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Über die Geschichte der Menschheit (I. Iselin), 11:422, 11:423–11:425

Udree, Daniel

  • and O. Evans’s petition to Congress, 7:113n

Uebersicht aller bekannten Sprachen und ihrer Dialekte (F. Adelung), 18:9, 18:10n, 18:198, 18:225

Uffizi, Galleria degli (Florence), 10:71, 10:72n, 16:343

Ulfilas (early Christian prelate), 16:194

Ulmo, Anthony, 1:70n

Ulpian, Domitius (Roman jurist), 3:175n

Ulrick, J. C., 12:269n

Ulysses. See Odysseus

“U.M.”

  • on American public affairs, 4:611–4:612
  • letters from, 4:611–4:612

The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death (J. J. Bruhier d’Ablaincourt), 19:505

Underhill, William, 3:317–3:318, 3:642

Underwood, Thomas, 5:654n

Union (brig), 16:418, 16:424–16:425, 16:510, 17:117, 17:139, 17:140, 17:140, 17:507, 18:456

Union (hospital ship), 10:136

Union (ship)

  • carries letters to TJ, 1:115, 1:118, 1:182, 1:231, 1:235n
  • sails between U.S. and France, 1:117, 1:129, 1:230

Union Bank (Baltimore), 15:542

Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania, 4:160, 4:175, 4:315–4:316, 5:468, 5:468–5:469n

Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.)

  • faculty of, 15:275, 15:275
  • students at, 17:545

Union Hotel (Richmond), 14:652

Union Manufacturing Company (Baltimore), 9:537n

Union Mills. See Magruder’s mill (Fluvanna Co.)

The Union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancastre & Yorke (E. Hall and R. Grafton), 8:581, 8:582n

Uniontown, Md.

  • post office in, 16:125

Unitarianism

  • and J. Adams, 18:532
  • and Bibles, 13:305, 13:305n, 13:439, 13:469
  • and Congregationalism, 19:360, 19:361
  • criticized, 15:603, 18:439, 19:583
  • and Harvard University, 9:255, 18:518, 18:564, 19:147
  • mentioned, 11:363
  • in New England, 9:4–9:5, 18:443–18:445, 18:656, 18:656, 18:657–18:658
  • in New York City, 16:55, 16:170, 16:599, 19:361, 19:363n
  • in Pa., 18:532, 19:79
  • spread of, 18:38, 18:517–18:518, 19:126, 19:127, 19:134, 19:158, 19:361
  • TJ on, 10:259, 16:188, 18:439, 18:500, 18:500, 18:532, 18:563–18:564, 19:74–19:75, 19:84, 19:214
  • Tracts on the Unitarian Controversy, 13:29n, 13:132, 13:160
  • works on, 10:241, 13:29, 13:29n, 13:132, 13:160, 14:612–14:613, 15:553, 15:553n, 16:599–16:600, 16:601, 19:133, 19:213
  • works on bound for TJ, 8:630, 13:456, 13:456, 13:457n

United Provinces of South America

  • independence of, 12:621, 13:151n, 14:116, 15:297, 15:297n, 18:277, 18:277–18:278n, 18:294
  • U.S. commissioners to, 13:150, 13:299, 13:300n

United States See also Bank of the United States; Bank of the United States, Second; Congress, U.S.; Constitution, U.S.; Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel: on American financial system; Post Office, U.S.; specific departments

  • acquisition of Fla. by, 14:77
  • and advancement of civilization, 19:303
  • agriculture promoted in, 17:406–17:407, 18:394n
  • and Alexander I, 1:115–1:116, 1:233, 1:328, 1:659n, 7:478, 9:9
  • and Algiers, 10:216–10:217, 10:218n, 10:483
  • annual consumption of, 2:614
  • Articles of Confederation, 12:419, 14:227, 17:349, 18:489n
  • “Brother Jonathan” as nickname for people of, 19:305, 19:306n
  • citizenship, 8:244, 8:245n, 11:146–11:147, 11:147n, 11:147n
  • climate of, 2:270, 10:331, 12:617, 14:185, 14:186n
  • “Columbia” as name for, 14:10–14:12
  • compared to Great Britain, 7:650–7:653, 7:678
  • cost of books in, 18:334
  • cost of labor, 2:602, 2:615, 7:557, 7:558, 9:616
  • crop failures in, 10:597
  • and Cuba, 19:393, 19:543, 19:601, 19:686–19:687, 19:707, 19:709–19:710
  • debt to Va., 7:670, 7:690–7:691, 9:398–9:399, 9:399n, 9:496, 9:497, 9:506, 9:507n, 17:103–17:104, 17:106–17:107, 17:123, 17:123–17:124, 17:124, 17:141–17:142, 17:160, 17:384, 17:385n, 17:398n, 18:158, 18:160n, 18:178, 18:178, 18:178n, 18:192, 18:199, 18:221, 18:261, 18:262, 18:264, 18:265n
  • difficulty ascertaining revenues from land in, 2:595–2:596, 2:604
  • distribution of seeds throughout, 16:160
  • drawback system of, 10:95–10:96, 10:97–10:99, 10:100n, 10:173–10:176, 10:176n, 10:610, 10:611n, 15:273
  • economy of, 9:41n, 9:334–9:336, 9:533–9:537, 9:616–9:617, 10:22–10:23, 10:24–10:25, 10:29–10:30, 10:95–10:96, 10:97–10:99, 10:173–10:175, 10:175, 10:251–10:252, 11:287–11:288, 14:452–14:453, 15:48n, 15:105, 15:236–15:237, 15:249, 15:254–15:255, 15:362–15:363, 15:453, 15:453–15:454, 15:471, 15:514, 16:373, 16:596, 17:41n, 18:13, 18:459, 18:526, 19:461n, 19:615
  • elections in, 10:41–10:42, 11:410, 11:412, 12:246, 17:212–17:216, 18:132, 18:132–18:133n, 18:133, 18:204–18:205, 18:305, 18:306, 18:307, 19:580–19:581
  • encyclopedia article on, 16:406, 16:408n
  • European interest in, 19:597–19:598, 19:706
  • expansion of, 14:572n, 15:616–15:617
  • exports of, 19:437, 19:438n
  • financial needs of government estimated, 2:588, 2:614
  • financial system of, 10:329, 12:421–12:425
  • fortifications, 16:412n, 18:387, 18:387, 18:394n, 18:459, 18:518
  • and France, 2:43, 2:69, 2:162, 2:162n, 2:194, 2:231, 2:341–2:342, 2:345, 2:346, 2:366–2:367, 2:406, 2:412n, 2:418, 2:419n, 2:470, 2:471n, 2:480, 2:519, 4:89, 4:90n, 4:611–4:612, 4:649, 4:650n, 4:665, 7:424, 8:178, 8:477, 8:531–8:532, 12:271, 13:415, 14:607–14:608, 15:572–15:573n, 15:595, 16:412n, 16:425, 16:426n, 16:578, 16:617, 18:177, 18:177n, 18:430, 19:104, 19:105n, 19:406, 19:408n, 19:706–19:707, 19:710, 19:711n
  • future of considered, 8:649, 8:650n, 10:176, 10:280, 10:340, 11:437, 19:431
  • gazetteer of, proposed, 2:144n
  • geology, 2:376, 14:568
  • and government stock, 8:472, 8:499, 8:500, 8:557, 8:573–8:574, 10:295–10:296, 10:312, 10:313, 10:431–10:432, 10:451, 10:568, 10:584, 10:585, 10:598–10:599, 10:599, 10:625, 10:626, 10:639–10:640, 10:641, 10:665, 11:27, 11:57, 11:58n, 11:124–11:125, 11:155, 11:155, 11:187, 12:347, 12:347, 12:347, 12:347, 12:424, 13:320, 13:320, 13:320, 13:320–13:321, 14:23n, 14:158, 17:499, 17:500, 17:510, 17:513, 17:533, 17:533n, 17:550
  • and Great Britain, 2:35n, 2:69, 2:69–2:70, 2:73–2:74, 2:190, 2:194, 2:325, 2:358n, 2:366–2:367, 2:387, 2:406, 2:412n, 2:418, 2:419n, 2:470, 2:471n, 2:480, 2:491, 2:539, 2:540n, 2:604, 2:605, 7:424, 8:131, 8:150–8:151, 8:531–8:532, 8:538, 8:539–8:541, 8:542–8:544, 8:569, 8:588, 8:589n, 8:598–8:599, 8:654, 8:655n, 8:660, 9:45–9:46, 9:46n, 9:232, 9:305, 9:516, 9:663, 10:174–10:175, 10:280–10:282, 10:342–10:343, 10:349, 10:587–10:588, 10:588, 11:417, 12:271, 12:459, 12:460n, 12:484–12:485, 12:548, 12:591–12:592, 13:415, 13:587, 14:112n, 14:466–14:467, 14:467n, 14:491, 14:503, 14:572n, 15:379, 15:380n, 15:572–15:573n, 16:37, 16:412n, 16:487, 16:500, 16:517, 16:533, 16:534, 16:537, 16:537, 16:571, 18:144–18:146, 18:490–18:491, 18:620, 19:406, 19:408n, 19:706–19:707, 19:710, 19:711n
  • and Greek independence, 18:427–18:428
  • historiography of, 2:145–2:146, 2:347–2:348, 2:505–2:506, 7:139–7:140, 7:140n, 7:190, 7:232, 7:256, 7:256, 7:317–7:318, 8:174–8:175, 8:176n, 13:603
  • history of proposed, 10:107–10:108, 11:460–11:461, 11:461n, 19:427
  • M. A. Jullien on, 14:50–14:51, 16:492, 19:597–19:598
  • and jurisdiction of federal courts, 9:44, 9:46n, 9:72–9:73, 9:120–9:121, 14:456, 14:456, 16:353–16:354, 17:351–17:352, 18:305–18:306
  • and land grants, 18:100
  • and liberty, 17:490
  • literature of, 16:516–16:517, 16:533–16:539, 16:539, 19:597–19:598
  • maps of, 8:75–8:78, 8:133, 9:589–9:590, 9:590n, 10:542–10:544, 10:626–10:627, 12:492
  • maritime rights, 2:253, 7:159–7:160
  • military preparedness, 2:190, 2:257–2:259, 2:588, 2:603, 2:606, 2:614, 10:175, 10:176n, 14:112n
  • militia in, 18:394n
  • Mint, 1:330, 1:487, 1:487n, 14:127
  • and miscegenation, 14:11
  • and Monroe Doctrine, 16:166–16:167, 16:217
  • and Napoleon, 1:154–1:155, 8:131, 8:531–8:532
  • national debt, 2:358n, 2:583, 2:603, 2:611, 8:108, 8:109–8:110, 8:111n, 8:575, 10:65, 10:175, 10:175–10:176, 10:260–10:261, 10:608, 12:421–12:424, 12:485, 12:592, 14:112n, 16:411, 16:412n, 16:482–16:483, 16:489, 17:436–17:437, 17:554–17:555, 17:560, 18:337, 18:394n
  • naval history of, 6:165
  • and the Netherlands, 2:73
  • net revenue of, 2:615, 18:481
  • Panic of 1819, 14:53, 14:129, 14:218, 14:245, 14:295, 14:308, 14:349, 14:354, 14:355, 14:369, 14:379–14:380, 14:452–14:453, 14:467, 14:467n, 14:498, 14:503, 14:505, 14:505, 14:529, 14:596–14:597, 14:603, 14:614, 14:615–14:616n, 15:8, 15:48n, 15:105, 16:183, 16:244, 16:285, 17:418, 17:566, 18:365n, 18:584, 18:627, 19:397
  • patriotism of citizens, 10:186–10:187, 12:160–12:162
  • patriotism of expatriates, 9:392
  • political chart of, 14:144–14:145, 14:146n, 14:201, 14:202
  • political works on, bound for TJ, 1:36, 1:36
  • and popular opinion, 10:625
  • population of, 8:375–8:376, 8:540, 9:476n, 14:11, 14:112n, 18:337, 18:372n, 19:388, 19:389n
  • and Portugal, 16:218, 16:367–16:368, 16:372, 16:411–16:412, 16:412n, 16:432–16:433, 18:614
  • presidency, 9:695–9:696, 10:518, 10:519n, 19:602
  • and presidential election of 1800, 12:615, 18:180, 18:247–18:248, 18:248n, 18:311, 19:267n, 19:282, 19:304, 19:329–19:331, 19:351, 19:602
  • and presidential election of 1816, 9:563
  • and presidential election of 1824, 18:369–18:370, 19:148, 19:219–19:221, 19:252, 19:263–19:266, 19:267n, 19:333–19:334, 19:362, 19:392, 19:409, 19:409–19:410n, 19:533–19:535, 19:556–19:557, 19:562–19:563, 19:571, 19:574, 19:580–19:581, 19:589–19:590, 19:602, 19:615–19:616, 19:643, 19:712
  • printing in, 18:11, 18:171–18:172
  • prisons in, 14:78, 19:598
  • and public education, 17:172–17:173, 17:173n, 17:187, 18:243, 18:244n, 19:138, 19:139n, 19:162, 19:162n
  • and public lands, 2:582–2:583, 2:587, 12:401, 13:422–13:423, 16:277, 16:278, 18:616–18:617, 19:138, 19:162, 19:162n
  • public works, 2:213–2:214, 2:244, 2:246n, 2:588–2:589, 2:613–2:614, 11:122, 11:123n, 11:410–11:411, 12:252, 12:252–12:253n
  • and raising sheep, 2:379, 8:544, 9:616
  • religion in, 10:586
  • reputation of, 9:8–9:9, 11:540
  • roads in, 8:76, 8:77n, 10:610, 18:615–18:618
  • and Russia, 1:38–1:39, 1:39n, 1:329n, 1:360, 10:483, 10:483n, 12:271, 14:427–14:428, 15:572–15:573n, 15:595, 19:706–19:707
  • scarcity of bread in, 10:379, 10:539, 10:666
  • sectional divisions in, 8:375–8:376, 8:608, 10:65, 16:440, 16:489–16:490, 17:601, 18:154, 18:306
  • and South American republics, 8:503–8:504, 16:157, 16:166–16:167, 16:218, 16:218, 16:412n, 16:486–16:487, 16:528–16:530, 16:531n, 18:277, 18:277–18:278n, 18:394n, 18:425, 19:543, 19:639, 19:706–19:707, 19:711–19:712n
  • and Spain, 1:632–1:633, 2:248, 8:156–8:157n, 8:339, 8:540, 12:142, 12:251–12:252, 12:271, 12:459, 12:460n, 13:130, 13:150–13:151, 13:286n, 13:286, 13:415, 13:424, 13:586–13:587, 13:609, 13:610–13:611, 13:612n, 14:23–14:24, 14:30, 14:111–14:112n, 14:112n, 14:503, 15:568, 15:572–15:573n, 15:594–15:595, 16:158, 16:186, 16:187n, 16:250, 16:250, 16:412, 16:412n, 16:487, 16:493, 16:616, 18:309n, 18:430n, 18:468n, 18:481, 19:490
  • state papers and public documents, 4:289, 4:289, 7:644–7:645, 7:645–7:646n, 7:646n, 7:701–7:702, 8:156, 8:156–8:157n, 8:252, 10:548, 11:560–11:561, 14:279, 17:609, 18:166, 18:181, 18:489–18:490, 18:490n, 18:524n, 18:524, 18:624, 19:391, 19:392n, 19:462, 19:626
  • state versus federal authority, 17:118, 17:119n, 17:148–17:149, 17:249, 17:351–17:352, 17:399–17:400n, 17:433–17:434, 17:592, 17:592n, 18:152, 18:304–18:306, 18:338–18:340, 18:394n, 18:460, 18:513, 19:664–19:666, 19:698–19:700
  • surveys of, 10:18, 10:19n
  • ties of to Great Britain, 6:376n
  • TJ compares U.S. slaves to British underclass, 7:651–7:652
  • TJ on boastfulness of, 12:548
  • TJ on government of, 10:88–10:89, 10:349, 10:522, 15:16–15:18
  • TJ on life in, 8:382, 11:160, 11:435
  • TJ on popular election of juries in, 9:629
  • trade of, 3:27–3:28, 3:255, 3:386–3:387, 3:505, 8:532, 9:426, 10:24–10:25, 10:91–10:92, 10:95–10:96, 10:97–10:99, 10:100n, 10:173–10:176, 11:25, 11:26n, 11:65, 15:273, 16:221, 16:221, 16:412n, 18:35, 18:177n, 18:394n, 18:394n, 18:490–18:491, 18:635, 19:490, 19:606
  • travel guides for, 18:223, 18:223–18:224, 18:237
  • treatment of prisoners of war by, 6:510, 7:12–7:13n, 8:219–8:220, 8:220
  • and United Provinces of South America, 14:116
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504, 4:505, 4:507–4:508
  • wages in, 10:653n
  • A. B. Woodward on government of, 1:164–1:165, 1:236, 1:253–1:254

United States (ship), 10:243, 10:243n, 10:244, 10:411, 11:255

United States, USS (frigate), 10:119, 10:216, 11:509, 11:509, 11:534n, 11:662, 11:662, 17:519n

United States Gunboat No. 65, 2:177–2:178

United States Circuit Court, Maryland District, 6:354n, 6:453, 6:454, 7:108, 7:109n, 7:131, 7:170

United States Circuit Court, Pennsylvania District, 14:5, 15:238, 15:238n

United States Circuit Court, Virginia District

  • and batture controversy, 2:396n, 2:398, 2:401, 2:406, 2:414, 2:416, 2:417, 2:494, 2:501, 2:531, 2:546–2:549, 3:201, 3:397, 3:397–3:400, 3:400–3:401, 3:401–3:404, 3:404–3:407, 3:407–3:410, 3:410–3:411, 4:291, 4:295, 4:296, 4:297, 4:301, 4:303–4:304
  • decision in Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:304, 9:449, 9:449–9:450
  • establishment of, 4:303n
  • and C. Griffin, 2:386, 2:388n, 2:416, 2:420

United States District Court, Connecticut District, 18:467, 18:468n

United States District Court, Kentucky District, 18:607, 19:92

United States District Court, Louisiana District, 6:390, 6:394, 6:395, 10:669, 10:669n

United States Marine Hospital (Charlestown, Mass.)

  • and charges against B. Waterhouse, 1:295–1:300, 5:641–5:642, 5:642n, 6:97–6:98

United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y.)

  • appointments to sought, 4:375n, 4:376, 4:434, 18:653, 19:25, 19:30, 19:30n
  • J. Cutbush seeks position at, 15:341–15:342, 15:342–15:343n
  • and C. Despinville, 5:405, 5:430–5:431, 5:435–5:436
  • faculty of, 1:23n, 5:101n, 8:249–8:250, 8:251n, 15:275, 15:275, 15:467, 16:459, 17:51–17:52, 19:28–19:29, 19:64, 19:295
  • founding of, 2:258, 2:261n, 16:570, 17:lii, 17:438, 17:439n
  • J. Meigs seeks position at, 5:297, 5:298n, 5:372–5:373
  • and national observatory, 15:320
  • portraits at, 16:570, 16:603–16:604, 17:lii, 17:45–17:46, 17:46n, 17:100n
  • reorganization of proposed, 15:341–15:342, 15:342n, 17:52, 17:55n
  • student protest at, 15:467, 15:468n
  • students at, 17:liii, 17:546, 17:546n, 18:16, 19:655
  • textbooks for, 17:574, 17:574n, 19:28–19:29, 19:64
  • TJ on, 16:603–16:604
  • tour by cadets, 17:438, 17:439n
  • J. Vaughan on, 17:45–17:46
  • J. Williams on, 3:93–3:94

United States Military Philosophical Society

  • circular of, 6:507n
  • papers communicated to, 8:250, 9:192n, 9:193–9:194n
  • report of sent to TJ, 7:48n

The United States spelling book (Z. Cramer), 1:630, 1:630n

United States v. Hudson and Goodwin, 18:467, 18:468n

Unity of God, A Sermon (S. C. Thacher), 12:356n, 12:576

An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary (J. Watkins), 17:536

Universal Biography (J. Lemprière), 12:534

The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce (M. Postlethwayt), 12:156, 12:157n

An Universal Etymological English Dictionary (N. Bailey), 14:193, 14:265, 14:286, 16:5, 16:194

Universal Gazette (Philadelphia newspaper), 1:30n, 1:30n

An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present, 6:380, 6:380, 16:364, 17:197, 17:411, 18:18, 18:399

Universalkirchenhistorie des Christenthums (P. K. Marheinecke), 11:307

The Universal Magazine, 10:486

The Universal Prayer (A. Pope), 6:521, 17:12, 17:14n

Unpartheyische York Gazette (Pa. newspaper), 18:16, 18:17n

Untersuchungen über Amerika’s Bevölkerung aus dem alten Kontinente (J. S. Vater), 1:651–1:652, 2:467, 3:150, 3:150n, 3:166, 3:615–3:616

Upham, Jabez

  • as U.S. representative, 4:60, 4:61n

The Upper Roanoke Navigation Company, 14:402, 14:403

Upson, Jesse

  • and antislavery, 15:177, 15:178
  • identified, 15:178–15:179n

Uranographia sive Astrorum Descriptio (J. Bode), 10:508–10:509, 10:550, 10:587

Uranus (planet), 5:136, 5:137n, 14:236, 14:237n, 15:580, 15:583n

Urquhart, David, 3:26–3:27n

Urquhart, Thomas

  • and W. C. C. Claiborne, 3:158
  • identified, 2:160–2:161n
  • signs resolutions on batture controversy, 2:159–2:160, 3:26–3:27n

Ursula (TJ’s slave; b. ca. 1737), 2:425, 2:425, 2:425n, 2:447, 2:464

Ursula (TJ’s slave; b. 1787)

  • on Monticello slave lists, 4:387, 8:62n, 16:648
  • and smallpox vaccination, 9:717

Ursuline nuns, 12:5–12:6, 12:6n

Urtica Whitlowi. See nettle, wood

Ussieux, Louis d’

  • Traité théorique et pratique sur la Culture de la Vigne, 2:82, 10:234, 10:237n, 11:164

Utenhove van Heemstede, Jacobus Maurits Karel van, 10:230

Uticensis, Marcus Porcius Cato. See Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis)

Utley, Vine

  • and bathing, 14:420, 18:291, 18:291
  • health of, 18:291
  • identified, 14:43–14:44n
  • letters from, 14:43–14:44, 14:419–14:422, 18:291–18:292
  • letters to, 14:156–14:158, 14:481, 18:319
  • letter to, from B. Rush, 14:44–14:45
  • and physical habits in New England, 14:420, 18:291
  • and physical habits of B. Rush, 14:43, 14:44–14:45, 14:156–14:157, 18:291
  • and physical habits of TJ, 14:43, 14:156–14:157, 14:419–14:420, 14:421, 14:481, 18:291, 18:292, 18:319
  • and politics in Conn., 14:421
  • and portraits of TJ, 14:421, 14:481, 18:291–18:292
  • on TJ’s Notes on the State of Virginia, 14:43
  • and warm baths, 18:292, 18:319

utopian societies

  • E. P. Pages’s vision for, 18:58, 18:60n
  • H. Roi’s vision for, 19:376, 19:377–19:382

Utrecht, Louise Béate Augustine

  • Le Confiseur Royal, 15:26

Utrecht, Treaty of (1713)

  • and boundaries of La., 10:626
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506
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