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Waddell, Mr. (of Philadelphia), 1:376, 1:457

Waddell, James, 6:426, 6:426n

wafers (for sealing letters)

• TJ orders, 4:647

Wafford’s Settlement (Tellico Garrison)

• treaty of, 1:6–1:7, 1:7–1:8n

Wager, Sir Charles

• refuses medicine, 4:102

Wagner, Jacob

• editor of Baltimore Federal Republican, 3:298, 5:682
• hostility to TJ, 3:298, 5:682n
• identified, 3:262n
• letter from to Barry, 3:262–3:263
• letter to from T. Law, 3:261–3:262

wagons

• repair of, 1:3
• and transportation of TJ’s library, 8:xlv–8:xlvi, 8:xlvi, 8:142, 8:268, 8:287, 8:287, 8:287–8:288, 8:289–8:290, 8:290n, 8:309

Wait, Silas L.

• printer and publisher, 7:646n

Wait, Thomas Baker. See also Wait, Thomas B., & Sons (Boston firm)

• firm proposes publication of state papers, 7:701–7:702
• identified, 7:646n
• letters to, 7:701–7:702
• printer and publisher, 7:646n, 7:701–7:702

Wait, Thomas B., & Sons (Boston firm)

• identified, 7:646n
• letters from, 7:644–7:646
• printing and publishing house, 7:646n
• and State Papers and Publick Documents, 7:644, 7:645–7:646n, 8:156

Wait, William S.

• printer and publisher, 7:646n

Waite, G. & R. (Baltimore firm)

• lottery office of, 4:391, 4:392n

waiters (trays), 4:231–4:232n

Wakely, Andrew

• The Mariner’s Compass Rectified, 4:244, 4:244n

Walcheren Island

• British invasion of, 1:529, 1:530n, 1:592, 1:593n, 2:7, 2:9n, 2:246n

Waldo, John

• An Abridgment of Waldo’s Rudiments of English Grammar, 7:320, 7:320n
• The Dictionary Spelling Book, 7:320, 7:320n
• health of, 7:319–7:320
• identified, 6:41n
• letters from, 6:40–6:42, 7:319–7:320
• letters to, 6:402–6:407, 7:449
• Rudiments of English Grammar, 6:40–6:41, 6:42n, 6:402, 7:449

Walker, Dr.

• R. Jefferson’s physician, 4:416, 4:607

Walker, Elizabeth Moore (John Walker’s wife)

• death of, 4:35
• health of, 1:500
• overseer for, 3:36
• relations with TJ, 1:279n, 1:499n

Walker, James

• identified, 3:293n
• letters from, 3:359, 3:520–3:521, 4:50, 4:144, 4:200–4:201, 4:661–4:662
• letters from accounted for, 6:71n
• letters to, 3:293, 6:70–6:71, 6:125
• letters to accounted for, 6:125n
• and mill construction, 3:293, 3:359, 3:520–3:521, 4:50, 4:51, 4:144, 4:144–4:145, 4:145–4:146, 4:200–4:201, 4:661–4:662, 6:70–6:71, 6:85, 6:125, 6:386n

Walker, Joel

• identified, 6:543n
• introduced to TJ, 6:543

Walker, John (1732–1807)

• A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language, 8:472, 8:672

Walker, John (1744–1809)

• death of, 4:35
• illness of, 1:498–1:499, 1:500, 1:500
• relations with TJ, 1:279n, 1:499n, 1:500, 1:500

Walker, Thomas, 1:157n, 2:291n, 5:422, 6:426

Walker, William, 5:93n

Wallace, Elizabeth Edmonds (James W. Wallace’s wife)

• and package for TJ, 7:460, 7:593

Wallace, James Westwood

• delivers letter, 7:569–7:570
• describes Battle of Bladensburg, 7:621–7:623
• identified, 1:57n
• letters from, 1:56–1:58, 3:368, 7:460, 7:621–7:624, 7:642–7:643, 7:656
• letters to, 1:466, 7:593
• militia service of, 7:621
• and package for TJ, 7:348, 7:551, 7:593
• plans visit to Charlottesville, 7:621, 7:656
• reports on military activity, 7:642–7:643, 7:656
• seeks sesame seeds, 3:368
• sends geese to TJ, 1:56, 1:466
• sends plants to TJ, 1:56–1:57
• sends saw of a fish to TJ, 7:460, 7:593, 7:621
• and swans for TJ, 7:621
• TJ sends cigars to, 1:466
• and TJ’s life in retirement, 7:347–7:348

Wallace, William

• Scottish patriot, 6:622

Wallcut, Thomas, 1:673n

Waller, Benjamin

• as trustee for daughters of P. Ludwell, 7:329, 7:330n, 7:371–7:372

Waller, Benjamin Carter

• agent for Robert Cary & Company, 2:349–2:350, 2:497
• and trusteeship of P. Ludwell’s daughters, 7:329

Walnut Street prison (Philadelphia), 1:383, 1:384n

walnut trees, 2:680, 4:524, 4:525n, 8:194

Walpole, Horatio (Horace), first Baron Walpole of Wolterton

• as member of parliament, 7:373

Walpole, Sir Robert

• and corruption of British constitution, 1:512, 3:238
• in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

walrus, 7:210

Walsh, Peter

• identified, 3:505n
• letter from to I. A. Coles, 4:529–4:530
• letters from, 4:189–4:190
• letters from forwarded, 4:325, 4:326n
• letters to, 3:505
• mentioned, 3:538, 3:539
• TJ on, 3:512
• TJ orders wine from, 3:505, 3:512, 4:189, 4:528–4:529, 4:529–4:530, 4:592, 4:666, 6:240

Walsh, Robert

• A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government, 3:190n, 3:199, 3:200n
• praises J. Q. Adams, 7:560
• proposed visit of, 7:287, 7:287, 7:320–7:321, 7:321
• travels with J. Corrêa da Serra, 7:287–7:288n, 7:321
• writings of, 7:287, 7:287–7:288n

wampompeke (Indian currency), 1:334, 1:334n, 1:369

Wanostrocht, Nicolas

• A Grammar of the French Language, with Practical Exercises, 2:27n

Wanscher, Marten

• identified, 5:352n
• letters to, 5:352
• TJ forwards letter to, 5:352

Warbeck, Perkin

• and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:377

Ward, Mrs. (Lynchburg)

• tavern of, 1:671

Ward, Seth

• as burgess, 8:621
• F. Eppes boards with, 6:130
• Lynchburg postmaster, 3:103, 3:104n

Warden, David Bailie

• accused of selling French licenses, 3:539, 3:540n
• admired by Europeans, 3:107–3:108, 3:114
• on Anglo-French relations, 8:37–8:38
• and J. Armstrong, 1:141n, 3:107–3:108, 3:248–3:249, 3:251, 3:279–3:280, 3:309, 3:330, 3:340, 3:463, 3:538–3:539, 3:542, 3:557–3:558
• assists H. E. Say, 7:417, 7:421n, 7:598
• assists N. L. Vauquelin in tobacco experiments, 1:142
• on British allegiance and U.S. citizenship, 8:244
• carries seeds from A. Thoüin, 3:419, 3:419n
• carries TJ’s letters to France, 3:443, 3:444n, 3:512, 3:512n, 3:538, 3:553–3:554, 3:564, 3:565, 3:616, 3:619, 3:627, 4:35, 4:36, 4:56, 4:189, 4:202, 4:325–4:326
• A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia, 4:19, 4:20n
• conflict with Barlows, 6:484, 6:485n, 8:45
• and consular circular, 5:437, 5:437n
• and consular nomination, 1:26, 1:207, 1:208n, 1:317, 1:536, 3:250–3:251, 3:260, 3:292, 3:312–3:313, 3:340, 3:427, 3:427n, 3:459, 3:463, 3:503, 3:512, 3:521, 3:538–3:539, 3:599, 4:30, 4:33
• correspondence with W. H. Crawford, 7:490–7:491n, 8:139, 8:139n
• departure for France delayed, 4:26, 4:28–4:29, 4:35, 4:36
• and Destutt de Tracy letter, 3:443, 3:444n, 3:538, 7:506
• and Destutt de Tracy’s book manuscript, 6:45, 8:38
• and Destutt de Tracy’s work on Montesquieu, 4:54, 4:202, 4:436, 4:446, 4:609, 5:54, 5:612, 6:458, 6:484, 7:506
• and fiorin grass, 3:280n, 3:294–3:295, 3:339–3:340, 4:159, 4:159n, 4:175, 4:187
• on foreign relations, 3:274
• forwards chest to TJ, 1:627
• on French expedition to Africa, 8:244
• health of, 8:245
• and A. von Humboldt, 3:557–3:558n
• identified, 1:141n
• on impressment, 7:350
• letters from, 1:140–1:141, 1:207–1:209, 1:316–1:317, 1:535–1:536, 1:629–1:630, 2:161–2:162, 2:406, 3:250–3:251, 3:260, 3:279–3:280, 3:308–3:310, 3:312–3:313, 3:339–3:341, 3:427, 3:464, 3:538–3:540, 3:557–3:558, 4:19–4:20, 4:54–4:55, 4:325–4:326, 5:436–5:438, 5:576–5:577, 6:45–6:46, 7:349–7:351, 7:427–7:429, 7:488–7:491, 7:505–7:506, 8:36–8:38, 8:244–8:245, 8:420–8:421
• letters from mentioned, 1:344, 1:359, 6:320, 8:534
• letters to, 2:536–2:537, 3:292, 3:294–3:295, 3:443–3:444, 3:512, 3:619, 4:33, 4:35–4:36, 4:36, 7:90–7:93, 8:291–8:293
• letters to mentioned, 2:333, 2:333n, 2:544, 7:222
• letter to from Talleyrand-Périgord, 8:37, 8:38n, 8:244, 8:420
• J. Madison on, 8:45
• mentioned, 2:530, 3:316, 3:505–3:506, 5:580n, 7:302
• Observations on Robin’s Travels, 3:557, 3:558n
• On the Origin, Nature, Progress and Influence of Consular Establishments, 5:437, 5:437–5:438n, 7:350, 7:350–7:351n, 8:36
• and remittances to T. Kosciuszko, 4:418, 4:576
• removed from U.S. consulship, 7:427, 7:428–7:429n, 7:488–7:490, 7:505–7:506, 7:506n, 7:598, 8:23, 8:24, 8:37, 8:45, 8:46n, 8:139, 8:161, 8:244, 8:291, 8:420
• sends books, 1:613n, 1:629–1:630, 1:630n, 5:436, 5:499–5:500, 5:576, 8:420
• sends books to American Philosophical Society, 1:452
• sends dynamometer to TJ, 2:333
• sends greetings to Randolphs, 5:437, 6:45, 6:46, 7:350
• sends publications to TJ, 2:161–2:162, 2:406, 3:41n, 3:220, 3:221n, 3:260, 3:260n, 3:279, 3:280n, 3:308–3:309, 3:393, 3:464, 3:512, 3:562, 4:19, 4:325–4:326, 4:574–4:575, 6:45, 6:45–6:46, 6:342, 6:342–6:343n, 6:372, 6:445, 7:90, 8:36, 8:244, 8:245, 8:291, 8:420–8:421
• sends seeds to TJ, 1:141, 2:162, 2:536, 5:114, 6:17, 6:45, 6:152, 6:196, 7:90, 8:420
• “Sulphate of lime of Onondago, State of New-York,” 3:333n
• TJ introduces G. Ticknor to, 8:292
• TJ on, 3:248–3:249, 8:23–8:24
• TJ sends works to, 8:291
• and TJ’s foreign correspondence, 7:92, 8:36, 8:36–8:37, 8:653
• translates J. F. Callet’s work, 1:316–1:317, 1:629–1:630, 4:148
• translates Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, 3:309, 3:310n
• translates N. L. Vauquelin’s tobacco experiments, 1:142, 1:482, 1:608–1:609, 1:609n
• as U.S. consul at Paris, 4:529, 5:576, 6:45, 6:306, 6:469, 6:469n, 7:92, 7:107, 7:428–7:429n, 7:693, 7:696–7:697n, 7:697, 8:38n
• visits Monticello, 3:273
• on War of 1812, 7:350
• writes about magnolia bark and upas tree, 3:280n
• writes for Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8:244, 8:420

Warden, John, 2:84, 2:85n, 5:90

War Department, U.S. See also Dearborn, Henry; Eustis, William; Monroe, James; Smith, John (chief clerk of War Department)

• and batture controversy, 2:426, 2:427, 2:435
• clerical salaries at, 8:115
• clerks at, 2:142
• W. Duane’s opinions on, 5:255, 5:352–5:353
• and E. Earle’s negotiations with Cherokees, 7:200, 7:200n
• fire at, 3:68, 3:69n, 3:73
• forwards publication, 1:571
• letters of recommendation sent to, 2:304, 2:305n, 2:315, 4:376, 4:483, 4:516
• military stores, 5:81, 5:104–5:105, 5:107
• offer to supply duck cloth to, 2:99
• and Spring Hill School (Mich. Territory), 2:55–2:57, 2:58n

Warder, Joshua, 5:415n

Wardlaw, William

• and apothecary supplies, 3:183, 3:200, 7:594, 7:602, 8:613, 8:627, 8:641
• identified, 3:183n
• and Jefferson v. Michie, 8:613, 8:627, 8:641
• letters from, 3:200, 7:228, 7:292, 7:602, 8:613, 8:641
• letters to, 3:183, 7:249–7:250, 7:594, 8:627
• letter to accounted for, 8:613n
• as surety for G. Jefferson, 4:277–4:278n, 4:277–4:278n, 4:325
• and Va. laws, 7:228, 7:249–7:250, 7:292
• witnesses document, 5:570n

Wardle, Gwyllym L.

• A Circumstantial Report of the Evidence and Proceedings upon the Charges preferred against His Royal Highness the Duke of York (included in Book of Kings compiled by TJ; see also Book of Kings), 1:182, 1:182n, 8:33, 8:240, 8:242n

Waring, Mr., 2:543

Waring, Morton A.

• federal marshal, 6:113n

Warminster, Va., 3:104

Warm Springs (Bath Co.)

• proposed visit to, 4:90, 4:132, 7:648

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

War of 1812. See also Ghent, Treaty of (1814); Hull, William; New Orleans, Battle of

• T. Bailey on, 5:581–5:582
• Battle of Beaver Dams, 8:259, 8:261n
• Battle of Bladensburg, 7:621–7:623, 7:624n, 7:656n, 8:19n, 8:153, 8:155
• Battle of Chippewa, 7:525n, 8:259, 8:263–8:264
• Battle of Fort George, 7:656, 7:657n, 8:263, 8:357
• Battle of Frenchtown, 8:259, 8:263
• Battle of Lundy’s Lane, 7:525n, 8:267n
• Battle of Queenston Heights, 8:219, 8:259, 8:263
• Battle of the Thames, 6:546n, 6:577n, 8:221, 8:263
• Battle of York, 7:656, 7:657n, 8:357
• British attack on Hampton, Va., 6:332, 6:333n, 6:445, 6:446n, 6:515, 8:218, 8:224, 8:224
• British blockade, 7:166–7:167, 7:212, 8:21, 8:32, 8:97, 8:97n, 8:132, 8:167
• British destruction in Washington, 7:xlv, 7:160n, 7:616, 7:621–7:623, 7:642, 7:645, 7:648, 7:652, 7:653, 7:656, 7:668–7:669, 7:669n, 7:681–7:682, 7:691–7:692, 7:698, 7:699, 7:709, 8:xlv, 8:xlvi, 8:5, 8:11, 8:13–8:14, 8:15, 8:57, 8:57n, 8:84, 8:94, 8:136, 8:160–8:161, 8:176, 8:214–8:215, 8:216, 8:218, 8:224, 8:226n, 8:259, 8:264, 8:284, 8:292, 8:300, 8:301, 8:425, 8:593–8:595
• British liberate slaves during, 8:317–8:318, 8:318n
• British raids on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 6:545, 6:546n
• W. A. Burwell on, 5:642–5:643, 6:307
• call for publication justifying U.S. participation in, 8:94–8:95
• capture of USS Chesapeake during, 6:250, 6:251n, 6:265
• condition of troops, 7:61, 8:233
• defense of Baltimore, 7:656, 7:656n, 8:153, 8:154
• defense of New Orleans, 8:38–8:39, 8:84, 8:85n, 8:270, 8:295–8:296, 8:296n
• defense of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8:112n, 8:259
• defense of Richmond, 7:643, 7:644, 7:669, 7:670
• defense of Washington, 7:609, 7:617–7:618, 7:656, 8:153, 8:155n, 8:178, 8:264
• W. Duane on, 5:352–5:353, 5:635–5:636, 6:526–6:530, 7:527–7:531, 8:99
• and East Florida, 6:67, 6:67–6:68, 6:112, 6:113n
• and economy, 7:13–7:14, 7:81, 7:134, 7:136–7:138, 7:139n, 7:144, 7:166–7:168, 7:169–7:170, 7:186–7:187, 7:513–7:514, 7:514–7:515, 7:517, 7:553–7:554, 7:653–7:655, 7:669–7:671, 7:678–7:679, 7:689–7:691, 7:692, 7:699, 8:109, 8:126, 8:301, 8:536, 8:544, 8:544, 8:591–8:592, 8:654
• effect on education, 7:194–7:195
• encampment near Buffalo, 5:544n
• An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War (A. J. Dallas), 8:338–8:339, 8:340n, 8:371–8:372, 8:381, 8:381n, 8:471, 8:471n, 8:472, 8:576–8:577, 8:577n, 8:672
• E. Gerry on, 5:127
• and House of Representatives, 5:282, 5:282n, 5:303
• and Indians, 6:389, 6:577, 6:577n, 7:7–7:8, 7:14, 7:15–7:16n, 7:20, 7:30–7:31, 7:51–7:52, 7:91, 7:160–7:161, 7:162n, 7:531, 8:17, 8:112, 8:217, 8:218, 8:219, 8:221–8:224, 8:227n, 8:228n, 8:329n
• and La., 7:227, 7:384, 8:38–8:39, 8:64, 8:295, 8:357
• and military preparations, 7:644, 7:697–7:698, 8:105
• militia activity, 7:226–7:227, 7:600–7:601, 7:624, 7:632–7:633, 8:27, 8:31, 8:42n, 8:46, 8:64, 8:111–8:112, 8:112n, 8:178, 8:219, 8:220, 8:442–8:443, 8:443–8:444n, 8:575, 8:575n
• J. Monroe on, 6:171–6:176
• Niagara Campaign, 5:410–5:411, 5:531–5:532, 5:532–5:545, 5:608–5:609, 5:609n, 5:609–5:610, 5:610n, 5:684, 5:685n, 6:172, 6:527, 7:160n, 7:501, 7:502n, 8:44, 8:45n, 8:84, 8:254, 8:259, 8:264
• in Norfolk, 7:484–7:485, 7:485, 7:513–7:514, 7:515, 7:515, 7:517, 7:697–7:698, 8:233
• opinions on impending conflict, 5:124–5:125, 5:251–5:252
• opposition to, 6:259, 6:275, 6:512, 6:633n, 7:38–7:44, 8:84, 8:94
• orations supporting, 5:225–5:226, 5:227n, 6:219n, 6:429n, 7:247–7:248, 7:248n, 7:462–7:466, 8:648–8:649, 8:649–8:650n
• and peace negotiations, 6:74, 6:124, 6:143–6:144, 6:171, 6:175–6:176, 6:538–6:539, 7:11, 7:20, 7:43–7:44, 7:114–7:115, 7:115n, 7:116, 7:116n, 7:138, 7:155, 7:156n, 7:159–7:160, 7:167, 7:198, 7:198n, 7:201–7:202, 7:202n, 7:212, 7:223–7:224, 7:359–7:360, 7:499–7:500, 7:515–7:516, 7:516, 7:542–7:543, 8:5, 8:17, 8:18–8:19, 8:20, 8:44, 8:50, 8:75–8:76, 8:77n, 8:112–8:113, 8:125, 8:137, 8:138, 8:157, 8:163, 8:168, 8:186–8:187, 8:338, 8:380–8:381
• O. H. Perry’s victory on Lake Erie, 6:526, 6:530n, 6:531, 6:546n, 7:11, 7:14, 7:56, 7:57n, 7:88, 7:89n, 7:530, 8:259, 8:263
• and politics, 5:167
• G. Prevost’s threats against U.S., 6:641n
• and prices, 7:72, 7:115, 7:155, 7:212, 7:215, 7:241, 7:346, 8:544
• The Pride of Britannia Humbled (T. Branagan), 8:450–8:451
• prisoners of war, 7:57–7:58, 8:218–8:219, 8:219–8:220, 8:220–8:221, 8:221–8:222, 8:222
• privations caused by, 7:273–7:274, 8:425
• public opinion of, 5:352–5:353, 7:203, 7:511–7:512, 7:524, 7:578–7:579, 8:94–8:95, 8:176–8:177
• 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
• W. Short on, 8:51–8:52, 8:52–8:53
• in the South, 5:352–5:353
• J. Strachan on, 8:214–8:226
• support for, 5:160, 5:167, 5:172–5:174, 5:191, 5:192n, 5:220, 5:259, 5:332, 5:366–5:367, 5:546, 5:547n, 5:591, 5:680–5:681, 5:681n, 6:155, 6:340n, 6:376n, 6:636, 8:39
• surrender of Alexandria, 7:618, 7:642, 7:643–7:644, 7:648
• TJ on, 5:546, 5:561, 5:579, 5:606, 5:608–5:609, 5:645, 6:53, 6:64, 6:141–6:145, 6:205, 6:205, 6:205–6:206, 6:209, 6:293, 6:491, 6:538–6:539, 6:645, 7:7–7:8, 7:9–7:12, 7:12, 7:13–7:14, 7:51–7:52, 7:56, 7:87–7:88, 7:90–7:91, 7:159–7:160, 7:167–7:168, 7:517, 7:519, 7:522, 7:593, 7:601, 7:648, 7:681–7:682, 7:691–7:692, 8:26–8:27, 8:31, 8:41–8:42, 8:107–8:109, 8:133, 8:134, 8:163, 8:176, 8:230–8:231, 8:241, 8:253–8:254, 8:259–8:260, 8:263–8:265, 8:292, 8:300, 8:303–8:304, 8:311–8:312, 8:341, 8:344, 8:348, 8:357, 8:360, 8:371–8:372, 8:533, 8:542–8:544, 8:570, 8:574–8:575, 8:576–8:577
• TJ requests information on, 6:646
• E. Trist on, 5:112–5:113, 7:61–7:62, 7:226–7:227, 7:227, 7:227–7:228, 7:500–7:501, 8:84–8:85, 8:295–8:296
• U.S. atrocities in Canada, 8:57, 8:57n, 8:214–8:215, 8:215–8:218, 8:219, 8:221, 8:222, 8:224, 8:225–8:226
• U.S. declaration of, 6:145n, 7:87, 8:107, 8:215, 8:329n
• U.S. financing of, 6:131n, 6:220–6:225, 6:311–6:312, 6:358n, 6:490–6:497, 6:578–6:592, 6:601–6:602, 7:360, 7:365–7:366, 8:19–8:20, 8:20, 8:20n, 8:27–8:29, 8:32, 8:33n, 8:35, 8:36n, 8:46, 8:47, 8:52–8:53, 8:84, 8:105, 8:108–8:109, 8:109–8:110, 8:111n, 8:125, 8:126, 8:154, 8:155n, 8:163, 8:164–8:165, 8:166n, 8:168, 8:169, 8:177, 8:254, 8:257, 8:259–8:260, 8:265, 8:329n
• U.S. naval victories during, 6:14–6:15, 7:8, 7:14, 7:17, 7:56, 7:57n, 7:88, 7:91, 7:350, 7:692, 7:699, 8:84, 8:85n, 8:177–8:178, 8:259, 8:263, 8:264, 8:264, 8:490
• and U.S. privateers, 8:177–8:178
• volunteer troops, 5:82, 5:344–5:345, 5:531–5:532, 7:16–7:20, 7:624, 7:632–7:633, 7:648, 7:649
• as war of independence, 7:58
• weapons, 7:48–7:49, 7:276, 7:278–7:279

War of the Spanish Succession, 6:192

Warrell, James, 2:93, 2:94n

Warren, James

• J. Adams’s letter to published, 6:234n

Warren, John Collins

• compliments G. Ticknor, 8:243

Warren, John Borlase

• British naval commander, 5:582, 6:446n, 6:538

Warren, Mercy Otis

• History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, 1:37, 1:581

Warren, Samuel, 5:332n

Warren, Va.

• decline of, 3:104
• grocery at, 2:453
• industrial complex at, 1:223n
• TJ visits, 2:329

Warwick, Corbin

• witnesses document, 4:277–4:278n

Warwick, Daniel, 3:550

Warwick, D. W. & C. (Richmond firm)

• purchases TJ’s tobacco, 8:492

Warwick, William S.

• witnesses document, 4:277–4:278n

Wash, Robert

• identified, 3:418n
• introduces E. Crafts, 3:418
• introduces J. T. Mason, 4:53
• letters from, 3:418, 4:7–4:8, 4:53
• letters to, 3:616
• sends map, 3:418, 3:616
• sends newspaper to TJ, 4:7–4:8

Washington (D.C.). See also Capitol, U.S.; National Intelligencer (Washington newspaper)

• bank of, 1:30n, 1:481, 1:481n, 1:535
• banks in, 6:168, 8:475, 8:499
• Blodget’s Hotel, 4:577, 7:680, 7:698, 7:699n, 8:445n
• British destruction in, 7:xlv, 7:160n, 7:616, 7:621–7:623, 7:632, 7:642, 7:645, 7:648, 7:652, 7:653, 7:656, 7:668–7:669, 7:669n, 7:681–7:682, 7:691–7:692, 7:698, 7:699, 7:709, 8:xlv, 8:xlvi, 8:5, 8:11, 8:13–8:14, 8:15, 8:57, 8:57n, 8:84, 8:94, 8:136, 8:160–8:161, 8:176, 8:214–8:215, 8:216, 8:218, 8:224, 8:226n, 8:259, 8:264, 8:284, 8:285, 8:292, 8:300, 8:301, 8:593–8:595
• calculation of prime meridian for, 1:275–1:276, 1:356–1:358, 1:359n, 1:489–1:498, 1:511–1:512, 1:534, 1:551
• Capitol Hill, 3:289–3:290
• citizens of, address TJ, 1:11–1:12
• City of Washington Gazette, 8:5
• J. B. Colvin on politics in, 3:359–3:360
• commissioners of public buildings in, 8:591, 8:591, 8:592, 8:592, 8:592, 8:595, 8:596n, 8:596n
• defenses of, 6:307, 7:554, 7:601, 7:609, 7:617–7:618, 7:621–7:623, 7:656, 8:153, 8:155n
• digest of city code, 1:632, 1:633n
• fever in, 3:63, 3:64n, 4:200, 4:200n
• government evacuation of, 8:19n
• groceries available in, 4:630, 4:685
• Lindsey’s Hotel, 1:359n
• longitude of, 4:236, 4:275, 4:651–4:660
• Long’s Hotel, 1:10n, 2:250, 2:251n
• McKeown Hotel, 8:663
• mail service to, 8:172
• Navy Yard, 6:307, 8:5
• newspapers in, 8:475
• plans for, 7:165
• population increase, 4:27
• proposed botanical garden in, 4:426–4:427, 4:535, 4:563–4:564n
• proposed marine hospital at, 5:178, 5:179n
• proposed national bank at, 3:391
• proposed removal of U.S. capital from, 8:14, 8:14–8:15n, 8:104, 8:104n, 8:136, 8:313, 8:592, 8:596n
• repair of public buildings in, 8:313–8:314, 8:314–8:315n, 8:591–8:596
• Rhodes’ Hotel, 1:357, 4:275
• as site for cotton manufactory, 8:179
• snowfall in, 2:71
• soapstone deposits, 5:109–5:110, 5:111, 5:167–5:168
• and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:228
• and supplies for TJ, 4:26–4:28, 4:630, 4:685
• surveying of, 5:101n
• Tammany Society of, 2:399, 2:399n, 2:541, 2:566
• threatened by British forces, 6:312–6:313, 7:554, 8:178
• TJ addresses citizens of, 1:13–1:14
• weather in, 4:26, 4:32
• wool from TJ’s flock analyzed at, 2:492

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

Washington (TJ’s slave; b. 1805)

• on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Washington (TJ’s slave; b. 1810)

• on Monticello slave lists, 8:62n

Washington, Bushrod, 1:195n

• and sculpture of G. Washington, 8:577

Washington, George

• J. Adams on, 5:3, 6:254, 6:284, 7:477
• answers by to addresses, 6:180
• appointments of, 1:43n, 5:615, 5:619–5:620, 8:599, 8:600n
• assists Chamberlain, 4:15
• biographies of, 8:672
• cabinet of, 2:70, 2:70n, 2:272, 2:273–2:274n, 4:389
• and Continental Congress, 4:601
• depicted in T. Gimbrede engraving, 4:540 (illus.)
• difficulty filling cabinet posts, 6:259, 6:259n
• divine inspiration of, 8:405, 8:406
• and donation to Liberty Hall Academy, 1:367–1:368n
• W. Duane’s pamphlet on, 1:49n
• Farewell Address, 8:405, 8:408n
• and Federalist party, 7:102, 7:103
• gives chicory seed to TJ, 4:33, 4:33n
• grandnephews of impressed into British navy, 6:143, 6:145n
• A. Hamilton’s influence over, 6:259
• and P. Henry, 4:604, 4:604, 4:605n
• W. Jones on, 6:644, 7:201
• judicial appointments of, 2:386
• lauded as hero of Revolution, 1:12
• and H. Lee’s medal, 2:126
• medallion of, 2:113, 2:114n
• mentioned, 2:400, 2:412n, 2:604, 3:381n, 5:25, 5:615, 5:619, 6:89n, 6:185, 6:254, 6:284, 6:419, 6:466, 6:624, 6:626, 7:16n, 7:583, 8:178, 8:296, 8:503
• A Message of the President of the United States to Congress Relative to France and Great-Britain, 1:487, 1:487n, 1:569–1:570, 1:570n
• object of idolatry, 6:259
• opposition to, 7:706–7:707
• portraits of, 1:45n, 7:498, 8:xlvii
• praised, 4:106n, 4:393n, 5:525, 8:405
• as president, 3:305, 3:308n, 3:336, 3:339n, 6:183, 6:194, 6:318, 7:137–7:138, 7:530, 7:560n, 8:607
• print of, 2:127
• and raising of sheep, 1:286
• and Republican party, 7:102
• retirement from presidency, 6:259
• sculpture of, 8:161, 8:162n, 8:577–8:578
• and Seven Years’ War, 1:290
• TJ on, 3:99, 5:565, 7:101–7:103, 7:122–7:123, 7:692
• TJ’s relationship with, 7:103
• TJ’s Revolutionary War correspondence with, 4:467–4:468
• and valedictory address, 5:565, 5:626
• in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507
• and Whiskey Rebellion, 2:385, 2:387n

Washington, Henry A., 3:xlvii

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (George Washington’s wife), 3:209n

Washington Academy (later Washington and Lee University), 1:367, 1:367–1:368n

Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Pa.), 1:6n

Washington and Lee University (Lexington), 1:367–1:368n

Washington Benevolent Societies, 5:641, 5:642n

Washington City Library, 1:30n

Washington County, Md.

• Republicans of, address TJ, 1:26–1:28
• TJ addresses Republicans of, 1:98–1:99

Washington County, Pa.

• Jefferson College students address TJ, 1:4–1:6
• TJ addresses Democratic Republicans of, 1:99–1:100

Washington Federalist, 3:534, 3:537n

Washington Female Orphan Asylum, 1:10n

Washington National Monument Society, 1:30n

Washington, or Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books (Northmore), 4:392, 4:393n

Washington Tavern (Portsmouth, Va.), 6:341

Wasp (brig)

• carries letters to and from Europe, 1:629, 1:658, 2:35–2:36, 2:200, 2:200n, 2:410, 3:54, 5:68, 5:82, 5:265
• transports letters, 4:649, 4:650n

Wasp, USS (sloop), 8:84, 8:85n

watches

• gold, 3:83
• R. Jefferson’s, 4:416, 4:481, 4:607, 8:173, 8:173, 8:258, 8:258, 8:272
• silver, 8:393, 8:485

water

• for animals, 8:80
• filtration of, 8:196, 8:253
• machine for raising of, 8:195–8:196, 8:196n
• mineral, 8:688–8:689
• for Philadelphia, 8:81, 8:82n
• quality of, 7:649, 8:402–8:403, 8:404–8:405
• sources of, 8:457

water cress, 5:550

Waterhouse, Andrew Oliver, 6:96, 6:100n

Waterhouse, Benjamin

• alleged misconduct at Marine Hospital, 1:295–1:299, 1:300n, 6:37–6:38, 6:97–6:98, 6:98–6:99
• alleged ridicule of TJ, 1:295–1:296
• on benevolent societies, 5:641, 5:642n, 6:96, 6:96, 6:98, 6:100n
• The Botanist, 5:640, 5:642n, 5:682
• compared to B. Rush, 6:38–6:39
• defended by J. Adams, 6:38, 6:38–6:39
• defended by E. Gerry, 1:296–1:297, 1:299, 6:38
• family of, 6:38, 6:96, 6:100n
• and Federalist party, 1:298, 5:640–5:641, 6:95–6:98
• identified, 1:300n
• letters from, 1:295–1:300, 5:640–5:642, 6:37–6:40, 6:95–6:102
• letters to, 5:682–5:683
• and J. Madison, 6:98–6:99, 6:169
• on Mass. traitors, 6:119
• and mountain of salt, 5:640–5:641, 5:642n, 5:682, 6:39
• seeks appointment, 6:95–6:99, 6:119, 6:169
• writes anonymous newspaper articles, 6:37, 6:39, 6:39n, 6:40n, 6:96, 6:100n

Waterhouse, Daniel Oliver, 6:96, 6:100n

Waterhouse, Elizabeth Oliver (Benjamin Waterhouse’s wife), 1:297

Waterhouse, John Fothergill, 6:95, 6:100n

Waterland, Daniel

• English theologian, 6:302, 6:440

Waterloo, Battle of, 8:652, 8:652n

water plantain, 1:57, 1:58n

Watkins, Mr.

• threshing machine of, 8:185

Watkins, Edward

• letter from accounted for, 8:699

Watkins, Elisha, 2:167, 2:168, 2:168n, 2:371

Watkins, M. C.

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

Watkins, Tobias

• and P. Allen’s History of the American Revolution, 6:231n

Watson, Dr., 1:190

Watson, David

• and Central College, 7:266, 8:317
• and W. McClure’s debts, 5:174–5:175, 5:328–5:329, 5:574, 5:574–5:575, 5:575, 5:587n, 5:639–5:640

Watson, George, 3:60

Watson, John

• agreement to buy land, 2:237–2:238
• and Belmont appraisal, 3:169, 3:170–3:171, 3:172
• identified, 2:238n
• and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:199, 6:199, 6:199, 6:199, 6:576n, 7:597, 7:634, 7:672, 7:675, 7:676, 7:678
• as juror, 5:278–5:279, 5:279
• letters from accounted for, 5:281n
• and J. Lewis deposition, 5:180, 5:192
• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 4:346–4:349, 5:378–5:380
• Rivanna River Company commissioner, 3:254n
• vouches for O. Norris, 3:465
• and warrant for restitution of land, 5:280–5:281, 6:215, 6:216n, 6:554, 6:555
• Writ to Summon a Jury regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 5:274

Watson, John Fanning

• bookseller, 7:344, 7:388–7:389, 7:389, 7:554, 7:568–7:569, 8:469
• identified, 7:344n
• letters from, 7:344, 7:388–7:390
• letters to, 7:367–7:368, 7:568–7:569

Watson, Richard, bishop of Llandaff, 5:276, 7:662

Watson, Robert

• The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, 7:664

Watson, William

• and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
• identified, 4:543n
• letters from, 4:543
• and plating of saddle trees, 4:543

Watson & Vest (Milton firm)

• TJ orders groceries from, 4:211, 4:211
• TJ pays, 4:233

Watsonia meriana. See bugle lily

Watt (slave), 4:231–4:232n

Watterston, George

• Catalogue of the Library of the United States, 8:475n, 8:629
• and catalogue of TJ’s library, 7:684n, 8:473–8:475
• identified, 8:445n
• letters from, 8:444–8:445
• letters to, 8:473–8:475
• librarian of Congress, 7:684n, 8:444–8:445, 8:445n

Watts, Isaac, 1:468, 1:469n, 7:662, 7:667

Watts, John

• Bedford Co. landholder, 4:317, 5:468
• identified, 7:516n
• land owned by, 2:237, 2:238n
• letter from, 8:512
• letters to, 7:515–7:516, 8:383, 8:511–8:512
• and settlement of TJ’s accounts, 4:342, 5:56–5:57, 7:515–7:516, 8:383, 8:509–8:510, 8:511, 8:511–8:512, 8:512

Watts, William

• Chesterfield Co. landowner, 8:146n

Waxhaws, Battle of, 8:494, 8:495n

wax opal, 2:299

waxwork (American bittersweet), 1:57, 1:58n

Wayles, John (TJ’s father-in-law)

• and Bedford Co. land, 5:230–5:234, 5:348–5:349, 5:479–5:480, 5:480–5:481n, 5:486
• and Campbell Co. land, 1:671n, 4:680, 4:682, 5:35, 5:39, 5:40, 5:48, 5:62–5:63, 5:87, 5:88, 5:88, 5:89, 5:89–5:90n, 5:90–5:91, 5:103, 5:103n, 5:128, 5:128–5:129, 5:159, 5:161–5:162, 5:162, 5:210–5:211, 5:287, 5:287–5:288, 5:342–5:343
• extracts from records of, 5:287–5:288
• and Farell & Jones, 2:141, 2:142, 2:396, 2:424, 2:433, 2:466, 2:513, 3:211, 3:211n, 5:402n, 7:99, 7:99n, 7:174, 7:175
• and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:305n, 1:362, 1:365, 1:608, 2:84, 2:85, 2:130n, 2:141, 2:256, 2:369, 2:370, 2:397, 2:407, 2:425, 2:433, 2:434, 2:447, 2:448, 2:464–2:465, 2:465–2:466, 2:540, 3:44, 3:45, 3:84–3:86
• and O. Hanbury’s executors, 5:299n
• identified, 5:162–5:163n
• papers at Eppington, 5:90–5:91, 5:161–5:162, 5:162n, 5:210–5:211, 5:287, 5:287–5:288, 7:174
• and Poplar Forest, 2:xliii, 4:318n
• as P. Randolph’s executor, 4:647, 4:679
• slaves of, 3:610n
• as surety for J. Randolph, 4:616, 4:679
• TJ as executor for, 7:174, 7:175n, 7:329, 7:372
• and TJ’s account with W. Welch, 2:514, 2:515n, 4:194–4:195
• as trustee to the daughters of P. Ludwell, 7:329, 7:330n, 7:371–7:372

Wayne, Anthony, 3:325n

Wayne, Caleb P.

• publishes Gazette of the United States, 7:702n

Wayt, Twyman

• letters from accounted for, 3:655
• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Wayt & Winn (Charlottesville firm)

• TJ’s account with, 6:111n, 6:337

The Wealth of Nations (A. Smith), 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

weapons

• underwater mines, 7:276, 7:278–7:279

weasels, 8:6

weather. See also meteorological observations

• and climate change, 2:70–2:72, 4:189
• cold, 2:177, 2:195, 2:302, 2:313, 4:85, 8:106, 8:214, 8:216, 8:216, 8:233, 8:236, 8:304, 8:304–8:305
• drought, 1:213, 1:600, 1:657–1:658, 2:302, 2:313, 2:413, 2:417, 2:427, 2:436, 2:481, 2:491, 2:496, 2:661, 3:607, 4:32, 4:38, 6:119, 6:210, 6:210n, 6:267, 6:290, 6:331, 6:366, 6:397, 6:448, 6:544, 6:544, 6:605, 6:605, 7:167, 7:212, 8:454, 8:611, 8:697
• effect on crops, 1:170, 1:285, 2:3, 2:302, 2:313, 2:491, 3:474, 3:630, 3:634, 4:32, 4:38, 4:623, 5:82, 5:296, 5:314, 5:610, 5:660–5:661, 6:119, 6:210, 6:290, 6:331, 6:531, 6:544, 6:544, 6:605, 7:167, 7:194, 7:400, 7:431, 7:601, 8:304, 8:366, 8:457, 8:697
• effect on health, 7:194
• floods, 7:501–7:502, 7:601
• hail, 6:267
• heat, 4:26, 4:32, 6:204–6:205, 6:210, 6:215, 6:264, 6:274, 6:290, 8:71, 8:274, 8:304
• hurricanes, 5:383, 5:383n
• ice, 4:480, 5:599, 8:214, 8:236
• in northern states, 4:85, 8:457
• rain, 2:254, 2:325, 2:436, 2:491, 2:495, 2:496, 3:204–3:205, 3:630, 5:57, 5:57n, 5:82, 5:296, 5:314, 6:106–6:107, 6:210, 6:264, 6:290, 6:331, 6:524, 6:531, 6:531, 6:544, 6:605, 6:646, 8:305, 8:457
• snow, 2:32, 2:35, 2:70–2:71, 2:184, 3:392, 3:394, 3:437, 5:610, 6:621, 8:106, 8:132, 8:305, 8:316
• TJ on climate, 7:302
• in Va., 4:85, 7:601, 8:241, 8:304–8:305, 8:366
• in Washington, 4:26, 4:32
• wind, 8:80, 8:80, 8:80, 8:81, 8:214

Weather Memorandum Book (Thomas Jefferson), 5:xlviii, 5:57n, 5:358 (illus.), 5:576n

weaving. See textiles

Webb, Mr. (Foster Webb’s heir)

• and P. Mazzei’s property, 6:21

Webb, Foster

• and P. Mazzei’s property, 5:598

Webber, Samuel, 7:217

Webster, Capt., 1:294

Webster, Daniel

• visits Monticello, 4:596

Wedderburne, Mr. See Wilberforce, William

Wedgwood, Ralph, 2:xlii

Weekly Political Register (London newspaper), 5:370n, 5:384

Weekly Register (Baltimore newspaper), 4:177–178, 8:260, 8:566, 8:569–8:570

Weems, Jesse Ewell

• delivers book to TJ, 8:633, 8:634, 8:638

Weems, Mason Locke

• identified, 8:634n
• invited to visit Monticello, 8:639
• letters from, 8:633–8:634
• letters to, 8:638–8:639
• The Life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, 8:633–8:634, 8:638, 8:639n
• The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, 8:633, 8:634n, 8:638
• opinion of B. Franklin, 8:633

Weightman, Roger Chew

• conveys manuscript to J. Milligan, 8:628–8:629
• and fiorin grass, 4:159, 4:175, 4:192–4:193, 4:201
• identified, 4:193n
• letters from, 4:192–4:193
• letters to, 4:201–4:202, 4:561
• and newspaper account, 1:48
• prints Senate proceedings, 1:49n
• TJ orders books from, 4:201, 4:561
• TJ pays, 4:555, 4:576, 4:634n

weights, measures, and coinage

• TJ on, 4:147–4:149, 4:222–4:229, 5:92
• TJ’s report on, 1:487, 1:487n
• universal standard of, 4:147–4:149, 4:167, 4:167n, 4:222–4:229, 4:409–4:411, 5:92

Welch, Wakelin

• identified, 2:515n
• TJ’s account with, 2:349–2:350, 2:497–2:498, 2:499–2:500, 2:513–2:514, 2:514–2:515, 2:515, 4:149–4:150, 4:194–4:195, 4:195n
• TJ’s bond to, 2:515, 3:55–3:56, 3:135

Welles, Charles Fisher

• identified, 1:428n
• letters from, 1:428
• letters to, 2:51–2:52
• “Poem on Thomas Jefferson,” 1:431–1:433
• praises TJ, 1:428, 1:431–1:432, 2:51–2:52

Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess

• British foreign minister, 2:130, 2:131n, 2:325, 2:345, 2:366, 2:418, 2:419n, 2:480, 3:519, 3:519n, 3:577, 4:234, 4:271, 4:587, 5:156, 5:587, 7:41, 7:44n, 8:542, 8:543, 8:543, 8:544–8:545n

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (formerly Viscount)

• compared to Duke of Marlborough, 8:683
• converses about U.S., 7:540
• defeats Napoleon, 8:652, 8:652n, 8:659–8:660
• Peninsular campaigns of, 1:593n, 2:166n, 5:587–5:588, 6:515n
• proclamation of, 7:423–7:424
• troops of sent to Canada, 7:350
• in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:508

Wells, Thomas

• and Albemarle Academy, 7:267, 7:282, 7:335, 7:339, 7:570
• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
• TJ purchases land from, 4:386, 8:398

Wells, William Hill

• as U.S. senator, 6:242n

Welsh, George (TJ’s slave)

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

Wendover, Peter Hercules

• identified, 8:229n
• letter from, 8:228–8:229
• letters to, 8:340–8:343, 8:344
• on A. McLeod, 8:228
• sends book to TJ, 8:228, 8:228, 8:344

Wermwag, Lewis, 5:559n

Werner, Abraham Gottlob

• mineralogical theories of, 2:376, 2:377n, 2:551, 2:552n, 3:264n

Wertmüller, Adolf Ulrich

• Danäe and the Shower of Gold, 4:181, 4:182n

Wesley, Charles

• quoted, 7:583, 7:590n

Wesley, John

• biographies of, 7:26
• and collegiate curriculum, 7:480

West, Benjamin

• copies Titian painting, 4:181
• The Fright of Astyanax, 8:136, 8:137n, 8:160, 8:195
• students of, 1:45n
• T. Sully copies painting of, 3:625

West, Jane, 7:665

West, Robert

• surety for bond, 4:231–4:232n

West, Samuel, 6:501

West, Thomas

• surety for bond, 4:231–4:232n

Western Road. See Cumberland Road

West Florida. See also Florida

• annexation of, 3:256–3:257, 3:264–3:265, 3:281–3:282, 3:325–3:326, 4:284n, 5:21n
• landholders in, 4:15
• supplies arms and ammunition to Indians, 6:389

Westham, Va.

• ferry and landing at, 8:129, 8:130n, 8:145–8:146, 8:170, 8:171, 8:171n
• original purchasers of lots in, 8:169–8:171, 8:171n
• plan and survey of, 8:170, 8:171n
• plank delivered to, 2:424, 2:434
• proposed sale of, 8:129–8:130, 8:130n, 8:145, 8:169–8:171
• TJ’s lots in, 4:63, 4:154, 8:129–8:130, 8:130n, 8:145, 8:146, 8:146n, 8:170

West India Company, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:484

West Indies

• dependent on American supplies, 4:664
• maps of, 8:77n
• and non-importation, 3:638–3:639, 3:639n
• slaves from, 3:319
• sugar manufactured in, 8:317
• TJ’s reputation in, 3:521
• U.S. flour trade with, 7:69, 8:390

Westminster Hall (London), 7:126, 7:130n

Weston, Conn.

• meteor falls on, 2:406

Westphalia, Treaty of (1648)

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

Westwardmill Library Society (Brunswick Co.)

• books for, 1:66–1:67, 1:205–1:206, 1:508

Weyers Cave, Va., 1:309, 1:309n

Whann, William

• buys stove, 4:192
• as cashier of Bank of Columbia, 7:334, 7:335n, 7:380, 7:381n, 8:499

Wharton, Joseph

• and J. Adams, 4:484

wheat

• amount grown by TJ, 2:151
• at Belmont estate, 3:171
• for brewing beer, 8:439
• as cash crop, 3:348, 8:305, 8:610
• Caspian, 4:49
• as crop, 6:119, 6:132–6:133, 8:109, 8:304, 8:305
• at Edgehill, 6:620
• effect of Embargo Act (1813) on, 7:78
• effect of Embargo on, 4:622, 4:664
• effect of war on, 5:191
• effect of weather on, 1:93, 1:285, 2:417, 3:474, 3:630, 3:634, 4:32, 4:376, 4:623, 5:82, 5:314, 5:610, 6:210, 6:366, 6:544, 6:544, 6:605, 7:240, 7:400
• as fodder, 8:32, 8:126, 8:129, 8:163
• ground at Shadwell Mill, 3:156–3:157, 3:640–3:642, 3:642–3:643, 3:644
• ground for TJ, 8:48, 8:118–8:119, 8:157
• harvesting of, 8:547
• R. Jefferson’s crop, 4:183
• at Lego, 2:239, 2:240, 3:191
• from lost trunk, 1:347
• J. Madison’s crop, 7:360
• at Monticello, 4:93, 4:95, 4:376, 4:623, 5:444–5:445, 6:156, 6:290, 6:366, 6:544, 6:605, 6:620, 7:166–7:167, 7:461, 7:710, 8:185, 8:284, 8:284
• as payment for debts, 7:387
• at Poplar Forest, 2:96, 2:217, 2:495, 3:341, 3:371, 3:392, 3:394, 4:86, 4:87, 4:94, 4:95, 4:165, 4:165–4:166n, 4:170–4:171, 4:184, 4:307–4:308, 4:341–4:342, 4:373, 4:379, 5:306, 5:340, 5:382, 5:470–5:471, 5:475, 5:481–5:482, 6:331, 6:486, 6:544, 7:94–7:95, 7:400, 7:461, 8:10, 8:69, 8:70, 8:70, 8:71, 8:132, 8:158, 8:173, 8:174n, 8:186, 8:186n, 8:203, 8:284, 8:417, 8:542, 8:610, 8:611, 8:697
• price of, 3:328, 3:371, 3:413, 5:120–5:121, 5:296, 5:337, 5:357, 5:381, 5:438, 5:440–5:441, 5:610, 6:472, 6:620–6:621, 7:78, 7:166–7:167, 8:105, 8:109, 8:126, 8:129, 8:167, 8:173, 8:272, 8:305, 8:417
• price of in France, 1:373
• price of in Great Britain, 1:82
• price of in Richmond, 4:86, 4:87, 4:91, 4:94, 4:95, 4:104–4:105, 4:165, 4:165–4:166n, 4:184, 5:115, 7:86, 8:694
• prospects for coming harvest, 2:313, 2:367, 2:495, 2:496, 8:585
• Remarks on the Smut and Mildew of Wheat (Fothergill), 1:72, 1:72n
• rust damages, 7:461
• seeds, 8:158, 8:173, 8:174n
• at Shadwell, 2:213, 2:239, 2:240
• at Shadwell mills, 1:108–1:109, 1:282, 1:421, 5:120–5:121, 5:499, 8:207
• TJ’s income from, 4:86, 4:87, 4:94, 4:95, 4:165, 4:165–4:166n, 4:170–4:171, 4:184, 4:307–4:308, 4:341–4:342, 5:401, 5:623, 7:166–7:167
• at Tufton, 2:112, 2:112, 2:116, 2:371
• weevils destroy, 8:643, 8:645n

Wheaton, Henry

• identified, 3:46–3:47n
• letters from, 3:46–3:47, 4:422–4:423, 5:163
• letters to, 3:137–3:138, 3:157, 4:494–4:495, 5:219
• An Oration, Delivered before the Tammany Society, 3:46, 3:137, 3:157
• sends address to TJ, 4:422–4:423, 4:494–4:495
• and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:163, 5:219

Wheaton, Joseph

• dispute with postmaster general, 7:347, 7:347n
• establishes mail route to New Orleans, 7:347
• identified, 1:352n
• letters from, 1:350–1:352, 7:135, 7:347
• letters to, 7:156
• and office of quartermaster general, 7:135, 7:156

wheelbarrows, 2:546, 2:547

Wheeler, Micajah

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

Whipple, Oliver

• identified, 2:320–2:321n
• letters from, 2:319–2:321
• letters to accounted for, 2:321n
• pro-Republican writings of, 2:320
• seeks an appointment, 2:319–2:320

whip-poor-wills, 8:6

whips, 6:344, 6:344, 6:346, 6:347

whiskey

• accidents involving manufacture of, 1:465, 3:359
• distilled, 7:240, 8:70
• mentioned, 8:109
• at Monticello, 8:xlvii–8:xlviii, 8:30–8:31
• price of, 3:550
• taxes on, 4:483
• Tennessee, 1:31
• TJ orders, 6:344, 6:346, 6:346, 6:346, 6:347, 7:491n

Whiskey Rebellion, 2:385, 2:387n, 2:617, 3:80, 3:82n, 6:254, 6:256n, 6:419, 6:426

Whit, Jones

• letters from accounted for, 6:119, 6:122n

Whitbread, Samuel

• in British parliament, 8:599n

Whitby, Henry, 1:228n

White, Mr. (of Tuckabatchee), 1:351

White, Mr. (of Washington), 8:592, 8:592

White, Hugh

• identified, 4:620–4:621n
• letters from, 4:620–4:621
• letters to, 4:673
• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
• sends work to J. Madison, 4:621n
• sends work to TJ, 4:620, 4:673

White, Hugh Lawson

• and East Tennessee College, 2:266–2:267, 2:365–2:366
• identified, 2:267n
• letters from, 2:266–2:268
• letters to, 2:365–2:366

White, Isaac

• purchases TJ’s flour, 8:492

White, James

• invents spinning machine, 5:151, 5:154n

White, John Blake

• identified, 4:106n
• letters from, 4:105–4:107
• letters to accounted for, 4:107n
• An Oration, Delivered in the Third Episcopal Church, before the Inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, On the 4th March, 1815, in commemoration of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, 8:315
• and Seventy-Six Association, 4:105, 4:106n

White, Josiah, 5:559n

White, Patrick, 3:211

White, Stephen

• Collateral Bee-Boxes. Or, a New, Easy, and Advantageous Method of Managing Bees, 8:388

White, T.

• and gunpowder for TJ, 6:147, 6:147, 6:186

White, William

• as commissioner of loans, 5:26n

“White Cockade” (song), 7:227

white currants, 5:369

Whitefield, George

• religious beliefs of, 7:26, 7:26, 7:27n, 7:480, 7:706n
• TJ on, 7:705, 7:706n

White House. See President’s House

Whitehurst, John, 2:319n

white jasmine (white jessamine), 3:354, 3:355n

white lead, 1:55n, 1:77, 5:33

whites

• number at Monticello, 3:202
• taxes on, 7:708

Whiteside, Jenkin

• resigns from U.S. senate, 4:200
• takes trunks to Washington, 2:72

Whiting, John, 3:63

Whitlock, Mrs.

• and P. Mazzei’s property, 5:562, 5:598
• mentioned, 4:291

Whitlocke, Izard B., 5:570n, 5:570n

Whitlow, Charles

• botanical collection of, 4:427
• identified, 4:427–4:428n
• patents substitute for flax and hemp, 4:427, 4:667, 5:22
• and proposed Washington botanical garden, 4:426–4:427, 4:563–4:564n
• and Urtica Whitlowi (wood nettle), 4:427–4:428n, 5:22

Whitner, Benjamin Franklin

• identified, 1:112n
• letters from, 1:112

Whittington, Thomas

• identified, 5:341n
• letters to, 5:341
• and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:229, 5:341, 5:361, 5:361n

Whittle, Robert, 1:16

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

Whitton, Mr., 5:663

The Whole Art of Husbandry (Mortimer), 6:380

The Whole Works of the late Rev. James Hervey (Hervey), 2:322n

Wickham, John

• and batture controversy, 2:395, 2:398, 2:401, 2:406, 2:414, 2:414–2:415, 2:416–2:417, 2:427, 2:432, 2:549, 3:331
• counsel for A. Randolph’s executor, 4:647
• and O. Hanbury’s executors, 3:195, 5:298, 5:299n
• identified, 2:395–2:396n
• letters from, 2:395–2:396, 2:406–2:407
• letters to, 2:398
• and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:304n, 5:299n
• and W. Short’s land, 4:268
• and TJ’s debt to W. Welch, 2:350n, 2:497, 2:513
• TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Wickliff, John. See Wycliffe, John

Wilberforce, William

• and antislavery, 3:319, 3:320, 3:513–3:514, 3:514n
• and peace negotiations, 8:381

The Wild Irish Boy (Maturin), 1:391, 1:397n

Wiley, David, 2:543, 2:544n

Wiley, John, 5:49

Wilkerson, John. See Wilkinson (Wilkerson), John

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

Wilkin, James Whitney

• identified, 1:80n
• letters from, 1:79–1:80
• letters from accounted for, 1:80n
• letters to accounted for, 1:125n
• and N.Y. state legislature, 1:79–1:80, 1:125n

Wilkins, David

• Leges Anglo-Saxonicæ ecclesiasticæ & civilies, 7:126, 7:127

Wilkinson, Benjamin, 2:122n

Wilkinson, James

• acquaintances in La., 5:524
• aide to, 2:244
• and E. Bacon, 3:358, 3:428, 3:428–3:431
• and batture controversy, 2:435, 2:444n, 3:25
• as brigadier general, 3:544
• and A. Burr trial, 1:426, 1:427–1:428n, 3:344n, 4:412–4:413
• H. Cassidy’s accusation of corruption, 4:70–4:71
• Congress investigates, 3:324, 3:325n, 3:358, 3:428–3:431
• correspondence with TJ, 3:358, 3:428–3:431, 3:519, 3:543
• court-martial of, 4:398, 4:412–4:413, 4:480, 4:481n, 4:542, 5:635, 5:637n, 5:641
• identified, 3:325n
• letters from, 3:323–3:325
• letters to, 3:440–3:441
• Memoirs of General Wilkinson, 3:78–3:79, 3:100–3:102, 3:323–3:324, 3:325n, 3:359, 3:440–3:441, 3:543
• military order issued by, 7:610n
• J. Monroe on, 2:43
• as New Orleans commissioner, 1:179n
• and G. Prevost’s threats against U.S., 6:641n
• public sentiment toward, 3:323–3:325, 3:359–3:360
• removal of rumored, 2:45, 2:46n
• report to War Department, 5:353, 5:354–5:355n
• TJ on, 4:412–4:413
• War of 1812 service of, 6:242, 6:294n, 6:530, 6:619, 6:645, 6:645, 7:8, 7:10, 7:13n, 7:14, 7:61, 7:228, 8:216, 8:263

Wilkinson, James Biddle

• address to citizens of Mobile, 6:503n
• anonymous letter concerning, 6:503
• and conflicts of interest, 4:71n
• death of, 6:503n

Wilkinson (Wilkerson), John

• Campbell Co. landholder, 2:324n, 4:309n, 4:680, 4:683n, 5:34, 5:40, 5:48, 5:49, 5:49

Will (William) (TJ’s slave; b. 1753)

• delivers book, 6:94
• hat for, 7:124
• on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 5:462, 6:308, 6:308, 6:308, 6:308, 6:309, 6:309, 8:60, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:62, 8:62, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255
• tasks for, 4:380, 7:461, 7:461

Willard (slave), 4:231–4:232n

Willard, Joseph, 7:217

Willcox, Joseph

• federal marshal, 1:278, 1:279n

Willdenow, Karl Ludwig

• and botanical classification, 7:209
• Species Plantarum, 8:429, 8:430n

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

William (TJ’s slave), 3:392, 3:392n

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

William III, king of Great Britain

• and land tax, 2:571
• reign of, 7:477, 8:551
• in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

William IV, stadtholder of the Netherlands

• in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507

William V, stadtholder of the Netherlands

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

William and Mary, College of

• criticized, 2:384
• expulsion and readmission, 1:251, 4:107–4:108, 4:108n, 4:161–4:163
• faculty of, 1:251n, 1:634n, 3:xlvii, 3:381n, 5:373, 5:373, 5:374n, 5:469, 6:598, 8:609
• longitude of, 4:246
• minerals lent to, 2:551
• perceived threats to, 8:317
• president of, 4:235, 4:236n, 5:469, 5:469n, 5:577, 5:579n, 6:606, 7:127, 7:130n, 8:317
• professors at, 4:108, 4:246, 4:369
• proposed sale of land by, 2:534–2:535, 2:671
• textbooks of, 7:4, 8:294
• TJ attends, 4:598, 7:546
• TJ on, 4:162, 6:606, 7:127, 7:606, 7:636, 8:200, 8:200n
• G. Wythe’s lectures at, 3:205–3:206, 3:228

William of Lindholm

• and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:376

William of York

• and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:377

Williams, Benjamin & George (Baltimore firm)

• J. A. Morton’s agents, 4:629, 4:631n, 4:666, 4:684, 5:27–5:28, 5:59–5:60

Williams, David (1738–1816)

• Claims of Literature, 3:207, 3:208n
• Lectures on Political Principles, 3:38, 3:40n, 3:87, 3:189, 3:334
• Letters on Political Liberty, 3:189, 3:190n, 3:207

Williams, David Rogerson

• military appointment of, 6:250–6:251

Williams, E. (N.Y. firm), 4:662

Williams, Eleazer

• Gaiatonsera Ionteweienstakwa Ongwe Onwe Gawennontakon: A Spelling-Book in the Language of the Seven Iroquois Nations, 7:182n
• Good News to the Iroquois Nation, 7:181n, 7:281n

Williams, George

• and T. Kosciuszko’s American investments, 6:91–6:92, 6:118, 6:166, 6:211–6:212, 6:212, 6:239–6:240, 6:240, 6:262, 6:263, 6:546, 6:546, 6:558, 6:606, 6:607n, 7:10, 7:46, 7:169, 7:189
• and payment for wine, 6:240

Williams, Henry, 3:143

Williams, Indiana Fletcher, 3:610n

Williams, James Ernest

• naval commander, 6:468

Williams, John

• and coffee for TJ, 4:662, 4:687, 5:41–5:42
• letters from, 4:662, 5:41–5:42
• letters to, 4:687

Williams, Jonathan

• and American Philosophical Society, 3:94n, 7:437n
• gun for, 1:294
• identified, 3:94–3:95n
• letters from, 3:93–3:96, 8:40–8:41
• letters from accounted for, 6:507n
• and F. De Masson, 8:249–8:250, 8:250, 8:250
• and recommendation for C. Despinville, 4:374
• on sale of TJ’s library to Congress, 8:40–8:41
• Thermometrical Navigation, 3:95n
• and United States Military Philosophical Society, 6:507n, 7:48n
• on U.S. Military Academy, 3:93–3:94
• on water temperature and navigation, 3:93, 3:95n

Williams, Nathan

• and A. Burr conspiracy, 7:236, 7:238n

Williams, Robert, 1:25

Williams, Samuel (1743–1817)

• age of, 8:143n, 8:282–8:283, 8:350, 8:350n
• as educator, 8:283, 8:283
• The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, 1:581, 2:71, 8:282–8:283, 8:350, 8:413–8:414
• as patron of Count Rumford, 8:283

Williams, Samuel (of London)

• accused of conspiracy, 4:83, 4:628
• forwards correspondence, 8:549–8:550, 8:684

Williams, Thomas D.

• letters from, 2:673–2:674
• proposed canal, 2:673–2:674

Williams, Thomas Hill

• identified, 5:392n
• letters from, 5:392
• and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:392

Williams, William Clayton, 3:45

Williamsburg, Va.

• latitude of, 4:98
• longitude of, 4:246, 4:246
• newspapers in, 1:370n
• TJ meets P. Henry in, 4:598

Williamson, George

• identified, 1:597n
• letters from, 1:597
• The Principles of Health: Elements of hygiene, 1:597n
• sends prospectus to TJ, 1:597

Williamson, Hugh

• identified, 8:603–8:604n
• letter from, 8:603–8:604
• letter to, 8:675
• and Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York, 8:603, 8:675
• Observations on the Climate in Different Parts of America, 2:71, 2:71–2:72n

Williamson, Peregrine

• patent of for manufacturing shot, 8:97–8:98, 8:98n

Williamson, Thomas

• and bet about TJ, 5:494, 5:503–5:504
• identified, 5:494n
• letters from, 5:494
• letters to, 5:503–5:504

Willich, Anthony F. M.

• Domestic encyclopædia (ed. Mease), 1:18, 1:19n, 1:252, 1:252n

Willie, William, 3:191

Willis (TJ’s slave; b. 1806)

• on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Willis, Francis (1744–91)

• TJ’s college friend, 4:516, 4:517

Willis, Francis (b. 1768)

• identified, 4:517n
• letters from accounted for, 4:516n
• letters to, 4:516–4:517
• seeks military appointment, 4:516–4:517

Willis, John, 2:105, 2:106n

Willis, Nelly Conway Madison (John Willis’s wife), 2:106n

Willis Creek tract (Cumberland Co.)

• title to lands at, 2:170n, 2:184, 2:186n, 4:519–4:520

Willis’s Mountain

• J. W. Eppes views, 3:195
• and phenomenon of looming, 8:298
• TJ plans to visit, 4:132
• TJ takes latitude of, 4:344–4:346, 4:369

willow

• golden, 3:353, 3:354
• weeping, 1:61, 3:353, 3:354

Wills, Matthew

• boats of, transfer goods, 4:548–4:549
• and fish for TJ, 4:668, 4:677
• identified, 4:549n
• letters from, 4:668
• letters to, 4:548–4:549, 4:677

Willson, Mr.

• Albemarle Co. school of, 8:624

Wilmer, James Jones

• An Address delivered in Havre-de-Grace, June 4, 1812, 5:226, 5:227n, 5:288
• identified, 5:226–5:227n
• letters from, 5:226–5:227
• letters to, 5:288
• sends works to TJ, 5:226, 5:227n

Wilmington, Del.

• wool from TJ’s flock analyzed at, 2:252, 2:492

Wilson, Mr. (Maryland clothier), 1:16

Wilson, Alexander

• American Ornithology, 2:483n, 3:623n, 4:289, 7:626, 8:22, 8:22–8:23n, 8:671, 8:672n
• American Philosophical Society membership diploma for, 6:115n
• publishes account of M. Lewis’s death, 7:63, 7:64n

Wilson, Henry, 1:515, 1:517n

Wilson, James P.

• American Philosophical Society membership diploma for, 6:115–6:116n

Wilson, John (of Rockbridge Co.)

• as sheriff, 8:123, 8:123n

Wilson, John (of Washington)

• identified, 6:355n
• letters from, 6:354–6:355, 7:398, 8:114–8:118
• letters to, 6:413–6:415, 7:446, 8:123–8:124
• and salaries of federal clerks, 8:114–8:118, 8:123–8:124
• sends book manuscript, 6:354–6:355, 6:355n, 6:413
• A Volume for all Libraries … Being a System of Philological Entertainments, 6:355n, 6:415n, 6:415n, 7:398, 7:446

Wilson, Thomas

• identified, 2:370n
• letters from accounted for, 2:370n
• letters to, 2:369–2:370
• and J. Wayles estate, 2:369–2:370, 2:540–2:541, 3:45, 3:86
• and Westham land, 8:129, 8:145, 8:146, 8:146n, 8:169, 8:171

Wiltz, Françoise, 3:476, 3:477n, 3:478n, 3:485

Winchester, James

• and Battle of River Raisin, 5:637n, 5:645, 5:646n, 5:648, 6:645, 8:222, 8:222, 8:263
• and command of Northwest Army, 5:396, 5:642–5:643
• rumored death and mutilation of, 8:222, 8:227n

Winchester, Va.

• chancery court at, 6:268
• Republican Constellation, 2:120, 2:120n, 2:174

Winder, Levin, 6:155n

Winder, William Henry

• and Battle of Bladensburg, 7:623, 7:623, 7:656n, 8:155
• and defense of Baltimore, 7:623, 7:656n, 8:153
• and defense of Washington, 8:153, 8:176, 8:264
• military experience of, 6:528
• and Niagara Campaign, 5:410, 5:533–5:540

windmills, 1:647–1:648, 2:458–2:460, 2:460–2:461, 2:479, 8:80–8:81, 8:82n, 8:367, 8:458, 8:546–8:547

wine. See also grapes; Monticello (TJ’s estate): viticulture at; viticulture

• Albaflor, 1:345, 1:365–1:366, 1:366, 1:366, 4:4, 4:529–4:530, 4:530n, 6:163
• Arruda, 3:240, 3:241n
• Banyalbufar, 1:366, 1:366
• books on, 2:82, 2:83n, 8:411
• brandy added to, 2:221, 2:222, 2:223, 2:339, 3:240
• burgundy, 1:257, 1:586, 2:339, 4:176–4:177
• Carrasqueira, 3:240, 3:241n
• claret, 2:191, 8:232
• cognac, 1:32
• currant, 2:221–2:222, 5:323–5:324, 5:369, 8:82
• as dysentery remedy, 1:483
• French, 1:313n, 1:387, 2:339, 8:570–8:571, 8:571–8:572, 8:572
• glasses for, 6:344
• Hermitage, 8:570–8:571, 8:571, 8:572
• Italian, 1:387
• Madeira, 1:155, 1:387, 1:397, 2:221, 8:571, 8:571
• as medicine, 8:232
• Moscadello de Montalcino, 3:377
• of Nice, 8:571, 8:571, 8:572
• Noyau, 1:155, 1:156n
• Oeiras, 3:240, 3:241n
• Pajarete (Pacharetti), 8:571, 8:571
• C. W. Peale produces, 5:323–5:324
• port, 1:483, 8:232
• Portuguese, 2:165, 2:166n, 8:571, 8:571, 8:662
• price of, 8:572
• recipe for, 2:222
• requested from TJ, 8:232
• of Rivesaltes, 8:571
• of Roussillon, 8:571, 8:571, 8:572
• St. George, 3:505
• sent to TJ, 1:281–1:282, 2:221, 2:292, 2:330, 2:338–2:339, 4:34, 4:215, 4:219, 4:220, 4:220, 4:487, 4:522, 4:530
• served at Monticello, 8:235, 8:241
• sherry, 8:571, 8:571, 8:662
• Spanish, 8:571, 8:571, 8:571
• storage of at Monticello, 8:xlvii
• sugar added to, 2:220–2:221, 2:223, 2:330, 2:338, 2:339
• Termo, 3:240, 3:241n
• TJ orders from S. Cathalan, 8:570–8:572, 8:572, 8:587, 8:589, 8:590n, 8:603, 8:627, 8:632, 8:633n, 8:670
• TJ orders from H. Sheaff, 8:662
• TJ orders from P. Walsh, 3:505, 3:512, 4:189, 4:528–4:529, 4:529–4:530, 4:592, 4:666, 6:240
• TJ purchases from B. Skelton estate, 2:466
• TJ’s biblical allusion to, 3:606
• at U.S. Marine Hospital, 1:299
• white, 2:191, 8:662

Wingate, Edmund

• ed. Britton, 1:383, 3:546
• Maximes of Reason: or, the Reason of the Common Law of England, 7:147–7:148

Wingate, Paine

• identified, 8:667n
• letter to, from W. Wingate, 8:665–8:667

Wingate, William

• identified, 8:392n
• letter from, to P. Wingate, 8:665–8:667
• letters from, 8:391–8:392, 8:405–8:408, 8:423–8:424, 8:665–8:667
• letters to, 8:441
• plan for political and religious renewal, 8:391–8:392, 8:405–8:408, 8:423–8:424, 8:441, 8:665
• reports revelations from God, 8:665–8:667
• seeks federal appointment, 8:407, 8:667

Wingfield, Charles

• conducts funeral, 4:135–4:136, 4:136, 4:155–4:156
• identified, 4:136n
• and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:576n
• letters from, 4:136, 4:155–4:156
• letters to, 4:135–4:136
• letters to accounted for, 4:156n
• witnesses document, 5:570n

Wingfield, Christopher

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

Winn, John

• and Albemarle Academy, 7:267, 7:282, 7:293, 7:335, 7:339, 7:339, 7:427, 7:535, 7:570, 7:571
• and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
• Charlottesville merchant, 6:54n
• Charlottesville postmaster, 4:48, 4:48n, 5:364
• identified, 2:201n
• letters from, 2:201, 6:111
• requests lead from TJ, 6:111
• seeks lime, 2:201
• vouches for O. Norris, 3:465

Winston, Edmund

• and P. Henry’s eloquence, 7:493, 7:494

Winston, Isaac

• and H. Marks’s estate, 4:511, 5:428, 6:135

Winston, William B.

• and H. Marks’s estate, 4:511, 5:73

Winston, William O.

• and P. Henry’s eloquence, 7:493

Winston & Lyons (firm), 2:397

Winter Evenings, 7:665

A Winter in Washington: or, Memoirs of the Seymour Family (Margaret Bayard Smith), 1:10n, 1:397n

winter melon

• TJ on, 2:302

Winters, Elisha

• Ark. landholder, 4:70–4:71

Winters, Gabriel

• Ark. landholder, 4:70–4:71

Winthrop, James Bowdoin. See Bowdoin (Winthrop), James

Winthrop, John (1588–1649)

• A Journal Of the Transactions and Occurrences in the settlement of Massachusetts and the other New-England Colonies, 5:387, 5:390n, 5:508–5:509

Winthrop, John (1714–79), 7:217

Winthrop, John (1778–1819)

• and G. Stuart’s portrait of TJ, 8:389

Wirt, Elizabeth Washington Gamble (William Wirt’s wife), 2:470

Wirt, William

• and American biographies, 7:411, 7:412n, 7:446, 7:447n, 8:619–8:621, 8:641–8:646
• and batture controversy, 3:331, 3:332, 3:475–3:476, 3:481–3:483, 3:483–3:488, 5:16
• and Central College, 8:317
• consults with TJ on batture case, 2:414, 2:416–2:417, 2:427, 2:428, 2:473, 2:474–2:475, 2:511, 3:45–3:46, 3:226–3:227
• discusses batture case with D. Carr, 2:469–2:470, 2:493, 2:494
• drafts address to TJ, 1:611n
• drafts batture pleadings, 3:397, 3:397–3:400, 3:400–3:401, 3:401–3:404, 3:404–3:407, 3:407–3:410, 3:410–3:411
• and W. Duane, 3:507, 3:509n, 3:509n, 3:515, 3:540, 3:549–3:550, 3:563–3:564, 3:573–3:574, 3:585, 3:586, 3:591–3:592, 3:593–3:594n, 3:601–3:603, 3:626–3:627, 3:634, 3:634n
• endorses silk-manufacturing project, 1:341–1:342, 1:355, 1:424
• as examiner of The Statutes at Large (W. W. Hening), 8:349n
• and Henderson case, 6:573, 6:573
• identified, 1:341–1:342n
• and inkstand for TJ, 5:38, 5:39n, 5:111
• letters from, 1:341–1:342, 2:155–2:156, 2:414, 2:493, 2:675–2:677, 3:549–3:550, 3:573–3:575, 3:626–3:627, 4:615–4:617, 5:263, 7:492–7:496, 8:351, 8:619–8:621
• letters from accounted for, 2:494n
• The Letters of the British Spy, 4:471, 4:472n, 4:560, 8:140, 8:671, 8:672n
• letters to, 2:314, 2:401–2:402, 2:474–2:475, 2:494, 3:47, 3:481–3:483, 3:515, 3:545–3:546, 3:563–3:564, 3:601, 3:601–3:604, 4:596–4:598, 5:242–5:243, 6:351, 7:544–7:551, 8:333, 8:483–8:484, 8:641–8:646
• and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:596–4:597, 4:679
• Notes on Membership in the Virginia House of Burgesses and the Rhode Island Stamp Act Resolves, 8:621–8:623
• recommended as attorney general, 1:626
• Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, 2:155–2:156, 2:314, 4:596, 4:604n, 4:605, 7:551, 8:140, 8:619–8:621
• and suit of A. Randolph’s executors, 4:597
• TJ hires as counsel, 2:398, 2:401–2:402, 2:406, 2:494
• TJ pays, 4:594, 4:596, 4:597n, 4:615, 4:618, 6:337
• TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
• and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:239, 5:242–5:243, 5:263, 5:337, 5:361, 6:351, 8:328, 8:333, 8:351
• and TJ’s List of Authorities cited in Statement on the Batture Case, 3:545–3:546, 3:546–3:547
• and TJ’s recollections of P. Henry, 4:595–4:596, 4:597, 4:598–4:605, 4:616, 7:493–7:495, 7:544–7:550, 8:140, 8:619, 8:620, 8:620, 8:621n, 8:642, 8:643–8:644, 8:645
• and TJ’s Statement of Facts in the Batture Case, 3:481–3:483, 3:499
• and TJ’s statement on the batture case, 2:545, 2:568, 2:657, 2:660, 2:675–2:677, 3:42–3:43, 3:47, 3:47–3:49, 3:152, 3:203, 3:226

Wise, Thomas

• The Newest Young Man’s Companion, 8:388

Wiseham, William

• and W. Ronald’s estate, 2:185

Wistar, Caspar

• and American Philosophical Society, 1:100, 1:677, 6:516, 8:103, 8:193, 8:194n, 8:202, 8:246, 8:247n, 8:247, 8:445, 8:449n
• anatomical studies of, 6:253, 8:447–8:448, 8:449n
• and J. Corrêa da Serra, 5:8, 6:252–6:253, 6:253, 6:415, 7:608, 8:243
• and educational reform, 8:243, 8:445–8:447
• family of, 4:141, 8:448, 8:449n
• A. von Humboldt sends greetings to, 1:453n
• identified, 1:101n
• and instruction of M. Lewis, 6:424n
• introduces G. Ticknor, 8:193, 8:243
• letters from, 5:25–5:26, 6:252–6:253, 8:243, 8:243–8:244, 8:445–8:449
• letters to, 1:100–1:101, 4:190–4:191, 5:94, 6:415–6:416, 6:516, 7:607–7:608, 8:103
• and mammoth bones, 8:243, 8:448
• and mastodon bones, 1:100, 1:510–1:511, 5:26n, 5:94, 5:572–5:573, 6:253, 6:415–6:416
• medical advice of, 4:416
• mentioned, 3:472n, 8:82
• and plans for Albemarle Academy, 7:607–7:608
• and T. J. Randolph, 1:309, 2:285, 6:253, 6:416, 8:448–8:449
• recommendation of T. Matlack, 5:25, 5:94
• A System of Anatomy for the Use of Students of Medicine, 8:447, 8:449n
• TJ introduces D. Burwell to, 4:190, 4:190–4:191
• on TJ’s friendship, 8:445
• TJ’s introduction of F. W. Gilmer to, 8:58–8:59, 8:78, 8:101, 8:103, 8:243, 8:243

Wistar, Elizabeth Mifflin (Caspar Wistar’s wife), 1:309

Wistar, Richard

• and protecting trees from worms, 4:141

Withe, Mr., 2:455

Withers, Michael

• patent of criticized, 8:534–8:535, 8:536n

Witherspoon, John

• as member of Continental Congress, 8:626, 8:657
• The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon (ed. J. Rodgers), 8:626n

Witt, Cornelius de

• Dutch statesman, 7:527–7:528, 7:529, 7:532n

Witt, Johan de

• Dutch statesman, 7:527–7:528, 7:529, 7:532n

woad, 2:271

woad, blue, 2:271, 3:461–3:462

Wolcot, John

• “A Simile,” 1:538n

Wolcott, Oliver (1760–1833)

• as secretary of the treasury, 6:194

Wolf Creek (Bedford Co.), 2:237, 3:187, 3:188n, 4:317, 4:318n

Wolff, Christian von

• Cours de Mathématique, 6:381, 7:250, 7:253n
• in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Wollaston, Frederick H.

• consul at Genoa, 3:377
• dines with TJ, 4:34
• introduced by P. Mazzei, 4:35n

Wollaston, Richard, 5:386, 5:508–5:513, 5:583

Wollaston, William

• The Religion of Nature Delineated, 7:415n
• TJ on, 7:413

Wollebius, Johannes, 7:480

women

• cost to hire, 8:307
• documents by
  
  • E. Henderson, 7:118–7:119
  • A. S. Marks, 6:34–6:35
  • J. Peyton, 1:459–1:463
  • M. J. Randolph, 2:237–2:239
  • M. B. Smith, 1:8–1:10, 1:386–1:401
• education of, 7:659, 8:513, 8:630
• free white, number at Monticello, 3:202
• hominy for pregnant, 7:82
• housewives, 5:223
• letters from
  
  • A. Adams, 6:516–6:517
  • M. A. Archbald, 1:238–1:240, 2:201–2:203
  • L. R. Bailey, 2:309, 2:369
  • E. P. Bonaparte, 8:378–8:379
  • M. B. Bonneville, 6:8
  • Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 5:71–5:72, 5:402–5:403
  • L. Cooley, 6:428
  • Madame de Corny, 1:173–1:175
  • A. Craig, 1:67–1:68
  • Madame Deshay, 1:450–1:451
  • E. Eppes, 2:206
  • A. Graham, 7:204–7:205
  • S. Grotjan, 6:12–6:13
  • M. Lewis, 2:291–2:292, 5:357
  • Lewis sisters, 3:90–3:91
  • J. Lomax, 7:16
  • M. Page, 3:276
  • M. J. Randolph, 8:664
  • Madame Reibelt, 2:394–2:395
  • L. F. Smith, 6:126–6:127
  • Madame de Staël Holstein, 5:449–5:453
  • M. Stith, 3:458
  • Madame de Tessé, 1:271–1:274, 1:593–1:594, 2:310–2:312, 4:322–4:324, 5:188–5:190
  • E. Trist, 1:98, 2:283–2:285, 5:111–5:113, 7:59–7:63, 7:226–7:228, 7:500–7:502, 8:84–8:85, 8:295–8:296
• letters to
  
  • A. Adams, 6:437–6:438
  • L. R. Bailey, 2:336, 3:241
  • A. C. Bankhead, 2:103–2:104, 3:633–3:634
  • E. P. Bonaparte, 8:434–8:435
  • M. B. Bonneville, 6:47
  • Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 5:163–5:164, 5:441
  • E. W. Randolph (Coolidge), 6:646–6:647
  • M. Daingerfield, 1:47–1:48, 2:41
  • S. B. Dearborn, 5:165, 5:597
  • E. Eppes, 2:129–2:130
  • M. B. Eppes, 2:126–2:127
  • S. Grotjan, 6:47–6:48
  • M. Lewis, 4:38, 7:78
  • M. T. Page, 3:423–3:424
  • C. J. Randolph, 3:635
  • M. J. Randolph, 3:392, 3:394, 7:400–7:401, 8:664, 8:697
  • L. F. Smith, 6:161–6:162
  • M. B. Smith, 1:29
  • Madame de Staël Holstein, 8:576–8:577
  • M. Stith, 3:432–3:433
  • Madame de Tessé, 3:503–3:504, 7:33–7:36
  • E. Trist, 1:80–1:81, 2:265–2:266, 5:26–5:27, 7:178–7:179, 7:409–7:410, 8:163–8:164, 8:515–8:517
• letters to accounted for
  
  • M. Lewis, 2:38n
  • A. S. Marks, 5:687
• plant remedies for, 5:30
• raped by British servicemen, 6:446, 6:515
• schools for, 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201
• and textile manufacture, 8:547, 8:635, 8:635n

Wonder-Working Providence of Sions Saviour (Johnson), 5:386, 5:390n

wood. See also building materials

• in agricultural machinery, 8:463
• engraving on, 7:559
• firewood, 4:210, 5:38n, 5:427, 5:427, 5:607–5:608, 6:348, 8:xlvii–8:xlviii, 8:81, 8:120, 8:120, 8:591
• plank, 5:485, 5:488, 5:663, 6:257, 6:257, 8:81
• used for polygraph, 8:545

Wood, David

• family of, 4:186–4:187
• petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Wood, Eleazer Derby

• and N. G. M. Senter, 5:398, 5:399n

Wood, Harrison

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

Wood, Jacob

• possessions of destroyed by U.S. forces, 8:225–8:226

Wood, James (1741–1813)

• draws plan of Richmond, 4:288n
• frees slaves, 3:269n
• governor of Va., 4:309n

Wood, James (1755–1836)

• identified, 1:503n
• letters from, 1:501–1:503
• praises TJ, 1:501–1:502
• Revolutionary War claim of, 1:502–1:503

Wood, John

• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
• seeks military appointment, 4:186–4:187

Wood, John (ca. 1775–1822)

• and Albemarle Academy, 5:102
• on T. Cooper, 8:609
• and education of T. J. Randolph, 1:520, 2:95, 2:134, 2:171, 2:564–2:565
• health of, 8:609
• identified, 2:96n
• on influence of clergy at colleges, 8:609–8:610
• letters from, 2:95–2:96, 2:171–2:172, 2:564–2:565, 8:609–8:610
• letters to, 2:134, 8:646–8:647
• A New Theory of the Diurnal Rotation of the Earth, 2:95, 2:134, 2:161, 2:171, 2:536, 3:251, 3:251n
• proposes school in Charlottesville, 8:609, 8:646
• sends letters to France through TJ, 2:295, 2:536
• TJ on, 2:536

Wood, John H.

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

Wood, Joseph

• portrait painter, 7:296, 7:498, 7:523, 8:389, 8:389

Wood, Lucy Henderson (Bennett Henderson’s daughter; John Wood’s wife), 1:440, 1:459, 1:460–1:461, 1:463, 5:422, 5:423, 6:50–6:51, 6:51n, 6:367, 6:367n, 6:472

• and Milton lands, 7:118–7:119, 7:119n, 7:352, 7:352n, 7:352n, 7:352

Wood, Thomas, 6:428

Wood, Thomas (1661–1722)

• An Institute of The Laws of England, 7:148, 7:148

Wood, William (fl. 1629–1635)

• New-England’s Prospect, 5:386, 5:390n

Wood, William (1671–1730)

• as minter of coinage, 6:626, 6:627n

Wood, William (of Albemarle Co.)

• dam of, 2:97, 2:98n
• Fluvanna Co. mill of, 3:218, 3:219n
• as juror, 5:279, 5:279
• and navigation of Rivanna River, 8:166
• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
• witnesses warrant, 5:280

Woodfall, Henry S.

• Junius: including Letters by the same Writer, Under Other Signatures, 6:374, 6:413

Woodford, John

• recommended for military appointment, 4:529

Woodford, William

• forwards packages to TJ, 8:628

Woodhouse, James, 1:307, 1:452, 1:453n

Woodlands (Hamilton’s Pa. estate), 1:191, 1:192, 1:479

Woodman, William T.

• translates Destutt de Tracy manuscript, 6:526, 6:530n

Woods, George M.

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

Woods, Micajah

• deputy sheriff, 1:590, 1:595, 1:595n
• petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 4:346–4:349

Woods, Rutherford

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

Woods, William

• and Highland–Indian Camp boundary dispute, 8:567–8:568, 8:568n
• petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
• surveys Henderson land, 5:421

Woods, William (“Baptist Billy”)

• assists M. A. C. L. Monroe, 8:647, 8:647
• carries letter, 6:358
• described, 6:358n

Woodside, John

• identified, 5:456–5:457n
• letters from, 5:456–5:457
• letters to, 5:504
• seeks position for son-in-law, 5:456, 5:504

Woodson, John (“Courthouse John”)

• buys lot in Westham, 8:171n

Woodson, John (“Sheriff John”)

• buys lot in Westham, 8:171n

Woodson, Tucker M., 1:440, 1:460, 5:422

• and sale of Henderson lands, 7:673
• and Viewmont estate, 8:308n

wood stone, 2:299

Woodward, Augustus Elias Brevoort

• on the classification of knowledge, 6:408–6:411, 7:288, 7:309, 7:309n
• Considerations on the Executive Government of the United States of America, 1:164–1:165, 1:236, 1:253–1:254
• federal judgeship of, 6:407, 6:411n
• on foreign government, 1:254n
• identified, 1:165n
• introduced by B. S. Barton, 7:288
• letters from, 1:164–1:165, 1:253–1:254, 6:407–6:411, 7:308, 7:308–7:309, 7:511
• letters from accounted for, 1:165n
• letters to, 1:236, 6:445, 7:569
• plans to visit TJ, 6:407–6:408, 6:445, 7:288, 7:308, 7:308–7:309
• sends books for TJ’s family, 7:569
• sends book to TJ, 7:511, 7:569
• A System of Universal Science, 6:411n
• visits Monticello, 1:165n, 7:309n, 7:353

Woodward, John H.

• identified, 2:189n
• letters from, 2:188–2:189
• proposed national biography, 2:188–2:189

Woodward, William Wallis

• identified, 2:321n
• letters from, 2:321–2:322, 2:349
• letters to, 2:337
• TJ purchases books from, 2:321, 2:321–2:322n, 2:337, 2:349

woodworking

• tools, 1:135–1:136, 3:119–3:120, 6:344

wool

• Barbary sheep, 2:379, 4:637, 4:638n, 6:6
• books on, 3:263, 3:264n
• carding machines, 5:356, 7:79, 7:116
• cards, 4:362, 4:417, 4:612, 6:345, 8:185
• cloth, 4:27, 4:40, 4:102, 4:343, 6:631, 6:631–6:632n, 7:13, 7:72–7:73, 7:73n, 7:309–7:310, 7:460, 7:570, 8:544
• dyeing of, 4:686, 6:114, 6:314, 6:335
• merino, 1:320, 2:31, 2:451, 2:666, 4:62, 4:426, 5:198–5:199, 6:6, 6:6, 6:114, 6:314, 6:335, 6:397, 6:631, 6:631–6:632n, 7:53, 7:54, 7:460, 8:185, 8:234, 8:544
• price of, 4:426
• production of, 1:15–1:18, 1:478–1:479, 1:573–1:574, 5:439, 7:81, 7:191
• samples of, 1:15–1:16, 1:17, 1:19n, 1:320, 1:667, 2:39, 2:39n, 2:252, 2:492, 3:342–3:343, 3:343n, 3:637
• from S.C., 4:40
• and scab, 4:61, 4:62
• Spanish sheep, 6:6
• spinning of, 1:524–1:525, 1:591, 4:380, 4:417, 4:426, 4:513n, 4:571, 4:686, 5:470, 7:88
• used for clothing, 4:40, 4:343, 4:361, 4:362, 4:428, 4:627, 4:637, 5:475, 5:560, 6:344, 7:191, 8:174, 8:185, 8:185, 8:234, 8:570

Worcester, Edward Somerset, marquis of

• inventor of steam engine, 6:249n

Worcester National Aegis (Mass. newspaper), 1:50n

The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed (G. Chaucer), 8:235

The workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght (T. More), 7:629, 7:631n

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

The works of Cornelius Tacitus (trans. Murphy), 6:93

The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals (ed. W. Duane), 3:449, 3:451, 4:56, 6:374, 6:413, 8:634

The Works of Tacitus (trans. Gordon), 1:580, 6:93

The Works of the Rev. Daniel M’Calla, D.D. (D. M’Calla), 7:518–7:519, 7:519n

The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon (ed. J. Rodgers), 8:626n

The World, 7:665

Wormley (TJ’s slave; b. 1781). See Hughes, Wormley (TJ’s slave; b. 1781)

Wormley, Ralph, 6:353

worms

• damage trees, 4:141, 4:532

Worsley, William W.

• identified, 4:285n
• letter of introduction for, from J. Fowler, 4:285

Worthington, Thomas

• and O. Evans’s patent machinery, 6:455–6:457
• identified, 6:457n
• letters to, 4:164
• letter to from J. Ellicott, 6:455–6:458
• as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n

Worthington, William Grafton Dulany

• identified, 2:196–2:197n
• letters from, 2:196–2:197
• letters to, 2:251–2:252
• Speech of W. G. D. Worthington, Esq. a Member of the General Assembly of Maryland … on Brent’s Resolutions, 2:196, 2:251

Wortman, Tunis

• identified, 6:340n
• letters from, 6:339–6:340
• letters to, 6:400–6:401
• Standard of Union, 6:339, 6:340n, 6:400, 6:401n

Wren, William D.

• letter to accounted for, 8:613n
• as sergeant of Richmond, 8:613, 8:641

Wright, Mr. (of Nelson Co.)

• letters to accounted for, 7:719

Wright, Joseph, 2:106n, 2:126

Wright, Robert

• congratulates TJ, 5:220
• as governor of Md., 1:361n
• identified, 1:107n
• issues pardons, 2:412n
• letters from, 5:220
• letters to, 1:106–1:107, 5:305
• praises TJ, 1:106–1:107
• supports declaration of war, 5:191, 5:192n, 5:220

Wright, Thomas (Chickasaw agent), 1:26

Wright, Thomas (of Queen Annes Co., Md.)

• identified, 1:63n
• letters from, 1:62–1:63
• letters from accounted for, 1:63n
• letters to, 1:127–1:128
• and meeting of Queen Annes Co. Republicans, 1:62–1:63, 1:127–1:128

Wright, William, 6:378, 6:378n

writing

• elementary education in, 7:637, 7:640

Wyche, James, 1:66

Wyche, John

• books recommended to, by TJ, 1:205–1:206, 1:579, 1:580–1:582
• identified, 1:67n
• letters from, 1:66–1:67, 1:508
• letters to, 1:205–1:206, 1:579
• and Westwardmill Library Society, 1:66–1:67, 1:205–1:206, 1:508, 1:579, 1:580–1:582

Wycliffe, John, 8:551

Wyndham, Sir George O’Brien, 7:660

Wynkoop, Henry

• and cider, 7:381, 7:382n

Wynne, William

• The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, 7:366, 7:366n, 8:387, 8:387n

Wythe, George

• apple trees of, 7:445
• bequeaths books to TJ, 6:619n
• biography of proposed, 8:619
• death of, 4:35
• Decisions Of Cases in Virginia, By the High Court of Chancery, 8:630
• and Henderson case, 6:482n, 6:572
• and P. Henry, 4:598
• and Jefferson Cups, 2:315–2:316, 2:316n
• monument to, at Monticello, 1:391
• and revision of Va. laws, 1:381–1:383, 3:570, 5:136, 7:549
• and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:599, 8:642
• students of, 3:540n
• TJ on, 7:411, 7:548, 8:200, 8:200
• and William and Mary lectures, 3:205–3:206, 3:228

Wythe County, Va.

• mammoth bones found in, 2:507

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