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Sabine River, 3:328

Saboureux de La Bonnetrie, Charles François

Traduction d’Anciens Ouvrages Latins relatifs à l’Agriculture et à la Médicine Vétérinaire, avec des Notes, 2:82

Sac Indians, 2:57

Sackets Harbor, N.Y.

British threat to, 8:18, 8:18n, 8:44

saddles, 1:3, 2:118, 2:121

sage

TJ grows, 7:116

sainfoin, 2:272, 5:560

Saint Augustine, W. Fla., 3:281–3:282

Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre, 8:551

St. Clair, Arthur

military service of, 7:692, 7:693n

Saint Davids, Upper Canada

burned by U.S. forces, 8:217

Saint Domingue

blacks in, 1:589, 7:533
refugees from, 1:450, 1:622–1:623, 1:624n
trade with U.S., 1:160, 1:517n

Sainte Geneviève Church (Paris; later the Panthéon), 4:474

Sainte Marie, Batture. See Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over

St. George wine (Agiorgitiko), 3:505

Saint Hilaire, Louis Vincent Joseph Le Blond, comte de, 1:371, 1:372

St. Jean, Maria

and batture controversy, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

St. John, Oliver

English chief justice, 6:302

St. John Baker, Anthony, 5:267n

Saint-John’s-wort, 4:139

Saint-Lambert, Jean François de, 1:121, 1:122n

St. Lawrence River

natural history of, 7:357
and War of 1812, 7:14

St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (Godwin), 6:464n

Saint Louis

maps of, 3:418, 3:616

St. Mary, Church of (Baltimore), 1:450, 1:450–1:451n

St. Mary’s, Ga., 1:509, 1:510

St. Mary’s Academy (Baltimore), 1:450, 1:450–1:451n

Saint-Maur, Nicolas François Dupré

mortality tables of, 6:225n

Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de

career of, 7:xliv–7:xlv
engraving of P. Carr, 7:xliv–7:xlv, 7:434 (illus.)
engraving of P. Gibson, 5:xlix, 5:358 (illus.)

Saint Paul Island (South Indian Ocean), 5:202–5:203

Saint Paul’s Cathedral (London), 4:474

Saint Peter’s Basilica (Rome), 4:474

Saint Petersburg

conveyance to and from, 3:434, 3:616–3:617, 3:627
U.S. consul at, 1:38–1:39, 1:61n, 1:65

St. Pierre. See Castel, Charles Irénée, abbé de Saint-Pierre

Saint-Pierre, Jacques Bernardin Henri de

Études de la Nature, 7:26, 7:27n

Saint Sophia Cathedral (Kiev), 4:474

Saint-Sulpice, Raymond Gaspard de Bonardi, comte de, 1:372

Salaberry, Charles de, 6:645–6:646n

Saladin (Muslim sultan), 7:66

salad oil, 1:31, 1:161, 2:335, 2:392, 2:438, 3:421, 3:434, 3:545

sal amoniac (ammonium chloride)

for copper utensils, 1:467, 1:467, 3:183, 3:200

Salcedo, Manuel María de, 2:443n

Salem Register (Mass. newspaper), 1:50n

Salkeld, William

Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench: with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, 3:546

Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)

Crispi Opera Omnia (trans. Gordon), 1:580, 6:93
mentioned, 6:402
orations of, 2:153
study of, 7:661
TJ on, 7:373, 7:447
TJ quotes, 6:402, 6:407n
tyrants condemned in works of, 6:53

Sally (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Sally (TJ’s slave)

medical care of, 7:387

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1773). See Hemings, Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1773)

Sally (Sal) (TJ’s slave; b. 1777)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462, 5:462, 6:308, 6:308, 6:308, 6:309, 6:309, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:62, 8:62, 8:62, 8:62, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255
spinner, 4:379

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1788). See Hubbard, Sarah (Sally) (TJ’s slave; b. 1788)

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1792)

given to T. J. Randolph, 6:36
on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1797). See Hubbard, Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1797)

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1812). See Goodman, Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1812)

Sally (ship), 1:84, 3:63, 3:245n

salmon, 5:601–5:602, 5:604–5:605

Salmon, William

deputy sheriff, 8:256n

Salmonds. See Sammons, James

Salmons. See Sammons, James

salsify, 1:157, 2:37, 2:38, 2:38, 5:489, 5:490, 5:658

salsify, Missouri (wild salsify), 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166

salt

consumed by sheep, 1:478, 2:379
furnaces, 4:8
given to slaves, 6:487, 7:124, 7:180
manufacturing, 5:77, 5:77n
as medicine, 4:102, 4:381, 6:343, 6:347, 6:349n
mentioned, 6:187, 6:195, 8:109
for militia, 7:649
mountain of, 5:640–5:641, 5:642n, 5:682, 5:682–5:683n, 6:39, 8:5
price of, 7:124, 7:180, 8:63, 8:105, 8:109
stored at Washington, 4:27
TJ acquires, 1:77, 3:301, 6:343, 6:344, 6:344, 6:344, 6:345, 6:345, 6:346, 6:347, 6:347, 6:347, 6:348, 6:348, 7:180, 8:67, 8:68, 8:72, 8:95, 8:95n, 8:132, 8:132, 8:174, 8:184
U.S. tax on, 3:560, 3:566, 4:529, 4:529n

salted fish, 1:115n, 1:176, 1:268, 1:268, 1:279

saltpeter, 1:367, 1:506, 3:155, 5:38–5:39n, 5:511, 5:553–5:554, 6:345, 6:345, 6:346

Salvage, Benjamin F.

letters from, 3:649
seeks employment, 3:649

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

Sammons, James

letters from accounted for, 2:314n
paid for masonry work, 2:313–2:314, 2:314n, 3:301, 3:301, 3:643
stonemason, 4:4
TJ pays, 4:557n, 5:92n, 5:121, 5:298

Sample, Mr., 5:118

Sampson (ship), 1:80, 1:81n, 1:210

Sampson (slave)

hired from Daingerfields, 3:112

Sampson, Mr.

and W. Short’s land, 4:268

Sampson, William

letters from accounted for, 1:78n
Memoirs, 8:388, 8:672
and D. B. Warden, 3:539, 3:557

Samson (Old Testament figure), 7:582

Samuel (J. Chamberlain’s slave), 4:15

Samuel (Hebrew prophet), 2:583, 2:584, 6:542

Sanchuniathon (Phoenician author), 6:298, 7:76

Sanco (TJ’s slave; b. 1797). See Davis, Sancho (TJ’s slave; b. 1797)

sand, 5:382, 8:253n, 8:402

Sanders, David, 5:339

Sandy (TJ’s slave; b. 1807)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Sandy (TJ’s slave; b. 1813)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 6:308, 6:310n, 6:310, 8:62, 8:255

Sanford, Capt., 1:509

Sanford, Clark

essay on Peruvian bark (cinchona), 4:18n, 5:670n

San Francisco, 1:446

Sangrado, Dr.

fictional character, 4:162, 4:163n, 7:223, 7:225n

Sangster, Thomas, 5:534

Sangster’s (Songster’s) ordinary (Fairfax Co.), 1:52n, 1:52n, 8:290

Sanskrit language

study of, 7:480
works on, 4:99
writings in, 8:3

Santee canal, 2:507

Sappho

mentioned, 6:403

Sarah (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Sarah Maria (brig), 4:173n

Sardinia

minerals from, sent to TJ, 2:297, 2:299, 2:391, 3:524, 4:4, 6:84, 6:163
royal museum in, 2:297
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507
Victor Emmanuel I, 2:391n

Sargeant, Ezra

and Edinburgh Review, 4:367, 4:367n, 4:485, 7:367
identified, 4:478n
letters from, 4:485, 4:565
letters to, 4:477–4:478, 4:521–4:522, 4:581, 5:151
printer, 5:372n
prints batture pamphlet, 4:xliii, 4:477–4:478, 4:485, 4:520, 4:521–4:522, 4:565, 4:565n, 4:574, 4:575, 4:581, 4:582, 5:219, 5:219, 5:224n, 7:95
TJ pays, 4:580, 4:581, 5:132, 5:151, 5:298

Sargent, Leonard

identified, 8:60n
letter from, 8:59–8:60
requests catalogue of TJ’s books, 8:59–8:60

Sarjeant, Henry

and water-raising machine, 8:196n

Sartori, Charles, 3:646

Sartori, John Baptiste, 2:109, 2:110n

sassafras, 4:102

Sasserno, Victor

desires consular appointment, 8:572, 8:572n
sends wine to TJ, 8:571

Satterwhite, Rachel

letters from accounted for, 1:68n
seeks TJ’s aid, 1:68n

saucers, 4:477

Sauganash. See Caldwell, Billy (Sauganash)

Saul, king of Israel, 2:583

Saul, Joseph, 2:255

sends greetings to TJ, 8:140

Saunders, Joseph, 1:66

Saunders, Samuel H.

An Easy First Book for Children; or The First Part of the Rhyming Spelling Book, 2:306–2:308
letters from, 2:306–2:308

Saunders, Tarlton

purchases TJ’s flour, 8:477, 8:492

Saunders, William

identified, 5:395n
overseer for C. Clark, 5:395

Saunderson, Nicholas

The Method of Fluxions, 1:576

Saurin, Bernard Joseph, 3:9, 3:13, 3:17, 3:89n

Saurin, Jacques

Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux, 2:322n

Savage, James

identified, 8:156n
letter from, 8:156–8:157
letter to, 8:252
State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, 8:156, 8:157n, 8:252

Savage, William Henry

as U.S. agent at Jamaica, 2:544, 3:615n, 5:37, 5:38n

Savary, Anne Jean Marie René, duc de Rovigo

French minister of police, 4:271

Savil, Elisha

as J. Adams’s physician, 6:501

Savu (Sunda Islands), 5:202–5:203

sawmill

compared to hemp brake, 6:452
at Monticello, 3:293, 3:520–3:521, 4:50, 4:51, 5:130n, 5:133, 5:311, 6:xliii–6:xliv, 6:85, 6:88, 6:125, 6:203, 6:214, 6:331, 6:386 (illus.), 6:452
work done for TJ at, 7:461

saws

crosscut, 5:133
C. W. Peale’s sawing machine, 7:84–7:85

Sawyer, Herbert

and HMS Guerriere, 7:465, 7:467n

Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 2:44–2:45, 2:46n

Say, Horace Emile

American travels of, 7:417, 7:421n, 7:598, 8:303

Say, Jean Baptiste

considers immigrating to U.S., 7:417–7:418, 7:598–7:599, 8:167–8:168, 8:183, 8:303–8:304, 8:307, 8:317, 8:320
economic theories of, 4:439, 4:440, 4:448, 5:577, 6:53, 8:294
identified, 7:420n
letters from, 7:416–7:421, 7:598–7:600
letter to, 8:303–8:308
recommends D. B. Warden, 7:506
and H. E. Say’s travels in U.S., 7:417, 8:303
spinning factory of, 7:416, 8:167, 8:167, 8:304
Traité d’Économie Politique, 6:596, 7:5–7:6, 7:176, 7:416–7:417, 7:420n, 7:598, 7:599, 7:628, 8:169n, 8:303, 8:308, 8:361, 8:362n, 8:630, 8:632n

scab

infects TJ’s sheep, 3:176–3:177, 3:442, 5:80, 5:448
remedies for, 3:453, 5:181, 5:182n

Scarborough, Richard Lumley, 2d Earl of, 8:276

scarlet clover, 2:271, 2:272

scarlet fever, 6:74

Scarron, Paul, 6:623, 6:627n

Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie (Cotton), 2:466

Schnebly, Jacob, 1:27

Scholfield, Arthur

and E. Herrick’s spinning machine, 4:572n

Schönbrunn, Treaty of (1809), 2:9n

schools and colleges. See also Albemarle Academy; Central College (Charlottesville); United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.); Virginia, University of (Charlottesville); William and Mary, College of

in Albemarle Co., 1:82n, 3:501, 3:540n, 4:493, 6:73, 6:130, 6:131, 8:92–8:93, 8:624, 8:646
American, 2:565
Ann Smith Academy (Lexington), 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201
Bowdoin College, 5:165n, 7:65
British, 2:565
Cambridge University, 2:565, 4:427, 7:659, 7:686, 7:688n
P. Carr’s Albemarle Co. school, 3:501, 3:540n
Central College (Charlottesville), 1:65n, 1:193n
College of William and Mary, 2:384, 2:534–2:535, 2:551, 2:671, 4:107–4:108, 4:108n, 4:162, 4:235, 4:236n, 4:246, 4:246, 4:369, 4:598, 5:373, 5:373, 5:374n, 5:469, 5:577, 5:579n, 6:598, 6:606
M. Derieux’s school in Petersburg, 6:270, 6:334–6:335
Dickinson College, 6:598–6:599, 8:609, 8:609
East Tennessee College, 2:266–2:267, 2:268n, 2:365–2:366
Edgehill School, 3:635n
C. Everette’s Albemarle Co. school, 6:426
Frederick Academy (Md.), 2:173, 2:174n
Georgetown College, 4:289
L. H. Girardin’s academy (Richmond), 1:520, 1:557, 1:633, 1:634–1:635, 2:27, 2:95, 2:110, 2:116, 2:134, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295, 2:438, 2:564
L. H. Girardin’s Albemarle Co. school, 6:73, 6:73, 6:130
Harvard University, 4:196, 4:473, 8:283, 8:283n, 8:378, 8:378n
in Hingham (Mass.), 6:279
influence of clergy at, 8:609–8:610
Jefferson College (Pa.), 1:4–1:6, 4:372
in Lynchburg, 6:64, 6:130–6:131, 6:451, 6:451, 8:585
Manchester Academy (Va.), 2:134n
M. Maury’s Albemarle Co. school, 6:426
military, proposed by T. Kosciuszko, 1:206, 1:207n, 8:344–8:345
J. Ogilvie’s Albemarle Co. school, 3:632n
Oxford University, 2:565, 7:659, 7:666n
Pestalozzi system, 3:39–3:40
in Petersburg, 6:269, 6:332, 6:334–6:335
J. Robertson’s Albemarle Co. school, 6:73, 6:131, 8:624
St. Mary’s Academy (Baltimore), 1:450, 1:450–1:451n
South Carolina College, 8:352–8:353, 8:609–8:610, 8:610n
Spring Hill School (Mich. Terr.), 1:7, 1:660–1:662, 2:55–2:57, 2:58n, 3:369–3:370
Stephensburg Academy (Frederick Co.), 1:566–1:567, 2:147, 2:148n
technical, 7:639–7:640, 7:687
textbooks for, 8:294, 8:482, 8:482n, 8:640, 8:670
and TJ’s plans for a university in Va., 1:592, 7:636–7:641
University of Berlin, 4:354n
University of Bologna, 2:565
University of Edinburgh, 2:565, 4:427
University of Georgia (Athens), 5:297, 5:297–5:298n
University of Glasgow, 2:172, 2:174n
University of Medicine at Montpellier, 4:189, 4:190n
University of Pavia, 2:565
University of Pennsylvania, 6:468, 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
University of Vermont, 8:111
University of Virginia (Charlottesville), 1:136n, 1:191n, 1:466n, 1:474n
J. Waddell’s Albemarle Co. school, 6:426
Washington Academy (Lexington), 1:367, 1:367–1:368n
Willson’s school at Milton, Va., 8:624
for women, 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n

Schrader, Dame

letters from accounted for, 5:352n

Schramm, Johann Michael, 5:273n

Schrevel, Cornelis

Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum et Latino-Græcum, 8:660

Schuyler, Peter Philip

and Niagara Campaign, 5:540

Schuyler, Philip

family of, 5:42, 5:43

Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp (Austrian ambassador and general), 1:117, 1:121n, 6:637n

sciatica, 8:442

science

advancement of in N.Y., 8:347–8:348
knowledge of in U.S., 8:519

Scientific Dialogues, intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young People (J. Joyce)

bound by J. Milligan, 1:36
reprint of, 4:401, 4:560
TJ cites, 1:482, 1:483n
TJ loans, 2:51
TJ recommends, 1:581, 7:626
TJ requests, 1:332–1:333, 1:384, 2:101, 2:264, 3:122, 4:201, 4:288–4:289

scientific instruments. See also surveying

artificial horizon, 4:167, 4:167n, 4:369
astronomical, 3:480
equatorial, 4:237, 4:238n, 4:369
in lost trunk, 1:153, 1:347, 1:347
lunettes, 5:507, 7:53
meterological, 5:xlviii
micrometer, 7:139, 7:139n
navigational, 3:448
pendulum, 4:147–4:148, 4:149n, 4:223–4:225, 4:226, 4:227, 4:228, 4:409–4:410, 6:82–6:83, 8:367, 8:463
protractor, 4:341
sextant, 4:369, 4:370n
telescope, 3:480, 4:237, 4:238n, 4:238n, 4:676, 5:507, 5:508n, 7:139
theodolite, 4:369
thermometer, 8:214, 8:304

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

Scilla (TJ’s slave; b. 1794). See Gillette, Scilla (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius, 6:641–6:642n, 7:24, 8:276

Sciurus. See squirrel

scotch broom, 6:7, 6:7, 6:7n

Scotland

conditions in, 4:360–4:361
constitution of, 2:215
emigration from, 1:238, 2:201–2:202, 2:289, 2:289, 2:290
plants from, 4:535, 4:557
University of Edinburgh, 2:565

Scott, Mr.

and plank for TJ, 5:663

Scott, Mr. (Samuel Scott’s son), 2:323

Scott, Alexander, 1:23n, 1:516, 6:415n

Scott, Andrew

letters from accounted for, 3:245n

Scott, Beverly Roy

identified, 5:408n
seeks naval appointment, 5:408, 5:408–5:409
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:243

Scott, Charles

death of, 7:10, 7:87
governor of Ky., 6:177n

Scott, Charles A.

identified, 3:371n
letters to, 3:371
mentioned, 3:214n
mill of, 3:371, 3:420–3:421
purchases land from R. Jefferson, 8:400
Slate River ferry of, 5:658, 6:213, 6:213

Scott, Daniel (fl. 1753), 3:432

Scott, Daniel (d. 1851)

identified, 3:214n
letters from, 3:224–3:225
letters to, 3:214
sells corn to TJ, 3:214, 3:224–3:225, 3:225n

Scott, James

finds stolen papers, 1:269, 1:284
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349, 5:378–5:380

Scott, John C.

and J. Dougherty, 1:320, 1:321n, 2:432

Scott, John Washington, 1:504n

Scott, Joseph

and batture controversy, 2:395, 2:396n
death of, 3:249
identified, 2:364n
letters from accounted for, 2:405n
letters to, 2:363–2:364
TJ recommends Yancey to, 2:363

Scott, Joseph T.

The New and Universal Gazetteer: or, Modern Geographical Dictionary, 1:581

Scott, Samuel

Bill of Complaint in Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, 4:680–4:684, 5:35n
family of, 5:243, 5:408, 5:408n, 5:408
identified, 4:683n
intemperance alleged, 5:39, 5:239, 5:243
letters from accounted for, 2:232, 2:232–2:233n
litigiousness alleged, 5:239, 5:243, 5:361
TJ’s land dispute with, 2:96–2:97, 2:148–2:149, 2:232, 2:233n, 2:303, 2:303, 2:322–2:323, 2:324n, 2:326, 2:327, 2:327–2:328, 3:640, 4:308–4:309, 4:549, 4:583–4:585, 4:647, 4:677–4:678, 4:679, 4:680–4:684, 5:39–5:40, 5:40–5:41, 5:48–5:50, 5:50n, 5:61–5:62, 5:62–5:63, 5:87, 5:89–5:90, 5:90–5:91, 5:161–5:162, 5:210–5:211, 5:239, 5:242–5:243, 5:245, 5:263, 5:287, 5:338, 5:339, 5:339–5:340, 5:341, 5:342–5:343, 5:361, 6:332, 6:332n, 6:351, 8:285, 8:328, 8:333, 8:351, 8:417, 8:418n

Scott, Thomas

on biblical book of Daniel, 7:36–7:37
Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, 2:321, 2:321–2:322n, 2:337, 2:349, 7:36–7:37, 7:195
Theological works, 2:321

Scott, Sir Walter

poetry of, 4:201, 4:201–4:202n, 4:561

Scott, Winfield

American military commander, 7:524–7:525, 7:525n, 8:263–8:264, 8:443

The Scottish Chiefs (J. Porter), 7:65, 8:626, 8:626n

Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison. See also Scott, Samuel: TJ’s land dispute with

case dismissed, 8:328, 8:333
court costs in, 6:338n, 8:328, 8:333, 8:351, 8:351, 8:417, 8:418n
S. Scott’s bill of complaint in, 4:680–4:684, 5:35n
TJ prepares for chancery case, 5:xlvii–5:xlviii, 5:32–5:33, 5:34–5:35, 5:35n, 5:48–5:50, 5:61–5:62, 5:63–5:64, 5:90–5:91, 5:161–5:162, 5:230–5:236, 5:264, 5:282–5:284, 5:287, 5:287–5:288, 5:337, 5:337, 5:338, 5:339, 5:339–5:340, 5:342–5:343, 5:358 (illus.), 5:361
TJ’s Answer to Bill of Complaint, 5:230–5:236
TJ’s Notes on Evidence, 5:229

Scotus. See Duns Scotus, John

Scriptorum de Jure Nautico et Maritimo Fasciculus (F. Stypmann, R. Kuricke, J. Loccenius, and J. G. Heineccius), 8:387, 8:387–8:388n

A Scriptural View of the Character, Causes, and Ends of the Present War (A. McLeod), 8:228, 8:228, 8:340–8:341, 8:344, 8:344

sculpture

professional education in, 7:639, 7:687
of G. Washington, 8:161, 8:162n, 8:577–8:578

scurvy

treatments for, 5:30, 5:550–5:551

scurvy grass, 5:550–5:551

scythe, 7:83

Sea, Mr.

and H. Marks’s estate, 4:510, 4:511, 4:512n, 5:95–5:96, 5:96n

Seabrook, John

identified, 8:198n
letter from, 8:196–8:198
and TJ’s religious beliefs, 8:196–8:198

Seabrook, Richard, 1:440, 1:454, 1:454, 1:459, 1:460, 5:422

Séances des Écoles Normales, recueillies par des Sténographes et revues par les Professeurs, 1:37

Sears, Mr. (in Paris), 7:490

Sears, David

visits French empress, 7:490

Sears, Miriam Mason (David Sears’s wife)

visits French empress, 7:490

Seaton, William Winston

editor of Washington National Intelligencer, 2:671n
identified, 6:506n

Sebastian, king of Portugal

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:377

Sebrell, Nicholas, 1:616

The Second Crisis of America (A. C. Mitchell), 8:564, 8:564n, 8:608, 8:608n

Second Thoughts on Instinctive Impulses (T. Law), 7:342, 7:342n, 7:412, 7:468n

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

Secretary’s Ford (Albemarle Co.)

and Rivanna Company, 3:141, 3:144, 3:192, 3:286

The Secret History of the Court And Reign of Charles The Second. By A Member Of His Privy Council, 7:389

Sedgwick, Theodore

Federalist legislator, 6:194, 6:254
as judge, 8:376n

sedition law, 1:278, 7:236–7:237

seed press

described, 1:xlviii, 1:390, 1:400
picture of TJ’s, 1:380 (illus.)
vials for, 1:190, 1:191n, 1:245, 1:308, 1:309n

seeds

anemone, double, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
auricula, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
barley, 4:562, 5:384
bean, 6:44–6:45, 7:326
black cotton, 1:258, 1:259–1:260n
brought from the West by M. Lewis, 6:152
burnet, 4:487, 4:515, 4:522, 4:526, 4:530
cabbage, 2:90, 5:384, 6:7, 6:44, 6:86, 8:258, 8:272
canary seed, 2:271
cantaloupe, 3:473, 3:501, 3:503n
carnation, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
cauliflower, 2:90
clover, 3:180, 3:184, 3:194, 3:448, 3:456, 4:518, 4:525, 4:525, 4:526, 4:548, 4:557, 5:324, 8:367, 8:459–8:460, 8:520, 8:535
cork, 5:438, 5:560
corn, 2:334
cotton, 1:666
cucumber, 6:214
eggplant, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
Egyptian grass, 1:555, 2:301, 2:302
flax, 2:371, 8:460
grass, 6:26, 6:66, 6:67, 6:81, 6:128
green cottonseed, 1:82, 1:258, 1:259–1:260n
gum arabic tree, 7:16, 7:16n
hemp, 2:371
kale, 5:384, 6:44, 6:86
kale, sea, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
kale, sprout, 4:562, 6:7, 6:44, 6:86, 8:272
lettuce, 4:527, 5:31, 8:258, 8:272
from B. McMahon, 3:439, 3:440n
mignonette, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
millet, 2:335
oat, 2:93, 5:384
oat-grass, 3:460–3:461
parsnip, 1:157
pea, 6:45, 6:514, 7:288
pepper, 5:364–5:365, 6:66–6:67, 6:67, 6:81, 6:127, 6:187, 6:195, 6:196, 6:615, 7:326
pumpkin, 7:263, 7:282, 7:307–7:308
from J. Ronaldson, 5:369–5:370, 6:7n
rutabaga, 2:481, 2:543
rye, hay, 3:65, 8:74
scotch broom, 6:7
sent by TJ, 2:302, 3:454, 3:454, 3:454, 3:502–3:503, 3:544–3:545, 4:498, 4:523, 5:490, 5:553, 5:653, 5:658, 6:44–6:45, 6:196, 6:615, 7:31, 7:90, 7:332, 8:615, 8:615–8:616, 8:640
sent to M. J. Randolph, 7:16
sent to TJ, 1:141, 2:162, 2:270, 2:271–2:272, 2:301–2:302, 2:310, 2:506, 2:536, 2:543, 2:669, 3:41, 3:65, 3:98–3:99, 3:419, 3:583, 3:604, 3:604, 3:614, 3:629, 4:34, 4:84, 4:85n, 4:363, 4:497–4:498, 4:534, 4:559, 4:565–4:566, 4:569, 4:621, 6:26, 6:45, 6:66–6:67, 6:81, 6:152, 6:195, 6:196, 6:615, 7:16, 7:54–7:55, 7:90, 7:90, 7:263, 7:282, 7:307–7:308, 7:326, 7:349, 7:634, 8:74, 8:420, 8:590, 8:615, 8:615
sesame, 1:84, 1:105, 1:198, 1:211–1:212, 1:436–1:437n, 1:555, 1:667, 2:301, 3:225, 3:368, 3:454, 3:454, 3:502, 3:545, 3:636–3:637, 4:7, 4:39–4:40, 6:382, 6:514
sweet acacia, 1:555, 2:301, 2:302
sweet potato, 8:680
timothy, 3:454, 3:456, 3:460–3:461, 4:77, 4:156, 4:156, 4:157n, 4:194, 4:236
tobacco, 7:31
tomato, 7:332
turnip, 4:363, 5:384, 6:514
wheat, 8:158, 8:173, 8:174n
wintermelon, 2:302

Seelah (Celer; TJ’s horse), 5:497, 5:497n, 5:498n

Selby, Skeffington

identified, 3:426–3:427n
letters from, 3:426–3:427
letters to, 3:457–3:458
and T. Nelson’s bonds, 3:426, 3:457–3:458

Selden, John

English jurist, 6:302

Selden, Miles, 1:25, 5:598

Select American Biography (W. Barton), 7:398–7:400, 7:446–7:447, 7:511

Select Exercises for Young Proficients in the Mathematics (T. Simpson), 5:417, 7:458, 7:458n, 8:481–8:482, 8:482n

Sellers, Nathan, 5:xlix–5:l, 5:559n

and corn sieve, 7:79–7:80

Selma, Fernando

engraver, 7:563

Seminole Indians, 5:651–5:652, 6:67–6:68, 6:112, 6:113n

Semple, James

and College of William and Mary, 5:469
and faculty position for J. Meigs, 5:373–5:374
identified, 5:374n
letters from, 5:469–5:470
letters to, 5:373–5:374

Sempronius (fictional character)

TJ compared to, 7:312, 7:312n

Senate, U.S. See also Congress, U.S.; Otis, Samuel Allyne

J. Adams on, 6:624
and appointment of foreigners, 3:443
and appointments, 8:45, 8:141, 8:153, 8:206n
and Bank of the United States, 4:113, 4:113n, 4:128–4:130
and batture controversy, 3:203–3:204
certifies elections, 6:185n
chamber of, 1:473, 1:475n, 1:595, 3:534, 3:535, 3:556
and Cherokee Indians, 7:164, 7:200, 7:200n
clerical salaries in, 8:115
clerk of, 1:535
Committee on Military Affairs, 8:67n, 8:443n
and declaration of war, 5:142n, 5:220
doorkeeper election, 4:124, 4:163, 4:164n, 4:171
and Embargo of 1812, 4:586–4:587, 4:588n
and O. Evans’s patent machinery, 6:454, 6:454n
and Gallatin-Smith feud, 2:430
and A. Gallatin’s nomination, 6:105n, 6:202–6:203, 6:241, 6:241, 6:313
journals of bound by TJ, 8:631
mentioned, 2:570, 6:563, 8:20n, 8:175, 8:406–8:407
messages from TJ, 1:643n
and national debt, 8:110, 8:111n
and office of postmaster general, 7:197n
orders W. Duane’s prosecution, 2:412n
and public works, 2:213–2:214, 2:589, 2:613–2:614
and purchase of TJ’s library, 7:679–7:680, 7:680, 8:26, 8:36
ratifies Treaty of Ghent (1814), 8:268, 8:269n, 8:269
rejects W. Short’s nomination, 1:38
resolution concerning Jackson, 2:70n
and J. Russell’s nomination, 6:240, 6:241, 6:241, 6:242, 6:242n
S. Smith’s reelection to, 1:515–1:516
supports R. Fulton’s torpedo, 2:250, 2:251n, 2:301
and term limits, 6:68, 6:432, 6:518
and trade licenses, 5:636, 5:637n
treaty powers of, 6:433n

Seneca (Roman statesman and philosopher)

mentioned, 6:299, 6:542, 7:447
A New Translation of the Morals of Seneca (trans. Bennet), 1:576
writings of, 7:627

Seneca Indians, 2:59, 2:175

Senter, Isaac, 5:64, 5:67n

Senter, Nathaniel Greene Montague

identified, 5:67n
letters from, 5:64–5:68, 5:398–5:399, 5:407–5:408
letters to, 5:218, 5:429–5:430
and New Orleans charitable society, 5:65, 5:218
seeks military appointment, 5:398–5:399, 5:399n, 5:407, 5:430
"Travels in the Western Country", 5:407, 5:407n
travel writings of, 5:64–5:65, 5:68n, 5:218, 5:407–5:408, 5:429

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (Sterne), 4:85n

Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, 6:254, 7:217

A Sermon, Preached at Boston, before his Excellency Christopher Gore (Parish), 3:75n, 3:156

sermons

clergyman tried for comments made during, 1:277, 1:278n
pamphlet of bound for TJ, 8:630
recommended by TJ, 7:627
sent to TJ, 1:138, 2:411–2:412, 3:75n, 3:156, 3:431, 3:456–3:457, 4:230, 4:231n, 7:198–7:199, 7:199n

Sermons (L. Bourdaloue), 7:627

Sermons (J. B. Massillon), 7:627

Sermons by The late Rev. Mr. Sterne (L. Sterne), 8:388

Serres, Olivier de

Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs, 1:35, 1:581, 2:82, 7:626

Sérurier, Louis Barbé Charles

French minister to U.S., 4:54, 4:55n, 6:637, 7:98–7:99, 7:99n
and L. P. G. de Lormerie’s passage, 5:432–5:433, 6:102

Serveto (Servetus), Miguel

F. A. Van der Kemp’s work on, 4:614

sesame (benne; benni)

J. Bradbury on, 1:436–1:437n
and C. Harris, 1:84, 1:211–1:212
and J. Milledge, 1:667, 3:636–3:637, 4:39–4:40
oil, 1:84n, 1:212, 3:636–3:637, 4:7, 4:39–4:40
H. G. Spafford requests from TJ, 1:105, 1:198
TJ cultivates, 4:7, 6:382, 6:514
TJ receives seeds of, 1:555, 2:301, 2:302, 3:225
TJ sends seeds of, 3:454, 3:454, 3:502, 3:545
and J. W. Wallace, 3:368

Sesamum indicum. See sesame (benne; benni)

Seventy-Six Association (Charleston, S.C.)

forwards orations, 4:105–4:107, 6:88, 6:90n, 6:124–6:125, 8:315
identified, 4:107n
letters from, 4:105–4:107, 6:88–6:90, 8:315–8:316
letter to, 6:124–6:125
letters to accounted for, 4:107n
toasts of sent to TJ, 7:459, 7:459n

Seven Years’ War

TJ’s recollections of, 7:30, 7:32n

Sewall, Jonathan, 6:258

Sewall, Samuel, 8:376n

sextant, 4:369, 4:370n

Seybert, Adam

congressional Joint Library Committee member, 8:14
and domestic manufactures, 1:170–1:172
A. von Humboldt sends regards to, 1:453n
identified, 1:172n
letters from, 1:170–1:172

Seymour, Dr.

and tobacco treatments, 5:669

Seymour, Henry

and Lafayette’s La. lands, 5:68–5:69, 5:69n

Shaaff (Shoaff), John Thomas

physician of J. Madison, 6:241

Shackelford, Benjamin

correspondence with W. P. Newby, 8:357n
Culpeper C.H. tavern keeper, 1:52n, 5:572n
forwards correspondence for TJ, 5:571–5:572, 5:573, 7:157n, 8:357
identified, 5:572n
letters from, 5:571–5:572, 8:357
letters to accounted for, 5:572n, 8:204n

Shackelford, Lyne

estate of, 3:36–3:37, 3:196, 3:250, 3:270, 3:283–3:284, 3:367–3:368, 3:529, 4:9, 4:9n

Shackelford, Richard

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
rents land from W. Short, 4:197

Shackleford, Zachariah

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

shad

compared to carp, 4:629
compared to paddlefish, 3:92
mentioned, 6:132, 6:132, 6:134
TJ purchases, 2:109, 5:155, 5:164, 7:321, 7:332, 7:333n, 7:448, 7:448
TJ sends to M. Wills, 4:668
white, 1:369
works on, 5:601–5:602, 5:604–5:605

Shadwell (TJ’s estate)

account for lease to C. Peyton, 5:419, 5:421, 5:423
acreage of, 4:387
border of, 3:572–3:573n
dispute over lease of, 2:85–2:86, 2:150–2:151, 2:198–2:199, 2:200, 2:212–2:213, 2:239–2:240, 2:240, 2:277–2:281, 2:281, 2:282, 2:286, 2:286–2:287, 2:294
overseers at, 1:137–1:138n
rent due on, 2:421–2:422, 2:422n
TJ conveys part of to T. J. Randolph, 6:35–6:36, 6:416

Shadwell mills. See also Shoemaker, Isaac; Shoemaker, Jonathan

builders at, 1:192n
J. B. Chandler seeks work at, 4:495, 4:590
dam at, 3:204–3:205, 3:218, 3:300, 3:300, 8:236, 8:241
J. Eliason wishes to rent, 6:91, 6:118, 6:123, 6:149–6:150, 6:166
O. Evans’s machinery installed at, 6:384–6:385
flour from, 2:269, 2:292, 2:300, 4:548–4:549, 8:207, 8:582
flour mill at, 6:xliii, 6:386 (illus.), 8:624, 8:625n
improvements to, 2:670, 3:293, 3:359, 3:521, 3:527, 4:50, 4:51, 4:144, 4:144–4:145, 4:145–4:146, 4:200–4:201, 4:661–4:662, 6:634
interim millers at during War of 1812, 6:428n, 6:620
land reserved for use of, 6:35
lease of, 1:488n, 3:464–3:465, 3:581, 3:614, 6:149–6:150, 8:205n
location of, 4:6n
McKinney recommended for, 2:383
managed by J. McKinney, 4:183, 4:183n, 4:233, 4:374n, 5:120–5:121, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n
mentioned, 1:579
mill wheels at, 4:51
mismanagement at, 1:108–1:110, 1:139n, 1:139–1:140, 1:282–1:283, 2:292, 3:51–3:52, 3:111, 3:156–3:157, 3:184, 3:644
and T. E. Randolph, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n, 8:625n
and T. M. Randolph, 4:6, 4:6n, 4:183, 4:183n, 4:374n, 4:548, 5:120–5:121, 5:228, 5:499, 5:517, 5:530, 5:570–5:571, 5:575, 5:591n, 5:671, 6:91, 6:118, 6:123, 6:149–6:150, 6:166, 6:430, 6:620, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n, 8:205n, 8:625n
rent for, 1:407, 1:408, 1:421–1:422, 1:451–1:452, 4:183, 4:233, 5:400–5:402, 5:671, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n, 8:207, 8:284, 8:624, 8:625n
repairs to, 5:307n, 6:620
and Rivanna Company, 3:161, 3:191, 3:192, 3:216–3:218, 3:287, 3:421–3:422, 3:527, 5:517, 5:529, 6:596, 6:629, 6:629, 6:634–6:635
sale of, 6:xliii
taxes on, 8:393
TJ’s insurance for, 1:218–1:219, 1:417, 1:417n, 1:625–1:626, 1:659–1:660, 2:29
TJ visits, 8:240
and toll mill, 1:626, 1:626, 5:120–5:121, 6:430

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3d Earl of

works of, 8:49

Shakers

books on, 8:469, 8:469n

Shakespeare, William

in collegiate curriculum, 7:664
quoted, 1:412, 1:412n, 5:484, 5:484n, 5:582n, 6:14, 6:16n, 6:98, 6:100n, 6:128, 6:129n, 6:228n, 6:517, 6:517, 6:517n, 6:517n, 7:478, 7:481n, 7:711, 7:712n
referenced, 7:258, 7:259n, 7:403, 7:405n, 7:557, 7:560n
TJ quotes, 6:591, 6:593n, 8:525, 8:527n
TJ recommends, 7:629

Shaler, William

forwards papers to TJ, 7:505–7:506
and trunk for TJ, 7:505, 8:36, 8:245, 8:420

Shannon, HMS (frigate), 6:251n

Sharp, Mr.

sells oxen to TJ, 6:306n

Sharp, Granville, 3:268, 3:269n

Sharp, Leander J., 8:448

Sharpe, Robert

TJ buys land from, 4:387

Sharpless, Blakey, 1:256n

Shattuck, George Cheyne

identified, 1:51n
letters to, 1:50–1:51
Three Dissertations on Boylston Prize Questions for the Years 1806 and 1807, 1:50–1:51, 1:51n

Shaw, Mr. (stonemason), 8:592

Shaw, George

and classification of animals, 7:152

Shaw, Thomas

Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 6:380, 6:380, 6:380–6:381, 6:381

Shaw, William Smith

introduces G. Ticknor, 8:148, 8:149n

Shawnee Indians, 4:485n, 8:151, 8:552

Shays’s Rebellion, 6:254, 6:256n, 6:287

Sheaff, Henry, 2:221

identified, 8:662n
letters to, 8:662
and wine for TJ, 8:662

Sheaffe, Sir Roger Hale

British general, 8:219

Shearman (Sherman), Martin, 1:616

Shecut, John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge

address cover from, 7:xliv, 7:434 (illus.)
and Antiquarian Society of Charleston, 6:179, 6:180n, 6:251, 6:376–6:377, 6:483
critique of Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina, 6:377
desires secretaryship, 8:24, 8:24–8:25, 8:25n
family of, 7:566–7:567
Flora Carolinæensis, 6:252, 6:252n, 6:378, 6:615, 7:566
identified, 6:179–6:180n
letters from, 6:179–6:180, 6:376–6:378, 7:565–7:568, 8:24–8:25
letters to, 6:251–6:252, 7:700–7:701
medical theories of, 7:565–7:567, 7:700, 8:24, 8:24–8:25
seeks TJ’s publication subsidy, 7:565–7:567, 7:700–7:701
TJ sends bird pepper to, 6:252, 6:377, 6:615, 7:567, 7:568n

sheep. See also merino sheep

Barbary, 2:252, 2:379, 2:380, 2:457, 2:492, 3:190, 3:637, 4:637, 4:638n, 6:6
on Belmont estate, 3:170
broadtail, 1:465–1:466, 1:477, 4:638n
Cape, 1:477, 1:599
Chew’s breed, 2:380
Churro, 1:18, 1:19n
C. Clark’s, 5:395
and dogs, 4:161, 4:170, 4:346–4:349, 6:6, 6:31–6:32, 6:369–6:370, 6:511, 7:13, 8:272
J. Dougherty acquires for TJ, 1:153, 1:464, 1:465–1:466, 1:467, 1:476–1:477, 1:486
Essay on Sheep (Livingston), 1:667, 1:668n, 3:63, 3:64n
fodder for, 2:271, 2:543, 8:71, 8:158
Green mountain, 1:667
D. Humphreys’s, 2:431, 2:431, 5:496, 6:504
Iceland ram, 1:320, 1:596, 1:666, 3:637
mutton, 4:362, 8:307
in Pa., 1:18, 1:69n
C. W. Peale considers raising, 7:81
at Poplar Forest, 4:306, 4:381, 5:31, 6:6, 8:71, 8:74, 8:185, 8:520
price of, 8:307
raised in Ga., 4:40
raised in S.C., 2:218, 4:40
raised in Va., 1:238–1:239, 1:240n, 4:346, 4:428
rams, 6:215
scab in TJ’s, 3:176–3:177, 3:442, 3:453, 4:61, 4:62, 5:448
shears for, 6:347
skin of Rocky Mountain, 1:327–1:328, 1:510
Spanish, 1:16, 1:320, 3:176–3:177, 5:198–5:199, 6:6–6:7, 6:31, 6:31
O. Sprigg’s breed, 2:380
TJ’s advice sought on, 2:202

Sheffey, Daniel

criticizes J. Adams, 5:4
and O. Evans’s petition to Congress, 7:113n
Va. congressman, 4:475, 4:476n

Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of, 3:79

Shekell (Sheckle, Sheckles, Shekel), Cephus (Cephas, Sephus)

letters of introduction for, 3:651
rents Henderson lands, 5:419, 5:426, 5:426

Shelby, Isaac, 5:644, 5:644n

as commander of Ky. militia, 6:370, 8:263
Revolutionary War service of, 6:370, 6:371n

Shelden, Daniel

as U.S. Treasury clerk, 8:437, 8:438n

Shelton, Samuel

business partnership of, 5:93n
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Shelton, William A.

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

Shenandoah River

lottery to improve navigation on, 4:288

Shenandoah Valley

“Cohees” as nickname for residents of, 8:232
settlement of, 8:643

Shepherd (TJ’s slave; b. 1782)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Shepherd (TJ’s slave; b. 1809)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:385, 4:386, 5:462, 6:308, 8:62, 8:255

Shepherd, William

Paris, in Eighteen Hundred And Two, and Eighteen Hundred And Fourteen, 8:628, 8:629n, 8:672

shepherd dogs. See dogs

Sheppard, William

A Grand Abridgment of the Common and Statute Law of England, 7:147, 7:148

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 7:660

Sheridan, Thomas

A Course of Lectures on Elocution, 1:576, 7:629

Sherman, Mr. See Shearman (Sherman), Martin

sherry (wine), 8:571, 8:662

Sherwin, Henry

Mathematical Tables, 4:148, 4:149n

Shields, William C.

publisher of Daily Compiler and Richmond Commercial Register, 7:450n

Shiflett, Joel

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

Shiner, D.

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

Shirman, William

letters from, 7:331
letters to, 7:297, 7:448–7:449
and stonework at Monticello, 7:297, 7:331, 7:448–7:449
and stonework at Poplar Forest, 7:297, 7:331

shirting (textile), 6:348

Shoaff, Dr. See Shaaff (Shoaff), John Thomas

Shoemaker, Isaac

and debt to S. Lukens, 4:571, 4:619
extorts money from father, 4:619
identified, 1:139n
letters to, 1:138–1:139
and mismanagement of Shadwell Mill, 1:108–1:109, 1:110n, 1:138–1:139, 1:139–1:140, 1:282, 2:292, 3:51–3:52, 3:156–3:157, 3:464–3:465, 3:644, 5:483–5:484
and postal route, 1:353
rent due from, 8:204
TJ’s account with, 3:300–3:302, 3:317–3:318, 3:640–3:642, 3:642–3:643
E. Trist on, 4:573, 4:574n

Shoemaker, Jonathan

asks TJ to endorse bill, 2:95
identified, 1:109–1:110n
letters from, 1:139–1:140, 1:256, 1:407, 1:451–1:452, 2:269, 2:300, 2:393
letters from accounted for, 2:670n
letters to, 1:108–1:110, 1:282–1:283, 1:364, 1:421–1:422, 2:95, 2:199, 2:342–2:343, 2:660–2:661, 2:670
mentioned, 5:527
and mismanagement of Shadwell Mill, 1:108–1:109, 1:139–1:140, 1:282–1:283, 3:51–3:52, 3:111, 3:156–3:157, 3:184, 3:464–3:465, 3:528, 3:531, 3:614, 3:644, 5:483–5:484
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
rent due from, 1:353, 1:353, 1:364, 1:408, 1:421–1:422, 1:422, 1:451–1:452, 8:204
seeks abatement in rent, 1:407, 1:421–1:422
sells mill near Washington, 1:256, 5:484
ships flour to Richmond, 2:269, 2:292, 2:300, 3:111–3:112, 3:135, 3:154, 3:181, 3:301, 3:302, 3:318, 3:371, 3:612
son extorts money from, 4:619
TJ’s account with, 2:199, 2:300, 2:313–2:314, 2:342–2:343, 2:393, 2:660–2:661, 3:300–3:302, 3:317–3:318, 3:373, 3:640–3:642, 3:642–3:643, 4:495, 5:120
E. Trist on, 4:573, 4:574n

Shoemaker, Lukens, 2:393

shoes, 3:202, 8:234, 8:241–8:242

sabots, 7:332

Short, William

advocates unrestricted commerce, 1:119–1:120, 1:359–1:360, 3:274, 3:275n
J. Armstrong carries letters of, 1:115, 1:120
awaits instructions, 1:117, 1:331
on banks, 7:223
J. Barnes’s visit with, 7:469–7:470, 7:471–7:472, 7:472n
as chargé d’affaires, 7:137–7:138, 7:139n
conveys news to and from French acquaintances, 1:173, 1:537
and J. Corrêa da Serra, 6:87, 6:155–6:156, 6:204, 6:274, 6:605–6:606, 6:606, 7:139, 7:224–7:225, 7:287, 7:301, 7:403, 8:53
correspondence with G. Harrison, 8:490n
correspondence with TJ, 1:234
and diplomatic outfit, 1:61, 1:85, 1:118, 1:232–1:233, 1:235n, 5:362–5:364
on education, 7:223
on European affairs, 8:557
financial situation of, 8:52, 8:53, 8:109–8:110
forwards pamphlet to J. Adams, 3:198, 3:274
forwards publications to TJ, 5:473, 5:473n, 5:500n, 7:505
on France, 3:197, 4:269–4:271, 7:224, 7:224–7:225, 7:403–7:404, 8:330–8:331
and A. Gallatin, 4:61n
on Great Britain, 4:269–4:273, 7:224, 8:51
health of, 6:276–6:277, 8:330, 8:332, 8:688, 8:688–8:689
hopes to visit TJ, 7:225, 8:688–8:689
and J. G. Hyde de Neuville, 5:405
identified, 1:39n
and Indian Camp, 1:234, 1:235n, 3:198, 3:272–3:273, 3:275, 3:438, 3:621–3:622, 3:644, 4:5–4:6, 4:59–4:60, 4:197–4:198, 4:268, 4:273–4:274, 4:675, 5:239–5:240, 5:264–5:265, 5:364n, 5:399–5:402, 5:407n, 5:443–5:444, 5:446, 5:506, 5:567, 5:568–5:570, 5:573, 5:596, 5:622–5:623, 5:623–5:624n, 5:624–5:625, 6:86, 6:87–6:88n, 6:204, 6:274, 6:522–6:523, 6:523n, 6:575, 6:604, 6:604–6:605, 7:70–7:71, 7:136, 7:157, 7:157n, 7:159, 7:166–7:168, 7:169n, 7:197–7:198, 7:212–7:213, 7:271, 7:405, 7:487, 7:510, 7:511n, 7:591–7:592, 7:594–7:595, 7:655, 8:50–8:51, 8:107, 8:129, 8:332, 8:382, 8:428–8:429, 8:556, 8:567–8:568, 8:588, 8:598, 8:687–8:688
investments of, 1:32n, 7:136–7:138
and Lafayette, 3:447, 5:215n
letter of credence for, 1:328, 1:343–1:344, 1:359, 1:658, 1:659n
letters from, 1:115–1:122, 1:229–1:235, 2:200, 2:475–2:479, 3:197–3:200, 3:272–3:275, 4:268–4:274, 6:274–6:277, 7:135–7:139, 7:223–7:225, 7:402–7:405, 8:50–8:53, 8:330–8:332, 8:556–8:557, 8:687–8:689
letters from accounted for, 1:329n, 3:107n, 3:438n, 3:623n, 4:60–4:61n, 4:199n, 4:676n, 5:402n, 5:447n, 5:506n, 5:624n, 6:87n, 6:277n, 6:606n, 7:213n, 7:225n, 7:272n, 7:593n, 8:429n, 8:490–8:491n
letters to, 1:38–1:39, 3:106–3:107, 3:438, 3:621–3:623, 4:59–4:61, 4:197–4:199, 4:674–4:676, 5:362–5:364, 5:399–5:402, 5:446–5:447, 5:505–5:506, 5:622–5:624, 6:86–6:88, 6:155–6:156, 6:204–6:206, 6:604–6:606, 7:166–7:169, 7:212–7:213, 7:271–7:272, 7:366, 7:591–7:593, 8:107–8:111, 8:382–8:383, 8:428–8:429, 8:490–8:491, 8:567–8:568
letters to mentioned, 2:257, 2:257n, 2:268
on living abroad, 4:269–4:270
and J. Madison, 2:33, 2:200n, 2:477, 2:477, 6:275, 6:276, 7:223, 8:51–8:52, 8:331
on marriage, 3:197, 3:200n, 7:403, 8:332
mentioned, 1:433, 3:620, 5:189
and merino sheep, 3:198
on J. Monroe, 7:224, 8:50
J. Monroe on, 7:197
and J. Moreau’s proposed visit to Monticello, 4:674–4:675, 5:363, 6:87
on Napoleon, 8:51, 8:689
on newspapers, 8:52
nomination of, rejected, 1:38, 1:39n, 1:229–1:230, 1:231, 1:375, 1:659n
plans to visit France, 8:53, 8:110, 8:490, 8:557
on prospect of war with Great Britain, 4:272–4:273
recess appointment to Saint Petersburg, 1:65
on republicanism in U.S., 8:689
returns to U.S., 2:200, 2:200n, 2:288, 2:410, 2:475–2:476, 2:477, 3:89
and W. C. Rives, 7:402, 7:591
and sale of TJ’s library, 8:331–8:332
sends certificates to TJ, 2:477–2:478, 2:479n, 3:29–3:30, 3:89, 3:106, 3:197
tenants of, 3:622, 4:197–4:198, 4:675
Madame de Tessé on, 2:311, 4:323
TJ introduces W. C. Rives to, 7:366
TJ invites to Monticello, 7:213, 8:568
TJ makes payment for, 7:708
TJ on, 3:504, 7:35
TJ rejects request from, 8:490
TJ’s debt to, 7:166–7:168, 7:680, 8:331–8:332, 8:382, 8:426, 8:427, 8:428, 8:434, 8:451, 8:483, 8:556
on TJ’s influence over J. Madison, 6:275, 7:223
travels of, 8:50, 8:556, 8:687
visits Monticello, 8:331, 8:332n
D. B. Warden sends publications through, 8:36, 8:291, 8:420
on war in Spain and Portugal, 4:271
on War of 1812, 6:275, 6:276, 7:223–7:224, 8:51–8:52, 8:52–8:53, 8:330, 8:331
and watch chain and seal, 6:338, 6:339n, 6:467

Short Account of the Origin of Steam Boats (W. Thornton), 8:195

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

Shorter, Jack

accompanies TJ to Monticello, 1:59, 1:60n
delivers letters, 1:85, 1:153
as hosteler, 1:3, 1:60n
TJ pays, 1:41–1:42

A Short Introduction To Moral Philosophy (F. Hutcheson), 7:458, 7:458n, 7:627

shot manufactory, 5:107, 5:108, 8:96, 8:96n, 8:97–8:98, 8:119–8:120, 8:120–8:121, 8:257, 8:281–8:282, 8:308–8:309, 8:347

Shotwell, William. See also Shotwell & Kinder (New York firm)

identified, 7:73n

Shotwell & Kinder (New York firm)

identified, 7:73n
letters from, 7:72–7:73
letters to, 7:191–7:192
and Taurino cloth, 7:72–7:73, 7:73n, 7:191

shovels, 2:546, 2:546, 2:547, 2:548

Siberia

frozen mammoth found in, 2:507, 5:572

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

Sicard, Roch Ambroise Cucurron

Théorie des Signes, 1:662, 1:662n

Sickels, Garret, 6:526n

Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount

British prime minister, 3:79, 3:298, 4:670, 4:671n
and peace negotiations, 8:380–8:381

Sidney (S. H. Smith’s Washington estate), 3:76, 3:76n

Sidney, Algernon

British patriot, 2:385, 2:387n, 4:470, 6:296
read by J. Adams, 4:474
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503

Le Siècle de Louis XIV (Voltaire), 1:580

Siegfried, Carl Ludwig (Charles Lewis)

identified, 3:61n
letters from, 3:60–3:61
seeks appointment, 3:60–3:61

Siegfried, Charlotte Frazer (Carl Ludwig Siegfried’s wife), 3:60

Sierre Leone Company, 3:319, 3:320n

Las Siete Partidas (Alfonso X), 3:53n, 3:175n, 3:546

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

sifters

for slaves, 8:71

Sigler, John

militia service of, 7:161

silk

substitutes for, 5:439, 5:560
TJ orders, 6:345, 6:345

silk manufacturing

in Europe, 1:341, 1:342n, 1:355, 1:412–1:413, 1:424, 1:425n, 1:472, 5:473
in U.S., 4:85, 5:439

silk plant, 3:343, 3:343n

silk tree, 1:631, 2:104n

silver

coffeepots, 8:393
cups, 8:235, 8:237n, 8:393
currency, 8:16
eyeglass frames, 8:192n
plated, 8:485, 8:486
watches, 8:393, 8:485

Silver, William (master of schooner Jachin)

carries goods, 4:215, 4:220

silver nitrate. See lunar caustic (silver nitrate)

silver ore

found at Jefferson Co., Va. (now W. Va.), 3:647–3:648
in N.Y., 8:209n
Sardinian specimen, 2:299

Silvestre, Augustin François

agricultural report of, 2:83
cottonseed sent by TJ, 1:258, 1:596
identified, 1:259n
letter from to Provenchere mentioned, 2:128–2:129, 2:129n
letterhead of, 1:xlviii, 1:380 (illus.)
letters from, 1:258–1:260, 1:611–1:613
Mémoire de la Société d’agriculture, 1:258, 1:259n, 1:611–1:612, 1:629, 1:630n
Rapport sur les Travaux de la Société d’Agriculture du Département de la Seine, 1:612, 1:613n

“A Simile” (Pindar), 1:538n

Simmons, Joshua

letters from, 4:77
seeks loan from TJ, 4:77

Simmons, William

War Department accountant, 3:324, 3:450

Simms, Charles

collector at Alexandria, 4:215, 4:219, 4:220, 4:487, 4:529, 5:561, 5:671
identified, 4:221n
letters from, 4:487
letters to, 4:220–4:221
mayor of Alexandria, 7:644, 7:644n, 7:648

Simnel (Symnel), Lambert

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:377

Simolin, Ivan M.

and J. Ledyard expedition, 6:420

Simon, Theodor

translates Janua Linguarum Reserata (J. A. Komenský), 8:482, 8:482n

Simonds, Jonas, 2:304

Simplicius of Cilicia

writings of, 6:317

Simpson, Thomas

The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions, 5:416, 5:442, 5:443n, 5:501, 6:157, 7:286
Select Exercises for Young Proficients in the Mathematics, 5:417, 7:458, 7:458n, 8:481–8:482, 8:482n
A treatise of algebra, 1:576

Simson, Robert

The Elements of Euclid, 1:576, 1:650, 7:250, 7:253n

Sinclair, Sir John

An Essay on Longevity, 4:140, 4:142n
and Orders in Council, 7:41, 7:44n
and peace negotiations, 8:381

Sine Qua Non (ship), 8:452, 8:452, 8:452n

The Sine Qua Non: A Map of the United States (J. Melish), 8:75–8:76, 8:77n, 8:78n, 8:133

Singleton, Rebecca Coles (Isaac A. Coles’s sister), 8:21, 8:21n

Sinton, William, 5:570n

Siren. See Syren (sloop)

Situation de l’Angleterre en 1811 (Montgaillard), 4:672, 4:672n

A Six Months Tour through the North of England (Young), 6:280

Sixteen Introductory Lectures (B. Rush), 3:277, 3:279n, 3:304, 4:87

60th Royal American Regiment, 1:290

A Six Weeks Tour, through the Southern Counties of England and Wales (Young), 6:280

Skelton, Bathurst

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:304–1:305, 1:362, 1:363, 1:591, 1:608, 2:129, 2:130n, 2:141, 2:142, 2:396, 2:397, 2:397, 2:403, 2:407, 2:424, 2:425, 2:433, 2:434, 2:447, 2:464–2:465, 2:465–2:466, 3:84–3:86, 7:99, 7:99n, 7:174

Skelton, Elizabeth Lomax (Reuben Skelton’s wife), 2:84, 2:85n, 2:122–2:123, 2:447

Skelton, James

buys lot in Westham, 8:171n
and Gilliam v. Fleming, 2:447, 3:84–3:85

Skelton, John, 1:305n, 2:397, 3:44, 3:85

Skelton, Lucy. See Gilliam, Lucy Skelton

Skelton, Meriwether, 2:425, 2:425, 3:85

Skelton, Reuben

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:305n, 1:644, 2:33, 2:83–2:84, 2:85, 2:122–2:123, 2:141, 2:142, 2:256, 2:396, 2:447, 3:84–3:86

Skelton, Sally, 1:305n

Skelton family, 1:305n, 1:364

Sketches & Propositions (Banks), 3:296

Sketches, Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana (Stoddard), 3:291, 3:291–3:292n, 5:683n, 6:39

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (W. Wirt)

and E. Randolph’s manuscript on Va. history, 8:620n
TJ on, 4:596
TJ provides information for, 2:155–2:156, 2:314, 4:599, 4:600, 4:604n, 4:605, 7:551, 8:140, 8:619–8:621, 8:621

Sketches of the Naval History of the United States (T. Clark), 6:146, 6:165, 6:167, 6:167–6:168n, 6:206–6:207, 6:289

Sketches of the Principles of Government (N. Chipman), 7:628

Sketches on Rotations of Crops, and other Rural Matters (Bordley), 2:82

A Sketch for the Improvement of the Political, Commercial, and Local Interests of Britain (Oddy and Playfair), 3:274, 3:275n

Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education (Neef), 4:661

A Sketch of the Internal Condition of the United States of America (Poletika), 3:190n

A Sketch of the Saxon Heptarchy (Caines), 3:522n

Skipwith, Anne Wayles (TJ’s sister-in-law; Henry Skipwith’s wife), 1:339n

Skipwith, Fulwar

commercial agent at Paris, 2:339n
as consul general at Paris, 1:26, 8:600, 8:600n, 8:607
and dispute with I. C. Barnet, 5:464n
as La. state senator, 8:295–8:296

Skipwith, Henry (TJ’s brother-in-law)

acquires land through marriage, 6:130
and J. Banister’s estate, 3:183, 3:210–3:211
and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:304, 1:305, 1:306, 1:331, 1:339, 1:362, 1:363, 1:364–1:365, 2:369, 2:674–2:675, 3:44, 3:86
and O. Hanbury’s executors, 3:195
identified, 1:339n
letters from, 1:339, 3:183
letters to, 1:364–1:365, 2:335–2:336, 3:210–3:211
and W. Short’s land, 4:268, 4:274n
TJ sends millet seed to, 2:335
and trusteeship of P. Ludwell’s daughters, 7:329
as J. Wayles’s executor, 2:142n, 2:369, 2:540, 5:210, 5:287

Slate Mills (Culpeper, now Rappahannock Co., Va.), 3:184

Slaughter, Mr. See Slaydyen, Arther

Slaughter, Joseph

and C. L. Bankhead, 5:56–5:57
considered by TJ for employment, 8:496, 8:501
identified, 5:57n
leases Bedford Co. land, 2:237, 2:238n
letters from, 5:339
letters to, 5:56–5:57, 5:338, 6:488–6:489
mentioned, 3:392
surveys Bedford Co. land for TJ, 3:188n, 4:318n
surveys Poplar Forest curtilage, 5:482–5:483, 5:489, 8:70
surveys TJ’s Tomahawk plantation, 6:488, 6:488–6:489n
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:62, 5:338, 5:339
witnesses documents, 5:488n

slavery

and African colonization, 3:267–3:269, 3:318–3:320
books on, 1:33, 1:33n, 3:522n, 3:522n, 8:442, 8:450, 8:451n
dangers of, 4:337, 4:338n
P. S. Du Pont de Nemours on, 4:328, 4:444
and emancipation proposals, 7:503–7:504, 7:604, 7:702–7:704, 8:454–8:455
and miscegenation, 8:310–8:311, 8:374–8:375
opposition to, 8:364, 8:365n, 8:450, 8:451n
TJ on, 2:382, 4:157, 7:603–7:605, 7:651–7:652, 7:703, 8:311, 8:442, 8:454–8:455
TJ’s policies concerning, 2:158, 8:384n

slaves. See also slavery

of Bankheads, 8:395
blankets and beds for, 4:99, 4:382–4:383, 5:33, 5:34, 5:460–5:463, 6:308–6:309, 6:310, 7:71, 8:68, 8:71, 8:132, 8:158, 8:186, 8:186
J. C. Cabell’s, 8:317–8:318
J. Chamberlain’s, 4:15
and child labor, 5:31, 5:187, 5:446, 8:634, 8:635
Christmas travels permitted, 8:132
G. Churchman favors bettering condition of, 2:382
clothing for, 4:343, 4:515, 5:307, 5:446, 5:470, 6:308, 6:309, 6:310, 7:191, 8:68, 8:158, 8:185, 8:368, 8:380, 8:570
clothing of, 1:420, 1:666–1:667, 7:187
E. Coles’s plan for emancipation of, 7:503–7:504, 7:603–7:605, 7:702–7:704
corn for, 6:181–6:182, 6:366, 6:605, 8:72, 8:158, 8:610, 8:611
cost of hire, 8:307
J. B. Couch’s, 1:346–1:348
and dogs, 4:349n
dwellings of, 1:388, 4:380, 5:489, 8:70, 8:71, 8:173–8:174, 8:185, 8:185–8:186, 8:265
enumeration of, 3:202, 8:392, 8:485
of J. W. Eppes, 1:156n, 1:321, 1:321n
families of, 3:180–3:181, 3:610–3:611n
flour for, 6:487, 8:610
and food preparation, 8:697
freed, 3:269n
fugitive, 2:443n, 3:319, 3:411–3:413, 3:612–3:613, 3:613n, 4:620, 5:5, 6:331
German Coast insurrection, 3:326, 3:326n, 3:344n
as gifts, 6:36
hats for, 7:71, 7:124
health of, 1:354, 1:416, 7:387, 8:636
hired by TJ, 1:48n, 2:41, 2:661, 3:36–3:37, 3:55, 3:111–3:112, 3:250, 3:270, 3:283, 3:302, 3:529, 4:81, 4:142, 4:183, 4:217–4:218, 4:556, 6:306n, 6:314
hogs for, 8:72
holidays for, 8:158, 8:158n
A. von Humboldt on, 1:265, 1:267n, 1:267n
incarceration of W. Brown’s, 2:284
of R. Jefferson, 8:400, 8:400
T. Kosciuszko’s plan to emancipate and educate, 2:260, 2:261n
in Ky., 3:92, 3:242–3:243
and labor-saving devices, 7:83
Lafayette’s attempt to emancipate, 2:11
law prohibiting importation of, 1:624n
management of, 3:276, 8:173–8:174, 8:174
and H. Marks’s estate, 4:510, 4:511, 5:96, 7:518
master’s duty to, 4:157
medical treatment for, 3:196, 3:270, 3:283–3:284, 3:367–3:368, 4:9, 4:9, 4:381
and military service, 7:533, 7:534n
J. Mitchell’s, 2:262
at Monticello, 1:399, 8:234, 8:241
mortality of, 3:180–3:181
patriotism of, 7:533
J. Peyton sells, 3:186, 3:186
pork for, 8:184–8:185
pots for, 8:70–8:71, 8:186
prisoners of war compared to, 4:361–4:362
E. Randolph’s, 4:231–4:232n
T. M. Randolph’s, 8:609, 8:609n
requested by J. Dougherty, 1:321
salt for, 6:487, 7:124, 7:180
sifters for, 8:71
and skilled trades, 1:388
supplies for, 4:28, 5:489, 7:180, 7:181n
Tangier Island refuge for, 8:318, 8:318n
taxes on, 7:708, 7:708, 8:63n, 8:255, 8:256, 8:392, 8:485
and textile manufacturing, 5:268–5:269, 5:663, 7:240–7:241, 8:634, 8:635
TJ attempts to buy, 4:397
TJ buys, 2:403, 2:424–2:425, 2:464
TJ lists, 4:xliv, 4:384–4:386, 4:386–4:388, 8:60–8:62, 8:62n, 8:72, 8:72n, 8:255
TJ orders flogging of, 4:620
TJ sells, 2:217, 3:411–3:413, 3:513, 3:648, 4:620
trained in French cooking, 1:162, 1:188, 1:189n
trained to spin, 6:214, 6:215, 6:282, 6:285–6:286, 6:363, 6:366
travels of, 7:71, 8:610
valuation of, 3:529
Va. statute regarding, 1:622, 1:624n
J. Wayles buys, 2:433
and work plans for Poplar Forest, 4:379–4:382, 5:31, 5:489–5:490, 5:545, 5:593, 8:610

slave trade

and Great Britain, 3:513–3:514
U.S. abolition of, 6:512
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506
works on, 3:522n, 3:522n

Slaydyen, Arther

and H. Marks’s estate, 4:511, 5:18n, 5:73

Slaydyen, Lucy

and H. Marks’s estate, 5:18n, 5:73

Sloan, James

financial reverses of, 8:43, 8:104
political views of, 8:43, 8:104, 8:104n
supports relocation of U.S. capital, 8:104, 8:104n

Sloo, Thomas

as land-claims commissioner, 7:93–7:94, 7:94n

Slop von Cadenberg, Joseph Anton

Observationes siderum habitae Pisis in specula academica, 6:75, 6:84, 6:84n

Small, Abraham

The American Speaker, 7:331–7:332, 7:332n, 7:373–7:374, 7:374n, 7:378n, 7:630
and book prospectus, 3:296–3:297n
and domestic manufactures, 1:170–1:172
identified, 7:332n
letters from, 1:170–1:172, 7:331–7:332
letters to, 7:373–7:374
publishing firm, 1:18, 1:19n, 1:172n
seeks TJ’s advice, 7:331–7:332

Small, William

TJ’s mentor, 4:369, 8:200

smallpox

vaccinations, 1:300n, 2:88, 3:183n, 4:495

Smart, Thomas, 3:151, 3:151n, 3:316, 3:546, 3:546, 3:546

Smilie (Smiley), John, 1:361

Smith, Dr.

and letter for J. L. Henderson, 7:345

Smith, Mr. (author)

work of on distilling, 8:388

Smith, Mr. (in Paris), 7:490

Smith, Mr. (of Richmond)

considered for appointment by TJ, 1:25

Smith, Abigail Adams (John Adams’s daughter; William Stephens Smith’s wife)

A. Adams on, 6:517
death of, 6:387–6:388, 6:388n
health of, 4:390, 4:391n, 4:486, 6:388, 6:516–6:517
recognizes TJ’s handwriting, 4:473

Smith, Adam

on bank in Hamburg, 6:649, 6:649n
economic theories of, 4:439, 4:440, 4:448, 5:577, 6:582–6:586, 8:168, 8:294
The Wealth of Nations, 2:592, 4:448, 5:52–5:53, 5:56n, 6:53, 6:497, 6:498n, 6:582–6:586, 6:593n, 6:593, 7:6, 7:6n, 7:176

Smith, Ann

academy in Lexington, Va., 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201

Smith, Bernard

identified, 3:511n
letters from, 3:510–3:511
letters to, 3:615
oration by, 3:510–3:511, 3:615

Smith, Caroline (John Adams’s granddaughter)

J. Adams on, 4:475
as J. Adams’s amanuensis, 6:627n
and mother’s death, 6:387, 6:388n

Smith, Francis

letters from, 6:378
letters to, 6:413
and H. Marks’s estate, 5:428, 6:135, 6:378, 6:413

Smith, Gilbert H. (captain of Sampson), 1:210

Smith, Henry, 3:230

Smith, James E.

accused of corruption, 4:174n

Smith, James Edward, 1:164n, 1:437n, 3:263–3:264, 5:276

Smith, J. H.

letters from, 4:661
seeks TJ’s opinion on education, 4:661

Smith, John (ca. 1580–1631)

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, 5:508–5:509

Smith, John (1750–1836)

and Chinese pigs, 4:109
family of, 7:204
identified, 1:586n
letters to, 1:585–1:586
R. Mills introduced to, 2:437, 2:438n
and oat-grass, 1:585–1:586
and Winchester newspaper, 2:120

Smith, John (1752–1816)

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

Smith, John (John Adams’s grandson)

J. Adams on, 4:475
and mother’s death, 6:387

Smith, John (of Albemarle Co.)

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

Smith, John (chief clerk of War Department)

and batture controversy, 2:426
and commission for H. A. S. Dearborn, 1:78, 1:280, 1:301
letters from accounted for, 1:571n
and Spring Hill School, 1:660

Smith, John (of England)

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:378, 7:378

Smith, John (senator from Ohio), 1:643n

Smith, John (of Tennessee)

and lead mines, 4:8

Smith, John Augustine

president of College of William and Mary, 8:317

Smith, John C.

as governor of Conn., 8:444n

Smith, John H.

Chesterfield Co. landowner, 8:146n

Smith, John K.

and Lafayette’s land patents, 5:212–5:213, 5:215n

Smith, John M., 5:652

Smith, John Rhea

and American Philosophical Society, 1:572n, 4:167n

Smith, John Spear

as secretary of legation to Russia, 1:360–1:361, 1:378, 1:379, 1:385–1:386, 1:402, 2:466, 3:115–3:116

Smith, John Witherspoon

certifies documents, 2:443n, 2:444n, 5:85–5:86n, 5:86n, 5:86–5:87n

Smith, Jonathan

cashier of Bank of Pennsylvania, 4:18n, 4:488, 4:489n, 5:374, 5:381n, 6:546, 7:381, 7:381n
letters to accounted for, 1:408n, 3:284n, 4:18n, 5:381n

Smith, Jonathan Bayard Harrison, 3:76, 3:76n

Smith, Jordan

Chesterfield Co. landowner, 8:146n

Smith, Joseph Allen

and astronomical observations, 6:75, 6:84n

Smith, Joseph Emerson

and Bunker Hill Association, 2:504–2:505, 2:666
identified, 2:505n
letters from, 2:504–2:505
letters to, 2:666

Smith, Julia Harrison, 1:390, 1:397n, 1:434

Smith, Larkin

collector at Norfolk, 4:363, 4:364n
and garden seeds for TJ, 4:534, 4:559, 4:569
identified, 1:88n
letters from, 1:87–1:88, 1:108, 4:534
letters to, 1:136–1:137, 4:569
sends foreign intelligence, 1:108
thanks TJ, 1:87–1:88, 1:136–1:137
TJ on, 4:569

Smith, Louisa Catherine (John Adams’s niece)

as J. Adams’s amanuensis, 6:627n

Smith, Lucy Franklin Read Jones

identified, 6:127n
letters from, 6:126–6:127
letters to, 6:161–6:162
and son W. F. Jones, 6:126, 6:161–6:162

Smith, Margaret (Robert Smith’s wife), 1:340

Smith, Margaret Bayard (Samuel H. Smith’s wife)

describes TJ’s study, 2:xli
The Diversions of Sidney, 1:10n
on J. Dougherty, 1:3–1:4n
identified, 1:10n
invited to visit Monticello, 6:399
letters to, 1:29
Monticello visit described by, 1:386–1:401
preference for rural life, 6:399, 6:461
receives geranium from TJ, 1:29
sends greetings to TJ, 1:435, 3:76, 3:272, 6:428, 6:462, 8:524
TJ gives seeds to, 2:302n
TJ sends greetings to, 1:410, 6:399, 6:444, 7:681, 8:476
visits Monticello, 1:386–1:401, 1:410, 1:434–1:435, 2:670
A Winter in Washington: or, Memoirs of the Seymour Family, 1:10n, 1:397n

Smith, Munson

postmaster at Schaghticoke, N.Y., 4:588, 4:673

Smith, Peter

magnolia tree of, 7:122

Smith, Peter F.

Chesterfield Co. landowner, 8:146n

Smith, Robert. See also Smith family (of Baltimore)

and batture controversy, 2:427, 2:429, 2:439, 2:444n, 2:449, 2:450n, 2:452, 2:511, 2:568, 3:109, 3:248n, 3:316, 3:424
congratulates TJ, 1:345
declines mission to Russia, 3:519
dismissed as secretary of state, 3:567–3:568, 3:568, 3:574, 3:575n, 3:595, 3:600, 3:606, 3:608, 3:622–3:623, 3:638, 3:639n, 5:646–5:647, 5:684
and D. M. Erskine, 1:168, 1:170n, 1:409, 2:540n
identified, 1:340n
investigated by congressional committee, 1:361, 1:361–1:362n
and F. J. Jackson, 2:34–2:35n
and H. Lee’s medal, 2:104, 2:253
letters from, 1:345, 2:439, 2:449, 3:147, 3:260, 3:608
letters to, 1:340, 2:429, 3:109–3:110, 3:475–3:476, 3:595
opposes A. Gallatin, 1:340n, 1:598, 1:599n, 2:146, 2:177, 2:224, 2:225n, 2:235, 2:272, 2:430
Robert Smith’s Address to the People of the United States, 1:340n, 3:110n, 3:595, 3:608n, 4:21, 4:31, 4:109
secretary of state, 1:20, 1:38, 1:113, 1:155, 1:232, 1:335, 1:402, 1:464, 1:518, 1:518n, 1:626, 1:632, 1:643, 2:173, 2:174n, 2:419n, 2:463, 2:471n, 2:540n, 2:544, 2:665n, 3:61n, 3:260, 3:442, 3:475–3:476, 3:476–3:478, 3:543n, 3:602, 3:608, 3:615, 4:33n
secretary of the navy, 1:340, 1:649–1:650, 3:602, 3:604n
and W. Short’s diplomatic expenses, 1:232–1:233
TJ on, 2:272
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
and TJ’s statement on the batture case, 3:109–3:110, 3:118, 3:147, 3:152
TJ thanks, 1:340
and D. B. Warden, 3:260

Smith, Robert Nelson

carries package to TJ, 4:493, 4:499
identified, 4:500n
letter of introduction for, from T. W. Maury, 4:499

Smith, S., & Buchanan (mercantile firm), 1:361–1:362n, 5:646n

Smith, Samuel (historian)

The History of the Colony of Nova Caesaria, or New-Jersey, 1:581

Smith, Samuel (of Maryland). See also Smith family (of Baltimore)

and consular appointment, 8:597, 8:597n, 8:598, 8:617
H. Dearborn on, 3:553
family of, 5:659n
identified, 1:361n
introduces E. Bond, 5:524, 5:526n
and letter of introduction for son, 1:360–1:361, 1:377–1:378, 1:379, 1:385–1:386, 1:402
letters from, 1:360–1:362, 4:171, 8:598
letters to, 1:377–1:378, 1:402, 4:164, 8:617
as major general, 7:656n
mentioned, 2:466
and reelection to Senate, 1:515–1:516
and sesame seed for TJ, 4:40
and R. Smith’s dismissal, 5:647, 5:648n
as U.S. senator, 1:232, 4:163, 4:164n, 4:171, 6:202, 6:241, 7:310–7:311, 7:312n
and D. B. Warden, 3:251, 3:260

Smith, Samuel (of Pennsylvania)

identified, 1:335n
letters from accounted for, 1:335n
letters to, 1:335–1:336
and Miss. Territory appointment, 5:493, 5:494n
and pardon of Lowrys, 1:335, 1:335n, 1:340, 1:345

Smith, Samuel (of Tennessee), 7:161

Smith, Samuel Harrison

and appointments, 6:399, 6:461
on British destruction in Washington, 8:13–8:14
as commissioner of the revenue, 6:365, 6:365n, 6:396, 6:399, 6:461, 7:679–7:680, 7:681, 7:681–7:683, 7:692–7:693, 7:699–7:700
editor of National Intelligencer, 1:349–1:350, 2:470, 2:471n, 6:505
family of, 1:10n
identified, 1:30n
invited to visit Monticello, 6:399, 8:476, 8:524
letters from, 1:72, 1:434–1:435, 3:76, 3:272, 6:428–6:429, 6:461–6:462, 8:13–8:15, 8:26, 8:36, 8:39–8:40, 8:214, 8:270, 8:333, 8:369, 8:524
letters from accounted for, 1:12n
letters to, 1:30, 1:410, 2:670–2:671, 6:399, 6:444, 7:xlv–7:xlvi, 7:434 (illus.), 7:681, 7:681–7:684, 8:22, 8:55–8:57, 8:213, 8:288–8:289, 8:476
on Napoleon, 8:524
and naval expansion, 6:429n, 6:444, 6:462
on New Orleans, 8:270
Oration pronounced by Samuel H. Smith, Esquire, 6:428, 6:429n, 6:444
on peace with Great Britain, 8:270
portrait of, 8:xlv, 8:346 (illus.)
prints circular for TJ, 1:30, 6:648
Remarks on Education, 1:30n
reports on weather, 8:214
retires from printing business, 3:76
and sale of TJ’s library to Congress, 7:xlv–7:xlvi, 7:679–7:680, 7:681, 7:681–7:683, 7:692–7:693, 7:699–7:700, 8:xlv, 8:14, 8:16, 8:22, 8:26, 8:36, 8:39–8:40, 8:54, 8:55–8:57, 8:59, 8:83, 8:213, 8:214, 8:270, 8:288–8:289, 8:369, 8:373, 8:428, 8:476, 8:524
sends papers to TJ, 3:272
supports internal improvements, 6:429n, 6:462
TJ’s account with, 2:670, 2:671n, 6:399, 6:461–6:462, 6:560, 6:648, 6:648n
and TJ’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 4:397, 4:401n, 4:430
transmits A. Fothergill pamphlet, 1:72
and transportation of TJ’s library, 8:270, 8:287, 8:287–8:288, 8:289, 8:333, 8:339
visits Monticello, 1:386–1:401, 1:410, 1:434–1:435

Smith, Sidney

Letters on The Subject of The Catholics, 2:161, 2:161n

Smith, Silas H.

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

Smith, Susan Harrison, 1:390, 1:397n, 1:434

Smith, Thomas

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
recommended for military appointment, 4:529

Smith, Thomas (ca. 1792–1865)

identified, 8:509n
introduced to TJ, 8:509
visits Monticello, 8:509

Smith, Thomas (of Tennessee)

militia service of, 7:161

Smith, Thomas Peters, 2:375, 2:377n

Smith, William (1711–87)

The History of the Peloponnesian War, Translated from the Greek of Thucydides, 1:580

Smith, William (1728–93)

The History of the Province of New-York, 1:581

Smith, William (John Adams’s grandson)

J. Adams on, 4:475

Smith, William (English politician)

and bill for relief of antitrinitarians, 6:500, 6:502n

Smith, William (of New York)

on conspiracy to kill TJ, 1:425–1:427
letters from, 1:425–1:428

Smith, William Loughton

citizenship of, 8:526, 8:528n
W. Duane on, 5:635, 5:636–5:637n

Smith, William Stephens

as farmer, 4:390, 4:391n
military talents of, 4:390, 4:486
removed from office, 1:578, 1:578n
and wife’s death, 6:387

Smithers (Smuthers; Smythers), Michael

and lost trunk, 1:348

Smith family (of Baltimore)

anti-administration activities of, 3:542, 3:550, 3:550n, 3:553

Smiths & Morrison (New Orleans firm)

and J. Peyton’s estate, 5:314, 5:350, 5:383

Smith T, John

and Burr conspiracy, 5:4, 5:4n

Smollett, Tobias George, 7:664

Smyth, Alexander

military appointments, 5:610, 5:610n
and Niagara Campaign, 5:410, 5:411n, 5:493, 5:532–5:545, 5:684, 5:685n, 6:172, 6:527
TJ on, 5:610

Smyth, David William

A Gazetteer of the Province of Upper Canada, 5:581, 5:582, 5:582n
Map of Upper Canada, 5:581, 5:582, 5:582n

snakes

A Memoir concerning … Various Species of Serpents (B. S. Barton), 8:422, 8:422–8:423n
rattle, 1:660, 2:36, 4:536
remedy for bite, 1:57, 1:58n

snap beans, 3:501–3:502, 5:658, 6:44–6:45, 6:487

Snoddy, John, 5:81n

Snow, Gideon, 5:514

snowberry, 4:524, 4:525n, 5:382, 7:35

Snowden (R. Jefferson’s Buckingham Co. estate)

harvest at, 8:564
TJ plans visit to, 6:132, 6:214, 6:285, 6:366, 6:487

snuff (prepared tobacco), 1:147–1:152

Snyder, Simon

governor of Pa., 1:213–1:214n, 3:563, 3:564n, 3:601, 4:160, 8:665

soap, 3:202, 4:102

soapstone, 5:38, 5:38–5:39n, 5:39n, 5:109–5:110, 5:167–5:168

Società Italiana delle scienze, 6:468, 6:469n

Société d’agriculture du département de la Seine

books by, 1:35, 1:258, 1:259n
and cottonseed from TJ, 1:258, 1:259–1:260n, 1:596
members of, 4:319–4:320, 8:680
Mémoires, 1:35, 1:37, 1:258, 1:259n, 1:611–1:612, 1:629, 1:630n, 2:83, 2:83, 2:536
and moldboard plows, 1:252, 1:252n, 2:111, 2:312, 2:332, 7:492, 8:680
sends plow to TJ, 1:21n, 2:111, 2:312, 2:332

Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, 5:612, 8:421

Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 3:269n

Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of New-York

and H. G. Spafford, 8:283, 8:283n
and Taurino cloth, 7:73n

Society of Antiquaries of London

transactions of, 5:513, 5:514–5:515n

Society of Artists of the United States. See also Columbian Society of Artists

constitution of, 2:437, 2:438n, 4:356
exhibition of, 3:625n, 5:114, 7:401, 7:443–7:444
identified, 4:357–4:358n
B. H. Latrobe speaks to, 3:624
and TJ, 2:438n, 4:355–4:358, 4:398–4:400, 4:407, 4:459–4:460, 4:644, 5:114, 5:166–5:167

Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

transactions of, 5:513–5:514, 5:514–5:515n

Society of Friends. See Quakers

Society of United Irishmen, 1:141n, 1:465n

Socrates (Athenian philosopher), 6:299, 6:550, 6:551–6:552n

daemon of, 7:77
mentioned, 7:24
TJ on, 7:454

Socrates and Jesus Compared (Priestley), 6:204, 6:317, 6:318, 6:367

Sokolnicki, Michel, 2:39n

A Solemn Warning To All Dwellers Upon the Earth (Hughes), 4:483, 4:484n, 5:12

Soler, Juan Pablo, 2:480n

Solis, Antonio de, 6:326, 6:326–6:327

Solomon (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388
travels to Poplar Forest, 7:71

Solomon (TJ’s slave; b. 1814)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 8:62, 8:255

Solomon (king of Israel), 2:584, 6:520, 6:542, 6:563, 6:567n, 6:623, 7:23, 7:574

Solon

quoted by Destutt de Tracy, 4:608, 4:611n
TJ quotes, 4:604, 4:605n

Some Cursory Observations on the Ordinary Construction of Wheel-Carriages (H. G. Spafford), 8:209, 8:211, 8:271, 8:271n, 8:273, 8:273, 8:280, 8:470, 8:471n

Some Memorandums, by which it is attempted to be shewn that An Improved Model may be adopted in the Construction of Ships (Tudor), 5:491, 5:491n

Somers, Charles M., 3:96

Someruelos, Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de, 3:265

Somerville, John Southey, Lord

Observations on the influence of soil and climate upon wool (Bakewell), 1:479, 1:480n

Somner, William

glossary of, in Historiæ Anglicanæ Scriptores X (R. Twysden), 7:127
Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum, 6:406, 6:407n

Somnium Scipionis (Cicero), 7:627

Songster’s ordinary. See Sangster’s (Songster’s) ordinary (Fairfax Co.)

Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, 7:389

Sonthonax, Léger Félicité, 1:515, 1:517n

Sophocles

in collegiate curriculum, 7:659, 7:662

Sorghum vulgare (bicolor)

grain grown by T. M. Randolph, 1:436–1:437n

sorrel, 5:550–5:551

Σουιδασ. Suidæ Lexicon (ed. L. Küster), 8:581

Soult, Nicolas Jean de Dieu

as French minister of war, 8:138, 8:139n
rejoins Napoleon, 8:452

South America

W. Duane tours, 3:xlvi
Indian antiquities of, 6:322–6:328
republics in, 8:503, 8:503, 8:508n

South Carolina

colleges in, 8:352–8:353, 8:354n, 8:609–8:610, 8:610n
currency, 8:79
and domestic manufacturing, 4:343
Federalists in, 5:285, 5:393, 5:681
learned societies in, 6:179, 6:180n, 6:251, 6:376–6:377, 6:378n, 6:483, 6:561
legislature, 6:179
mammoth bones found in, 2:507
mountains in, 5:101
plants in, 8:21
Republicans in, 5:303, 5:329, 5:332, 5:355, 5:393, 6:317, 6:611, 6:636
sheep raising in, 2:218, 4:40
and support for War of 1812, 5:329–5:330n, 5:546–5:547, 5:547n
and U.S. foreign affairs, 4:342–4:343, 4:472

South Carolina College

catalogue of, 1:112
faculty at, 8:352–8:353, 8:353, 8:609–8:610
influence of clergy at, 8:609–8:610
president of, 8:353, 8:354n
rhetoric class at, 8:352–8:353, 8:354n

Southey, Robert

The Life of Nelson, 8:22, 8:23n, 8:671

Southwest Mountains

and grape cultivation, 4:177

Southwest Mountain tract (Albemarle Co.)

dispute over ownership, 2:101–2:102, 2:103n, 2:114, 2:137–2:139, 2:206–2:208, 2:227, 2:228–2:229, 2:347, 2:362–2:363
J. Harvie pays TJ for, 4:555n, 8:96–8:97

Southwick, Solomon

and Albany Register, 5:319n, 5:354n

spades, 2:546, 2:546, 2:547, 2:548, 6:346

Spafford, Elizabeth Clark Hewitt (Horatio G. Spafford’s wife)

health of, 8:271
reports weather conditions, 8:106
sends greetings to TJ, 7:314
travels of, 7:275

Spafford, Horatio Gates

apologizes to TJ, 7:264
collects minerals, ores, and fossils, 8:209, 8:209n
copyrights of, 7:273
editor of American Magazine, 8:470, 8:470, 8:470–8:471n, 8:488
education of, 6:449
family of, 7:273, 7:275, 7:314, 8:271
and franking privilege, 6:449, 6:450n
A Gazetteer of the State of New-York, 2:144n, 6:352, 6:352–6:353n, 6:400, 6:400n, 6:449, 6:450, 6:450, 6:450n, 6:450n, 7:57, 7:169, 7:169n, 7:248, 7:264, 7:273, 8:209n, 8:416
General Geography, and Rudiments of Useful Knowledge, 1:105, 1:106n, 1:196–1:199, 2:143, 2:144n, 6:352
identified, 1:106n
inventions of, 7:274–7:275, 7:275, 7:275, 7:313–7:314, 7:322, 8:209, 8:209n, 8:211, 8:271, 8:271n, 8:273, 8:274n, 8:280–8:281, 8:281 (illus.), 8:350, 8:367, 8:369n, 8:414–8:416, 8:463, 8:470, 8:471n, 8:488
on lawyers, 7:273
letters from, 1:105–1:106, 2:143–2:145, 3:112–3:114, 6:352–6:353, 6:449–6:450, 7:57–7:58, 7:169, 7:264, 7:273–7:276, 7:313–7:314, 7:668–7:669, 8:106–8:107, 8:208–8:209, 8:211, 8:271, 8:273–8:274, 8:282–8:283, 8:413–8:416, 8:470–8:471
letters to, 1:196–1:199, 6:400, 7:248–7:249, 7:322–7:323, 8:143, 8:280–8:281, 8:350, 8:488
and J. Madison, 6:450, 6:450n, 7:275, 7:313, 7:314n, 7:668–7:669, 7:669n, 8:106
and patents, 7:274–7:275, 8:209, 8:209n, 8:271, 8:271n, 8:273, 8:274n, 8:350
and proposed geographical department, 6:449
proposed history of N.Y. by, 6:352
proposed U.S. gazetteer by, 2:144n, 6:449, 6:450, 6:450n
proposes biography of Count Rumford, 8:283
Quaker beliefs of, 7:669n
requests memento from TJ, 8:211
seeks appointment, 7:273–7:274, 7:313, 7:668–7:669
seeks financial assistance, 2:144–2:145n
seeks government patronage, 6:449, 6:449
and Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in the State of New-York, 8:283, 8:283n
Some Cursory Observations on the Ordinary Construction of Wheel-Carriages, 8:209, 8:211, 8:271, 8:271n, 8:273, 8:273, 8:280, 8:470, 8:471n
and term limits, 7:273, 7:322
TJ regrets canceled visit of, 8:143
TJ sends engraving to, 8:281
visits Washington, 7:275, 7:313, 7:313–7:314, 8:106, 8:106
and War of 1812, 7:57–7:58, 7:273–7:274, 8:271, 8:283
and S. Williams, 8:282–8:283
wishes to visit TJ, 6:352, 6:352, 6:400, 7:274, 7:275, 7:275, 7:313, 7:313–7:314, 7:322, 8:106, 8:211

American property seized in, 2:162, 2:162n, 2:342
aristocracy in, 7:327, 7:391–7:392
clergy of, 4:282–4:283, 7:390
climate of, 2:165–2:166
colonies of, 4:359, 7:50–7:51, 7:327–7:328, 7:392–7:394, 7:398n, 8:503, 8:503, 8:508n
constitution of, 1:470–1:471, 1:577, 4:282, 7:291, 7:292n, 7:304, 7:326–7:327, 7:390–7:391, 7:398n, 7:451n, 7:476, 8:263, 8:340n
Cortes of, 5:19–5:20, 5:21n, 7:390–7:394, 7:450
edicts of, 3:175–3:176n
education in, 7:391
and E. Fla., 4:284n, 4:665n
electoral policy in, 7:327, 7:328n, 7:391–7:392
expedition against the Bahamas, 4:286, 4:286n
exploration of Northwest Coast, 1:447, 1:448
freedom of the press in, 7:391
Inquisition in, 7:220, 7:390–7:391, 8:490, 8:491n
and La., 3:281–3:282, 3:282–3:283
laws of, 2:471, 2:678, 3:52–3:53, 3:71, 3:160–3:161, 3:175n, 4:282, 4:477, 4:643n
merino sheep and wool from, 1:16, 1:320, 2:3–2:4, 2:31–2:32, 2:165–2:166, 2:246, 2:480, 2:480n, 2:481, 2:667, 3:342–3:343, 3:343n, 5:198–5:199
politics in, 8:138, 8:339, 8:340n, 8:630
and raising of horses and sheep, 1:478
relations with Great Britain, 2:275, 2:602, 4:337, 4:587, 7:20
religion in, 7:327, 7:390–7:391
resists Napoleonic rule, 1:108, 1:160, 1:344, 2:7, 2:166, 2:233, 2:242, 2:246–2:247, 2:274, 2:275, 2:379–2:380, 4:56–4:57, 4:271, 6:359–6:360, 7:23n, 7:327
and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:222–4:223
status of Florida and Cuba, 1:154
Supreme Junta, 2:33, 2:35n, 2:246–2:247, 4:284n
taxes, 4:111
TJ on, 1:20, 7:50–7:51, 7:326–7:328, 7:390, 7:391, 7:392, 7:450, 8:540
and Treaty of Paris (1803), 3:256
and U.S., 1:632–1:633, 2:248, 7:50–7:51, 8:156–8:157n, 8:339, 8:540
U.S. consuls to, 8:601
and U.S. land claims, 1:635–1:636, 1:639, 1:641, 7:42–7:43
U.S. minister to, 3:96
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:501, 4:502, 4:505–4:506, 4:507, 4:508
and W. Fla., 3:265, 3:282, 3:326, 3:327, 3:344, 3:601–3:603, 3:603–3:604n, 4:284n

Spalding, Lyman

Bill of Mortality for Portsmouth, 3:373–3:374
identified, 3:374n
letters from, 3:373–3:374
letters from accounted for, 3:374n

Spanish language

grammar of, 8:630
letters in, from
- V. de Foronda, 1:470–1:471, 1:604–1:606, 4:282–4:284, 5:19–5:21, 6:80–6:81
- J. Yznardy, 1:410–1:411, 4:111–4:112
TJ on study of, 4:162–4:163
works in, 1:556

Spargella, John Baptiste

and engravings for TJ, 8:209–8:210, 8:254
identified, 8:210n
letter from, 8:209–8:210
letter to, 8:254

Species Plantarum (K. L. Willdenow), 8:429, 8:430n

The Spectator, 7:665

Spedding, James

and water-raising machine, 8:196n

The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq. before the House of Commons (Brougham), 1:35

Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Gerry)

sent to TJ, 5:6, 5:7n

Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq. the Delegate of the Territory of Orleans, in support of the right of the public to the Batture (Poydras), 2:516, 2:518n, 2:658, 3:30, 3:483

The Speech of Samuel Chew, Esq (Chew), 4:152–4:153, 4:153n

Speech of W. G. D. Worthington, Esq. a Member of the General Assembly of Maryland … on Brent’s Resolutions (Worthington), 2:196, 2:251

Spelman, Edward, trans.

Cyrus’s Expedition into Persia, and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks (The Anabasis; Xenophon), 1:580
Opera Omni Graece et Latine, 1:580

Spelman, Sir Henry

Glossarium Archaiologicum, 7:127

Spence, William

Britain Independent of Commerce: or, Proofs, Deducted from an Investigation into the True Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1:35

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

Spencer, Lieut., 2:534n

Spencer, Mr.

and Niagara Campaign, 5:541

spermaceti oil, 1:31

Speyer, John

forwards letters to TJ, 5:451, 5:454, 6:281
identified, 5:454n
letters from, 5:454
U.S. consul, 6:147, 6:148n, 6:240, 6:281

spices

allspice, 1:45, 6:348
bird pepper, 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 pepper, 1:31, 1:45, 1:368, 2:109, 4:211, 4:211, 6:345, 6:348
cinnamon, 1:31, 1:44, 1:368, 2:109
cloves, 1:44, 2:109, 4:211
ginger root, 4:211, 4:212n
mace, 1:368, 2:109, 4:211
nutmeg, 1:44, 1:368, 2:109, 6:343, 6:348
tabasco, 6:252

Spiers, Alexander, John Bowman, & Company. See Wilson, Thomas

Spiers & Company (Scottish firm). See Wilson, Thomas

spinach

at Poplar Forest, 5:489
seed, 5:384, 5:658

spinning billys, 4:426

spinning jennies, 1:313, 1:524–1:525, 1:591, 1:661, 4:143, 4:417, 4:418n, 4:426, 4:428, 4:637, 4:667, 5:202, 5:384, 5:446, 5:562–5:563, 6:132, 6:134, 6:203, 6:214, 6:214, 6:285, 6:285–6:286, 6:559, 6:559, 7:570, 7:593, 8:535, 8:605

spinning machines

of B. Allison, 8:547
of J. G. Baxter, 8:554
W. Cranch buys, 5:21–5:22, 5:22, 5:181, 5:182n
described, 4:417–4:418, 4:424–4:425, 4:425–4:426, 4:512–4:513, 4:571–4:572, 4:592, 5:187, 5:209, 5:241–5:242, 5:312, 7:558, 8:634–8:635
at Poplar Forest, 6:106, 6:107, 6:203
sent to TJ, 5:23, 5:24, 5:145, 5:181, 5:182n, 5:211
TJ on, 5:562–5:563, 7:13–7:14, 7:54, 7:88, 7:92, 7:406, 8:535, 8:605
TJ orders, 4:514, 4:544, 4:579–4:580, 4:588, 4:589, 4:591, 4:637, 4:666–4:667, 5:80, 5:92, 5:131–5:132, 5:134, 5:141, 5:142–5:143, 5:148, 5:175, 5:201–5:202, 5:220, 5:316, 6:559

spinning wheels, 4:362, 4:380, 4:417, 4:425

Spinoza, Baruch

writings of, 8:4

spirit of hartshorn. See ammonia (spirit of hartshorn)

Spirit of Laws. See Esprit des Lois (Montesquieu)

Spirit of ’Seventy-Six (Richmond newspaper), 1:93

spirits (alcohol), 6:347, 6:501, 7:180

Spitzenburg apple, 3:448, 3:448n, 3:455

spoons, 4:231–4:232n

spotted fever. See typhus

Sprague, Joseph

and meeting of Essex Co. Republicans, 1:86n

Sprigg, Osborn

identified, 3:651n
letters from, 3:651
recommends C. Shekell, 3:651
sheep of, 2:380

Sprigg, William, 2:443n

Spring, Samuel

Two Sermons, Addressed to the Second Congregational Society in Newburyport, 1:138

Spring Hill School (Indian training school, Mich. Terr.), 1:7, 1:660–1:662, 2:55–2:57, 2:58n, 3:369–3:370, 3:543, 3:543n

springs. See also Warm Springs (Bath Co.)

salt, 3:333
sweet, 3:295
therapeutic, 1:192, 1:451, 3:162, 4:107, 8:563, 8:628, 8:688–8:689
warm, 1:192

Sproull (Sproule, Sprowl), John

and Niagara Campaign, 5:535

squash (vegetable), 1:170, 5:658, 6:487

Squire (R. Jefferson’s slave), 2:60, 5:653, 6:282, 6:285, 6:363, 6:363, 8:257, 8:258, 8:258, 8:272, 8:272, 8:400, 8:636

squirrel, 4:536

stable

brooms, 1:3
insurance for, 1:317–1:318
padlocks for, 1:303

Stadler, John

attempts to secure land grant, 2:87, 2:88n, 2:133

Staël Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine Necker, baronne de

on acquisition of language, 7:660
An Appeal to the Nations of Europe against the Continental System, 6:513, 6:514n
Corinne ou l’Italie, 1:35, 1:35
correspondence of, 5:454, 6:147–6:148, 6:240, 6:281
and European affairs, 5:449–5:451, 6:140–6:145
identified, 5:452–5:453n
H. Jackson conveys TJ’s letter to, 8:583
and Lafayette, 7:541
letters from, 5:449–5:453
letters to, 6:140–6:145, 8:576–8:577
returns to France, 8:577

Stake, John

Revolutionary War service of, 4:623, 4:624n

Stake, John S.

identified, 4:624n
letters from, 4:623–4:624
seeks military appointment, 4:623

Stam, Jacob Frederick, 5:512–5:513

Stamford. See Stanford, Sir William

Stamp Act (1765)

resolutions opposing, 4:599–4:600, 7:493, 7:494–7:495, 7:496–7:497, 7:544–7:545, 7:546–7:547, 7:549, 7:550–7:551n, 8:619, 8:620n, 8:621, 8:621–8:622, 8:622–8:623n, 8:641–8:642, 8:645n

Stamp Act Crisis

authorship of the Virginia Resolves, 8:619, 8:642
memorials and petitions in response to, 8:641–8:642, 8:642, 8:645n, 8:645–8:646n
Rhode Island Resolves, 8:619, 8:621–8:623

Stanard, B. (militia officer), 7:600

Stanard, John, 5:539

Standard of Union (New York newspaper), 6:339, 6:340n, 6:340n, 6:400, 6:401n

Standish, Myles, 5:512

Stanford, Sir William

Les Plees del Coron, 3:546

Stanhope, Charles, 3d Earl

fireproofing method of, 5:308–5:309n

Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The Economy of Human Life, 3:50n
quoted by B. Rush, 1:184

Stanley, Thomas

The History of Philosophy, 1:580

Stannard (TJ’s slave; b. 1809)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Stansbury, Abraham Ogier

identified, 8:191n
letter from, 8:187–8:192
religious beliefs of, 8:187–8:191
and TJ’s religious beliefs, 8:187, 8:190–8:191

Stansbury, Tobias

U.S. general, 8:155

Staples, John

identified, 5:93–5:94n
letters to, 5:93–5:94, 7:154, 7:346–7:347
makes castings for TJ, 5:93, 5:94n, 7:346–7:347, 7:517
as patent agent, 7:154, 7:155
and plow moldboards for TJ, 7:552n

Staples Mill, 5:93n

Staps, Frederick, 2:7, 2:9n

star jasmine, 1:631–1:632

Stark, Mr.

mentioned, 6:343

Stark, John

Revolutionary War officer, 7:87

Starke, Mrs. (boardinghouse keeper in Richmond), 1:670

Starke, James

and 1810 census, 3:202

star madreporite, 2:299

Staszic, Stanislaw, 3:62n

State Department, U.S. See also Graham, John; Smith, Robert

and batture controversy, 2:427, 2:429, 2:435, 2:439, 2:439–2:446, 2:449, 2:449–2:451, 2:452, 2:516, 2:568, 3:482, 3:483–3:488, 4:595, 5:84–5:85, 5:85–5:87n
books of, 3:638
“Chronological Series of Facts relative to Louisiana,” 3:281, 3:282–3:283, 3:292, 3:297, 3:327, 3:328n
clerical salaries at, 8:115
clerks at, 1:15n, 3:260, 8:495–8:496
forwards letters, 2:256, 2:536, 2:544, 3:424, 3:615, 3:627, 4:19, 4:99, 4:462, 4:668, 7:222, 8:361, 8:363, 8:488, 8:495–8:496, 8:584, 8:589
and La. boundaries, 3:281, 3:282–3:283
letter of credence for W. Short, 1:328, 1:343–1:344, 1:359, 1:658, 1:659n
papers of, 7:701, 7:702, 8:630
and patents, 2:665n, 8:408, 8:408n
receives books for TJ, 4:586
receives packet for TJ, 1:408

Statement of Facts in the Batture Case (Thomas Jefferson), 3:270–3:271, 3:290, 3:481–3:483, 3:483–3:488, 3:489–3:499

statement on the batture case (Thomas Jefferson). See also The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi (Thomas Jefferson)

composition of, 2:657, 3:47, 3:47–3:49, 3:498n, 4:xliii–4:xliv, 4:291
copies of returned to TJ, 2:532, 2:675–2:677, 3:68–3:69, 3:70–3:73, 3:123–3:125, 3:130–3:135, 3:152–3:153, 3:290, 3:317, 4:466, 4:482, 4:492–4:493, 4:567–4:568
map for, 4:xliv
publication of encouraged, 3:326, 4:311, 4:393–4:394
sent to congressmen, 3:203–3:204, 3:254
sent to TJ’s attorneys, 2:545, 2:659–2:660, 3:42–3:43, 3:152–3:153, 3:201, 3:203
sent to TJ’s cabinet members, 2:568–2:569, 2:678–2:679, 3:30–3:32, 3:109–3:110, 3:147, 3:176n
TJ publishes, 4:367–4:368, 4:431, 4:477–4:478, 4:485, 4:520, 4:521–4:522

State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States (J. Savage)

and presidential messages to Congress, 8:156, 8:157n
prospectus for, 7:644, 7:645–7:646n, 7:701–7:702
published by T. B. Wait & Sons, 7:646n
sent to TJ, 8:156, 8:252

Statical Essays: containing Vegetable Staticks (Hales), 2:82

statics

study of, 7:638, 7:639

stationery

letter paper, 1:332, 1:347, 1:347, 1:384, 1:489, 6:343, 6:346, 6:346, 8:xlv–8:xlvi, 8:514, 8:628, 8:672, 8:673n
made from mulberry bark, 2:404n
of J. B. Moussier, 1:380 (illus.)
of A. F. Silvestre, 1:380 (illus.)

Statistique élémentaire de la France (J. Peuchet), 4:325–4:326, 4:326n, 5:436, 7:90

The Statutes at Large (English, 1706), 3:546

The Statutes at Large (W. W. Hening)

publication of, 1:158–1:159n, 1:333–1:334, 1:489, 1:619–1:620, 3:169n, 5:254n, 5:278, 6:413, 7:190, 7:292, 7:292n, 8:175, 8:231, 8:330, 8:348–8:349, 8:349, 8:349n, 8:398
sent to TJ, 6:413
sources for, 7:228, 8:329–8:330, 8:348–8:349, 8:379, 8:398–8:400, 8:418–8:419, 8:424–8:425, 8:439–8:440, 8:474, 8:475n
TJ cites, 5:135, 5:137n, 5:253, 5:254n
TJ endorses, 2:30, 2:50
TJ orders, 6:122, 6:374

Staunton, Va.

during Revolutionary War, 8:431, 8:431n

steamboats

and circular inclined plane, 1:646–1:649
list of N.Y., 4:199–4:200, 4:235
report on, 7:68, 7:68n
for U.S. river navigation, 7:56–7:57, 7:113n, 8:591

steam engine, 1:648–1:649, 7:113n, 7:558, 8:81, 8:82n

Stedman, Ebenezer

identified, 2:352n
letters from, 2:352
sends opposition material to TJ, 2:352

steel

blistered, 6:344, 6:345, 6:348
engraving on, 7:559
eyeglass frames, 8:192n
German, 6:344, 6:346
purchased by TJ, 7:180
tempering of, 8:546–8:547

Steele, John

forwards seeds to TJ, 2:506
identified, 2:506–2:507n
letters from, 2:506–2:507
and TJ’s plan for militia, 7:678

Steevens, George

and edition of W. Shakespeare, 1:412n

Stelle, Pontius D.

caters dinner for workmen, 5:205, 5:207n, 5:239n

Stephani (Stepani). See Estienne, Henri (Stepani; Stephani)

Stephen (hired hand)

as T. M. Randolph’s employee, 8:173, 8:173, 8:257–8:258, 8:272

Stephen (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

hat for, 7:124
laborer, 8:185
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 8:61, 8:255

Stephen, James, 3:79, 3:79n

Stephens, Alexander

The History of the Wars which arose out of the French Revolution, 7:664

Stephensburg Academy (Frederick Co.)

request for donation to, 1:566–1:567, 2:147, 2:148n

Stephenson, Clotworthy

claim on U.S. by, 1:601, 1:649–1:650
identified, 1:601n
letters from, 1:601
letters to, 1:649–1:650

Stephenson, Samuel Martin

and fiorin grass, 3:339–3:340, 4:187, 4:364, 5:553, 5:553n
“The History of the Linen Manufacture,” 3:280n, 3:309, 3:309n
identified, 4:187–4:188n
letters from, 4:187–4:188

Steptoe, James

clerk of Bedford Co., 3:188, 3:374, 4:318n, 5:32, 5:32–5:33, 5:229, 5:361, 5:361n, 5:488n
identified, 2:6–2:7n
invited to dinner, 4:86
and Ivy Creek tract, 2:6, 5:34–5:35
letters to, 2:6–2:7, 2:79–2:80, 5:342–5:343
letter to from J. C. Steptoe, 5:62–5:63
TJ introduces T. M. Randolph to, 2:79–2:80
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:62–5:63, 5:63n, 5:342–5:343

Steptoe, James Callaway

identified, 5:63n
letter from to J. Steptoe, 5:62–5:63
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:62–5:63, 5:63n

Steptoe, William

account with TJ, 7:387–7:388
as doctor, 4:381, 7:387
identified, 7:388n
lumber for, 8:695

Sterne, Laurence

allusions to, 4:85
in collegiate curriculum, 7:665
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 6:616
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 4:85n
Sermons by The late Rev. Mr. Sterne, 8:388
TJ recommends sermons of, 7:627

Sternhold, Thomas

as translator of Psalms, 6:550, 6:552n

Stetson, Benjamin

purchases TJ’s tobacco, 8:492

Steuart, Mr. See Stewart, Dugald

Stevens, Alexander Hodgdon

forwards works to TJ, 6:45, 6:372, 6:445, 7:90
identified, 6:373n
letters from, 6:372–6:373
letters to, 6:445

Stevens, Edward

Revolutionary War papers of, 4:468
as Va. legislator, 7:549

Stevens, W.

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

Stevens, William

TJ pays, 7:459, 7:460n

Stevenson, Mr., 1:79

Stevenson, Andrew

gubernatorial prospects of, 8:47
and meeting of Richmond citizens, 1:611n

Stevenson, Elizabeth Goodwin (George P. Stevenson’s wife)

plans visit to Monticello, 5:404
sends greetings to TJ, 8:452

Stevenson, George Pitt

family of, 8:477
and gypsum for TJ, 2:205, 2:205n, 2:226
identified, 5:659n
letters from, 5:659, 8:452, 8:659–8:660
letters to, 8:476–8:477
plans visit to Monticello, 5:404
relays latest information to TJ, 5:659, 8:452, 8:659–8:660

Stevenson, Hetty Smith. See Carr, Hetty Smith Stevenson (Peter Carr’s wife)

Stewart, Alexander

identified, 5:38n
recommended by C. Price, 5:36–5:37
seeks consular appointment, 5:36–5:37, 5:81

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

Stewart, Dugald

in collegiate curriculum, 7:662, 7:667
criticizes D. Hartley, 3:277–3:278
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 1:576, 7:627, 8:118, 8:472, 8:672, 8:673n

Stewart, John

described as a pedestrian, 4:689
letters from accounted for, 4:689

Stewart, William

blacksmith at Monticello, 1:419, 1:419n

Sthreshly, Robert B.

and Albemarle Academy, 7:267, 7:282, 7:293, 7:335, 7:570
identified, 6:554n
letter from to E. Bacon, 6:554
property of, 8:394, 8:398
sells corn to TJ, 6:554, 6:554n, 7:290, 7:291n
and W. Short’s land, 4:59–4:60, 4:61n, 4:675
visits Monticello, 4:675

stibnite (antimony sulfide), 6:230

stills

R. Gillespie invents, 7:509

Stith, Elizabeth, 1:68n

Stith, Judith Randolph, 3:433n

Stith, Mary

identified, 3:433n
letters from, 3:458
letters to, 3:432–3:433
and Limestone Survey tract, 3:432–3:433, 3:433n, 3:458, 8:393n
TJ’s childhood friend, 3:433, 3:458

Stith, Richard

as Campbell Co. surveyor, 5:49, 5:63, 5:87, 5:87n, 5:88, 5:88n, 5:162, 5:229, 5:229, 5:230–5:231, 5:231–5:234, 5:235–5:236n, 5:287–5:288, 5:340, 5:361, 5:361n
identified, 5:162n
and Ivy Creek tract, 1:670–1:671, 2:6, 2:97, 2:97n, 2:232, 2:232n, 2:322, 2:327, 4:308, 4:682, 5:32, 5:33, 5:33n, 5:34–5:35, 5:35n, 5:39–5:40, 5:40–5:41, 5:41n, 5:89, 5:89–5:90n, 5:90–5:91, 5:128–5:129, 5:161–5:162, 5:210, 5:287, 5:287–5:288
Receipt for John Wayles’s Land Purchase, 5:162–5:163
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:342–5:343

Stith, William

buys lot in Westham, 8:171n
The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, 5:508–5:509
and limestone survey, 3:432, 3:433

Stith tract (Bedford Co.), 1:670–1:671

Stockdale, John

publisher of Notes on the State of Virginia, 1:588

stockings, 3:202, 6:344, 6:346, 6:349n

Stoddard, Amos

identified, 3:291n
letters to, 3:291–3:292
Sketches, Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana, 3:291, 3:291–3:292n, 5:683n, 6:39

Stoddert. See Stoddard, Amos

Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus), 1:576

Stone, David

as U.S. senator, 6:241

Stone, William J.

and Fluvanna Co. land, 3:179, 3:211, 5:15–5:16, 5:97
identified, 3:179n
letters from, 3:179, 5:15–5:16
letters to, 3:211, 5:97

Storia Antica del Messico (F. S. Clavigero), 1:196, 1:198n, 7:664

Storia della guerra dell’ Independenza degli Stati Uniti d’America (C. G. G. Botta), 2:161–2:162, 2:529, 2:536, 3:41, 3:41n, 3:98, 7:616, 7:617n, 8:626, 8:626n, 8:657

Story, Joseph

and repeal of Embargo Act, 2:533, 2:534n, 2:537, 3:28
and Supreme Court appointment, 3:126, 3:166, 3:178
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:163

Stoughton, Thomas, Spanish consul at N.Y., 1:578, 1:578n, 1:604

Stout, Isaiah, 1:462, 1:572n

Stout, John

identified, 1:572n
letters from, 1:572
TJ loans books to, 1:572
witnesses conveyance, 1:462

stoves

brick, 6:56
Russian, 6:56
stew, 1:122, 3:530
stone, 5:38, 5:38–5:39n, 5:109–5:110, 5:167–5:170, 5:588–5:590, 5:673–5:674, 5:674–5:675, 6:56, 7:361–7:363
Swedish, 1:122n, 3:609, 4:191–4:192, 4:215–4:216, 4:232–4:233, 4:560, 6:56

Stovin, George

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:376

Strachan, John

and British outrages in U.S., 8:214–8:215, 8:216, 8:217, 8:217–8:219
identified, 8:226–8:227n
letter from, 8:214–8:228
and prisoners of war, 8:218–8:221
and sale of TJ’s library, 8:214, 8:224–8:225
and U.S. atrocities against southern Indians, 8:222–8:224
and U.S. atrocities in Canada, 8:214–8:215, 8:215–8:218, 8:219, 8:221, 8:222, 8:224, 8:225–8:226

Strahan, William, trans.

Les Lois civiles dans leur ordre naturel, 3:160, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:546

Strange, John

Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, 3:134, 3:135n, 3:152, 7:147–7:148, 7:148, 7:148

The Stranger (Kotzebue; trans. Papendick), 3:633n

straw, 2:371, 3:65, 3:171, 6:486–6:487, 8:69–8:70, 8:158, 8:367, 8:459

strawberries

Alpine, 2:481, 2:482n, 2:543, 3:353, 4:34, 4:561, 4:562
Chili, 2:140, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n, 4:523
as crop, 8:305
Hudson, 2:140, 3:439, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n, 4:523, 4:561, 5:382
P. Mazzei sends seeds, 3:377, 4:34
C. W. Peale cultivates, 4:139
at Poplar Forest, 5:31
white, 3:353

Strickland, Sir William, 1:21n, 4:33

Strode, John

family of, 6:290
identified, 2:384n
letters from, 2:383–2:384, 6:229–6:230, 6:301
letters to, 6:292
poverty of, 6:229, 6:230n, 6:288, 6:290, 6:292, 6:336
and public appointment, 6:229, 6:230n, 6:288–6:289, 6:290, 6:292, 6:301, 6:301, 6:336
recommends J. McKinney, 2:383, 5:586
and Slate Mills, 3:184

Strong, Caleb

governor of Mass., 6:599, 6:599n, 6:625, 6:627n, 7:129, 8:358, 8:444n

Stroud, James, 6:453, 6:454, 6:454n

Stroud, Samuel, 6:453, 6:454n

Struve, Burkhard Gotthelf

Bibliotheca Historica, 8:559, 8:562n

Stuart, Archibald

and P. Derieux, 3:295, 3:481, 3:511, 3:575–3:576
identified, 2:93–2:94n
and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:153, 6:182, 6:215, 6:216n, 6:554, 6:555, 6:573
letters from, 2:93–2:94, 3:511, 4:194
letters from accounted for, 4:157n
letters to, 3:295, 3:481, 4:77–4:79, 4:156–4:157, 4:236–4:237
recommends J. Warrell, 2:93
sends butter to TJ, 4:194, 4:236
sends oat seed to TJ, 1:585, 2:93
and timothy seed for TJ, 4:77, 4:156, 4:236
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
TJ’s cloth forwarded to, 7:460

Stuart, Eleanor Briscoe (Archibald Stuart’s wife)

and butter for TJ, 4:236

Stuart, Gilbert

artistic career of, 4:xlvi
friendship with J. Winthrop, 8:389
identified, 7:526–7:527n
B. H. Latrobe’s opinion of, 3:625
letters to, 7:525–7:527
“Medallion” profile of TJ, 6:148, 6:149n, 7:525–7:526, 7:527n, 8:136, 8:137n, 8:195, 8:281
portrait of J. Adams by, 4:xlvi, 4:370 (illus.)
portrait of J. Madison by, 7:295, 8:9n, 8:389
portraits of TJ by, 6:148, 6:149n, 7:296, 7:303, 7:341, 7:342n, 7:429, 7:497–7:498, 7:522, 7:525–7:526, 7:527n, 7:562, 8:8, 8:8n, 8:34, 8:389, 8:435
TJ on, 7:526, 8:435

Stuart, Robert

journal of, 6:557, 6:558n, 6:603, 6:603n

stucco, 1:195–1:196

Stukeley, William

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:376

sturgeon, 5:601–5:602, 5:604–5:605

Sturtevant, Earl

forwards inkstand to TJ, 5:38, 5:39n, 5:109, 5:111
identified, 5:39n
letters from, 5:38–5:39
letters to, 5:111

Styles, A.

witnesses document, 8:346

stylograph, 1:182n, 2:xlii, 2:380 (illus.)

Stypmann, Franz

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

subscriptions, for publications. See also books

art, 6:571, 6:571n
atlases, 3:552, 3:552n, 3:578
Bibles, 2:321, 2:321–2:322n, 2:337, 2:349, 5:654–5:655n, 5:662
biographies, 5:372n, 5:492, 5:492n, 5:545
Declaration of Independence, 5:631–5:632, 5:632–5:633n, 5:643, 5:644n
dictionaries, 3:97, 3:98n, 3:137, 3:393
encyclopedias, 3:589, 3:609, 4:281, 4:336, 4:365, 4:371, 4:408, 4:409, 4:530–4:531, 4:557, 4:558–4:559
gardening, 2:131, 2:132n, 2:167
history, 3:50–3:51, 3:291, 3:291–3:292n, 6:373
journals, 1:671–1:672, 1:673n, 3:51n, 3:599, 4:663, 4:685, 5:18, 5:19n, 5:100, 6:77, 6:77n, 6:124, 7:344, 7:388–7:389, 7:389–7:390n, 8:488
manufacturing, 3:221–3:223, 3:238–3:239, 5:633, 5:633n, 5:661
medical, 1:597, 1:597n
newspapers, 1:48, 1:49, 1:50n, 1:85, 1:96, 1:107, 1:214, 1:303–1:304, 2:174, 2:175n, 2:670, 2:671n, 3:185, 3:227, 4:92, 4:127–4:128, 4:130–4:131, 4:177–178, 4:633, 6:339, 6:399, 6:400, 6:401n, 6:461–6:462, 6:505, 6:505n, 6:506, 6:560, 6:648, 8:435, 8:436n, 8:469, 8:566, 8:569–8:570, 8:676n
plays, 1:412
poetry, 1:112, 1:113n, 1:225–1:226, 1:504n, 2:309, 2:336, 2:369, 3:241, 3:243, 3:296
political science, 4:25, 4:56, 4:57n, 5:227n, 6:55
religious, 3:431, 3:456–3:457
scientific, 5:466, 5:467n, 6:213
unidentified, 5:146

subscriptions, non-publication

for Albemarle Academy, 7:265, 7:337, 7:338, 7:339
to equip volunteer troops, 5:344–5:345
to pay W. McClure’s debts, 4:169, 4:209, 4:618–4:619, 5:14–5:15, 5:17, 5:132, 5:161, 5:174–5:175, 5:298–5:299, 5:328–5:329, 5:574–5:575, 5:575, 5:587, 5:639–5:640, 5:671
to support business ventures, 5:107, 5:107–5:108n, 5:508n

Suburb Saint Mary. See Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over

Success, HMS (frigate), 6:363n

Succordy (slave), 4:231–4:232n

succory. See chicory (succory)

Suckey (TJ’s slave; b. 1771)

family of, 5:463n
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:386, 5:461, 6:309, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:62, 8:62, 8:62, 8:62, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255

Suckey (TJ’s slave; b. 1796)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

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

Sucky (TJ’s slave; b. 1806). See Gillette, Sucky (TJ’s slave; b. 1806)

Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus)

in collegiate curriculum, 7:661
Opera Omnia Quae Extant, 1:580
reliability of, 7:24

Suffrein, Mr.

family of, 2:15

sugar

from beets, 7:54, 7:54n, 7:55
brown, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109, 4:209, 4:210, 4:210, 4:210, 4:210, 4:210, 4:210, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 6:341, 6:343, 6:346, 6:346, 6:346, 6:347, 6:347, 6:348, 6:348, 6:448, 7:180, 8:xlvii–8:xlviii, 8:30, 8:30–8:31
cane, 2:556
export tax on, 8:608
European, 4:85
loaf, 1:31, 1:31, 1:31, 1:31, 1:31, 1:44, 1:44, 1:44, 1:222, 2:221, 4:210, 4:210, 4:210, 4:210, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 4:211, 6:343, 6:343, 6:343, 6:343, 6:343, 6:344, 6:346, 6:346, 6:347, 6:347, 6:347, 6:348, 6:348, 6:348, 6:448, 8:30–8:31
manufactured in West Indies, 8:317
manufacture of, 3:522n
maple, 1:657
in medicine, 4:381
mentioned, 6:343, 6:343, 6:345
military use of, 5:552
muscovado, 1:31, 1:31, 1:44
plantation, 2:136
at Poplar Forest, 5:33
refined, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109, 6:311, 7:180, 8:xlvii–8:xlviii, 8:30, 8:30, 8:30
smuggling of, 1:439
stored in Washington, 4:27
TJ orders, 7:434

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw

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

suicide

and G. Du Jareau, 2:375n
and I. Lewis and L. Lewis, 1:168n
and M. Lewis, 1:436n, 1:602–1:603, 1:606–1:608, 1:632, 1:668, 2:30, 2:35, 2:42, 2:42, 2:44, 2:121, 2:191–2:192, 2:208, 2:209n
and J. Ogilvie, 3:632n
plants used to commit, 6:293
and E. Steadman, 2:352n
TJ on, 6:293
venesection, 6:293

Suidas. See Σουιδασ. Suidæ Lexicon (ed. L. Küster)

sulfur

medicinal uses of, 4:62, 4:102
military uses of, 2:257, 2:261n

sulla. See sainfoin

Sullivan, Mr.

and W. Janes’s looms, 7:523

Sullivan, George

identified, 1:525n
letters from, 1:524–1:525
letters to, 1:591
recommends C. Artzt, 5:155
and spinning machine, 1:524–1:525, 1:591, 5:151

Sullivan, James

correspondence with T. Pickering, 6:259, 6:259n
The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts, 3:125

Sullivan, John

Revolutionary War general, 6:207

Sullivan, John L., 1:524, 1:525, 1:525n

Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de

Memoires de Maximillien de Bethune, Duc de Sully, 7:664
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:501, 4:504, 4:504

Sully, Thomas

identified, 4:356–4:357n
B. H. Latrobe praises, 3:625
letters from, 4:355–4:358, 4:398–4:400
letters to, 4:407, 4:459–4:460
portrait of B. Rush by, 4:xlv–4:xlvi, 7:296n
portrait of G. Ticknor by, 8:xlviii, 8:346 (illus.)
and Society of Artists of the United States, 4:355–4:358, 4:398–4:400, 4:407, 4:459–4:460, 4:644, 4:646n

“Sulphate of lime of Onondago, State of New-York” (Warden), 3:333n

sulphur. See sulfur

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

A Summary View of the Rights of British America (Thomas Jefferson), 1:486, 1:487n, 1:539, 1:569, 1:570n, 8:175, 8:231

Sumter (Sumpter), Thomas, 3:501

sun

altitude of, 3:448
annular eclipse of 1811 observed, 4:188, 4:195, 4:196–4:197n, 4:235, 4:237–4:239, 4:246, 4:263, 4:368, 4:369, 4:403, 4:407
and astronomical calculations, 1:489–1:498, 2:61, 3:361–3:367
and calculation of longitude, 4:247–4:266, 4:275, 4:368, 4:402–4:406, 4:407
grapes scorched by, 2:222, 2:293
TJ’s biblical allusion to, 3:579, 3:579n

sun brier, 1:56

sundials

and corncob capital base, 1:473, 1:475n
at Poplar Forest, 4:96–4:98

Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District, 1:415n, 6:362, 6:362n, 6:472–6:473, 6:474, 6:479, 6:480, 8:351, 8:692

Superior Court of Chancery for the Winchester District, 6:268

Supreme Court, U.S.

appointments to, 1:49–1:50n
and batture controversy, 2:441n, 2:454–2:455, 6:392, 6:392–6:393, 6:393, 6:394–6:395
establishment of, 4:302–4:303n
justices examine invention, 1:195–1:196
and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:291–4:292
and J. Marshall, 4:302n
and prize cases, 2:376, 2:377n, 2:480
replacement for W. Cushing, 3:118, 3:124, 3:126–3:127, 3:151, 3:165–3:166, 3:178, 3:182, 3:246, 4:100
TJ on, 3:124, 3:165, 3:182

surgery

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

Sur l’éducation nationale dans les États-Unis d’Amérique (P. S. Du Pont de Nemours), 1:592, 1:593n, 1:674, 4:125, 4:127n, 4:327, 5:616, 5:620, 6:484, 6:485, 7:9, 7:168, 7:169n, 7:223, 7:225n, 8:382, 8:383n, 8:429

surveying. See also scientific instruments

and artificial horizon, 3:448, 4:167, 4:167n, 4:369
and Bear Creek lands, 4:279–4:280
and J. C. Borda’s circle, 4:369, 4:370n
and chain, 4:341
compass for, 2:152, 4:341
and A. Ellicott, 5:100–5:101
and Henderson land, 5:421
occupation of, 1:215, 1:216, 2:344
and Poplar Forest curtilage, 5:482, 5:489, 8:70
and protractor, 4:341
TJ prepares instructions for L. H. Girardin, 7:252–7:253
TJ provides training in, 1:181–1:182, 1:215n, 1:650
of Washington, 5:101n

Surville, Clotilde de (Marguerite Éléonore Clotilde de Vallon-Chalys), 7:665

Susan (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Susanna (Suzanna) (Old Testament figure), 6:623

Susquehanna Canal

lottery, 4:391

Susquehanna River

acts to improve navigation on, 4:161n
grapes grown along, 2:223
mammoth bones found in, 2:507

Suter, Mrs.

Washington boardinghouse of, 3:539

Suter, Johann Rudolf

Flora Helvetica, 8:429, 8:429, 8:430n

Suttle, William

witnesses warrant, 5:280

Süverman, John Christoph

identified, 2:364–2:365n
letters from, 2:364–2:365, 2:672–2:673
letters to, 3:110
and J. Pernier, 2:364, 2:672–2:673, 3:49, 3:110

Suvorov, Aleksandr

Russian general, 6:468, 7:528

Suwarow (ship), 2:475

Swan, William

as quartermaster general, 7:135

Swan Tavern (Richmond)

TJ lodges at, 1:591, 1:614n, 1:615

Swanwick, John

bankruptcy of, 1:129, 1:131n, 5:433

Swartwout, Samuel

and allegations against J. Wilkinson, 3:324
and Niagara Campaign, 5:539–5:540

Sweden

election of king in, 3:105, 3:106n
government of, 3:8, 3:12, 3:16, 3:468
relations with Great Britain, 2:275
relations with U.S., 5:685
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504, 4:507

Swedenborg, Emanuel

and New Jerusalem Church, 5:595, 5:596n
and theology, 7:480

Swedish iron, 5:133

sweet acacia, 1:555, 1:631–1:632, 2:301, 2:302

sweet potatoes

seeds requested from TJ, 8:680, 8:682n

sweet-scented currants, 4:427, 4:523–4:524, 4:524n, 5:323–5:324, 5:382

Swift, Jonathan

correspondence with Lord Bolingbroke, 6:267, 6:267n
quoted, 7:476, 7:481n
religious beliefs of, 6:521
TJ quotes, 5:682, 5:683n
Travels into several Remote Nations of the World … by Lemuel Gulliver, 6:70n, 7:26

Swift, Joseph Gardner

and hydrostatic engine, 7:232
and Niagara Campaign, 5:537
U.S. general, 8:250

Swift, Zephaniah

The laws of the United States of America, 2:521

Swiney, Mr., 6:486

Swink, George

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

Switzerland

constitution of, 7:476
democracy in, 3:8, 3:12, 3:15
financial system of, 2:584
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:504

Sydenham, Thomas

medical theories of, 8:669
and nosology, 7:152

Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest-Trees (Evelyn), 2:82

Syme, John

family of, 7:494

Syme & Pearson (Hanover, Va. firm), 2:433

Symphoricarpos albus. See snowberry

A Synopsis of the Four Evangelists (C. Thomson), 8:472, 8:472n, 8:672, 8:673n

A Synopsis of the Genera of American Plants (O. Rich), 8:601, 8:601–8:602n, 8:616

Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum (C. H. Persoon), 3:167, 3:181, 3:596, 4:146, 7:626, 8:284, 8:285n, 8:319, 8:422

syphilis

treatments for, 5:669

Syren (sloop)

carries dispatches, 1:183, 1:452
quarantined in France, 1:373, 1:374, 1:376

Syria

Napoleon fails to conquer, 2:274, 2:277n

syrup

of punch, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109, 2:154
of vinegar, 1:161, 1:188, 1:188, 1:190, 1:190, 1:222, 1:257

Systema Naturæ (C. Linnaeus), 4:536, 4:667, 6:408, 6:409, 7:210

A System of Anatomy for the Use of Students of Medicine (C. Wistar), 8:447, 8:449n

A System of Notation: Representing the Sounds of Alphabetical Characters (Pelham), 1:216–1:217

A System of Practical Mathematics (J. Potter), 7:250, 7:253n

A System of Universal Science (Woodward), 6:411n

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