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Δαβίδης ἔμμετρος, sive Metaphrasis Libri Psalmorum (J. Duport), 10:357

Dabney, Dr.

  • and fight between C. L. Bankhead and T. J. Randolph, 14:20

Dabney, Charles

  • and P. Henry’s eloquence, 7:493

Dabney, George

  • and P. Henry’s eloquence, 7:493

Dabney, William (alias William D. Statham; boatman), 20:55, 20:120, 20:407

Dacier, André

  • edits Oeuvres d’Horace (Horace), 10:235, 13:537, 14:511
  • “Extrait de la Vie d’Hippocrate,” in Traduction des œuvres médicales d’Hippocrate, sur le texte grec, d’après l’édition de Foës (ed. D. J. Tournon; trans. J. B. Gardeil), 11:127, 11:152, 11:297
  • translates Les Œuvres de Platon (Plato), 12:112
  • translates Reflexions Morales de L’Empereur Marc Antonin (Marcus Aurelius), 15:133, 15:160

Dacier, Anne

  • translates Reflexions Morales de L’Empereur Marc Antonin (Marcus Aurelius), 15:133, 15:160

Dacier, Bon Joseph

  • on classical translations, 13:394, 13:394–13:395n, 13:596

da Costa Pereira Furtado de Mendonça, Hipólito José

  • A Narrative of the Persecution of Hippolyto Joseph da Costa Pereira Furtado de Mendonça, 17:537

Dacqueny, John, 3:233

Dacres, James R.

  • and capture of HMS Guerriere, 7:465, 7:467n

Dade, Lawrence Taliaferro

  • identified, 20:99–20:100n
  • letter from, 20:99–20:100
  • requests meeting with TJ, 20:99

Dade, William Ashton Gibbons

  • as University of Virginia commissioner, 13:182, 13:182, 13:182, 13:183, 13:223

Daendels, Herman Willem

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

Daer, Basil William Douglas, Lord

  • introduced to TJ, 15:469, 15:470n

daffodils, 10:517

Daggs, Margaretta B.

  • signs petition, 18:146

Daily Compiler and Richmond Commercial Register (newspaper)

  • L. H. Girardin as editor and publisher of, 7:450, 7:450n, 10:24n
  • TJ subscribes to, 8:676n, 13:471
  • W. C. Shields as publisher of, 7:450n

Daily National Intelligencer (Washington newspaper). See National Intelligencer (Washington newspaper)

Daines, William

  • American prisoner of war, 7:428n

Daingerfield, John

  • hires out slaves to Central College, 15:94
  • identified, 2:661n
  • letters from, 5:103–5:104
  • letters from accounted for, 2:661n
  • letters to, 2:661
  • TJ rents slaves from, 2:661, 3:111–3:112, 4:142, 5:103–5:104
  • TJ’s debt to, 2:661, 5:299

Daingerfield, Mary Willis

  • account with, 4:556
  • death of slave of, 3:180–3:181, 5:104, 5:104n
  • identified, 1:48n
  • letters to, 1:47–1:48, 2:41
  • TJ pays, 1:41
  • TJ rents slaves from, 1:48n, 2:41, 2:661, 3:55, 3:111–3:112, 3:180–3:181, 3:302, 4:81, 4:142, 4:183, 4:556, 5:103–5:104, 5:225

Daingerfield, Sarah, 1:41, 1:48n, 1:48n

Daingerfield, William

  • hires out slaves to Central College, 15:94

Daingerfield, William (d. ca. 1780), 1:48n

Dalby, Isaac

  • and weights and measures, 16:234n

Dale, Antonius van

  • Dissertatio super Aristea de LXX, 10:357, 10:386

Dale, Richard

  • American naval commander, 17:454, 17:459n, 19:74n
  • recommends J. L. Cathcart, 17:461

Dalhousie, George Ramsay, 9th Earl of, 19:148, 19:149n

Dallas, Alexander James

  • and appointments, 8:126–8:127, 8:129, 8:141, 10:476–10:477, 10:496
  • An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the War, 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, 10:280
  • and I. Briggs’s claim for compensation, 9:474, 9:477, 9:507–9:510, 9:515, 9:606, 9:607n
  • criticism of, 9:321–9:322
  • death of, 11:153, 11:180–11:181
  • family of, 9:711
  • and B. Franklin’s estate, 3:451, 3:452n
  • identified, 8:127n
  • letters from, 8:141, 8:279–8:280, 8:451, 9:477–9:478
  • letters to, 8:126–8:127, 8:426–8:427, 9:507–9:510, 9:511, 9:512–9:513, 10:476–10:477
  • library of, 11:503, 11:503n
  • as possible minister to France , 9:392
  • Proposals for publishing, by subscription, The Works of Alexander James Dallas (G. M. Dallas), 11:153, 11:153–11:154n, 11:180–11:181
  • publishes The Opinion of Judge Cooper on the Effect of a Sentence of a Foreign Court of Admiralty, 2:376, 2:377n
  • and purchase of TJ’s library, 8:279–8:280, 8:426–8:427
  • recommends J. L. Cathcart, 17:461
  • Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution, 3:546, 19:98
  • as secretary of the treasury, 8:18n, 8:52, 8:154, 8:155n, 8:181, 8:181n, 8:426, 8:440, 8:451, 8:556, 8:557n, 9:220, 9:221n, 9:321–9:322, 9:477, 9:511, 9:512–9:513, 9:513n, 9:686, 13:378, 13:380n, 15:320–15:321n, 17:522n
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
  • and TJ’s letters on finance, 8:18, 8:19n, 8:32, 8:154

Dallas, George Mifflin

  • family of, 11:153, 11:180–11:181
  • identified, 11:154n
  • legal opinion requested, 9:480
  • letter from, 11:153–11:154
  • letter to, 11:180–11:181
  • as Philadelphia attorney, 20:118
  • Proposals for publishing, by subscription, The Works of Alexander James Dallas, 11:153, 11:153–11:154n, 11:180–11:181

Dallas, Matilda, 11:181

Dalrymple, Sir John

  • An Essay towards a general history of Feudal Property in Great Britain, 2:51
  • Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, 7:664, 19:508

Dalton, Michael

  • on land litigation, 2:324

Dalton, Ruth Hooper (Tristram Dalton’s wife)

  • TJ sends greetings to, 9:76

Dalton, Tristram

  • on field cultivation of vegetables, 11:271–11:273, 11:308–11:309
  • friendship with J. Adams, 11:217, 11:218n
  • identified, 8:678–8:679n
  • letters from, 8:678–8:679, 11:270–11:273, 11:386
  • letters to, 9:75–9:76, 11:308–11:310
  • and plowing, 11:386
  • sends pamphlets to TJ, 8:678–8:679, 9:75–9:76, 11:270, 11:308, 11:386

Dalzel, Andrew

  • Ἀνάλεκτα Ἑλληνικὰ Ἥσσονα. sive Collectanea Græca Minora, 16:381, 19:478, 20:364, 20:365n, 20:623, 20:625n
  • Ἀνάλεκτα Ἑλληνικὰ Μείζονα sive Collectanea Græca Majora, 16:381, 16:443, 20:623, 20:625n
  • Substance of Lectures on the Ancient Greeks, and on the Revival of Greek Learning in Europe by the late Andrew Dalzel (ed. J. Dalzel), 17:535

Dalzel, John

  • edits Substance of Lectures on the Ancient Greeks, and on the Revival of Greek Learning in Europe by the late Andrew Dalzel (A. Dalzel), 17:535

Damoulin. See Du Moulin, Charles

Dampier, William

  • as guardian of P. Ludwell’s daughters, 9:283, 9:284

dams

  • destroyed, 4:165, 4:165, 12:600, 20:103
  • mill and wing, 3:421–3:422, 12:600, 12:601
  • at Natural Bridge, 17:558
  • on Rivanna River, 1:560, 1:579, 2:97–2:98, 3:303, 9:287, 9:328–9:329, 11:69, 11:72–11:98, 11:102, 11:104, 11:108, 11:108, 11:200, 11:550–11:554, 12:542, 12:594, 12:596, 12:597, 12:597–12:598, 12:599, 12:601, 12:602–12:603, 12:603, 14:357, 14:358, 14:360–14:366, 14:392, 14:396–14:397, 14:397–14:399, 14:407–14:408, 14:410–14:411, 14:417, 14:422, 14:485, 14:541, 14:554, 14:585, 15:211–15:221, 15:227, 15:268–15:269, 15:289, 15:290, 18:368, 18:522, 18:525, 18:610, 18:632, 18:641n, 18:642, 18:643, 20:72n
  • and river navigation, 14:402–14:403, 14:403, 14:403, 14:411–14:414

Dana, Daniel

  • and American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres, 16:531

Dana, Francis

  • death of, 10:360

Dana, James Freeman

  • identified, 19:30n
  • letter from, 19:29–19:30
  • letter to, 19:64
  • Observations and Experiments On a new means of producing heat and light with the apparatus called the ‘American Water Burner’, 19:29–19:30n, 19:64
  • Report on a Disease afflicting Neat Cattle, in Burton, N.H., 19:30n, 19:64
  • sends works to TJ, 19:29

Dana, Samuel Whittlesey, 16:251

Danäe and the Shower of Gold (A. U. Wertmüller), 4:181, 4:182n

Dance, Harrison

  • identified, 5:224n
  • letters from, 5:224
  • letters to accounted for, 5:224n
  • and Peyton v. Henderson, 5:224
  • Va. Court of Appeals clerk, 4:402n

dancing

  • and students, 7:480, 7:687, 13:198, 13:218, 15:242n, 20:596
  • TJ attends inaugural ball, 1:9, 1:10n
  • TJ on, 12:533
  • and University of Virginia, 13:555, 13:617, 19:565

Dandolo, Tullio

  • identified, 19:459n
  • introduced to TJ, 19:457–19:458, 20:288, 20:424

Dandolo, Vincenzo, 19:457

Dandridge, Julius Burbridge

  • as cashier of Bank of U.S., 5:574, 13:123, 13:126, 13:159, 13:283, 14:624, 14:640, 14:645–14:646, 15:30–15:31, 15:62n, 15:78–15:79, 15:134, 15:143n, 15:148, 15:173, 15:196–15:197, 15:204, 15:225, 15:226n, 15:245, 15:246, 15:291
  • identified, 13:159n
  • letters from, 13:159, 14:624, 15:78–15:79, 15:148, 15:196–15:197, 15:246
  • letters to, 14:645–14:646, 15:134, 15:173, 15:225–15:226, 15:291

Dandridge, Martha Henry Fontaine (Patrick Henry’s granddaughter), 6:265

Dandridge, Nathaniel West

  • and contested election, 7:494, 7:546, 10:365–10:366, 10:366n
  • TJ spends Christmas with, 4:598, 8:645, 10:365

Dandridge, William (16891744)

  • as boundary commissioner, 9:178, 9:178, 11:22, 11:22, 11:22, 11:23n

Dandridge, William (ca. 17821830)

  • and C. Bellini estate, 12:579, 12:581, 12:586
  • as cashier of Bank of Virginia, 15:349n, 16:360n, 17:397–17:398n, 19:715
  • identified, 12:581n
  • letter from accounted for, 19:715
  • letter to, 12:581

Danet, Pierre

  • edits Phædri Augusti Cæsaris Liberti Fabularum Æsopiarum Libri Quinque (Phaedrus), 14:511

Daniel (Old Testament figure), 6:542

Daniel (TJ’s slave; b. 1790)

  • hat for, 7:124
  • laborer, 8:185
  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 8:61, 8:255

Daniel, Beverly, 11:293n+

Daniel, John G.

  • and Cartersville Bridge Company, 14:547–14:548, 14:580
  • identified, 14:548n
  • letter from, 14:547–14:548
  • letter to, 14:580

Daniel, Peter Vyvian

  • as director of Va. Literary Fund, 17:304, 17:383, 17:398n, 19:258n, 19:273
  • identified, 2:88n
  • letters from, 2:87–2:88
  • letters to, 2:133
  • as lieutenant governor of Va., 13:12n, 15:433n, 15:433n, 15:435n, 15:482n, 15:487n, 16:397n, 16:544, 17:305–17:306n
  • as member of Va. Council of State, 14:14, 15:435n, 16:544, 20:550n
  • and J. Stadler’s land grant, 2:87–2:88, 2:88n, 2:133

Daniel, Thomas

  • identified, 15:33n
  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
  • witnesses document, 15:32, 15:33n

Daniel, William

  • and Central College subscription, 11:331
  • description of, 15:14n
  • family of, 15:14n
  • identified, 15:14n
  • as judge, 17:257n
  • letter from , 15:14
  • TJ invites to dinner, 15:14

Danish language

  • study of, 13:237

Dante Alighieri

  • Inferno, 9:467, 9:468n
  • Purgatory, 19:620, 19:621n

Danton, Georges Jacques

  • leader of French Revolution, 4:471, 8:230, 8:265, 8:343

Danube River, 19:302

Darby, William

  • A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana, 11:429, 11:429n, 11:459–11:460, 11:460n, 12:652
  • identified, 11:429–11:430n
  • and B. de La Harpe manuscript, 9:658–9:659n
  • letter from, 11:429–11:430
  • letter to, 11:459–11:460
  • map of La. by, 11:429, 11:430n, 11:616, 12:652
  • poem about, by “Laban Stringfellow”, 12:650–12:652

Darcantel, Paul, 3:478n

Darien, Isthmus of. See Panama, Isthmus of

Darmsdatt, Joseph

  • and fish for TJ, 2:422–2:423, 2:430, 2:502, 2:503, 3:530, 3:550, 5:155, 5:164, 6:20, 6:336, 7:448, 8:491n, 8:536, 10:157–10:158, 11:336–11:337, 13:99, 14:321, 14:353, 14:542, 14:573, 15:591–15:592, 15:593
  • identified, 2:423n
  • letter from accounted for, 13:99n
  • letters from, 2:430, 2:502, 3:550, 5:164
  • letters to, 2:422–2:423, 2:503, 3:530, 5:155, 6:336–6:337, 7:448, 8:536, 10:157–10:158, 11:336–11:337, 13:99, 14:321
  • TJ pays, 3:530, 3:531, 3:550, 3:551, 5:299, 5:660, 5:672, 6:336, 6:336, 6:337, 8:491n, 8:536, 10:157, 10:158n, 11:336–11:337, 11:337n, 14:316, 14:321, 14:353, 14:415, 14:473, 14:474
  • TJ’s account with, 15:591–15:592, 15:593, 15:606

Darnall, Joseph Rush

  • identified, 7:122n
  • letters from, 7:121–7:122
  • requests aid from TJ, 7:121–7:122
  • visits Monticello, 7:121, 7:122

Darnell, Mr. See Darnil, Nimrod

Darnil (Darnell; Darniel; Darnold), Nimrod

  • identified, 5:593n
  • letters from accounted for, 6:49n
  • letters to, 5:593
  • letters to accounted for, 6:49n
  • Poplar Forest overseer, 4:306–4:307, 4:374, 5:382, 5:403, 5:489, 5:545–5:546, 5:593, 5:653, 6:3, 6:48, 7:71, 7:387, 8:72, 8:173, 8:185, 8:493n, 13:581–13:582, 14:59
  • TJ pays, 6:544, 8:132, 9:99, 9:99n, 10:73, 11:285
  • witnesses agreement, 5:487

Darrell, Phillip

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

Darsonel. See Durosnel, Antoine Jean Auguste Henri, comte

Darst, Samuel (brick mason), 14:113

Dartmoor Prison (England), 10:168

Dartmouth College

  • governance of, 10:205n, 10:383n, 10:556n
  • and J. Ledyard (1751–89), 12:188, 12:189n
  • mentioned, 12:344, 16:531
  • overseers of, 10:383, 10:383n

Darwin, Erasmus

  • medical theories of, 8:669

Daschkoff, André

  • forwards letters to TJ, 1:328
  • identified, 1:329n
  • and N. Kosloff affair, 10:483, 10:483n
  • letters from, 1:328–1:329, 1:484–1:485
  • letters to, 1:433
  • and A. H. Quincy’s stove, 7:361
  • Russian consul general to U.S., 1:120, 1:329n, 1:332, 1:360, 3:190, 4:551
  • Russian minister to U.S., 6:240, 6:241n, 6:281, 6:281, 14:614
  • visits Monticello, 1:120, 1:433, 1:484, 1:519

Dashiell, Alfred Henry

  • identified, 13:292n
  • letters from, 13:292, 13:457–13:458
  • letter to, 13:483
  • and New London Academy, 12:435, 12:436, 12:529, 13:17, 13:18, 13:18, 13:175, 13:292, 13:321, 13:457, 13:483
  • seeks recommendation, 13:292, 13:457
  • TJ on, 13:483

Dashwood. See Despencer, Sir Francis Dashwood, baron le

dates, 1:366, 2:271, 2:271

Datt, Johann Philipp

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

Datura stramonium. See Jamestown weed (jimsonweed)

Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie

  • Advice to Shepherds (trans. J. Bowdoin), 3:96n, 3:343, 3:343n, 5:165, 5:165n, 11:164

Dauphin Island, Ala.

  • fortifications on, 18:387, 18:387, 19:337–19:338, 19:338n

Daveiss, Joseph N., 18:414, 18:419, 18:421

Davenport, Jesse

  • Charlottesville tavern keeper, 14:368, 14:476, 14:480, 17:382
  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 5:378–5:380

Davenport, Samuel, 6:188

Davenport, Samuel T.

  • death of, 17:203, 17:204, 17:205n
  • identified, 17:205n

Davenport, Susan Garrett (Samuel T. Davenport’s wife)

  • aid for, 17:203, 17:204–17:205, 17:205n, 17:205, 17:245, 17:246n

Davenport, William

  • identified, 14:6–14:7n
  • letters to, 14:6–14:7, 14:500
  • repairs telescope, 13:596, 14:6, 14:7, 14:500, 14:501
  • TJ pays, 14:500

Davenport & Allen (Richmond firm)

  • buys TJ’s flour, 13:289, 17:396, 17:397n

Daveny. See Rioult-Davenay, Archange Louis, baron

Davezac, Jules

  • president of College of Orleans, 7:60, 7:62n, 7:226

David, king of Israel, 2:584, 6:520, 6:542, 14:419, 15:581, 16:17, 16:620, 17:505, 18:58, 18:60n, 18:533

David, Jacques Louis

  • compared to J. Trumbull, 11:3
  • Les Licteurs Rapportent à Brutus les Corps de Ses Fils, 17:73, 17:74n, 17:105
  • portrait of Napoleon, 9:218n

David, Jean

  • “First Memorandum on American Banks” , 10:22–10:23, 10:25–10:29
  • on future of France, 9:423
  • letters from, 9:197–9:201, 9:311–9:312, 9:422–9:425, 10:22–10:24
  • letters to, 9:287–9:288, 9:348–9:349
  • “Memorandum on Treaties of Commerce” , 10:22–10:23, 10:24–10:25
  • on olive trees, 9:198–9:199
  • Petition and Memorial to Congress on American Viticulture, 9:426–9:428, 10:23
  • as possible Monticello vintner, 9:197–9:199, 9:199, 9:287–9:288, 9:288–9:289, 9:311, 9:348, 9:348n, 9:362
  • promotes viticulture in U.S., 9:423–9:424, 9:426–9:427
  • promotes viticulture in Va., 9:199, 9:311, 9:422–9:423, 10:23
  • “Second Memorandum on American Banks” , 10:22–10:23, 10:29–10:31
  • seeks position as vintner, 9:348–9:349

David Moffit (brig), 10:215, 10:494, 11:531

Davidson, Capt., 1:15, 1:217, 2:362

Davie, William Richardson

  • as founder of University of North Carolina, 16:339, 16:339–16:340n
  • and Mecklenburg Co., N.C., “Declaration of Independence”, 14:450
  • as minister plenipotentiary to France, 16:339, 16:340n
  • refuses military appointment, 6:528

Davies, Dr., 18:405

Davies, Mr. (of Montreal), 10:575

Davies, Benjamin

  • estate of, 10:486

Davies, Henry L., 10:190, 10:191, 10:192n

Davies, John (16791732)

  • edits Cicero, 14:511
  • edits C. Julii Cæsaris Quæ exstant Omnia (J. Caesar), 14:510
  • translates The History of Appian (Appian), 17:535

Davies, Tamerlane W. W.

  • witnesses land conveyance, 4:318n

Davila, Enrico Caterino

  • Istoria delle guerre civili di Francia, 8:235, 8:237n, 16:441, 16:473, 19:508
  • Storia delle Guerre Civili di Francia, 10:234, 10:237n

Davis, Augustine

  • publisher of Richmond Virginia Patriot, 9:710–9:711, 9:711–9:712n

Davis, Daniel

  • asks for varnish, 1:419
  • identified, 1:419n
  • letters from, 1:419
  • and University of Virginia, 16:304, 16:478, 16:481, 19:47

Davis, Edmund

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

Davis, Elijah, 20:594

Davis, Eli Simpson

  • identified, 20:81–20:82n
  • letter from, 20:80–20:82
  • letter to, 20:112–20:114
  • and University of Virginia, 20:81, 20:112–20:113

Davis, George

  • consul at Tripoli, 1:26
  • resigns consular position, 4:5n

Davis, Hector

  • as Va. legislator, 20:557, 20:558n

Davis, James

  • letter to accounted for, 14:654

Davis, John (1761–1847), 18:355

Davis, John (1787–1854)

  • and A. Bancroft’s Sermons on those Doctrines of the Gospel, and on those Constituent Principles of the Church, which Christian Professors have made the subject of controversy, 20:408–20:409, 20:449–20:450
  • identified, 20:409n
  • letter from, 20:408–20:409
  • letter to, 20:449–20:450

Davis, John Winn

  • as Charlottesville assistant postmaster, 19:482–19:483
  • identified, 19:482n
  • and University of Virginia, 16:310, 16:310, 16:311, 16:313, 16:313, 16:313, 16:314, 16:315, 16:316, 17:637

Davis, Laura Matilda Gay, 18:614

Davis, Micajah

  • commends TJ, 10:361–10:362
  • identified, 10:362n
  • letter from, 10:361–10:362

Davis, Pardon

  • identified, 20:145n
  • letter from, 20:144–20:145
  • letter to, 20:166–20:167
  • The Principles of the Government of the United States. Adapted to the use of Schools, 20:144, 20:145n, 20:166–20:167

Davis, Polly H.

  • will of, 18:210n

Davis, Richard (ship captain), 18:375, 18:447, 18:447n

Davis, Samuel B., 2:450n

Davis, Sancho (TJ’s slave; b. 1797)

  • as boatman, 12:192
  • health of, 15:61
  • on Monticello slave lists, 4:388
  • travels to and from Poplar Forest, 15:61

Davis, Shadrach

  • clerk of works, 8:592, 8:592

Davis, Thomas

  • as blacksmith, 8:535, 8:536n, 13:131, 13:131n

Davis, William

  • and University of Virginia, 17:631

Davis, William (publisher)

  • edits The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (I. Newton; trans. A. Motte), 7:282, 7:286n, 7:292, 7:293n, 7:305, 7:324, 8:469, 9:317n

Davis’s Hotel (Washington), 12:346

Davisson, George Izzard

  • and establishment of University of Virginia, 13:498, 13:498n
  • identified, 15:256n
  • introduced to TJ, 15:255
  • as Va. state senator, 10:660n, 12:414, 12:432, 12:456–12:457, 12:459n, 15:399, 15:400n, 15:456, 15:457n

Davout, Louis Nicolas, Duc d’Auerstädt, Prince of Eckmühl, 1:372

Davy (African American)

  • and University of Virginia, 20:223, 20:226

Davy (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1755). See Hern, David (Davy) (TJ’s slave; b. 1755)

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1784). See Hern, David (Davy) (TJ’s slave; b. 1784)

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1785)

  • as cooper, 15:11
  • delivers letter, 8:158n
  • as driver, 14:469
  • on Monticello slave lists, 4:387, 12:303
  • and Shadwell mills, 13:120
  • TJ’s debt to, 15:425
  • transports hogs, 8:158

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1803). See Hern, David (Davy) (TJ’s slave; b. 1803)

Davy (TJ’s slave; b. 1806)

  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 8:62, 8:255

Davy, Sir Humphry

  • electrochemical experiments of, 20:638
  • Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, 17:537
  • safety lamp of, 11:501
  • scientific theories of, 8:668, 14:313, 20:582
  • writings of, 14:168

Davy, Martin

  • and University of Virginia faculty, 15:388

Davy, William

  • and domestic manufactures, 1:170–1:172
  • identified, 1:172n
  • letters from, 1:170–1:172
  • and merino sheep, 1:16, 1:16–1:17, 1:17

Dawson, Allen

  • and Central College cornerstone laying, 12:67n, 12:67, 12:69
  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:323, 11:328, 13:162, 16:476, 17:630, 17:641n
  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Dawson, Henry

  • and Central College subscription, 11:333, 13:161

Dawson, John

  • diplomatic mission of, 4:648, 4:648–4:649n
  • identified, 4:648n
  • letter from, 4:648–4:649
  • letter to, 5:9–5:10
  • seeks La. judgeship, 5:9, 5:9–5:10
  • sends La. state constitution, 4:648
  • U.S. representative from Va., 1:644
  • witnesses document, 14:3

Dawson, Martin See also Martin Dawson & Company (Milton firm); Watson & Dawson (Milton firm)

  • as accountant for University of Virginia, 19:31–19:32, 19:44, 19:44n, 19:169, 19:174, 19:174, 19:178, 19:180n, 19:181n, 19:181–19:182, 19:183–19:187, 19:188–19:191, 19:237, 19:292, 19:512, 19:553, 20:178, 20:179–20:180, 20:185, 20:192, 20:193n, 20:220, 20:248, 20:248n, 20:552, 20:552
  • as Albemarle Co. justice, 15:38n
  • and Central College subscription, 11:328
  • and goods for TJ, 12:361, 18:366
  • and Highland–Indian Camp boundary dispute, 8:567, 8:567–8:568, 9:289
  • identified, 2:281–2:282n
  • and Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, 14:367–14:368, 15:348
  • P. Laporte’s debt to, 15:270, 15:280, 15:397, 15:397n, 15:426
  • petition to James Monroe
  • letters from, 2:286, 9:301, 12:361, 13:324, 14:367–14:368, 15:397, 16:375, 16:589, 20:100
  • letters from accounted for, 6:465n, 7:231n, 12:563n, 16:138n, 17:492n, 19:170n
  • letters to, 2:281–2:282, 9:111–9:112, 16:137–16:138
  • as merchant, 6:54n, 13:167, 13:167n, 16:366n, 18:374n, 18:642
  • and Milton lands, 10:471, 11:43n, 11:263, 11:263n, 12:562–12:563, 17:272
  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349, 5:378–5:380
  • and J. Sammons’s order, 5:298
  • and Shadwell Mill, 5:120
  • TJ pays, 6:337, 6:553, 13:459, 15:397n, 16:366, 16:366n, 17:16, 17:491, 18:623, 20:531
  • TJ’s account with, 9:301, 12:361, 12:362, 12:563n, 15:425, 16:138, 16:375, 16:589, 16:648, 18:623n, 19:494, 20:100
  • and TJ’s dispute with E. Alexander, 2:240n, 2:281, 2:286, 2:286–2:287, 2:294
  • and TJ’s land dispute with D. Michie, 5:140–5:141n, 5:260–5:261, 6:464–6:465, 6:475, 6:572–6:573, 6:574n
  • TJ’s Notes on Account with, 17:15
  • and TJ’s promissory note to E. Bacon, 13:324, 16:138, 18:435
  • and University of Virginia, 19:189, 20:201, 20:219, 20:328
  • and valuation of J. Monroe’s Highland estate, 19:394
  • witnesses documents, 7:353, 19:287, 19:287, 19:312n, 19:422n, 19:423, 19:423

Dawson, Martin, & Company (Milton firm). See Martin Dawson & Company (Milton firm)

Dawson, Pleasant

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

Dawson, William

  • identified, 1:219n
  • letters from, 1:417
  • letters to S. Greenhow, 1:218–1:219, 1:240, 1:244n, 1:317–1:318
  • and Mutual Assurance Society, 1:218–1:219, 1:240, 1:244n, 1:333, 1:417, 1:417n, 1:472, 1:625, 1:659, 2:29, 13:34

Day, Charles

  • and Central College subscription, 11:326, 11:329

Day, Thomas, 14:648n

Day, Thomas (of Great Britain)

  • Fragment of an original Letter on the Slavery of the Negroes; Written in the Year 1776, 17:12, 17:14n

Dayton, Jonathan, 3:324, 12:401n, 16:252n

Deabbate, Gaspare, 16:583

dead-nettle, 14:161

deafness

  • education of the deaf, 9:361, 9:395, 9:396n, 9:397, 9:654–9:655, 9:656n, 10:39, 10:343, 10:489, 14:312, 15:411n, 15:600, 16:28–16:29, 16:46, 16:61, 16:86, 19:598
  • and old age, 8:133, 10:60, 10:650, 18:516, 19:646
  • works on, 17:535

Dean, Andrew A.

  • Never Before Published. Two Letters, being a Correspondence between Andrew A. Dean, of New-Rochelle, and Thomas Paine, author of “The Rights of Man,” &c. &c. Written August the 6th, 1806, 20:319, 20:321n, 20:342

Dean, James, 18:356

Deane, Francis Browne

  • and Cartersville Bridge Company, 14:547–14:548, 14:580
  • and Central College subscription, 11:331
  • identified, 14:547–14:548n
  • letter from, 14:547–14:548
  • letter to, 14:580

Deane, P.

  • letters from accounted for, 1:677

Deane, Samuel

  • The New-England farmer, or, Georgical dictionary, 1:582

Deane, Silas

  • and B. Franklin, 13:464–13:465, 13:466
  • as diplomat, 17:329
  • as member of Continental Congress, 6:184n, 9:575

Dearborn, Dorcas Osgood Marble (Henry Dearborn’s second wife)

  • death of, 3:552, 3:553n, 4:82
  • mentioned, 1:301
  • sends greetings to TJ, 2:430
  • TJ sends greetings to, 1:280, 2:538

Dearborn, Henry

  • and batture controversy, 2:426, 2:435
  • and charges against B. Waterhouse, 1:295
  • consults with TJ on botany, 1:189
  • conversation with TJ, 9:62
  • conveys letters to TJ, 8:678, 9:4, 9:75, 9:78
  • W. Duane on, 6:527
  • family of, 8:573, 15:339, 19:114
  • finances of, 18:387
  • and foreign relations, 3:552–3:553, 14:466–14:467, 14:503
  • and E. Gerry, 4:84n
  • and G. Granger, 3:129
  • and gunpowder, 3:583
  • and gypsum for TJ, 9:62, 9:63, 9:226–9:227
  • health of, 6:242, 13:3, 13:4n, 15:339, 17:402, 17:431, 19:356
  • and E. Herrick’s spinning machine, 4:513, 4:514n, 4:544
  • identified, 1:280n
  • introduced to T. M. Randolph, 1:572–1:573, 1:574
  • and invasion of Canada, 5:367, 5:368, 5:385, 5:493, 5:545n, 8:357–8:358
  • letters from, 1:301, 1:301–1:302, 2:429–2:430, 3:27–3:28, 3:552–3:553, 4:544–4:545, 8:286, 8:573, 9:46–9:47, 9:226–9:227, 13:3–13:4, 13:359–13:360, 14:466–14:467, 15:338–15:339, 15:439, 17:401–17:402, 18:614, 19:355–19:357
  • letters to, 1:279–1:280, 1:572–1:573, 2:537–2:538, 4:82–4:84, 4:513, 7:364, 8:357–8:359, 9:63, 13:49–13:51, 13:344–13:345, 14:502–14:504, 15:373, 15:488–15:489, 17:430–17:431, 19:112–19:114
  • Mass. gubernatorial candidate, 9:256
  • mentioned, 6:626, 15:39, 18:661
  • as minister plenipotentiary to Portugal, 5:165n, 18:387, 18:481, 18:519, 18:614, 19:112, 19:113, 19:193, 19:355–19:357, 20:105, 20:106n, 20:335–20:336
  • and Missouri statehood, 17:401–17:402, 17:431
  • on national politics, 13:3, 13:50
  • on New England politics, 2:429–2:430, 2:537–2:538, 3:28, 3:75, 3:553, 8:286
  • and New London military stores, 5:104–5:105, 5:107
  • nomination as major general, 4:513, 4:544
  • and N.Y. campaign, 5:320, 5:396, 5:441, 5:445, 5:449, 13:4n
  • plans to visit TJ, 8:286, 8:354, 8:358–8:359, 8:573, 9:46–9:47
  • praised, 9:6, 17:213
  • and A. H. Quincy’s stove, 7:362
  • recommendation by, 2:320
  • and relationship with second wife, 7:64–7:65
  • removed from military command, 13:3–13:4, 13:4n, 13:49–13:50
  • as secretary of war, 1:6, 1:7, 1:48, 1:351, 2:56, 2:57, 2:175, 2:176n, 2:315, 4:196, 4:376, 4:398, 4:412, 4:537, 4:538n, 5:684, 5:685n, 6:97, 8:537, 13:344–13:345, 13:359–13:360
  • sends fish to TJ, 1:153, 1:279
  • Statement Regarding Elias Earle’s Ironworks, 7:162, 7:163–7:164, 7:164n, 7:199, 7:200, 7:200n, 7:203
  • and G. Stuart’s portraits of TJ, 13:345, 13:360, 14:466, 14:467n, 14:503, 15:338–15:339, 15:373, 15:439, 15:488–15:489, 16:192, 17:402, 17:431
  • TJ introduces W. C. Rives to, 7:364
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
  • TJ sends greetings to, 4:238, 9:404
  • and TJ’s health, 14:466, 14:467n, 14:502–14:503, 15:439
  • visits Monticello, 9:76, 9:247, 9:404
  • and War of 1812, 5:167n, 5:398, 6:131, 6:131n, 6:172–6:174, 6:209, 7:13n, 8:216, 8:227n, 8:263, 8:286, 8:357–8:358
  • and wife’s death, 4:82

Dearborn, Henry Alexander Scammell

  • and astronomy, 4:195–4:196, 4:237–4:239
  • as Boston customs collector, 16:510, 17:86, 17:113, 17:113, 17:114, 17:129, 17:139, 17:195, 17:221, 17:507, 17:507, 17:530n, 17:612, 18:39, 18:39, 18:113, 18:118, 18:118, 18:131, 18:164, 19:78, 19:103, 19:114, 19:136, 19:137, 19:143, 19:193
  • finances of, 18:387
  • and gypsum for TJ, 9:226
  • and E. Herrick’s spinning machine, 4:544, 4:545n
  • identified, 4:197n
  • letters from, 4:195–4:197, 11:302, 17:86, 17:195, 17:612, 18:39, 18:164–18:165, 19:78, 19:103–19:104, 19:193, 20:317–20:318
  • letters to, 4:237–4:239, 10:471, 16:191, 17:113, 18:113, 19:114, 19:136, 20:350–20:351
  • military commission of, 1:78, 1:280, 1:301–1:302
  • recommends B. Waterhouse for office, 6:97
  • on Republican committee, 11:569–11:570n
  • and seeds for TJ, 9:262–9:263, 11:302, 11:353, 11:378
  • and G. Stuart’s portraits of TJ, 13:360, 15:439, 16:192, 16:389–16:390, 17:195, 17:402
  • TJ forwards letter through, 19:114, 19:193
  • TJ introduces B. Peyton to, 16:191, 16:192
  • TJ’s account with, 18:39
  • on TJ’s correspondence with J. Adams, 20:317–20:318, 20:350, 20:383
  • translator of A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, History and Analysis of Pastel, or Woad (C. P. De Lasteyrie), 3:462n, 10:471
  • and G. H. Ward, 12:379, 13:5

Dearborn, Sarah Bowdoin (James Bowdoin’s widow; Henry Dearborn’s third wife)

  • and J. Bowdoin’s eulogy, 5:597, 5:597n
  • conveys correspondence and publications to TJ, 9:4, 9:75, 9:78
  • and L. J. M. Daubenton’s work on sheep, 3:343n
  • family of, 7:67n
  • greetings sent to, 13:50–13:51, 13:345, 14:503–14:504, 15:373, 15:489, 17:431, 17:431, 19:113
  • health of, 17:402, 19:356
  • identified, 5:165n
  • invites TJ to Boston, 9:263
  • letter from, 9:262–9:263
  • letters to, 5:165, 5:597, 9:404
  • in Lisbon, 18:481, 18:614, 19:112
  • plans to visit TJ, 8:573, 9:46–9:47
  • and relationship with H. Dearborn, 7:64–7:65
  • sends greetings to Randolphs, 19:357
  • sends greetings to TJ, 8:286, 8:573, 9:227, 13:4, 13:360, 14:467, 15:339, 15:439, 17:402, 19:357
  • sends letter to M. J. Randolph, 9:263
  • sends seeds to TJ, 9:262–9:263, 9:404
  • sends works to TJ, 5:165, 5:165n
  • TJ invites to Monticello, 8:358–8:359
  • visits Monticello, 9:76, 9:404

Death: A Poetical Essay (B. Porteus), 16:74, 16:75, 17:73, 17:73n, 18:59, 18:60–18:61n, 20:429n

The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec (J. Trumbull), 13:332

The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill (J. Trumbull), 13:332

De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo Graece et Latine (Thucydides; eds. J. Wasse and K. A. Duker), 9:195, 9:455, 10:233, 14:510, 17:106

Deborah (ship), 10:132

Deborah (Old Testament figure), 6:623, 15:235

Deborah (schooner), 2:118

Debrett, John

  • publisher, 7:646n

debt, private

  • imprisonment for, 4:489–4:492, 12:402n
  • laws regarding, 16:59, 16:59n

debt, public

  • B. Austin on, 12:485
  • P. S. Du Pont on, 2:583, 2:590, 2:603, 2:611
  • A. Gallatin on, 4:547, 9:202–9:203
  • increase of, 13:7n, 18:337
  • and inventions, 7:111–7:112
  • N. Macon on, 17:554–17:555
  • reduction of, 1:62, 1:177, 1:610, 1:664, 2:358n, 4:54n, 8:111n, 10:65, 12:402n, 12:592
  • size of, 14:112n
  • TJ on, 1:168–1:169, 1:598, 3:560, 3:566, 8:42, 8:108, 8:109–8:110, 8:177, 8:242, 8:575, 9:88–9:89, 9:329–9:330, 10:65, 10:175, 10:175–10:176, 10:260–10:261, 10:460–10:461, 10:550–10:551, 10:608, 12:421–12:424, 17:436–17:437, 17:560, 18:255–18:256

Debue, Monsieur, 1:372

De Bue, Jacques, 8:558, 8:559, 8:560, 8:560

de Bure, Guillaume (1734–1820), 10:232n

de Bure, Guillaume François (1731–82)

  • Bibliographie Instructive, 10:232n, 14:451, 20:346

de Bure, Jacques (d. 1847), 10:232n

de Bure, Jean Jacques (d. 1853), 10:232n

de Bure de Saint-Fauxbin, Jean François (1741–1825), 10:232n

de Bure Frères (Paris firm)

  • identified, 10:232n
  • invoices from, 10:233–10:238, 12:112–12:113, 13:295, 14:24, 14:25, 14:85, 15:23, 15:25–15:26, 15:291, 16:56, 16:58, 16:223, 17:447–17:448, 18:71, 18:120
  • letters from, 12:109–12:112, 13:293–13:294, 13:335–13:336, 15:23–15:25, 16:56–16:58, 17:444–17:446, 20:114–20:115
  • letters to, 11:408–11:409, 12:582, 14:340–14:341, 15:258–15:259, 17:136–17:137, 18:466–18:467, 20:281–20:282
  • letters to accounted for, 13:113n, 14:25n, 14:85n
  • sends catalogue to TJ, 13:335
  • TJ purchases books from, 10:157, 10:231–10:232, 10:233–10:238, 10:243, 10:243–10:244n, 10:244, 10:311, 10:312n, 10:356, 10:393, 11:296, 11:408–11:409, 11:414–11:415, 11:417, 11:418n, 11:618, 11:632, 12:43, 12:109–12:112, 12:112–12:113, 12:203–12:204, 12:275, 12:312, 12:346, 12:582, 12:582–12:583, 12:607, 12:608–12:609, 13:291, 13:293, 13:335, 13:343n, 13:424, 13:440, 13:492, 14:24–14:25, 14:85, 14:340–14:341, 14:352, 14:442, 15:23–15:24, 15:72, 15:258–15:259, 15:259, 16:56–16:57, 16:58, 16:89, 16:223, 16:497, 17:57, 17:58n, 17:136–17:137, 17:138–17:139, 17:444–17:446, 17:534, 18:71, 18:120, 18:466, 20:114, 20:115n, 20:116, 20:281–20:282, 20:283, 20:446
  • TJ’s account with, 11:408–11:409, 11:414, 11:420, 11:420, 11:454, 12:103, 12:110, 12:112, 12:582, 12:582n, 12:644, 13:31, 13:45, 13:112, 13:113n, 13:293, 13:296, 14:24, 14:319, 14:341, 15:24, 15:27, 16:56, 16:58, 16:497, 17:136–17:137, 17:147, 17:447, 18:466, 20:114, 20:116, 20:117, 20:117n, 20:129, 20:281, 20:282n, 20:283
  • TJ’s correspondence with, 14:109, 14:499–14:500, 15:442, 20:129

DeButts, Mary Anne Welby (Samuel DeButts’s wife)

  • and Northmore’s poem, 4:392–4:393, 4:470

DeButts, Richard

  • mentioned, 4:392, 4:393n

DeButts, Samuel

  • dispute with S. Carr, 1:75, 1:75n, 1:134–1:135
  • identified, 1:75n
  • letters from, 1:75
  • letters to, 1:134–1:135
  • mentioned, 4:393n

De Bye, Corneille, 8:559, 8:560, 8:560, 8:560

Decameron (G. Boccaccio), 17:72

Decatur, Stephen

  • American naval commander, 6:645, 7:276, 10:217, 18:660, 19:427
  • and clover seed, 14:256
  • conveys moldboard, 1:111, 1:252
  • and R. Fulton’s underwater cannon, 6:249, 6:272, 6:272, 6:272n, 6:272–6:273, 6:290
  • identified, 6:273–6:274n
  • negotiates treaties, 10:217, 10:218n
  • Opinion of Robert Fulton’s Experiments with Underwater Artillery , 6:272–6:274
  • recommends J. L. Cathcart, 17:461

Decisions Of Cases in Virginia, By the High Court of Chancery (G. Wythe), 8:630

De Cive (T. Hobbes)

  • quoted, 10:208, 10:209, 10:209n
  • quoted by TJ, 1:507–1:508, 1:508n, 10:226, 10:228n

Déclaration de la Chambre des Représentants (1815), 9:69n

Déclaration des droits des Français et des principes fondamentaux de leur constitution (1815), 9:69n

Declaration of Independence

  • committee appointed to draft, 14:290–14:291, 18:274, 20:38–20:39n, 20:123–20:124
  • debate on, 8:625–8:626, 8:626n, 14:49, 14:120, 14:137–14:138, 14:225–14:226, 14:227, 14:290–14:292, 14:374–14:376, 14:463–14:464, 16:295, 19:470, 19:470–19:471, 20:150
  • engrossed on parchment, 14:293, 19:471
  • J. G. Jackson on, 20:31
  • and Mecklenburg Co., N.C., “Declaration of Independence”, 14:447–14:448, 14:448–14:451, 14:523–14:525, 14:545–14:546, 14:563
  • medal commemorating, 9:54, 9:91
  • mentioned, 2:105, 6:564, 7:462, 12:309, 12:377, 16:615n, 17:276n, 18:496, 18:599–18:600, 19:156, 19:462, 20:369
  • T. Pickering on, 20:38–20:39n, 20:123–20:125, 20:137–20:138
  • publication of, 5:631–5:632, 5:632–5:633n, 5:643, 5:644n, 10:188, 10:189n, 12:531, 12:535–12:536, 12:557–12:558, 13:liii, 13:20, 13:21n, 13:21–13:22n, 13:400 (illus.), 13:477, 13:478n, 14:558–14:559, 14:568, 14:644, 15:liii, 15:346 (illus.), 18:489n, 20:155, 20:157n, 20:360n
  • quoted, 8:315n, 8:315n, 18:219, 18:633
  • readings of, 17:276n, 20:16, 20:38n
  • revision of, 13:463–13:464, 13:465n, 14:291
  • signers of, 4:429, 4:475, 4:476n, 6:137, 6:183, 10:631, 12:531, 12:536, 12:557–12:558, 13:20, 13:21–13:22n, 13:477–13:478, 13:478n, 14:292, 14:292, 14:293, 15:412, 16:li, 16:213–16:214, 16:214n, 16:228, 16:230, 16:251, 16:252n, 16:511, 17:431, 17:431n, 17:439, 18:12, 18:14n, 18:246–18:247, 18:274, 19:93–19:94, 19:95n, 19:146, 19:149n, 19:463, 20:132, 20:132n, 20:155, 20:317
  • TJ as author of, 1:11, 1:487, 1:609–1:610, 4:490, 7:503, 10:114, 10:647, 11:202–11:203, 11:252, 11:286, 11:434n, 12:163, 12:531, 12:535–12:536, 12:557–12:558, 13:20, 13:150n, 14:10, 14:290–14:291, 14:291–14:292, 14:292, 14:292, 14:447, 14:546, 14:558, 15:75, 15:296, 15:297n, 15:375, 16:42, 16:110–16:111, 17:12, 17:215, 17:276n, 18:537, 18:633–18:634, 19:402, 19:463, 20:15, 20:16n, 20:31, 20:38, 20:38–20:39n, 20:123–20:125, 20:125n, 20:530n, 20:592, 20:594
  • TJ on, 5:135–5:136, 5:643, 10:114, 12:557–12:558, 14:290–14:292, 14:293, 19:541, 20:123–20:125
  • TJ purchases printed copy of, 10:240, 15:479–15:480, 15:480n
  • J. Trumbull on, 20:171–20:172
  • J. Trumbull’s painting of presentation of, 10:615, 10:615, 10:616n, 11:145, 11:166, 11:166, 12:282–12:283, 12:340–12:341, 13:liii, 13:328, 13:328n, 13:328–13:330, 13:330n, 13:331–13:333, 13:333n, 13:390, 13:400 (illus.), 13:577, 13:579n, 14:375, 14:377–14:378n, 14:464, 20:lii–20:liii, 20:171–20:172, 20:172n, 20:265, 20:265, 20:330 (illus.), 20:483, 20:496, 20:497

The Declaration of Independence (J. Trumbull), 11:145, 11:166, 11:166, 12:282–12:283, 12:340–12:341, 13:liii, 13:328, 13:328n, 13:328–13:330, 13:330n, 13:331–13:333, 13:333n, 13:390, 13:400 (illus.), 13:472, 13:472n, 14:375, 14:377–14:378n, 14:464, 19:705, 20:lii–20:liii, 20:40, 20:171–20:172, 20:172n, 20:265, 20:265, 20:330 (illus.), 20:483, 20:496, 20:497

Declaration of Independence. A Candid Statement of Facts (B. O. Tyler), 5:644n

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms

  • publication of, 20:360n

De Consolatione ad Helviam (Seneca), 10:276, 10:277n

De Distributione Geographica Plantarum (Humboldt), 11:395, 11:395n, 11:434

Dedman, Dixon

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:326, 11:328, 13:161, 20:199
  • and University of Virginia, 20:206, 20:226, 20:230

deer

  • antlers sent to TJ, 17:220, 17:228, 20:313
  • head of mounted, 8:238
  • “mamouth Buck”, 20:313, 20:339
  • for Monticello, 7:260, 7:260n, 8:521
  • offered for sale, 13:60–13:61, 13:62–13:63
  • skins of, 2:118, 2:255

De errore profanarum religionum (J. Firmicus Maternus), 16:258

Defects of the English Laws and Tribunals (G. Ensor), 10:557n, 10:564–10:565, 10:625

Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America (J. Adams), 5:185n, 6:238–6:239, 6:278, 6:287, 6:288, 6:296, 6:388n, 6:504, 6:564, 12:426, 19:328n, 19:330, 19:331

“The Defence of Fort McHenry” (F. S. Key). See “The Star-Spangled Banner” (F. S. Key)

“Defence of Thomas Jefferson” (“A Scots Correspondent” [J. T. Callender]), 20:640, 20:641n

Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the terms of Pecuniary Bargains (J. Bentham), 15:351, 15:352n, 16:445

“Defence of the Review of Mr. Lambert’s Memorial,”, 3:285n

Defense du Paganisme par L’Empereur Julien, en Grec et en François (J. B. Boyer), 8:553, 8:553n, 10:14

Deffand, Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du

  • Lettres de La Marquise du Deffand, 17:536
  • maxim attributed to, 18:38n
  • Voltaire on, 10:7, 10:8n

deflagrator (scientific instrument), 20:636n, 20:638

Defoe, Daniel

  • Essay upon Projects, 1:572
  • Robinson Crusoe, 1:110, 7:26, 8:4, 10:169, 10:259

Defoor (Defoe), Benjamin

  • and fowl for TJ, 15:185
  • identified, 15:185n
  • letter from, 15:185
  • TJ’s debt to, 15:425

Defoor, Martha White (Benjamin Defoor’s wife)

  • and fowl for TJ, 15:185

Deforge, Mr. See Deforgues, François Louis Michel Chemin (French consul at New Orleans)

Deforgues, François Louis Michel Chemin (French consul at New Orleans), 1:203

Degen & Purviance (Leghorn firm), 1:361, 1:361–1:362n, 1:515, 3:381, 9:671, 9:673n

Degraffenreid, Joseph J.

  • and establishment of University of Virginia, 13:473n

Degrand, Peter Paul Francis

  • accepts mail for J. Dodge, 20:18
  • identified, 19:654–19:655n
  • letter from, 19:654–19:655
  • letter to accounted for, 19:642n
  • and TJ’s orders from Dodge & Oxnard, 19:641, 19:642, 19:654, 20:70, 20:478–20:479

de Gressent, Jean Louis Aimé, 14:387

Dehaven, Mrs. (Abraham Dehaven’s wife)

  • operates boardinghouse, 9:712

Dehaven, Abraham

  • operates boardinghouse, 9:712, 9:714n

Dehon, Theodore

  • visits Monticello, 7:368n

De Imitatione Christi (Thomas à Kempis), 18:605

Dejean, Jean B., 6:436

De jure belli ac pacis libri tres (Grotius), 3:546

De jure maris et brachiorum ejusdem (M. Hale), 3:546, 3:546

De Jure Maritimo et Navali: or, a Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce (C. Molloy), 16:642n

De Jure Regni Apud Scotos (G. Buchanan), 2:172, 2:174n, 2:215

Dekay, James Ellsworth

  • as corresponding secretary of Lyceum of Natural History of New-York, 20:169, 20:259
  • identified, 20:169n
  • letter from, 20:169–20:170
  • letter to, 20:259

De Laage, Madame (A. F. De Laage’s wife)

  • introduced by TJ, 11:621
  • moves to New Orleans, 12:395
  • sends greetings to M. J. Randolph, 11:575
  • TJ’s granddaughters visit, 11:627

De Laage, A. F.

  • L. H. Girardin introduces, 11:296
  • and S. J. Harrison, 12:383, 12:395
  • identified, 11:576n
  • introduced by TJ, 11:619, 11:620–11:621
  • letters from, 11:575–11:576, 11:620, 12:383–12:384
  • letter to, 11:619
  • as merchant, 12:383, 12:395
  • moves to Lynchburg, 11:575, 11:619, 11:620–11:621, 11:627
  • moves to New Orleans, 12:383–12:384, 12:395
  • requests letters of recommendation, 12:384
  • visits Monticello, 11:296, 11:575
  • visits Poplar Forest, 11:620, 11:627

Delabigarre, Peter

  • and batture controversy, 2:524, 2:524, 2:527–2:528, 3:476, 3:478n, 3:484, 3:485, 3:492–3:493, 4:110–4:111n

DeLacy, John Devereux

  • health of, 17:125–17:126
  • identified, 6:62–6:63n
  • imprisonment of, 17:125
  • and inland navigation, 6:268–6:269n, 6:319–6:320, 7:68, 7:68n, 17:125–17:126
  • letters from, 6:268–6:269, 7:68, 17:125–17:126
  • letters from accounted for, 6:63n
  • letters to, 6:62–6:63, 6:319–6:320
  • solicits TJ’s patronage, 6:268, 17:125–17:126
  • and steamboats, 6:62, 6:63, 6:63, 7:68

Delaitre, Bernard Jean Etienne Raymond

  • as electoral candidate, 12:39

De La Liberté des Brochures, des Pamphlets et des Journaux (H. B. Constant de Rebecque), 11:601n

De La Littérature des Nègres (H. Grégoire), 1:36, 1:588, 1:590n

De l’Allemagne (Staël Holstein), 9:84, 9:88n

Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph

  • Base du Système Mètrique Décimal, ou Mesure de l’Arc du Méridien compris entre les parallèles de Dunkerque et Barcelone, 12:91, 12:156
  • and Institut de France, 1:100–1:101
  • as mathematician, 1:357
  • and weights and measures, 16:234n
  • writings of, 8:6, 14:168, 17:410

Delametherie. See Lamétherie, Jean Claude de

De la morale naturelle (J. H. Meister), 12:582

De La Motta, Jacob

  • Discourse, delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue, of the Hebrew Congregation, Mikva Israel, in the city of Savannah, Georgia, 16:235, 16:235n
  • identified, 16:235n
  • letter from accounted for, 16:235n
  • letter to, 16:235

Delamotte, François Claude Adam

  • finances of, 15:148
  • identified, 14:513n
  • letter from, 14:512–14:513
  • seeks consulship at Le Havre, 9:319–9:320, 9:358, 9:362–9:363, 9:388, 9:446, 9:648, 9:693, 10:9–10:10, 10:21–10:22, 12:187
  • sends greetings to TJ, 14:512–14:513
  • as vice-consul at Le Havre, 9:319, 9:362–9:363, 9:363n

Delaplaine, Joseph See also Delaplaine & Hellings (Philadelphia firm)

  • American Edition of the New Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 3:51n, 3:589, 3:609
  • The Author Turned Critic; or The Reviewer Reviewed, 10:493, 10:493n, 10:497, 10:520
  • and biography of TJ, 11:202–11:203, 11:251–11:252, 12:100, 12:146–12:147, 12:180, 14:283–14:284, 14:285, 17:307, 19:245
  • commissions portraits, 10:38–10:39, 10:71, 10:71–10:72, 10:198, 10:199n
  • Delaplaine’s Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans, 3:51n, 6:149n, 7:xliii, 7:xliii–7:xliv, 7:295–7:296, 7:302–7:303, 7:330, 7:340–7:341, 7:399, 7:429, 7:429n, 7:444, 7:497–7:499, 7:499n, 7:522–7:523, 7:523n, 7:526, 7:562–7:564, 7:611–7:613, 8:8, 8:8n, 8:388–8:389, 8:435, 9:270, 9:405, 9:459, 9:460–9:461, 10:xlv, 10:38–10:39, 10:71, 10:71–10:72, 10:160, 10:182, 10:198–10:199, 10:200 (illus.) , 10:245, 10:245, 10:258, 10:266–10:267, 10:267, 10:268, 10:271n, 10:492–10:494, 10:497, 10:520, 10:524, 10:535–10:536, 10:536n, 10:541, 10:542, 10:542, 10:612, 10:613, 10:613–10:614n, 10:657, 11:148, 11:148n, 11:202–11:203, 11:251–11:252, 12:100, 12:146–12:147, 12:180–12:181, 12:527, 12:574, 13:40, 13:127, 13:371, 13:371n, 13:467, 13:512, 13:512n, 13:517, 14:283–14:284, 14:285, 16:576–16:577, 17:307, 19:245
  • and Emporium of Arts & Sciences, 4:663, 4:685, 5:100
  • friendship with J. Watson, 19:396, 19:399, 19:399, 19:401
  • identified, 3:51n
  • letters from, 3:589, 4:663, 5:654–5:655, 6:125–6:126, 7:295–7:296, 7:302–7:303, 7:330–7:331, 7:429, 7:497–7:499, 7:562–7:564, 8:8–8:9, 8:388–8:389, 9:270, 9:351–9:352, 9:405, 9:460–9:461, 10:38–10:39, 10:80, 10:198–10:199, 10:492–10:494, 10:497, 10:524, 10:535–10:536, 10:541–10:542, 11:148, 11:202–11:203, 12:100, 12:180–12:181, 12:527, 13:512, 16:346, 16:547, 18:223, 18:237–18:238, 19:396
  • letters to, 3:609, 4:685, 5:662, 6:148–6:149, 7:340–7:342, 7:444, 7:522–7:523, 7:611–7:613, 8:34, 8:435, 9:459, 10:71, 10:266–10:267, 10:520, 10:612, 10:613–10:614, 11:251–11:252, 12:146–12:147, 12:574, 16:576–16:577
  • and new Bible edition, 5:654, 5:654–5:655n, 5:662
  • portrait of, 10:xlv, 10:240 (illus.)
  • and portraits of TJ by G. Stuart, 7:296, 7:303, 7:429, 7:497–7:498, 7:522, 7:525–7:526, 7:562, 8:8, 8:8n, 8:34, 8:389, 8:435, 9:351–9:352, 10:38, 10:71, 10:71–10:72
  • proposal for printing Delaplaine’s Repository, 7:295, 7:296n, 7:303, 7:303n, 7:330, 7:331n, 7:444, 9:270, 9:270n, 9:351, 9:352n, 9:405n
  • proposed American travel guide, 18:223, 18:223–18:224, 18:237
  • and publication of TJ’s letters, 10:541–10:542, 10:612, 10:650, 10:658, 11:29, 11:46
  • publishes engraved portraits, 6:125–6:126, 6:148, 8:8–8:9n, 10:38–10:39, 10:198
  • sends artwork to TJ, 8:8, 8:34, 9:405, 10:38, 10:198, 10:200
  • sends greetings to Randolphs, 10:493, 12:100
  • sends letters through TJ, 10:542
  • sends work to TJ, 16:346, 16:547, 16:576, 18:238
  • visits Monticello, 10:80, 11:202–11:203, 11:203

Delaplaine & Hellings (Philadelphia firm)

  • identified, 3:51n
  • letters from, 3:50–3:51
  • letters from accounted for, 3:51n
  • solicits subscription, 3:50–3:51

Delaplaine’s Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans (J. Delaplaine), 3:51n, 6:149n, 7:xliii, 7:xliii–7:xliv, 7:295–7:296, 7:302–7:303, 7:330, 7:340–7:341, 7:399, 7:429, 7:429n, 7:444, 7:497–7:499, 7:499n, 7:522–7:523, 7:523n, 7:525–7:526, 7:562–7:564, 7:611–7:613, 8:8, 8:8n, 8:388–8:389, 8:435, 9:270, 9:351–9:352, 9:405, 9:459, 9:460–9:461, 10:xlv, 10:38–10:39, 10:71, 10:71–10:72, 10:160, 10:182, 10:198–10:199, 10:200, 10:200 (illus.) , 10:245, 10:245, 10:258, 10:266–10:267, 10:267, 10:268, 10:271n, 10:492–10:494, 10:497, 10:520, 10:524, 10:535–10:536, 10:536n, 10:541, 10:542, 10:542, 10:612, 10:613, 10:613–10:614n, 10:657, 11:148, 11:148n, 12:100, 12:146–12:147, 12:180–12:181, 12:527, 12:574, 13:40, 13:127, 13:371, 13:371n, 13:467, 13:512, 13:512n, 13:517, 14:283–14:284, 14:285, 16:576–16:577, 17:307, 19:245

“De la Propiedad Contagiosa de la Calentura amarilla” (F. Piguillém), 10:129, 10:146n

De la Révolution Actuelle de l’Espagne, et de ses suites (D. D. Pradt), 17:188, 17:189n, 17:198

De La Sagesse (P. Charron) , 7:458, 7:458n, 7:627, 8:236, 8:242, 8:435, 8:468, 8:469, 8:469n, 8:481–8:482, 8:482n, 8:630, 8:632n, 12:534, 17:447, 17:448n, 20:618

De la Saisie des Batimens Neutres, ou Du Droit qu’ont les Nations Belligérantes d’arréter les Navires des Peuples Amis (M. Hübner), 17:450, 17:450n

Delaunay, Simon César, 14:115

De la Vie Privée des Romains (J. R. d’Arnay), 12:583

Delaware

  • and Confederation Congress, 17:335
  • constitution of, 19:471
  • and Continental Congress, 17:317, 19:470–19:471
  • elections in, 19:563
  • Federalists in, 10:65, 12:609
  • insolvency law in, 14:237
  • legislature of, 7:111, 8:276
  • manufacturers in address Congress, 9:476, 9:476n, 9:515
  • militia of, 9:236
  • newspapers, 10:56, 10:57n
  • Quakers in, 11:354
  • size of, 16:472

Delaware and Raritan Canal, 11:415

Delaware County, Pa., 1:68–1:69n

Delaware Gazette (Wilmington, Del., newspaper), 10:56, 10:57n, 18:538

Delaware Indians, 12:296n, 12:385, 12:386n, 13:89, 16:85n, 16:108, 16:108, 16:109, 16:132–16:133, 16:261, 16:261, 16:415n, 17:547, 17:573

Delaware River

  • act to improve navigation on, 4:161n
  • British blockade of, 6:31, 6:61
  • defense of, 6:217
  • ice in, 12:455, 12:516, 15:442
  • and Revolutionary War, 14:625
  • survey of, 16:357

Delbecq, Jean Baptiste

  • and Société Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, 19:161n

Delessert, Étienne, 2:xli, 15:167, 16:495

Delessert, François Marie, 15:167

Delessert, Jules Paul Benjamin

  • as electoral candidate, 12:39
  • and letters for Madame de Staël Holstein, 9:326, 10:379
  • as merchant, 15:167

Delessert, Jules Paul Benjamin, & Cie, 1:235

Delessert, Madeleine Catherine Boy de la Tour, 15:167

Del Governo della Peste (L. A. Muratori), 10:136

Delile, Alire Raffeneau

  • and C. S. Rafinesque, 16:568, 17:88

Delille, Jacques, 7:665

Delisle de Sales, Jean Baptiste Claude (“Henri Ophellot de La Pause”)

  • translates Histoire Des Douze Césars de Suétone, … Avec des Mêlanges Philosophiques & des Notes (Suetonius), 13:342, 13:358, 13:359n, 13:394, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561

Della Rocca, Abbé

  • Traité Complet sur les Abeilles, 11:165

Delle Novelle di Franco Sacchetti Citadino Fiorentino (F. Sacchetti; ed. G. Poggiali), 13:39, 13:41n

De Locis Theologicis (M. Cano), 7:24–7:25, 7:27n

Delolme, Jean Louis

  • read by J. Adams, 4:474
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503
  • writings of, 10:417

Delor, Mrs., 2:441n, 6:434

Delphian Club (Baltimore), 17:73, 17:74n

Delphin edition

  • TJ on, 12:575, 12:576, 13:33, 13:47, 13:47, 14:511, 14:511
  • TJ orders, 8:660, 9:274, 9:464, 9:464, 9:538, 9:639, 10:233

Deluc, Jean André

  • and barometric calculation of altitude, 9:314, 9:314, 9:317n, 9:642

Demades

  • Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger), 7:259, 17:138, 17:447

Demaree, Samuel R.

  • identified, 1:457n
  • letters from, 1:455–1:457, 5:478–5:479, 7:194–7:195
  • letters to, 1:575–1:576, 5:557
  • remarks on reading by, 7:195
  • seeks grammar recommendation, 5:478
  • TJ recommends books, 1:576–1:577, 5:478, 5:479n, 5:557
  • on War of 1812, 7:194–7:195
  • on weather, 7:194

Demeneu, Mr., 2:463

Démeunier, Jean Nicolas

  • and article for Encyclopédie Méthodique, 7:616, 7:617n, 12:420, 12:430

Democrat (Boston newspaper), 1:50n

Democratic party. See Republican party

Democratic Press (Philadelphia newspaper), 8:5, 9:478, 9:480n, 13:383–13:384n, 14:125, 14:218, 15:301, 16:526n, 19:330, 19:330, 19:332n, 19:334, 20:586, 20:587n

Democritus (Greek philosopher), 10:398, 11:527, 11:527n, 13:267n, 14:375, 14:378n, 15:338n, 18:242n

De Monomachia, sive Duello. … Lines, on Duelling. Addressed to the Legislative Assemblies of America (L. H. Girardin), 16:290n

de Montcarel, Alexandre Jacques René Le Goueslier

  • identified, 13:421n
  • as portraitist, 13:419, 13:419
  • seeks position at University of Virginia, 13:418–13:419, 13:441, 14:124

de Montcarel, Cérès

  • identified, 13:421n
  • letter from, 13:418–13:421
  • letter to, 13:441
  • school of, 13:418–13:419, 13:419, 13:420–13:421n
  • seeks position at University of Virginia, 13:418–13:419, 13:441

Demosthenes

  • J. Adams on, 9:528, 12:495, 17:505
  • All the Orations of Demosthenes (trans. T. Leland), 19:505
  • in collegiate curriculum, 7:659, 7:659, 7:662, 14:551
  • mentioned, 1:70, 12:495, 20:281
  • Œuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d’Eschine (trans. A. Auger), 7:259, 17:138, 17:138–17:139n, 17:447
  • On the Crown, 14:258, 14:551
  • Oratorum Graecorum, quorum princeps est Demosthenes (ed. J. J. Reiske), 9:196, 10:234, 14:510
  • J. Taylor’s edition of, 8:436
  • TJ on, 7:447, 7:453, 7:630, 9:456, 10:422, 14:154, 14:631
  • TJ recommends works of, 18:251
  • works of, 16:330

Dempsey v. Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, 2:377n, 2:668, 3:79

Deneale, James

  • identified, 16:72n
  • letter from, 16:70–16:72
  • letter to, 16:89
  • surveying instrument and method of, 16:70–16:71, 16:89

Denike, Thomas (ship captain), 20:431

Denisart, Jean Baptiste

  • Collection de décisions nouvelles, 3:130–3:131, 3:160, 3:174n, 3:546

Denmark

  • and Algiers, 17:340
  • early explorers from, 17:127
  • G. W. Erving appointed special minister to, 3:293, 3:459, 3:539
  • government of, 3:8–3:9, 3:12, 3:16, 13:123n, 15:573n
  • prisoners of war from, 4:362
  • relations with U.S., 4:237n, 4:611, 4:612, 4:612n, 17:336, 17:338–17:339
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506, 4:507, 4:507

Dennie, Joseph

  • and W. Byrd manuscript, 11:126

Dennis, George (TJ’s slave; b. 1808)

  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:386, 5:461, 6:309, 6:310, 8:62, 8:255

Denniston, David, 6:255

Denniston, Rebecca

  • signs petition, 18:146

De Nobili, Uberto

  • identified, 15:329–15:330n
  • and Imperiale e Reale Accademia Economico-Agraria dei Georgofili di Firenze, 15:328

Denon, Vivant

  • Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte, pendant les campagnes du Général Bonaparte, 13:69, 13:70n

dental care

  • T. Bruff as dentist, 5:108n, 9:683
  • dentures made by C. W. Peale, 8:462, 11:158, 19:358
  • J. Maury and molars, 5:252–5:253

De Officiis (Cicero), 1:576, 7:627, 7:661, 11:289–11:290n, 12:534, 12:575, 18:280, 19:505, 20:430, 20:430

De Oratore (Cicero), 17:105

De Peste Liber (R. Mead), 10:136

De Peyster, Abraham

  • and Battle of Kings Mountain, 19:120, 19:123n

d’Épinay, Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d’Esclavelles

  • Mémoires et Correspondance de Madame d’Épinay, 13:397, 17:536

de Pradt, Dominique Dufour, baron. See Pradt, Dominique Dufour, baron de

Depriest, John

  • and building supplies for Poplar Forest, 9:505, 10:219n
  • sells horse to TJ, 9:58n, 10:73

Dequin, Mr., 10:230

Derbigny, Pierre (Peter) Augustin Bourguignon

  • and batture controversy, 2:160n, 2:444n, 2:516, 2:518n, 2:524, 3:30, 3:71, 4:110, 4:643n
  • Case laid before Counsel for their opinion on the claim to the Batture, situated in front of the Suburb St. Mary, 2:658, 2:658n, 3:476, 3:483, 3:494
  • as gubernatorial candidate, 16:146
  • identified, 4:632n
  • letters to, 4:631–4:632
  • Mémoire a Consulter, sur la Réclamation de la Batture, Située en Face du Faubourg Sainte-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orléans, 2:439, 2:441n, 2:446n, 2:531, 2:532n, 4:466
  • Réfutation du Mémoire en forme de consultation, 2:657, 2:658n, 3:173–3:174n, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:237n, 3:271, 3:476, 3:484
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:631–4:632

Derby, Elias Hasket, 12:379, 13:5

Derby, Martha Coffin (Richard C. Derby’s wife)

  • proposed visit to Monticello of, 11:134–11:135, 11:173
  • TJ introduces, 11:160
  • travels of, 11:142–11:143, 11:173–11:174

Derby, Richard Crowninshield

  • identified, 11:143n
  • introduced to TJ, 11:114–11:115, 11:134–11:135, 11:141
  • letter from, 11:142–11:143
  • letter to, 11:173–11:174
  • proposed visit to Monticello of, 11:134–11:135, 11:142, 11:173
  • TJ introduces, 11:160
  • travels of, 11:142–11:143, 11:173–11:174

De Rebus Belgicis: or, the Annals, and History of the Low-Countrey-Warrs (H. Grotius), 10:358

De Re Publica (Cicero), 16:226

De Re Publica quae supersunt (Cicero; ed. A. Mai), 20:270, 20:271n, 20:323, 20:430, 20:430n

Derham, William

  • and barometric calculation of altitude, 9:314, 9:316n
  • as theologist, 7:480

Derieux, Maria Margherita Martin (Peter Derieux’s wife)

  • finances of, 3:77, 3:394–3:395, 6:335
  • and P. Mazzei’s Richmond property, 6:269, 6:295, 6:334
  • as schoolteacher, 6:269, 6:270, 6:270, 6:334–6:335, 7:89
  • sends greetings to TJ, 5:29, 9:252, 10:495, 18:637
  • stepdaughter of P. Mazzei, 3:77n, 3:381n, 3:576, 6:305, 9:114–9:115, 9:119n, 10:201, 10:203n, 10:273, 11:21

Derieux, Peter (Justin Pierre Plumard)

  • delivers documents to France, 19:22n
  • and Dutasta, 6:442
  • finances of, 3:77, 3:394–3:395, 6:320, 6:332, 7:89, 9:114–9:115, 9:119n, 9:251–9:252, 9:399–9:400, 9:400n, 9:451–9:452, 10:202, 10:273
  • identified, 3:395–3:396n
  • letters from, 3:394–3:396, 5:29–5:30, 6:269–6:271, 6:332–6:333, 9:251–9:253, 9:451–9:453, 10:201–10:203, 10:494–10:496, 11:566–11:567, 18:637–18:638
  • letters to, 3:575–3:576, 5:98–5:99, 6:320–6:321, 6:442, 9:399–9:400, 10:272–10:273, 10:538, 11:21, 19:21–19:22
  • and P. Mazzei, 3:395, 3:576, 6:269, 6:270, 6:320–6:321, 6:332, 9:118n, 9:118n, 9:119n, 9:251–9:252, 9:399–9:400, 9:400n, 9:451–9:452, 10:201–10:202, 10:203n, 10:272–10:273, 10:494–10:495, 10:538, 11:21, 11:566, 11:579, 11:645, 12:584
  • and P. Mazzei’s Richmond property, 6:269, 6:295, 6:305–6:306, 6:321, 6:334, 6:335, 6:337, 10:251, 10:252n, 10:272
  • and money from French relatives, 6:337, 9:252, 9:253n, 10:202, 10:495
  • requests assistance from TJ, 6:269, 6:270, 9:252, 9:399–9:400, 9:400n, 9:451–9:452, 10:202, 11:566
  • sends tarragon to TJ, 5:29, 5:30n, 5:98
  • TJ forwards letter to, 3:77, 3:295, 3:481, 3:511, 3:575–3:576, 6:442
  • and wheat, 18:637, 19:21–19:22, 19:22n

Derieux, Peter Justin

  • and wheat, 18:637, 18:638n

Derry, Valentine

  • as French teacher, 20:182n

de Sacy, Louis

  • translates Lettres de Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français, Suivies du Panégyrique de Trajan (Pliny the Younger), 13:342, 13:343n, 13:391, 13:394, 13:413, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561, 14:215
  • translates Panégyrique de Trajan, par Pline le Jeune, en Latin et en Français (Pliny the Younger), 13:342, 13:343n, 13:391, 13:394, 13:413, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561, 14:215

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

  • A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 6:381, 7:386

Desalination of Sea Water, Report on (Thomas Jefferson), 1:487, 1:487n

DeSaussure, Henry William

  • and T. Cooper, 16:50, 16:50
  • identified, 16:51n
  • letter from, to J. Vaughan, 16:50–16:51
  • opposes J. Wallace (d. 1851), 16:381–16:382

Descamps, Jean Baptiste

  • Sur l’Utilité des Établissemens des Écoles Gratuites de Dessein en Faveur des Métiers, 14:387, 14:451

Descartes, René

  • J. Adams on, 15:410
  • mentioned, 18:650

Descaves, Mark L.

  • conveys letter to TJ, 11:528, 11:581
  • identified, 11:528n
  • introduced to TJ, 11:282
  • letter from, 11:528
  • letter to, 11:581
  • and seeds for TJ, 8:420, 8:640

Descotils, Hippolyte Victor Collet

  • and Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, 9:325, 9:326n

Descripción histórica y cronológica de los piedras (León y Gama), 1:521, 1:521n, 1:556

“Description de la Greffe Juge, nouvelle sorte” (A. Thoüin), 19:353n

“Description de la Greffe Sainclair, nouvelle sorte” (A. Thoüin), 19:353n

Description de Paris et de ses Édifices (J. G. Legrand and C. P. Landon), 12:107

“Description D’une nouvelle sorte de Greffe, nommée Greffe Vilmorin” (A. Thoüin), 19:353n

Description et Usage du Cercle de Réflexion (J. C. de Borda), 11:179, 11:193, 12:153, 12:439

A Description of a System of Biography (J. Priestley), 8:472, 8:672

“Description of some of the Medals, Struck in relation to Important Events in North America” (J. Mease), 9:55n, 15:454n

A Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithmes (J. Napier), 7:255n

“A Description of the American Yellow Fever, in a Letter from Dr. John Lining” (J. Lining), 10:131, 10:146n

A Description of the British Possessions in North America (J. Melish), 5:443n, 5:492, 5:493n, 5:501

Description of William Annesley’s New System of Boat and Ship Building; Patented in the United States (W. Annesley), 9:558n, 9:559n

A Description of William Annesley’s New System of Naval Architecture (W. Annesley), 13:425, 13:425n, 13:440

Description Statistique, Historique et Politique des États-Unis de l’Amérique Septentrionale (D. B. Warden), 13:42, 15:477, 17:407

Descriptio Uberior Graminum et Plantarum Calamariarum Americæ Septentrionalis Indigenarum et Cicurum (H. Muhlenberg), 7:244, 7:245n

Desdemona (Shakespearean character), 11:628

Desfontaines, René Louiche

  • Tableau de l’École de Botanique du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 8:429, 8:429, 8:430n

Deshay, Madame

  • letters from, 1:450–1:451
  • seeks TJ’s assistance, 1:450

Deshoulières, Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde, 7:665

Deshoulières, Antoinette Thérèse, 7:665

Desilver, Thomas

  • letter from accounted for, 10:20n
  • and Port Folio, 10:19

Desmarais. See Regnier-Desmarais, François Seraphin.

Despencer, Sir Francis Dashwood, baron le, 1:124

D’Espinasse. See Lespinasse, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de

Despinville, Charles

  • and West Point appointment, 4:375n, 4:376, 4:434, 5:405–5:406, 5:430–5:431, 5:435–5:436

Desprez, Louis

  • edits Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera (Horace), 14:511

Des Systèmes d’Économie Politique (C. Ganilh), 5:636, 5:637n

Destebecho, Mr. (ship captain), 10:243n, 10:244

Destouches, Philippe, 7:665

Destrehan, Jean Noël , 5:112–5:113, 16:146

Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude

  • and American Philosophical Society, 6:458, 6:459–6:460n, 9:485, 9:485, 16:487–16:488n
  • Analyse Raisonnée de l’Origine de Tous les Cultes, ou Religion Universelle, 10:459, 10:507, 10:550, 10:573, 10:573, 10:584n, 10:586–10:587, 10:604, 11:359
  • as anonymous author, 3:335, 7:4, 7:129, 7:473, 7:475n
  • in collegiate curriculum, 7:667
  • Commentaire sur l’Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu, 12:622, 13:476, 14:201–14:202, 14:114–14:115, 16:420–16:421, 16:423n, 16:486, 16:630, 19:456–19:457, 20:288, 20:423
  • Commentary and Review of Montesquieu’s Spirit of Laws, 1:260–1:261, 1:262–1:263n, 1:270, 2:288, 3:xlvi, 3:3–3:4, 3:6–3:7, 3:7–3:11, 3:11–3:15, 3:15–3:19, 3:20–3:21, 3:21–3:23, 3:23–3:25, 3:89, 3:105, 3:184–3:185, 3:189, 3:207, 3:208n, 3:213, 3:310–3:311, 3:311–3:312, 3:329, 3:339, 3:339n, 3:358 (illus.) , 3:444, 3:449, 3:452, 3:509, 3:584, 4:19, 4:25, 4:25n, 4:30, 4:36, 4:36, 4:54, 4:56, 4:57n, 4:202, 4:204, 4:239, 4:240, 4:325, 4:436, 4:446, 4:457n, 4:607–4:609, 4:611n, 5:51, 5:54, 5:276–5:277, 5:436, 5:557, 5:557n, 5:577, 5:612, 5:634–5:635, 5:636n, 6:52, 6:52, 6:458, 6:484, 6:509, 6:599, 7:3, 7:5n, 7:6–7:7, 7:15, 7:16n, 7:129, 7:130n, 7:416, 7:420–7:421n, 7:472–7:473, 7:475n, 7:506, 7:607, 7:607n, 7:628, 8:182–8:183, 8:236, 8:242, 8:294, 8:294, 8:317, 9:377, 9:435–9:436, 9:441–9:442, 9:485, 9:485, 9:486n, 9:517, 9:517n, 10:61–10:62, 10:62n, 10:62, 10:63, 10:64n, 10:66, 10:80, 10:81, 10:154, 10:289–10:290, 10:294, 10:327, 10:371, 10:459–10:460, 10:550, 10:587, 10:657, 10:658, 11:31, 11:45, 11:359, 12:153, 12:248, 12:439, 12:622, 13:336–13:337, 13:590, 14:108, 14:114–14:115, 14:201–14:202, 16:486, 19:506, 20:288, 20:289n, 20:423
  • “De l’Amour” , 16:630–16:631, 16:633n, 19:457, 19:609, 20:424
  • and V. Destutt de Tracy, 7:473–7:474, 7:475n, 9:485
  • Discours prononcés dans la séance publique tenue par la classe de la langue, 1:262n
  • economic theories of, 6:53, 13:573
  • Élémens d’Idéologie, 5:7, 5:8n, 5:83, 5:114, 5:211, 5:223, 5:276, 5:436, 5:576, 5:577, 5:578, 5:579n, 5:635, 6:52, 6:458, 6:526, 6:530n, 7:3–7:4, 7:125, 7:450, 7:472–7:473, 7:527, 7:532n, 8:630, 8:630, 9:441–9:442, 10:459, 10:550, 10:586, 10:603–10:604, 10:657–10:658, 12:622, 14:115, 14:116, 16:486, 16:630, 16:633n, 17:246, 19:457, 20:288, 20:423–20:424
  • Élémens d’Idéologie: Idéologie proprement dite, 4:203, 4:209n, 4:239–4:241, 4:242–4:243n, 9:485
  • Elementos de Verdadera Lógica (trans. J. J. García), 20:423
  • family of, 10:507, 10:509n, 10:549–10:550, 10:583, 10:584n, 10:603, 10:655, 17:254, 20:424
  • on federalism, 4:204–4:206
  • and freedom of the press in France, 14:115, 16:420–16:421, 16:486
  • and A. Gallatin, 10:154, 10:603, 10:604
  • Grammaire, 4:203, 4:209n, 9:485, 20:624, 20:625n
  • health of, 4:649, 9:69, 9:377, 9:442, 9:484, 10:323–10:324, 10:550, 10:603, 11:283, 11:359, 11:618, 12:248, 12:621, 13:421, 14:115, 16:137, 16:421–16:422, 16:485, 16:486, 16:630, 18:428–18:429, 19:458, 20:288, 20:424
  • identified, 1:262n
  • introduces T. Dandolo, 19:457–19:458, 20:288, 20:424
  • and Lafayette, 4:358, 9:484, 10:289, 10:291, 10:323–10:324, 10:603, 11:283, 12:248, 16:137, 19:101, 20:369–20:370
  • letter from, to P. S. Du Pont de Nemours, 9:484–9:486
  • letters from, 1:260–1:263, 4:202–4:209, 4:239–4:243, 6:458–6:460, 7:472–7:475, 9:441–9:443, 10:603–10:606, 12:621–12:625, 14:114–14:117, 16:420–16:423, 16:630–16:633, 19:456–19:459, 20:422–20:427
  • letters from, to I. C. Barnet, 16:423n, 16:487n
  • letters to, 3:334–3:339, 7:3–7:5, 11:359–11:360, 13:421–13:422, 16:485–16:488, 20:287–20:289
  • letters to mentioned, 4:30, 5:69, 7:15
  • on liberty in Europe, 12:621, 16:631, 20:424, 20:425
  • Logique, 4:203–4:204, 4:209n, 9:441–9:442, 9:485, 10:658, 16:630
  • T. Lyman introduced to, 11:357, 11:360, 12:622
  • and materialism, 16:196
  • on natural rights, 10:207
  • Observations sur le Systême Actuel d’Instruction Publique, 9:442, 9:443n, 11:359
  • on philosophy of language, 15:223
  • portrait of, 3:xlvi, 3:358 (illus.)
  • Principes Logiques, ou Recueil de Faits relatifs a l’Intelligence Humaine, 10:460, 10:550, 10:603–10:604, 11:359, 12:345, 12:403, 12:487, 12:528–12:529, 12:622, 12:656, 16:486, 16:631, 16:633n, 17:246, 17:247n, 19:457, 20:424
  • proposed letter of introduction to, 8:322n
  • recommends work to TJ, 20:497
  • and B. Rivadavia, 12:621
  • and D. Sacchi’s Oriele: o Lettere di due Amanti, 20:369, 20:370n
  • sends manuscript to TJ, 4:239–4:241, 4:325, 4:326n, 4:574–4:575, 6:45, 6:458, 7:3, 7:90, 7:472–7:473, 9:485, 10:290, 16:631
  • sent copy of TJ letter, 10:327, 10:603
  • and South American republics, 12:621, 14:116, 16:486–16:487, 16:631
  • and study of political economy, 12:622
  • TJ on, 15:469, 17:246
  • TJ on Commentary, 3:86–3:87, 3:334–3:339, 5:557, 5:577, 10:289–10:290, 14:108, 17:246
  • TJ on Principes Logiques, 12:345, 17:246
  • TJ on Treatise, 5:577–5:579, 9:639, 10:154–10:155, 10:290–10:291, 14:108, 14:108
  • tract of on education, 10:550
  • Traité de la Volonté et de ses effets, 4:203–4:204, 4:243n, 9:441–9:442, 9:443n, 9:485, 9:485, 9:485, 9:485, 9:486n, 9:493, 9:493n, 10:460, 10:604, 11:359, 11:359, 12:28, 12:153, 12:439, 16:633n
  • transmission of letters to, 3:443, 3:444n, 3:538, 7:506
  • A Treatise on Political Economy, 4:243n, 5:577–5:579, 5:579n, 6:509, 7:628, 7:713, 8:15–8:16, 8:33, 8:38, 8:83, 8:105, 8:106, 8:164, 8:182, 8:253, 8:266, 8:268n, 8:317, 8:566, 8:628–8:629, 8:674, 9:131, 9:439, 9:441, 9:463–9:464, 9:485, 9:485, 9:485, 9:537–9:538, 9:543, 9:568n, 9:603–9:604, 9:630–9:633, 9:633–9:634, 9:638–9:639, 9:640–9:641, 9:663–9:664, 10:62–10:63, 10:64n, 10:65–10:66, 10:67, 10:120, 10:154, 10:154–10:155, 10:260, 10:290–10:291, 10:294, 10:327, 10:380, 10:452, 10:460, 10:479, 10:480, 10:550, 10:603, 10:618, 10:618, 10:625, 10:637–10:638, 10:649, 10:652, 10:658, 11:13, 11:26, 11:67, 11:109–11:110, 11:110, 11:110n, 11:140, 11:205, 11:248, 11:248n, 11:356, 11:356n, 11:359–11:360, 11:362, 11:573, 11:574n, 11:618, 11:619n, 12:41, 12:41n, 12:311, 12:438, 12:480, 12:530, 12:623, 13:36–13:37, 13:322, 13:336, 13:336–13:337, 13:350–13:351, 13:408, 13:408n, 13:414, 13:421, 13:422n, 13:423, 13:439, 13:441, 13:442n, 13:476, 13:517–13:518, 13:520, 13:520, 13:529, 13:529n, 13:558, 13:564, 13:564n, 13:572, 13:589, 13:590, 13:602–13:603, 13:603n, 13:615, 14:39, 14:60–14:61, 14:82–14:83, 14:93, 14:108, 14:114, 14:115, 14:116, 14:155, 14:190, 14:190, 14:215, 14:224, 14:298, 14:457, 15:280n, 15:306, 16:420, 16:427, 16:486, 16:488n, 16:630, 19:457, 19:506, 20:101, 20:101, 20:129, 20:158–20:159, 20:288, 20:329, 20:423
  • on U.S. Constitution, 4:204–4:205
  • and U.S. politics, 20:424–20:425
  • writings of, 16:188

Destutt de Tracy, Victor

  • military service of, 7:473–7:474, 7:475n, 9:485, 10:584n, 10:603

Desultory Facts, and Observations, illustrative of the Past and Present Situation and Future Prospects of the United States (“A Pennsylvanian” [M. Carey]), 19:591, 19:592n

“Detector” (pseudonym)

  • criticizes J. Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence, 13:333n, 13:333–13:334n, 13:390
  • letter from, to the Editor of the New York National Advocate, 13:328–13:330
  • letter to, from J. Trumbull, 13:331–13:334

de Thou, Jacques Auguste

  • Historiarum sui temporis, 19:508
  • The Life of Thuanus, with Some Account of his Writings, and a Translation of the Preface to his History (J. Collinson), 17:535

Detroit, Mich. Territory

  • W. Hull’s surrender at, 5:580, 6:54n, 6:112, 6:171, 6:645n, 8:219, 8:259, 8:263
  • Indian school at, 1:7, 1:660–1:662, 2:55–2:57, 2:58n, 3:369–3:370
  • newspaper from, 14:100
  • recaptured by U.S. forces, 6:546n
  • U.S. effort to retake, 5:336, 5:396

Detroit red apple, 3:448, 3:448n

Devany, Mr., 2:323

Devaux, François Antoine, 7:665, 7:666n

de Vendel, Emile (Emilius)

  • identified, 16:521n
  • letter from, 16:520–16:521
  • letter to, 16:580
  • seeks position at University of Virginia, 16:520–16:521, 16:580

Devereaux, Capt., 12:269n

Devereux, Thomas Pollock

  • as University of North Carolina trustee, 17:521n

De Vero Usu Verborum Mediorum (L. Küster; ed. E. Leedes), 10:358

De Vezin, Olivier , 5:86n

De Viris Illustribus Urbis Romæ (J. Hardie), 13:33, 13:47, 13:47, 13:100, 13:100, 13:107

De Vita et Moribus Epicuri (P. Gassendi), 12:582

Devore, Mary

  • signs petition, 18:146

Dewey, Stephen, 16:231n

DeWitt, Benjamin

  • mineral collection of, 15:370–15:371, 15:371n

DeWitt, Eve Bloodgood

  • as administrator of B. DeWitt’s estate, 15:371, 15:371n

DeWitt, Simeon

  • Considerations on the Necessity of Establishing an Agricultural College, 13:574, 13:574n, 13:597
  • identified, 13:574–13:575n
  • letter from, 13:574–13:575
  • letter to, 13:597
  • A Map of the State of New York, 5:581

DeWitt, William Radcliffe

  • as Presbyterian clergyman, 19:79–19:80

Dexter, Aaron

  • agricultural writings of, 8:678, 8:679n, 9:75–9:76
  • as president of Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, 8:679n, 11:386
  • sends pamphlet to TJ, 11:386

Dexter, Samuel

  • biography of, 10:75, 10:75n, 10:173
  • death of, 10:360
  • friendship with J. Adams, 11:267–11:268
  • identified, 10:173n
  • Mass. gubernatorial candidate, 9:256
  • and Republican party, 9:6
  • as secretary of war, 3:68, 3:69n, 3:73
  • TJ on, 10:173
  • writings of, 18:356

Dey, Anthony

  • and flax, 17:594, 17:595n
  • identified, 17:595n
  • letter from, 17:594–17:595
  • letter to, 18:21
  • and machine for preparing flax and hemp, 18:21

Le Diable Boiteux (A. R. Le Sage), 7:665

Dialogues and Detached Sentences in the Chinese Language; with a free and verbal Translation in English (R. Morrison), 13:124, 13:124n, 13:142

Dialogues in Chemistry (J. Joyce), 1:332, 1:333n, 1:384, 2:101, 2:264, 3:122, 4:201, 4:288–4:289, 9:274, 9:275n

Dialogues of the Dead (G. Lyttelton), 19:508

diamonds

  • purchased by TJ, 4:576, 4:577, 4:590
  • tools, 20:611

Diana (ship), 2:233, 2:360–2:361, 5:289–5:290

Diar, Francisco Geronimo Barquez, 2:480n

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

  • bibliographical works of, 20:346

Dick (African American)

  • and University of Virginia, 17:634, 19:46, 19:50, 20:202, 20:204, 20:205, 20:223, 20:225, 20:226, 20:227, 20:229, 20:231

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

Dick (TJ’s slave), 4:373

Dick (Yellow Dick) (TJ’s slave; b. 1767)

  • family of, 9:216n, 11:546n, 18:30
  • hat for, 7:124
  • house of, 8:173–8:174
  • and P. Hubbard’s dispute with J. A. Goodman, 8:173
  • as laborer, 4:379, 5:545, 5:546, 11:179, 11:207
  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462, 6:308, 8:60, 8:255, 13:387
  • as wagoner, 7:124, 8:173, 8:174, 8:184–8:185, 8:185, 8:186, 11:207, 12:324, 12:349, 13:567, 13:581, 13:604, 15:311, 16:471, 18:30

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

  • on Monticello slave lists, 4:387, 12:303
  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382
  • transports livestock, 17:39

Dick (TJ’s slave; b. 1790). See Gillette, Dick (TJ’s slave; b. 1790)

Dick, Alexander

  • Revolutionary War service of, 15:191, 15:191

Dick, J. & J. (firm). See J. & J. Dick (firm)

Dickenson, Henry

  • and Battle of Kings Mountain, 19:120

Dickenson, John, 3:318

Dickerson, Mr.

  • and marble for TJ, 19:278

Dickerson, G.

  • and Central College–University of Virginia, 15:86

Dickerson, Mahlon

  • as governor of N.J., 10:543

Dickerson, Wiley

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

Dickey, Robert

  • mentioned, 8:362, 8:363, 9:514, 10:58, 10:58n

Dickinson, Charles Henry

  • duel with A. Jackson, 18:210n

Dickinson, John

  • and J. Adams’s intercepted letter, 6:233, 6:234n, 6:283–6:284
  • and Continental Congress, 4:601, 4:601, 6:232, 6:440, 6:612, 6:612, 6:613, 6:614n, 8:620, 8:625–8:626, 13:330, 13:330, 14:524, 17:314, 17:316, 17:316–17:317, 20:150, 20:150
  • The Farmer’s and Monitor’s Letters, 6:440
  • Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 8:643, 8:645n
  • opposes declaring independence, 8:625–8:626, 8:626n, 8:657, 14:292, 14:292, 14:292, 19:471, 20:132
  • reputed speech of, 14:138, 16:441, 16:472–16:473

Dickinson, Robert, 16:454

Dickinson, Rodolphus

  • A Geographical and Statistical View of Massachusetts Proper, 6:44, 6:82
  • identified, 6:44n
  • letters from, 6:44
  • letters to, 6:82

Dickinson College

  • educational objectives of, 18:236n
  • faculty of, 8:609, 12:25, 12:134–12:135, 14:126, 14:127
  • influence of clergy at, 8:609, 15:436
  • students duel at, 9:482n, 9:482n
  • TJ on, 18:235
  • trustees of, 6:598–6:599

Dickinson Library Company (Granville, Mass.), 19:327–19:328, 19:328n, 19:371–19:372

Dickonson, Lieut.

  • letters from, 6:636
  • thanks TJ, 6:636

Dick’s Branch (Albemarle Co.), 8:567

Dickson, Adam

  • The Husbandry of the Ancients, 1:581, 2:82, 7:626, 11:164, 14:222, 14:240, 19:508

Dickson, William (17701816)

  • identified, 2:242n
  • letters from, 2:241–2:242
  • letters to, 2:340
  • and M. Lewis’s effects, 2:241, 2:340

Dickson, William (d. 1823)

  • toasts honoring, 17:289

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

Dictionarium Historicum, Geographicum Poeticum (C. Estienne), 12:112, 17:73n

Dictionarium Latino-Gallicum. Dictionnaire Latin-Français (F. J. M. Noël), 15:26

Dictionarium, seu Latinæ linguæ Thesaurus (R. Estienne), 17:535, 17:537n

Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (G. Gregory), 8:210, 16:34

Dictionary of Arts & Sciences (Owen), 1:582

A Dictionary of the English Language (S. Johnson), 6:387, 6:404, 6:406, 8:581, 9:109, 16:194, 18:256, 18:280, 18:329, 18:471, 18:619

Dictionary of the Holy Bible (Brown), 1:36, 1:630n

A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English (J. Richardson), 7:664

The Dictionary Spelling Book (J. Waldo), 7:320, 7:320n

Dictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares (eds. R. Duclos and J. C. Brunet), 13:343n, 13:394, 13:413, 13:413, 13:474, 13:474, 13:494, 13:525, 13:561–13:562

Dictionnaire de droit et de pratique (Ferrière), 3:130–3:131, 3:174n, 3:175n, 3:546

Dictionnaire de jurisprudence et des arrêts (Prost de Royer), 3:174n, 3:175n

Dictionnaire de la Langue Françoise, Ancienne et Moderne (P. Richelet), 3:546

Dictionnaire de la fable (F. J. M. Noël), 12:535n, 15:26

Dictionnaire de Médecine (P. H. Nysten), 13:342, 13:343n, 13:391, 13:394, 13:494, 13:525

Dictionnaire de Médecine-Pratique et de Chirurgie (Pougens), 13:562

Dictionnaire de Physique, 9:317n

Le Dictionnaire des Arts et des Sciences (T. Corneille), 7:386

Dictionnaire des Girouettes, 12:89

Dictionnaire des ouvrages Anonymes et Pseudonymes (A. A. Barbier), 20:346

Dictionnaire Grec-Français, composé sur l’ouvrage intitulé Thesaurus Linguæ Græcæ, de Henri Étienne (J. Planche), 13:342, 13:342, 13:343n, 13:358, 13:394, 13:394, 13:474, 13:474, 13:474, 13:476, 13:494, 13:561, 13:561, 14:215, 14:303, 15:133, 15:160, 17:106, 17:230, 17:403, 17:443, 17:526, 17:535, 19:419

Dictionnaire Grec-François, dédié a son altesse sérénissime Le Prince Cambacérès, archichancelier de l’empire (J. Quenon), 13:32

Dictionnaire Historique et Bibliographique Portatif (J. B. Ladvocat), 1:580, 10:234, 10:237n, 12:582

Dictionnaire Historique et Critique (P. Bayle), 3:546

Dictionnaire portatif et de prononciation, Espagnol-Français et Français-Espagnol (J. L. B. Cormon), 8:435, 10:235, 11:335, 11:352, 11:396, 11:397, 13:369, 14:166, 15:340

Dictionnaire raisonné de Bibliologie (G. Peignot), 20:346

Dictionnaire Universel de la langue Françoise, avec le Latin (P. C. V. Boiste), 10:235

Dictionnaire Universel François et Latin … de Trévoux , 8:236, 8:237n

Dident, Mr., 7:665

Diderot, Denis

  • J. Adams on, 8:552, 9:432, 9:527, 9:527, 9:528, 9:528, 10:7
  • J. Adams quotes, 7:479
  • attends salon, 5:452n
  • and classification of knowledge, 16:194
  • Encyclopédie, 6:381, 8:580–8:581, 8:581n, 14:82–14:83, 15:589n
  • mentioned, 6:624, 10:13, 20:244, 20:245n
  • as novelist, 7:665
  • philosophy of, 9:432, 9:650
  • TJ on, 7:413, 19:525
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502
  • writings of, 8:6, 12:403

Didot, Firmin

  • publishes work, 1:316–1:317, 4:148, 13:358

Didymus Chalcenterus

  • edits Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, 12:583, 13:293
  • edits Ὁμήρου Ἰλιὰς καὶ εἰς Αὐτὴν Σχόλια τῶν Παλαιῶν. Homeri Ilias, Et Veterum in Eam Scholia, 9:196, 9:455

Dietrich, William

  • and University of Virginia, 17:634

Dieu, Lodewijk de

  • Grammatica linguarum orientalium, hebraeorvm, chaldaeorvm, & syrorvm, inter se collatarum , 5:36

The Difficulties and Discouragements Which attend the Study of the Scriptures In the Way of Private Judgment (F. Hare), 20:408, 20:409n

Digby, John

  • translates Historia Alexandri Magni Regis (Q. Curtius Rufus), 1:580

Digby, Robert, 19:622

Digest. See Corpus Juris civilis Romani (D. Godefroy)

A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans (L. Kerr and L. Moreau Lislet), 3:168, 3:546

A Digested Index to the Nisi Prius Reports (J. Manning), 18:336n

A Digest of the laws of England (J. Comyns), 3:546, 13:53, 18:335, 18:336n

A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America (T. Herty), 11:120n, 11:147n

A Digest of the Laws of Virginia, which are of a permanent character and general operation (J. Tate), 19:459–19:460, 19:460–19:461n

Digges, Dudley

  • and Va. Committee of Correspondence, 9:369n

Digges, Frank, 1:516

Digges, George P.

  • hires out slaves to Central College, 15:94

Digges, John

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:333, 20:195, 20:199

Digges, Thomas Attwood

  • on C. Bagot, 13:76–13:77
  • family of, 13:77
  • health of, 13:77, 13:93
  • identified, 1:517n
  • letters from, 1:515–1:517, 13:76–13:79
  • letter to, 13:93–13:94
  • proposed visit of, 13:76
  • recommends F. C. Fenwick, 13:78, 13:94
  • sends seeds to TJ, 13:77–13:78, 13:94
  • Washington residence of, 13:77

Digges, William, 3:426

Diggs, Mr.

  • sends greetings to TJ, 11:660

Diggs, Dudley, 3:179, 5:15–5:16

Dijon

  • yellow fever in, 10:136

Dill, Mr. (ship captain), 17:262n

Dille, Sarah

  • signs petition, 18:146

Dillehay, James Madison, 5:505

Dillehay, Thomas Jefferson, 5:505

Dillehay, Thomas L.

  • letters from, 5:504–5:505
  • names sons after TJ and J. Madison, 5:505, 5:505n

Dillwyn, William, 3:268

Dinah (TJ’s slave; b. 1766)

  • family of, 9:216n, 11:546n
  • health of, 13:605
  • laborer, 4:379
  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462, 5:462, 6:308, 6:308, 6:308, 6:309, 6:309, 8:60, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:61, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 8:255, 13:387, 13:387
  • spinner, 15:428

Dinarchus

  • Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger), 7:259, 17:138, 17:447

Dinsmore, James See also Dinsmore & Neilson (Albemarle Co. firm); Dinsmore & Perry (Albemarle Co. firm)

  • accounts with TJ, 1:64, 1:65n, 6:338n, 6:431, 6:431n
  • and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
  • Arthur S. Brockenbrough’s Agreement with James Dinsmore and John Neilson for Carpentry and Joining for the University of Virginia Rotunda, 19:446, 19:447, 19:447–19:448, 19:450, 19:452, 20:628
  • as builder for Central College–University of Virginia, 11:256, 11:273, 11:274n, 11:471, 11:544–11:545n, 13:64, 13:380–13:381, 13:399, 13:524, 13:612, 14:170–14:171, 14:171, 14:187, 14:195, 14:197, 14:390, 14:492, 14:492–14:493, 14:641, 15:3, 15:3, 15:4n, 15:86, 15:90, 15:90, 15:94, 15:96, 15:97, 15:97, 15:97, 15:98, 15:99, 15:100, 15:102, 15:103, 15:103, 15:103, 16:305, 16:306, 16:307, 16:309, 16:312, 16:318, 16:319, 16:475, 16:477, 16:478, 17:63n, 17:77, 17:567–17:568, 17:578, 17:620, 17:622, 17:625, 17:630, 17:631, 17:634, 17:637, 17:649, 17:652, 19:49, 19:49, 19:62, 19:183, 19:188, 19:237, 19:238, 19:253, 19:268, 19:310, 19:395, 19:395n, 19:446, 19:447–19:448, 19:521, 19:552, 19:553, 20:128, 20:196, 20:199, 20:203, 20:203, 20:205, 20:207, 20:213, 20:215, 20:219, 20:220, 20:223, 20:224, 20:225, 20:226, 20:227, 20:229, 20:229, 20:233, 20:556, 20:628–20:629, 20:630
  • and building plan for J. Monroe, 11:273–11:274
  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:328, 13:162, 16:303, 16:475
  • conveys message, 16:69
  • delivers papers, 13:370
  • finances of, 17:567–17:568
  • health of, 17:567
  • identified, 1:136n
  • letter from, to University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 14:171–14:172
  • letters from, 11:273–11:274, 13:399, 14:492–14:493, 17:567–17:568
  • letters from, to N. Barksdale, 14:170–14:171, 14:187–14:188
  • letters to, 3:119–3:120, 11:256, 11:471
  • list of carpenter’s tools, 1:135–1:136
  • J. Madison recommends, 8:592
  • manufacturing mill of, 8:313–8:314
  • mentioned, 18:194
  • and J. Oldham’s dispute with University of Virginia
  • and J. M. Perry, 14:217
  • petition to General Assembly, 5:378–5:380
  • and plastering at University of Virginia, 14:184
  • and reconstruction of U.S. Capitol, 8:591, 8:592
  • Report on Tin to Central College Board of Visitors, 13:380–13:381
  • seeks recommendation for brother, 4:476, 5:449
  • TJ recommends, 8:313–8:314, 8:479, 8:592, 9:501
  • transmits goods to TJ, 11:274, 11:447
  • and weaver for Charlottesville, 12:186, 12:338–12:339, 12:339, 12:396
  • and work at Bremo (J. H. Cocke’s Fluvanna Co. estate), 11:274n
  • works at Montpellier (Madison family estate), 1:155, 2:106, 3:119–3:120, 8:314, 8:479, 11:469, 14:171
  • works with J. Neilson, 5:299n

Dinsmore, John

  • TJ recommends, 4:476–4:477, 5:449, 5:449n

Dinsmore & Neilson (Albemarle Co. firm) See also Dinsmore, James; Neilson (Nelson), John

  • as builder for University of Virginia, 20:204, 20:225, 20:228, 20:555

Dinsmore & Perry (Albemarle Co. firm) See also Dinsmore, James; Perry, John M.

  • as builder for University of Virginia, 17:622, 17:649, 17:652–17:653, 19:46, 19:62, 19:238, 19:310, 20:217

Dinwiddie, Robert

  • as lieutenant governor of Va., 10:269, 11:83, 11:93n, 16:103n, 16:647n

Dio, Cassius. See Cassius Dio

Dio Chrysostom

  • Select Essays of Dio Chrysostom (ed. and trans. G. Wakefield), 12:183

Diocletian (Roman emperor)

  • baths of, 14:446, 14:446n, 17:133, 18:470, 18:493, 18:535, 19:liii, 19:524
  • drawings of palace of, 2:39, 3:581–3:582
  • retirement of, 16:203, 20:395, 20:402n

Διόδωρος. Bibliothecae Historicae Libri qui Supersunt (Diodorus Siculus; eds. P. Wesseling, C. G. Heyne, and J. N. Eyring), 10:233, 10:236n, 14:510, 17:106

Diodorus Siculus

  • Bibliothecae Historicae Libri Quindecim de quadraginta, 1:580, 6:382
  • Διόδωρος. Bibliothecae Historicae Libri qui Supersunt (eds. P. Wesseling, C. G. Heyne, and J. N. Eyring), 10:233, 10:236n, 14:510, 17:106
  • on Egyptian finance, 2:582
  • Historiarum Libri Aliquot, qui extant, opera & studio Vincentii Obsopoei in lucem editi, 1:580
  • Storia Universale, 14:222, 14:240, 14:266, 14:276, 14:351
  • TJ on, 7:447, 16:164

Diogenes (Greek philosopher), 10:398

Diogenes Laertius

  • Diogenis Laertii De Vitis, Dogmatibus et Apophthegmatibus Clarorum Philosophorum Libri X. Græce et Latine (ed. M. Meibomius), 9:195, 9:456
  • Διογένους Λαερτίου περὶ βίων, δογμάτων καὶ ἀποφθεγμάτων τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, βιβλία ιʹ. Diogenis Laertii de vitis, dogmatis & apophthegmatis eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt, libri X (ed. H. Estienne), 10:233
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers (trans. R. D. Hicks), 7:24, 7:221n
  • quoted by J. Adams, 6:520, 6:522n
  • TJ references, 9:703

Diogenes of Sinope (“the Cynic”), 6:229, 6:230n

Diogenis Laertii De Vitis, Dogmatibus et Apophthegmatibus Clarorum Philosophorum Libri X. Græce et Latine (Diogenes Laertius; ed. M. Meibomius), 9:195, 9:456

Διογένους Λαερτίου περὶ βίων, δογμάτων καὶ ἀποφθεγμάτων τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, βιβλία ιʹ. Diogenis Laertii de vitis, dogmatis & apophthegmatis eorum qui in philosophia claruerunt, libri X (Diogenes Laertius; ed. H. Estienne), 10:233

Diomed (British horse), 1:52n

Diomede (TJ’s horse), 1:51, 1:52n, 17:18n, 18:623n

Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap), 12:445

Dionis Nicæi, rerum Romanarum a pompeio magno, ad Alexandrum Mamææ filium Epitome (Cassius Dio; ed. J. Xiphilinus; trans. G. Leblanc), 10:233

Διονυσίου Οἰκουμένης Περιήγησις, μετὰ τῶν Εὐσταθίου Ὑπομνημάτων. Dionysii Orbis Descriptio (Dionysius Periegetes; eds. Eustathius of Thessalonica, H. Estienne, and W. Hill), 10:234, 10:237n

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

  • Les Antiquités Romaines (trans. F. Bellanger), 13:342, 13:391, 13:394, 13:413, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561, 13:562n, 14:215
  • mentioned, 6:542
  • On Literary Composition, 6:277
  • Opera Omnia Graece et Latine (eds. H. Estienne, J. J. Reiske, and others), 8:581, 8:582n, 9:109, 14:510, 15:26, 17:106
  • Opera Omnia Graece et Latine (trans. E. Spelman), 1:580

Dionysius II

  • as schoolmaster of Corinth, 7:477, 7:478, 7:481n

Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime (“Longinus”; trans. W. Smith), 14:200, 16:224, 16:257

Dionysius Periegetes

  • Διονυσίου Οἰκουμένης Περιήγησις, μετὰ τῶν Εὐσταθίου Ὑπομνημάτων. Dionysii Orbis Descriptio (eds. Eustathius of Thessalonica, H. Estienne, and W. Hill), 10:234, 10:237n

Diospyros. See persimmon trees

diphtheria (throat distemper)

  • in militia encampment, 8:233

diplomatic immunity

  • TJ on, 5:290–5:291

Dirat, Louis Marie

  • identified, 10:633–10:634n
  • and Société Agricole et Manufacturière Française, 10:631–10:632, 10:635

Directions for the Transplantation and Management of young Thorn or other Hedge Plants (T. Main), 2:132n, 10:195, 10:196n

disabilities, persons with

  • and education for the deaf and blind, 7:638, 10:39, 10:343, 10:489, 14:312, 15:600, 16:28–16:29, 16:46, 16:61, 16:86
  • as elementary-school teachers, 12:12n
  • limbless artist, 6:22–6:23, 6:23n
  • as paupers, 7:651

di Salò, Andrea Gratiolo

  • Discorso di Peste, 10:147n

“Discipulus Libertatis atque Humanitatis” (J. Torrey)

  • The Intellectual Flambeau, 9:641, 9:642n

Discorso di Peste (A. G. di Salò), 10:147n

Discours de L’Empereur Julien, contre les Chrétiens (Julian; trans. J. B. de Boyer), 12:583, 13:295

Discours de Lycurgue, d’Andocide, d’Isée, de Dinarque, avec un Fragment sous le Nom de Démade (trans. A. Auger), 7:259, 17:138, 17:447

A Discourse concerning the Influence of America on the Mind (C. J. Ingersoll), 20:441n

A Discourse concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers (J. Mayhew), 13:138, 13:138n

A Discourse Delivered at Cambridge (D. Osgood), 2:411, 2:412n

Discourse, delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue of ק“ק שארית ישראל in the City of New-York, on Friday, the 10th of Nisan, 5578, corresponding with the 17th of April 1818 (M. M. Noah), 13:30, 13:30n, 13:65–13:66

Discourse, delivered at the Consecration of the Synagogue, of the Hebrew Congregation, Mikva Israel, in the city of Savannah, Georgia (J. De La Motta), 16:235, 16:235n

A Discourse, delivered before the American Academy of the Arts (D. Clinton), 10:546, 10:547n

A Discourse, intended to commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (J. Belknap), 18:xlix–18:l

A Discourse of The Liberty of Prophesying (J. Taylor), 19:399, 19:401n

A Discourse on Agriculture (R. Peters), 9:538, 9:540n, 9:600

A Discourse on the Connexion between Chemistry and Medicine (T. Cooper), 13:546, 13:546n

A Discourse on the Early History of Pennsylvania (P. S. Du Ponceau), 17:141n

Discourses concerning Government (A. Sidney), 19:505, 20:150

Discourses on Davila (J. Adams), 6:287, 6:288, 6:296, 12:426, 19:330, 19:331

Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux (J. Saurin), 2:322n

Discours prononcés dans la séance publique tenue par la classe de la langue (Destutt de Tracy), 1:262n

Discours sur les Progrès des Sciences, Lettres et Arts (ed. J. L. Kesteloot), 1:656, 13:147, 13:394, 13:394–13:395n, 13:428, 13:596

Discours Sur L’Origine et les Fondements De L’Inégalité Parmi Les Hommes (J. J. Rousseau), 7:479, 7:481n

Dismal Swamp Canal, 6:92–6:93, 6:94

Dismal Swamp Land Company, 4:80

Disney, John

  • English Unitarian, 6:145–6:146, 6:227, 6:228, 6:228–6:229n
  • Memoirs of Thomas Brand-Hollis, Esq., 9:175, 9:176n

Disquisitions Relating to Matter and Spirit (J. Priestley), 6:302, 6:440, 18:58, 18:60n

D’Israeli, Isaac

  • Calamities of Authors, 9:434n, 9:527, 18:253, 18:254n
  • Literary miscellanies; including a dissertation on anecdotes, 7:389
  • maxims of, 18:371
  • Quarrels of Authors; or, Some Memoirs for our Literary History, 9:434n, 9:527

Dissertatio Medica inauguralis, de Vasis Absorptioni Servientibus (T. F. Andrews), 17:241, 17:242n

Dissertation First: exhibiting a general view of the Progress of Metaphysical, Ethical, and Political Philosophy, since the revival of letters in Europe (D. Stewart), 12:312, 12:313, 12:356, 12:402–12:403

“A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law” (J. Adams), 11:48, 11:49n, 11:201

A Dissertation on Fire (H. Humphrey), 9:307, 9:307, 9:307n, 9:308n, 10:163–10:164

A Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations (J. Richardson), 7:664

A Dissertation on the Marriage of a Man with his Sister in Law (J. H. Livingston), 12:334

A Dissertation on the Numbers of Mankind (R. Wallace), 17:535

A Dissertation on the Prophecies (G. S. Faber), 4:484, 4:485n

Dissertations de Maxime de Tyr, philosophe platonicien (Maximus of Tyre), 1:35

Dissertation Second: exhibiting a general view of the Progress of Mathematical and Physical Science, since the revival of letters in Europe (J. Playfair), 12:107, 12:312, 12:313, 12:344, 12:345, 12:356, 12:402–12:403

Dissertations on the Prophecies of the Old Testament (D. Levi), 9:651–9:652, 9:652n

Dissertation upon Rhetoric, translated from the Greek of Aristotle (Aristotle; trans. D. M. Crimmin), 18:579

Dissertatio Politico-Juridica de Jure Coloniarum (C. J. Brand), 17:112, 17:112n, 20:430, 20:430n

Dissertatio super Aristea de LXX (A. van Dale), 10:357, 10:386

The Dissonance of the four Generally Received Evangelists, and the Evidence of their Respective Authenticity Examined (E. Evanson) , 7:595, 7:595n, 7:633, 7:646

distiller’s syphon, 1:482

Ditton, Humphry

  • J. Swift satirizes, 10:424, 10:425n

D’Ivernois, Sir Francis

  • Effets du blocus continental, 3:198, 3:200n, 3:274

Divers, George

  • and Albemarle Academy, 7:265
  • and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
  • Answer to Interrogatories in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, 11:550–11:554, 14:399, 14:404–14:406
  • and appointment of principal assessor, 6:411–6:412, 6:412, 6:442
  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:322, 11:328, 15:96, 15:345, 15:398–15:399, 16:303, 19:53
  • and church for Charlottesville, 20:526
  • and corn-shelling machines, 14:118
  • dines at Monticello, 10:356
  • and W. Duane, 3:507, 3:509n, 3:540
  • exchanges plants and cuttings with TJ, 4:561, 4:562, 15:567, 16:627
  • and fiorin grass, 4:561, 4:562
  • friend of TJ, 4:671
  • grapevines of, 15:429
  • grinds wheat, 1:109
  • health of, 2:265, 5:26, 6:110, 7:288, 7:409, 7:501, 8:163, 8:516, 9:711, 11:344, 11:440, 11:549, 11:641, 14:9n, 14:21n, 14:271, 15:159, 15:429, 16:572, 16:623, 17:147
  • hosts dinner, 10:352, 10:352
  • hosts E. Trist, 1:73, 16:623, 17:230
  • identified, 1:157–1:158n
  • invites TJ to dinner, 6:412, 8:454, 10:352, 14:271–14:272
  • invites TJ to visit, 7:288
  • letters from, 1:157–1:158, 3:456, 4:562, 6:412, 7:288, 8:454, 11:221, 11:549, 14:271–14:272, 15:159, 15:429, 15:567
  • letters to, 3:454, 3:460–3:461, 4:156, 4:561, 6:411–6:412, 11:220–11:221, 11:440–11:441, 13:117
  • livestock of, 11:240
  • and W. McClure’s debts, 5:174–5:175, 5:328–5:329, 5:574–5:575, 5:575, 5:587n, 5:639–5:640
  • mentioned, 3:68n, 3:136
  • mill of, 11:185
  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349, 5:378–5:380
  • reports on TJ’s health, 13:395
  • and Rivanna Company, 3:192–3:194, 6:595, 6:597–6:598, 11:64, 11:76, 11:81, 11:91, 11:92–11:93n, 11:220–11:221, 11:221, 11:259–11:260, 11:260n, 11:552, 14:404–14:406, 15:268
  • seeds sent to, 15:137
  • sends herbs to TJ, 15:429
  • sends produce to TJ, 14:271, 15:159
  • sends seeds to TJ, 1:157, 7:288
  • and timothy seed, 3:454, 3:456, 3:460–3:461, 4:156, 4:157n
  • testimony in Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, 11:440, 11:440–11:441n, 11:549, 11:550–11:554, 11:555, 11:556–11:558, 11:641, 11:668
  • TJ sends livestock to, 15:159
  • TJ sends work to, 15:567n
  • TJ visits, 1:80, 1:98n, 8:516, 13:109, 13:111–13:112, 13:117, 16:627
  • tobacco crop of, 7:124
  • and University of Virginia, 17:575, 17:575, 17:576, 17:578, 19:58, 20:204, 20:224, 20:227
  • wheat grown by, 15:527–15:528
  • and wool manufacture, 6:114

Divers, Martha Walker (George Divers’s wife)

  • health of, 5:26, 6:110, 6:266, 7:409, 8:163, 8:516, 9:711
  • hosts E. Trist, 1:73
  • mentioned, 1:157n
  • sends greetings, 15:159, 15:567
  • TJ visits, 8:516

Divers, Thomas

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
  • and University of Virginia, 16:307

Divers, Thomas Jefferson, 1:157n

Diversions of Purley (J. H. Tooke), 7:629

The Diversions of Sidney (Margaret Bayard Smith), 1:10n

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

divider (surveying instrument), 16:70, 19:7, 19:7, 20:216

Dix, John Adams

  • Diary Account of Monticello Visit, 15:lii, 15:404–15:406
  • identified, 15:405–15:406n
  • Memoir of Monticello Visit, 15:lii, 15:407–15:408
  • sketch of Monticello by, 15:lii–15:liii, 15:346 (illus.) , 15:407–15:408, 15:408n
  • visits Monticello, 15:lii, 15:404, 15:404–15:405, 15:407–15:408
  • visits Montpellier (Madison family estate), 15:404, 15:407

Dixon, Mr. (ship captain), 10:68

Dixon, Alexander

  • as ship captain , 9:470, 9:569, 11:531

Dixon, George

  • edits A Voyage Round The World (W. Beresford), 1:445–1:446, 1:449n

Dixon (Dickson), Isaac See also Alrichs & Dixon (Wilmington, Del., firm)

  • identified, 5:322–5:323n

Dixon, Jeremiah

  • surveyor, 9:689

Dixon & Mountain (Wilmington, Del., firm), 12:409

Dizionario d’agricoltura o sia la coltivazione italiana (I. Ronconi), 2:82, 11:164

Dizionario Portatile e di Pronunzia, Francese-Italiano, ed Italiano-Francese (J. L. B. Cormon and V. Manni), 11:547, 11:592, 12:153, 12:439

D. Iunii Iuvenalis Aquinatis Satirae XVI (Juvenal; ed. G. A. Ruperti), 9:196, 9:455, 10:212, 10:531, 11:205, 11:296, 11:414, 11:414, 11:414, 12:439, 14:387, 14:511, 17:106

D. Junii Juvenalis et auli Persii Flacci Satyræ (Juvenal; Persius; ed. C. Schrevel), 9:455, 10:234

D. Ivn. Ivvenalis et Avli Persii Flacci Satyræ (Juvenal; ed. T. Farnaby), 14:387, 14:511

D. Justiniani Institutionum libri quatuor. The Four Books of Justinian’s Institutions (Justinian; trans. G. Harris), 5:136, 5:137n, 5:275–5:276, 5:277n, 7:125, 10:207, 10:209, 10:209n, 10:209n

D. Justiniani sacratissimi principis (Vinnius), 3:48, 3:175n

D. Magni Ausonii burdigalensis Opera (D. M. Ausonius; ed. J. Tollius), 18:279, 18:280n

Doane, Isaac (ship captain), 10:215, 10:215, 11:531

Dobb, M.

  • and University of Virginia, 16:308, 16:309

Dobbins, Daniel

  • and proposed biography of J. Logan, 9:65, 9:121

Dobson, Mr., 1:308

Dobson, John, 3:211, 3:211n

Dobson, Susannah

  • The Life of Petrarch, 7:664

Dobson, Thomas

  • and American Register, 12:403, 12:488, 12:514, 12:529
  • Encyclopædia, 1:577, 1:582, 4:365, 4:366n, 10:195
  • as publisher, 13:570n, 13:571n

docks

  • in buckwheat family, 4:142n
  • treated as weed, 4:139

The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions (T. Simpson), 5:416, 5:442, 5:443n, 5:501, 6:157, 7:286, 9:192

The Doctrine of fluxions (W. Emerson), 1:576

The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy, compared with those of Revelation (J. Priestley), 6:204, 6:317–6:318, 6:318, 6:319n, 6:367, 6:368, 6:368n, 6:439, 6:441, 6:471, 6:499, 6:499–6:500, 6:510, 6:520, 7:74, 7:148, 7:286, 7:293n

Documents and Facts, relative to Military Events, During the Late War (J. P. Boyd), 10:17, 10:17n

Doddridge, Philip

  • identified, 9:364n
  • letter from, 9:363–9:365
  • letter to, 9:405–9:406
  • as Va. legislator, 9:363–9:364, 9:405, 10:294, 16:468–16:469, 16:515, 16:635, 19:273, 19:339, 19:340n, 19:369, 19:369, 19:480

Dodge, Ezekiel Goddard, 10:533

Dodge, Joshua See also Dodge & Oxnard (Marseille firm)

  • agreement with S. Cathalan, 14:335–14:337
  • W. Bentley introduces, 19:483n
  • as consular candidate, 11:487–11:488, 11:510, 11:511–11:513, 11:533, 12:34, 12:36, 12:97, 12:277, 12:320, 12:320, 12:321, 12:350, 12:373, 12:500, 12:568, 13:9, 14:149, 14:330–14:334, 14:335–14:336, 14:618–14:619, 14:622, 14:625, 14:645, 15:104–15:105, 15:106n
  • as consul at Marseille, 15:185–15:186, 15:186, 17:86, 19:142
  • and death of S. Cathalan, 14:330–14:331, 14:622, 14:625–14:626, 14:627, 14:645, 15:195
  • family of, 11:488, 11:489n, 11:512, 12:34, 12:36
  • finances of, 14:148–14:149, 14:149, 14:330–14:332, 14:333–14:334, 14:622, 14:645
  • and French invasion of Spain (1823), 20:17
  • identified, 11:488–11:489n
  • as interim consul at Marseille, 14:333–14:334, 14:335, 14:622, 14:623, 15:76–15:77, 15:118
  • invoices from, 16:418–16:419, 16:424, 16:425, 17:271, 18:561–18:562
  • letter from, to J. Steele, 15:186–15:187
  • letters from, 14:330–14:334, 15:118, 15:185–15:186, 16:424–16:426, 16:510, 17:507–17:508, 18:546–18:547, 18:599–18:600, 20:16–20:18
  • letters to, 14:625–14:626, 16:116–16:118, 17:139–17:140, 18:561–18:562, 20:70
  • and medal for TJ, 17:507, 18:39
  • plans to visit TJ, 18:547, 18:561, 18:599, 19:142
  • on prospect of war in Europe, 20:17–20:18
  • TJ introduces, 19:483, 19:503, 19:503n
  • TJ pays, 15:555, 15:555, 16:116, 16:123, 16:177, 17:107, 17:116, 17:116, 17:147, 18:466, 18:492, 18:492, 18:561–18:562, 20:116, 20:116, 20:117, 20:117n
  • TJ’s correspondence with, 20:129
  • TJ’s debt to, 15:426, 16:117, 17:271
  • and Unitarianism, 20:17
  • and U.S. politics, 20:17, 20:70
  • on Virginia and Virginians, 20:16–20:17
  • visits J. Adams, 20:18
  • visits Monticello, 19:464, 19:464n, 19:641, 20:17, 20:18
  • visits U.S., 18:546–18:547, 18:561, 18:599, 18:600, 19:654, 20:16, 20:18, 20:70
  • and wine and groceries for TJ, 12:566, 14:625–14:626, 15:118, 15:119, 15:119, 15:186, 15:195, 15:384, 15:413, 15:442, 16:116–16:118, 16:121, 16:121, 16:419, 16:419, 16:424–16:425, 16:510, 17:86, 17:117, 17:139–17:140, 17:530, 18:510, 18:547, 18:561–18:562, 18:600, 19:641, 19:642, 20:431

Dodge & Oxnard (Marseille firm) See also Dodge, Joshua; Oxnard, Thomas

  • account with TJ, 17:507, 18:510, 19:116, 20:478–20:479
  • identified, 17:530n
  • letter from, 17:530
  • letters from accounted for, 19:78n, 20:479n
  • letters to, 18:456–18:457, 18:515, 19:641–19:642
  • TJ pays, 18:456–18:457, 18:515, 20:529, 20:530, 20:531, 20:548, 20:561
  • TJ sends letters through, 18:456, 18:456n, 18:457
  • and wine and groceries for TJ, 17:507, 17:530, 17:530n, 17:612, 18:39, 18:456–18:457, 18:461, 18:462, 18:519, 18:547, 19:78, 19:495, 19:641–19:642, 19:654, 20:70, 20:427, 20:432, 20:478–20:479

Dodsley, Robert

  • The Economy of Human Life, 3:50n, 12:534, 19:505
  • The Preceptor, 7:480, 7:481n

dogs

  • bill for taxing, 1:17, 1:68–1:69, 7:180, 7:180n
  • breeding of, 1:3n, 5:181
  • described by TJ, 2:378, 2:409, 2:490, 2:492, 2:512
  • F. Eppes conveys, 2:378
  • and R. Jefferson, 4:183, 4:481, 4:607, 8:173, 8:173, 8:257–8:258, 8:258, 8:272
  • kill livestock, 1:476, 6:511, 8:272
  • mentioned, 10:664n, 16:178, 16:616
  • proposed taxation of, 4:161, 4:170, 4:346–4:349
  • rabid, 14:442–14:443, 14:489
  • requested from TJ, 2:3, 2:32, 2:53, 2:413, 2:456, 6:369–6:370
  • sent to W. Thornton, 2:511–2:512, 2:568, 2:569, 2:666, 3:63, 3:63
  • shepherd, 1:376, 1:457, 1:469–1:470, 1:483, 1:483n, 3:63, 3:63, 3:201, 3:241, 3:252, 3:503, 5:69, 5:181, 5:209–5:210, 5:395, 6:31–6:32, 6:369–6:370, 6:511–6:512, 7:13
  • TJ on, 4:170, 6:511–6:512
  • in U.S. Congress, 3:330

dogwood , 1:272, 1:274n, 3:353, 5:189, 11:39, 12:618

D[oktor] Goethens Schriften (J. von Goethe), 6:616, 6:617–6:618, 6:619n, 7:146, 7:150n, 10:122

Dold, Jesse

  • and University of Virginia, 16:305, 16:316, 17:620, 17:623, 17:638, 19:50

Doll (TJ’s slave; b. 1757)

  • on Monticello slave lists, 4:386

Dollond, Mr.

  • scientific-instrument maker, 9:224, 9:224, 9:224, 9:225, 12:342

Dollond, Peter & John (London firm). See Peter & John Dollond (London firm)

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

Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

  • health of, 16:559
  • on Monticello slave lists, 4:388, 16:648
  • as Monticello weaver, 6:556

Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1809). See Hughes, Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1809)

Dolly (TJ’s slave; b. 1812)

  • on Poplar Forest slave lists, 5:460, 6:310, 8:62

Dolphin (ship), 10:128–10:129

Dolphin of York (ship), 1:53, 1:64

Domat, Jean

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

Domenico. See Bigordi, Domenico di Tommaso (Domenico Ghirlandajo)

Domesday Book

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

Domestic encyclopædia (A. F. M. Willich), 1:18, 1:19n, 1:252, 1:252n, 16:234, 16:236

Domestic Spinner. See Herrick, Ebenezer: and Domestic Spinner (spinning machine)

Dominguez Manzo, José, 20:600

Dominic, Saint, 16:590

Dominique André & Cottier

  • bankers in Nice, 9:472

Donaghey, John

  • Catholic trustee in Norfolk, 15:317n

Donaghue (Donahue), William

  • and University of Virginia, 17:638

Donald, Andrew

  • property of, 9:35, 9:168, 9:173, 13:385

Donald, James (of Bedford Co.)

  • merchant, 5:163n
  • and J. Wayles’s land purchase, 5:162, 5:339–5:340, 5:343

Donald, James (of Richmond), 2:434

Donaldson, Alexander

  • militia service of, 7:160

Donaldson, Mary

  • signs petition, 18:146

Donati, Tommaso Francesco, 14:64, 14:67n

Donatium, Christian Gottfried, 12:582

Donck, Adriaen van der

  • Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant, 2:503n, 2:503n

Donne, John

  • letter from accounted for, 13:621

Don Pedro (sheep), 1:16, 1:18, 1:19n, 2:xli, 2:379, 2:380n, 2:380 (illus.) , 9:236, 9:237n

Don Quixote (M. de Cervantes)

  • J. Adams on, 10:573
  • recommended to Albemarle Library Society, 19:508
  • TJ recommends, 12:534
  • TJ references, 5:95, 5:122, 18:563
  • W. Wirt alludes to, 10:346, 10:347n

Doolittle, Isaac

  • carries letters from Europe, 5:612, 6:489, 6:509
  • identified, 6:489–6:490n
  • letters from, 6:489–6:490
  • letters to, 6:509

D’orgenoy, Francis Joseph Le Breton

  • and batture controversy, 2:444n, 2:449, 2:450n, 2:516, 2:545, 2:659, 2:682, 5:144–5:145, 6:388, 6:390, 6:392, 6:393, 6:394–6:395
  • marshal at New Orleans, 3:233, 3:246–3:248, 3:265, 3:326, 3:326n, 3:409, 3:410n, 3:477, 3:498, 3:498n, 5:137n, 5:144–5:145, 5:314–5:315

D’oring, Mr., 3:478n

Dorsenne, Jean Marie Pierre François Lepaige, comte, 1:372

Dorset, John Frederick Sackville, 3d Duke of

  • and Marie Antoinette, 19:245
  • as peace negotiator, 17:348
  • on TJ, 19:245, 19:246n

Dorsey, Greenberry

  • identified, 8:140n
  • introduced to TJ, 8:38–8:39, 8:64, 8:139, 8:140, 8:140n
  • letter from, 8:139–8:140
  • unable to visit TJ, 8:139

Dorsey, John Syng

  • as university professor, 12:389, 12:389–12:390n, 12:490, 12:647, 13:45, 13:429

Dorsière, Eugene, 3:478n

Dort, Synod of (1618–19)

  • and colonial N.Y., 13:481
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506

Dortic, John

  • forwards seeds to TJ, 3:583, 3:604, 3:604, 3:614
  • identified, 3:583n
  • letters from, 3:583, 3:614, 3:619–3:620, 4:84–4:85, 4:419–4:420, 5:447
  • letters to, 3:604, 3:628, 4:176–4:177
  • and public dispatches, 3:619–3:620, 3:628
  • travels of, 4:419–4:420
  • and viticulture, 4:84–4:85, 4:176–4:177, 4:419–4:420, 5:447

Dossie, Robert

  • The Handmaid to the Arts, 1:582

double blue hyacinths, 5:358

Doublehead

  • Cherokee leader, 1:7

Doublehead (horse), 20:111

Doublehead’s Reserve, Tenn., 1:7

Dougherty, Felix, 12:461, 12:462n

Dougherty, Joseph

  • account with TJ, 1:3–1:4
  • acquires sheep for TJ, 1:153, 1:464, 1:465–1:466, 1:467, 1:476–1:477, 1:486, 5:454, 5:455n
  • acquires sheep from W. Thornton, 1:465–1:466, 1:476, 1:480–1:481
  • assaults S. Lane, 14:544–14:545
  • assists J. Shorter, 14:26, 14:26n
  • and books for TJ, 2:101
  • as bottler, 10:553–10:554, 10:577, 14:543
  • and W. A. Burwell’s death, 16:603, 16:614, 16:616
  • delivers seeds, 3:98–3:99
  • family of, 14:543, 20:347–20:348
  • finances of, 14:543–14:545, 20:269, 20:269, 20:347–20:348, 20:389–20:390
  • forwards gift from H. Julien, 20:362
  • identified, 1:3–1:4n
  • letter from, to T. M. Randolph, 14:543–14:545
  • letters from, 1:64, 1:153, 1:199–1:200, 1:286, 1:320–1:321, 1:480–1:481, 2:53–2:54, 2:101, 2:362, 2:392, 2:431–2:432, 3:241–3:242, 4:124, 4:200, 5:454–5:455, 6:365, 8:268–8:269, 8:416–8:417, 8:453, 10:553–10:554, 11:182–11:183, 13:289, 14:26, 16:603, 16:614, 16:616, 20:362
  • letters to, 1:76, 1:224–1:225, 1:310, 1:464, 1:467, 2:409–2:410, 2:490–2:491, 3:252, 4:163–4:164, 5:500, 6:396–6:397, 8:287, 10:577, 11:214, 13:307
  • letters to accounted for, 2:53n
  • makes payment for TJ, 11:456, 11:457n
  • mentioned, 3:528, 3:587, 8:473
  • and merino sheep, 1:3n, 1:153, 1:199, 1:225, 1:286, 1:286, 1:310, 1:320–1:321, 1:467, 2:362, 2:366, 2:392, 2:409, 2:431–2:432, 2:457, 2:481, 2:491, 3:241, 3:242, 3:252, 5:454, 5:455n, 5:500
  • oversees transport of TJ’s belongings, 1:53
  • proposed visit to Monticello of, 20:362
  • and ram husbandry, 2:431–2:432
  • seeks appointment, 6:365, 6:396, 6:399, 6:461
  • seeks Senate doorkeeper appointment, 4:124, 4:163, 4:164, 4:171, 4:173, 4:200, 11:182, 11:214, 13:289
  • sends music to M. J. Randolph, 10:554
  • and shepherd dogs, 2:53, 2:409, 2:413, 2:431, 2:456, 2:490, 2:492, 2:492, 3:63, 3:241, 3:252, 5:181
  • as superintendent of federal buildings, 13:289, 13:307, 14:543–14:544
  • TJ pays, 1:41, 1:42
  • and transportation of TJ’s library, 8:268, 8:268–8:269n, 8:287, 8:333, 8:373, 8:379, 8:379n, 8:386, 8:387, 8:416–8:417, 8:453
  • travels to Monticello, 1:53
  • as vendor of porter, 3:241–3:242, 3:252, 6:365, 6:396, 13:289, 20:269

Dougherty, Mary (Maria) Murphy (Joseph Dougherty’s wife)

  • family of, 1:53, 20:269, 20:269, 20:347–20:348, 20:467
  • identified, 20:270n
  • letters from, 20:269–20:270, 20:347–20:348, 20:467
  • seeks TJ’s assistance, 1:3n, 20:269–20:270, 20:347–20:348, 20:389–20:390, 20:467

Dougherty (Little), Sarah E.

  • as M. Dougherty’s amanuensis, 20:269, 20:270n, 20:348n, 20:467n

Dougherty, Thomas

  • as clerk of U.S. House of Representatives, 19:365, 19:365n

Douglas, David

  • Bedford Co. innkeeper, 9:35, 10:554

Douglas, William

  • TJ’s early teacher, 17:310

Douglass, Achilles

  • as Albemarle Co. sheriff, 20:252

Douglass, Fleming

  • witnesses documents, 12:561, 12:562

Douglass, John

  • and University of Virginia, 19:189

Doujat, Jean

  • edits Titi Livii Patavini Historiarum Libri qui extant (Livy), 1:580, 5:549, 5:549n, 12:576

Doulson v. Matthews, 2:432n, 2:455, 4:302n

Douthat, Robert

  • identified, 9:22n
  • innkeeper near Natural Bridge, 9:21–9:22, 9:35, 9:309, 9:310n
  • and survey of Natural Bridge, 14:248

Dow, Alexander

  • The History of Hindostan, Translated from the Persian, 7:664

Dowell, James

  • and University of Virginia, 16:306, 16:315

Dowell, John

  • and University of Virginia, 16:304, 16:307

dowlas (textile), 18:48, 19:14, 19:16n

Downing, Charles

  • and Mutual Assurance Society, 15:576, 15:578n

Dox, Peter P.

  • as Albany postmaster, 7:313, 7:314n, 9:184, 9:184n
  • death of, 9:184, 9:184n, 9:194

Draco (brig), 19:498, 19:499n, 19:501n, 19:702, 20:23

Draffen, Thomas

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:325, 11:329, 20:200
  • and University of Virginia, 16:308, 16:314, 17:630, 17:631, 17:635, 17:635, 17:636, 17:637, 17:637, 17:638, 17:638, 17:638, 17:638, 17:639, 17:640, 19:46, 19:51, 19:51, 19:51, 19:53, 19:54, 19:54, 19:54, 19:54, 19:55, 19:55, 19:57, 20:179, 20:195, 20:197, 20:199, 20:200, 20:202, 20:202, 20:203, 20:203, 20:204, 20:205, 20:205, 20:206, 20:211, 20:211, 20:215, 20:216, 20:218, 20:218, 20:220, 20:222, 20:222, 20:224, 20:224, 20:225, 20:225, 20:226, 20:227, 20:227, 20:228, 20:228, 20:228, 20:229, 20:230, 20:230, 20:231, 20:232, 20:233, 20:234, 20:234, 20:556

dragons, 12:443

Drake, Daniel

  • identified, 9:526n
  • Natural and Statistical View, or Picture of Cincinnati and the Miami Country, 9:526, 9:526n, 9:647

Drake, Joseph Rodman, 16:599–16:600, 16:602n, 16:643

Dramata (Euripides; ed. E. Zimmermann), 11:415

Draper, George

  • and G. Washington, 18:138

Draper, John See also Murray, Draper, Fairman & Company (Philadelphia firm) , 5:654, 5:654n

Drapiez, Pierre Auguste Joseph

  • and C. S. Rafinesque, 17:88

drawers (clothing), 11:450, 11:450, 12:45+, 12:257

drawing

  • instructors for University of Virginia, 13:419, 13:419, 13:555, 13:617, 16:459–16:460
  • landscape, 17:222
  • and natural history, 11:191
  • study of, 5:359+, 7:480, 7:668, 7:687, 12:533, 12:533, 13:198, 13:218, 16:29n, 16:206, 16:208, 16:300, 19:276, 20:345, 20:596

drawings

  • architectural, 15:169, 15:170 (illus.), 15:171 (illus.), 16:60, 17:296–17:297, 17:298n, 18:196 (illus.), 19:396n, 19:675, 20:90, 20:90n
  • by J. A. Dix, 15:lii–15:liii, 15:346 (illus.), 15:407–15:408
  • by B. Otis, 14:444–14:445, 14:528–14:529
  • by C. W. Peale, 16:74–16:75, 16:76n, 16:219
  • by C. J. Randolph, 11:624n, 11:628, 15:lii, 15:346 (illus.)
  • by T. Sully, 14:444–14:445
  • by TJ, 15:228 (illus.), 16:60, 18:l, 18:l, 18:196 (illus.), 19:lv, 20:11 (illus.), 20:44, 20:45, 20:90, 20:90n
  • of University of Virginia, 17:613–17:614, 19:294–19:295, 19:308–19:309, 19:309n, 20:90, 20:90n
  • by E. Vail, 18:302n
  • by H. F. Randolph Willis, 17:liv, 17:392 (illus.)

drawknives, 1:135, 1:136n

drayman. See Ned (J. B. Couch’s slave)

Drayton, John

  • federal judge, 6:29n, 13:318, 13:319n

Drayton, William

  • and olive cultivation, 11:168n
  • TJ sends seeds to, 15:602n

Dresden, Battle of (1813), 6:619, 6:637n

Drew, Daniel

  • M. Carey introduces, 17:136, 17:501, 20:105
  • identified, 17:501n
  • letters from, 17:501, 20:105
  • and New Bern Academy (N.C.), 20:105
  • seeks position at University of Virginia, 17:136, 17:501

Drew, Peyton

  • letters from accounted for, 5:687

Drew, Blair & Carroll (Richmond firm), 14:587n

drill (textile), 17:6

drills (sowing implements)

  • British model described, 9:280–9:281
  • designed by A. Cock, 16:607–16:608
  • designed by T. C. Martin, 6:382, 6:382, 6:454, 6:514, 6:515n, 7:246, 7:306
  • TJ on, 4:7, 7:306

drills (tools), 12:li

Driscoll, Mr.

  • letter from accounted for, 13:621

Le droit commun de la France (F. Bourjon), 3:174n

droit d’aubaine, 3:468, 3:472n

Du Droit de Pétition a l’occasion des Élections (B. C. Dunoyer), 20:497, 20:498n

Le Droit des Gens, ou, Principes de la loi naturelle, appliqué à la conduite & aux affaires des nations & des souverains (E. von Vattel), 3:159, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:546, 7:627, 17:334, 17:376n

Le Droit Naturel (F. Quesnay), 10:46, 10:154, 10:205, 10:209, 10:557–10:558, 10:594

Le Droit Public de L’Europe (G. B. de Mably), 17:334, 17:376n

Drouin, J. J.

  • Recueil de Recherches sur l’Education, 8:551

druids

  • J. Adams on, 5:70

Drummond, Gordon

  • British general, 8:44, 8:45n, 8:264, 8:267n

Drummond, Spencer (ship captain), 18:442

drunkenness See also alcohol: abuse of

  • of Central College brick mason, 12:193–12:194n
  • of Charlottesville Academy students, 15:140–15:141, 15:500n
  • of W. Fontaine, 1:526, 1:645–1:646
  • of P. Hubbard, 8:174
  • of J. Madison’s maitre d’hotel, 1:53
  • of S. Scott, 5:39, 5:239, 5:243
  • TJ on, 18:378, 19:573–19:574
  • of TJ’s blacksmith, 1:419n

Dryden, John

  • Fables, Ancient and Modern, 17:209
  • King Arthur: or, the British Worthy, 17:310, 17:375n
  • quoted, 8:85, 8:85n, 20:396, 20:402n
  • TJ on, 12:532
  • tragedies of, 12:534, 19:506
  • translates Plutarchs Lives. Translated From the Greek by Several Hands. To which is prefixt the Life of Plutarch (Plutarch), 19:475, 19:505
  • translates The Works of Virgil (Virgil), 10:260n, 12:534, 19:506

Duane, James

  • as member of Continental Congress, 13:333n, 20:150

Duane, Margaret Hartman Markoe Bache (William Duane’s wife), 3:40n, 3:452n

Duane, William

  • advises Congress, 8:99
  • and J. Armstrong, 3:330–3:331
  • assistance sought for, 20:263n
  • and Bank of U.S., 3:450–3:451, 5:254–5:255, 5:257n
  • and R. de Bécourt’s book, 5:467n
  • A Bird’s Eye Sketch of the Military Concerns of the United States, 5:257n
  • books requested from, 4:56, 10:81
  • citizenship of, 8:526, 8:528n, 15:18, 15:19n
  • The Constitutions of the United States, 5:649, 5:650n
  • on H. Dearborn, 6:527
  • H. Dearborn on, 3:553, 13:3
  • and Destutt de Tracy’s works, 3:3–3:4, 3:6–3:7, 3:38, 3:184–3:185, 3:189, 3:310–3:311, 3:329, 3:339, 3:339n, 3:449, 4:25, 4:243n, 5:224, 5:557, 5:577–5:579, 6:52, 6:509, 6:526, 6:530n, 7:3, 7:5n, 7:129, 7:450, 7:527, 7:532n, 8:33, 8:105, 8:106, 8:164, 8:182, 8:182, 8:236, 8:253, 8:266, 8:267n, 8:628–8:629, 9:439, 9:463–9:464, 9:517, 9:517n, 9:537–9:538, 9:543, 9:568n, 9:640, 9:664, 10:61–10:62, 10:62, 10:63, 10:64n, 10:289–10:290, 10:290, 10:291, 10:327, 10:371, 10:380, 10:652, 10:657, 10:658, 11:13, 13:421, 13:422n, 14:201–14:202, 16:486, 20:288, 20:289n
  • and P. S. Du Pont de Nemours’s Notes on the Encouragement of American Manufactures, 9:618n, 9:618n
  • as editor of Philadelphia Aurora, 1:48, 1:49n, 1:49n, 3:331, 4:174, 4:174n, 7:527, 7:564–7:565, 9:568n, 10:79, 10:652n, 13:50, 13:475, 18:142–18:143
  • on European affairs, 7:527–7:529
  • on W. Eustis, 5:255, 6:527
  • and failed Washington bookstore, 3:449, 3:452n
  • family of, 18:142–18:143, 18:191
  • and A. Gallatin, 3:584, 3:585–3:586, 3:600, 3:601–3:603, 3:626–3:627
  • on Great Britain, 5:256–5:257
  • A Hand Book for Infantry, 5:256, 5:257n, 8:388, 8:672
  • A Hand Book for Riflemen, 5:256, 5:257n
  • identified, 1:49n
  • letters from, 2:538–2:540, 3:37–3:40, 3:189–3:190, 3:329–3:331, 3:449–3:453, 4:25–4:26, 5:254–5:257, 5:352–5:355, 5:634–5:638, 6:526–6:530, 7:527–7:532, 8:99, 9:439, 10:652
  • letters to, 1:48–1:49, 3:4–3:7, 3:86–3:89, 3:184–3:185, 3:207–3:208, 3:310–3:311, 3:339, 3:506–3:509, 3:591–3:594, 4:56–4:57, 4:632–4:633, 5:293–5:294, 5:366–5:368, 5:577–5:579, 6:52–6:54, 6:509–6:510, 7:450–7:451, 7:564–7:565, 8:105, 8:253–8:254, 11:13, 11:455, 13:475
  • letters to accounted for, 7:565n
  • libel charges against, 4:174, 4:174–4:175n
  • mentioned, 3:385, 6:255, 12:134
  • A Military Dictionary, 3:38, 3:40n, 5:611
  • Notes on the Expediency of Using Black Troops, 7:532–7:534
  • and perpetual-motion machine, 5:558, 5:559n
  • portrait of, 3:xlvi, 3:358 (illus.)
  • on race and military service, 7:531, 7:532–7:534
  • recommends A. Macaulay, 2:304
  • and Republican supporters, 3:451–3:452, 3:507–3:509, 3:515, 3:540, 3:549–3:550, 3:573–3:575, 3:584, 3:585–3:586, 3:591–3:593, 4:25, 5:635, 5:637n, 13:149
  • and R. Rush’s cabinet proposal, 5:79–5:80n
  • sedition prosecution, 1:277–1:278, 2:412n, 8:528n
  • sends document to TJ, 2:538–2:539
  • and S. Snyder, 3:563, 3:564n, 3:601
  • TJ on, 3:563–3:564, 3:601–3:602, 3:603, 20:263
  • TJ’s account with, 4:56, 4:633, 4:634, 4:634n, 7:554, 7:564–7:565, 8:435, 8:436n, 8:468, 8:469n, 8:469, 9:130, 9:439, 9:439, 9:552n, 9:568, 9:568n, 10:652n, 11:13, 11:455, 11:648, 11:648n
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:632
  • on TJ’s return to office, 5:352–5:353
  • vouches for J. Melish, 4:423
  • and D. B. Warden, 3:340, 4:19
  • on War of 1812, 5:352–5:353, 5:635–5:636, 6:53, 6:526–6:530, 7:527–7:531, 8:99
  • and war with Great Britain, 5:255–5:256
  • and weavers, 11:507
  • and The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, 3:449, 3:451, 4:56, 6:374, 6:413, 8:634, 11:289, 11:290n, 11:376n, 19:507

Duane, William John

  • identified, 11:599n
  • letter from, 11:597–11:599
  • letter to, 11:647
  • and Pa. politics, 11:597, 11:599n, 11:647, 12:47

Dubois, Guillaume

  • French prelate and political advisor, 9:432, 9:434n

Dubois, William, 16:327n

Dubos, Jean Baptiste

  • on climate change, 14:185, 14:186n
  • Reflexions Critiques sur la Poesie et sur la Peinture, 8:630
  • writings of, 7:662

Dubouchage, François Joseph de Gratet, vicomte de

  • French minister of Marine, 11:255, 11:255n

du Bourguet, Jean Baptiste d’Estienne

  • Traités Élémentaires de Calcul Différentiel et de Calcul Intégral, 20:582

Dubricius (Dyfrig), Saint

  • and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:376

Du Buat, Pierre Louis Georges

  • referenced, 20:581

Du Cange, Charles Du Fresne

  • Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediæ & Infimæ Latinitatis, 13:342, 13:358, 13:394, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561

Ducatel, Julius Timoleon

  • identified, 13:176n
  • letter from, 13:175–13:176
  • and TJ’s correspondence, 13:147, 13:175–13:176

Duckett, Allen Bowie, 1:516

ducks

  • and dogs, 6:511
  • summer, 1:56
  • TJ purchases, 15:185, 15:185n

Duclos, R.

  • edits Dictionnaire Bibliographique, Historique et Critique des Livres Rares, 13:343n, 13:394, 13:413, 13:413, 13:474, 13:474, 13:494, 13:525, 13:561–13:562

Ducoigne, Jean Baptiste (Kaskaskia Indian chief)

  • mentioned, 6:324

Du Cotonnier et de sa Culture (C. P. De Lasteyrie), 1:37, 2:83, 11:164

Du Degré de Certitude de la Médecine (P. J. G. Cabanis), 10:234, 10:237n

Dudley, Mr., 18:404

Dudley, Charles Edward, 19:556

Dudley, John

  • and University of Virginia, 16:305, 20:199, 20:200, 20:214, 20:216, 20:218, 20:218, 20:224, 20:227

Dudley, Russell

  • as carpenter, 14:652

dueling, 3:277, 3:279n, 3:425, 3:425n, 5:150, 5:158–5:159, 6:479, 8:464–8:465, 9:482n, 9:482n, 16:290n, 18:210n, 18:300, 18:302n, 20:255

Duer, Catherine (“Lady Kitty”) Alexander (William Alexander’s daughter; William Duer’s wife), 7:67

Duer, William

  • and public finance, 6:626

Duffel (Duffell; Duffie), Henry Leonard

  • identified, 5:359n
  • seeks military position, 5:359, 5:359n

Dufief, Nicolas Gouin

  • account with TJ, 6:156, 6:157n, 6:157, 7:259, 7:286, 7:305, 7:554–7:555, 7:646, 8:435, 8:469n, 8:469, 8:685, 8:686, 9:645, 9:646n, 10:81, 10:81n, 10:590, 10:630, 10:643, 11:13–11:14, 11:30, 11:31, 11:31–11:32, 11:67, 11:67–11:68, 11:118–11:119, 11:128, 11:161, 11:284, 11:593, 11:593, 11:605, 14:467–14:468, 14:505, 17:444
  • and J. Adams, 6:471, 6:471n, 10:658, 11:45
  • and R. de Bécourt’s book, 5:467n, 5:467n, 6:133, 6:213, 6:368, 7:284–7:285, 7:303–7:305, 7:324
  • bookseller, 3:340, 4:71–4:72, 4:79, 5:14, 5:36, 5:133, 5:416–5:417, 5:442, 5:443n, 5:501, 5:523, 5:549, 5:557, 5:594, 5:625, 6:119, 6:156, 6:219–6:220, 6:280, 6:441, 6:471, 6:510–6:511, 6:533, 6:597, 6:647, 7:282, 7:284–7:285, 7:292–7:293, 7:303–7:305, 7:324, 7:554–7:555, 7:568–7:569, 7:646, 8:640, 9:50, 9:130, 10:80–10:81, 10:154, 11:30, 11:31–11:32, 14:221–14:222, 14:467, 17:230, 18:376
  • identified, 3:98n
  • letters from, 3:97–3:98, 3:393, 4:79–4:80, 4:278, 4:370, 5:36, 5:442–5:443, 5:523–5:524, 5:594–5:595, 6:156–6:157, 6:280–6:281, 6:471, 6:533–6:534, 6:647, 7:284–7:285, 7:292–7:293, 7:324–7:325, 7:633–7:634, 7:646–7:647, 8:468–8:469, 8:640–8:641, 8:685–8:686, 9:50, 10:80–10:81, 10:172, 10:370–10:373, 10:481–10:482, 10:590, 10:642–10:643, 11:30, 11:31–11:32, 11:161–11:162, 11:241, 11:247–11:248
  • letters to, 3:137, 4:71–4:72, 5:14, 5:416–5:417, 5:501, 5:549, 5:625, 6:119, 6:219–6:220, 6:441, 6:510–6:511, 6:597, 7:259, 7:282, 7:303–7:305, 7:554–7:555, 7:595, 8:435–8:436, 8:670, 9:645–9:646, 10:61–10:62, 10:158, 10:390–10:391, 10:580–10:581, 10:619, 10:630, 10:658, 11:13–11:14, 11:67, 11:233, 11:250–11:251
  • letter to accounted for, 8:670n
  • makes payments for TJ, 7:285, 7:633, 8:468, 8:469n, 9:447
  • mentioned, 3:309
  • Nature Displayed, 1:581, 3:98n, 5:467n, 5:557, 10:370–10:372, 10:390–10:391, 10:481, 10:482n, 12:534, 13:513
  • A New Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and English Languages, 3:97, 3:98n, 3:137, 3:393, 4:71, 4:79, 5:557, 6:220, 6:280, 6:441, 6:471, 6:533, 7:286, 7:286n, 7:293n, 7:555, 7:633, 7:646, 8:469, 8:514, 8:628, 8:672, 9:60, 10:62, 10:81, 10:172, 10:391, 11:67, 11:161, 11:161, 11:233, 11:233n, 11:247, 11:248n, 12:534
  • sends book catalogues, 4:278, 4:370, 5:14n, 8:435, 8:436n
  • TJ orders books from, 7:259, 7:305, 7:595, 7:633, 8:435–8:436, 8:468, 8:469, 8:670, 8:674, 8:685, 8:686, 10:61–10:62, 10:62, 10:80–10:81, 10:290, 10:580, 10:619, 10:630, 10:642–10:643, 10:657, 11:250–11:251
  • TJ pays, 6:117, 7:555, 7:555–7:556, 7:556, 7:564–7:565, 7:568–7:569, 7:602, 8:469n, 9:649, 10:157, 10:158, 10:172, 10:590, 10:630
  • travels to Europe, 8:468, 10:157, 10:158, 10:172, 11:241, 11:247, 11:250, 13:513

Dufour, John James, 12:21n

Dugdale, Sir William

  • and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:376
  • The Baronage of England, 8:581, 9:109
  • Monasticon Anglicanum, 8:581, 9:108

Dugnani, Antonio

  • death of, 15:316, 15:335
  • desires A. Maréchal to visit Monticello, 12:406, 12:469
  • A. Gallatin forwards letter to, 12:467
  • identified, 8:328n
  • inquires about TJ’s family, 12:406–12:407, 12:407n, 12:461, 15:316
  • letters to, 8:327–8:328, 12:460–12:462
  • mentioned, 15:316
  • sends greetings to TJ’s family, 12:406
  • TJ introduces B. S. Barton to, 8:327, 8:327, 12:460–12:461
  • TJ introduces G. Ticknor to, 12:462, 12:466–12:467, 12:513, 13:236–13:237, 13:338
  • TJ on, 12:466–12:467, 12:468–12:469, 15:335, 15:335n

Duhamel Du Monceau, Henri Louis

  • A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, 2:82, 6:380, 11:164
  • Traité sur la nature et sur la culture de la Vigne, 11:164

Du Jareau, Godefroi

  • and American Philosophical Society, 2:372, 2:375n, 2:663, 2:664, 2:665n, 3:41–3:42
  • civic improvement proposals of, 2:372, 2:373, 2:375n, 2:483, 2:484, 2:485, 2:487n, 2:552, 2:557, 2:665n
  • and flour milling, 2:557–2:558
  • horse-drawn saw, 2:374–2:375n, 2:553, 3:41–3:42
  • identified, 2:375n
  • letters from, 2:372–2:375, 2:483–2:487, 2:552–2:563, 2:663–2:665
  • and J. Mather, 2:373, 2:484, 2:487n, 2:657, 3:233, 3:234n, 3:484
  • water-raising machine, 2:553–2:557, 2:563–2:564, 2:663–2:664

Duke, Archibald B.

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:329, 20:199

Duke, James

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 17:576
  • identified, 18:486n
  • letter from, 18:485–18:486
  • recommends A. Hord, 18:485

Duke, Richard

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:329, 16:475
  • family of, 18:485
  • identified, 13:598n
  • letter to, 13:597–13:598
  • as potential proctor for University of Virginia, 13:597–13:598
  • and University of Virginia, 16:476

Duker, Karl Andreas

  • edits De Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri Octo Graece et Latine (Thucydides), 9:195, 9:455, 10:233, 14:510, 17:106

Dulac, Madame, 2:15

Dulany, Benjamin Tasker

  • family of, 19:449
  • identified, 19:449n
  • letter from, 19:448–19:449
  • requests loan from TJ, 19:448–19:449

Dumas, Louis

  • bureau typographique of, 11:639, 11:640n, 12:100–12:101

dumb fish (dunfish). See cod: New England

Duméril, André Marie Constant

  • Traité élémentaire d’Histoire Naturelle, 10:234, 14:460, 17:138, 17:445, 17:494, 18:466, 20:114, 20:469
  • works of, 11:452

Dumfries (ship), 13:291, 13:440, 13:492, 15:72

Dumont, Jean, baron de Carlscroon

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

Dumouchel, Jean Baptiste

  • Narrationes excerptæ ex Latinis scriptoribus servato temporum ordine dispositæ, 8:482, 8:482n

Du Moulin, Charles

  • Coutumes du comté et bailliage de Mante et Meulant, 3:130–3:131, 3:174n
  • Coûtumes generales du paîs et duché de Bretagne, 3:130–3:131, 3:174n

du Moulin, Jacques

  • and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:378

Dumoulin, John Franklin

  • citizenship of, 10:101–10:102
  • An Essay on Naturalization & Allegiance, 9:665–9:666, 9:666n, 10:20
  • friends of, 10:102
  • identified, 9:56–9:57n
  • introduced to TJ by T. A. Emmet, 9:55–9:56
  • introduced to TJ by J. Minor, 9:125
  • letters from, 9:665–9:666, 10:101–10:102
  • letter to, 10:20
  • library of, 10:101
  • plans trip to New Orleans, 10:101–10:102
  • on principles of freedom, 10:101
  • visits Monticello, 9:666, 10:20

Dumouriez, Charles François du Périer

  • advises British ministry, 4:270
  • arrests A. G. Camus, 8:656
  • on British politics, 4:270–4:271
  • spoliations by army of, 2:13–2:14

Dunbar, John, 3:183, 3:210–3:211, 13:344

Dunbar, William

  • as astronomer, 1:498n
  • expedition of
  • writings of, 1:97n, 11:574, 11:574n

Duncan, Abner Lawson

  • as gubernatorial candidate, 16:146
  • identified, 2:119n
  • and J. Peyton’s estate, 2:117, 2:118, 2:119, 2:254–2:255, 2:255, 2:383, 2:495, 3:59–3:60, 3:149, 3:186, 3:480, 3:481, 4:640–4:641, 4:641–4:642, 5:383
  • War of 1812 service of, 8:295–8:296, 8:296n

Duncan, Anna Claypoole Peale

  • miniatures by, 13:540n

Duncan, William

  • in collegiate curriculum, 7:667
  • translates Cicero’s Select Orations (Cicero), 19:505

“Duncan Grey” (song), 11:626n

Duncanson, William

  • family of, 10:297–10:298, 10:298n, 10:318, 10:319
  • letter from, 10:297–10:298
  • letter to, 10:318
  • seeks federal appointment, 10:297–10:298, 10:318, 10:319

Duncanson, William Mayne

  • economic misfortunes of, 10:297–10:298, 10:298n, 10:319
  • TJ decides against appointment of, 10:298n
  • TJ on, 10:318, 10:319

The Dunciad (A. Pope), 9:256, 9:257n

Duncombe, John, 7:662

Dundee. See Thomas Smart v. The Magistrates and Town Council of the Burgh of Dundee (Brown’s Reports)

Dunkers, 10:671

Dunkum, John

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:324, 11:329, 13:161, 15:97, 20:200
  • and University of Virginia, 20:207, 20:218, 20:218

Dunkum, William

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:323, 11:329, 13:161, 15:97, 17:631, 17:641n
  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349
  • sells oats to TJ, 14:295n

Dunlap, Andrew

  • identified, 18:571–18:572n
  • letter to, 18:571–18:572
  • An Oration, delivered at the Request of the Republicans of Boston, at Fanueil Hall, on the Fourth of July, 1822, 18:571, 18:572n

Dunlap, William, 3:633n

Dunlop, John & James (London firm). See John & James Dunlop (London firm)

Dunmore, Charlotte Stewart Murray, Countess of

  • and claim of V. Murray, 13:537–13:538, 13:538n, 13:538n

Dunmore, John Murray, 4th Earl of

  • colonial governor of Va., 4:601, 5:480–5:481n, 6:445–6:446, 8:337, 8:644, 8:646n, 9:212, 9:213–9:215, 10:270, 10:421, 14:289, 17:312, 17:313, 17:315
  • and elk, 7:84, 7:86n
  • family of, 9:213n, 9:213–9:215, 9:215n
  • Lord Dunmore’s War, 19:341–19:342

Dunn, Richard

  • and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:378

Dunn, Samuel

  • and University of Virginia, 20:201, 20:222, 20:225

Dunn, William

  • letters from, 1:467–1:469
  • requests assistance from TJ, 1:467–1:469

Dunoyer, Barthélemy Charles

  • Du Droit de Pétition a l’occasion des Élections, 20:497, 20:498n

Duns Scotus, John, 7:667

Du Pastel, de l’indigotier (C. P. De Lasteyrie), 3:461–3:462, 10:471

Duplantier, Gabriel Armand Allard

  • and Lafayette’s La. land, 1:529, 1:530n, 1:628, 2:8–2:9, 2:243–2:244, 2:418, 3:212, 3:314, 3:445, 4:649, 5:68–5:69, 5:212–5:213, 5:214

Duplessis, P. L. B., 3:478n

The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi (J. Q. Adams), 19:69, 19:70n, 19:88, 19:138, 19:138n

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen

  • and American Academy of Language and Belles Lettres, 16:531
  • and American Philosophical Society, 3:41–3:42, 12:322, 12:455
  • “An Address delivered at the opening of the Law Academy of Philadelphia” , 17:141, 17:141n
  • and batture controversy, 1:287, 1:287n, 2:516
  • Comparison of Indian Numerals, 16:109–16:110
  • Comparison of the Nottoway and Iroquois Languages, 16:118–16:120
  • and J. Corrêa da Serra, 16:133
  • daguerreotype of, 9:xlv, 9:344 (illus.)
  • A Discourse on the Early History of Pennsylvania, 17:141n
  • English Phonology; or, An Essay Towards an Analysis and Description of the Component Sounds of the English Language, 12:173, 12:236
  • family of, 16:106
  • and L. H. Girardin, 16:205, 16:206
  • and Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 9:177–9:178, 9:179n, 9:180n, 9:383–9:384, 9:453–9:454, 11:21–11:22, 11:125–11:127, 12:168–12:169, 12:171–12:172, 12:235–12:236, 12:249–12:251, 12:294–12:295, 12:322, 12:331–12:332, 12:370–12:371, 12:385–12:386, 12:390–12:392, 12:462–12:463, 12:486, 12:504–12:505, 12:556, 12:636, 13:88, 13:90, 13:90n, 14:81–14:82, 14:132, 16:107–16:108
  • identified, 9:179n
  • and Indians, 14:132n, 16:79, 16:107–16:109, 16:109–16:110, 16:118, 16:118–16:120, 16:131–16:133, 16:133, 16:133n, 16:261–16:262, 16:459
  • introduces L. C. Vanuxem, 16:340, 17:140–17:141
  • letters from, 9:177–9:179, 9:453–9:454, 11:125–11:127, 12:235–12:237, 12:249–12:251, 12:322, 12:331–12:332, 12:385–12:386, 12:390–12:392, 12:462–12:463, 12:504–12:505, 12:636, 13:88, 14:81–14:82, 16:107–16:109, 16:118, 16:131–16:133, 16:261–16:262, 16:340–16:341, 16:459, 16:510–16:511, 17:50–17:51, 17:140–17:141
  • letters to, 9:383–9:384, 11:21–11:23, 12:168–12:169, 12:171–12:173, 12:173, 12:294–12:296, 12:370–12:371, 12:486, 14:132, 16:79, 16:503, 17:69
  • Mémoire en forme de consultation, 2:532n, 2:657, 2:658n
  • Opinion on the case of the alluvion land or batture, near New-Orleans, 5:45, 5:47n
  • portrait of, by T. Sully, 9:xlv, 9:344 (illus.)
  • recommends L. C. Vanuxem, 17:50–17:51, 17:56, 17:69, 17:107
  • as reference, 19:596
  • religious beliefs of criticized, 16:106
  • A Review of the Cause of the New Orleans Batture, 3:73n, 3:133, 3:135n, 3:173–3:175n, 3:235, 3:235, 3:271, 3:483, 5:275
  • and J. Sanderson, 16:503, 16:510–16:511
  • and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 6:628
  • as University of Pennsylvania trustee, 14:5n
  • and C. Wistar, 12:386, 12:391

Du Pont, Samuel Francis

  • identified, 9:236–9:237n
  • seeks naval appointment, 9:232, 9:235–9:236, 9:237n, 9:271, 9:273–9:274, 9:305–9:306, 9:306n

du Pont, Victor Marie

  • career of, 9:235–9:236
  • and cloth manufacture, 5:130, 5:199
  • family of, 5:402, 5:403n
  • and father’s death, 11:604
  • identified, 5:200–5:201n
  • and Lafayette’s La. land, 2:243
  • letters from, 5:198–5:201, 11:604
  • mentioned, 8:502
  • Notes on Samuel F. Du Pont, 9:235–9:237
  • seeks naval appointment for son, 9:232, 9:235–9:236
  • TJ on, 9:273
  • visits Monticello, 9:231, 9:234n
  • and wool production, 5:198–5:199

Du Pont, Bauduy & Company (Delaware firm), 3:223n

Dupont de l’Etang, Pierre

  • French minister of war, 8:138, 8:139n

du Pont de Nemours, Eleuthère Irénée

  • and cloth manufacture, 5:129–5:130, 5:130, 5:350, 5:448, 5:501–5:502
  • and Don Pedro (sheep), 2:xli, 2:379, 2:380n, 9:236, 9:237n
  • explosion at factory, 4:686, 4:686n
  • family of, 5:402, 5:403n
  • and father’s death, 11:604, 12:16–12:17, 13:153
  • and father’s speech, 3:414, 3:414n
  • gunpowder of, 4:218, 4:686, 5:129, 5:130–5:131, 5:201n, 5:350, 5:448, 5:500, 5:501–5:502, 6:117, 6:117, 6:186, 18:41, 18:46, 18:47
  • identified, 3:414n
  • letters from, 3:414, 3:621, 5:130–5:131, 11:604
  • letters to, 3:583–3:584, 4:218, 4:686, 5:129–5:130, 5:448–5:449, 5:501–5:502, 12:16–12:17
  • mentioned, 1:200n, 1:667, 2:431, 5:198, 8:502, 12:105, 12:409
  • and merino sheep, 1:16, 1:18, 1:19n, 1:153, 4:686, 5:454, 5:455n
  • and National Institution for the Promotion of Industry, 16:564, 16:565n
  • sells TJ gunpowder, 3:583–3:584, 3:621
  • TJ pays, 4:685, 4:686, 5:28

Du Pont de Nemours, Françoise Robin Poivre (Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours’s wife)

  • and Destutt de Tracy’s remittances, 9:485
  • illness of, 8:505, 9:611–9:612, 9:612–9:613, 10:46, 10:46
  • move of to U.S. proposed, 10:328
  • and Julienne Bureaux de Pusy, 4:155

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel See also taxes: P. S. Du Pont de Nemours on

  • on aging, 8:502, 8:504–8:505, 9:613, 9:616n
  • on American financial system, 2:163–2:164, 2:330–2:331, 2:569–2:570, 2:578, 2:582–2:583, 2:594–2:595, 2:599, 2:600–2:601, 2:604–2:618, 3:80, 3:248, 3:515–3:516, 3:517n, 3:559–3:560, 4:327–4:328, 4:445, 8:294, 8:294n, 9:613, 9:616–9:617, 10:40–10:41, 10:329
  • on American Revolution, 10:41
  • and J. Armstrong, 1:314
  • arrives in U.S., 8:481, 8:489, 8:489n, 8:501–8:502, 9:195, 9:560, 11:357
  • on ascertaining revenue from American landholdings, 2:595–2:596, 2:604
  • on banks, 9:617
  • on R. Barlow, 6:484
  • B. S. Barton’s acquaintance with, 8:325–8:326
  • on British constitution, 2:607, 10:41
  • and Bureaux de Pusy family, 4:124–4:125, 4:155, 4:457n, 5:71, 5:71–5:72n
  • on Chinese financial system, 2:585–2:586
  • on Cicero, 8:505
  • on citizenship for indigenous populations, 10:328–10:329
  • on class and citizenship, 4:608, 10:41–10:42, 10:42–10:45
  • and contraband trade, 2:601–2:602
  • correspondence, 6:489
  • death of, 11:604, 11:604n, 11:627, 11:638, 12:16–12:17, 12:623, 13:153
  • and Destutt de Tracy’s commentary on Montesquieu, 4:436–4:448, 4:457n, 4:607–4:609, 5:51, 5:54, 5:436, 5:612, 6:52, 6:484, 6:509, 7:4, 7:5n, 7:6–7:7, 7:473, 7:475n, 8:242, 8:294, 9:484, 9:484–9:485, 10:290, 10:327
  • edits Turgot’s Oeuvres, 1:263, 1:264n, 1:584–1:585, 3:516, 4:22–4:23, 4:24n, 4:125, 4:126–4:127n, 7:7, 7:9n
  • on education, 1:202n, 1:584–1:585, 4:125
  • on Egyptian financial system, 2:582, 4:437
  • on English financial system, 2:570–2:581, 2:590–2:591, 2:612–2:613, 4:439, 10:43
  • on European republics, 8:504, 9:612
  • family of, 8:501, 8:502, 8:505, 9:232, 9:305–9:306, 9:611–9:612, 9:612–9:613, 10:46, 10:46, 10:328
  • financial estimates of, 2:587, 2:588, 2:613–2:614, 2:615
  • fluency in English, 10:327
  • on French affairs, 8:688, 9:612, 10:41, 10:42, 10:45, 10:53–10:54n
  • and French Council of State, 9:611–9:612, 9:616n
  • on French Revolution, 8:504, 10:44
  • future plans, 8:501–8:502, 8:502, 8:505, 9:612, 10:46–10:47, 10:328
  • and F. W. Gilmer, 10:45, 10:46, 10:209
  • on governmental authority, 4:608–4:609
  • on A. Hamilton, 2:578, 3:80, 4:328
  • on Hebrew financial system, 2:583–2:585
  • identified, 1:201–1:202n
  • introduces J. Corrêa da Serra, 4:350–4:351, 4:539n, 7:7
  • introduces M. A. Jullien, 2:503–2:504, 12:229
  • on labor and wealth production, 4:440–4:445, 4:446–4:448, 5:53–5:54
  • and land offices, 2:597–2:598, 2:616
  • on landownership and citizenship, 2:576–2:577, 2:581, 4:328–4:330
  • on law and justice, 4:330–4:332
  • letter from accounted for, 8:294n
  • letters from, 1:263–1:264, 2:162–2:165, 2:330–2:332, 2:503–2:504, 2:569–2:656, 3:80–3:82, 3:515–3:517, 4:22–4:24, 4:124–4:127, 4:327–4:336, 4:350–4:352, 4:436–4:458, 4:607–4:611, 5:51–5:56, 5:612–5:614, 6:484–6:485, 8:501–8:508, 8:618, 9:231–9:235, 9:270–9:272, 9:611–9:616, 10:40–10:55, 10:327–10:331
  • letters to, 1:201–1:202, 1:315–1:316, 1:385–1:386, 3:559–3:561, 7:6–7:9, 8:293–8:294, 8:489, 8:519, 9:304–9:306, 9:317–9:318, 9:699–9:702, 10:289–10:292
  • letter to, from Destutt de Tracy, 9:484–9:486
  • letter to J. Madison, 1:584–1:585, 1:592
  • Lettre a M. Jean Baptiste Say, 9:231–9:232, 9:234n, 9:304–9:305, 9:306
  • and J. Madison, 2:570, 2:654n, 4:22, 4:24n
  • on manufacturing, 9:613, 9:616–9:617
  • on marriage, 8:502, 9:612–9:613, 10:46
  • “Mémoire aux républiques équinoxiales” , 8:503, 8:508n, 9:231, 9:234n, 9:270–9:271, 9:306, 9:317, 9:611–9:612, 9:615–9:616n, 9:699, 10:40, 10:44–10:45
  • Mémoires soumis à la Troisième Classe de l’Institut, 3:516, 3:517n, 3:517n
  • and merino sheep, 1:199, 1:584–1:585n
  • on Montesquieu, 2:579, 2:592
  • and mortgage legislation, 2:593–2:598, 2:616
  • on Napoleon, 8:504, 8:505, 9:232, 9:235n, 9:304–9:305, 10:44
  • on national defense, 2:588, 2:603, 2:606, 2:614, 3:81, 4:328, 4:445–4:446
  • Notice Biographique sur M. Dupont (Pierre-Samuel) (A. Silvestre), 15:146n
  • Notes on the Encouragement of American Manufactures, 9:613, 9:616–9:619, 9:619–9:620
  • Obituary Notice for Joel Barlow, 5:612, 5:614–5:617, 5:618–5:621, 6:515, 6:516n, 7:525, 10:46
  • opinion of TJ, 8:501, 8:502
  • organizes aid for Parisians, 2:331
  • and R. M. Patterson, 1:201, 2:162–2:163
  • plans visit to Monticello, 8:505, 8:557, 8:568, 8:569, 8:618, 8:688
  • on political economy, 10:42–10:44, 10:329
  • on popular elections, 10:41–10:43
  • portrait of, 2:xli, 2:380 (illus.)
  • proposed books by, 10:46–10:47
  • proposed letter of introduction to, 8:322n
  • proposed visit with J. Madison, 8:557
  • on publication of classical works, 10:328, 10:328
  • and public lands, 2:582–2:583, 2:587
  • and public works, 2:589, 2:613–2:614
  • and F. Quesnay’s Le Droit Naturel, 10:46, 10:154, 10:205, 10:557, 10:558
  • reminiscences of, 8:502
  • on representative governments, 8:503, 10:40, 10:42–10:45
  • sends book to TJ, 5:402, 13:153
  • sent geophysical work, 2:536
  • sends copy of TJ letter, 10:327, 10:603
  • on slaves and slavery, 4:328, 4:444
  • and speech in L’Historien, 3:414, 3:414n
  • on South America, 8:503–8:504, 9:611–9:612, 9:615–9:616n
  • and subsidies to agriculture and industry, 2:613–2:614, 9:616–9:617
  • Sur l’éducation nationale dans les États-Unis d’Amérique, 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, 9:231, 9:234n, 9:306, 9:443n, 10:45–10:46, 10:328, 11:638–11:639, 11:639–11:640n, 12:100–12:101
  • Table raisonnée des principes de l’economie politique, 4:327, 5:51–5:54, 5:56n
  • taxes, 3:80, 3:248, 3:515–3:516, 3:517n, 3:559–3:560
  • G. Ticknor carries letter for, 9:195, 9:560
  • TJ invites to Monticello, 8:519, 9:305
  • TJ on, 1:402, 8:490, 8:569, 9:273–9:274, 9:630, 12:16–12:17
  • TJ receives letters from, 5:130, 5:130n, 7:422, 7:426n
  • and Treaty of Paris (1783), 9:236
  • visits Monticello, 9:231, 9:234–9:235n, 9:270, 9:304
  • on war with Great Britain, 4:328, 5:612–5:613, 9:232, 9:612
  • on G. Washington, 10:41

Duport, Adrien Jean François

  • and French Constitution of 1791, 17:370

Duport, James

  • Δαβίδης ἔμμετρος, sive Metaphrasis Libri Psalmorum, 10:357
  • as translator, 6:280n, 6:521, 6:540, 6:541, 6:551

Dupré, Augustin

  • and medals for Revolutionary War service, 15:277, 15:277, 19:liv

Dupuis, Charles François

  • J. Adams on, 11:45, 11:268, 11:363, 14:60
  • Origine de Tous les Cultes: ou, Religion Universelle, 10:424–10:425, 10:459, 10:507, 10:508, 10:509, 10:573, 10:573, 10:573, 10:584n, 10:587, 10:604
  • quoted, 7:219, 7:219–7:220
  • works of, 11:383, 11:383, 11:527

Durand, Mr.

  • and wine for TJ, 11:532, 11:532, 13:240

Durand, Asher Brown

  • as engraver, 19:705, 20:lii–20:liii, 20:40, 20:330 (illus.)
  • partnership with P. Maverick, 19:144n

Durand, David

  • translates Cicero, 9:354, 9:420

Durand, François

  • TJ recommends wine from, 11:246, 11:405
  • and wine for D. Higginbotham, 12:566–12:567
  • and wine for TJ, 9:323, 9:470, 9:570, 10:118–10:119, 10:217, 11:404, 11:532, 11:653, 13:447, 14:327, 14:626, 16:117, 16:117, 16:425, 17:139

Durand, Jean Nicholas Louis

  • Recueil et Parallèle des Édifices de Tout Genre Anciens et Modernes, 17:99, 17:135, 17:137, 17:444

Dureau de la Malle, Jean Baptiste

  • translates Histoire Romaine de Tite-Live (Livy; ed. J. Freinsheim), 11:632, 12:112, 12:203, 12:576, 14:510
  • translates Oeuvres de Salluste (Sallust), 13:342, 13:358, 13:394, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561
  • translates Tacite (Tacitus), 13:342, 13:359, 13:394, 13:428, 13:494, 13:525, 13:561, 13:608, 14:215, 14:511, 17:106

Durfee, Calvin, 12:109n

Durham, N.Y.

  • meteorological observations in, 12:350–12:351, 12:352–12:354, 12:574

Durkin, Patrick

  • as merchant, 13:585

Durkin, Henderson & Company (Petersburg firm), 13:585, 13:606

Durnford, Andrew, 6:446

Durnford, Charles

  • Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King’s Bench, 2:455, 4:300, 4:302n

Durosnel, Antoine Jean Auguste Henri, comte, 1:372

Durot, Mr.

  • letter from, 11:402–11:404
  • sells artwork, 11:402–11:404

Durrett, Mr.

  • overseer of, 4:101

Durrett, Davis

  • identified, 5:497n
  • letters from, 5:497–5:498, 5:499
  • letters to, 5:497, 5:498
  • sells horses, 5:497, 5:497–5:498, 5:498, 5:499

Durrett, Isaac W.

  • and University of Virginia, 16:312

Durrett, John W.

  • and University of Virginia, 17:632, 17:641n

Durrett, Richard

  • carpentry agreement with TJ, 5:418
  • family of, 5:497n

Duryee, Abraham Jacob

  • education of, 11:350, 11:351n

Duryee, Charles

  • as weigher at New York, 17:448n

Duryee, John T., 10:235n, 12:386n, 15:26n

Duryee, Maria

  • health of, 11:350

Dussieux. See Ussieux, Louis d’

Dutasta, Mr.

  • and P. Derieux, 6:442
  • letters from accounted for, 6:442n

dutch fan, 5:360, 5:361n

Dutton, John

  • as Havre de Grace postmaster, 9:514, 9:515n

Du Typhus d’Amérique ou Fièvre Jaune (V. F. Bally), 10:129, 10:146n

Duval, Amaury

  • edits Collection de Moralistes Français, (Montaigne,—Charron,—Pascal,—La Rouchefoucauld,—La Bruyère,—Vauvenargues,—Duclos); publiée avec des commentaires et de nouvelles notices biographiques, 15:24, 16:56, 16:58, 17:138, 17:447, 17:448n

Duval, Benjamin

  • newspaper collection of, 1:288
  • and G. Wythe’s lectures, 3:206

DuVal, John Pope

  • alumnus of College of William and Mary, 7:214
  • identified, 7:214n
  • seeks appointment, 7:213–7:214, 17:222–17:223
  • TJ recommends, 4:458, 17:222–17:223, 17:223n

DuVal, William

  • and burnet seed, 4:515, 4:526
  • as executor of G. Wythe, 14:370–14:371, 20:592–20:593
  • on C. Greenup, 6:107
  • and Henderson case, 6:75–6:76, 6:107, 6:460
  • identified, 6:76n
  • letters from, 6:107–6:108, 7:213–7:214, 17:222–17:223, 20:592–20:593
  • letters from accounted for, 4:458n
  • letters to, 6:75–6:76
  • as E. Randolph’s trustee, 4:231–4:232n
  • seeks appointment for son, 4:458, 7:213–7:214, 17:222–17:223

DuVal, William Pope

  • and Henderson case, 6:75–6:76, 6:76, 6:76, 6:79, 6:79, 6:107, 6:460
  • identified, 6:460n
  • letters from, 6:460
  • and military recruitment, 7:213–7:214
  • plans to visit TJ, 6:460

Duvall, Gabriel

  • book sent to, 7:36
  • as comptroller of the treasury, 1:351–1:352, 2:435, 18:432n
  • essays of, on election of 1800, 18:247–18:248, 18:248n, 18:311, 19:304, 19:351, 19:351, 19:352n, 19:545, 20:431, 20:566
  • as Supreme Court justice, 19:670
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Duvernois, Claude Antoine Prieur

  • identified, 3:66n
  • letters from, 3:65–3:66
  • sends minerals to TJ, 3:65–3:66, 6:291, 6:373–6:374, 7:261–7:262

Duvivier, Pierre Simon Benjamin

  • and medals for Revolutionary War service, 15:277, 19:liv

Duy, Mr. (of Germantown, Pa.), 10:152, 10:152

Duy, Mrs. (of Germantown, Pa.), 10:151–10:152, 10:152, 10:152

“D.W.”

  • letter from, 18:183
  • proposes military-science professorship at University of Virginia, 18:183

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

  • purchases TJ’s tobacco, 8:492, 18:602
  • TJ buys tin from, 17:200, 17:202
  • and TJ’s flour, 9:499, 9:546–9:547
  • and University of Virginia, 15:101, 16:319, 16:481, 17:631, 17:636, 17:650, 17:654, 18:211, 19:62, 19:183, 19:189, 20:195, 20:212, 20:213, 20:556

Dwight, Henry Williams

  • identified, 18:434n
  • letter to, from R. Harrison, 18:433–18:434
  • and settlement of TJ’s account, 18:433–18:434

Dwight, Timothy

  • and Andover Theological Seminary, 9:255
  • on colleges in southern U.S., 18:229
  • mentioned, 12:74n, 12:404
  • as president of Yale, 9:5, 11:350

D’Wolf, John

  • An Address delivered to the Citizens of Bristol, R. I., July Fourth, 1821, 17:570, 17:571n, 18:130
  • identified, 17:570–17:571n
  • letter from, 18:130–18:131
  • letters to, 17:570–17:571, 18:189
  • oration of, 18:130–18:131, 18:189, 18:189

D’Wolf, Sylvia Griswold (John D’Wolf’s wife)

  • as amanuensis, 18:130, 18:189

dyeing, 3:221–3:223, 3:238–3:239, 3:288–3:289, 3:326–3:327, 3:461–3:462, 6:343, 6:347, 6:349n, 9:355, 9:447–9:448, 10:471, 16:160

Dyer, Mr. (of Charlottesville), 19:398, 20:120–20:121, 20:126n

Dyer, Francis B.

  • and Central College subscription, 11:329, 13:161
  • and fight between C. L. Bankhead and T. J. Randolph, 14:10n
  • identified, 19:652n
  • introduces J. A. von Reider, 19:652
  • letter from, 19:652–19:653
  • and University of Virginia, 16:313, 19:54, 20:206, 20:206, 20:229, 20:233
  • and valuation of Albemarle Co. slaves, 20:485, 20:486n

Dyer, John

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:332, 16:476
  • and University of Virginia, 16:481

Dyer, Samuel (17561840)

  • and Central College–University of Virginia subscription, 11:329, 13:162, 16:476

Dyer, Samuel (17901834)

  • and Central College subscription, 11:329

dynameters

  • for U.S. Coast Survey, 9:225

dynamics

  • collegiate education in, 13:208, 13:214, 13:215n
  • study of, 7:686

dynamometers

  • forwarded by I. A. Coles, 1:20, 1:21n, 1:376
  • loaned by R. Fulton, 2:352+, 5:673, 5:674n, 6:55–6:56
  • lost in transit, 1:180, 1:204, 1:205, 2:111, 2:333, 2:352+
  • TJ tries to obtain, 2:111, 2:145, 2:152, 2:176, 2:317, 2:332–2:333

dysentery

  • among slaves, 1:354, 1:416, 19:484
  • epidemic of at Monticello, 8:636
  • outbreak of, 17:395
  • TJ suffers from, 17:314
  • treatment for, 1:483, 5:669, 9:185

Dyson, Marcus

  • letter from, 10:15–10:16
  • letter to, 10:68–10:69
  • underwater breathing apparatus of, 10:15–10:16, 10:16, 10:16 (illus.) , 10:16–10:17, 10:68–10:69
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