378
as member of Continental Congress, 4:600, 4:601, 4:602, 6:440, 6:612, 6:612, 6:613, 8:620, 8:626, 8:626n, 8:643–8:644
oratorial skills of, 2:156
reputed speech of, 8:626, 8:626n, 8:643–8:644
and Stamp Act resolutions, 8:642
TJ on, 7:411, 7:411, 8:642

Lee, Thomas Ludwell

biography of proposed, 8:619
and revision of Va. laws, 1:381–1:382, 3:570, 5:136, 7:549
and Stamp Act resolutions, 8:642

Lee, Tom (Shackelford estate’s slave), 3:36, 3:37n, 3:529

Lee, William

assists J. Ronaldson in Paris, 2:163
and bust of G. Washington, 8:161
consul at Bordeaux, 1:118, 1:121n, 3:166, 3:178, 3:442, 3:599, 4:189, 4:529–4:530, 4:530n, 7:428n, 7:428n, 7:491n, 8:37, 8:571
Les États-Unis et L’Angleterre, 8:150–8:151, 8:151n
family of, 8:151
forwards letters to TJ, 2:672
identified, 2:672n
letters from, 2:672, 8:150–8:151

Lee, William Raymond

forwards items to TJ, 4:4, 4:215, 4:220, 6:163
identified, 4:220n
letters to, 4:220

Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of, 1:516

Lee family

and Port Folio, 7:318
TJ on, 7:548

Leesburg, Va

Republican mechanics of, address TJ, 1:89–1:90

Lefevre, Jean Baptiste

land warrant issued to, 2:74, 2:75n, 2:94

Leforest, A., 2:154

Leftwich, Jabez, 5:339

Leftwich, Joel, 5:339

military service of, 7:227

leg

broken, 2:289

Legaux, Pierre

and Alexander grape, 4:524, 4:525n

Le Gendre, Louis, 3:235, 3:237n

Leges Anglo-Saxonicæ ecclesiasticæ & civilies (D. Wilkins), 7:126, 7:127

Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. See Appleton, Thomas

Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ (H. de Bracton), 1:383, 3:546, 7:125–7:127, 7:257, 7:627

Lego (TJ’s estate)

acreage of, 4:387
hogs at, 5:545
lease of, 1:488n
and W. McClure’s weaving establishment, 4:143
overseers at, 1:137–1:138n, 3:180, 3:181n, 3:196, 3:642, 4:101
rent at, 3:522
slaves at, 3:37, 3:180–3:181, 3:196, 6:181
surveys of, 2:107–2:108, 2:109n, 3:570–3:573, 5:362
and TJ’s lease dispute with E. Alexander, 2:85–2:86, 2:150–2:151, 2:199, 2:200, 2:212–2:213, 2:239–2:240, 2:240, 2:277–2:281, 2:282, 2:286, 2:286–2:287, 2:294
tobacco grown at, 2:86, 2:200, 2:239, 2:240
wheat grown at, 2:239, 2:240, 3:191

Lehré, Thomas

appointed loans commissioner, 6:113n
and appointment as federal marshal, 6:28, 6:29, 6:29n, 6:63–6:64, 6:64, 6:113
and celebration of Revolutionary War victory, 6:250
desires TJ’s opinion on foreign affairs, 7:459
on J. W. Eppes’s election, 6:80
and P. Freneau, 6:611, 6:636
on Great Britain, 6:80
identified, 5:244n
introduces J. Bellinger to TJ, 6:317
letters from, 5:243–5:244, 5:284–5:286, 5:329–5:330, 5:332, 5:355–5:356, 5:393–5:394, 5:680–5:681, 6:28–6:29, 6:80, 6:113, 6:250–6:251, 6:317, 6:611, 6:636, 7:459
letters to, 5:303–5:304, 6:63–6:64, 7:524–7:525
on Republicans, 5:244
and S.C. politics, 5:243–5:244, 5:284–5:285, 5:285–5:286n, 5:303–5:304, 5:329, 5:329–5:330n, 5:332, 5:393, 5:680–5:681, 5:681n, 6:317, 7:459
supports TJ and J. Madison for president, 6:28
on War of 1812, 6:250–6:251, 6:636

Leib, Michael

appointed postmaster of Philadelphia, 7:196, 7:197n
and A. Gallatin, 1:598, 1:599n
identified, 4:174n
letters from, 4:173–4:175
letters to, 4:164
recommends A. Macaulay, 2:304
sends respects to TJ, 7:308–7:309
supports W. Duane, 4:174, 4:174n
as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n, 4:173, 6:241

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

in collegiate curriculum, 7:480, 7:667
optimistic philosophy of, 7:557
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:506

Leigh, Benjamin W.

aide to J. Barbour, 7:632, 7:633n

Leigh, Sir Egerton (1733–1781)

family of, 7:28

Leigh, Sir Egerton (1762–1818)

health of, 7:68–7:69, 7:143
identified, 7:69n
introduced by D. Ramsay, 7:28, 7:68, 7:143, 7:143
letters from, 7:68–7:69
letters to, 7:143
proposed visit to Monticello, 7:68–7:69, 7:143

Leiper, Thomas

on Alexander I, 7:104, 7:298
criticizes Great Britain, 7:36–7:37, 7:298–7:299
and W. Duane, 3:450–3:451, 3:452n, 3:506, 3:507, 3:585
identified, 7:37n
letters from, 7:36–7:38, 7:104–7:105, 7:297–7:300
letters to, 7:96–7:99, 8:531–8:534
on Napoleon, 7:37, 7:298, 7:298, 7:298, 7:299
on prophecy, 7:36–7:37
purchases TJ’s tobacco, 4:593
TJ reports on politics and international affairs to, 8:531–8:534
and TJ’s letter to G. Logan, 7:36–7:37, 7:96–7:99, 7:104–7:105

Leipzig, Battle of (Battle of the Nations), 6:637n, 7:158n

Leitch, James. See also Leitch, Samuel & James (Charlottesville firm)

accepts draft, 2:234n
account with TJ, 1:64, 1:65n, 8:48
agent for TJ, 3:83, 4:77, 5:394, 6:431
and Albemarle Academy, 7:267, 7:282, 7:293, 7:335, 7:339, 7:427, 7:535, 7:570, 7:571
asks TJ for nails, 2:77
C. L. Bankhead’s debt to, 8:394
and gunpowder sales, 3:583
identified, 1:65n
as juror, 5:278, 5:279
letters from, 1:64–1:65, 1:458, 2:40, 2:77, 5:394, 6:431, 8:48
letters to, 1:302–1:303, 4:182, 4:358, 4:477, 4:496, 4:647, 4:686–4:687, 5:119, 5:133, 5:394, 8:380, 8:570
letters to accounted for, 5:394n
petition to General Assembly, 5:378–5:380
requests payment from TJ, 2:40, 2:52–2:53, 2:77, 2:80
and timothy seed, 4:156, 4:194
TJ orders clothes from, 4:496, 8:380, 8:570
TJ orders goods from, 1:302–1:303
TJ orders household goods from, 4:182, 4:209, 4:210, 4:211, 4:358, 4:477, 4:647, 4:686, 5:119, 5:133, 5:394
trades nails for goods, 1:64, 1:303, 1:458
vouches for O. Norris, 3:465
witnesses warrant, 5:280

Leitch, Samuel. See also Leitch, Samuel & James (Charlottesville firm)

and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
identified, 3:242n
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Leitch, Samuel & James (Charlottesville firm)

agent for TJ, 3:200
letters from, 3:242, 6:40
letters from accounted for, 4:400n
letters to, 4:400, 6:341
and nails, 3:242
procures groceries for TJ, 6:40, 6:341
TJ’s account with, 4:400, 5:409, 6:337, 6:338n, 6:431, 6:431, 6:431n

Leith threshing machine, 5:444–5:445, 5:445n

Leland, John

A View Of the Principal Deistical Writers, 6:302

Lemaire, Etienne

identified, 1:56n
and kitchen inventory of President’s House, 1:43n, 1:155, 1:155, 1:156n
letters from, 1:59–1:60, 1:71–1:72, 1:188–1:189, 1:222
letters to, 1:55–1:56, 1:161–1:162
maître d’hôtel, 1:42
offered employment by W. Short, 7:469
offers to run errands in Philadelphia, 1:60, 1:71
sends oil and syrup to TJ, 1:161, 1:188, 1:188, 1:222, 1:245, 1:257
TJ pays, 1:41, 1:293–1:294
TJ praises, 1:55–1:56, 1:71

Le Maire, Jacques, 1:450

Lemaire, Santiago, 3:478n, 5:85n

Le Mercier de La Rivière, Paul Pierre

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

Le Mierre, Antoine Marin

La Veuve du Malabar, 7:77, 7:78n

lemon acid, 7:594, 7:602, 8:613, 8:627, 8:641

Le Monnier, Pierre Charles, trans.

Institutions Astronomiques, 7:626

Leney, William Satchwell

engraver, 6:125

Lenox, Peter

identified, 5:178–5:179n
letters from, 5:177–5:179
seeks position at Washington, 5:177–5:178, 8:592, 8:592
TJ pays, 1:41

Lenthall, John

clerk of works at U.S. Capitol, 1:92, 5:205
death of, 1:65n

Lentz, John, 6:83n

Leo X, pope, 7:74

“Leolin.” See Austin, James Trecothick

Leonard, David Augustus

identified, 7:94n
letters from, 7:93–7:94, 7:105–7:106
letters to, 7:141–7:142
and westward relocation, 7:93–7:94, 7:105, 7:141–7:142

Leonardo da Vinci

and portrait of A. Vespucci, 7:613

León y Gama, Antonio de

Descripción histórica y cronológica de los piedras, 1:521, 1:521n, 1:556

Leopard, HMS

and Chesapeake incident, 2:261n

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

and Declaration of Pillnitz, 7:299–7:300n
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:507

Lepidium officinale. See water cress

Lepidium sativum. See garden cress

Lerasle

Encyclopédie Méthodique: Jurisprudence, 3:130, 3:174n, 3:175n, 3:546

Le Ray de Chaumont, Jacques Donatien, 2:13, 3:446

Leroy, Louis

Les politiqves d’Aristote, 3:546

Le Sage, A. See Las Cases, Emmanuel Auguste Dieudonné Marin Joseph, Comte de (A. Le Sage)

Le Sage, Alain René

Le Diable Boiteux, 7:665
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, 4:163n, 7:665

Lescallier, Daniel

and J. Corrêa da Serra, 5:7–5:8
identified, 1:184n
letters from, 1:184
and A. M. Rochon, 5:301
sends book to TJ, 1:184
Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine Anglais et Français, 1:36, 1:184n

Leslie, Charles

A Short and Easie Method with Deists, 3:590, 3:590n

Leslie, Sir John

inquires about TJ’s family, 8:38, 8:244
sends greetings to T. M. Randolph, 8:244
solicits article from D. B. Warden, 8:420

Lessi, Bernardo

and C. Bellini estate, 7:693–7:694

Lesslie, John

and TJ’s flour, 4:12, 4:58

Le Tellier, François Michel, marquis de Louvois

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

Le Tellier, John

identified, 2:316n
and Jefferson Cups, 2:xlii, 2:315–2:316, 2:316n, 2:474, 3:83, 3:154, 3:168, 3:177
letters from, 2:474
letters to, 2:315–2:316

Létombe, Philippe André Joseph de, 5:266

Letter from the Secretary of State Accompanied with a List of the Names of Persons who have Invented any New and Useful Art, Machine, Manufacture or Composition of Matter, 6:282, 6:282n

Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting A List of Persons who Have Made Any New and Useful Invention, and for which Patents Have Been Obtained, from thirty-first December, 1813, to the first January, 1815, 8:408, 8:408n

Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a List of the Names of Patentees, their Places of Residence, and the Nature of their Inventions or Improvements, 6:362

Letter from the Secretary of State, Transmitting a List of the Names of Persons to whom Patents have been Issued, 6:282, 6:282n

Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting A List of the Names of Persons to whom Patents have been Issued … from January 1, 1812, to January 1, 1813, 8:195, 8:196n, 8:253

Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting A List of the Names of Persons to whom Patents have been Issued … from January 1st, 1813, to January 1st, 1814, 8:195, 8:196n, 8:253

A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government (Walsh), 3:190n, 3:199, 3:200n

letter press, 3:xlvii, 3:358 (illus.)

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (J. Dickinson), 8:643, 8:645n

Letters of Abbe Salemankis to a Friend in Ireland (“Salemankis”), 2:263, 2:296

The Letters of the British Spy (W. Wirt), 4:471, 4:472n, 4:560, 8:140, 8:671, 8:672n

Letters on Political Liberty (Williams), 3:189, 3:190n, 3:207

Letters on The Subject of The Catholics (Smith), 2:161, 2:161n

Letters to A Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry (J. Aikin), 7:664

Letters to Friends (Cicero), 1:386, 1:386n

Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its neighbourhood (J. Priestley), 1:119, 1:121–1:122n, 7:224, 7:225n

Letters Written from the Mountain (J. J. Rousseau), 7:665

A Letter to a member of the General Assembly of North Carolina (Tucker), 5:458, 5:458n

A Letter to Harrison G. Otis, Esquire (J. Q. Adams), 4:435n

Letter to Henri Gregoire (Barlow), 1:588, 1:590n

A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph (“Numa”), 2:264, 2:290

A Letter to The Reverend Mr. Cary (G. B. English), 7:435n

Lettres d’un Bourgeois de New-Heaven (Condorcet), 5:595, 5:595–5:596n

Lettres D’Un Voyageur Anglois Sur La France, La Suisse Et L’Allemagne (trans. J. Moore), 7:389

Lettres Patentes du Roy

J. Armstrong sends, 5:8, 5:8n, 5:8–5:9n

Lettres sur la Vieillesse (Meister), 3:137, 3:137n, 3:393

Lettsom, John Coakley

collaboration with B. Waterhouse, 6:39n

lettuce

cultivation of, 8:305
impact of drought on, 4:38
mentioned, 6:187
seeds, 4:527, 5:31, 5:490, 8:258, 8:272
tennis ball, 5:307, 5:307n

Letty (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Leunclavius, Johannes

Ivris Græco-romani tam canonici qvam civilis, 3:546

Le Vaillant, François

Second Voyage Dans L’Intérieur De L’Afrique, Par Le Cap De Bonne-Espérance, Dans Les Années 1783, 84 et 85, 7:389

Lewis (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231–4:232n

Lewis (TJ’s slave; b. ca. 1760)

on Monticello slave list, 4:386

Lewis (TJ’s slave; b. 1788)

given to T. J. Randolph, 6:36
on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Lewis, Capt.

master of schooner Liberty, 1:307, 2:349

Lewis, Ann Marks (TJ’s niece)

financial situation of, 3:90–3:91, 6:358
identified, 3:91n
letters from, 3:90–3:91
sends greetings to TJ, 6:358

Lewis, Charles (George Washington’s grandnephew)

impressed into British navy, 6:145n

Lewis, Charles (Meriwether Lewis’s uncle), 6:418–6:419

Lewis, Charles, Jr. (TJ’s uncle), 1:168n

Revolutionary War regiment of, 7:280, 7:356

Lewis, Charles Lilburne (TJ’s brother-in-law)

and deed to C. Peyton, 7:535
family of, 1:167, 1:168n, 1:415n, 8:647
financial situation of, 3:90–3:91, 3:242–3:243, 6:358
identified, 3:92–3:93n
and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:477, 6:479, 6:480, 6:481–6:482n
on Ky. life, 3:92
letters from, 3:91–3:93, 6:358
requests money from TJ, 6:358

Lewis, David Jackson

identified, 5:281n
letters to accounted for, 5:281n
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
and warrant for restitution of land, 5:280–5:281, 6:215, 6:216n, 6:554, 6:555

Lewis, Fielding (Meriwether Lewis’s granduncle), 6:418

Lewis, Henry, 1:27

Lewis, Howell

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Lewis, Isham (TJ’s nephew)

identified, 1:168n
letters from, 1:167–1:168
letters of introduction for, from TJ, 1:215, 1:216
letters to, 1:181–1:182
and murder of slave, 1:168n
seeks TJ’s assistance, 1:167–1:168
TJ offers to teach surveying to, 1:181–1:182

Lewis, James

account of, 4:9
and deposition in Henderson case, 5:179, 5:180, 5:192–5:198, 6:153, 6:198, 6:199, 6:199, 6:200, 6:200, 6:200, 6:200, 6:479
and deposition in Jefferson v. Michie, 7:597
desires appointment as Indian agent, 8:32
and Henderson lands, 1:440, 1:454, 1:459, 5:139–5:141, 6:197, 6:197, 6:197, 6:478, 6:479, 6:572, 6:574n, 7:673, 7:673, 7:673, 7:674, 7:674
identified, 5:197n
letters from accounted for, 5:198n
letters to accounted for, 5:180n
tends to ill slave, 3:283, 3:367–3:368, 3:529
and TJ’s land dispute with D. Michie, 5:139–5:141, 5:261, 7:597, 7:673, 7:673, 7:673, 7:674, 7:674

Lewis, Jane Woodson (Robert Lewis’s wife), 3:179

Lewis, Jesse

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Lewis, Jesse (first)

petition to General Assembly, 5:378–5:380

Lewis, Jesse (second)

petition to General Assembly, 5:378–5:380

Lewis, John

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Lewis, John (George Washington’s grandnephew)

impressed into British navy, 6:145n

Lewis, John (Meriwether Lewis’s granduncle), 6:418

Lewis, Joshua, 2:443n

Lewis, Lillburne (TJ’s nephew)

family of, 3:90–3:91
and murder of slave, 1:168n

Lewis, Lucy B. (TJ’s niece)

financial situation of, 3:90–3:91, 6:358
identified, 3:91n
letters from, 3:90–3:91
sends greetings to TJ, 6:358

Lewis, Lucy Jefferson (TJ’s sister; Charles Lilburne Lewis’s wife)

death of, 3:90
family of, 1:168n, 1:415n, 3:90–3:91, 6:611n

Lewis, Lucy Meriwether, 2:120, 2:241, 2:340

Lewis, Martha Amanda Carr. See Monroe, Martha Amanda Carr Lewis (TJ’s niece; Daniel Monroe’s wife)

Lewis, Mary Walker (Nicholas Lewis’s wife)

and apples for TJ, 7:78
gives apples to TJ, 5:357
identified, 2:291–2:292n
letters from, 2:291–2:292, 5:357
letters to, 4:38, 7:78
letters to accounted for, 2:38n
property of, 8:394, 8:423
seeks appointment for Wood, 4:186–4:187
sells victuals to TJ, 2:37–2:38, 2:291, 2:292n, 4:210
TJ makes payment for, 7:708
TJ pays, 6:338n, 7:45, 7:45n
TJ sends figs to, 4:38

Lewis, Meriwether

and artifact collection of W. Clark, 1:510
death of, 1:436n, 1:602–1:603, 1:606–1:608, 1:632, 1:668, 2:30, 2:35, 2:42, 2:42, 2:44, 2:120–2:121, 2:121, 2:191–2:192, 2:208, 6:423–6:424, 7:63, 7:64n
education of, 6:419, 6:421–6:422, 6:424n, 6:426, 6:426
executor of, 2:123, 2:336, 2:567, 3:110, 3:166
family of, 6:418–6:419
health of, 6:423–6:424
as hunter, 6:419, 6:426
identified, 1:436n
and Indian dialects, 1:520, 1:556
land warrant granted to, 2:121, 2:122n, 6:424n
letters to, 1:435–1:437
Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1:603, 1:607, 1:630n, 1:668–1:669, 2:30, 2:31, 2:34, 2:72, 2:123, 2:140, 6:417–6:418, 6:422–6:424, 7:31, 7:34–7:35, 7:244–7:245, 8:449n
makes payment for TJ, 6:506, 6:506n
military career of, 6:419, 6:426
and J. Neelly, 2:30–2:31, 2:34, 2:73n, 2:121, 2:191–2:192, 6:423–6:424
papers of, 2:31, 2:34, 2:35n, 2:72, 2:121, 2:122, 2:123–2:124, 2:127, 2:140, 3:181–3:182
J. Pernier’s claim against estate of, 2:34, 2:192, 2:208–2:209, 2:364, 2:672, 2:673n, 3:49, 3:110
personal belongings of, 2:34, 2:121, 2:123–2:124, 2:191–2:192, 2:192, 2:208, 2:241, 2:340
plants discovered by, 2:90–2:91, 2:140, 4:523–4:524
prepares for Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1:101n, 1:194n, 6:421–6:422
and publication of journals, 1:249, 1:412n, 1:436, 1:443, 1:668–1:669, 3:33, 3:150, 3:166–3:167, 3:181–3:182, 4:147, 6:417, 6:427, 6:429, 6:430, 6:430, 6:531–6:532, 7:63–7:64, 7:244–7:245, 7:244–7:245, 7:245n
seeds brought by from the West, 1:192n, 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166, 6:152
and stone block for TJ, 4:66
TJ introduces J. Bradbury to, 1:435–1:436
TJ on, 2:336, 2:340, 6:417–6:418
TJ’s biography of, 6:357, 6:418–6:424, 6:427, 6:429, 6:430, 6:531, 6:532, 7:63, 7:318, 7:319n
TJ’s claim against estate of, 2:294, 2:294n, 2:294
TJ sends greetings to, 1:511
TJ’s instructions for Lewis and Clark Expedition to, 6:422
as TJ’s private secretary, 6:421, 6:425, 6:426
will of, 2:123–2:124, 2:140

Lewis, Morgan, 5:635, 5:637n, 6:242, 6:527

as quartermaster, 7:531

Lewis, Nicholas

family of, 4:186–4:187
land of bought, 3:622
as M. Lewis’s guardian, 6:419
manages TJ’s affairs, 5:88, 6:535, 6:535n
mentioned, 6:397

Lewis, Nicholas H.

as juror, 5:278, 5:279
witnesses warrant, 5:280

Lewis, Nicholas Meriwether

and Albemarle Academy, 7:267, 7:282, 7:293, 7:570
seeks appointment for Wood, 4:187
TJ receives land from, 4:386

Lewis, Randolph (TJ’s nephew)

family of, 3:90–3:91
moves to Ky., 1:168n

Lewis, Robert (of Goochland Co.), 3:179, 3:211

Lewis, Robert (Meriwether Lewis’s grandfather), 6:418

Lewis, Robert (surveyor)

survey of J. Monroe’s land, 8:588, 8:589n, 8:598
survey of W. Short’s Indian Camp property, 7:487, 7:511n

Lewis, Thomas C.

and Henderson case, 7:186, 7:345, 7:346n

Lewis, William (Meriwether Lewis’s father), 6:418

Lewis, William (of Philadelphia)

and batture controversy, 2:444–2:445n, 2:455, 2:456n, 2:658, 3:235, 3:271, 3:483

Lewis, William W.

and merino sheep, 2:233, 2:360, 2:361, 2:453–2:454, 2:454n, 2:481, 2:496n

Lewis and Clark Expedition

and chronometer, 3:83n
curiosities from at Monticello, 8:238
P. S. Du Pont de Nemours on, 5:612–5:613, 5:614n
fossils obtained during, 8:449n
P. Gass’s account of, 6:122
history of, 2:332, 3:166–3:167, 3:181–3:182, 3:309, 3:582, 3:649–3:650, 6:46, 6:357, 6:417–6:426, 7:517–7:518
journals of, 1:603, 1:607, 1:630n, 1:668–1:669, 2:30, 2:31, 2:34, 2:72, 2:123, 2:140, 3:181–3:182
land warrants awarded in consequence of, 2:121, 2:122n
plants discovered during, 2:90–2:91, 2:140, 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166, 7:34–7:35, 7:55
publication of journals, 1:249, 1:412n, 1:436, 1:443, 1:630n, 1:668–1:669, 2:30–2:31, 2:72, 2:140, 4:568, 6:427, 6:429, 6:430, 6:430, 6:531–6:532, 7:31, 7:63–7:64, 7:64n, 7:289, 7:289n, 7:290, 7:517–7:518, 7:555, 7:556
route of, 4:550–4:551, 6:421
seeds from, 1:192n, 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166, 6:152
N. G. M. Senter on, 5:65–5:66
and stone block for TJ, 1:473, 1:475n, 4:66

Lewiston, N.Y.

burnt by British forces, 8:217

Lexicon Ivridicvm Ivris Cæsarei simvl, et canonici, fevdalis item, civilis, criminalis, theoretici, ac practici (J. Calvin), 3:546

Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum et Latino-Græcum (C. Schrevel), 8:660

Lexington, Va.

Ann Smith Academy, 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201
mail service to, 3:56, 3:104
Washington Academy, 1:367, 1:367–1:368n

libel

W. Duane sued for, 4:174, 4:174–4:175n
E. Gerry’s message on, 5:6, 5:7n
proposed punishment for, 4:122
prosecutions during TJ’s presidency, 1:276–1:278, 1:349–1:350, 7:206, 7:207n, 7:236–7:237

Liberty (ship), 1:307, 2:349

Liberty Hall Academy. See Washington Academy (later Washington and Lee University)

Liblong, Col. See le Blanc (Siblong) de Villeneufve, Paul Louis

libraries. See also Library of Congress

at Alexandria, Egypt, 6:278, 6:542, 6:542
formed by S. R. Demaree in Ky., 1:455–1:457
TJ on, 1:205–1:206
TJ’s personal, 1:35–1:38, 1:390, 1:400
Westwardmill Library Society, 1:66–1:67, 1:205–1:206, 1:508

Library of Congress. See also Jefferson, Thomas: Books & Library

book list prepared to guide purchases for, 2:81–2:83
Catalogue of the Library of the United States. To Which is Annexed, A Copious Index, Alphabetically Arranged (G. Watterston), 8:475n, 8:629
classification of, 8:473–8:475
Congressional opposition to purchase of, 7:680
destroyed by British troops, 7:xlv–7:xlvi, 7:692–7:693, 7:698, 7:699–7:700, 8:214, 8:216, 8:292, 8:300, 8:301, 8:523
librarian for, 7:698, 8:444–8:445
and library committees of Congress, 7:679, 7:680, 7:681, 7:683, 8:14, 8:14, 8:16, 8:22, 8:26, 8:36, 8:39–8:40, 8:54, 8:54, 8:55–8:56, 8:56–8:57, 8:106, 8:213, 8:214, 8:268, 8:268, 8:270, 8:287, 8:288–8:289, 8:309
location of, 8:444–8:445, 8:445n, 8:629
manuscripts of Va. laws sent to, 8:440n, 8:440n
payment for TJ’s library, 8:xlv, 8:55, 8:270, 8:279–8:280, 8:288, 8:288, 8:289, 8:302, 8:302n, 8:331–8:332, 8:382, 8:426, 8:426–8:427, 8:428, 8:437–8:438, 8:440–8:441, 8:451, 8:471, 8:483, 8:501
resolution authorizing contracting for TJ’s library, 8:14, 8:36, 8:39
satirical letter lampooning TJ’s sale of library to, 8:3–8:7
significance of, 7:680–7:681, 8:476, 8:524
TJ on, 1:592
TJ prepares books for transportation, 7:680, 8:xlv–8:xlvi, 8:56–8:57, 8:142, 8:287, 8:287–8:288, 8:288–8:289, 8:289–8:290, 8:309, 8:359, 8:366, 8:369, 8:373–8:374, 8:376, 8:376–8:377, 8:385, 8:386n, 8:386–8:388, 8:431, 8:439
TJ replaces books sold to, 7:680, 8:523, 8:538, 8:539, 8:549, 8:550, 8:578–8:580, 8:580–8:581, 8:583–8:584, 8:586–8:587, 8:589, 8:590n
TJ’s catalogue of books sold to, 7:682–7:683, 7:684n, 7:698, 8:xlv, 8:14, 8:22, 8:26, 8:33, 8:54, 8:54, 8:55–8:56, 8:56, 8:59–8:60, 8:83, 8:83, 8:106, 8:213, 8:270, 8:284, 8:287, 8:288, 8:288, 8:289, 8:290, 8:302, 8:309, 8:330, 8:333, 8:359, 8:373, 8:376, 8:385, 8:386–8:387, 8:418, 8:426–8:427, 8:428, 8:444, 8:473–8:475, 8:566, 8:629
TJ sells personal library to, 7:xlv–7:xlvi, 7:434 (illus.), 7:681–7:683, 7:698, 8:xlv, 8:xlv, 8:xlvi, 8:xlvi–8:xlvii, 8:3, 8:7n, 8:14, 8:16, 8:18, 8:22, 8:26, 8:33, 8:36, 8:39–8:40, 8:40–8:41, 8:41n, 8:49, 8:54, 8:55–8:57, 8:57, 8:83, 8:83, 8:85, 8:94, 8:106, 8:136, 8:160–8:161, 8:213, 8:214, 8:214, 8:224–8:225, 8:270, 8:279–8:280, 8:284, 8:285, 8:287, 8:292, 8:301, 8:320, 8:329–8:330, 8:331–8:332, 8:349, 8:350, 8:379, 8:418, 8:434, 8:444–8:445, 8:538, 8:538–8:539
TJ sends catalogue to Congress for consideration, 7:681, 7:681–7:683, 7:692–7:693, 7:699–7:700
TJ’s inventory of, 8:426–8:427, 8:428
transportation of TJ’s books to Washington, 8:xlv–8:xlvi, 8:xlvi, 8:49, 8:55, 8:142, 8:268, 8:268–8:269n, 8:270, 8:270n, 8:287, 8:287–8:288, 8:289, 8:289–8:290, 8:290n, 8:309, 8:333, 8:339, 8:373–8:374, 8:379, 8:416–8:417, 8:427, 8:453, 8:471, 8:476, 8:566, 8:629, 8:629n

Liebault, Jean

Maison Rustique, or the Countrie Farme, 2:82, 4:139, 4:142n

Lieper, Thomas. See Leiper, Thomas

Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; with sketches of the lives and characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and several other eminent American statesmen (J. D. Hammond), 8:243n

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Sterne), 6:616

Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth (W. Roscoe), 1:163, 1:164n, 1:164n, 1:435, 7:664

The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth (E. Herbert), 7:629, 7:631n

The Life of Catharine II, Empress of all the Russias (Tooke), 1:580

The Life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin (M. L. Weems), 8:633–8:634, 8:638, 8:639n

The Life of Gen. Francis Marion (P. Horry and M. L. Weems), 8:633, 8:634n, 8:638

Life of Geoffrey Chaucer (W. Godwin), 7:664

Life of George Washington (J. Marshall)

accuracy of, 7:494–7:495, 7:546–7:547, 7:549–7:550, 7:550–7:551n, 8:619, 8:620n
in collegiate curriculum, 7:664
mentioned, 6:258, 6:258, 6:258, 7:216–7:217
TJ on, 1:589, 1:590n, 3:564, 3:565n, 6:440, 8:657, 8:659n
TJ purchases, 8:472, 8:672

The Life of George Washington (Ramsay), 1:35

Life of Lorenzo de’ Medici, called the Magnificent (W. Roscoe), 1:164n, 1:435, 7:664

The Life of Nelson (R. Southey), 8:22, 8:23n, 8:671

The Life of Petrarch (S. Dobson), 7:664

The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins (W. Wynne), 7:366, 7:366n, 8:387, 8:387n

Lightfoot, John

English theologian, 6:618

Light of Nature Pursued (Tucker), 6:302

Ligon, James

clerk for Gibson & Jefferson, 4:13n, 4:58n, 4:234n, 4:467, 4:530, 5:161, 5:316, 5:587, 8:182, 8:441n, 8:492, 8:608–8:609
letters from, 8:182, 8:608–8:609
witnesses document, 4:277–4:278n

lilac, 1:61, 3:354

Lilburn (TJ’s slave; b. 1809). See Hern, Lilburn (TJ’s slave; b. 1809)

Lilium canadense. See Canada lily

Lilium superbum. See Allegheny lily

Lille Belt, HMS

encounter with USS President, 3:638, 3:639n

Lilly (TJ’s slave; b. 1791). See Hern, Lilly (TJ’s slave; b. 1791)

Lilly, Gabriel

Monticello overseer, 2:279, 2:281n, 4:543, 5:425
superintendent of TJ’s nailery, 2:281n

lily

Allegheny, 1:660, 2:36, 4:523
Atamasco, 4:523
belladonna, 3:633, 4:523, 5:412
bugle, 5:412
Canada, 2:103, 2:104n
crown imperial, 2:140, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n, 5:346, 5:412
flag, 5:358
TJ requests of B. McMahon, 3:545

lima beans, 1:631, 1:657, 3:502, 5:658

lime (mineral)

and Mr. Brand, 8:528, 8:528n
and J. Brand, 5:427, 8:528n
as building material, 8:253n, 8:402
in N.Y., 8:209n
at Poplar Forest, 2:150, 5:381–5:382, 5:403, 5:663
requested from TJ, 2:201
toll on, 5:379

lime (tree), 1:631–1:632

Limestone Survey (Albemarle Co.), 3:432–3:433, 3:433n, 3:458, 8:392, 8:393n, 8:485

Lincoln, Daniel Waldo

An Oration, Pronounced at Boston, on the Fourth Day of July, 1810, before the “Bunker-Hill Association,” 2:504, 2:505n, 2:666

Lincoln, Levi

family of, 2:666, 2:666n
identified, 1:49–1:50n
letters to, 1:49–1:50, 4:100
and J. Madison, 3:245, 3:246n
as potential Supreme Court justice, 3:118, 3:124, 3:126, 3:151, 3:165, 3:178, 3:182, 4:100
TJ pays, 1:41, 1:49
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
and Yazoo land scheme, 3:127, 3:129n

Lind, James

An Essay on diseases incidental to Europeans, 3:38, 3:40n

linden, American. See basswood (American linden)

Lindsay, Mr., 2:40

Lindsay, George G.

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Lindsay, Reuben

friend of TJ, 4:671
hair described as white, 5:253
home of on route to Montpellier, 1:562–1:563
identified, 8:397n
on W. McGehee, 3:35–3:36
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 4:346–4:349
and W. Short’s land, 4:60
TJ visits, 8:664
as trustee of Bankheads, 8:394–8:397, 8:397–8:398

Lindsey, Theophilus

correspondence with J. Priestley, 6:146, 6:233, 6:278, 6:300, 6:317–6:318, 6:367–6:368, 8:553, 8:553–8:554n, 8:658
Memoirs of the Late Reverend Theophilus Lindsey, 6:145, 6:146, 6:146, 6:180, 6:192, 6:193, 6:204, 6:219, 6:226, 6:227, 6:228, 6:277, 6:278, 6:280, 6:367
mentioned, 6:145–6:146, 6:146, 6:227, 6:227, 6:227, 6:237, 6:300, 6:302, 8:551

Lindsey’s Hotel (Washington), 1:359n

linen, 3:202, 3:280n, 3:309, 3:309n, 4:27, 4:102, 4:138, 4:231–4:232n, 5:187, 5:439, 5:470, 6:344, 6:347, 8:460, 8:554

Lingan, James McCubbin, 1:75

Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Quadripartitus (Littleton), 6:387

linguistics. See philology

Linnaeus, Carolus (Carl von Linné)

Caroli a Linné … System Vegetabilium (ed. J. A. Murray), 8:429, 8:430n
in collegiate curriculum, 7:667
A general system of nature, through the three grand kingdoms of animals, vegetables, and minerals (trans. Turton), 1:581, 7:626
and Indian hemp, 4:667
mentioned, 5:601
and mineralogy, 2:489, 2:490n
and scientific classification, 7:152, 7:208, 7:208–7:209, 7:210–7:211
Systema Naturæ, 4:536, 6:408, 6:409, 7:210

Linnean Society of London, 1:163, 1:164n, 1:521n

Linnean Society of Philadelphia, 1:663, 2:70

linseed oil, 1:55n, 1:77, 1:97, 5:33, 5:379

lion’s foot

as snakebite remedy, 1:58n

Lipop, Joseph

identified, 6:43n
seeks advice from TJ, 6:43

Liriodendron. See tulip poplar

earthquake in, 4:189, 4:190n, 7:557, 7:560n
and P. Gibson, 3:435–3:436, 3:441–3:442, 3:443
sheep shipped from, 2:431, 2:481
U.S. consulship at, 1:114, 3:441–3:442, 3:523–3:524, 3:542, 4:185, 4:212, 4:218–4:219, 5:313, 5:313n, 5:313–5:314, 5:314n, 5:319, 5:456, 5:504, 6:164

Lislet, Louis Moreau. See Moreau Lislet, Louis

List of Post Offices in the United States, 1:514, 1:514n

Liston, Robert, 5:266, 6:33, 6:34n

literacy

as qualification for voting, 7:327, 7:328n

Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York

and D. Clinton, 8:347, 8:348n, 8:409
members of, 8:603
TJ elected a member of, 8:409, 8:409n, 8:456–8:457, 8:603, 8:675

Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina

and J. Madison, 6:377
Shecut’s critique of, 6:377
TJ elected honorary member of, 6:377, 6:377, 6:483, 6:561

Literary miscellanies; including a dissertation on anecdotes (I. D’Israeli), 7:389

Lithgow, Alexander, 5:240n

Little Bear (Chippewa chief), 2:58n

Little Belt. See Lille Belt, HMS

Littlebury, trans.

Herodotus, 1:580

Little Dick (TJ’s slave; b. 1781). See Dick (TJ’s slave; b. 1781)

Littlejohn, John

chairs committee of Republican mechanics, 1:90n

The Little Medly: containing short remarks on the … New Testament (Brunt), 1:403, 1:403n

Littlepage, Mr., 2:397, 2:433

Littlepage, James

and contested election, 7:494, 7:546

Littleton, Mr. See Lyttelton, George, Baron Lyttelton

Littleton, Adam

Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Quadripartitus, 6:387

Littleton, Thomas

Anciennes loix des François, 3:130–3:131, 3:175n, 3:546

Livandais, Mr. See Livaudais, Jacques M.

Livaudais, Jacques M., 3:484, 5:85n

Lively, Charles

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
rents part of Indian Camp, 1:234, 1:235n, 4:198

Liverpool, Robert Jenkinson, 2d Earl of

as British foreign secretary, 4:587, 4:671
and J. Henry’s mission, 4:541, 4:627, 8:543, 8:545n
parliamentary comments of, 4:539
as prime minister, 5:156n

Liverpool Botanic Garden, 1:163, 1:164n, 1:164n, 1:435, 4:146

Lives (Plutarch), 7:662

Lives (Plutarch; trans. W. & J. Langhorne), 1:580

Lives of Eminent Philosophers (Diogenes Laertius; trans. R. D. Hicks), 7:24, 7:221n

The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (S. Johnson), 6:183, 7:664

livestock. See also cattle; hogs; horses; sheep

draught animals, 3:170–3:171, 3:348, 3:349, 3:371n, 8:132
feed for, 7:263, 7:282
goats, 6:103
for Monticello, 1:81n, 8:392
oxen, 4:373, 4:526, 6:306n, 8:10, 8:70, 8:72, 8:307
pigs, 4:109, 4:110n, 4:381–4:382
at Poplar Forest, 4:306, 4:373, 4:381, 4:526, 8:10, 8:174, 8:185, 8:520
taxes on, 8:256, 8:392

Livingston, Brockholst, 1:195n

letter from accounted for, 8:653n

Livingston, Edward. See also Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over; Livingston v. D’orgenoy; Livingston v. Jefferson; The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi (Thomas Jefferson)

J. Adams on, 5:3
Address to the People of the United States, on the measures pursued by the Executive with respect to the Batture at New-Orleans, 2:455, 2:456n, 2:516, 2:518n, 2:658, 3:30, 3:133, 3:173n, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:271, 3:483, 5:45, 5:47n, 5:143–5:144
An Answer to Mr. Jefferson’s Justification of His Conduct in the Case of the New Orleans Batture, 4:292, 5:163, 6:627–6:628, 7:96, 7:96n, 7:175
bankruptcy of, 2:402
bill of complaint against TJ, 2:545, 2:546–2:550, 2:659, 3:226, 3:227n
canal of, 2:444n, 2:445–2:446n, 2:547, 2:548, 6:435–6:436
and case of J. Robbins, 6:255, 6:255
W. C. C. Claiborne on, 2:434, 2:471–2:472, 2:682, 2:682, 3:25, 3:157–3:158, 8:64
and G. Du Jareau, 2:484
Examination of the title of the United States, 3:476, 3:483
A. Gallatin on, 2:528, 3:68, 3:70, 3:71–3:72
identified, 2:549–2:550n
L. Moreau Lislet on, 3:174n, 3:175–3:176n
offers to aid Trist family, 4:572–4:573
opens canal on batture, 3:175n, 3:404, 3:406, 3:494–3:495, 3:496–3:497
portrait of, 4:xliv, 4:370 (illus.)
proclaims right to batture, 1:287n, 3:233, 3:234–3:235n, 3:248n, 3:484
and riots at Batture Sainte Marie, 2:440–2:442n, 3:26n, 3:495
and J. Robbins case, 5:3, 5:4n
speeches of, 6:297
L. W. Tazewell on, 5:44–5:45, 5:45
TJ on, 3:203–3:204, 4:292, 5:134–5:135
and TJ’s Statement of Facts in the Batture Case, 4:110
E. Trist on, 4:572–4:573, 5:111–5:113, 8:295
validity of land claim, 3:27n

Livingston, Louise (Edward Livingston’s wife)

offers to aid Trist family, 4:573

Livingston, Mary Stevens (Robert R. Livingston’s wife)

illustrates Essay on Sheep, 3:63, 3:64n

Livingston, Robert R.

death of, 6:55, 6:57n
Essay on Sheep, 1:667, 1:668n, 2:39, 2:83, 3:63, 3:64n, 4:637, 5:181, 5:182n
family of, 1:20n
identified, 4:638n
and inland navigation, 6:268–6:269n
letters to, 4:637–4:638
as member of Continental Congress, 4:475, 4:476n, 4:600, 4:602, 6:440
and merino sheep, 1:529, 2:39, 4:637, 6:504
recommends F. A. Van der Kemp to TJ, 4:500, 4:501n
and steamboats, 7:112, 7:113n
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:637
and F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507, 4:614

Livingston, William

as member of Continental Congress, 4:601–4:602, 6:612

Livingston, William, Jr., 1:195n

Livingston family

as aristocrats, 7:67

Livingston v. D’orgenoy, 3:233, 3:234n, 3:246–3:248, 3:265, 3:484, 5:134–5:135, 5:137n, 5:144–5:145, 5:315, 5:315n, 6:388, 6:390, 6:392, 6:392, 6:394, 6:395

Livingston v. Jefferson. See also Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over

background of, 4:291–4:292
dismissal reported to TJ, 4:303–4:304
J. Marshall’s opinion in, 4:297–4:303, 5:58, 5:59n, 5:176n
opinions published, 5:59n, 5:176, 5:176n, 5:219
TJ congratulated on dismissal of, 4:572
J. Tyler’s opinion in, 4:293–4:297, 5:58, 5:59n, 5:176n
U.S. Circuit Court dismisses, 4:304, 4:311, 4:367–4:368, 4:477, 4:520, 4:631, 4:639, 5:240, 5:240–5:241n

Livy (Titus Livius)

in collegiate curriculum, 7:661
Historiarum Libri Qui Extant, 1:580
lost works of, 6:278
mentioned, 6:402
Titi Livii Historiarum Libri, 5:501, 5:523, 5:524n, 5:549, 5:594, 5:594–5:595n, 5:625, 6:157, 7:286, 7:373
Titi Livii Patavini Historiarum Libri Qui Extant, 5:549, 5:549n
TJ on, 2:153, 6:53
TJ quotes, 6:402, 6:407n, 8:355, 8:356n, 8:385n
works of, 8:234

Liza (slave), 4:15

Lloyd, James, 1:473, 2:70

Lloyd, Thomas, 1:214n

Lobinhes, Dr., 2:11, 2:12

Loccenius, Johannes

Scriptorum de Jure Nautico et Maritimo Fasciculus, 8:387, 8:387–8:388n

Locke, Jesse (of Campbell Co.), 5:49

Locke, John

J. Adams on, 7:74, 7:480
An Essay concerning Human Understanding, 1:576, 7:627
in D. Fraser’s proposed book, 5:545
intellect of commended, 7:101
mentioned, 6:238, 6:296, 6:296, 7:667
portraits of, 3:305
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503, 4:506
and A. B. Woodward’s work, 1:254n

Locke, Samuel, 6:501

locks, 6:346

locks (canal), 3:286–3:288, 3:303, 3:421–3:422

locus in quo, pleading on. See Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over: pleadings in

locust

bristly, 3:354
common, 3:353
Kentucky (honey locust), 3:353, 3:354

Logan, Andrew

and Bank of the United States, 4:371–4:372, 4:373n
identified, 4:372–4:373n
letters from, 4:371–4:373
seeks TJ’s advice, 4:372

Logan, Deborah Norris (George Logan’s wife)

mentioned, 6:539, 7:44
sends greetings to TJ, 8:671

Logan, George

and Alexander I’s education and character, 8:671
emissary for TJ, 8:451n
identified, 6:513–6:514n
letters from, 6:512–6:514, 7:38–7:44, 8:380–8:381, 8:671
letters to, 6:538–6:540
opposes War of 1812, 6:512, 6:513, 7:38, 7:43–7:44
and peace with Great Britain, 6:512–6:513, 6:538–6:539, 7:38–7:44, 8:380–8:381
and J. Priestley’s correspondence, 8:671, 8:671n
sells plows, 2:312–2:313, 2:313n, 2:334
sends book to J. Madison, 6:513
sheep of, 1:16
TJ on, 7:96, 7:99n
TJ’s correspondence with published, 7:36, 7:37n, 7:96–7:97, 7:99n, 7:104–7:105, 7:105n, 7:299n, 7:312, 7:312n
unofficial peace missions of, 6:512, 6:513n, 6:538, 7:38

Logan, James

translates Cato Major, or Discourse on old age (Cicero), 3:137, 3:137n

Logan, James (Mingo Indian)

speech of, 2:204, 2:205n, 2:340, 7:373, 7:484, 7:484n, 7:521

Logan County, Ky., 3:647

logic

study of, 7:480, 7:480, 7:659, 7:662–7:663, 7:667, 7:667, 7:686

Logique (Destutt de Tracy), 4:203–4:204, 4:209n

La logique, ou, Les premiers developpemens de l’art de penser (Condillac), 5:276, 5:277n

Logwood, Burwell

identified, 2:119n
letter from to A. L. Duncan, 2:119
and J. Peyton’s estate, 2:119, 2:255, 2:383, 2:482, 3:648

Logwood, Pruey Peyton, 2:117, 2:254, 3:648

Les lois civiles dans leur ordre naturel (Domat; trans. Strahan), 3:160, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:546

Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l’Amerique sous le vent (Moreau de Saint Méry), 3:160, 3:175n

Lolme, Jean Louis de

Constitution de L’Angleterre, 7:628

Lomax, Elizabeth, 1:305n

Lomax, Judith

and J. Adams, 6:440, 6:441n
identified, 6:464n
letters from, 7:16
“Monticello,” 6:463–6:464
The Notes of an American Lyre, 6:464n, 7:260, 7:270
poetry of, 6:463, 6:464n
sends seeds to TJ, 7:16
visits Monticello, 6:440

Lomax, Lunsford, 2:84, 2:256

Lomax, Thomas

exchanges seeds with TJ, 1:631, 1:657
and P. Henry, 4:603
identified, 1:631n
letters from, 1:631–1:632
letters to, 1:657
as P. Mazzei’s friend, 4:35, 7:89

Lombardy poplars, 1:192n

London. See also Russell, Jonathan

compared to Washington, 7:682
Courier, 3:577, 3:578n
exchange rate at, 3:524, 3:558, 8:430, 8:438, 8:497, 8:499n, 8:500
firms, 3:426
Geological Society of, 5:514, 5:514, 5:514–5:515n
Horticultural Society of, 5:514, 5:514–5:515n
Linnean Society of, 1:163, 1:164n, 1:521n
London Vaccine Institution, 6:342, 6:343n
newspapers in, 5:370n, 5:384
Royal Society of, 4:227, 4:228, 4:353, 5:513, 5:514–5:515n
Royal Veterinary College of, 5:414, 5:416n
and second Anglo-Dutch war, 7:682, 7:684n
Society of Antiquaries of, 5:513, 5:514–5:515n
TJ contemplates destruction of, 8:312
TJ suggests burning of, 5:186, 5:293, 7:11
tunnels near, 6:574
U.S. agent at, 3:37–3:38

The London and Country Brewer (Ellis), 6:507

Long, Mr.

militia service of, 7:161

Long, Gabriel, 1:415, 1:416n

Long, James

letters from, 1:464–1:465
seeks TJ’s assistance, 1:464–1:465

Long, Stephen Harriman

and hydrostatic engine, 7:232–7:233, 7:233n

Long, William B., 5:18n

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown (London firm)

A General Catalogue of Valuable and Rare Old Books, in the Ancient and Modern Languages, and Various Classes of Literature, 8:580, 8:581n

Long’s Hotel (Washington)

R. Fulton lectures at, 2:250, 2:251n
inaugural ball at, 1:10n

Long’s Ordinary (Spotsylvania Co.), 1:416n

A Long Talk, delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, on their anniversary, A.D. 1810: in Providence (Pitman), 4:306n, 4:395–4:396

looking glasses. See mirrors

looming, phenomenon of, 8:298

looms, 3:202, 4:143, 4:428, 5:560, 5:562–5:563, 5:563, 6:107, 6:140, 6:556, 7:402, 7:405–7:406, 7:406–7:407n, 7:438, 7:486, 7:492, 7:506–7:507, 7:507, 7:508, 7:523–7:524, 7:524n, 7:552–7:553, 7:553n, 7:568, 7:570, 7:572, 8:15, 8:135–8:136, 8:160, 8:161n, 8:195, 8:201, 8:202n, 8:249, 8:252–8:253, 8:402

Loony (Looney), Joseph

militia service of, 7:161

Loony (Looney), Peter

militia service of, 7:161

López, Gregorio

Las siete partidas del sabio rey Don Alonso el Nono, 3:53n, 3:175n, 3:176n

Lorenzana y Butrón, Francisco Antonio

edits Historia de Nueva-España (H. Cortés), 8:236, 8:237n

Lormerie, Louis Philippe Gallot de

on Florida, 3:33
on forest management, 3:33–3:34
identified, 1:131n
and Ky. land, 1:342, 5:431–5:433
letters from, 1:128–1:131, 1:342–1:343, 3:32–3:35, 5:265–5:267, 5:375–5:377, 5:431–5:435, 5:550–5:552, 5:665–5:667, 6:33–6:34, 6:102–6:105, 6:190–6:191, 8:680–8:682
letters from accounted for, 1:343n
letters to, 1:354, 5:304, 5:417, 6:49
medical knowledge of, 6:103, 6:103–6:104
Memoir on American Forest Management, 1:131–1:134, 1:342, 1:354
on preservation of water and milk at sea, 6:103
Proposal for the Military Use of Sugar, 5:552
requests seeds from TJ, 8:680
return to France of, 6:102–6:103, 6:103, 6:190, 8:680, 8:681
seeks permission to ship goods to France, 1:128–1:129, 1:342, 1:354, 5:265–5:266, 5:304, 5:375–5:376, 5:417, 5:431–5:433, 5:441, 5:550, 5:665–5:666, 6:33, 6:49

Lot (Old Testament figure)

wife of, 8:407

lotteries

for Albemarle Academy, 7:265, 7:337–7:338, 7:339, 7:426–7:427, 8:92, 8:183
East Tennessee College, 2:266–2:267, 2:268n, 2:365
for Philadelphia Museum, 8:545
Potomac & Shenandoah navigation, 4:288
Susquehanna Canal, 4:391

Loudoun, John Campbell, 4th Earl of, 1:291n

Loudoun County Superior Court, 1:417

Louis XI, king of France

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506, 5:459

Louis XII, king of France

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:501, 5:459

Louis XIV, king of France

declaration of 1683, 3:160, 3:236n
and edict of 1693, 2:524, 3:130, 3:131, 3:132, 3:160, 3:174n, 3:226
and edict of 1710, 2:524, 3:174n, 3:235, 3:236–3:237n, 3:484
and La. territorial charter, 2:676, 3:48n, 3:489–3:490
and ordinance of 1669, 2:657
reign of, 8:551
W. Short on, 3:197
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:504

Louis XIV, Sa Cour, et le Régent (L. P. Anquetil), 7:664

Louis XV, king of France

charters Company of the West, 2:657
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:507

Louis XVI, king of France

America’s affection for, 8:151n
execution of, 3:66n, 3:221n, 4:483, 4:484, 8:230
reign of, 8:294
TJ on, 2:276
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504

Louis XVIII, king of France, 3:221n, 7:404, 7:404, 7:450, 7:451n

American perceptions of, 8:518
constitutional charter of, 8:263, 8:263, 8:267n, 8:293
flees France, 8:452, 8:523n, 8:580, 8:581n
W. Lee on, 8:151n
ministers of, 8:137, 8:138, 8:138, 8:139n
restoration of, 7:423, 7:424, 7:425, 7:537–7:538, 7:540, 7:542n, 8:476, 8:477, 8:533, 8:557
TJ on, 8:263
unpopularity of, 8:137–8:138

Louisa County, Va.

and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Louisa Court House, Va., 3:254n

Louisiade Archipelago (Solomon Sea), 5:202–5:203

Louisiana (revenue cutter), 2:445n

Louisiana (Spanish and French colony). See also Louisiana Territory; Orleans Territory

“Chronological Series of Facts relative to Louisiana” (Jefferson), 3:281, 3:282–3:283, 3:292, 3:297, 3:327, 3:328n
“Examination into the Boundaries of Louisiana” (Jefferson), 3:256, 3:281, 3:282–3:283
laws governing, 2:462, 2:471, 2:676, 3:52–3:53, 3:168, 6:395
maps of, 1:247, 1:248n
pamphlets on, 1:36, 1:37, 1:38n
Sketches, Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana (Stoddard), 3:291, 3:291–3:292n
Spanish government of, 2:520, 2:523–2:524, 2:525

Louisiana (state)

conditions for statehood, 6:389, 6:390n, 6:395
constitution of, 4:648, 4:649n, 5:9, 5:9n
economy of, 7:384
and French-language Bibles, 7:183
legislature of, 8:295–8:296, 8:296n
resistance to draft in, 7:226, 7:227
U.S. district court in, 6:390, 6:394, 6:395
and War of 1812, 7:227, 7:384, 8:38–8:39, 8:64, 8:295, 8:357
works on, 7:242, 7:383–7:384

Louisiana Gazette (Saint Louis newspaper), 4:7–4:8

Louisiana Gazette and New-Orleans Daily Advertiser, 3:234–3:235n, 3:418, 3:616

Louisiana Territory. See also Lewis, Meriwether; Louisiana (Spanish and French colony); Orleans Territory

act to establish (1804), 3:409, 3:410n
botanical expeditions in, 1:164n, 2:533, 4:535–4:536
boundaries of, 3:256–3:257, 3:282–3:283
exploration of navigable waters proposed, 1:448–1:449
Federalists on, 3:256
land exchange with Great Britain, 1:672–1:673
J. Monroe offered governorship of, 2:35, 2:42–2:43, 2:44, 2:46n
sugar-cane industry in, 2:556
TJ on, 2:360
TJ’s role in purchasing, 7:706–7:707, 7:711
and Treaty of Paris (1803), 3:256

The Lounger, 7:665

The Lounger’s Common-Place Book (Newman), 6:220, 6:280

Loury, Thomas T.

letters from, 3:647–3:648
sends silver ore sample to TJ, 3:647–3:648

Louvet de Couvray, Jean Baptiste, 7:665

Louvois. See Le Tellier, François Michel, marquis de Louvois

Love & Madness, A Story too True (Croft), 2:204, 2:204n, 2:339–2:340

Loveday, Septimus

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:378

Lovell, James

death of, 8:135, 8:135n, 8:148

Lovely Mathilda (ship), 2:353

Lovett, John

and O. Evans’s petition to Congress, 7:113n

Lovilo (TJ’s slave; b. 1801). See Hern, Lovilo (TJ’s slave; b. 1801)

Low, Esther Prentiss (wife of John Low [1763–1809])

and The New and Complete American Encyclopædia, 4:281n

Low, John (1763–1809)

and The New and Complete American Encyclopædia, 4:281n

Low, John (ca. 1790–1829)

identified, 4:281–4:282n
letters from, 4:281–4:282, 4:336, 4:408, 4:530–4:531
letters to, 4:365–4:366, 4:558–4:559
TJ subscribes to The New and Complete American Encyclopædia, 4:281, 4:336, 4:365, 4:371, 4:408, 4:409, 4:530–4:531, 4:557, 4:558–4:559

Lowell, John

political writings of, 6:297

Lowndes, William

congressional Joint Library Committee member, 8:14

Lowry, Mrs., 5:121

Lowry, Andrew, 1:335, 1:335n

Lowry, Morrow, 1:335, 1:335n

Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada, 8:225, 8:225

Loyd, Mr., 6:255

Lozano, Joaquin, 3:478n

Lüber, Thomas. See Erastus, Thomas (Thomas Lüber)

Luberta (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Lucan

in collegiate curriculum, 7:661
Pharsalia, 4:503, 4:506n

Lucian

dialogues of, 7:661
works of bound for TJ, 8:630

Luciani, Sebastiano

portrait of Columbus, 7:xliii–7:xliv

Lucinda (TJ’s slave; b. 1791)

laborer, 4:379
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:308, 6:308, 8:61, 8:62, 8:62, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255
pot for, 8:70–8:71

Lucket, Mr. (captain of Diana), 5:289–5:290

Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus), 7:661, 7:661–7:662

Lucy (C. L. Bankhead’s slave, one of two with this name), 8:395

Lucy (C. L. Bankhead’s slave, second of two with this name), 8:395

Lucy (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231–4:232n

Lucy (TJ’s slave; b. 1783)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387
on Poplar Forest slave list, 4:382, 4:383

Lucy (TJ’s slave; b. ca. 1800)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462, 6:308, 8:61, 8:255
spinner, 4:380

Lucy (TJ’s slave; b. 1811)

on Monticello slave lists, 8:62n

Ludlow, Charles, 3:524

Ludlow, Edmund

Memoirs, 1:37, 1:580, 7:629

Ludwell, Frances

and P. Ludwell’s estate, 7:371

Ludwell, Philip

estate of, 7:329, 7:371–7:372

Luke (New Testament evangelist), 6:278

Lukens, Isaiah

and perpetual-motion machine, 5:xlix–5:l, 5:358 (illus.), 5:558, 5:559n
and windmill pump, 8:80

Lukens, Samuel

letters from, 4:571
letters to, 4:619
and I. Shoemaker, 4:571, 4:619

lumber

used at Poplar Forest, 8:612, 8:613, 8:695–8:696

lumber trade, 3:345–3:346

lunar caustic (silver nitrate)

as medicine, 4:416

Lundy’s Lane, Battle of, 7:525n, 8:267n

lunettes, 5:507

Lusignem, Louis Hugues Thibault Henri Jacques, marquis de, 2:11, 2:12, 2:14

Luther, Martin, 6:409

J. Adams on, 7:23, 7:74, 7:480

Luzac, Jean

and F. A. Van der Kemp’s work on copper, 4:614

Luzerne Federalist (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)

prints poems on TJ, 1:429–1:431, 1:431–1:433

Lycée ou Cours De Littérature Ancienne Et Moderne (J. F. La Harpe), 7:26

Lydia (brig), 1:629, 3:434n

Lydia (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231–4:232n

lye

as scab remedy, 5:182n

Lye, Edward

Dictionarium Saxonico et Gothico-Latinum, 6:406, 6:407n

Lyle, James

agent for Henderson, McCaul, & Co., 2:180, 2:216–2:217, 2:433, 2:513, 3:280, 3:341, 3:488, 3:538, 3:627–3:628, 4:11, 4:75
identified, 2:180n
letters from, 2:180, 3:280–3:281, 3:488–3:489, 3:627–3:628, 4:75–4:76
letters to, 2:216–2:217, 3:341–3:342, 3:538, 4:11
supposed land purchase from W. Byrd, 6:304
TJ pays, 4:10, 4:24
TJ’s account with, 4:76
vision loss of, 3:280–3:281, 3:341–3:342, 3:488, 4:75

Lyman, Jerushia

B. Rush on, 4:673–4:674

Lyman, William

and anonymous letter, 3:578
identified, 1:182n
letters from, 1:182
sends publication to TJ, 1:182
U.S. consul at London, 1:182n, 4:673, 4:674n

Lyman, William, Jr.

arrives at Philadelphia, 4:673, 4:674n

Lynch, John

antislavery activities of, 3:267–3:269, 3:318–3:320
identified, 3:269n
letters from, 3:267–3:270
letters to, 3:318–3:320

Lynchburg, Va.

citizens of, address TJ, 1:671
currency exchange at, 8:509, 8:511, 8:511–8:512
economy of, 3:102–3:104
fish shipped to, 2:423, 2:503, 7:448
flour market at, 3:103, 3:341
founding of, 3:269n
mail service to, 3:56, 3:102–3:104, 3:147–3:148, 3:164
plaster at, 5:457–5:458
post office in, 8:63
price of tobacco at, 4:95, 4:105, 4:461, 7:124
schools in, 6:64, 6:130–6:131, 6:451, 6:451, 8:585
specie sent from, 7:670
stores in, 8:79
TJ on, 5:104–5:105, 7:482–7:483, 8:204

Lyon, James

and Georgia Republican, 4:92, 4:127, 4:128n, 4:130–4:131
identified, 4:131n
letters to, 4:130–4:131
whereabouts of, 4:112, 4:128

Lyon, Matthew

family of, 4:112
persecutes W. Duane, 3:449

Lyon, Oliver, 1:33n

Lyons, Mr., 1:338

Lyons, James

identified, 7:175n
letters from accounted for, 7:175n
letters to, 7:174–7:175
and J. Wayles’s estate, 7:174, 7:175

Lyons, Peter, 2:369, 2:370, 2:540

and J. Wayles’s estate, 7:174, 7:175n, 7:175

Lysias

A. Auger’s translation of, 7:259, 7:285, 8:630

Lyttelton, George, Baron Lyttelton

The History of the Life of Henry the Second, and of the Age in which he lived, 2:51

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