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oak

  • American, 8:245
  • cork, 2:140, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n, 5:438, 5:560
  • holm, 1:594
  • F. A. Michaux on, 5:7, 5:8n, 7:52, 8:248, 8:363
  • in Va., 11:624

Oak Hill (J. Monroe’s Loudoun Co. estate)

  • construction of, 11:273–11:274, 11:273–11:274, 11:274n, 16:60n, 19:327
  • preferred to Highland, 19:651, 19:673–19:674
  • sale of, 7:487, 7:488n, 15:568, 19:397
  • visits to, 15:105, 19:638

Oakley, Charles

  • secretary of British legation to U.S., 1:154, 1:156n, 1:418, 1:516

oats

  • and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:348, 3:351n
  • for Central College–University of Virginia, 15:93, 15:96, 15:100, 20:223
  • from J. H. Craven, 2:371
  • as crop, 6:133, 7:461, 8:305, 8:366, 12:354, 15:11
  • damaged by drought, 2:417, 2:491, 2:496, 4:32, 6:210
  • as fodder, 8:268n, 9:562, 11:272, 12:197, 12:242, 18:273–18:274, 20:396
  • at Poplar Forest, 4:379, 8:69, 8:70, 8:542, 8:611, 14:430, 15:608–15:609, 16:253
  • potato, 5:657, 5:658n
  • price of, 8:268n, 8:592, 18:318, 18:351, 18:351n
  • purchased by TJ, 1:3, 8:79, 8:79n, 10:118n, 10:168, 14:295n, 14:317, 14:317, 14:472, 18:475n, 18:586n
  • as rent, 12:302
  • seed, 2:93, 5:384, 12:302, 13:75

Oberlin, Jeremias Jakob

  • edits C. Cornelii Taciti opera (Tacitus), 9:196, 9:455, 10:212, 10:531, 11:205, 11:296, 11:414, 11:414, 12:356, 14:511, 17:106

Oberling. See Oberlin, Jeremias Jakob

Oberthür, Franz

  • edits Flavii Iosephi Hebraei Opera Omnia Graece et Latine (Josephus), 10:233, 13:476
  • edits Opera Omnia Sanctorum Patrum Græcorum, 16:236–16:237, 16:258, 16:393
  • edits Opera Omnia Sanctorum Patrum Latinorum, 16:236–16:237, 16:258, 16:393

oboe (hautboy), 9:694, 9:696n

Obras Poeticas de Don Vicente Garcia de la Huerta (V. A. García de la Huerta y Muñoz), 17:138, 17:447

O’Brien, Richard

  • and camels, 1:479, 1:480n
  • consular compensation, 20:578–20:579
  • and U.S. negotiations with Algiers, 17:453, 20:580n

Observationes siderum habitae Pisis in specula academica (J. A. Slop von Cadenberg), 6:75, 6:84, 6:84n

Observations (H. Banks), 3:296

Observations and Experiments On a new means of producing heat and light with the apparatus called the ‘American Water Burner’ (J. F. Dana), 19:29–19:30n, 19:64

“Observations concerning the Fly-Weevil, that destroys the Wheat” (L. Carter), 8:643, 8:645n

Observations on Electricity, Looming, and Sounds (“Hortensius” [G. F. Hopkins]), 18:611, 18:625–18:626, 19:207, 19:207n

Observations on Infidelity (Cerus), 2:124–2:125, 2:125n, 2:125n

Observations on man, his frame, his duty, and his expectations (D. Hartley), 3:277–3:278, 3:304, 7:385, 7:386n

Observations on Modern Gardening (T. Whately), 12:534, 13:96, 13:97n, 16:364, 17:43, 17:197, 17:411, 17:411n, 18:18

Observations on Penal Jurisprudence, and the Reformation of Criminals (W. Roscoe), 14:78, 16:499, 20:273, 20:312

Observations on Reversionary Payments; on Schemes for providing Annuities for Widows, and for Persons in Old Age … and on The National Debt (R. Price), 6:497, 6:498n

Observations on Robin’s Travels in Louisiana (D. B. Warden), 3:557, 3:558n

“Observations on the annual Passage of Herrings” (J. Gilpin), 5:602, 5:604n

Observations on the Climate in Different Parts of America (H. Williamson), 2:71, 2:71–2:72n

Observations on the Geology of the United States of America (W. Maclure), 12:165–12:166

Observations on the influence of soil and climate upon wool (R. Bakewell), 1:479, 1:480n, 3:263, 3:264n

Observations on the Language of the Muhhekaneew Indians (J. Edwards; ed. J. Pickering), 19:348, 19:348–19:349n, 19:419

Observations on the Laws Governing the Communication of Contagious Diseases (D. Hosack), 8:467, 8:468n, 10:133–10:134, 10:147n

Observations on the Nomination of a Candidate for the Presidency (“A Citizen of Ohio”), 19:263–19:266, 19:266–19:267n

Observations on the Pernicious Practice of the Law (B. Austin), 9:249, 9:249n, 9:333

Observations Suggested by the Late Occurrences in Charleston (N. Herbemont), 19:81–19:82, 19:82n, 19:129

Observations sur la culture du coton (Rohr), 2:83

Observations sur la Relation de la Campagne de 1815, Publiée par le Général Gourgaud (E. Grouchy), 15:232, 15:256, 15:257n

Observations sur “L’art de faire le vin” (J. F. Charpentier de Cossigny), 1:35

Observations sur les Affections Catarrhales (P. J. G. Cabanis), 13:342, 13:358, 13:394, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561, 14:232, 14:461

Observations sur le Systême Actuel d’Instruction Publique (Destutt de Tracy), 9:442, 9:443n, 11:359

Observations to shew the propriety of the nomination of Colonel James Monroe, to the Presidency of the United States by the Caucus at Washington (C. Pinckney), 10:339, 10:339n, 10:363, 10:363n

Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands (W. Temple), 17:333, 17:376n

Observer (Baltimore newspaper), 4:336, 4:338n

The Observer (British periodical), 7:665

obsidian, 2:299, 2:299

Occoquan River, 14:402, 14:403, 14:412–14:413

occultism

  • and Freemasonry, 13:267n
  • Notes on Occult Knowledge (R. Miller), 13:257–13:269

Ocean (brig), 10:170, 10:171, 10:172n, 10:411, 11:531

oceanography

  • observations of marine life, 11:190, 11:191
  • R. Turner’s theories on, 10:564

Ocellus (Greek philosopher)

  • writings attributed to, 6:439, 6:440–6:441n, 6:562, 6:567n, 7:75, 7:148, 9:528, 12:112, 16:190n, 16:190n, 16:190n, 16:196, 19:525, 19:526, 20:620n

Ocellus Lucanus en Grec et en François (Ocellus; trans. J. B. Boyer), 7:75, 7:78n, 7:148, 8:553, 8:553n, 10:14, 12:112, 12:444, 16:190n, 16:190n, 16:190n, 16:196, 19:527n, 20:620n

Ocellus Lucanus, De la Nature de l’Univers (trans. C. Batteux), 12:112

Ocheltree, Mr. (of Rockbridge Co.), 18:182

Ocheltree, Mrs. (later John Leyburn’s wife)

  • family of, 12:394
  • Rockbridge Co. land of, 11:629, 12:394
  • TJ sends greetings to, 18:103

Ocheltree, James

  • heirs of, 14:248, 18:182
  • Rockbridge Co. land of, 12:174, 12:311, 12:338, 12:394, 16:280, 18:28, 18:102, 18:181–18:182

Ocios del Conde Don Bernardino de Rebolledo (B. de Rebolledo), 17:138, 17:445

O’Connor, Arthur

  • delivers letters, 4:326

O’Connor, Thomas

  • as editor of Globe, 14:424
  • identified, 14:424n
  • letter from, 14:424

O’Conway, Matthias James

  • family of, 20:595
  • Hispano-Anglo Grammar, 20:595

O’Conway, Rebecca Archer (Matthias James O’Conway’s wife), 20:595

octant

  • for U.S. Coast Survey, 9:223, 9:225n
  • use of, 9:206, 9:207n

Octavius (M. M. Felix), 16:258

Oddy, John Jepson

  • A Sketch for the Improvement of the Political, Commercial, and Local Interests of Britain, 3:274, 3:275n

“An Ode in Imitation of Alcæus” (W. Jones)

  • quoted by TJ, 10:88, 10:90n

“Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College” (T. Gray), 2:477, 2:478–2:479n, 15:136, 15:137n

Oder, Elwood

  • and University of Virginia, 19:55

Odes (Horace), 14:257, 14:551

“Ode to Thomas Jefferson” (S. G. Tucker), 1:617–1:619

Odobenus rosmarus. See walrus

Odofriede; The Outcast; A Dramatic Poem (S. B. H. Judah), 18:463–18:464, 18:464n, 18:503–18:504

odometers, 11:504, 11:506n, 13:81, 13:81n, 16:232, 16:243, 16:552, 17:79, 17:190

Odyssea Græce et Latine (Homer), 3:546

Odysseus, 15:149

Odyssey (Homer)

  • in collegiate education, 16:330
  • mentioned, 8:121, 11:414
  • miniature edition of, 10:260, 10:260n
  • The Odyssey of Homer (trans. A. Pope), 12:534, 19:506
  • TJ cites, 8:617, 8:617n, 8:658, 8:659n
  • TJ orders, 12:583, 13:293

Oeiras. See Oeyras (Oeiras) wine

Oelsner, Konrad Engelbert

  • identified, 5:617n
  • Obituary Notice for Joel Barlow, 5:612, 5:614–5:617, 5:618–5:621, 6:515, 6:516n, 7:525, 10:46

Oemler, Augustus Gottlieb

  • delivers letter, 4:146
  • introduced to TJ, 3:596

Oeuvres (J. Bacquet), 3:174–3:175n

Oeuvres (R. Choppin), 3:174n

Œuvres (C. Henrys), 3:174n

Œuvres (Renusson), 3:130–3:131, 3:174n, 3:546

Oeuvres (A. R. J. Turgot), 1:202n, 1:263, 1:264n, 1:584–1:585, 1:592, 1:632, 1:667, 1:668n, 2:39, 3:516, 4:22–4:23, 4:24n, 4:125, 4:126–4:127n, 7:7, 7:9n

Œuvres choisies de l’Abbé Prévost (A. F. Prévost), 9:355n

Œuvres Complètes de Xénophon (Xenophon; trans. J. B. Gail), 12:583, 13:293, 13:293, 13:294n

Œuvres Complettes (C. A. Hélvetius), 7:414, 7:415–7:416n, 7:455n

Œuvres complettes de Dêmosthene et d’Eschine (Demosthenes; Aeschines; trans. A. Auger), 7:259, 17:138, 17:138–17:139n, 17:447

Oeuvres Complettes de Frederic II, Roi de Prusse (Frederick II), 1:580

Œuvres Complettes d’Isocrate (Isocrates; trans. A. Auger), 7:259, 17:138, 17:139n, 17:447

Œuvres d’Archimède (Archimedes; trans. F. Peyrard), 11:127, 11:152, 11:175, 11:193, 11:295, 11:297, 11:395, 17:536

Œuvres d’Architecture (V. Scamozzi), 17:133

Les Œuvres de Platon (Plato; trans. A. Dacier), 12:112

Oeuvres de Salluste (Sallust; trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle), 13:342, 13:358, 13:394, 13:474, 13:494, 13:561

Oeuvres de Séneque le philosophe (Seneca; trans. N. de La Grange), 10:233, 10:236–10:237n, 12:534, 14:511

Oeuvres d’Horace (Horace; ed. A. Dacier), 10:235, 13:537, 14:511

Oeuvres Philosophiques de Cicéron (Cicero; Didot edition), 9:354, 9:420, 12:112

Oeyras (Oeiras) wine, 3:240, 3:241n

Offa, king of the Mercians

  • laws of, 7:125, 7:147

Officer, Margaret

  • signs petition, 18:146

Officer, Mary

  • signs petition, 18:146

Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, during the War with Great Britain in the years 1812, 13, 14, & 15 (ed. J. Brannan), 20:8–20:9, 20:9n, 20:10n, 20:36–20:37

Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress (G. Washington), 14:193, 14:265, 14:286, 20:483n

O’Flaherty, Thomas John

  • demonstrations of language skills by, 19:442–19:443, 19:443–19:444, 19:444–19:445, 19:485
  • identified, 19:441n
  • letter from, 19:440–19:441
  • letter from, to J. Monroe, 20:438
  • letter to, 19:485–19:486
  • seeks professorship, 19:440–19:441, 19:442, 19:443, 19:444–19:445, 19:456, 19:476, 19:483, 19:485–19:486, 20:437, 20:437n, 20:438, 20:439

Of the Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning: or the Partitions of Sciences (F. Bacon), 8:473, 8:475n, 9:xliv–9:xlv

Of the Importance of Religious Opinions (J. Necker), 7:588–7:590, 7:590n

Of Wisdom (P. Charron; trans. G. Stanhope), 12:534, 19:505

Ogden, Aaron

  • refuses military appointment, 6:528

Ogden, David B.

  • as attorney, 16:484n, 16:489, 16:609

Ogden, Samuel G., 1:578n

Ogilvie, James

  • Albemarle Co. school of, 3:632n
  • on American progress, 3:631
  • and G. W. Blaettermann, 14:251, 14:345, 14:347–14:348
  • as Earl of Findlater, 7:560
  • on education, 9:443n
  • forwards newspaper prospectus, 4:276–4:277
  • identified, 3:632–3:633n
  • introduces C. Clarke, 8:113
  • as lecturer, 4:72–4:74, 4:75, 4:113, 4:276–4:277
  • letters from, 3:630–3:633, 4:276–4:277, 7:514, 8:113–8:114, 8:352–8:354
  • letter from, to G. Ticknor, 14:347–14:348
  • letters to, 4:72–4:74
  • and memoir of C. B. Brown, 3:632
  • on neology, 7:514
  • offers assistance to TJ, 8:113–8:114
  • Philosophical Essays, 8:352–8:353, 8:354n
  • rhetoric class of, 8:352–8:353, 8:354n
  • unconventional views of, 7:258
  • visits Monticello, 7:635, 7:649–7:650, 8:113

Ogle, Capt., 5:514

Oglesby, Jacob

  • financial transactions of, 9:483, 14:307

Oglesby, Mary C., 6:45n

O’Hara, Arthur Harper

  • identified, 13:158n
  • letter from, 13:157–13:159
  • and Seventy-Six Association, 13:157

O’Hara, Mary

  • signs petition, 18:146

O’Harra, Elizabeth

  • signs petition, 18:146

O’Higgins, Bernardo

  • Chilean independence leader, 20:595, 20:597, 20:598n

Ohio

  • antiquities from, 13:82, 13:82–13:83, 13:83n, 13:83n, 13:83n, 16:155
  • banks in, 12:179
  • books on, 9:526, 9:526n, 9:647, 13:82
  • described, 17:546
  • and election of 1824, 19:263–19:266, 19:266–19:267n
  • and internal improvements, 18:615–18:616, 18:618n, 19:267n
  • legislature of, 1:380, 16:574, 16:575n
  • maps of, 8:77n
  • migration to, 2:344, 2:345, 7:93
  • newspapers, 11:177, 11:177n
  • and Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 16:574, 16:575n, 16:617, 17:398, 17:399n
  • senator from, 1:643n
  • support for H. Clay in, 18:307, 18:369–18:370, 19:263–19:264, 19:267n
  • TJ on, 2:359
  • and Treaty of Ghent (1814), 8:329n
  • troops from, 5:319–5:320, 5:336

Ohio (steamboat), 13:255

Ohio River

  • connection with Chesapeake Bay, 20:343n
  • connection with James River, 15:400, 15:400–15:401n, 15:492, 15:493n, 15:539, 15:585, 15:587n
  • fish of, 3:92
  • as geographical boundary, 9:689, 9:690, 13:611
  • map of, 17:88n
  • mentioned, 12:492, 19:341
  • and steamboats, 7:56, 8:591, 13:254

oil

  • almond, 20:156
  • castor, 5:669, 6:345, 14:554, 14:567n
  • ceremonial use of, 12:61, 12:62, 12:62, 12:64, 12:64, 12:65, 12:70
  • experiments with, 18:218
  • linseed, 5:33, 5:379, 15:473, 16:376, 16:389, 16:416, 18:174
  • as lubricant, 15:257
  • olive, 1:84n, 1:188, 1:188, 1:257, 1:366, 1:366, 3:545, 4:210, 4:686, 9:198, 11:407, 11:653, 11:653, 12:205, 12:374, 12:580, 13:447, 13:448n, 13:565, 13:576–13:577, 13:585, 13:606, 13:607, 14:329, 15:120, 16:118, 16:419, 16:419, 17:6, 17:6, 17:6, 17:140, 17:507, 17:530, 17:530n, 17:612, 18:39, 18:118, 18:131, 18:457, 18:457n, 19:82n, 19:641–19:642, 19:642n
  • poppy, 2:270, 2:271
  • salad, 1:31, 1:161, 2:335, 2:392, 2:438, 3:434
  • sesame, 1:84n, 1:212, 3:636–3:637, 4:7, 4:39–4:40
  • spermaceti, 1:31, 17:340
  • sweet, 15:262
  • for TJ, 5:92, 7:710, 7:716–7:717, 9:541–9:542, 14:626, 15:262, 15:300, 15:313, 15:559, 19:103
  • turpentine, 3:442, 3:453, 3:512–3:513, 3:518, 5:676, 8:81, 15:473, 18:174
  • for University of Virginia, 19:239
  • used in construction, 19:277
  • used in lighthouses, 18:185, 18:216
  • used in medicine, 4:102, 15:46

okra, 4:180

Olaf (Amlaíb) Sihtricson

  • family of, 17:127, 17:128n

Old, A., 16:455

Old, James

  • as Albemarle Co. justice, 13:276n, 13:276n
  • and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:576n, 7:675, 7:678
  • and Jefferson v. Rivanna Company, 14:422, 15:348, 15:348
  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Old, Peterson, 16:455

Olden Barneveld, N.Y.

  • location of, 10:36, 10:122n

Oldham, James

  • as builder for University of Virginia, 13:524, 13:539, 14:40, 14:172, 14:195, 14:197, 14:211–14:212, 14:212, 14:446, 15:98, 15:98, 15:98, 15:100, 15:102, 15:102, 15:559, 16:310, 16:317, 16:319, 16:356, 16:475, 16:477, 17:511, 17:575, 17:575–17:576, 17:576–17:577, 17:577, 17:626, 17:630, 17:649, 17:653, 18:115–18:116, 18:117, 18:122–18:123, 19:46, 19:48, 19:50, 19:57, 19:57, 19:62, 19:186, 19:188, 19:237n, 19:238, 19:240, 19:268, 19:347–19:348, 19:348n, 19:367–19:368, 20:173–20:178, 20:178, 20:185, 20:196, 20:200, 20:203, 20:203, 20:213, 20:215, 20:219, 20:221, 20:224, 20:225, 20:227, 20:228, 20:236, 20:307, 20:308, 20:556
  • complaint against A. S. Brockenbrough, 19:310–19:311, 19:347–19:348, 19:348n, 19:367–19:368, 19:514, 19:514n, 19:518, 19:537–19:538, 19:545, 19:546, 19:547, 19:552–19:553, 20:236, 20:236, 20:307, 20:308, 20:324
  • finances of, 17:576, 18:116
  • and hardware for TJ, 11:548, 11:548, 11:588–11:589, 12:552, 12:633
  • health of, 14:197
  • identified, 3:520n
  • introduces Y. Smith, 14:40
  • letter from, to N. Barksdale, 14:172
  • letters from, 3:575, 3:588, 8:21, 8:142–8:143, 11:588–11:589, 13:95–13:96, 13:524, 14:40–14:41, 14:197, 14:446, 17:576–17:577, 18:115–18:117, 18:574, 18:574–18:575, 18:606–18:607, 19:545, 20:394
  • letter to, from A. S. Brockenbrough, 18:122–18:123
  • letters to, 3:520, 7:712, 11:307, 11:548, 12:552, 13:539, 14:211–14:212, 17:577–17:578, 18:117, 19:537–19:538, 19:547, 20:236–20:237
  • Memorial to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 20:173–20:178
  • moves to Missouri, 13:95–13:96, 13:524, 13:539
  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
  • and plank for TJ, 18:574, 18:574, 18:606
  • Proposal for Rotunda Carpentry Work, 19:240
  • and repair of Va. capitol, 20:177n
  • TJ on, 19:347
  • TJ recommends, 9:501
  • seeks recommendation from TJ, 20:394
  • and window glass, 3:518, 3:520, 3:550, 3:575, 3:588, 7:710, 7:712, 7:717, 8:21, 8:142–8:143, 11:307
  • and wood, 11:307, 11:548, 14:40

Oldmixon, John, 10:589

Olfers, Ignaz von

  • and minerals for University of Virginia, 17:295, 17:296n

The Olive Branch: or Faults on Both Sides, Federal and Democratic (M. Carey), 8:198, 8:198n, 8:248, 9:40–9:41, 9:41n, 9:41n, 9:58–9:59, 9:74–9:75, 9:75n, 9:217, 9:218n, 10:481n, 10:518, 10:519n, 12:291

Oliveira Fernandes, John Francisco

  • and Catholic church, 11:27–11:28, 15:315–15:316, 15:317n
  • health of, 10:313
  • identified, 9:263–9:264n
  • introduced to TJ, 18:410
  • introduces T. F. Andrews, 17:194, 17:236, 17:241, 17:264
  • introduces F. S. Constancio, 18:411
  • Letter, Addressed to the Most Reverend Leonard Neale, Arch Bishop of Baltimore, 11:28, 11:28n, 11:28n, 11:63, 11:63–11:64n
  • letters from, 9:324–9:326, 9:366, 9:659–9:660, 10:219–10:220, 10:313, 10:351, 11:27–11:28, 17:193–17:194, 17:241–17:242, 18:410–18:411
  • letters to, 9:263–9:264, 9:401–9:402, 9:602, 10:247, 10:335, 11:63–11:64, 17:200–17:201
  • letter to, from J. de Monteverde, 9:660–9:661
  • as physician, 9:325, 12:612, 12:656
  • plans visit to Monticello, 10:351
  • as political refugee, 17:193, 17:200
  • as Portuguese diplomat, 18:410–18:411
  • on Portuguese universities, 17:241–17:242
  • returns to Portugal, 17:193, 17:200, 17:201, 18:410
  • sends book to TJ, 10:219–10:220
  • TJ invites to visit Monticello, 9:263, 9:325, 10:335
  • and University of Virginia, 17:201, 17:241–17:242
  • and wine for TJ, 9:263, 9:313, 9:324–9:325, 9:325, 9:366, 9:370, 9:401–9:402, 9:449, 9:499, 9:594, 9:602, 9:659, 9:660, 10:219, 10:246, 10:247, 10:247, 10:313, 10:335, 10:351

Oliver, Andrew

  • correspondence of published, 6:258, 6:259, 17:278n
  • mentioned, 6:258, 7:217

Oliver, Julius

  • identified, 15:63–15:64n
  • invoice from, 15:119, 15:120–15:121, 15:284
  • letters from, 15:63–15:64, 15:119
  • letter to, 16:120–16:121
  • relationship with S. Cathalan, 1:312, 1:313n, 11:654, 15:63, 15:65–15:66
  • as U.S. chancellor at Marseille, 15:63, 15:65
  • and wine and groceries for TJ, 15:63, 15:119, 15:120, 15:195, 15:195, 15:262, 15:284, 16:116, 16:116–16:117, 16:117, 16:121, 16:121, 17:139

Oliver, Robert

  • recommends J. L. Cathcart, 17:461

olives

  • cultivation of, 11:168, 11:168n, 11:345, 11:345, 16:546, 19:81, 19:129
  • oil, 1:84n, 1:188, 1:188, 1:257, 1:366, 1:366, 3:545, 4:210, 4:686, 11:407, 11:653, 11:653, 12:205, 12:374, 12:580, 13:447, 13:448n, 13:565, 13:576–13:577, 13:585, 13:606, 13:607, 14:626, 15:120, 17:6, 17:6, 17:6, 17:140, 17:507, 17:530, 17:530n, 17:612, 18:39, 18:118, 18:131, 18:457, 18:457n, 19:82n, 19:641–19:642
  • seeds, 2:271, 2:271
  • sent to TJ, 1:313n, 4:4, 4:215, 4:220, 4:220, 4:487
  • trees, 5:560, 5:561n, 9:198–9:199, 10:217, 10:218n, 13:15, 18:257, 19:129n

Olivet, Pierre Joseph Thoulier d’

  • compiles Thoughts of Cicero (Cicero), 19:505
  • translates Cicero, 9:354, 9:420

Olmec Indians, 6:328

Olmstead v. the Executrices of the late David Rittenhouse, 1:213–1:214

Olney Hymns, in Three Books (J. Newton), 10:651n

Olympic Games, 20:543, 20:544, 20:545n

O’Maddin, Cato Patricius Burk

  • as educator, 20:594, 20:595–20:597, 20:626
  • family of, 20:594, 20:595–20:597
  • identified, 20:597–20:598n
  • letter from, 20:594–20:598
  • letter to, 20:626
  • in South America, 20:594–20:595, 20:596, 20:597

O’Maddin, Isabel Editha O’Conway (Cato Patricius Burk O’Maddin’s wife)

  • description of, 20:595–20:597, 20:597, 20:597n

Omar bin Muhammad, dey of Algiers, 10:216, 10:218n, 10:286, 10:286n

Ombrosi, Jacopo (Giacomo)

  • and wine for TJ, 10:416

O’Mealy, Michael, 3:96

O’Meara, Barry E.

  • edits Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena (Napoleon I), 19:411, 19:412n, 20:155

Ὁμήρου Ἰλιὰς καὶ εἰς Αὐτὴν Σχόλια τῶν Παλαιῶν. Homeri Ilias, et Veterum in Eam Scholia (Homer; ed. Didymus Chalcenterus), 9:196, 9:455

“On a large Fossil Trilobite of Kentucky” (“The Cosmonist” [C. S. Rafinesque]), 18:205, 18:207n

Onandaga County, N.Y., 3:333

O’Neal, John L.

  • as assignee, 11:573n
  • and University of Virginia, 17:624

Oneale, Mr. (ship owner), 4:215

Oneida Indians, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:120

onions

  • hanging (Egyptian onion; tree onion), 10:517
  • mentioned, 12:651
  • seeds, 20:605
  • wild, 14:161

On Irritation and Insanity (F. J. V. Broussais; trans. T. Cooper), 20:352n

Ονησανδρου Στρατηγικος (Onosander; ed. A. Coray), 20:28n, 20:276, 20:430

Onís y González, Frederica de Merkleiny (Luis de Onís y González Vara López y Gómez’s wife), 1:411, 7:328, 7:394

Onís y González Vara López y Gómez, Luis de

  • identified, 1:602n
  • letters from, 1:601–1:602, 7:291–7:292, 7:390–7:398, 11:377–11:378
  • letters to, 1:651, 7:326–7:328, 11:428
  • Memoria Sobre las Negociaciones Entre España y los Estados-Unidos de América, 20:604
  • as minister plenipotentiary of Spain, 1:410–1:411, 1:604, 1:632, 1:658, 2:33, 9:388–9:389, 9:390n, 9:516, 9:517n, 13:150–13:151, 13:151n, 13:587, 13:587, 13:587, 13:587–13:588n, 13:588n, 15:105, 15:106, 15:106n, 15:568, 15:568n
  • negotiations with U.S. government, 9:388–9:389, 9:478–9:480, 9:516, 11:122, 13:609, 13:610–13:611, 13:612n
  • sends pamphlet to TJ, 11:377, 11:377n, 11:428
  • and Spanish constitution, 7:291, 7:326–7:328, 7:390–7:394
  • Yznardy introduces, 1:410–1:411, 1:601–1:602, 1:651

On Literary Composition (Dionysius of Halicarnassus), 6:277

On National Government (G. Ensor), 10:556–10:557, 10:557n, 10:564–10:565, 10:625

Onnon (Onnen), C.

  • and University of Virginia, 16:309

Onondaga Indians, 16:85n, 16:85n, 16:85n, 16:108, 16:109–16:110, 16:118, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:119, 16:120

Onosander

  • Ονησανδρου Στρατηγικος (ed. A. Coray), 20:28n, 20:276, 20:430

Ontario, USS (sloop of war), 11:662, 13:300n, 14:312

On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature (C. Bucke), 17:535

On the Crown (Demosthenes), 14:258, 14:551

“On the Eclipse of the Sun of Sept. 17, 1811” (N. Bowditch), 8:455, 8:456n

“On the Geological Formation of the Natural Bridge of Virginia” (F. W. Gilmer), 9:26n

On the Importance of Assisting Young Men of Piety and Talents in Obtaining an Education for the Gospel Ministry (L. Beecher), 9:255, 9:255, 9:255–9:256, 9:257n, 9:257n, 9:378, 9:378–9:379, 9:379n, 9:381, 9:381n, 9:381–9:382, 9:383

On the Mammoth or Fossil Elephant, Found in the Ice, at the Mouth of the River Lena, in Siberia (Tilesius von Tilenau), 2:510n

“On the Motion of a Pendulum” (N. Bowditch), 8:455, 8:456n

On the Origin and Vicissitudes of Literature, Science and Art, and their Influence on the Present State of Society (W. Roscoe), 14:78

On the Origin, Nature, Progress and Influence of Consular Establishments (D. B. Warden), 5:437, 5:437–5:438n, 7:350, 7:350–7:351n, 8:36

On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation (D. Ricardo), 13:572, 13:572–13:573n, 13:573, 13:586, 13:586, 16:426

On the Sublime (“Longinus”), 14:258, 14:551

“On the Utility of Thermometrical Observations at Sea” (Masson), 3:95n

Ontwa, the Son of the Forest. A Poem (H. Whiting?), 18:441, 18:442n

opals, wax, 2:299

Opelousas District, Orleans Territory, 1:635–1:642, 9:584–9:585, 9:585–9:587n

Opera. Interpretatione et Notis (Virgil; Delphin edition; ed. C. de La Rue), 8:660, 9:274, 9:464, 9:538, 9:639, 13:33, 13:33, 13:47, 13:47

Opera Omnia (Cicero; ed. J. A. Ernesti), 12:355–12:356, 12:575

Opera Omnia Graece et Latine (Dionysius of Halicarnassus; 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 (Dionysius of Halicarnassus; trans. E. Spelman), 1:580

Opera Omnia Quæ Extant (Suetonius; ed. A. Babelon), 1:580, 14:511

Opera Omnia Sanctorum Patrum Græcorum (ed. F. Oberthür), 16:236–16:237, 16:258, 16:393

Opera Omnia Sanctorum Patrum Latinorum (ed. F. Oberthür), 16:236–16:237, 16:258, 16:393

Opere di Platone (Plato; trans. D. Bembo), 9:394, 12:583, 15:258

“Ophellot de La Pause, Henri.” See Delisle de Sales, Jean Baptiste Claude

Ophrys loeselii (Loesel’s twayblade), 12:611n

Opie, Amelia, 7:665

Opinion de M. de Broglie Sur la Loi d’amnistie portée par les Ministres de Sa Majesté à la Chambre des Pairs le 9 janvier 1816 (Broglie), 9:377, 9:377n

The Opinion of Judge Cooper, on the Effect of a Sentence of a Foreign Court of Admiralty (T. Cooper), 2:376, 2:377n, 2:480, 2:489, 2:491, 2:668

The Opinion of the Hon. William Johnson, delivered on the 7th August, 1823, in the case of the arrest of the British Seaman (W. Johnson), 20:93, 20:94n

Opinion on a Project for Removing the Obstructions to a Ship Navigation to Georgetown, Col. (B. H. Latrobe), 12:521

Opinion on the case of the alluvion land or batture, near New-Orleans (Du Ponceau) , 5:45, 5:47n

Opinion sur la Contagion de la Fièvre Jaune (V. F. Bally), 10:130, 10:135, 10:147n

opium

  • medicinal, 4:102, 9:44, 10:106, 10:107n, 14:30
  • mentioned, 6:188
  • used to commit suicide, 6:293
  • works on, 20:513n

Oporto, vin d’. See port (wine)

opossum, 7:210, 7:211n, 8:422–8:423n, 11:367–11:368, 11:370n

Optatus, Saint, 16:258

optics

  • collegiate education in, 13:195, 13:209, 13:214, 13:215n, 20:458
  • study of, 7:638, 7:639, 7:663, 7:666, 7:686, 12:515
  • and telescopes, 18:588–18:591, 18:613
  • TJ on, 18:613

Opuscula (Cicero), 20:430, 20:430

Oram, James

  • identified, 9:525n
  • letter to, 9:525
  • payment to, 9:414n, 9:414n
  • sends prospectus to TJ, 9:525

orange (tree) , 1:631–1:632

Orange, Prince of. See William IV, stadtholder of the Netherlands

orange, wild (tree), 8:21

Orange County, Va.

  • and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
  • yellow fever in, 17:603

Orange Court House (Orange Co.)

  • and J. Madison, 1:328, 1:359
  • mentioned, 8:290
  • TJ’s merino sheep sent to, 2:366, 2:409, 2:418, 2:490, 2:492, 2:512
  • TJ stops at, 1:52n

oranges, 10:xlvi, 20:605

Orange Society of Ireland, 5:641, 5:642n

Oratio Dominica … Nimirum, Plus Centum Linguis, Versionibus, aut Characteribus Reddita & Expressa, 10:357

An Oration. A Project For the Civilization of the Indians of North America (A. Clark), 11:393, 11:394n

An Oration delivered at Mr. Harvey’s, Spring Garden, before a Very Numerous Meeting of Democratic Citizens, July 4, 1812 (C. J. Ingersoll), 5:225–5:226

An Oration, Delivered, at the County Court-House, Philadelphia, on the Forty-Second Anniversary of American Independence (S. Jackson), 13:148, 13:149n

An Oration, delivered at the Request of the Republicans of Boston, at Fanueil Hall, on the Fourth of July, 1822 (A. Dunlap), 18:571, 18:572n

Oration delivered at Washington, July Fourth, 1809 (J. Barlow), 1:588, 1:590n

An Oration, Delivered before the Tammany Society (H. Wheaton), 3:46, 3:137, 3:157

An Oration, delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order … 1815 (S. Berrian), 8:614, 8:615n

An Oration, delivered before the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, of Brookhaven, (L.I.) (B. F. Thompson), 4:53, 4:54n, 4:76

An Oration, delivered before the Washington Society, in Boston, on the Fourth of July, 1816 (A. Ware), 10:340, 10:341n, 10:341

An Oration, delivered in St. Michael’s Church, before the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1812 (W. Crafts), 5:284, 5:285n

An Oration, delivered in St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, South-Carolina; on Tuesday, the Fourth of July, 1815 (C. R. Greene), 8:586n

An Oration, delivered in St. Philip’s Church (L. Cheves), 3:61–3:62, 3:136–3:137

An Oration, delivered in St. Philip’s Church, before the inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina; on Friday, the Fourth of July, 1817, in commemoration of American Independence (B. Elliott), 11:528, 11:529n, 11:582

An Oration, delivered in St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1821; before the ’76 Association (T. O. Elliott), 17:448, 17:449n, 17:449n, 17:479

An Oration, Delivered, In St. Philip’s Church … On the 5th Day of July, 1819 (T. D. Condy), 14:572, 15:53

An Oration delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in the Town of Lexington, Ky. (J. Fishback), 10:394–10:395

An Oration, delivered in the hall of the House of Representatives (R. Rush), 5:259, 5:259n, 5:286–5:287

An Oration, Delivered in the Third Episcopal Church, before the Inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, On the 4th March, 1815, in commemoration of the adoption of the Federal Constitution (J. B. White), 8:315

An Oration, delivered July 5, 1819, In the Chamber of the House of Representatives (R. B. Lee), 14:581–14:582, 14:603

An Oration Delivered on 4th July, 1811, in commemoration of American Independence, before the ’76 Association (B. A. Markley), 4:105, 4:106n, 4:175+

An Oration, delivered on the Fourth of July, 1816, In St. Michael’s Church, S. C. by appointment of the ’76 Association (W. Lance), 11:530n

An Oration, delivered on the Fourth of July, 1821, before the Cincinnati and Revolution Societies (J. Hamilton), 17:481, 17:482n

An Oration, delivered on the Fourth of July, 1823; before the ’76 Association (H. S. Legaré), 20:16, 20:16n

An Oration, delivered on the Fourth of July Last, at the Court House of Prince William County, Virginia (T. Ewell), 20:291, 20:300

An Oration, delivered on the 17th March, 1817, before the Shamrock Friendly Association of New-York (A. Pyke), 11:204–11:205n

An Oration, delivered in St. Michael’s Church, before an assemblage of the inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina; On the Fourth of July, 1818. In Commemoration of American Independence (H. L. Pinckney), 13:157, 13:157–13:158n

Oration on the Inauguration of the Federal Constitution (B. Elliott), 6:88–6:89, 6:89n, 6:124–6:125

An Oration, Pronounced at Alfred, on the 4th of July, 1815 (J. Holmes), 8:648–8:649, 8:649–8:650n, 9:4, 9:6n, 9:41–9:42, 9:78

An Oration, Pronounced at Boston, on the Fourth Day of July, 1810, before the “Bunker-Hill Association” (D. W. Lincoln), 2:504, 2:505n, 2:666

An Oration, pronounced at Boston, 4th July, 1820, at the request of the republican citizens of that place: in commemoration of American Independence (H. Orne), 16:111, 16:111n, 16:218

An Oration, Pronounced at Charlestown, on the 4th July, 1821, at the request of the Republican citizens of that town (P. Willard and N. H. Loring), 17:275–17:276, 17:276n, 17:298

An Oration, Pronounced at Lexington, Mass. (J. T. Austin), 8:585–8:586, 8:614, 9:4, 9:6n, 9:78

An Oration pronounced at Springfield, Mass. on the Fourth of July, 1823 (E. D. Bangs), 20:133

Oration pronounced by Samuel H. Smith, Esquire (S. H. Smith), 6:428, 6:429n, 6:444

An Oration, pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1821, (by request,) before the Republican Citizens of Milford, Mass. (T. Whittemore), 17:420, 17:420n, 17:484, 17:490, 17:506

Oratio Pro M. Marcello (Cicero; ed. F. A. Wolf), 9:87

Oratorum Graecorum, quorum princeps est Demosthenes (Demosthenes; ed. J. J. Reiske), 9:196, 9:456, 10:234, 14:510

oratory

  • books on, 7:629–7:630
  • collegiate education in, 12:3, 12:76, 18:251–18:252, 20:458
  • study of, 7:638, 7:641, 16:642, 19:165

Orbis Sensualium Pictus (J. A. Komenský [Comenius]; trans. C. Hoole), 14:276, 14:351, 16:640n, 17:4, 17:16, 17:211

orchard grass

  • seeds, 10:517, 11:336

Ord, George

  • as editor, 13:105–13:106, 13:106n, 13:306–13:307, 13:344
  • as reference for C. S. Rafinesque, 17:89
  • travels of, 12:368

Orders in Council. See Great Britain: Orders in Council

Ordinances Passed at a General Convention of Delegates and Representatives, From the several Counties and Corporations of Virginia, Held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Monday the 6th of May, Anno Dom: 1776, 9:405, 9:406n

Ordoñez das Seijas y Tobar, Alonso

  • translates La Poetica de Aristoteles, 17:138, 17:447, 17:448n

Ordway, John

  • journal of, 12:636, 12:637, 12:637–12:638n, 12:638n

O’Reilly, Alejandro

  • proclamation of, 3:175n, 3:546

Orense, bishop of. See Quevedo y Quintana, Pedro, bishop of Orense

Orford, Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of. See Walpole, Horace (Horatio), 4th Earl of Orford

Organ, John

  • identified, 12:211n
  • and survey of Poplar Forest, 12:209–12:211, 12:212–12:213, 12:218, 12:219–12:220, 12:228

Oriele: o Lettere di due Amanti (D. Sacchi), 20:369, 20:370n

Origen

  • Commentaria in Sacram Scripturam (ed. P. D. Huet), 12:447, 16:188, 19:526
  • Hexaplorum Origenis (ed. K. F. Bahrdt), 12:582, 13:295
  • writings of, 16:196, 16:258, 20:619

Original correspondence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Mad. La Tour de Franqueville and M. Du Peyrou (J. J. Rousseau), 7:389

Origine de Tous les Cultes: ou, Religion Universelle (C. Dupuis), 10:424–10:425, 10:459, 10:507, 10:508, 10:509, 10:573, 10:573, 10:573, 10:584n, 10:587, 10:604

Orlando (ship), 16:344n

Orlando Furioso (L. Ariosto; trans. J. Hoole), 19:507

Orleans (brig), 14:628

Orleans (steamboat), 13:254

Orléans, Duchess d’. See Maria Amalia Teresa, duchesse d’Orléans

Orléans, Louis Charles d’ See Beaujolais, Louis Charles d’Orléans

Orléans, Louis Philippe. See Montpensier, Antoine Philippe d’Orléans

Orléans, Louis Philippe, duc d’, 10:608, 16:136, 19:489

Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d’

  • guillotined, 9:575, 9:578n
  • as member of Estates General, 17:356, 17:362

Orleans College, 18:580

Orleans Territory See also Claiborne, William Charles Coles; Louisiana (Spanish and French colony); Louisiana (state); Louisiana Territory

  • banks in, 2:121, 2:192
  • clerk in, 1:635, 1:642n
  • drainage plan, 2:372, 2:484
  • elections in, 2:443n
  • and Embargo, 2:444n, 14:583
  • federal bench in, 2:211, 2:212
  • French refugees in, 1:203
  • indefensibility of, 4:133
  • Lafayette’s land in, 1:270n, 1:529, 1:628
  • land claims in, 1:635–1:642, 9:584–9:585, 9:585–9:587n
  • land commissioners in, 2:517, 2:518, 2:519, 3:27n, 9:584–9:585, 9:585–9:587n, 9:587n
  • laws governing, 3:325
  • legislature of, 2:135, 2:159–2:160, 2:192, 2:355, 2:483, 2:484, 2:528, 2:657, 2:658n, 2:659n, 2:682, 3:25, 3:26–3:27n, 3:157–3:158, 3:258, 3:326, 3:344, 3:344n, 3:420, 3:498
  • militia of, 2:177, 2:178n
  • J. Monroe offered governorship of, 2:42–2:43, 2:44, 2:46n
  • secretary of, 14:583
  • slave insurrection in, 3:326, 3:326n, 3:344n
  • and statehood, 3:328, 3:328n, 3:344n
  • superior court of, 2:439, 2:440–2:444n, 2:450n
  • TJ on, 2:360
  • TJ on batture rights of, 3:153, 3:168
  • TJ’s land grant proposal for, 2:258, 2:259
  • and yellow fever, 2:135–2:136, 2:356

Ormond, John James

  • and Albemarle Library Society, 19:509n, 19:607
  • and Y. Carden, 16:366n
  • and Fourth of July celebration, 19:690, 19:693
  • and gunpowder for TJ, 14:213
  • identified, 19:691n
  • letter from, 19:690–19:692
  • letter from accounted for, 19:509n
  • letter to, 19:693
  • letter to accounted for, 19:509n

Orne, Henry

  • identified, 16:111–16:112n
  • letter from, 16:110–16:112
  • letter to, 16:218
  • An Oration, pronounced at Boston, 4th July, 1820, at the request of the republican citizens of that place: in commemoration of American Independence, 16:111, 16:111n, 16:218

Ornithorhyncus. See platypus

Orosius, Paulus

  • The Anglo-Saxon Version, From the Historian Orosius. By Ælfred the Great, 8:236, 8:237n
  • works of, 8:234

Orr, John D., 7:286

Orr, Margaret

  • signs petition, 18:146

Orr, Thomas Lee

  • identified, 7:286n
  • introduced to TJ, 7:286
  • as student of L. H. Girardin, 7:286

Orvault, Marie Armand de Guerry de Maubreuil, marquis d’

  • Lettre Intéressante adressee à S. A. R. le Prince Régent d’Angleterre, 15:574, 15:574–15:575n, 15:598–15:599
  • Lettre Intéressante adressée à son excellence, le comte Bathurst, ministre des colonies Britanniques, 15:574, 15:574–15:575n, 15:598–15:599
  • quoted, 17:426, 17:427n

Orvieto (wine), 12:578, 13:252

Osage Indians, 1:520, 3:501, 13:227, 16:109

Osage orange (bow-wood), 7:287, 7:288n, 7:321, 7:326, 18:166

Osborn, Ralph

  • as auditor of Ohio, 17:399n

Osborn, Samuel L.

  • identified, 11:572n
  • letter from, 11:572
  • letter to, 11:663–11:664
  • praises TJ, 11:572, 11:663

Osborne (Osborn), Richard

  • identified, 13:159n
  • letter from, 13:157–13:159
  • and Seventy-Six Association, 13:157

Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 16:574, 16:575n, 16:617, 17:399n

Osgood, H. & R. H. (Baltimore firm). See H. & R. H. Osgood (Baltimore firm)

Osgood, David

  • death of, 19:361
  • A Discourse Delivered at Cambridge, 2:411, 2:412n
  • A. Hill’s opinion of, 2:411
  • mentioned, 8:343, 8:343n, 8:358, 8:359n, 9:79, 9:381, 9:383, 12:426, 18:657

Osinski, Ludwik, 3:62n

Osmond, René Eustache, marquis d’

  • as French minister to Great Britain, 13:425, 13:425n

osnaburg (oznabrig, oznaburg)

  • fabric, 1:315, 4:515, 5:33, 5:385, 6:347, 6:349n, 9:301, 15:485, 17:10, 18:40, 18:48, 18:50, 19:11
  • thread, 4:358, 6:345, 16:12, 18:41, 18:48, 19:11, 19:11

ospreys, 14:161

Ossian. See Macpherson, James

Ostenaco (Outacity; Outassetè) (Cherokee chief), 5:124, 5:125n

Oster, Martin

  • identified, 4:70n
  • letters from, 4:81–4:82, 4:166, 5:332–5:333
  • letters to, 4:70, 5:216
  • letter to from L. W. Tazewell, 5:333–5:335
  • and P. Piernet’s will, 3:466, 3:467–3:468, 3:472n, 3:652, 4:70, 4:81–4:82, 4:89, 4:166, 4:517, 5:99, 5:116–5:118, 5:216, 5:216–5:217, 5:228, 5:332–5:333, 5:333–5:335, 5:378

ostrich, 1:479

Otey, Isaac

  • as sheriff of Bedford Co., 8:73, 8:73n

Otey, Isaac, Jr.

  • as Va. legislator, 16:469

Othello (brig), 10:415n, 10:476

Otis, Asa

  • and failure of Smith & Riddle, 14:534
  • identified, 14:534–14:535n

Otis, Asa & Joseph (Richmond firm). See Asa & Joseph Otis (Richmond firm)

Otis, Bass

  • and J. Delaplaine’s Repository, 11:203
  • drawing of Minerva, 14:444–14:445, 14:528–14:529
  • identified, 10:90–10:91n
  • portrait of O. Evans, 7:xliii, 7:434 (illus.)
  • portrait of TJ, 6:149n, 7:xliii, 10:xlv, 10:38, 10:71, 10:71, 10:90n, 10:198, 10:240 (illus.) , 10:258, 10:259n, 10:274, 10:493, 14:444, 15:liii
  • portraits of D. and J. Madison, 10:198, 10:199n, 10:258, 10:259n
  • visits Monticello, 10:38, 10:71, 10:71, 10:80, 10:90
  • C. Wistar introduces, 10:90

Otis, George Alexander

  • identified, 16:43n
  • letters from, 16:42–16:43, 16:127, 16:440–16:442, 16:516–16:517, 16:580–16:584, 19:669
  • letters to, 16:93–16:94, 16:472–16:474, 16:615, 19:694
  • seeks federal appointment, 16:441, 16:473
  • sends work to TJ, 19:669, 19:694
  • translates Europe after the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (D. D. de Pradt), 16:42, 16:93
  • translates History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America (C. G. G. Botta), 16:42, 16:91, 16:93–16:94, 16:127, 16:204, 16:440–16:442, 16:472–16:473, 16:497, 16:516–16:517, 16:524, 16:578, 16:580–16:584, 16:615, 16:635, 19:507, 19:669, 19:694, 20:369, 20:370n, 20:498

Otis, Harrison Gray

  • compliments E. W. R. Coolidge, 18:38n
  • criticism of, 4:38n, 5:641, 6:37
  • Federalist legislator, 9:217, 12:497, 12:591, 16:251, 19:334

Otis, James

  • and American Revolution, 12:494–12:495, 12:496, 12:497, 12:531n, 14:340, 14:373, 18:572n
  • correspondence of, 13:575, 13:618–13:619
  • family of, 12:497
  • health of, 12:497
  • The Life of James Otis, of Massachusetts (W. Tudor), 13:575, 13:576n, 13:618–13:619, 19:318, 19:318n, 19:373, 19:374n
  • proposed biographical essay on, 12:493
  • The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and proved, 20:39n, 20:124, 20:125n
  • writings of, 14:190, 14:191n

Otis, Samuel Allyne

  • death of, 10:360
  • identified, 4:575n
  • letters from, 4:578, 4:588
  • letters to, 4:575
  • secretary of U.S. Senate, 1:535, 4:521–4:522, 4:565, 4:575, 4:578, 4:581, 4:582, 4:588
  • TJ on, 10:609

Otis, Dunlop & Company (Richmond firm), 14:455, 14:494, 14:505–14:506

Otsego bass, 19:539, 19:567

Ott, John, 16:246

Ottawa Indians, 4:181, 4:182n, 4:537

Ottoman Empire See also Mahmud II, sultan of Ottoman Empire

  • and Austria, 17:474, 17:475n
  • and Greece, 17:253, 17:474, 17:475n, 17:489, 18:430n, 20:24, 20:343n, 20:381, 20:586
  • and Russia, 17:253, 17:474, 17:474, 17:475n, 17:538, 18:372n, 18:377, 18:424, 18:427, 18:459

Otway, Thomas

  • The History and Fall of Caius Marius, 4:479, 4:480n
  • tragedies of, 19:507

Oudinot, Nicolas Charles, Duc de Reggio, 1:371, 1:372

Ould, Robert

  • educator, 9:502–9:503, 9:503, 9:529–9:530
  • identified, 9:503n
  • letter from, 9:502–9:503
  • letter to, 9:529–9:530
  • sends book to TJ, 9:502, 9:503n, 9:529

Ouseley, Sir Gore, 10:317

Outassetè. See Ostenaco (Outacity; Outassetè) (Cherokee chief)

Outlines of An Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind (Condorcet), 6:302, 7:627, 8:552, 8:553n, 19:505

Overbury, Samuel

  • letters from accounted for, 7:719

overseers See also Bacon, Edmund; Bishop, Jonathan; Bowling, Lewis; Darnil (Darnell; Darniel; Darnold), Nimrod; Freeman, John Holmes; Goodman, Jeremiah Augustus; Gough, William; Griffin, Burgess; Lilly, Gabriel; Miller, Robert; Miller, William J.; Monticello: Overseers at; Montpellier: overseers at; Poplar Forest: Overseers at; Richardson, Richard; White, Jacob W.; Wilson, John A.; Yancey, Joel (d. 1833)

  • accommodations for, 8:204
  • accounting practices of, 4:94
  • applicants to be, 16:140–16:141
  • attempt to capture runaway slaves, 3:513, 3:612–3:613, 3:613n, 11:438–11:439, 11:522
  • crop share of, 2:27, 2:28, 2:230, 2:230n, 4:10–4:11, 4:342, 4:493–4:494, 4:515, 8:173, 8:186n, 18:406–18:407
  • depart, 1:558, 8:610–8:611, 9:99, 9:99n
  • hire slaves, 1:48n
  • hiring of, 4:132, 4:133n, 4:307, 8:203–8:204, 8:432–8:433, 8:493, 8:496, 8:542, 8:555, 9:34, 9:34n
  • at Lego, 9:604n, 10:387, 10:388n, 12:167n, 13:476n
  • list slave beds and blankets, 4:382–4:383, 5:463n
  • make contracts for sale of wheat, 4:165, 4:170–4:171, 4:184, 4:212
  • at Mill Brook (J. W. Eppes’s Buckingham Co. estate), 18:22
  • and nailery, 4:464–4:465
  • pay rent to TJ, 1:137
  • plantation accounts of, 1:81n, 2:155, 3:196, 3:642, 3:643, 4:557n
  • plantation management by, 2:149–2:150, 2:279, 2:281n, 2:670, 3:180, 3:181n, 3:394, 4:386n, 4:543, 5:6n, 5:488–5:490
  • at Poplar Forest, 5:31, 5:306–5:307, 5:482, 5:482n, 5:488–5:490, 5:600, 5:663, 7:179–7:180, 16:253
  • positions for, 3:29, 3:276
  • and prizing of tobacco, 3:269, 3:457, 8:70
  • report plantation activities, 1:180, 2:96–2:97
  • retrieve merino sheep for TJ, 2:666
  • and sale of tobacco to S. J. Harrison, 3:457, 3:561, 3:634, 3:639–3:640, 3:650, 4:422, 4:461, 4:515, 4:549
  • send tobacco to Richmond, 1:157n, 8:132
  • TJ entrusts documents to, 2:328, 2:330, 2:422, 4:308
  • TJ on, 8:643, 9:604, 9:604n, 12:556
  • TJ’s accounts with, 1:419–1:420, 4:12, 4:58n, 9:105
  • TJ’s instructions to, 2:232, 2:233n, 4:306–4:307, 4:379–4:382, 4:515–4:516, 4:526–4:527, 5:31, 5:488–5:490, 7:179–7:180, 8:10–8:11, 8:69–8:72, 8:78, 8:132, 8:157–8:158, 8:184–8:186, 9:147, 10:388–10:389
  • at Tufton, 8:611, 8:611n, 9:604n, 12:272, 12:272n, 14:213n
  • at Varina (T. M. Randolph’s Henrico Co. estate), 14:161
  • wages for, 8:204, 12:272, 13:134

Overton, James

  • creditor of C. L. Bankhead, 8:394

Overton, John

  • family of, 3:210n
  • A Vindication of the Measures of the President and His Commanding Generals, in the Commencement and Termination of the Seminole War, 15:234n, 15:567n, 18:666n

Overton, Richard

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254
  • TJ purchases land from, 4:386
  • vouches for O. Norris, 3:465

Overton, Samuel

  • on economic distress in Nashville, 18:622
  • identified, 3:209–3:210n
  • letters from, 3:xlvii, 3:209–3:210, 3:358 (illus.) , 18:622
  • regarded as insane by TJ, 3:209n
  • and winemaking, 18:622

Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

  • in collegiate curriculum, 7:661, 7:685
  • Metamorphoses, 7:661, 8:670, 8:685, 9:274, 9:464, 10:191, 10:192n, 12:439, 13:317, 13:317n, 14:511, 15:149, 15:150n, 16:330, 18:556
  • Minellius Anglicanus, sive Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon (ed. N. Bailey), 9:464, 9:538, 9:639
  • P. Ovidii Nasonis Epistolarum Heroidum (ed. J. Minell), 17:138, 17:447
  • P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera (ed. P. Burmann), 9:646n
  • Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseωn (ed. J. Minell), 17:138, 17:447
  • Pub. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon (ed. J. Pontanus), 9:274, 9:275n, 9:464, 9:538, 9:639
  • quoted, 4:340, 4:391, 4:392n, 7:582, 7:590n, 10:191, 10:192n, 12:334, 12:442, 12:444, 13:479, 13:482n, 15:149, 15:150n, 16:536, 16:539n, 19:159, 19:161n
  • A Translation of the First Book of Ovid’s Tristia, in Heroic English Verse; with the Original Text (F. Arden), 17:441, 17:442n, 17:479
  • works of bound for TJ, 8:630, 9:464, 9:538, 9:639

Owain Gwynedd

  • family of, 17:127, 17:128n

Owen, C. C.

  • and University of Virginia, 16:312, 16:313

Owen, Robert

  • identified, 20:572–20:573n
  • introduced to TJ, 20:572
  • socialist vision of, 19:87n, 19:87n
  • visits Monticello, 20:572n

Owen, Thomas

  • translates Γεωπονικά. Agricultural Pursuits, 8:57n, 11:164, 16:364, 17:197, 17:411, 18:18, 18:242, 19:508, 19:509n

Owen, W.

  • Dictionary of Arts & Sciences, 1:582

Owens, Capt.

  • buys TJ’s flour, 17:543

Owens, David

  • and University of Virginia, 16:305, 16:307, 16:308, 16:309, 16:311, 16:314, 16:479, 17:621, 17:621, 17:621, 17:626, 17:631, 17:634

Owens, J.

  • sawmill of, 18:574–18:575

Owens, Owen

  • witnesses agreement, 4:87

Owings, John Cockey See also John Cockey Owings & Company (firm) , 18:414, 18:420

Owings, Thomas Deye

  • and W. C. Nicholas’s estate, 18:413–18:414, 18:414–18:417, 18:418–18:422, 18:442–18:443, 18:531–18:532, 18:559, 18:607–18:608, 18:653–18:654, 18:654, 18:655, 19:92

Oxberry, William

  • edits The New English Drama, 19:507

oxen

  • at Belmont, 3:170–3:171
  • blood of, 9:466, 9:468n, 9:468n, 9:468n
  • breeding of, 18:122n
  • as draft animals, 12:304, 12:304, 12:563, 13:534, 18:610
  • fodder for, 11:171–11:172, 11:272, 14:180, 15:70, 18:273
  • as food, 4:362
  • and hides used in shoemaking, 4:362
  • mentioned, 3:371n
  • sent from Poplar Forest, 4:373, 16:470
  • price of, 8:307
  • TJ purchases, 6:306n
  • used in agriculture, 3:348, 3:349, 7:80, 8:10, 8:70, 8:72
  • used in brickmaking, 14:238
  • used on batture, 2:546, 2:548
  • yokes for, 14:179

Oxford, University of, 2:565, 7:659, 7:666n, 12:238, 12:573, 12:647, 14:219, 15:388–15:389, 16:531n, 18:333, 19:303, 19:456, 19:608, 20:273, 20:292, 20:292, 20:562, 20:633, 20:633

Oxford Iron Works (Campbell Co. firm), 5:485, 5:485, 5:485n, 5:505, 6:350, 6:568n

Oxley, John

  • Philadelphia lands of, 10:387n

Oxley, Thomas

  • identified, 19:96n
  • as inventor, 19:95, 19:141
  • letter from, 19:95–19:96
  • letter to, 19:141

Oxley, William

  • Philadelphia lands of, 10:387n

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

  • conducts consular business, 18:547
  • identified, 17:530n

oysters, 2:110–2:111, 11:653, 13:612, 14:230–14:231, 15:300, 19:12

oznaburg. See osnaburg (oznabrig, oznaburg)

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