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Pace, Edward, 1:462

Pacharetti. See Pajarete (wine)

Pacific (ship), 1:271, 1:284

Pacific Ocean, 1:443, 1:449, 1:449n, 5:202–5:203, 5:203–5:204n

padlocks, 1:302–1:303, 6:344, 6:348

Paganel, Pierre

Essai historique et critique, 3:219–3:220, 3:562
identified, 3:221n
letters from, 3:219–3:221
letters to, 3:562–3:563

Page, Carter B.

and TJ’s bond, 5:483

Page, Elizabeth Burwell, 1:557, 1:634, 1:669, 1:670n

Page, Francis

recommended for collector of Yorktown, 1:77, 1:78n, 1:87

Page, Gregory, 3:191

Page, John

correspondence of, 9:108, 9:109n
death of, 4:35
family of, 1:78n, 3:276
as governor of Va., 4:680, 4:683n, 5:236n
on R. H. Lee, 2:156
revolutionary leader, 7:411, 7:411, 7:548
and TJ’s newspapers, 1:469, 3:190–3:191, 3:569–3:570

Page, John Tayloe

employment for, 3:276, 3:423

Page, Lucy Gwynn, 3:276

Page, Mann

family of, 3:276
revolutionary leader, 7:411, 7:411, 7:548

Page, Margaret Lowther (John Page’s wife), 3:569–3:570

Page, Maria, 3:276

Page, Mary Tayloe

identified, 3:276n
letters from, 3:276
letters to, 3:423–3:424
seeks appointment for son, 3:276, 3:423–3:424

Page, Samuel (Poplar Forest overseer)

share of crops, 2:27, 2:28, 2:96, 2:230

Page, William, 6:19

Pagowski, Jérome, 1:53n

Pahlen, Nicolas, 3:532, 3:532n, 3:539, 3:563, 3:567

Pahlen, Théodore, Count

carries letter from Lafayette, 3:54, 3:211
forwards letters, 2:287, 2:487
and A. von Humboldt engraving, 2:310, 2:487, 3:503–3:504, 3:504n, 3:563
identified, 2:488–2:489n
letters from, 2:487–2:489, 3:532
letters of introduction for, 3:567
letters to, 2:512–2:513, 3:563
opinions of, 2:200n, 2:311, 2:513
Russian minister to U.S., 1:233, 1:329n, 1:537, 1:659n, 4:551
visits Monticello, 3:532, 3:539, 3:558n, 3:563, 3:567

Paine, Capt. See Payne, Tarlton

Paine, Robert Treat (1731–1814)

J. Adams on, 6:183, 6:183, 8:148
death of, 8:135, 8:135n
family of, 6:183
as member of Continental Congress, 6:183, 6:184n
signer of Declaration of Independence, 4:475, 6:137, 6:183, 6:183

Paine, Robert Treat (1770–98), 6:184n

Paine, Robert Treat (1773–1811)

The Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Robert Treat Paine, Jun., 6:183, 6:184n

Paine, Samuel

and TJ’s Richmond lot, 4:290

Paine, Seth

newspaper publisher, 7:519n

Paine, Thomas

J. Adams on, 5:184, 6:297, 7:480
Agrarian Justice, opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly, 4:168n
J. Melish quotes, 5:626–5:627, 5:629n
mentioned, 6:255, 6:296
Rights of Man, 8:668
TJ quotes, 1:512, 1:512n
TJ’s letters to, 6:8, 6:8, 6:47, 8:7n
writings of, 8:4, 8:6

paint, 1:55n, 1:97

painting

study of, 7:639, 7:639, 7:687

paintings, 1:522, 1:523–1:524n, 2:39–2:40n, 2:93, 2:106, 2:127, 3:624–3:625, 4:181–4:182, 8:xlvii, 8:136, 8:160, 8:195, 8:234, 8:238–8:239, 8:239, 8:393, 9:592

Pajarete (wine)

TJ on, 8:571, 8:571, 9:513

Pakenham, Sir Edward Michael

British general, 8:264, 8:267n, 8:301n

Palacio Fajardo, Manuel

South American patriot, 9:271, 9:702

paleontology

and Institut de France, 1:xlviii, 1:100–1:101, 1:103–1:104, 1:187, 1:248–1:249, 1:250n, 1:510–1:511
mastodon jawbone, 1:xlviii, 1:380 (illus.)

Paleske, Charles Gottfried

identified, 4:160n
letters from, 4:160–4:161, 4:315–4:316, 5:468–5:469
letters to, 4:175
and Union Canal Company of Pa., 4:160, 4:175, 4:315–4:316, 5:468, 5:468–5:469n

Paley, William

in collegiate curriculum, 7:480, 7:662
Natural Theology, 3:590, 3:590n

Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph

Flore d’Oware et de Benin, en Afrique, 3:472n
identified, 3:472n
letters from, 3:465–3:473, 4:89–4:90, 4:517–4:518
and P. Piernet’s will, 3:465–3:469, 3:472n, 3:651, 3:652–3:653, 4:42, 4:68, 4:70, 4:81, 4:89, 4:166, 4:517, 5:99, 5:116–5:118, 5:216, 5:216–5:217, 5:228, 5:333–5:335, 5:351

Palisot de Beauvois, Mary Ann Rouelle (Jean Rouelle’s widow; A. Palisot de Beauvois’s wife)

and P. Piernet’s will, 3:466–3:467, 3:472n, 3:652, 4:42, 4:70, 4:81–4:82, 4:166, 5:99, 5:116–5:118, 5:216, 5:216–5:217, 5:228, 5:332–5:333, 5:333–5:335, 5:351, 5:378

Palladio, Andrea

TJ on, 9:500
works of, owned by TJ, 9:502n

Palladius

Rei rusticae, 2:82

Pallas, Peter Simon

edits Linguarum Totius Orbis Vocabularia comparativa, 9:373n

Palm, John

and Antient Plymouth Society, 1:58n, 1:59

Palmer, Aaron H., 1:518, 1:518n

Palmer, George, 6:77

Palmer, John, 3:385, 3:386n

Palmer, Thomas H.

Historical Register of the United States, 6:77n, 6:124, 8:260
identified, 5:650n
letters from, 5:649–5:650, 6:77
letters to, 5:667–5:668, 6:124
and publication on constitutions, 5:649–5:650, 5:650n, 5:667–5:668
and subscribers for new periodical by, 6:77, 6:77n

Palmetto Society (Charleston), 6:250, 6:251n

Palus (wine), 9:513

pangolin, 7:210

Pani (Pawnee) corn, 3:501, 3:502–3:503

pans, milk, 1:303

Pantops (TJ’s estate)

J. W. Eppes to sell, 5:102–5:103, 5:171, 5:325, 5:347–5:348, 5:349–5:350n, 7:482–7:483
proposed exchange of portion of, 6:71–6:73, 6:129–6:130
and T. E. Randolph, 5:171–5:172, 5:325, 5:325–5:326, 5:347–5:348, 6:72, 6:130, 7:482
and T. J. Randolph, 5:102, 5:171–5:172
surveys of, 3:570–3:573
TJ proposes to buy, 5:102–5:103

Panza, Sancho (fictional character), 2:44–2:45, 2:46n

Paoli, Pasquale

compared to Napoleon, 7:477
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507

Papebroch, Daniel

Acta Sanctorum, 7:220, 8:559, 8:561, 8:562n
and Spanish Inquisition, 7:220

Papendick, George

The Stranger, 3:633n

paper. See also stationery

in lost trunk, 1:153, 1:180, 1:205, 1:269, 1:284, 1:311
manufacture of, 7:73n
for printing, 8:629, 9:597
TJ records consumption of, 7:602n
waste, 8:xlv–8:xlvi, 8:287–8:288, 8:289–8:290

paper mills

at Petersburg, Va., 1:489
in R.I., 8:146

Paradis de Raymondis, Jean Zacharie

Traité élémentaire de Morale et du Bonheur, 6:510–6:511, 6:511n, 6:533, 6:597, 6:647, 7:286, 7:627

Paradise, John

family of, 9:6–9:7, 9:230
identified, 9:284–9:285n
marriage settlement of, 7:371, 7:373n, 9:230, 9:282–9:283, 9:283–9:284, 9:285n, 9:285, 9:322
TJ acts as agent for, 7:372, 9:230, 9:282–9:283, 9:285n

Paradise, Lucy Ludwell (John Paradise’s wife)

death of, 7:329, 7:370
estate of, 7:329–7:330, 7:371–7:372, 9:6–9:7, 9:230, 9:282–9:283, 9:322–9:323
family of, 7:329–7:330
identified, 9:285n
marriage settlement of, 7:371, 7:373n, 9:7, 9:230, 9:282–9:283, 9:283–9:284, 9:285n, 9:285, 9:322
TJ acts as agent for, 9:230, 9:282–9:283, 9:285n
trustees for, 7:329–7:330, 7:371–7:372

Paradise, Peter

and marriage settlement of J. Paradise and L. L. Paradise, 9:284, 9:284
as trustee of P. Ludwell’s daughters, 9:283, 9:284

Paradise Lost (J. Milton), 1:228–1:229n, 3:631, 3:633n, 5:585, 5:585n, 8:235, 8:358, 8:359n

Paragon (steamboat), 4:199

paregoric, 7:387

The Parent’s Assistant; or, Stories for Children (Edgeworth), 2:101, 2:193, 2:264, 3:122, 4:289

Paris. See also Jackson, Henry (1778–1840)

banks in, 6:650, 6:650
book prices in, 9:559
cisterns in, 5:308
coutumes de (legal customs of), 3:47–3:48, 3:71, 3:130, 3:132, 3:236n, 4:643n
exchange rate at, 8:430, 8:438, 8:497
guillotine used in, 8:551
hospitals in, 6:650
massacre of prisoners in, 8:689, 8:689n
meal market of (La Halle au Blé), 8:314, 8:315n
newspapers, 8:449, 8:452, 8:452n
Parlement de, 3:174n, 3:176n
poor relief in, 2:331
TJ on life in, 8:382
TJ’s book purchases in, 7:682
Treaty of (1763), 7:30, 7:32n, 9:479
Treaty of (1783), 7:455n, 8:269, 8:269n, 9:236, 9:575
Treaty of (1803), 3:256, 9:478, 9:480n
Treaty of (1814), 8:38n
Treaty of (1815), 9:388, 9:389–9:390n
U.S. consul at, 1:26, 1:207, 1:208n, 1:317, 1:536, 7:428–7:429n, 8:161–8:162, 8:162n, 8:291, 8:599–8:600, 8:607

Parish, David

carries dispatches, 2:410
and iron and steel manufacture, 9:339
and Lafayette, 3:54, 3:105, 3:106, 3:212, 3:213, 3:314, 3:445, 3:446
purchases bills of exchange, 4:488
and E. Ross, 6:568–6:569n
subscribes to U.S. war loan, 6:600, 6:602n, 7:137

Parish, Elijah

mentioned, 8:343, 8:358, 8:359n, 9:79, 9:381, 9:383
A Sermon, Preached at Boston, before his Excellency Christopher Gore, 3:75n, 3:156

Parish, John

and Lafayette, 2:14, 3:212, 3:446, 4:359, 4:649, 5:68–5:69, 5:213

Paris, in Eighteen Hundred And Two, and Eighteen Hundred And Fourteen (W. Shepherd), 8:628, 8:629n, 8:672, 9:122

Parker, Mr.

considered for appointment by TJ, 1:26

Parker, Daniel (of Paris)

on British debt, 3:199, 4:273
and design for plow, 1:233–1:234, 1:235n, 1:375, 1:538, 3:228, 3:245, 3:251
and Fla. land scheme, 3:96
and Lafayette, 1:376, 2:16, 2:245, 3:54, 3:212, 3:314, 3:445, 5:213
and merino sheep, 1:479, 1:538, 1:667, 3:342
paintings owned by, 7:341
sends dynamometer to TJ, 1:376
transmits letter to TJ, 7:505

Parker, Daniel (of War Department)

as adjutant and inspector general, 7:610n
reference for J. L. Edwards, 4:92

Parker, Edward

and American Edition of the New Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 3:589, 3:609
and Emporium of Arts & Sciences, 4:663n
identified, 3:589n
letters from, 3:589
letters from accounted for, 7:719
letters to, 3:609

Parker, Isaac, 8:376n

Parker, Sir Peter

British admiral, 6:250, 6:251n

Parker, Thomas

and Niagara Campaign, 5:533–5:542
recommended for military appointment, 4:529

Parker, William

as Treasury Department clerk, 7:294, 7:294, 7:314, 7:441

Parkinson, Richard

breeds Chinese pigs, 4:109, 4:110n
The Experienced Farmer, 4:110n

Parks, William, 1:370n

parlementaires, 1:128, 1:131n, 1:522

The Parlor Gardener (Cornelia Randolph), 3:635n

Parmentier, Antoine Auguste

Aperçu des Résultats obtenus de la fabrication des Sirops et des Conserves de Raisins, 7:54, 7:54n
Recherches sur les Végétaux nourissans, 2:82
Traité théorique et pratique sur la Culture de la Vigne, 2:82

Parr, Samuel

on classical scholarship, 9:84, 9:560
A free translation of the Preface to Bellendenus, containing animated strictures on the great political characters of the present time, 1:35

Parris, Albion Keith

U.S. representative from Mass., 9:42n

Parrott, Richard, 1:23n

parrot tulips, 5:358

parsnips, 1:157, 2:37, 2:38, 5:658

Parsons, Samuel Pleasants

drill, 7:246–7:247, 7:306
identified, 7:247n
letters from, 7:246–7:247
letters to, 7:306–7:307

Parsons, Theophilus

criticized by B. Waterhouse, 6:37, 6:96–6:97, 6:100n
and Federalist party, 9:6
as judge, 8:376n

Parsons’ Cause

P. Henry and trial of, 7:493, 7:493–7:494, 7:496n, 7:546

Partridge, Alden

and calculation of altitude, 9:9–9:10, 9:11–9:12, 9:71–9:72, 9:187, 9:188–9:193, 9:193–9:194, 9:193–9:194n, 9:241, 9:313–9:314
identified, 9:10n
letters from, 9:9–9:10, 9:187–9:188, 9:238
letters to, 9:71–9:72, 9:313–9:317
meteorological observations, 9:10, 9:187–9:188, 9:238, 9:239–9:244, 9:313
and U.S. Military Academy, 3:95n
and United States Military Philosophical Society, 9:192n

partridge, red-legged, 1:479, 1:599

Partridge, William

identified, 3:223n
letters from, 3:221–3:223
letters to, 3:238–3:239
and publication on dyeing, 3:221–3:223, 3:238–3:239

Pascagoula River, 3:265

Pascal, Blaise

and atmospheric pressure, 9:189
Thoughts on Religion, and other curious Subjects, 7:386, 7:386n

Passamaquoddy Bay, Me.

gold found at, 1:330

pastel. See woad, blue

Pasteur, William, 1:67, 1:68n

Pate, Matthew

as Bedford Co. surveyor, 5:50n, 5:63, 5:465
identified, 5:465n
letters to, 5:465

Patent Office, U.S. See also Thornton, William

congressional support of, 7:507
reports of, 6:226, 6:362, 7:487, 7:507
saved from British destruction, 7:669n

patents

of J. Baily, 6:456, 6:458n
of O. Barrett, 4:426, 4:512–4:513n, 4:592, 4:667, 5:181, 5:182n
of J. G. Baxter, 8:635n
of B. B. Bernard, 2:5, 2:5n, 2:36
of T. Bruff, 5:108, 8:97–8:98, 8:98n, 9:610
of A. Butler, 4:315, 4:315n
T. Cooper on, 7:258, 7:386
of R. Crosbie, 8:201, 8:202n
G. Du Jareau on, 2:372–2:373, 2:665n
duration of, 7:110–7:113, 7:113n, 7:173n
of G. Easterly, 2:283n
in Europe, 8:547, 8:554–8:555, 8:605
of O. Evans, 4:468n, 6:353, 6:354n, 6:379, 6:380, 6:382, 6:385, 6:454, 6:454, 6:454n, 6:455, 6:455, 6:455, 6:456, 6:457–6:458n, 6:514, 7:106, 7:106n, 7:107–7:108, 7:109n, 7:110–7:113, 7:113n, 7:128–7:129, 7:131–7:133, 7:154n, 7:170–7:173, 7:386, 7:386n, 7:386n, 8:535, 8:536n
and G. Fitz, 2:458, 2:479
of M. Garber, 2:458n
guidelines for issuing, 7:509, 7:510n, 8:412n
of J. Hall, 8:43n, 8:367, 8:369n
of J. Hargreaves, 4:418n
of B. J. Harris, 5:291, 5:292n, 5:307–5:308
of D. Hartley, 5:307–5:308
of G. F. A. Hauto and S. H. Long, 7:232, 7:233n
of J. I. Hawkins and C. W. Peale, 2:xlii
of E. Herrick, 4:417n, 4:514n
of W. Janes, 7:405–7:406, 7:438, 7:486, 7:506–7:507, 7:507–7:508, 7:508, 7:523–7:524, 7:552–7:553, 7:568, 7:570, 8:161n, 8:195, 8:201, 9:602n
lists of, 6:226, 6:282, 6:362, 8:160, 8:195, 8:196n, 8:253, 8:408, 8:408n, 9:592, 9:593n
of C. Morneveck, 1:196n
number issued, 2:367
and S. P. Parsons, 7:246
patent law of 1793, 7:171–7:172, 7:173n, 7:510n
of D. Peacock, 4:219–4:220n
C. W. Peale on, 8:546, 8:547
of H. Pease, 4:220n
of E. Perkins, 4:104n
of A. H. Quincy, 5:109–5:110
sought by B. J. Campbell, 9:564–9:565, 9:602n
of H. G. Spafford, 1:106n, 7:274–7:275, 8:209, 8:209n, 8:271, 8:271n, 8:273, 8:274n, 8:350, 9:340n
of J. Staples, 5:93n
of A. Stewart, 9:593n
TJ on patent agents, 7:552–7:553, 7:568, 9:601
TJ on patent rights, 7:128–7:129, 7:131–7:133, 7:606–7:607, 8:160, 8:367, 8:534–8:535, 8:605
of F. Tudor, 5:492n
of C. Whitlow, 4:427, 4:427–4:428n, 4:667, 5:22
of P. Williamson, 8:97–8:98, 8:98n
of M. Withers, 8:534–8:535, 8:536n

Paterculus, Velleius

quoted, 8:276, 8:277n

Pathkiller (Cherokee Indian), 7:161

Patriotic Bank of Washington

articles of association, 8:475

patronage

circular to office seekers, 1:30–1:31, 2:143n, 6:648
letters of application and recommendation from TJ, 1:77–1:78, 1:626–1:627, 2:179, 2:363–2:364, 2:416–2:417, 3:303, 4:164, 4:171–4:172, 4:186–4:187, 4:376, 4:458, 4:476–4:477, 4:482, 4:482–4:483, 4:516, 4:564–4:565, 5:9, 5:10–5:11, 5:11, 5:109, 5:299–5:300, 5:311, 5:313, 5:327, 5:359, 5:373, 5:373–5:374, 5:408–5:409, 5:417–5:418, 5:430–5:431, 5:435–5:436, 5:449, 5:495, 5:502, 5:586, 5:591, 5:645–5:646, 6:46, 6:63, 6:64, 6:211, 6:211, 6:288–6:289, 6:292, 6:396, 6:398, 6:399, 6:412, 7:203–7:204, 7:204, 7:240–7:241, 7:244, 7:364, 7:365, 7:366, 7:368–7:369, 7:370, 8:32, 8:124, 8:125n, 8:126–8:127, 8:128–8:129, 8:205–8:206, 8:244, 8:313–8:315, 8:537, 8:599–8:600, 8:600n, 8:606–8:607, 8:616, 8:616, 8:655–8:656, 9:412–9:413, 9:419, 9:446, 9:511, 9:521–9:522, 9:627–9:628
letters of application and recommendation to TJ, 1:14–1:15, 1:91–1:92, 1:167–1:168, 1:404–1:406, 1:464–1:465, 2:142–2:143, 2:211–2:212, 2:319–2:321, 2:383–2:384, 2:391, 2:423–2:424, 2:458–2:460, 2:500–2:501, 3:60–3:61, 3:249–3:250, 3:276, 3:345–3:346, 3:372–3:373, 3:523–3:524, 3:532–3:533, 3:645–3:647, 3:647, 3:649, 3:650, 3:651, 4:91–4:92, 4:274–4:275, 4:372, 4:468, 4:508n, 4:545–4:546, 4:623–4:624, 4:648, 5:36–5:38, 5:42–5:43, 5:70–5:71, 5:177–5:178, 5:286, 5:297, 5:300–5:301, 5:328, 5:398–5:399, 5:408, 5:456–5:457, 5:483–5:484, 6:27, 6:28–6:29, 6:29–6:30, 6:40–6:41, 6:42, 6:74, 6:113, 6:126–6:127, 6:170–6:171, 6:229, 6:268, 6:365, 6:503, 6:525, 6:546–6:547, 7:45–7:46, 7:48–7:49, 7:162–7:163, 7:165–7:166, 7:204–7:205, 7:213–7:214, 7:215, 7:229–7:230, 7:231–7:232, 7:232, 7:273–7:276, 7:280–7:281, 7:313–7:314, 7:365, 7:366n, 7:383, 7:566–7:567, 7:656–7:657, 7:668–7:669, 7:700–7:701, 8:9–8:10, 8:24–8:25, 8:32, 8:65–8:66, 8:124, 8:129, 8:161–8:162, 8:198–8:199, 8:205–8:206, 8:249–8:251, 8:597, 8:598, 8:601–8:602, 8:616, 8:639, 9:102, 9:126–9:128, 9:183–9:184, 9:194, 9:220–9:221, 9:235–9:237, 9:337–9:339, 9:408, 9:653–9:654
literary, 1:321–1:322
misuse of, 2:224, 2:236, 2:385
TJ on, 6:50, 6:161–6:162, 6:211

Patsy (TJ’s slave; b. 1810). See Fossett, Patsy (TJ’s slave; b. 1810)

Patsy (TJ’s slave; b. 1815). See Hern, Patsy (TJ’s slave; b. 1815)

Patterson, Capt., 2:453

Patterson, Mr.

acquaintance of Nicholas, 1:276, 2:495
and appointment of principal assessor, 6:443
and J. H. Cocke’s horse, 7:300, 7:301
and gypsum, 8:600

Patterson, Dorcas Spear, 3:526

Patterson, Edward, 3:534, 3:537n

Patterson, Elizabeth. See Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson

Patterson, John

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

Patterson, Robert

and altitude calculations, 9:187
and American Philosophical Society, 1:152n, 1:482, 1:571–1:572, 3:41–3:42, 5:311, 6:59–6:60, 6:60n, 6:83, 6:516n, 7:437n, 7:446, 7:486, 8:101–8:102, 8:193, 8:194n
and artificial horizon, 3:448, 3:479–3:480, 5:92, 9:76–9:77, 9:77n, 9:125–9:126, 9:205–9:206, 9:275
and astronomical case clock, 4:xlv, 4:149, 4:167, 4:229–4:230, 5:471, 5:507, 5:558, 6:31, 6:59, 6:61, 6:82, 6:83, 6:117, 6:468n, 8:687, 9:76, 9:125–9:126, 9:126, 9:204, 9:273, 9:275, 9:359
and books for TJ, 5:442, 9:194, 9:340
director of U.S. Mint, 1:330, 9:221
and Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 3:589n
friendship with TJ, 1:201
and F. R. Hassler’s claim, 9:220–9:221, 9:273, 9:275
health of, 9:204
A. von Humboldt sends greetings to, 1:453n
identified, 1:193–1:194n
and instruction of M. Lewis, 6:424n, 9:705
and W. Lambert’s astronomical calculations, 4:637n, 5:311
letters from, 1:193–1:194, 1:330–1:331, 3:41–3:42, 3:447–3:448, 4:167, 4:230–4:231, 4:409–4:411, 5:471–5:473, 5:558–5:559, 6:31, 6:82–6:83, 8:687, 9:125–9:126, 9:194, 9:204–9:207, 9:220–9:221
letters to, 1:482, 1:571–1:572, 3:431–3:432, 3:479–3:480, 4:147–4:149, 4:222–4:229, 4:229–4:230, 5:92–5:93, 5:311, 5:506–5:508, 6:59–6:60, 7:446, 7:486, 8:101–8:102, 9:76–9:77, 9:275
letters to accounted for, 1:201n, 2:68n, 2:404n
mentioned, 5:101n
and Nautical Almanac, 3:431–3:432, 3:447, 3:479, 8:144
and naval position for F. B. Taggart, 5:502, 5:503
and perpetual-motion machine, 5:xlix–5:l, 5:471–5:473, 5:506–5:507, 5:558–5:559, 5:559n
recommends son to TJ, 1:193
reputation in Paris, 2:48
and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:147–4:149, 4:167, 4:167n, 4:222–4:229, 4:409–4:411
and watchmaker for Charlottesville, 6:83, 6:118

Patterson, Robert Maskell

family of, 1:194n
identified, 7:113–7:114n
introduced into Parisian society, 2:48, 2:49n, 2:162–2:163
letters from, 7:113–7:114, 8:122–8:123, 8:206–8:207
letters of introduction from TJ, 1:193, 1:201–1:202, 1:331
letters to, 7:142, 8:102–8:103, 8:246–8:247
and perpetual-motion machine, 5:558–5:559
professorship of, 8:446, 8:449n
as secretary of American Philosophical Society, 7:113, 7:142, 8:102, 8:122, 8:202, 8:206, 8:246–8:247
suggests standard of weight, 4:411
and translation of P. S. Du Pont de Nemours’s works, 4:327, 6:485, 9:617n, 9:617–9:618n, 9:618n, 9:619–9:620

Patterson, William, 3:526, 8:437

Patteson, Mr. R.

and R. Jefferson’s watch, 4:607

Patteson, Reuben B., 8:563

Patty (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Paul. See Julius Paulus (Roman jurist)

Paul, Saint, 6:541, 7:195, 7:575, 7:582–7:583, 7:590n, 8:190

Paulding, James Kirke

The Diverting History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan, 5:397, 5:397n, 6:110, 6:264, 6:644, 6:645n

Paulding, John

medal commemorating Revolutionary War service of, 9:91, 9:92n

Paulinia aurea. See goldenrain tree

Pauly, Lewis Abraham

identified, 5:99–5:100n
letters from, 5:116–5:119, 5:228, 5:378
letters to, 5:99–5:100, 5:216–5:218, 5:351
and P. Piernet’s will, 3:466–3:467, 3:467, 4:68, 4:68n, 4:70, 4:81, 4:89, 4:166, 4:517, 5:99, 5:116–5:119, 5:216, 5:216, 5:228, 5:332, 5:351, 5:378

Pauw, Cornelius de

Recherches philosophiques sur les américains, 1:521, 1:521n

Pavia, University of, 2:565

Pawnee corn. See Pani (Pawnee) corn

Pawnee Indians, 1:521, 1:556

Pawtucket, R.I.

cotton factories in, 2:99

Paxton, Charles

correspondence of published, 6:258

Payerne, Francis, 1:222

Payne, Mary, 3:533n

Payne, Tarlton

witnesses H. Marks’s will, 4:510

Pazienza, Giuseppe Maria

auditor in Pisa, 9:645n

peace advocacy

and N. Worcester, 9:104, 9:410–9:411

peaches

black, 1:483
drying of, 8:697
lemon cling, 9:545
planted at Monticello, 3:455
at Poplar Forest, 8:697
trees, 1:93, 2:107, 2:294n, 2:294, 2:313, 4:34, 4:141, 4:532, 8:71, 9:542

Peachy, John Blair

and M. B. Andrews’s will, 9:94n

Peachy, Thomas Griffin

and M. B. Andrews’s will, 9:94n

Peacock, David

plows of, 4:219, 4:219–4:220n, 4:221, 4:487, 4:526, 8:57–8:58, 8:185

Peake, Thomas

A Compendium of the Law of Evidence, 2:676, 2:677n

Peaks of Otter, Va., 3:355

altitude of, 8:696, 9:xliii, 9:18, 9:18, 9:27, 9:71, 9:72, 9:131, 9:144, 9:145, 9:148, 9:153, 9:154–9:156, 9:156–9:172, 9:173, 9:183, 9:187, 9:315–9:316
botanical study of, 9:27
latitude of, 9:18, 9:36, 9:36, 9:36–9:37n, 9:173
property near, 9:147
TJ’s Summary Comments on, 9:173–9:174
TJ visits, 8:696, 9:xliii, 9:18, 9:33, 9:33n, 9:122, 9:131, 9:144, 9:145, 9:153, 9:183, 9:313
used in surveying, 9:687–9:688

Peale, Benjamin Franklin

advises C. W. Peale, 8:464
and machine construction, 7:81, 7:86n, 8:460–8:461, 8:464
marriage of, 8:461

Peale, Charles Linnaeus

and machine construction, 8:460

Peale, Charles Willson

on aging, 8:465
and agricultural fences, 7:80–7:81, 8:81, 9:282
as artist, 4:141, 8:463, 9:281–9:282, 9:386, 9:599
digs well, 8:80
depicts specimens from Lewis and Clark Expedition, 9:605, 9:605n, 9:704–9:705, 9:707n
and drill, 9:280–9:281
on dueling, 8:464–8:465
An Essay to promote Domestic Happiness, 4:531–4:532, 6:68–6:69, 6:70n
and expenses for T. J. Randolph, 1:41, 1:45, 1:70–1:71, 1:307–1:309, 1:455, 1:458, 1:467
family of, 8:460–8:461, 8:462
and farming, 4:136–4:142, 4:179–4:181, 4:531, 4:532, 5:324–5:325, 8:81, 8:457–8:460, 8:462, 8:547–8:549
and gardening, 4:93, 4:139, 4:180, 4:531, 5:323–5:324, 8:82, 8:462
greenhouse of, 8:457
health of, 4:139–4:140, 8:81
and A. von Humboldt, 1:25n, 1:453n
identified, 1:45–1:46n
on importance of exercise, 8:82
and improved saw, 7:84–7:85
and improved windmill pump, 8:80–8:81
invents fruit-picker, 8:548–8:549
invents polygraph, 2:xlii, 5:207
letters from, 1:70–1:71, 1:103–1:104, 1:307–1:310, 4:136–4:142, 4:179–4:182, 4:531–4:532, 5:323–5:325, 7:79–7:86, 8:80–8:83, 8:457–8:466, 8:545–8:549, 9:280–9:282
letters to, 1:45–1:46, 1:187, 1:458, 4:93–4:94, 6:68–6:70, 8:366–8:369, 8:534–8:536
lodges T. J. Randolph, 1:101n, 1:104
makes dentures, 8:462
and mastodon, 1:101n, 1:103–1:104, 1:187, 2:507
and milling machines, 7:82–7:84, 8:535
on modesty of Indians, 4:181
and paintings owned by TJ, 7:341
on patents, 8:546, 8:547
and Philadelphia Museum, 3:472n, 4:137–4:138, 4:181, 4:182n, 5:323, 5:324, 6:291, 7:152, 8:81, 8:461–8:462, 8:465n, 8:534, 8:545
and plows, 4:137, 4:181, 8:458, 8:534, 9:599
polygraph of, 4:182, 8:535
portrait of T. J. Randolph, 1:xlviii–1:xlix, 1:45, 1:46n, 1:380 (illus.)
reflects on his life, 8:459, 8:462–8:463
and textile manufacture, 8:545–8:546, 8:547, 8:547–8:548
TJ advises on agriculture, 6:69–6:70, 7:79–7:80, 8:535
TJ on machines of, 8:367–8:369, 8:535
on underground springs, 8:457
on windmill sails, 8:458, 8:546–8:547

Peale, Eliza Greatrake (Benjamin Franklin Peale’s wife), 8:461

Peale, Hannah Moore (Charles Willson Peale’s wife)

T. J. Randolph on, 1:458
sends greetings to M. J. Randolph, 1:71

Peale, James

copies Titian painting, 4:181

Peale, Rembrandt

as artist, 4:141, 4:181, 9:281, 9:386
Baltimore museum of, 6:291, 6:291–6:292n, 6:374, 8:462
forwards minerals to TJ, 3:66n, 6:291, 6:373, 7:261, 7:262
identified, 4:357n
letters from, 6:291–6:292
letters to, 6:373–6:374
and paintings owned by TJ, 7:341
portrait of P. S. Du Pont de Nemours, 2:xli, 2:380 (illus.)
portrait of TJ, 3:625n, 6:125, 6:148, 6:149n, 7:429
portraits of Europeans, 1:71, 1:71n, 1:104, 1:187, 1:309, 3:624–3:625
and Society of Artists of the United States, 4:356, 4:400

Peale, Rubens

and gardening, 5:323
and pendulums, 7:85
and Philadelphia Museum, 4:137–4:138, 4:181, 4:531, 5:323, 8:461

Peale, Titian Ramsay

and machine construction, 7:81, 7:86n, 8:460

Pearney, John. See Pernier (Purney), John

pears, 3:190, 3:448, 4:561, 4:562

Pearson, Eliphalet

and Andover Theological Seminary, 9:255, 9:379, 9:382
mentioned, 9:381, 9:383
A Sermon delivered in Boston before The American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry. Oct. 26, 1815, 9:255, 9:255, 9:257n, 9:379, 9:382

Pearson, George

A Translation of the Table of Chemical Nomenclature, 8:429, 8:430n

Pearson, Joseph

duel with J. G. Jackson, 2:53–2:54n, 3:533n

peas

as crop, 1:157, 3:348, 3:351n, 3:501–3:502, 6:110, 6:514, 8:305, 8:305, 8:454, 8:516
dinner of, 7:356, 8:454, 8:516
grown at Poplar Forest, 4:379, 4:379, 6:486, 7:71, 8:69, 8:71, 8:516, 8:611, 8:611
Mazzei, 7:288
Ravensworth, 6:86, 6:86n, 6:109, 6:139, 6:140n
TJ sends seeds, 5:658, 6:45

Pease, Horace

plows of, 4:219, 4:220n

Pease, Seth

identified, 1:216n
and W. Lambert’s calculations, 4:254, 4:262, 5:245–5:251
letters to, 1:216
postal official, 7:206, 7:236, 7:239, 9:508
surveyor of federal lands, 9:474
TJ appoints as surveyor, 7:206, 7:236
TJ recommends I. Lewis to, 1:181, 1:215, 1:216

pecans

planted at Monticello, 3:455
TJ orders via New Orleans, 1:80, 1:81n, 1:211n
TJ sends seeds, 2:103, 2:294n
TJ to plant, 1:631, 1:657

Pechin, William

payment to, 1:41
publishes Notes on the State of Virginia, 2:173, 2:174n, 2:215–2:216

Peddock, Leonard, 5:595

Pedesclaux, Pierre, 3:237n, 3:478n, 3:485, 3:496–3:497, 5:85n

Pedro Alcántara de Toledo y Salm-Salm (Duke of Infantado), 3:342–3:343, 3:343n

Peintures des Vases Antiques (ed. Maisonneuve), 1:452, 1:453n, 1:482

Peirce, Isaac

Philadelphia publisher, 8:210

Pekin (ship), 1:331

Pekins, Joseph. See Perkins, Joseph

Pelham, William

identified, 1:217n
letters from, 1:216–1:217
A System of Notation; Representing the Sounds of Alphabetical Characters, 1:216–1:217

Pell, Mr.

letter from, 8:659
visits Monticello, 8:659

Pell, Mrs.

visits Monticello, 8:659

Pellet, Thomas A.

on British destruction in Washington, 8:57
letter from, 8:57
and U.S. atrocities in Canada, 8:57

Pelletier. See Mansuy Pelletier, Charles V.

Pemberton, Mr.

recommended by C. Clay, 4:86n

Pemberton, Israel, 6:284

Pemberton, James, 2:158, 3:268, 3:269n

pen, metallic, 1:106

penal institutions, 1:383, 1:384n, 1:474n

Pendleton, Edmund (1721–1803)

biography of proposed, 8:619
as burgess, 8:644
family of, 1:200n
on importance of limited government, 4:116, 4:117n
as member of Continental Congress, 4:601, 8:644
and revision of Va. laws, 1:381–1:382, 3:570, 5:136, 7:549
and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:599, 8:642
TJ on, 5:136–5:137, 5:137n, 7:411, 7:411, 7:548
and Va. Committee of Correspondence, 9:369n

Pendleton, Edmund (1745–1827)

identified, 1:200n
letters from, 1:200
and B. Moore’s estate, 1:200, 1:339
and T. Nelson’s bonds, 3:426, 3:458

Pendleton, John L.

as Caroline Co. clerk, 8:397n

pendulum

as basis for system of weights and measures, 4:147–4:148, 4:149n, 4:223–4:225, 4:226, 4:227, 4:228, 4:409–4:410
in clocks, 4:229–4:230, 6:82–6:83, 9:126, 9:204–9:205
innovations of, 7:85, 8:367, 8:463

Penet, D’Acosta freres & Compagnie (Bordeaux firm)

drafts on, 4:578, 4:625, 4:626

Penguin Island (Australia), 5:202–5:203

The Penitential Tyrant (T. Branagan), 8:450, 8:451n

penmanship

books on, 1:37
TJ on, 2:335, 2:352

Penn, Gabriel

identified, 8:10n
letter from, 8:9–8:10
seeks naval appointment, 8:9–8:10

Penn, James (1794–1870)

clerk for A. Robertson, 8:510–8:511, 8:511, 8:511, 9:52
identified, 8:510–8:511n
letters from, 8:510–8:511, 8:511, 9:52
letter to, 8:511

Penn, James (of New London, Va.)

and son’s candidacy for naval appointment, 8:9

Penn, John, 2:221, 2:223n

Penn, Thomas, 2:223n, 9:348, 9:348n

Penn, William

religious beliefs of, 6:508, 8:189
territory of surveyed, 9:689

Pennington, Edward

and M. Lewis’s journals, 9:467, 9:605, 9:605n

Pennington, William

as governor of N.J., 8:444n

Pennsylvania. See also Bank of Pennsylvania

Academy of the Fine Arts, 3:66n
banks, local, 2:135, 2:181, 6:650
canals in, 4:160, 4:160–4:161n, 4:175, 4:315–4:316
elections in, 5:370n, 5:396–5:397
Hospital, 3:277, 3:279n
improvements in, 9:66
legislative resolutions, 1:90–1:91
legislature of, 4:181, 4:182n, 5:468, 5:468–5:469n, 5:558, 5:559n, 6:650, 7:111, 7:112, 7:113n, 8:461
legislature of, purchases sheep, 1:18
mammoth bones found in, 2:507
maps of, 8:77n
marble from, 1:473
mills in, 8:460
moldboard of, 1:111, 1:252
Olmstead v. the Executrices of the late David Rittenhouse, 1:213–1:214
petition to legislature of, 6:650
Pittsburgh Commonwealth, 4:372, 4:373n
Pittsburgh Republicans address TJ, 1:90, 1:91n
politics in, 3:563, 3:564n, 3:584, 3:595
Provincials in French and Indian War, 1:290
Quakers of, 2:124–2:125, 2:125n
Republicans in, TJ comments on, 1:236–1:237
sheep in, 1:18, 1:69n
and S. Snyder, 3:563, 3:564n, 3:601
statute taxing dogs, 1:17, 1:68–1:69, 4:161, 4:161n
supreme court of, 2:376, 2:377n
textile manufactories in, 8:547
Washington Co. Republicans, 1:4–1:6, 1:99–1:100
wheat harvest in, 2:496
Whiskey Rebellion in, 2:385, 2:387n, 2:617

Pennsylvania, University of, 7:607–7:608, 7:608n, 8:318, 8:319, 8:321, 8:321, 8:323, 8:324, 8:327, 8:445–8:447, 8:449n, 8:564, 8:564n, 8:565n

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia), 3:66n, 4:182, 5:166–5:167, 6:291, 7:262, 7:401, 7:443–7:444

Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia newspaper), 8:621, 8:622n

Pennsylvania Hospital, 3:277, 3:279n, 9:605, 9:605n

Pennsylvania Land Office, 5:101n

Pennsylvania Magazine; or, American Monthly Museum, 4:152, 4:153n

Pensacola, W. Fla., 3:281–3:282

Pentland, Ephraim

editor of Pittsburgh Commonwealth, 4:372, 4:373n

pepper

bird, 5:364–5:365, 6:xliii, 6:66–6:67, 6:67, 6:81, 6:127–6:128, 6:187–6:188, 6:195–6:196, 6:252, 6:292, 6:377, 6:386 (illus.), 6:615, 7:326, 7:567, 7:568n
black, 1:31, 1:45, 1:368, 2:109, 4:211, 4:211, 6:345, 6:348
cayenne, 4:102, 6:377–6:378, 6:378n
tabasco, 6:252, 6:252n

perambulator, 9:280, 9:282n

Peray. See Piré, Hippolyte Marie Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, comte de

Perceval, Spencer

assassination of, 5:68, 5:69n, 5:156, 5:156n
“The Book!” or, The Proceedings and Correspondence upon the subject of the Inquiry into the Conduct of Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales (included in Book of Kings compiled by TJ. See also Book of Kings), 6:374, 6:374n, 6:413, 7:34, 7:36n, 7:270, 7:410, 7:410n, 7:500, 8:33, 8:240
British chancellor of the exchequer, 1:285n
British prime minister, 1:658, 1:659n, 3:437, 4:271, 4:272, 4:586, 4:587, 5:293, 5:296, 7:40–7:41, 7:44n
parliamentary comments of, 4:539

perch, 5:604–5:605

Percivall, Joseph, 1:66

Percy, Mr.

and batture, 3:491

Percy, Fernando, 5:85n, 6:436

Perdido River, 3:177, 3:264, 3:326, 3:344n

Périon, Joachim

Conciones et Orationes ex Historicis Latinis Excerptæ, 7:458, 7:458n

Perkins, Benjamin

store of, 8:79

Perkins, Elisha

medical invention of, 4:102, 4:104n

Perkins, Hardin

as executor of R. Jefferson’s will, 8:661–8:662, 9:32
identified, 8:661n
letter to, 8:661–8:662

Perkins, Joseph

militia service of, 7:161

Perkins, Samuel, 5:66

Perkins, Samuel G., 8:370, 8:371n

Pernety, Antoine Joseph, trans.

Cours de Mathématique (Wolff), 7:250, 7:253n

Pernier (Purney), John

account with M. Lewis, 2:34, 2:208–2:209, 2:364, 2:672, 2:673n, 3:49, 3:110
identified, 2:209n
letters from, 2:208–2:209
and M. Lewis’s death, 1:602, 1:603, 1:606, 1:607, 1:608n, 2:192, 2:209n
travel expenses paid, 2:34, 2:35n, 2:209n

Péron, François

biography of, 7:50
Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes, 5:463, 5:464n

perpetual-motion machines

I. Lukens’s model of, 5:358 (illus.), 5:558–5:559, 5:559n
and R. Patterson, 5:471–5:473, 5:558–5:559
of C. Redheffer, 5:xlix–5:l, 5:358 (illus.), 5:471–5:473, 5:473n, 5:474, 5:506–5:507, 5:558, 5:559n
TJ on, 5:506–5:507

Perrault, Claude

as translator of Vitruvius, 6:381

Perregaux, Laffitte & Company

and TJ’s lines of credit in France, 8:377, 8:571, 8:579, 8:586–8:587, 8:589, 8:627, 8:632, 8:633n, 8:670, 8:673, 9:152, 9:153n, 9:186, 9:209, 9:353, 9:492–9:493, 9:561n

Perrin, John

A Grammar of the French Tongue, 5:557

perry

Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry (Knight), 1:582, 2:83

Perry, Jesse

identified, 2:168n
letters to, 2:167–2:168
paid for work, 7:45, 7:45n
TJ seeks to hire, 2:167–2:168

Perry, John M.

agreement with TJ, 2:169, 4:420–4:421, 4:465, 4:498, 4:509
family of, 2:168n
identified, 1:192–1:193n
letters from accounted for, 1:193n, 4:510n
letters to, 1:192–1:193, 2:168–2:169, 4:498
petition to General Assembly, 5:378–5:380
and plank for TJ, 1:192, 2:168–2:169
TJ pays, 6:554n, 7:291n
TJ’s carpenter, 3:412, 5:92n

Perry, Oliver Hazard

American naval commander, 6:370, 6:645, 7:643
wins battle on Lake Erie, 6:524, 6:524n, 6:531, 6:546n, 7:11, 7:14, 7:56, 7:57n, 7:88, 7:89n, 7:530, 8:259, 8:263

Perry, Reuben

account with, 4:280, 6:162, 6:257, 7:44–7:45, 7:45n, 7:514, 8:63, 8:63n, 8:63
and court summons, 5:381
family of, 2:168n
identified, 2:89n
letters from, 2:89, 3:513
letters from accounted for, 6:163n
letters to, 3:612–3:613, 4:620, 5:311, 5:338, 5:343, 5:485, 5:505, 7:514–7:515, 8:63
letters to accounted for, 2:89n, 6:163n
and plastering at Poplar Forest, 5:311, 5:343, 5:403, 5:545
purchases slave from TJ, 3:411–3:413, 3:513, 3:612–3:613, 3:613n, 4:620, 5:34
TJ’s carpenter, 2:89, 2:149, 3:412, 5:338, 5:485, 5:485, 5:488, 5:505, 6:107, 6:162, 6:257, 7:514
witnesses land conveyance, 3:369, 3:374

Perry, Sion (Syon)

militia service of, 7:161

Perseverance (steamboat), 4:199

Persian language

writings in, 8:6

persimmon trees, 7:52

Persius Flaccus, Aulus, 7:661

D. Junii Juvenalis et auli Persii Flacci Satyræ (Juvenal; Persius; ed. C. Schrevel), 9:455

Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik

and botanical classification, 7:210
Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum, 1:437n, 3:167, 3:181, 3:596, 4:146, 7:626, 8:284, 8:285n, 8:319, 8:422

Peruvian bark. See cinchona (Peruvian bark)

Pesciolini, Ranieri

and P. Mazzei’s will, 9:675

Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 3:39–3:40, 3:88

work by loaned to TJ, 8:429

Peter (J. Chamberlain’s slave), 4:15

Peter (J. B. Couch’s slave)

and lost trunk, 1:346, 1:347, 1:348

Peter (F. Smith’s slave), 6:378

Peter (TJ’s slave; b. 1770). See Hemmings, Peter (TJ’s slave; b. 1770)

Peter (TJ’s slave; b. 1815). See Fossett, Peter (TJ’s slave; b. 1815)

Peter I, king of Portugal

crowns I. de Castro, 9:326, 9:328n

Peter II, king of Aragon

and Albigensian heresy, 7:66

Peter, George, 3:324

Peter, Saint

painting of, 8:238

“Peter Porcupine.” See Cobbett, William

Peters, Richard

agricultural pursuits of, 9:598
on breeding sheep, 1:477, 2:380
A Discourse on Agriculture, 9:538, 9:540n, 9:600
and J. Hall’s agricultural improvements, 8:42
health of, 9:539, 9:598–9:599
identified, 9:539–9:540n
letters from, 9:598–9:601
letters to, 9:538–9:540
on plows, 9:599–9:600
"On Sheep-killing Dogs," 4:161, 4:161n
as president of Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1:133, 1:134n, 5:413, 9:600

Petersburg, Va.

banks in, 8:19
markets in, 3:102, 3:104
paper produced in, 1:489
schools in, 6:269, 6:332, 6:334–6:335, 7:89
unhealthy environment of, 8:609
and War of 1812, 7:670, 7:697–7:698

Peter’s Mountain (Southwest Mountains)

altitude of, 9:316
surveying of, 9:687
TJ hunts on, 4:671

Peter the Hermit

J. Adams on, 5:12, 5:13n

Petit’s Gap, Va.

on route to Natural Bridge, 8:697, 8:697n, 9:27, 9:35

Petty, Sir William

economic theory of, 6:593

Peuchet, Jacques

Statistique élémentaire de la France, 4:325–4:326, 4:326n, 5:436, 7:90

La Peyrouse (Kotzebue), 4:269, 4:274n

Peyton, Bernard. See also Green & Peyton (Richmond firm)

and bottles for TJ, 8:12, 9:371, 9:371, 9:418
and gypsum for TJ, 9:542, 9:581–9:582, 9:582, 9:602–9:603, 9:603
identified, 6:51–6:52n
introduced by I. A. Coles, 6:51, 6:52n
letters from, 9:418–9:419, 9:581–9:582, 9:602–9:603
letters to, 7:356, 9:371–9:372, 9:542–9:543
merchant, 9:370–9:371, 9:371–9:372, 9:418, 9:541, 9:542, 9:581–9:582, 9:602–9:603
TJ invites to dine, 7:356

Peyton, Craven

account with TJ, 1:470, 5:346, 5:420n, 5:421, 5:422–5:424, 5:426–5:428, 6:372, 6:544
and clover seed, 4:548, 4:557
and conveyance from C. L. Lewis, 7:535
conveys Henderson lands to TJ, 1:415n, 1:439–1:441, 1:453–1:454, 1:459–1:463, 6:198
corn contract with TJ, 5:419, 5:425, 6:553, 7:225, 7:231, 9:152n
declaration concerning Henderson lands by TJ, 1:463
deed to from J. Henderson, 7:352, 7:352–7:353
Deposition in Jefferson v. Michie, 7:672–7:675
and R. Grady, 3:625
grinds wheat, 1:109
and handles for TJ’s carriage, 7:360
and Henderson case, 1:415–1:416, 1:453–1:454, 3:594–3:595, 3:617–3:618, 4:401–4:402, 5:138–5:140, 5:147, 5:149–5:150, 5:157, 5:158–5:159, 5:193–5:196, 5:198n, 5:224, 5:275n, 5:364, 5:419–5:420, 5:651, 5:651n, 6:50–6:51, 6:78, 6:78, 6:79, 6:153, 6:196, 6:197, 6:197, 6:198, 6:198, 6:200, 6:201n, 6:201n, 6:201n, 6:315, 6:315, 6:316, 6:367, 6:472–6:473, 6:475, 6:475, 6:572, 6:573, 6:609–6:610, 6:611n, 7:117, 7:117, 7:118, 7:118n, 7:118–7:119, 7:351–7:352, 7:352–7:353, 7:677, 8:692–8:693, 8:693n
identified, 1:415n
Jefferson v. Michie, 5:149–5:150, 5:157, 5:158–5:159, 6:199, 6:199, 6:200, 6:200, 6:477, 6:477, 6:478, 6:478, 6:479, 6:480, 6:480, 6:481–6:482n, 7:597, 7:634–7:635, 7:672–7:674, 9:52–9:53
and lawsuit against I. R. Jefferson, 8:258, 8:258n
and lease of TJ’s land, 2:132, 2:133n
letter from to A. L. Duncan, 2:119
letters from, 1:415–1:416, 1:454
letters from accounted for, 2:133n, 3:243n, 4:641n, 5:346n, 6:367n, 6:372n, 7:118n, 7:352n, 7:535n, 7:675n, 9:483–9:484n
letters to, 1:439–1:441, 1:453–1:454, 1:470, 2:132–2:133, 3:242–3:243, 3:617–3:618, 5:346, 5:351, 5:419–5:420, 6:50–6:51, 6:367, 6:372, 7:351–7:352, 7:360, 7:535, 7:634–7:635
letters to accounted for, 5:346n, 5:420n
letter to from B. H. Henderson, 3:594–3:595
and Lewis family, 3:90, 3:91, 3:93n, 3:242–3:243
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
and J. Peyton’s estate, 2:117, 2:119, 2:255, 2:383, 2:482, 3:59–3:60, 3:186, 3:480, 3:481, 3:648, 4:640–4:641, 4:641–4:642, 5:350, 5:351, 5:409
and proposed duel with D. Michie, 5:150, 5:158–5:159, 6:479
and T. E. Randolph, 1:470, 3:334, 3:522
settles account for TJ, 9:482, 9:483
and shoemaker for TJ, 2:132, 2:132
TJ makes payment for, 7:708, 8:652n

Peyton, Harrison, 1:462, 2:119

Peyton, Jane Jefferson Lewis (Craven Peyton’s wife)

conveys Henderson lands to TJ, 1:441, 1:459–1:463
family of, 1:415n
identified, 1:463n

Peyton, John

estate of, 2:117, 2:118, 2:119, 2:254, 2:255, 2:383, 2:482, 2:495, 3:59–3:60, 3:149, 3:186, 3:480, 3:481, 3:648–3:649, 4:48, 4:640–4:641, 4:641–4:642, 5:314, 5:351, 5:383
identified, 2:118–2:119n
Milton postmaster, 1:506n
receipt for effects of, 2:118–2:119
shoemaker employed by, 2:132, 2:132, 2:133n

Peyton, Robert

identified, 2:119n
letter from to A. L. Duncan, 2:119
and J. Peyton’s estate, 2:117, 2:118, 2:119, 2:254, 2:255, 2:383, 2:482, 2:495, 3:59–3:60, 3:149, 3:186, 3:480, 3:481, 4:640, 4:641n, 4:641–4:642, 5:314, 5:383

Peyton v. Henderson

court costs in, 6:338n
and H. Dance, 5:224
decision in, 4:401–4:402, 5:149, 6:473, 6:477, 6:477–6:478, 6:480, 6:572
depositions in, 6:200, 6:479, 6:480, 6:572, 6:609, 7:117, 7:672–7:675, 7:676–7:678, 8:692–8:693, 8:693n
and J. Henderson, 5:138–5:141, 5:224, 5:260–5:261, 6:153, 6:197, 6:472–6:473, 6:475
C. Peyton on, 5:261
TJ on C. Peyton’s role in, 6:572

phaetons

of E. Randolph, 4:231–4:232n
taxes on, 7:xlv

Pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1:35

pharmacy

study of, 7:639, 7:639, 7:639, 7:640

Pharsalia (Lucan), 4:503, 4:506n

Philadelphia

Aurora, 4:56, 4:174, 4:174n, 6:83, 6:83n, 6:510, 7:282, 7:527, 7:554, 7:564–7:565, 8:435, 8:436n, 8:468, 8:469n
banks, 1:458, 2:117, 6:649
J. Barnes describes visit to, 7:470–7:471
Birch & Small (publishers), 1:18, 1:19n, 1:172n
commerce at, 4:26
construction costs in, 8:86
Democratic Press, 8:5
directory, 6:220, 6:280, 7:286, 7:293n, 9:130
dogs taxed in, 1:68–1:69n
and domestic manufactures, 1:170–1:172, 8:284–8:285
and drinking water, 4:161n
Francis’s Hotel, 4:537
French merchants in, 8:430
gardens in, 8:615, 8:640
Gazette of the United States, 2:92, 2:93n
and Genet riots, 6:254
Hope’s Philadelphia Price-Current and Commercial Record, 8:307, 8:629, 8:632n
houses designed in, 4:63–4:64
lawyers, 2:432
Linnean Society of, 1:663, 2:70
merchants in, 8:19, 8:430
Museum, 1:45, 1:46n, 1:104n, 1:187, 3:472n, 4:137–4:138, 4:181, 4:182n, 4:531, 4:532, 5:323, 5:324, 6:291, 6:291n, 7:152, 8:81, 8:461–8:462, 8:465n, 8:534, 8:545
National Gazette, 1:113n
newspapers in, 5:133, 5:133n, 6:83, 6:83n, 6:510, 6:599, 6:599n, 8:469, 8:621, 8:622n
The Picture of Philadelphia (Mease), 3:51n
Political and Commercial Register, 2:284, 2:285n
Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, 3:95n, 3:577, 3:578n, 7:36, 7:37n, 7:104, 7:104, 7:105n, 9:709n
price of flour at, 3:518, 6:561
printers in, 3:189, 3:329–3:330, 3:449, 8:210
proposed relocation of U.S. capital to, 8:104, 8:104n
Relf’s Philadelphia Gazette, 7:299, 7:299n, 7:311, 8:532, 8:533n
reservoir and pumping station in, 8:81, 8:82n
scarlet fever outbreak in, 6:74
science popular in, 2:375
and Society of Artists of the United States, 2:437, 3:624–3:625, 4:355–4:358, 4:398–4:400, 4:407, 4:459–4:460
and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:228
statehouse in, 8:461
steam engines in, 8:81, 8:82n
Universal Gazette, 1:30n, 1:30n
Walnut Street prison, 1:383, 1:384n
water committee of, 8:81, 8:82n
wool analyzed at, 2:39, 2:39n, 2:252, 2:492
yellow fever epidemic (1793), 1:185n, 6:254

Philadelphia (ship), 1:33n

Philadelphia, USS (frigate), 6:206, 6:207n

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture

and L. P. G. de Lormerie, 1:133, 5:550
members of, 5:435n, 8:42, 8:43n
Memoirs, 1:477, 1:479–1:480n, 2:220, 2:223n, 3:33, 4:161, 4:161n, 5:413, 5:416n, 5:432, 7:381, 7:382n, 7:492, 9:539n
R. Peters addresses, 9:600

Philip (TJ’s slave; b. 1796)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388
sells TJ a mink skin, 7:302n
travels to Poplar Forest, 7:71

Philip II, king of Macedon, 8:265

Philip II, king of Spain

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

Philip V, king of Spain

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

Philip (Christian Evangelist), 7:589, 7:590n

Philip, Mr.

and Niagara Campaign, 5:540

Philippe II, duc d’Orléans

and paper currency, 6:586
regency of, 9:432, 9:434n

Philips, Josiah

bill of attainder against, 7:495, 7:496n, 7:548–7:549, 8:334–8:337, 8:337–8:338n, 8:483–8:484, 8:620, 8:620, 8:643–8:644

Philis (Chamberlain’s slave), 4:15

Phill. See Hubbard, Phill (TJ’s slave)

Phill (Phil) (TJ’s slave)

delivers message, 7:268

Phill (TJ’s slave; 1742–1810)

on Poplar Forest slave list, 8:61

Phill (Phil) (TJ’s slave; b. 1801)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 8:61, 8:255

Phill (Phil) (TJ’s slave; b. 1808)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:385, 4:385, 5:461, 6:308, 6:308, 8:62, 8:255

Phillip II, king of France

and 1550 edict, 3:175–3:176n

Phillips, William

British general, 6:510, 6:510n

Phillips, William (1750–1827)

Mass. lieutenant governor, 9:4, 9:4

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

Philo (Philo Judaeus), 5:183

philology

TJ on, 6:403–6:406
works on, 1:265, 1:267n, 1:652, 1:652n, 4:99

Philosophia Britannica (B. Martin), 7:626

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (I. Newton), 7:282, 7:286n, 7:292, 7:293n, 7:305, 7:324, 8:469

Philosophical Essays (J. Ogilvie), 8:352–8:353, 8:354n

The Philosophical Grammar; being a view of the Present State of Experimental Physiology, or Natural Philosophy (Martin), 1:581

The Philosophical Principles of the Science of Brewing (Richardson), 6:533, 6:597

The Philosophical Works of the late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke (Bolingbroke), 2:51

philosophy

of the philosophes, 8:551, 8:552, 8:562
study of, 1:502, 7:637, 7:638, 7:640, 7:641

Philpotts, Oakley

purchases TJ’s tobacco, 4:593
and unpaid tobacco bill, 5:138, 6:356, 8:128, 8:157, 8:180, 8:180n

Phoenix, Alexander

identified, 4:491–4:492n
letters from, 4:489–4:492
seeks TJ’s aid, 4:489–4:492

Phoenix Insurance Company (N.Y. firm), 4:423

Physick, Philip Syng

correspondence of, 9:22–9:23
lectures of, 1:307

physics

barometric calculation of altitude, 9:9–9:10, 9:10n, 9:11, 9:12n, 9:71–9:72, 9:187, 9:188–9:192, 9:193, 9:313–9:315, 9:316–9:317n
books on, 7:282, 7:292, 8:429, 8:429
study of, 7:480, 7:480, 7:638, 7:638, 7:639, 7:640, 7:641, 7:666, 7:686
TJ’s pamphlets on bound, 1:36, 1:38n, 8:629

physiology

study of, 7:663, 7:667, 7:667, 7:687, 8:668–8:669, 8:669n, 9:641n

piano, 9:xliv, 9:694, 9:696n

pickaxes, 2:546, 2:546, 2:547, 2:548

Pickering, Timothy

accused of conspiracy, 4:83, 4:628
and apples, 7:382n
criticized by J. Q. Adams, 4:435, 4:435n
criticized by B. Waterhouse, 5:641, 5:642n
as Federalist, 9:17
and foreign relations, 2:70, 2:387, 3:502
mentioned, 5:126, 6:254, 6:298n
opposes H. A. S. Dearborn’s nomination, 1:78, 1:280, 1:301–1:302
and plan for New England secession, 5:13
possesses TJ-Canby letters, 6:447n, 6:509n
as postmaster general, 7:273, 7:669
and Congress’s purchase of TJ’s library, 7:680
as secretary of state, 3:262n, 3:638, 6:194, 6:194, 6:195n, 9:575, 9:575, 9:578n
and R. Smith’s removal from cabinet, 3:568
on G. Washington’s cabinet selections, 6:259, 6:259n

pickles, 2:291

Pictet, Marc Auguste, 1:452

identified, 8:322–8:323n
letters to, 8:321–8:323, 9:419
proposed immigration to U.S. of, 8:326, 8:327n
TJ introduces B. S. Barton to, 8:321, 8:326
TJ introduces D. C. Terrell to, 9:419

The Picture of Philadelphia, giving an Account of its Origin (Mease), 3:51n, 4:186, 4:186n

Pieces Probantes, 2:439, 2:446n, 2:531, 2:532n, 2:658, 3:30, 3:233, 3:484, 3:484, 3:487n, 4:466

Pierce, John, 1:227, 1:228n

Pierce, John (waterman)

transports goods to Richmond, 9:547

Pierce, William Leigh

on earthquakes, 4:573

Piernet, Pierre (Peter)

estate of, 3:466–3:469, 3:472n, 3:651, 3:652–3:653, 4:42, 4:43n, 4:70, 4:81–4:82, 4:89, 4:166, 4:166n, 4:517, 5:99, 5:116–5:118, 5:216, 5:228, 5:332–5:333, 5:333–5:335

Pierre de Mages & Company

and wine for TJ, 9:323, 9:471–9:472

Piers Plowman. See The Vision of Pierce Plowman (W. Langland)

pies

mince, 7:78

pigs

Chinese, 4:109, 4:110n
killed by dogs, 4:170, 6:511
at Poplar Forest, 4:306, 4:373, 4:381–4:382
at Tufton, 4:414

Pike, Clarissa Brown (Zebulon M. Pike’s wife)

presents husband’s sidearms, 7:656

Pike, Nicolas

A New and Complete System of Arithmetic, 1:576, 4:244, 4:245n, 8:660

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery

An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, 3:309, 3:309n, 4:354n, 4:445, 4:457n, 6:374, 6:413, 7:31
and Humboldt’s map, 4:352–4:353, 7:31
mentioned, 3:149, 6:209, 6:525
and War of 1812, 6:526–6:528, 6:528, 7:32n, 7:531, 7:656, 8:263

Pilgrim (ship), 1:294

The Pilgrim’s Progress (J. Bunyan), 7:26

Pilkington, Matthew

dictionary of painters by, 7:563, 7:563

Pillnitz, Declaration of, 4:429, 4:430n, 7:298, 7:299–7:300n, 9:68, 9:69n, 9:345, 9:346, 9:376, 9:432, 9:484

Pilot (brig), 9:470, 9:470, 9:569

Pinckney, Charles

and domestic manufacturing, 4:343
and S. House, 1:475, 1:513
identified, 1:476n
letters from, 1:513–1:514, 4:342–4:343
letters to, 1:475–1:476, 4:472
and J. Madison, 1:513–1:514
and J. Monroe, 1:514
negotiates with Spain, 9:488n, 9:518, 9:658n
and report of S.C. legislature, 4:342, 4:343n, 4:472
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworthy, 5:127n

Pinckney, Frances Henrietta, 1:514, 1:514n

Pinckney, Jonathan

and death of G. Jefferson, 5:258, 5:289–5:290

Pinckney, Mary Eleanor, 1:514, 1:514n

Pinckney, Thomas, 1:39n

War of 1812 service of, 7:162n

Pindar (Greek poet)

in collegiate curriculum, 7:662
mentioned, 6:403
Pindari Carmina (ed. C. G. Heyne), 9:196, 9:197n
works of, 9:87

Pindar, Peter [John Wolcot]

“A Simile”, 1:538n

Pindari Carmina (Pindar; ed. C. G. Heyne), 9:196, 9:197n

Pinel, Philippe, 7:342n

pine planking, 1:192

pine trees, 1:478, 7:52, 8:194, 8:248

Pini, Andrea

and P. Mazzei’s will, 9:675

Pini, Antonio

and P. Mazzei’s will, 9:675

Pinkerton, John

A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages, 1:256n
Modern Atlas, 3:296
Modern Geography, 1:256, 1:256n, 1:576, 1:581, 7:626

Pinkney, William

dispatches mentioned, 2:410, 2:419n, 2:470, 2:471n, 2:480, 2:530
and Embargo Act, 2:69, 2:70n
forwards letter to TJ, 1:124, 3:116–3:117
identified, 1:414n
letters from, 2:350–2:351, 3:116–3:117, 5:180
letters to, 1:414, 2:533–2:534
letters to mentioned, 2:544
as minister plenipotentiary to Russia, 9:516–9:517, 9:517n
and J. Monroe, 1:414n
and Monroe-Pinkney Treaty, 1:169, 1:170n, 1:414n, 2:412n
and Orders in Council, 1:271
returns to U.S., 3:577
TJ recommends A. McRae and J. Clarke to, 1:414
on TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:180
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
as U.S. minister to Great Britain, 1:113, 1:118, 1:374, 1:409, 1:413, 1:423, 1:436–1:437n, 1:464, 1:518, 1:518n, 2:287, 2:325, 2:366, 2:418, 2:419n, 3:177, 3:245, 3:246n, 3:519, 3:519n, 3:568, 3:577, 3:600, 4:32, 4:234, 7:41, 7:41, 7:44n
visits Washington, 4:19

pinks, 3:353, 3:355n, 5:477, 5:477n, 5:553

Pintard, John

identified, 7:120n
letters from, 7:120n
letters to, 7:119–7:120
as recording secretary of New-York Historical Society, 7:119–7:120

Piombo, Sebastiano del. See Luciani, Sebastiano

pipes, tobacco, 8:109, 9:264

pippin. See Newtown pippin (Albemarle pippin)

Piré, Hippolyte Marie Guillaume de Rosnyvinen, comte de, 1:372

Pisa, Italy

TJ on, 8:326

Pisistratus

P. S. Du Pont de Nemours on, 4:329

Pitman, John

identified, 4:306n
letters from, 4:305–4:306
letters to, 4:395–4:396
A Long Talk, delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, on their anniversary, A.D. 1810: in Providence, 4:306n, 4:395–4:396
A Poem on the Social State and its Future Progress, 4:306n, 4:395–4:396
secretary of Republican meeting, 3:232n
sends pamphlets to TJ, 4:305–4:306, 4:395–4:396

Pitot, James, 2:243, 6:434–6:436, 6:437n

Pitt. See Chatham, John Pitt, 2d Earl of; Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl of

Pitt, William (the Younger)

education of, 7:660
mentioned, 6:141
TJ on, 1:507
TJ quotes, 5:303, 5:304n

Pittsburgh, Pa.

glass factory at, 6:468
Republicans of, address TJ, 1:90, 1:91n
and steamboats, 7:56–7:57, 8:591

Pius VII, pope

and Inquisition, 8:490, 8:491n
and Napoleon, 2:7, 2:9n, 2:242, 7:539, 8:490
pontificate of, 9:673
and restoration of Italian monarchy, 9:672, 9:673n
TJ on, 8:490
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:505

plague

study of, 9:207

A Plain, Elementary Explanation of the Nature and Cure of Disease (S. K. Jennings), 9:23, 9:25, 9:25–9:26n, 9:43

planes, 1:135, 1:136n, 9:223

plane table

for U.S. Coast Survey, 9:222

A Plan of New Orleans & its Environs (Boqueta de Wosieri), 3:499, 3:500n

“Plan of the City and Environs of New Orleans” (Lafon), 3:486, 3:488n

Plantage coronopus (Plantago coronopus). See buckhorn plantain

Plantagenet, HMS, 9:259

plantain

buckhorn, 5:550
treated as weed, 4:139
water, 1:57

The Planter’s and Mariner’s Medical Companion (J. Ewell), 8:472, 8:472n, 8:672, 8:673n

plant geography. See also botany

Essai sur la géographie des plantes (Humboldt), 1:265, 1:267n
forests, 1:131–1:134, 1:354, 3:33–3:34

plants. See also botany; seeds; specific plant names

books on, 1:582, 2:82, 2:83, 2:132n, 2:680, 2:681n, 3:167, 3:181, 3:320–3:321, 3:322n, 3:561–3:562, 7:458
bulbs, 4:497, 4:498n
catalogues of, 3:368, 3:368n
cultivated in France, 2:270
discovery of new, 4:426–4:428
eradication of weeds, 4:139, 4:142n, 4:180, 4:531
forest management, 3:33–3:34
inoculation, 3:644–3:645
medicinal properties of, 1:56–1:57, 1:84, 1:84n, 3:419, 3:604, 5:30, 9:185
Notes on Poplar Forest Plantings and Geography, 3:xlv–3:xlvi, 3:352–3:355, 3:358 (illus.)
requested from TJ, 8:21, 9:532
sensation in, 7:560, 7:560–7:561n
sent by TJ, 7:35, 9:533
sent by TJ to Poplar Forest, 9:562–9:563
sent to TJ, 3:419, 3:448, 3:645, 4:523–4:524, 4:535, 4:557, 4:559, 4:561, 8:21, 8:121, 9:185
specimens from Lewis and Clark Expedition, 2:90–2:91, 2:140, 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166, 7:34–7:35, 7:55, 9:704–9:705
TJ orders, 1:51, 2:140, 4:496–4:497, 4:497–4:498
TJ requests, from Ireland, 3:294–3:295

plastering

at Poplar Forest, 5:381–5:382, 5:403, 5:545

plaster (plaister) of paris. See gypsum (plaster of paris)

plasters (medicinal), 7:387, 9:40, 9:40n

Plater, George

family of, 7:574
governor of Md., 7:589n

Plato

J. Adams on, 4:474, 5:183, 5:184, 6:503, 6:504, 6:505, 7:74–7:75, 7:75, 7:75, 7:76–7:77, 7:478–7:480
lexicon of words used by, 9:276, 9:277n
mentioned, 7:24, 9:78
Opere di Platone (trans. D. Bembo), 9:394
and Scottish philosophy, 3:277–3:278
TJ on, 4:396, 7:453–7:454, 7:478
trinity of, 7:218, 7:221n

Plato Redivivus (Neville), 4:474, 4:476n

Platt, Jeremiah

identified, 9:430n
letter from, 9:429–9:430
seeks information on lumber in Va., 9:429–9:430

Plattsburgh, N.Y.

successful U.S. defense of, 8:84, 8:112n, 8:259

platypus, 7:152–7:153, 7:153n, 7:210

play

sent to TJ, 1:202, 1:203n, 1:509

Playfair, William

A Sketch for the Improvement of the Political, Commercial, and Local Interests of Britain, 3:274, 3:275n
The Statistical Breviary, 9:60
TJ’s gift of a work by, 1:265, 1:267n

The Plays of William Shakespeare (ed. S. Johnson), 9:88n

Pleasant, Thomas, 3:183

Pleasants, Mr., 5:121

Pleasants, James

as congressman, 7:214
identified, 2:185n
letters from, 4:519–4:520
letters to, 2:184–2:185, 4:482–4:483
recommends W. J. Harris, 4:91n, 4:172
and W. Ronald’s estate, 2:170n, 2:184, 3:155, 4:519–4:520
TJ forwards application to, 4:482–4:483, 4:519
TJ on, 4:172

Pleasants, James Jay

identified, 7:270n
as proxy for S. Pleasants, 7:270

Pleasants, Samuel

and books for TJ, 5:447, 5:455, 5:493, 6:122, 6:374, 6:412–6:413, 7:260, 7:270, 7:389–7:390n
A Collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as are now in force, 3:146, 3:168, 3:169n, 3:177, 5:245, 5:245n, 5:253, 5:278, 5:278n, 6:122, 7:260, 7:270, 7:270, 7:270
and collection of Va. laws, 5:253, 5:278
identified, 5:253–5:254n
letters from, 5:278, 5:455, 5:493, 6:412–6:413, 7:270
letters from accounted for, 6:122n, 7:270n
letters to, 5:253–5:254, 5:447–5:448, 6:122, 6:374, 7:260
newspaper editor, 5:193
Richmond printer, 4:312, 6:32, 6:32n, 8:349, 8:398

Pleasonton, Stephen

State Dept. clerk, 7:499

Les Plees del Coron (Stanford), 3:546

Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus)

Naturalis Historiæ, 3:546
and scientific classification, 7:209

Πλουτάρχου Βίοι Παράλληλοι (Ploutarchou bioi parallēloi) (Plutarch; ed. A. Coray), 9:195, 9:197n, 9:455

Plowden, Francis

An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, 1:580

plows. See also drills (planting implements)

bar share, 5:326
Cary (Dagen; Connecticut), 4:219, 4:220n, 4:487
Guillaume, 1:20, 1:21n, 2:111, 2:176, 2:312, 2:332, 2:333, 5:273n
mentioned, 2:112, 2:259, 6:344, 6:347, 8:132
D. Parker’s double, 1:538, 3:228, 3:245, 3:251
Peacock, 4:219, 4:219–4:220n, 4:221, 4:487, 4:526, 8:57–8:58, 8:185
C. W. Peale experiments with, 4:137, 4:181, 8:458, 9:599
Pease, 4:219, 4:220n
Pennsylvania moldboard, 1:111, 1:252
T. M. Randolph’s hillside, 9:539, 9:540n, 9:599
sent to P. Mazzei, 3:375, 3:378
superiority of American, 9:599, 9:599–9:600
TJ orders, 4:522, 7:346–7:347, 7:552n
TJ’s moldboard, 1:252, 1:252n, 2:111, 2:145, 2:176, 2:312–2:313, 2:326, 2:332–2:333, 2:334, 2:345, 4:137, 5:93, 5:94n, 7:346–7:347, 7:492, 8:367, 8:458, 8:534, 8:680
used in agriculture, 8:10, 8:10, 8:185

Plumard, M.

and P. Derieux, 3:77
identified, 3:77n
letters from, 3:77

Plumard de Bellanger, Marie Françoise

assists P. Derieux, 3:77n, 3:395n, 6:337, 6:338n, 9:252, 9:253n

Plumer, William

Address to the Clergy of New-England, on Their Opposition to the Rulers of the United States, 8:175, 8:229
on Hartford Convention, 8:175
historical and biographical writings of, 2:347–2:348, 2:505–2:506, 8:174–8:175, 8:176n, 8:231
identified, 2:348n
letters from, 2:347–2:349, 8:174–8:176
letters to, 2:505–2:506, 8:229–8:231
requests works from TJ, 8:175
and uninhabited islands, 8:175, 8:229

plums

greengage, 8:548
harvesting of, 8:548
planted at Monticello, 3:455
trees, 9:542
worms feed on, 4:532

Plutarch

Lives, 7:662, 9:235n
Lives (trans. J. & W. Langhorne), 1:580
mentioned, 6:542
Πλουτάρχου Βίοι Παράλληλοι (Ploutarchou bioi parallēloi) (ed. A. Coray), 9:195, 9:197n, 9:455
quoted by Destutt de Tracy, 4:608, 4:611n
TJ quotes, 6:494, 6:498n, 6:591, 6:593n, 8:312, 9:95, 9:97n, 9:438, 9:438n

Plymley, Peter. See Smith, Sidney

pneumatics

study of, 7:638, 7:639, 7:663, 7:666, 7:686

Podensac (Podenac) (wine), 9:513n

Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne (Voltaire), 7:560n

A Poem on the Social State and its Future Progress (Pitman), 4:306n, 4:395–4:396

“Poem on Thomas Jefferson” (Miner), 1:429–1:431

“Poem on Thomas Jefferson” (Welles), 1:431–1:433

“Poem on Thomas Jefferson’s Retirement” (Freneau), 1:226–1:229

Poems on Several Occasions (M. Prior), 9:432–9:433, 9:434n

Poems Written and Published during the American Revolutionary War (Freneau)

P. Freneau sends to TJ, 1:112, 1:113n
TJ’s subscription to, 2:309, 2:336, 2:369, 3:241, 3:243, 3:296, 3:334

Poesie (P. Metastasio), 7:455n

The Poetical Works (J. Milton), 8:581, 9:109

poetry

in America, 4:305, 6:297
dedicated to TJ, 6:464n
forwarded by TJ to American Philosophical Society, 4:147, 4:149n
memorization of, 4:131
sent to TJ, 1:226–1:229, 1:322–1:327, 1:429–1:431, 1:431–1:433, 1:617–1:619, 2:400–2:401, 4:167, 4:286, 4:305, 4:306n, 4:392, 4:393n, 9:207, 9:343, 9:343n
subscriptions to, sent to TJ, 1:225–1:226, 1:504n, 2:309, 2:369, 3:241, 3:243, 3:296, 3:334
TJ on, 1:504, 1:509, 2:52, 2:336, 4:396, 4:466
TJ orders, 4:201
works of, bound for TJ, 1:36, 8:630
written at Monticello, 6:463

Poeyfarré, Juan, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

Poindexter, Dabney

bond of with TJ and J. A. Goodman, 8:157, 8:158n

Poindexter, George

appointment considered, 1:25
carries letter, 5:364–5:365, 6:26
identified, 6:27n
and seed for TJ, 6:26, 6:66

Poindexter, James

witnesses document, 8:158n

Poindexter, Samuel

land of, 5:487
witnesses document, 8:158n

Poindexter, Thomas, 3:254n

Poindexter, William Green

as Va. state senator, 9:361, 9:496

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 2:467

Pointe Coupee, La.

Lafayette’s land at, 2:244, 2:418, 3:212, 3:445–3:446, 4:30, 4:649, 4:650, 5:69, 5:212–5:213, 5:213, 5:214, 7:541

Point of Honor (G. Cabell’s estate near Lynchburg), 5:28, 5:29n

Poirey, Joseph Léonard

identified, 4:527–4:528n
letters from accounted for, 4:527n, 9:719
seeks compensation, 4:527n

Poland

government of, 3:8, 3:12, 3:16, 3:517n, 3:517n, 8:344, 9:346
history of, 1:35, 1:535, 4:56
partitions of, 6:212, 6:212n, 7:298, 7:528, 8:575, 9:68, 9:90, 9:345, 9:347n, 9:432, 9:714–9:715, 9:716n
scientific society in, 3:62, 7:56
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504

Poletika, Petr Ivanovich

counselor of Russian legation, 3:189–3:190, 3:208
A Sketch of the Internal Condition of the United States of America, 3:190n
visits Monticello, 3:532, 3:539, 3:563, 3:567

Polignac, Melchior de, 7:662

Political Arithmetic (Cooper), 6:583

Political Disquisitions (J. Burgh), 7:628

political economy. See also books: on political economy

J. W. Eppes asks TJ for outline of, 6:312
as practiced in U.S., 8:489, 8:519, 9:336, 9:476n, 9:515
study of, 7:5–7:6, 7:638, 7:640, 7:663, 7:667, 7:686
TJ on study of, 4:162, 9:517
TJ’s note for Destutt de Tracy’s Treatise on Political Economy, 9:633–9:634
TJ’s title and prospectus for Destutt de Tracy’s Treatise on Political Economy, 9:630–9:633
TJ’s letters on finance, 6:220–6:225, 6:490–6:497, 6:578–6:592, 7:133, 7:185, 7:230, 7:488, 7:510, 7:689, 7:714, 8:16, 8:16–8:17, 8:18, 8:27–8:29, 8:29–8:30, 8:31–8:32, 8:35, 8:44, 8:154, 8:164, 8:178, 8:206
and wartime finance, 7:653–7:655, 7:669–7:671, 7:689–7:691, 8:16–8:17, 8:31–8:32, 8:33n, 8:35, 8:36n, 8:42, 8:44, 8:52–8:53, 8:84, 8:108–8:109, 8:109–8:110, 8:163, 8:163–8:164, 8:164–8:165, 8:168, 8:177, 8:259–8:260, 8:265, 8:293
works on, 7:90–7:91, 7:616, 7:617n, 7:628, 9:497–9:498, 9:498n

politics. See also books: on politics; Federalist party; Republican party

books on, 5:223–5:224, 6:374, 6:374, 6:413, 6:413, 6:504, 6:505n, 6:613, 6:613, 7:628, 7:682
books on government, 1:253–1:254, 7:628
bound pamphlets on, 8:630
elections, 9:506, 9:563, 9:578
factionalism, 7:57–7:58, 7:200–7:201
federal system of government criticized, 9:150
D. Hume’s essay on political parties, 8:328, 8:328–8:329n
Jacobinism, 8:150
and legislative instructions, 4:113, 4:113n, 4:128–4:130
in Md., 4:151–4:152, 4:153n
J. Melish’s opinion on, 8:152
in New England, 2:429–2:430, 2:533, 2:537–2:538, 3:28, 3:75, 3:553, 4:83, 4:612, 8:84, 8:135, 8:146–8:147, 8:286, 8:518, 8:614, 9:41
newspaper, 3:584, 3:595
in Penn., 3:584, 3:595
in R.I., 3:229–3:232, 3:257
in S.C., 4:342–4:343, 4:472
study of, 7:480, 7:638, 7:640, 7:663, 7:667, 7:686, 8:341, 8:341, 8:342
TJ on his role in Va., 2:259, 3:507–3:508
TJ on Republican party unity, 3:508–3:509, 3:515, 3:563–3:564, 3:584, 3:586, 3:592–3:593, 3:595, 3:606
TJ on study of, 4:162
works on, bound for TJ, 1:36, 1:36, 1:36, 1:36, 1:36

Politics (Aristotle), 7:686

Les Politiqves d’Aristote … traduictes de Grec en François, par Loys le Roy dict Regivs (Aristotle), 3:546

Pollard, Richard

and festivities for A. Jackson, 9:145, 9:147n
identified, 9:146n
letter from, 9:145–9:147

Pollock, George, 2:446n, 3:486

Pollock, Oliver

identified, 3:580n
letters from, 3:579–3:580, 4:267, 4:578–4:579
letters to, 3:605, 4:377–4:378, 4:625–4:626
and W. Robertson, 3:580–3:581
seeks reimbursement from Va., 3:579, 3:580, 3:605, 4:267, 4:377–4:378, 4:578–4:579, 4:625–4:626
To the Honourable the Legislature of Virginia. The Memorial of Oliver Pollock, of the State of Maryland, 4:267, 4:267n

Pollock, Thomas, 2:445n

Polly (M. Daingerfield’s slave), 3:112

Polly (TJ’s slave; b. 1810)

on Monticello slave list, 8:62n

Polly, John

subject of anonymous letter to TJ, 3:225–3:226

polyanthus, 4:523

Polybius

The General History of Polybius (trans. Hampton), 1:580
Ἱστοριῶν … Historiarum (trans. I. Casaubon; ed. J. Gronovius), 8:581, 9:109

Polygala senega. See Seneca snakeroot

polygraph

copies, 3:281–3:282
description of, 1:46n, 2:xlii
and J. I. Hawkins, 6:560n, 8:545
illustration of, 2:380 (illus.)
B. H. Latrobe uses, 4:67, 5:207
at Monticello, 8:236
paper for, 8:514, 8:672, 8:673n
and C. W. Peale, 1:307, 4:182, 5:207, 8:535
at Poplar Forest, 8:514
wood used for, 8:535, 8:545

Pomeroy, Mr., 5:533

Pomona: or, The Fruit-Garden Illustrated (Langley), 2:82

Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette, marquise de, 6:622

Pompei, Girolamo

as translator, 6:280n, 6:522, 6:541, 6:541, 6:551, 6:552n

Pompeius Magnus, Gnaeus (Pompey the Great), 6:542, 6:542, 6:625, 7:24

Pond, Capt. (ship captain), 8:452, 8:452n

Pontanus, Jakob

edits Pub. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon (Ovid), 9:274, 9:275n, 9:464, 9:538, 9:639

Pontécoulant, Louis Gustave Doulcet, comte de, 8:558, 8:562n

Pontius Cominius

reputed Du Pont ancestor, 9:232, 9:235n

Poor, Immanuel

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

Poor, Nathaniel P.

and sale of TJ’s retirement library, 9:218n

Pope, Alexander

and Cleanthes’s Hymn to Zeus, 6:521, 6:521
The Dunciad, 9:256, 9:257n
An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle III, 9:432, 9:434n
Moral Essays, 4:391, 4:392n
quoted, 6:632, 6:633n, 8:114, 8:118n, 9:432, 9:434n
religious beliefs of, 6:521, 8:187
TJ purchases works of, 2:466
translator of The Iliad of Homer, 2:51, 8:298, 8:299n
"The Universal Prayer," 6:521
on women, 6:259, 6:259n

Pope, John

letters to, 4:164
as U.S. senator, 4:113n, 4:129, 4:163, 4:164n

Pope, Joseph

inventor, 7:438–7:439, 7:439n

poplar

Athenian, 3:353
balsam, 3:353, 3:355, 9:533
Lombardy, 1:192n, 3:353, 3:354
lumber used at Poplar Forest, 8:612, 8:613
tulip, 3:353

Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate). See also Bear Creek plantation; Tomahawk plantation

acreage of, 4:387, 8:255
Agreement with Benjamin Johnson for Exchange of Poplar Forest Lands, 5:486–5:488
annual income of, 1:213, 5:400–5:402
asparagus grown at, 8:78
astronomical observations at, 3:361–3:367
attempted sale of part of, 2:77–2:78, 2:79–2:80, 3:64, 3:162, 3:163n, 3:186–3:188, 5:34–5:35
balustrade at, 9:148n
barns at, 6:488n, 8:174
beds and blankets for slaves at, 4:382–4:383, 5:33, 5:34, 5:460–5:463, 6:308–6:309, 7:71, 8:132, 8:158, 8:186, 8:186
builders at, 1:192n, 3:215, 3:412, 3:613, 7:xlvi, 7:380, 7:400, 8:10, 8:610, 8:613, 8:685, 8:697, 9:147, 9:148n, 9:304
cattle at, 7:71, 7:179, 8:72, 8:132, 8:173, 8:174, 8:520
cellars at, 2:89
chimney backs for, 5:485, 5:485, 5:505, 6:109, 6:349, 6:350
chimney screens for, 5:485
clothing for slaves at, 6:308, 8:158, 8:185
clover grown at, 7:71, 7:179, 8:69, 8:70, 8:78, 8:520, 8:611, 8:611, 9:494, 9:505
corn grown at, 2:96, 4:379, 4:380, 5:489, 6:486, 6:486, 7:71, 8:69, 8:70, 8:71, 8:72, 8:158, 8:542, 8:610, 8:611, 8:611, 8:697
cotton used at, 8:97
and curtilage survey, 5:482, 5:489, 8:70
diet of slaves at, 8:72, 8:72, 8:610, 8:611
distilling at, 8:70
dogs at, 7:180
and F. Eppes, 6:71–6:73, 7:400, 7:482–7:483, 9:608
fertilizer used at, 8:520
fish for, 2:423, 2:503, 5:33, 8:536
flour from, 3:421, 3:518, 3:531, 3:561, 3:612, 4:10, 4:11, 4:86, 4:87, 4:165, 4:165–4:166n, 5:307, 5:340–5:341, 5:341n, 5:481–5:482, 5:488–5:489, 5:545, 5:576, 5:600, 5:656, 6:3, 6:487, 7:72, 7:94–7:95, 7:402, 8:70, 8:132, 8:186, 8:284, 8:390, 8:582, 9:133, 9:254, 9:313, 9:370, 9:493, 9:505, 9:562, 9:593–9:594, 9:594
furniture at, 1:44, 1:287, 1:319, 8:255, 8:256
garden at, 4:381, 7:400
gypsum used as fertilizer, 8:520
hemp grown at, 4:379, 4:380, 5:489, 6:486, 8:71
hogs at, 2:96, 7:71, 8:71, 8:71, 8:72, 8:132, 8:158, 8:173, 8:174, 8:174n, 8:185, 8:611, 8:611, 9:562
horses at, 4:373, 4:381, 5:653, 5:653n, 7:124, 8:10, 8:70, 8:71, 8:71, 8:174, 8:174n, 8:520
household manufacture at, 4:380, 4:515
invitations to visit, 6:451, 6:451, 6:648, 6:649, 8:68, 8:685
latitude of, 3:361–3:367, 4:369, 9:245–9:246
library at, 8:121, 8:140
livestock at, 4:306, 4:373, 4:381, 4:526, 6:366, 8:10, 8:174, 8:185
lumber for, 8:612, 8:613, 8:695–8:696, 9:505
main house at, 2:xliii, 2:380 (illus.), 6:71, 6:72, 6:129, 6:129, 6:162, 6:488n, 7:44, 7:482, 8:132, 8:185, 8:186, 8:256
map of, 4:xlv, 4:370 (illus.)
medical care at, 7:387–7:388, 9:40
merino sheep at, 5:600
mills at, 3:64, 3:162
mismanagement at, 2:149–2:150, 8:555
Napoleon rumored to intend visit to, 8:697
Notes on Benjamin Johnson’s Lands Adjacent to Poplar Forest, 5:475–5:476
Notes on Poplar Forest Plantings and Geography, 3:xlv–3:xlvi, 3:352–3:355, 3:358 (illus.)
Notes on Wheat Shipments from Poplar Forest, 5:481–5:482
oat-grass grown at, 8:71, 8:520
oats grown at, 4:379, 8:69, 8:70, 8:542, 8:611
orchard at, 8:70
peaches at, 8:697
peas grown at, 4:379, 4:379, 6:486, 6:486, 7:71, 8:69, 8:71, 8:516, 8:611, 8:611
plant nursery at, 8:132, 9:562–9:563, 9:563
plastering at, 2:96, 2:149–2:150, 5:311, 5:338n, 5:381–5:382, 5:403, 5:457–5:458, 7:297, 7:380
portion of offered as security, 4:584, 4:678
provisions for carpenters at, 8:613
pumpkins grown at, 4:379, 8:70, 8:71, 8:611
T. M. Randolph visits, 2:97
roads, 7:179, 7:430, 8:70, 8:132, 8:157–8:158
round table for, 4:xlv, 4:307, 4:370 (illus.)
route from Natural Bridge to, 8:696, 8:697, 8:697n, 9:35, 9:450
rye grown at, 8:70
sheep at, 6:6, 8:71, 8:74, 8:185, 8:520
slaves at, 7:71, 7:124, 7:387, 8:70, 8:70–8:71, 8:173–8:174, 8:174, 8:185–8:186, 8:255, 8:697, 9:40, 9:215–9:216, 9:238, 9:494, 9:505, 9:562
slaves at listed, 4:384–4:386, 8:60–8:62, 8:63n, 8:72, 8:72n, 8:255
spinning at, 6:106, 6:107, 6:203, 9:713
stables at, 8:132
stonework at, 7:297, 7:331, 7:380, 7:380n
sundial at, 4:96–4:98
superintendent of, 8:496, 8:501, 8:515, 8:515, 8:542, 8:555, 8:555n, 8:610–8:611, 8:613, 9:493–9:494, 9:505, 9:562–9:563
surveys of, 4:279–4:280, 6:488, 6:488–6:489n
taxes on, 8:10, 8:47, 8:63, 8:73, 8:73n, 8:73, 8:255–8:256, 8:256, 9:50, 9:51–9:52n, 9:562, 9:568, 9:594
timothy grown at, 4:379, 6:486, 8:70, 8:611
TJ describes, 5:348–5:349, 7:482–7:483, 8:203–8:204
TJ plans visit to, 3:30, 3:46, 3:67, 3:75, 3:86, 3:86, 3:154, 3:327–3:328, 3:328, 3:332, 3:334, 3:339, 3:421, 3:644, 4:11, 4:132, 5:9, 5:17, 5:336, 5:401–5:402, 5:417, 5:446, 5:448, 6:43, 6:66, 6:76, 6:84, 6:84, 6:85, 6:86–6:87, 6:88, 6:125, 6:132, 6:156, 6:203, 6:204, 6:214, 6:225, 6:285, 6:331, 6:366, 6:397, 6:398, 6:412, 6:429, 6:430, 6:442, 6:442, 6:445, 6:523, 6:594, 6:595, 6:595–6:596, 6:604, 6:605, 6:621, 6:635, 7:71, 7:135–7:136, 7:143, 7:297, 7:300, 7:301, 7:301, 7:305, 7:316, 7:321, 7:322, 7:355, 7:357–7:358, 7:358n, 7:360, 7:365, 7:369, 7:370, 7:647, 7:710, 8:10, 8:10–8:11, 8:22, 8:47, 8:54, 8:56, 8:185, 8:354, 8:359, 8:383, 8:387, 8:427, 8:433, 8:481, 8:481, 8:482, 8:490, 8:519, 8:610, 8:656, 8:660, 8:674, 8:676, 8:677, 8:697, 9:106, 9:524, 9:554, 9:562, 9:568, 9:601, 9:608, 9:639, 9:639, 9:641n, 9:648, 9:663, 9:665
TJ returns from, 2:33, 2:39, 2:50, 5:91, 5:94, 6:111, 6:116, 6:135, 6:155, 6:451, 6:486, 6:486n, 6:487, 6:487–6:488n, 7:100, 7:440, 7:448, 7:453, 8:55n, 8:74, 8:519, 8:569, 9:275, 9:276, 9:302, 9:702, 9:711
and TJ’s debts, 2:260
TJ sends for steers from, 4:526
TJ’s instructions for management of, 4:379–4:382, 8:69–8:72, 9:562–9:563
TJ visits, 1:519, 2:xliii, 2:50, 2:256, 2:314, 2:329, 2:408, 2:462, 2:464, 3:64, 3:102, 3:286, 3:316, 3:347, 3:351n, 3:397n, 4:5, 4:6n, 4:82, 4:86, 4:87, 4:90, 4:93, 4:94, 4:95, 4:98, 4:146, 4:183, 4:312, 4:346n, 4:429, 4:459, 4:460, 4:463, 4:584, 4:620, 4:650, 4:675, 4:676, 4:677, 4:679, 6:106–6:107, 6:225, 6:438, 6:483n, 6:497, 6:595n, 6:604n, 6:646, 7:178, 7:248, 7:382, 7:409–7:410, 7:410–7:411, 7:412, 7:433, 7:434, 7:450, 7:457, 7:518, 8:531, 8:555, 8:556, 8:565, 8:696, 8:697, 9:18, 9:33n, 9:37, 9:41, 9:49, 9:50, 9:59, 9:90, 9:129, 9:130, 9:130–9:131, 9:147, 9:153, 9:238, 9:250, 9:254, 9:276, 9:304, 9:308, 9:343, 9:345, 9:357
tobacco grown at, 1:157n, 2:27–2:28, 2:96, 2:217, 2:230, 3:375, 3:392, 3:420–3:421, 4:307, 4:373–4:374, 4:379, 4:381, 4:422, 4:461, 4:515, 4:516, 4:528, 4:555, 5:91, 5:92n, 5:132, 5:531, 5:545, 5:599, 6:203, 6:486, 6:544, 7:71, 7:124, 7:179, 7:263, 8:70, 8:70, 8:97, 8:132, 8:157, 8:158, 8:186, 8:203, 8:284, 8:284, 8:417, 8:542, 8:611, 8:697, 9:51, 9:133, 9:254, 9:313, 9:370, 9:493, 9:505, 9:505, 9:541, 9:562, 9:568, 9:568–9:569, 9:569, 9:593–9:594, 9:594, 9:604
trees at, 8:70, 8:613, 9:183n
visitors to, 6:94, 6:106, 8:132, 8:212, 8:512, 8:695, 9:147, 9:147, 9:148
weather at, 7:400, 9:51
wheat grown at, 2:96, 2:217, 2:495, 3:392, 3:394, 3:420–3:421, 3:538, 4:86, 4:87, 4:94, 4:95, 4:165, 4:165–4:166n, 4:170–4:171, 4:184, 4:307–4:308, 4:341–4:342, 4:373, 4:379, 5:340–5:341, 5:470–5:471, 5:475, 5:481–5:482, 6:331, 6:486, 6:544, 7:94–7:95, 7:400, 7:461, 8:10, 8:69, 8:70, 8:70, 8:71, 8:132, 8:158, 8:173, 8:174n, 8:186, 8:186n, 8:203, 8:284, 8:417, 8:542, 8:610, 8:611, 8:697, 9:51, 9:313, 9:505, 9:594, 9:604
wing of offices at, 6:71, 7:xlvi, 7:380n, 7:380n, 7:434 (illus.), 7:482, 7:483n, 8:10
Overseers at (. See also Darnil (Darnell; Darniel; Darnold), Nimrod; Goodman, Jeremiah Augustus; Griffin, Burgess; Miller, Robert (overseer); Miller, William J. (overseer); Morris, Zachariah; Yancey, Joel (d. 1833))
- accommodations for, 8:204
- accounting practices of, 4:94
- competency of, 8:610–8:611, 9:254
- crop share of, 2:27, 2:28, 2:230, 2:230n, 4:342
- hired, 4:132, 4:133n, 4:307, 8:493n, 9:34, 9:34n
- list slave beds and blankets, 4:382–4:383
- make contracts for sale of wheat, 4:165, 4:170–4:171, 4:184, 4:212, 5:482n
- plantation management by, 2:149–2:150, 4:386n, 5:488–5:490, 5:663, 9:594
- and prizing of tobacco, 3:269, 3:457, 8:70
- report plantation activities, 1:180, 2:96–2:97
- and sale of tobacco to S. J. Harrison, 3:457, 3:561, 3:634, 3:639–3:640, 3:650, 4:422, 4:461, 4:515, 4:549, 5:531, 5:545, 5:600, 5:638, 6:4, 6:5, 6:24–6:25, 6:25–6:26
- send tobacco to Richmond, 1:157n, 7:179, 8:132
- TJ entrusts documents to, 2:328, 2:330, 4:308
- TJ seeks replacement for, 8:203–8:204, 8:432–8:433, 8:493, 8:496, 8:542, 8:555, 8:611, 9:604, 9:604n
- TJ’s instructions to, 2:232, 2:233n, 4:379–4:382, 4:515–4:516, 4:526–4:527, 5:31, 5:600, 6:486–6:487, 7:71, 7:124, 7:179–7:180, 7:263, 8:10–8:11, 8:78, 8:132, 8:157–8:158, 8:184–8:186, 8:610–8:611
- wages for, 8:204, 9:99, 9:99n, 9:216n

poppy, oil, 2:270, 2:271

Porée, Jean Baptiste

conveys book to TJ, 1:674, 2:353, 2:405
identified, 2:354n
letters from, 2:353–2:354
letters to, 2:405

pork

at Belmont estate, 3:170–3:171
for R. Durrett, 5:418
price of, 8:307
received as pay, 1:419, 1:421, 4:143, 6:304
for slaves, 8:184–8:185
supply of, 1:451, 5:545–5:546
toll on, 5:379
at Tufton, 2:112, 2:371

Porson, Richard

classical scholar, 9:86

port (wine), 8:232, 9:263, 9:313, 9:324, 9:325, 9:366, 9:402, 9:474, 9:602, 9:659

Portalis, Jean Etienne Marie

Projet de Code Civil, 3:132, 3:135n

Port Dover, Upper Canada

burned by U.S. forces, 8:217

porter (beer), 3:241–3:242, 3:252, 4:630

Porter, David

identified, 1:444n
Journal of a Cruize made to the Pacific Ocean, 8:672
letters from, 1:443–1:445
naval service of, 7:502n, 7:642–7:643
Plan for a Voyage of Discovery to the Northwest Coast of America, 1:445–1:449

Porter, Jane

The Scottish Chiefs, 7:65, 8:626, 8:626n

Porter, John

claim for compensation, 1:583–1:584, 1:625, 1:644, 8:494–8:495
identified, 1:644–1:645n
health of, 8:494
letter from, 8:494–8:495
letters from accounted for, 1:584n
letters to, 1:644–1:645

Porter, Peter Buell

identified, 3:333n
letters from, 3:333
letters from accounted for, 3:460n
letters to, 3:437
and Niagara Campaign, 5:536–5:540
as quartermaster general, 5:410–5:411, 7:656
and Report of the Commissioners, 3:460n
sends gypsum, 3:333, 3:437
and War of 1812, 7:405

Porterfield, Robert

commands troops, 7:632

Porteus, Beilby

A Summary of the Principal Evidences for the Truth and Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation, 3:590, 3:590n, 4:674, 4:674n, 5:98n, 6:15, 6:61

Port Folio

C. Caldwell as editor of, 7:317–7:318, 7:319n, 7:328–7:329, 7:410–7:412
T. Cooper writes for, 7:560, 7:657, 8:12, 8:447, 8:449n
publishes account of M. Lewis’s death, 7:63, 7:64n
reviews J. Melish’s work, 5:628–5:629, 5:630n
TJ asked to write for, 7:317–7:318
TJ subscribes to, 7:410–7:411, 7:561

Portobello (TJ’s property)

TJ’s patent of, 4:386

Portsmouth, Va.

unusual atmospheric phenomenon reported from, 6:340–6:341
Washington Tavern, 6:341

Port Talbot, Upper Canada

U.S. attack on, 8:217

Portugal

and Brazil, 8:503, 8:508n
and colonization of slaves, 3:319
earthquake in, 4:189, 4:190n
French designs on, 2:274
health in, 4:361
merino sheep arrive from, 4:40
military operations in, 2:166, 2:233, 2:667
relations with Great Britain, 2:275, 2:277n, 4:337, 4:587
relations with Spain, 9:516
TJ orders wine from, 8:571, 8:571, 8:662, 9:77, 9:98, 9:133, 9:313, 9:324, 9:325n
U.S. consulship in, 4:185, 4:212, 4:218–4:219
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:505

Post, Jotham

opposes purchase of TJ’s library, 8:26n

Post, Willis

boat pilot, 9:558

posterity

TJ on, 5:166, 6:233, 6:234

Posthumous Works (Frederick II, king of Prussia; trans. T. Holcroft), 9:709n

Postlethwayt, Malachy

and economic theory, 6:593

postmaster general, U.S. See Granger, Gideon: as postmaster general; Meigs, Return Jonathan (ca. 1765–1825): as postmaster general; Pickering, Timothy: as postmaster general

Post Office, U.S.

appointment of postmasters, 7:239–7:240, 9:653–9:654
contracts with, 1:139–1:140, 1:350–1:352
1810 act, 3:147–3:148
funds of, 1:407, 1:421
List of Post Offices in the United States, including all established before December 31st, 1807, 1:514, 1:514n
and mail service, 8:172, 8:415, 9:50, 9:317, 9:324
and post roads, 1:350–1:352, 7:347, 9:474–9:476, 9:507–9:508, 9:510n
1799 Act, 3:147–3:148
and H. G. Spafford’s Gazeteer, 6:449–6:450
Table of Post Offices in the United States, 4:10, 4:112–4:113
TJ requests local schedule, 1:506, 1:514
and Va. post offices, 2:169, 2:178–2:179, 2:269, 2:333, 2:535, 3:102–3:104, 3:147–3:148, 6:644, 8:63, 8:376, 8:420, 8:420n, 8:425, 8:426n, 8:432, 8:566

potash, 4:8

potatoes, 1:157, 1:196–1:197, 2:38, 3:348, 4:141, 4:180, 4:531, 7:308, 9:229–9:230

potato oats, 5:657, 5:658n

Potawatomi Indians, 8:151

Pothier, Robert Joseph

Anciennes loix des François, 3:130–3:131, 3:175n, 3:546
Traité du droit de domaine de propriété, 3:174n

Potocki, Jean

identified, 3:44n
letters from, 3:43–3:44
letters to, 3:618
letters to forwarded, 4:99
Principes de Chronologie, pour les Temps Antérieurs aux Olympiades, 2:467, 2:468n, 3:43, 3:44n, 3:115, 3:434, 3:456, 3:618, 8:235–8:236
writings of, 2:467

Potomac River

and British troop movements, 7:642, 7:643
establishment of steamboats on, 6:62
lottery to improve navigation on, 4:288
mentioned, 3:238–3:239, 5:215
surveying of, 9:686, 9:686–9:687, 9:689
variant spellings of, 8:179

Potoski, Count. See Potocki, Jean

pots

coffee, 4:231–4:232n, 8:393, 8:485, 8:486
for slaves, 8:70–8:71, 8:186

Potter, John (Archbishop of Canterbury)

as classical scholar, 7:662, 9:84

Potter, John (mathematician)

A System of Practical Mathematics, 7:250, 7:253n, 9:107, 9:229n

Potter, Tom, 3:474

Potter, Walter. See also Fitzwhylsonn & Potter (Richmond firm)

and Edinburgh Review, 3:599
identified, 3:599n

Potts, Isaac, 2:223

Pouncey’s tract (TJ’s property), 1:488n, 4:387

P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera (Ovid; ed. P. Burnam), 9:646n

Powell, Samuel

U.S. representative from Tenn., 9:186n

Power, J., 2:84

Power, Thomas

correspondence with J. Wilkinson, 4:398, 4:398n

The Power of Religion on the Mind, in Retirement, Affliction, and At the Approach of Death (L. Murray), 8:388, 8:672

Powhatan Court House, Va., 3:103, 3:104n, 3:148, 3:148, 3:164

Poydras, Julien Lalande

Adresse au Conseil Legislatif du Territoire d’Orleans, 2:682, 4:466
affidavit on batture, 3:483, 3:486–3:487n, 3:497
and batture controversy, 2:427, 2:435, 2:436n, 2:463, 2:516, 2:518n, 2:658, 2:682, 3:25, 3:26n, 3:204, 3:483, 3:487n, 5:85n
and J. Dawson’s application, 4:648
Orleans territorial delegate, 1:179, 1:180n
Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq. the Delegate of the Territory of Orleans, in support of the right of the public to the Batture, 2:516, 2:518n, 2:658, 3:30, 3:483
and TJ’s Proceedings, 5:392

pozzolana (volcanic ash), 8:166, 8:402, 8:403n

Practical Piety (H. More), 5:98n, 7:586, 7:590n

A Practical Treatise of Husbandry (Duhamel du Monceau), 2:82, 6:380

A Practical Treatise of The Law of Vendors and Purchasers of Estates (Sugden), 6:477

A Practical Treatise on Dyeing, and Callicoe Printing (Cooper), 2:377n

The Practice of the Court of Chancery (J. Harrison), 8:388, 8:672

Pradelle (Pradel), Alexandrina de la Chaise, 2:523, 3:489

Pradelle (Pradel), Jean, 2:523, 2:524, 2:525, 3:489

Pragmatics of Attaliata. See Ivris Græco-romani tam canonici qvam civilis (Leunclavius)

Preble, Edward

U.S. naval commander, 6:216

Preble, Henry, 3:212, 3:445, 5:213

Precedents of proceedings in the House of Commons (J. Hatsell), 4:400–4:401, 4:464, 4:464n, 7:628

The Preceptor (R. Dodsley), 7:480, 7:481n

Preignac (wine), 9:513n

A Preliminary Essay, on the Oppression of the Exiled Sons of Africa (T. Branagan), 8:450, 8:451n

Prenanthes serpentaria. See lion’s foot

Presbyterians

TJ on, 9:379, 9:380n, 9:380–9:381, 9:382, 9:712

Prescott, William

J. Adams on, 8:135

President, USS (frigate)

carries mammoth bones, 1:509
1815 capture of, 8:264, 8:267n
encounter with HMS Lille Belt, 3:638, 3:639n

President’s House

alterations by Madisons, 1:53
description of, 1:199–1:200
gutters at, 9:500–9:501
inventory of, 1:42, 1:43n, 1:76, 1:155, 1:155, 1:156n
and T. Kosciuszko’s profiles of TJ, 2:39, 2:39–2:40n, 2:106
J. Melish meets TJ at, 4:424n
mentioned, 2:225, 2:338n, 3:536, 5:109, 5:178n
pictures of, 8:xlvii
presidential portraits, 2:127
reconstruction and repairs to, 8:592, 8:592, 8:596n
sitting room clock at, 1:85, 1:96
stew stoves at, 1:76
TJ’s belongings at, 3:581–3:582, 4:49, 4:51–4:52, 4:193, 4:219, 4:221
during TJ’s presidency, 1:29n, 1:55–1:56, 8:592
visitors to, 9:234n, 9:234n, 9:531, 9:553, 9:666
and War of 1812, 7:653, 8:5

Pressed Shot Factory (Bruff), 5:107–5:108n

presses (furniture), 6:88

presses, cast-iron, 2:302

Preston, James

American military commander, 7:610n
recommended for military appointment, 4:529

Preston, Thomas Lewis, 6:20–6:21

Prévost, Antoine François

Œuvres choisies de l’Abbé Prévost, 9:355n
translates Lettres de Cicéron a M. Brutus, et de M. Brutus a Ciceron (Cicero; Brutus; Goujon edition), 9:354, 9:420
translates Lettres de Ciceron, Qu’on nomme vulgairement Familières (Cicero; Goujon edition), 9:354, 9:354, 9:355n, 9:420, 9:420

Prevost, George

governor-in-chief of British North America, 5:320–5:321, 6:529, 6:641n, 6:645, 6:645–6:646n, 7:13n, 8:112n, 8:219, 8:221, 8:264

Prevot de la Janné, 3:546

Price, Andrew, 2:446n, 3:486

Price, Chandler

identified, 5:37–5:38n
letters from, 5:36–5:38
recommends A. Stewart, 5:36–5:37, 5:81

Price, Joseph

manages W. Short’s Indian Camp estate, 3:438, 4:59–4:60, 4:197–4:198, 6:87, 7:592
rents part of Indian Camp, 1:234, 1:235n, 3:198, 3:272–3:273, 3:275, 3:622, 4:198, 5:363, 5:570n

Price, Mrs. (Joseph Price’s wife)

land tenure of, 4:198
sells geese, 5:5, 5:6n

Price, Richard (British author and philosopher)

correspondence of, 9:175, 9:176, 9:176n, 9:176n, 9:346
Observations on Reversionary Payments; on Schemes for providing Annuities for Widows, and for Persons in Old Age … and on The National Debt, 6:497, 6:498n
as theologian and moral philosopher, 6:145–6:146, 6:146, 6:227, 6:296, 6:502, 6:503, 6:503, 6:504, 6:624
and Turgot, 4:22, 4:24n, 6:288n
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503

Price, Richard (of Milton)

Deposition of in Jefferson v. Michie, 7:676–7:678
as gardener, 6:45
and Henderson estate, 6:76, 6:81, 6:198, 6:198, 6:199, 6:199, 6:199, 6:200, 6:200, 6:200, 6:201n, 6:201n, 6:479, 6:480, 6:480, 6:573–6:574n, 7:634, 7:676–7:678
and Highland–Indian Camp boundary dispute, 8:567, 8:567–8:568, 9:289–9:290, 9:357, 9:362
identified, 7:678n
Jefferson v. Michie, 7:597, 7:676–7:678

Price, William

and Va. Land Office, 4:309n

Prichard, William

and P. Freneau’s poetry subscription, 3:241, 3:243, 3:296, 3:334
identified, 3:243–3:244n
letters from, 3:296–3:297, 5:254
letters to, 3:243–3:244, 3:334, 5:222–5:223
and TJ’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 4:401, 5:222, 5:254

Priddy, John, 1:246n

Pride, James, 2:84

The Pride of Britannia Humbled (T. Branagan), 8:450–8:451

Priestley, Joseph

J. Adams on, 6:145–6:146, 6:146, 6:236–6:237, 6:302, 6:317–6:319, 7:25, 7:26, 7:74–7:77, 8:551, 8:552, 8:682
and Alexander I, 8:671
B. S. Barton’s essay on, 8:423n
and Cleanthes, 6:520, 6:521, 6:521, 6:540, 6:542
in collegiate curriculum, 7:480, 7:658, 7:662, 7:667
A Comparison of the Institutions of Moses with those of the Hindoos and Other Ancient Nations, 7:218–7:220, 7:220, 7:221, 7:221n
and T. Cooper, 6:318, 6:318, 6:318
correspondence with T. Lindsey, 6:146, 6:233, 6:278, 6:278, 6:300, 6:317–6:318, 6:367–6:368, 8:553, 8:553–8:554n, 8:658
correspondence with G. Logan, 8:671, 8:671n
death of, 6:318, 6:319n
A Description of a System of Biography, 8:472, 8:672
Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit, 6:302, 6:440
The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy, compared with those of Revelation, 6:204, 6:317–6:318, 6:318, 6:319n, 6:367, 6:368, 6:368n, 6:439, 6:441, 6:471, 6:499, 6:499–6:500, 6:510, 6:520, 7:74, 7:148, 7:286, 7:293n
An Essay on the First Principles of Government, 7:628, 9:436
An History of Early Opinions Concerning Jesus Christ, 6:302, 6:440, 7:627, 8:682
History of the Corruptions of Christianity, 1:581, 6:302, 6:440, 7:627
Letters to the Inhabitants of Northumberland and its neighbourhood, 1:119, 1:121–1:122n, 7:224, 7:225n
Letters to The Jews; inviting them to an Amicable Discussion of the Evidences of Christianity, 9:651–9:652, 9:652n
library and scientific apparatus of, 6:598, 7:128
mentioned, 1:674, 2:489, 5:276, 6:227, 6:624, 8:668
mineral collection of, 2:376
and prophecy, 4:484
religious beliefs of, 6:193, 6:300, 6:300
Socrates and Jesus Compared, 6:204, 6:317, 6:318, 6:367
TJ’s correspondence with, 6:146, 6:180, 6:181, 6:191, 6:193, 6:204, 6:228, 6:233, 6:233, 6:237, 6:278, 6:286, 6:298, 6:298, 6:299, 6:438, 6:439, 6:439, 6:444, 8:658, 9:596n
on Unitarianism, 6:438
on university courses, 1:592, 1:593n
A view of the principles and conduct of the Protestant dissenters, with respect to the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of England, 1:581

Prieur, Denis, 3:234n

Prieur de la Côte-d’Or. See Duvernois, Claude Antoine Prieur

prime meridian, 1:54–1:55n, 1:275–1:276, 1:356–1:358, 1:359n, 1:489–1:498, 1:511–1:512, 1:534, 2:54, 2:55n, 2:337–2:338, 2:398–2:399, 2:541, 2:566, 3:285, 5:245, 5:251n, 9:681, 9:691

Prince (TJ’s slave; b. 1804)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:386, 5:462, 6:308, 6:309, 8:61, 8:255

Prince, Isaac

ill fortune of, 3:588, 4:3, 4:3n

Prince, James, 2:135, 2:182, 3:559, 3:587–3:588

Princess of Wales. See Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Princess of Wales

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (R. Hakluyt), 8:581, 9:109

Principes de Chronologie, pour les Temps Antérieurs aux Olympiades (J. Potocki), 2:467, 2:468n, 3:43, 3:44n, 3:115, 3:434, 3:456, 3:618, 8:235–8:236

Principes raisonnés d’agriculture (a trans. of Grundsätze der rationellen Landwirthschaft) (Thaer), 6:17, 6:18n

The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation (Home), 2:82

Principles of Equity (Kames), 7:628

The Principles of Health: Elements of hygiene (Williamson), 1:597n

Pringle, Mr., 3:84

printing

and antimony, 1:18, 1:283, 1:315–1:316
colonial policies on, 7:140, 7:141n
lithography, 9:667

Prior, Matthew

An English Padlock, 7:480, 7:481n
Poems on Several Occasions, 9:432–9:433, 9:434n

Prior Documents. See A Collection of Interesting, Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America

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

A Private Letter to the Individual Members of Congress (Latrobe), 3:537n

The Private Life of Lewis XV (trans. J. O. Justamond), 7:664

privies, 3:353, 3:354, 3:355n

The Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. in the Colony of Virginia, On Monday, the 6th of May, 1776, 9:405, 9:406n

The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi, Adjacent to New-Orleans, against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston (Thomas Jefferson). See also statement on the batture case (Thomas Jefferson)

J. Adams on, 5:3, 5:11–5:12
Greek used in, 3:547n
W. Pinkney on, 5:180
printer’s errors in, 6:628, 6:628n, 7:95–7:96, 7:242
published, 4:292, 4:520
reprint of, 6:627, 6:627–6:628, 7:95–7:96, 7:96n, 7:241–7:242, 7:242n
and riverine inundations, 3:46n, 3:135n
R. Rush on, 6:236
sent to Congress, 4:565, 4:575, 4:578, 4:581, 4:582, 4:585, 4:588
sent to J. Madison and his cabinet, 4:574, 4:586, 4:624, 4:664
sent to TJ, 4:565, 4:575, 4:581, 4:582
sent to TJ’s lawyers, 4:594, 4:595, 4:596, 4:597, 4:605, 4:606, 4:616, 4:624, 4:646
L. W. Tazewell on, 5:45–5:47
title page, 4:xliii, 4:370 (illus.)
TJ distributes remaining copies, 4:624–4:625, 4:631, 4:631–4:632, 4:632, 4:637, 4:639, 4:639, 4:640, 4:642, 4:642, 4:643, 4:671, 5:6, 5:27, 5:106, 5:180, 5:219, 5:392, 5:548, 7:175
TJ researches, 2:657, 3:176n
TJ revises, 5:8–5:9n
E. Trist on, 5:111–5:113

Proclamation of 1763, 1:335

Procter, Henry

British military commander, 6:529, 7:226, 8:221, 8:263

Proctor, Joseph B.

identified, 7:491–7:492n
TJ pays, 7:491, 7:491n

Projet de Code Civil (Portalis), 3:132, 3:135n

Prolegomena ad Homerum (F. A. Wolf), 9:86–9:87

Prony, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de

Nouvelle Architecture Hydraulique, 6:381–6:382, 7:386

Proofs of the Corruption of Gen. James Wilkinson (Clark), 3:265, 3:323, 3:325n, 3:440, 3:519, 3:519n, 3:543

Propertius, Sextus, 7:661

Proposals by Redwood Fisher, for printing by subscription, the American Artist’s Manual, or Dictionary of Practical Knowledge (Cutbush), 5:633, 5:633n, 5:661

Proposals, for Publishing by Subscription, The History of the War in Louisiana & West Florida (Latour), 9:103, 9:103n, 9:128–9:129

Propositions for Amending the Constitution of the United States (Hillhouse)

J. Adams on, 5:12–5:13, 5:13–5:14n

Prospectus of a National Institution, to be established in the United States (Barlow), 4:24n, 5:615–5:616, 5:617n, 5:620

Prospectus of a new monthly publication: the Massachusetts Garden, 1:671–1:673

Prost de Royer, Antoine François

Dictionnaire de jurisprudence et des arrêts, 3:174n, 3:175n

protractor, 4:98, 4:341

Proud, Robert

The History of Pennsylvania in North America, 1:581

Provenchere de Villiers, Pierre

identified, 2:129n
letters from accounted for, 2:129n
letters to, 2:128–2:129
TJ forwards letter to, 1:612, 1:613n, 2:128–2:129

Providence Gazette (R.I. newspaper), 8:622n

Prunner, Leonardo de

identified, 2:298n
letters from, 2:297–2:298
sends Sardinian minerals to TJ, 2:297, 2:299, 2:391, 2:391n, 4:4, 6:84

Prussia

and Congress of Vienna, 7:528–7:529, 9:91n, 9:218n
and Declaration of Pillnitz, 4:430n
A. Gallatin on, 9:202
and Napoleon, 9:137–9:138
and partitions of Poland, 6:212, 6:212n, 7:298, 9:345, 9:347n
relations with Austria, 9:347
relations with Great Britain, 2:275
relations with Spain, 9:347
U.S. consuls at, 3:60–3:61
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503, 4:505, 4:507, 4:507

Pryor, John C.

letters from, 7:45–7:46
seeks position as tax collector, 7:45

Pryor, Nicholas Ballow

delivers letter, 4:183, 4:184n
family of, 5:653n
identified, 5:300–5:301n
letters from, 5:300–5:301
letters to, 5:328
seeks military appointment, 5:300–5:301, 5:327, 5:328

Pryor, Susan B., 5:653, 5:653n, 9:489–9:490n

Pryor, Zachariah B.

letter from accounted for, 9:32, 9:33n

Prysot (Prisot), Sir John

as chief justice of the court of common pleas, 7:147–7:148, 7:150n, 7:150n

psychology, experimental

and human perception, 9:635–9:637, 9:638n

Ptolemy I, king of Egypt, 6:542

Public Advertiser (N.Y. newspaper)

publishes P. Freneau poem, 1:226–1:229

Public Characters

TJ’s biography in, 9:459, 9:459n

Pub. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon (Ovid; ed. J. Pontanus), 9:274, 9:275n, 9:464, 9:538, 9:639

Pucci, Giulio Ferdinando

archivist in Florence, 9:291n, 9:292–9:293

Pufendorf, Samuel von

mentioned, 9:90
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Puller, Christopher, 2:455

Pumfrey, John, 3:599n

Pumfrey & Fitzwhylsonn (Richmond firm), 3:599n

Pumham, Aaron (Punkapog sachem), 5:184–5:185

Pumham, Moses, 5:184–5:185

pumpkins, 4:379

as livestock feed, 7:263, 7:282, 8:71, 8:71, 8:611
at Poplar Forest, 8:70, 8:71, 8:611
seeds for TJ, 7:263, 7:282, 7:307–7:308

punch

lemon acid for, 7:594, 7:602
syrup of, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109, 2:154

Punic language

roots of Gaelic, 7:560, 7:561n

Punkapog Indians, 5:184–5:185, 5:186n

Purchas, Samuel

Purchas his Pilgrimes, 8:581

Purchas his Pilgrimes (S. Purchas), 8:581

Purdie, Alexander, 1:381

Purney, John. See Pernier (Purney), John

Pursh, Frederick

Flora Americæ Septentrionalis, 2:91n, 9:339n
and plant drawings, 2:90, 2:91n, 2:140

Purviance, Samuel, 1:140, 1:361–1:362n, 1:515, 9:671, 9:673n

Purviance, William Young, 9:671, 9:673n

Purvis, John

A Complete Collection of all the Lavvs of Virginia now in force, 1:404, 1:404n

Putnam, Israel

British attempt to capture, 6:446, 6:446–6:447n

putty, 6:344, 6:348

Puy de Dôme (volcano), 9:134

Pyrenees, Treaty of (1659)

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

Pyrläus, Johann Christoph

and Indians, 9:65, 9:67n

Pythagoras, 5:185n, 6:299, 6:439

J. Adams on, 7:75, 7:75–7:76, 7:76, 7:76–7:77
and beans, 7:218, 7:221n
trinity of, 7:218, 7:221n

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