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Vail & Rogers (Richmond firm), 4:487
Valcarcel, Placido Lorenzo Gonzales de, 2:480n
Van der Capellen tot den Pol, Joan Derk, baron
- J. Adams on, 6:504
- and copper use by ancients, 4:614
- essays on natural history by, 4:614
- identified, 4:501n
- letters from, 4:500–4:501, 4:613–4:615, 5:459–5:460
- letters to, 4:570–4:571, 5:572–5:573
- and R. R. Livingston, 4:500, 4:501n, 4:507, 4:614
- and mammoths, 5:459–5:460, 5:572–5:573
- and proposed book, 4:500, 4:501–4:508, 4:570–4:571, 4:613–4:615, 5:459
- Synopsis of a Proposed Book, 4:501–4:508, 5:460n, 6:302, 6:303n
- and carriage of H. G. Spafford, 8:414, 8:416
- defeat at Queenston Heights, 5:445, 5:446n, 5:449, 5:493, 6:172, 6:645, 8:263
- and early American history, 2:503n
- estate of, 8:414, 8:416
- in Paris, 7:490
Varina (T. M. Randolph’s Henrico Co. estate)
- letters to, 4:164
- and Newburyport collectorship, 1:25
- speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, 2:107n
- as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n
- identified, 1:652n
- letter forwarded to, 4:99
- letters from, 1:651–1:652
- letters to, 3:615–3:616
- Untersuchungen über Amerika’s Bevölkerung aus dem alten Kontinente, 1:651–1:652, 2:467, 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166, 3:615–3:616
- Le Droit des Gens, ou, Principes de la loi naturelle, appliqué à la conduite & aux affaires des nations & des souverains, 3:159, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:546, 7:627
- and law of nations, 7:464
- in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de
Vaucanson, Jacques de, 5:153, 5:154n
Vaughan, Benjamin, 2:338n, 6:227, 6:228n
- account with TJ, 8:428, 8:556, 8:582, 8:586, 8:603, 8:625, 8:663
- advises C. W. Peale, 8:545
- and American Philosophical Society, 6:516n, 8:193, 8:247, 8:362, 8:363n
- and American Philosophical Society membership diplomas, 6:75, 6:84, 6:115
- and astronomical observations, 6:75, 6:84
- forwards packages to T. Cooper, 2:376
- and J. Hall’s agricultural improvements, 8:42
- A. von Humboldt sends greetings to, 1:453n
- identified, 1:453n
- introduces Biddles, 7:383
- introduces G. Ticknor, 8:193–8:194
- letters from, 1:452–1:453, 1:455, 5:7–5:8, 5:114–5:115, 6:75, 7:383, 7:684, 8:193–8:194, 8:362–8:363, 8:377–8:378, 8:586, 8:625, 8:632–8:633, 8:663
- letters to, 1:482–1:483, 5:83, 5:211–5:212, 6:84, 6:115–6:116, 8:247–8:248, 8:301–8:302, 8:589–8:590, 8:603
- librarian of American Philosophical Society, 1:452–1:453, 1:455, 1:482, 3:320–3:321, 3:322n, 5:7, 5:8n, 5:83, 5:114, 5:211, 5:514
- and F. A. Michaux’s botanical works, 8:194
- as Philadelphia contact, 5:201, 6:469
- sends package for J. Corrêa da Serra, 7:684
- TJ purchases books through, 8:302, 8:363, 8:377
- and TJ’s lines of credit in Europe, 8:301–8:302, 8:362–8:363, 8:377–8:378, 8:539, 8:571, 8:579, 8:579, 8:586–8:587, 8:589–8:590, 8:603, 8:624, 8:625, 8:627, 8:632–8:633, 8:663, 8:673
- and J. Adams, 6:227, 6:228n
- family of, 8:377
- identified, 5:514n
- letters from, 5:513–5:515
- and publications for American Philosophical Society, 5:513–5:514, 5:514–5:515n
- Analysis of Green Tobacco, 1:142–1:146, 1:482
- Analysis of Prepared Tobacco, 1:147–1:152, 1:482
- identified, 1:146n
- D. B. Warden translates experiments of, 1:142, 1:482, 1:608–1:609, 1:609n
Vecelli, Tiziano. See Titian (Tiziano Vecelli)
vegetable sensation, 5:276, 5:277n
Vegetius (Flavius Vegetius Renatus)
Les Veilles de Saint-Augustin, Évêque d’Hippone (Gazzera), 1:522, 1:523n
- and canals, 2:674
- geology of, 7:357
- and Hartford Convention, 8:111n, 8:163, 8:164n
- history of, 8:282–8:283, 8:350
- interest in TJ’s library in, 8:59–8:60
- militia from, 8:111–8:112, 8:112n
- Republicans in, 3:28, 8:110
Vespucci, Amerigo (Americus Vespucius)
- portrait of, 7:295, 7:302–7:303, 7:303, 7:330, 7:340, 7:342n, 7:429, 7:429n, 7:444, 7:498, 7:499, 7:522, 7:523n, 7:562, 7:564, 7:613, 8:239
Vessié, Jean, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484
- document to be left with, 2:294
- petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
- as postmaster at Milton, 7:311, 7:312n, 7:602, 8:420, 8:420n
- rents Shadwell Mill, 5:528n
- TJ on, 1:505–1:506
- TJ pays for mule, 5:298, 5:299n
- witnesses land conveyance, 4:288
La Veuve du Malabar (A. M. Le Mierre), 7:77, 7:78n
Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy, king of Sicily and Sardinia-Piedmont
Victor Amadeus III, king of Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel I, king of Sardinia, 2:391n, 7:539
La vie de Frederic, Baron de Trenck (Trenck), 6:113n
Vie de Jeanne de St. Remy de Valois, ci-devant Comtesse de La Motte (J. La Motte; included in Book of Kings compiled by TJ). See also Book of Kings, 8:33, 8:34n, 8:240, 8:309, 8:310n
- negotiations at, 8:112–8:113, 8:113n, 8:130–8:131, 8:134, 8:137, 8:168, 8:339, 8:533, 8:534n, 8:588, 8:684, 8:684n
Viewmont (Albemarle Co. estate)
A view of the physical, moral, and immoral effects of certain liquors (Rush), 4:17
A View Of the Principal Deistical Writers (Leland), 6:302
A view of the principles and conduct of the Protestant dissenters, with respect to the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of England (Priestley), 1:581
Views of Louisiana (H. M. Brackenridge), 4:7–4:8, 4:8n, 7:242, 7:383–7:384, 7:385n
Vigano, Giuseppe Timpanari, 3:381n
The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated (Castell), 1:390, 1:397n
Villeneufve, Paul Louis le Blanc de. See le Blanc (Siblong) de Villeneufve, Paul Louis
Villers, Charles François Dominique de
- Coup-D’œil sur Les Universités et Le Mode D’Instruction Publique de L’Allemagne Protestante, 8:550–8:551
Vinci, Leonardo da. See Leonardo da Vinci
A Vindication of the Religion of Mr. Jefferson (Knox), 2:173, 2:174n, 2:215–2:216
- commentary on Justinian’s Corpus juris civilis, 2:677, 7:125
- D. Justiniani sacratissimi principis, 3:48, 3:175n
- Jurisprudentiæ Contractæ sive Partitionum Juris Civilis Libri IV, 3:175n, 3:546
Violet (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
- J. Adams quotes, 6:145, 6:146–6:147n, 6:616, 6:619n
- Aeneid, 7:661
- J. Armstrong quotes, 1:538, 1:538n
- in collegiate curriculum, 7:448, 7:661, 7:685
- Eclogues, 1:345n, 3:370, 3:370–3:371n, 5:319n, 6:616, 6:619n
- J. McCoy alludes to, 1:326, 1:327n
- Opera. Interpretatione et Notis (Delphin edition; ed. C. de La Rue), 8:660
- B. Rush quotes, 6:16, 6:16n
- TJ on, 4:396, 8:540
- TJ quotes, 6:233, 6:234n, 6:492, 6:498n, 7:453, 7:455n, 7:604, 7:605n, 8:23
- writings of, 8:12
Virginia. See also Bank of Virginia (Richmond); Barbour, James; Central College (Charlottesville); The History of Virginia (J. D. Burk, S. Jones, and L. H. Girardin); Mutual Assurance Society; Notes on the State of Virginia (Thomas Jefferson); Virginia, University of (Charlottesville)
- Act for establishing Religious Freedom, 1:384n, 1:487, 6:565, 7:148
- antislavery in, 3:267–3:269, 3:318, 3:319
- armories in, 6:289
- banks in, 8:19, 8:35, 8:36n, 8:306, 8:511
- brandy production in, 6:487
- British attacks on, 6:332, 6:333n, 8:385n, 8:481, 8:482n
- charters, early, 1:620
- clergy in, 6:564
- climate compared to Spain, 2:165–2:166
- and colonization of freed slaves, 3:319, 3:320n
- committee of correspondence, 8:200, 8:200–8:201n
- congressional districts in, 3:473, 3:474n
- constitution, J. S. Gaines’s proposed revision of, 4:118–4:123
- constitution of (1776), 4:415, 4:416n, 4:433, 5:649–5:650, 5:667–5:668, 6:77, 7:495, 7:496n, 7:549, 8:182
- Convention of 1776, 4:293, 4:296–4:297n, 8:349, 8:349, 8:349n
- Council of State, 3:579, 3:580, 3:605, 3:605n, 4:122, 4:135n, 4:415, 4:416n, 4:432–4:434, 6:336, 8:475n, 8:642
- Court of Appeals, 4:401–4:402, 6:473, 6:476, 6:477–6:478, 6:480, 6:480, 6:572, 6:573
- Court of Chancery, 8:630, 8:692
- Declaration of Rights, 7:148
- defense of, 8:46, 8:165, 8:165
- deference to certain families in, 6:564, 6:626
- and education, 2:384–2:385, 2:457, 2:535, 6:606, 8:101, 8:103, 8:385–8:386n
- elections in, 1:168, 5:440, 7:494, 7:546, 8:128
- Federalists in, 8:46–8:47
- foundries in, 6:289
- General Assembly, 1:242, 1:245n, 2:97, 2:98, 2:213, 2:213n, 2:384, 2:387, 3:194n, 3:253–3:254, 3:266, 3:286–3:288, 3:319, 3:320n, 3:322–3:323, 3:332–3:333, 3:467–3:468, 3:472n, 4:122–4:123, 4:135n, 4:161, 4:161n, 4:170, 4:346–4:349, 4:566, 4:567, 4:568–4:569n, 5:378–5:380, 5:380n, 5:391, 5:469, 5:469n, 5:526–5:528, 5:638–5:639, 5:667–5:668, 5:668n, 6:67, 6:545n, 6:564–6:565, 6:565–6:566, 6:597–6:598, 6:606, 6:606, 6:651, 6:651n, 7:33, 7:33n, 7:145, 7:145, 7:145–7:146n, 7:176–7:177, 7:184–7:185, 7:264–7:265, 7:265, 7:266, 7:266–7:267, 7:338–7:339, 7:535n, 7:571, 7:637, 7:669–7:671, 7:671n, 7:691, 8:15, 8:36n, 8:47n, 8:90, 8:128, 8:164, 8:165, 8:166n, 8:178, 8:179n, 8:183, 8:184, 8:316, 8:316, 8:316–8:317, 8:317, 8:334, 8:475n, 8:619, 8:631–8:632, 8:661
- General Court, 2:84, 2:85, 6:554–6:555, 6:573, 7:29
- governor, 4:122, 4:122–4:123, 4:415, 4:416n, 4:432–4:434, 4:485–4:486, 4:585, 7:495, 7:496n, 7:549, 7:671, 8:47, 8:47n, 8:90, 8:423, 8:423n, 8:481, 8:482n
- historiography of, 1:619, 7:140, 7:190, 7:492–7:496, 7:544–7:550, 8:121–8:122, 8:122n, 8:140–8:141, 8:200, 8:203, 8:309, 8:334–8:337, 8:338n, 8:388
- House of Burgesses, 4:598–4:600, 7:493–7:495, 7:496–7:497, 7:544–7:546, 7:546, 7:546–7:547, 7:549, 7:550–7:551n, 7:603, 7:605n, 8:200–8:201n, 8:620, 8:621, 8:641–8:645, 8:645n
- House of Burgesses, journals of, 7:493, 7:494, 7:494–7:495, 7:496–7:497, 7:544–7:546, 7:546–7:547, 7:549, 7:550n, 7:551n, 8:330, 8:619, 8:620, 8:621, 8:642
- House of Delegates, 6:597n, 6:630–6:631, 6:634, 6:634, 7:33n, 7:145, 7:145, 7:145, 7:145–7:146n, 7:496n, 8:93n, 8:165, 8:165, 8:316–8:317, 8:619
- land claims of veterans from, 4:134–4:135, 4:135n, 4:176, 4:566–4:567, 4:568–4:569n, 4:585
- land grants in, 5:399–5:402
- Land Office, 5:87n, 5:103, 5:159, 5:159n, 5:222n
- land prices in, 8:306–8:307, 8:320
- law in, 1:334, 1:369–1:370, 1:381–1:383, 1:403–1:404, 1:404n, 1:469, 1:472–1:473, 1:488–1:489, 1:570, 2:30, 2:50, 3:190–3:191
- laws of, 4:122, 4:293, 4:294, 4:296–4:297n, 4:300–4:301, 5:135, 5:137n, 5:278, 5:278n, 6:122, 6:564–6:565, 7:228, 7:228n, 7:249–7:250, 7:260, 7:270, 7:270, 7:270, 7:292, 7:292n, 7:628, 8:175, 8:231, 8:235, 8:310, 8:329–8:330, 8:348–8:349, 8:379, 8:398, 8:418, 8:424–8:425, 8:439–8:440, 8:474, 8:475n, 8:628, 8:630, 8:630, 8:631–8:632
- limestone in, 3:432–3:433, 3:458
- and madder cultivation, 3:288–3:289, 3:326–3:327
- mammoth bones found in, 2:507, 4:43, 4:43n
- Manufactory of Arms, 1:614–1:615
- maps of, 1:xliv–1:xlv (illus.), 1:251n, 2:xxxviii–2:xxxix (illus.), 3:xlii–3:xliii (illus.), 4:xl–4:xli (illus.), 4:369–4:370, 5:xliv–5:xlv (illus.), 6:xl–6:xli (illus.), 7:xl–7:xli (illus.), 8:xlii–8:xliii (illus.), 8:76
- markets in, 3:102–3:104
- military nominations from, 4:529
- militia, 8:46, 8:165, 8:199n, 8:233
- minerals of, 8:400–8:401
- post offices in, 2:169, 2:178–2:179, 2:269, 2:333, 2:535, 6:644, 8:376, 8:425, 8:426n, 8:432, 8:566
- quarries in, 3:64, 3:162
- racial definitions in, 8:310–8:311
- Ratification Convention of 1788, 8:336, 8:338n, 8:338n
- regional nicknames, 8:232–8:233
- religious societies in, 6:607–6:608, 6:608n, 7:178, 7:182–7:183, 7:183n
- Republicans in, 3:266, 3:322, 3:332–3:333, 3:585, 3:591, 3:593n, 5:303–5:304
- revision of laws, 1:381–1:383, 1:384n, 5:136, 5:137n, 7:549
- riverbeds, 1792 act on, 3:287, 3:288n, 3:303
- riverbeds, 1802 act on, 3:287, 3:288n, 3:303
- river names, 4:146
- road proposed in, 6:651, 6:651n
- roads in, 8:46, 8:47, 8:70, 8:70, 8:232–8:233, 8:241, 8:290
- seal of, 1:345n
- search for Dutch-language accounts of, 2:502–2:503, 2:511, 2:567
- Senate, 6:595, 6:596, 6:596, 6:597n, 6:597, 6:598, 6:620, 6:628, 6:629, 6:630, 6:631, 6:633, 6:634, 6:635, 6:635, 7:5, 7:145, 7:145, 7:145n, 7:145–7:146n, 7:496n, 7:671, 8:35, 8:317, 8:628
- sheep raising in, 4:346, 4:428, 5:385, 5:386
- silver ore in, 3:647–3:648
- snowfall in, 2:70–2:71, 3:392, 3:394, 3:437
- soil of, 4:84–4:85, 4:177
- springs in, 8:688–8:689
- and Stamp Act (1765), 8:619, 8:641–8:642, 8:645n
- State Penitentiary, 1:474n, 6:289
- statutes, historiography of, 1:334, 1:381–1:384, 1:489
- statutes on forcible entry, 5:279, 5:279n
- statutes on legal pleadings, 2:545
- statutes prohibiting bringing slaves into, 1:622, 1:624n
- suitability for viticulture, 4:84–4:85, 4:176–4:177, 4:419–4:420
- taverns in, 8:232–8:233, 8:233, 8:398
- TJ as governor of, 4:377–4:378, 4:432, 4:434n, 4:467–4:468, 4:546, 4:568n, 4:602, 4:626, 8:178, 8:179n, 8:386n
- TJ drafts constitution for, 2:381, 2:383n
- TJ on dividing into hundreds or wards, 7:134–7:135, 7:145, 8:92–8:93, 8:385–8:386n
- TJ on economy of, 3:102–3:104, 6:208
- TJ on his role in politics, 3:507–3:508
- TJ on people of, 8:356, 8:642–8:643
- TJ on powers of governor, 4:432–4:434, 4:485–4:486
- TJ’s collection of laws of, 1:158–1:159, 1:334, 1:381, 3:190–3:191, 3:569, 7:249–7:250, 7:292, 8:235, 8:329–8:330, 8:379, 8:398–8:400, 8:418, 8:424–8:425, 8:439–8:440, 8:474, 8:475n
- TJ’s collection of newspapers, 3:190–3:191, 4:467
- TJ to provide merino sheep to, 2:388–2:389, 2:390, 2:409, 2:413, 2:418, 2:431, 2:457, 2:490–2:491, 2:492, 2:496n
- treasurer of, 8:165
- treasury of, 2:74, 2:94, 7:669, 7:690, 8:35
- U.S. senators from, 8:47, 8:47n
- volunteer troops from, 5:82, 5:107, 5:319, 5:344–5:345, 5:410–5:411, 5:531–5:532, 5:532–5:545
- wages in, 8:307
- wartime financing in, 7:144, 7:669–7:670, 7:690, 8:35, 8:126, 8:127n, 8:164–8:165, 8:166n, 8:182
- wartime taxation in, 6:545n, 7:670, 7:689–7:691, 8:46, 8:47, 8:73, 8:73n, 8:73, 8:154–8:155n, 8:164, 8:169, 8:256
- weather in, 8:241, 8:366
Virginia (TJ’s slave; b. 1793)
Virginia, University of (Charlottesville). See also Albemarle Academy; Central College (Charlottesville)
- as academical village, 2:366n, 7:265
- builders at, 3:68n, 3:520n
- building materials for, 2:201n
- bursar of, 5:567n
- and J. H. Cocke, 3:xlvii, 3:136n
- design of, 1:466n, 1:474n
- founding of, 7:127–7:128, 7:264–7:266
- land for, 2:282n
- Pavilion VII, 8:89–8:90n
- professorships at, 2:96n, 2:152n, 2:377n, 5:459n
- rector of, 2:490n
- Rotunda at, 2:438n
- site of, 2:94n
- TJ’s vision for, 7:7, 7:9n, 7:127–7:128
- visitors of, 1:191n, 2:490n, 5:530n
Virginia Abolition Society, 3:269n
Virginia Argus (Richmond newspaper)
Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg), 3:191n, 7:545
The Virginian Orator (Birch, comp.), 4:286, 4:287n, 4:391, 4:396, 4:518–4:519, 4:562–4:563
The Vision of Columbus (Barlow), 5:615, 5:619
The Vision of Pierce Plowman (Langland), 1:390, 1:397n
Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum (Nepos), 1:580
viticulture. See also grapes; Monticello (TJ’s estate): viticulture at; wine
“Vocabulaire de la Langue des Miamis” (Volney), 1:652, 1:652n
Vocabulaire des Termes de Marine Anglais et Français (Lescallier), 1:36, 1:184n
Vocabularium Anglo-Saxonicum (Benson and Somner), 6:406, 6:407n
- family of, 4:167
- identified, 3:83–3:84n
- letters to, 3:83–3:84
- and perpetual-motion machine, 5:559n
- and watch for P. Carr, 3:83
- and watch for A. C. Randolph (Bankhead), 6:338, 6:339n
- identified, 6:61–6:62n
- letters from, 6:258, 6:467–6:468, 6:561
- letters to, 6:61–6:62, 6:117–6:118, 6:338–6:339, 6:569
- TJ pays, 6:117, 6:337, 6:338
- and TJ’s astronomical case clock, 4:xlv, 4:167, 4:229–4:230, 4:230, 5:92, 5:471, 5:507, 6:59, 6:61, 6:83, 6:83n, 6:117–6:118, 6:258, 6:468, 8:687
- and watch for E. W. Randolph (Coolidge), 6:118, 6:258, 6:338–6:339, 6:339n, 6:467–6:468, 6:561, 6:569, 6:569n
- and watchmaker for Charlottesville, 6:61, 6:83, 6:118, 6:258
Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, comte de
- The Law of Nature, or Principles of Morality, Deduced from the Physical Constitution of Mankind and the Universe, 8:668, 8:669n
- Leçons d’Histoire, 1:580
- The Ruins: or A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires, 7:627
- N. G. M. Senter on, 5:65
- H. G. Spafford’s proposed work on, 1:106n
- Tableau du Climat et du Sol des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1:197, 1:198–1:199n, 1:652n, 2:143, 6:322–6:323, 6:327
- “Vocabulaire de la Langue des Miamis,” 1:652, 1:652n
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet)
- The Age of Louis XIV, 7:664
- The Age of Louis XV, 7:664
- Candide, 7:557
- in collegiate curriculum, 7:665, 7:665, 7:665
- criticized, 7:26, 7:27n, 7:66, 7:480, 8:552
- Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand, 1:580
- The History of Charles XII, 1:580, 7:664
- mentioned, 6:228, 6:238, 6:302, 6:302
- Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, 7:560n
- praises B. Franklin, 8:634
- quoted by P. S. Du Pont de Nemours, 5:51, 5:56n
- quoted by B. Rush, 1:185
- and religious skepticism, 7:74, 7:587, 8:682
- Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 1:580
- works of, 8:49
A Volume for all Libraries … Being a System of Philological Entertainments (J. Wilson), 6:355n, 6:415n, 6:415n, 7:398, 7:446
“Vonderpuff, Johannes” (pseudonym)
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent (Humboldt), 1:25n, 1:37, 1:267n, 1:482, 3:447n, 3:554, 3:555n
Voyage de découvertes aux terres Australes (Péron), 5:463, 5:464n
Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, 1:24–1:25n, 1:455, 1:455n
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du Monde, 1:445–1:449
Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce (J. J. Barthélemy), 1:580, 1:582n, 7:662, 7:666n
A Voyage Round The World (Beresford), 1:445–1:446, 1:449n
Voyages aux Indes Orientales et en Afrique, pour l’Observation des Longitudes en Mer (A. M. Rochon), 4:676n, 5:301, 5:302n, 5:436, 7:53, 7:90
Voyages dans l’intérieur de la Louisiane (Robin), 3:557, 3:558n
Voyages from Montreal (Mackenzie), 1:443, 1:444–1:445n
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (Cook), 1:445, 1:446, 1:449n
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