Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series - Comprehensive Cumulative Index (Vols. 1-4)

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Cabanis, Charlotte Grouchy (Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis's wife), 1:261, 1:262n

Cabanis, Pierre Jean Georges

death of, 1:261, 1:262n

cabbage, 2:90, 2:271, 2:272

Cabbeni, Mr., 2:122

Cabell, George, 2:28

Cabell, Joseph Carrington

and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
and copying press, 4:401
gives walking stick to TJ, 2:xli–xlii, 2:380 (illus.)
identified, 2:489–490n
letter from, 2:550–552
letter to, 2:489–490
mentioned, 3:251, 3:520, 3:539
and mineralogy, 2:489, 2:550–552, 2:668, 3:79
orders wine, 4:529, 4:530
portrait of, 2:xli, 2:380 (illus.)
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
visits France, 4:189

Cabell, Samuel J., 3:540n

Cabell, William H.

and Duane, 3:573
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
work done for while governor, 3:575

Cabot, Samuel, 4:31

Cadet-de-Vaux, Antoine Alexis

Instruction sur l'art de faire le vin, 2:82, 2:83n

Cádiz

besieged by French forces, 2:248n, 2:342, 4:111, 4:112n
defenses of, 2:246–247
market at, 3:541
and merino sheep, 2:4, 2:492
Supreme Junta at, 2:246–247, 2:248n
U.S. consul at, 1:87, 1:96, 1:113–114, 1:155, 1:156n, 3:343, 3:523, 4:219
U.S. naval agent at, 1:155, 1:156n

Cadore, duc de, Jean Baptiste Nompère de Champagny, 1:370, 1:373, 1:377n, 1:528, 1:529n, 2:287, 2:419n

Cadwalader, Thomas

identified, 1:583n
letter from, 1:583

Caesar, Julius

Caius Julius Cæsar's Commentaries of his wars in Gaul, and civil war with Pompey (trans. Bladen), 1:580
Du Pont de Nemours on, 4:329
quoted, 1:6, 1:6n

Caesar (TJ's slave; b. 1749)

on Monticello slave list, 4:386

Caesar (TJ's slave; b. 1774)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383n, 4:384, 4:385

Cagliari, Sardinia

royal museum at, 2:297

Caiaphas, Joseph

and professions, 4:100

Caines, Clement

Brief Remarks on the Present and Former War with France, 3:522
The History of the General Council, 3:522, 4:157
identified, 3:522n
letter from, 3:521–522
letter to, 4:157–159
Reflections on the Embargo, 3:522
A Sketch of the Saxon Heptarchy, 3:522

Caius Julius Cæsar's Commentaries of his wars in Gaul, and civil war with Pompey (trans. Bladen), 1:580

Calabria

earthquake in, 4:189, 4:190n

calcite, 2:299

Caldcleugh & Thomas (Philadelphia mercantile firm), 1:190, 1:191n

Calia (TJ's slave; b. 1806). See Hern, Celia (Calia) (TJ's slave; b. 1806)

calico, 4:102

Callaway, George

identified, 4:165n
letter from, 4:308
letters to, 4:165–166, 4:307–308
mill and dam, 3:371, 3:392, 3:394, 3:421, 3:538
TJ's dispute with, 4:165–166, 4:307–308, 4:308, 4:341–342

Callaway, Richard

land patented by, 4:387

Callaway, William, 2:238n, 2:322, 2:323

Callender, James Thomson

J. Adams on, 4:474
and sedition law, 1:278, 2:412n
and Walker affair, 1:499n

Callet, Jean François

sent geophysical work, 2:536
Tables of Logarithms, 1:316–317, 1:629–630, 2:536, 4:148

Calloway (black boatman)

and lost trunk, 1:311

Calvert County, Md.

sheep breeding in, 1:478

Calville Blanc d'Hiver (Calvite apple), 3:455, 3:456n

Calvin, John

Lexicon Ivridicvm Ivris Cæsarei simvl, et canonici, fevdalis item, civilis, criminalis, theoretici, ac practici, 3:546
Van der Kemp's essay on, 4:614
in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:506n

Calvite apple (Calville Blanc d'Hiver), 3:455, 3:456n

Calycanthus floridus (Carolina allspice), 2:103, 2:104n, 3:353, 3:354

cambric, 3:643

Cambridge, N.Y.

Federalists in, 2:289

Cambridge University, 2:565, 4:427

camel

hair used for weaving, 1:16
introduced to U.S., 1:479, 1:480n, 1:599

Camelina sativa (gold of pleasure), 2:271

Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette, 1:250n

Campbell, David

identified, 1:653n
letter from, 1:652–653
letter to, 2:187–188
TJ's advice to son of, 2:187

Campbell, David (of Virginia)

identified, 4:135n
letter from, 4:134–135
letter to, 4:176
and Va. land warrants, 4:134–135, 4:176

Campbell, George Washington

elected to U.S. senate, 4:200

Campbell, James

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

Campbell, John Wilson

decides not to publish TJ's public papers, 4:349, 4:467
History of Virginia, from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781, 4:350, 4:467–468
identified, 1:385n
letters from, 1:385, 1:538–539, 4:349, 4:350
letters to, 1:486–488, 1:569–570, 4:467–468
proposes to publish TJ's public papers, 1:385, 1:486–488, 1:538–539, 1:569–570

Campbell, Thomas Jefferson

family of, 1:653
TJ's advice to, 2:187

Campbell, Victor Moreau, 1:653

Campbell, William

and Va. land warrants, 4:134–135, 4:176

Campbell County, Va. See also Ivy Creek (Campbell Co.)

surveyor, 4:308, 4:309n, 4:680
TJ sells Ivy Creek tract in, 2:5–6, 2:50–51, 2:78–79, 2:148, 2:149n, 2:232, 2:323, 2:328, 2:330, 3:368–369, 3:374–375, 3:457, 3:461, 4:583, 4:584n
TJ sells Stith tract in, 1:670–671
TJ's land in, 4:309n, 4:387

Campbell County Court, Va., 3:374–375

campeachy chairs, 1:80, 1:81n, 1:211n, 2:351n

Camper, Adriaan G.

letter from accounted for, 1:677

camphor (Cinnamomum Camphora), 4:102

Canada

British troops in, 4:151
and J. Henry's mission, 4:541, 4:542
TJ anticipates American conquest of, 4:133
and trade with Indians, 4:552–553
U.S. goods shipped through, 4:552, 4:554n
U.S. policy toward, 4:455, 4:480, 4:482, 4:574

Canada lily (Lilium canadense), 2:103, 2:104n

canals

books on, 1:36, 1:38n
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Co., 2:213–214, 2:296
congressional support for, 2:213–214, 2:613
Erie, 3:333, 3:459–460, 3:521, 3:597–598
Livingston's, 2:444n, 2:445–446n, 2:547, 2:548
at New Orleans, 2:244, 2:246n, 2:485
proposed, 2:358n, 2:673–674
on Rivanna River, 3:286–288, 3:303, 3:421–422
in S.C., 2:507
at Shadwell Mill, 2:670
Susquehanna canal lottery, 4:391
TJ on, 2:296
Union Canal Co., 4:160, 4:175, 4:315, 4:316n
in U.S., 3:388, 3:391
and water-raising machine, 2:556

canary seed (Phalaris canariensis), 2:271

candles, 1:31, 1:32, 3:202, 3:301

Canillac, Mr. de, 2:15

Canning, George

British foreign minister, 1:284, 1:518, 1:658, 2:131n, 2:540n, 3:70n, 3:79
instructions to Erskine, 1:170n, 1:409, 1:438–439
rumored return to British cabinet, 2:130
TJ on, 1:442, 1:519

Canonsburg Academy and Library Company (Pa.), 1:6n

cantaloupe (muskmelon; nutmeg melon), 3:473, 3:501, 3:503n

Canton, Va., 3:195–196

cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), 2:103, 2:104n, 4:497, 4:498

Cape of Good Hope

grapes in, 4:85, 4:524, 4:525n
in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502, 4:506

capers, 1:366

Capitol, U.S.

congressman assaulted in, 2:107n
construction of, 1:65n, 1:473, 1:475, 1:595, 3:534–537, 3:555–556
corncob capitals for, 1:473, 1:475n, 1:595
Latrobe's drawings of, 2:39, 2:40n, 2:106, 3:535–536, 3:581–582, 3:590–591
Latrobe works on, 1:65, 1:92, 1:474n, 4:64–66, 4:67n
longitude measurement, 1:356–359, 1:489–498, 1:534, 1:553, 2:54, 2:337–338n, 2:566, 4:236, 4:275–276, 4:651–660
sculptors at, 1:78n

Capsicum annuum (cayenne pepper), 4:102

Carden, Youen

agreement with, 2:38–39
and 1810 census, 3:202
identified, 2:38–39n
paid by TJ, 2:38

carding machines, 4:417, 4:425

Cardozo, Abraham, 2:502

Carey, Mathew

identified, 4:430–431n
letters from, 4:430–431, 4:493
letter to, 4:464
and TJ's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 4:430, 4:464, 4:493, 4:xliii

Carleton, Henry

The Laws of Las Siete Partidas, 3:53n, 3:160–161, 3:168

carnation (Dianthus Caryophyllus), 3:545

carnation cherry (Prunus cerasus; sour cherry), 3:644

carnation (Dianthus Caryophyllus), 4:497, 4:498

Car of Neptune (steamboat), 4:199

Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus), 2:103, 2:104n, 3:353, 3:354

Caroline County Court (Va.), 1:519

Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron

and batture, 2:471, 3:53, 3:161, 3:233, 3:490, 3:494
Spanish colonial governor, 2:472n

Carondelet canal, 2:244, 2:246n

carp, 4:629, 4:668, 4:677

Carpenter, Stephen Cullen

Memoirs of the Hon. Thomas Jefferson, 1:456, 1:457n

carpentry tools

auger, 4:315
James Dinsmore's list of Jefferson's, 1:135–136

carpets, 4:231n

Carr, Dabney (1743–73) (TJ's brother-in-law), 3:454n

mentioned, 4:134, 4:135

Carr, Dabney (TJ's nephew)

and Duane, 3:515, 3:627
and dynamometers, 2:111, 2:152
identified, 2:152n
instructs L. Carr in law, 2:269
letter to, 2:152
and Lewis family, 3:91
mentioned, 1:83n, 2:325
and oat seed, 2:93
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349
Rivanna River Company commissioner, 3:254n
TJ on, 4:134
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
vouches for Norris, 3:465
and Wirt, 2:469–470, 2:474, 2:493, 2:494

Carr, Daniel F.

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Carr, Francis

determines cause of death of slave, 3:180–181
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Carr, Frank

leaves Philadelphia, 2:285
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349
trunk left for, 1:64

Carr, George

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Carr, Hetty Smith Stevenson (Peter Carr's wife), 2:198n, 3:526n

Carr, Jane, 2:469

Carr, John

bears letter, 2:269
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Carr, Lewis, 2:269–270

Carr, Martha Jefferson (TJ's sister)

death of, 4:132, 4:134, 4:183
family of, 3:454n, 3:540n
funeral for, 4:135–136, 4:155–156
greetings sent to, 3:91
health of, 4:61, 4:62n, 4:109

Carr, Overton, 3:454n

Carr, Peter (TJ's nephew)

boarding school of, 3:501, 3:540n
carries comforter to Monticello, 1:286, 1:310
and Duane, 3:507, 3:509n, 3:540, 3:585
education of, 3:501–503
identified, 3:540n
illness of, 2:197, 2:226, 2:329, 2:341
letters from, 3:540, 4:109–110
mentioned, 1:505, 2:205n, 3:272, 3:526n
and Moore estate, 1:204
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
sends pigs to TJ, 4:109–110
on Supreme Court judgeship, 1:626
TJ on, 4:134
TJ recommends for judgeship, 3:303
TJ seeks watch for, 3:83
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
visits Monticello, 2:329, 2:469–470
witnesses document, 2:229

Carr, Polly (Mary), 3:91

Carr, Robert, 3:330, 3:331n

Carr, Samuel (TJ's nephew)

and clover seed, 3:180, 3:194
dispute with DeButts, 1:75, 1:134–135
identified, 3:454n
letter from, 3:454
letter to, 3:453–454
and Lewis family, 3:91
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349
sells horse to TJ, 3:453–454
TJ on, 4:134
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625

Carr, William C., 2:122

Carrasquiera wine, 3:240, 3:241n

Carroll, John, 1:7, 3:33, 3:35n

carrots, 1:56, 1:157, 2:37, 2:38

carrots, wild (Daucus carota), 4:139

Carr's-brook (Peter Carr's Albemarle Co. estate), 3:526n, 3:540n

Carter, Edward

TJ purchases land from, 4:386

Carter, Elizabeth, trans.

Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus), 1:576

Carter, Mary Elizabeth Coles (Robert Carter's wife), 1:656n

Carter, Robert

grinds wheat, 1:109
health of, 2:39–40
sells tobacco, 1:655, 1:656n

Carter, Thomas

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Carter, William, 2:178

Carte réduite de la Mer Méditerranée et de la mer Noir (Zannoni and Lapie), 1:247–248

Cartersville, Va.

mail service to, 3:103, 3:104n, 3:148, 3:164

Carthage

Britain compared to, 2:275
Punic wars, 2:606

Carthrae, Mr., 3:426

Cartouche, 2:668, 2:669n

carts

and Craven estate, 2:112
and Shoemaker account, 3:300
to transport sheep, 3:153, 3:154, 3:168

Caruthers, William

identified, 1:367n
letter from, 1:367–368, 3:201
letter to, 1:506–507, 3:155–156

Cary, Archibald

executor of P. Randolph, 4:647, 4:679

Cary, Jane Barbara Carr (Wilson Cary's wife)

family of, 4:58n
TJ sends greetings to, 4:61

Cary, Rebecca Dawson (Wilson M. Cary's wife)

TJ sends greetings to, 4:61, 4:62n

Cary, Virginia Randolph (Wilson J. Cary's wife)

TJ sends greetings to, 4:61

Cary, Wilson

family of, 4:58n

Cary, Wilson Jefferson

buys land, 3:187, 3:188
identified, 4:58–59n
letter from, 4:58–59
letter to, 4:61–62
and merino sheep, 3:136, 4:58, 4:61
witnesses land conveyance, 3:188

Cary, Wilson Miles

TJ sends greetings to, 4:61, 4:62n

Carya species (Gloucester-nut hickory), 3:544, 4:524

Casa Calvo, Sebastián Calvo de la Puerta y O'Farill, marqués de

and Wilkinson, 4:398n

Case laid before Counsel for their opinion on the claim to the Batture, situated in front of the Suburb St. Mary (Derbigny), 2:658, 3:476, 3:483, 3:494

Cassidy, Henry

and Arkansas judgeship, 4:70–71
certificate of, 4:70–71
identified, 4:71n

Cassini, Jacques Dominique de

and weights and measures, 4:224, 4:227

Castanea sativa (European chestnut; sweet chestnut), 1:594n, 3:503, 4:322–323, 4:497, 4:498

Castel, Charles Irénée, abbé de Saint-Pierre

in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502

Castell, Robert

The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated, 1:390, 1:397n

Castellane, Alexandrine Charlotte Sophie de Rohan-Chabot, marquise de

marriage of, 2:288
and Short, 3:197, 3:200n, 3:447

Castellane, Boniface Louis André, marquis de, 2:288

Castle-Hill (Rives's Albemarle Co. estate), 1:416n

Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount

British secretary of war, 1:284
as foreign secretary, 4:587

Catalogue of Plants in the Botanic Garden, at Liverpool (Roscoe), 1:164n

Cate (TJ's slave; b. 1747). See Hubbard, Cate (TJ's slave)

Cate (TJ's slave; b. 1788; Betty's daughter)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 4:386n

Cate (TJ's slave; b. 1788; Suckey's daughter)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 4:386n

Cate (TJ's slave; b. 1797)

on Poplar Forest slave list, 4:384, 4:385

Cathalan, Mme (Stephen Cathalan's mother), 1:312

Cathalan, Eulalie (Stephen Cathalan's daughter), 1:312

Cathalan, Stephen (Étienne)

forwards TJ's correspondence, 1:207, 4:325
identified, 1:313n
letter from, 1:312–313

Catherine, queen of Westphalia (Jerome Bonaparte's wife), 2:288n

Catherine II ("the Great"), empress of Russia

TJ on, 2:276–277
in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502, 4:504

Catherine Ray (brig), 3:620

Catholics

Lormerie on, 3:33

Catlett, Kemp, 2:112

identified, 3:541n
letter to, 3:541
TJ orders butter from, 3:541
TJ sells bran to, 3:643n

Cato, Marcus Porcius

Rei rusticae, 2:82

Cato Major, or Discourse on old age (Cicero; trans. Logan), 3:137

cattle

at Belmont estate, 3:170
on Belmont estate, 3:170–171
feed for, 2:271, 2:543
fodder for, 4:138, 4:139
at Monticello, 3:437
in Pennsylvania, 1:69n
at Poplar Forest, 4:306, 4:381
purchased by TJ, 4:557n
raised by Indians, 1:110
at Tufton, 2:112
value of, 4:15

Caulaincourt, Armand, 1:537, 2:466

cauliflower, 2:90

caves

mammoth, 3:623
Weyer's, 1:309

cayenne pepper (Capsicum annuum), 4:102

cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani), 2:140, 4:497, 4:498

Cedrus libani (cedar of Lebanon), 2:140, 4:497, 4:498

celandine, lesser (buttercup; ranunculus; spearworts; water crowfoots), 3:545

Celastrus scandens (American bittersweet; waxwork), 1:57, 1:58n

celery, 1:157, 2:37, 4:180, 4:182n

Cenas, Blaize, 2:284

Census, Report on (Thomas Jefferson), 1:569–570

Census, U.S.

1810, 3:202, 3:209, 3:239

Central College (Charlottesville), 1:65n, 1:193n, 2:174n, 2:377n, 2:405n, 2:452n, 2:490n

See also Virginia, University of (Charlottesville)

Cercis canadensis (redbud), 3:353

Cerneau, Joseph, 2:319n

Cerus

Observations on Infidelity, 2:124–125

Cervoni, Jean Baptiste, 1:372

chalcedony, 2:299

Chamberlain, Mr. (father of James Chamberlain), 4:15

Chamberlain, Ferdinand Lee, 4:14, 4:15

Chamberlain, James

identified, 4:16n
letter from, 4:14–16
requests loan from TJ, 4:14–16

Chamberlain, Louis Bonaparte, 4:14, 4:15

Chamberlain, Thomas Jefferson, 4:14, 4:15

Chamberlayne, William

identified, 3:37n
letter from accounted for, 4:9n
letters from, 3:270, 3:367–368
letters to, 3:36–37, 3:250, 3:283–284, 3:529, 4:9
and slaves of Shackelford estate, 3:36–37, 3:195, 3:250, 3:270, 3:283–284, 3:367–368, 3:529, 4:9
TJ pays, 4:10

Chambers, John

and fiorin grass, 4:159, 4:175, 4:192
identified, 4:159n
letter from, 4:159
letter to, 4:175

Champagny, Jean Baptiste Nompère de, duc de Cadore. See Cadore, duc de, Jean Baptiste Nompère de Champagny

Chandler, John B.

letters from, 4:495, 4:590
seeks work at TJ's mills, 4:495, 4:590
and Shoemaker's accounts, 4:495

Chapman, Nathaniel

identified, 1:663n
letter from, 1:663
letter to, 2:70–72
and meteorology, 2:70–71

Chaptal, Jean Antoine, comte de

Elements of Chemistry, 1:307
Traité théorique et pratique sur la Culture de la Vigne, 2:82

charcoal, 2:299, 3:625

chariots, 1:41n

charity

requests to TJ for, 1:67, 1:68n, 1:402–403, 1:450, 1:467–469, 2:4, 2:241, 2:261–262, 2:288–290, 2:419, 3:297, 3:346, 3:372–373, 3:422–423, 3:548–549, 3:628, 4:14–16, 4:77, 4:168, 4:366, 4:489–492, 4:543–544, 4:564, 4:577, 4:644–645
TJ comments on, 1:506, 2:147–148, 2:282

Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor, 2:584

Charles, archduke of Austria, 1:371, 1:372

Charles (E. Randolph's slave), 4:231n

Charles II, king of England, 1:489, 2:387n

Charles IV, king of Spain

royal claims of, 2:33, 2:35n
TJ on, 2:276
in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:505

Charles VII, king of France, 2:12

Charles IX, king of France

and 1572 declaration, 3:160

Charles the Bald, Holy Roman emperor, 2:584

Charless, Joseph

identified, 2:567n
letter from, 2:567
praises TJ, 2:567

Charles (TJ's slave; b. 1785)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Charleston, S.C.

commerce at, 4:26
pro-administration meeting in, 1:513–514
Seventy-Six Association, 4:105–107

Charles Town, Jefferson County, Va. (now W. Va.), 3:647–648

Charlottesville, Va.

doctors in, 3:36–37, 3:196
land prices in, 3:622
mail service to, 3:56, 3:104
and Rivanna Company, 3:287
spinning and weaving factory in, 4:143n

Charpentier de Cossigny, Joseph François

Observations sur "L'art de faire le vin," 1:35
Recherches physiques et chimiques sur la Fabrication de la Poudre à Canon, 1:35

Chastellux, Marquis de

Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781 and 1782, 1:197, 1:198–199n

Chatham, John Pitt, 2d Earl of, 2:7, 2:9n

Chatham, William Pitt, 1st Earl of, 3:78, 3:79n

cheese

fine, 1:45, 1:368
ordinary, 1:45, 1:369
TJ orders, 4:211

Cheetham, James

charity sought for heirs of, 4:543–544, 4:564, 4:577

Cheetham, Rachel (James Cheetham's wife)

death of, 4:544n

chemistry

books on, 1:36, 1:37, 1:307, 1:581
experiment with tobacco, 1:142–152
scholars of, 2:48, 2:377n
study of, 2:375, 2:668

Chemung mammoth. See Mammuthus primigenius (Asiatic mammoth; Chemung mammoth)

Cherokee corn, 3:502

Cherokee Indians

lands of, 1:6–7
migration of, 1:653
TJ on government of, 1:110

cherries

Carnation, 3:644
gray (Tuckahoe), 3:448, 3:455
May dukes, 3:644–645
Morello, 4:9
planted at Monticello, 3:455

Cherry, Robert, 1:516–517

Chesapeake, USS

incident, 1:409, 2:257, 2:261n, 3:100, 3:232n, 3:578n, 3:603, 4:273, 4:670

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, 2:213–214, 2:296

Chester County, Pa., 1:69n

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of. Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

chestnuts

European, 1:594n, 3:503, 4:322–323, 4:497, 4:498
horse, 1:593, 1:594n, 2:310, 3:503, 3:504n
trees, 4:497, 4:498

Cheves, Langdon

letter from accounted for, 3:62n
An Oration, delivered in St. Philip's Church, 3:61–62, 3:136–137

Chew, Benjamin

family of, 4:152

Chew, Maj., 1:478, 2:380

Chew, Samuel

The Speech of Samuel Chew, Esq, 4:152, 4:153n

Chickasaw Indians

lands of, 1:6–7
U.S. Indian agent for, 1:26

chicory (Cichorium intybus; succory), 4:19, 4:33

children

books for, 1:35, 1:294, 1:332, 1:333, 2:101, 2:193, 2:264, 2:306–307, 2:308n, 2:309n, 3:122, 4:125, 4:289

Chiles, Henry

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Chili strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis), 3:545, 4:497, 4:498, 4:523

China

financial system in ancient, 2:582, 2:585–586
Porter on, 1:447
Woodward on, 1:253

chinaberry (azedaracs; Melia azedarach), 3:354, 3:355n

China grass (Boehmeria nivea; Chinese silk plant; ramie; silk plant), 3:343

Chinese language

treatise on by A. Palmer, 1:518

Chinese silk plant (Boehmeria nivea; China grass; ramie; silk plant), 3:343

Chippewa Indians, 2:57, 2:58n

chisels, 1:135–136

Chisholm, Hugh

account with TJ, 3:215–216
builds brick cisterns, 4:4n
builds brick cisterns at Monticello, 3:67
identified, 3:67–68n
letters to, 3:67–68, 4:4
mentioned, 2:201
works on TJ's mill, 4:4

Chisholm, Isham

TJ pays, 4:233
tracks runaway slave, 4:620

Chisholm, John R., 2:201, 3:215, 3:216n

chocolate, 1:44

Choppin, René

Oeuvres, 3:174n

A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia (Warden), 4:19, 4:20n

Christian, Charles

identified, 4:544n
letters from, 4:543–544, 4:577
letter to, 4:564
solicits charity for Cheetham heirs, 4:543–544, 4:564, 4:577

Christianity

TJ on, 1:564–565, 2:157

Christian VII, king of Denmark, 2:276

Christie, Gabriel, 1:586, 1:587n, 2:221, 2:292

Christmas

Cabell's gift to TJ, 2:380 (illus.), 2:490n
mentioned, 3:36
at Monticello, 2:92
TJ passes in Hanover Co., 4:598
and TJ's grandchildren, 2:103, 2:110, 2:111n

Christy, John

on flax, 3:280n

"Chronological Series of Facts relative to Louisiana" (Thomas Jefferson), 3:281, 3:282–283, 3:292, 3:297, 3:327, 3:328n

A Chronological Table and Scriptural Maps, to Accompany the Rev. Dr. Thomas Scott's Family Bible, 2:321, 2:322n

chub, Roanoke, 4:650, 4:651n, 4:662–663, 4:684

Church, Angelica Schuyler, 1:174, 1:175n, 3:438

Churchman, George

identified, 2:382–383n
letter from, 2:381–383
and slavery, 2:382

Churro sheep, 1:18, 1:19n, 3:637

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Cato Major, or Discourse on old age (trans. Logan), 3:137
De Officiis, 1:576
Letters to Friends, 1:386
Middleton's life of, 1:35, 1:580
orations of, 2:153
TJ recommends, 3:632n

Cichorium intybus (chicory; succory), 4:19, 4:33

cider

apple, 4:140–141, 4:210
orchards for, 1:657
price of, 2:223
Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry (Knight), 1:581, 2:83

cigars, 1:466

cinchona (Peruvian bark)

essay on, 4:18n

Cinnamomum camphora (camphor), 4:102

cinnamon, 1:31, 1:44, 1:368, 2:109

cisterns, 3:67, 4:4n

Citrus aurantifolia (lime), 1:631–632

Citrus aurantium (orange), 1:631–632

De Cive (Hobbes)

quoted by TJ, 1:507–508

civil law, 2:357, 2:521, 2:522, 2:526, 2:527, 2:678, 2:679, 3:31, 4:477

Civitavecchia

U.S. consul at, 3:645–647

Claiborne, Clarissa Duralde (William C. C. Claiborne's wife), 2:135–136, 2:355

Claiborne, Ferdinand Leigh, 4:15

Claiborne, William Charles Coles

and annual message to legislature, 3:344, 3:484
and batture controversy, 2:429, 2:440–443n, 2:444–445n, 2:446n, 2:449, 2:450n, 2:451n, 3:25, 3:157–158, 3:476, 3:477, 3:485–487, 3:488n, 3:497–499, 3:519n
on Brown, 2:136
consults with TJ on batture case, 2:462, 2:471–472, 2:657, 2:658–659n, 2:659–660, 2:681–682, 3:42–43, 3:52–53, 3:420
and Dawson's application, 4:648
governor of Orleans Territory, 1:635
identified, 1:179–180n
and Lafayette's La. land, 2:243, 2:245
leave of absence, 2:435n
letter from Mather, 3:159–161
letters from, 1:179–180, 1:202–203, 1:287, 2:135–136, 2:177–178, 2:192–193, 2:434–435, 2:471–472, 2:681–682, 3:25–27, 3:52–53, 3:157–159, 3:264–265, 3:325–326, 3:344
letters to, 1:509–510, 2:355–357, 2:357–358, 2:462, 3:167–168, 4:631
letter to accounted for, 2:47n
letter to mentioned, 2:136n
on Livingston, 2:434, 2:471–472, 2:682, 3:25, 3:157–158
and merino sheep, 3:178
procures batture documents for TJ, 2:434, 2:436n, 2:516, 2:517, 2:657–658, 2:662, 2:682, 3:43, 3:168
settles accounts with federal government, 2:434, 2:471
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:631
transmits messages to and from Orleans territorial legislature, 2:160, 2:192, 2:355, 2:357
visits Monticello, 2:434, 2:462, 2:471, 2:658–659n, 2:659–660, 3:314, 3:315n
on W. Fla., 3:264–265, 3:325–326, 3:344
and Wilkinson, 3:519
and yellow fever, 2:135–136

Claiborne, William C. C. (William C. C. Claiborne's son), 2:136, 2:355

Claims of Literature (Williams), 3:207, 3:208n

Claparède, Michel Marie, comte, 1:372

claret, 1:387, 1:397n, 2:191

Clark, Benjamin

and H. Marks's estate, 4:511

Clark, Christopher Henderson

and Buckner, 4:413, 4:460–461
identified, 2:323–324n
letter from, 2:328
letters to, 2:322–324, 2:327–328, 4:460–461
and TJ's land dispute with Scott, 2:322–323, 2:326, 2:327–328

Clark, Daniel

Claiborne on, 2:682, 3:344
Proofs of the Corruption of Gen. James Wilkinson, 3:265, 3:323, 3:325n, 3:440, 3:519, 3:543

Clark, Elizabeth Hook (Christopher Henderson Clark's wife), 2:328

Clark, George Rogers

1779 expedition of, 3:580n, 4:267, 4:377, 4:378, 4:578, 4:626

Clark, James

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Clark, Julia Hancock (William Clark's wife), 1:511

Clark, Meriwether Lewis, 1:511n

Clark, Sarah

and H. Marks's estate, 4:511

Clark (Clarke), William

identified, 1:511n
and journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1:603, 1:607, 1:630n, 1:668–669, 2:31, 2:34, 2:72, 2:123, 2:140
land warrant granted to, 2:121, 2:122n
letter to, 1:510–511
as Lewis's executor, 2:123, 2:336, 2:567, 3:110, 3:166
mentioned, 2:567
sends mammoth bones to TJ, 1:509, 4:43
sends sheepskin to TJ, 1:327, 1:328n, 1:510
travels to Washington, D.C., 2:58, 2:72
visits Monticello, 2:31, 2:72

Clarke, Adam

The Holy Bible, 3:356–357

Clarke, George Rogers, 1:511n

Clarke, John

and silk-manufacturing project, 1:341, 1:342n, 1:355, 1:412–413, 1:414, 1:423–424, 1:472

Clarke, Mary Anne, 1:82–83n

Clarkson, Mr., 3:454

Clarkson, John, 3:386n

Clarkson, Thomas, 3:385, 3:386n

Clavigero, Francesco Saverio

Storia Antica del Messico, 1:196, 1:198n

Claxton, Mr.

and Goodman, 4:307

Claxton, Thomas (d. 1821)

identified, 1:43n
letter from, 1:42–43
and President's House, 1:76, 2:127

Claxton, Thomas (ca. 1794–1813), 1:42, 1:43n

Clay, Charles

identified, 2:78n
letter from, 4:341
letter from accounted for, 4:86n
letters to, 2:77–78, 4:86, 4:98
letter to accounted for, 4:341n
and mulberry trees, 3:354
and sale of Poplar Forest land, 2:77–78, 4:5
sends seeds to TJ, 3:65
and surveying instruments, 4:341
temperature readings of, 3:396–397
TJ arranges to meet, 4:86
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
TJ sends sundial calculations to, 4:98
visitor to, 4:366

Clay, Cyrus B.

and TJ's sundial calculations, 4:95

Clay, Henry

and batture controversy, 3:204, 3:205n, 3:244, 3:255, 3:317
letter from accounted for, 3:317n
mentioned, 3:333n
as U.S. senator, 4:113, 4:129

Clay, Joseph

and Duane, 3:450–451, 3:452n, 3:506, 3:509n, 3:585

Clayton, John

identifies Jeffersonia diphylla, 1:57n
and Indian hemp, 4:667

Clayton, William B.

and Piernet's will, 4:166n

Clayton, William Willis

identified, 4:366n
letter from, 4:366
seeks aid from TJ, 4:366

Clement, James, 1:158, 1:159n

Clément de la Roncière, François Marie, baron, 1:372

Clement XIV, pope

in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502

Clener, Ange (engraver), 1:453n

Clinton, DeWitt

Federalist supporters of, 4:544n, 4:545
and Fraser's application, 4:545, 4:546
as mayor of N.Y., 1:106, 1:198

Clinton, George

and loan to Beckley, 2:135
TJ on, 4:88

cloacinae. See privies

clocks

at Monticello, 4:396–397, 4:527
in President's House, 1:85, 1:96
R. Jefferson's watch, 4:416, 4:481, 4:607
and solar eclipse, 4:188, 4:237–238
TJ's astronomical case clock, 4:149, 4:167, 4:229–230, 4:370 (illus.), 4:xlv

cloth. See textiles

clothing

and 1810 census, 3:202
fur gloves, 2:203
hats, 4:361
homespun, 1:100n, 1:561, 1:591, 1:667
manufacture of, 1:15–16
military, 4:361, 4:362
shoes, 3:202, 4:362
slave, 1:420, 1:666–667
socks, 2:129, 2:206
stockings, 3:202
for T.J. Randolph in Philadelphia, 1:308
woolen, cotton, and linen, 3:202
wool recommended for, 1:479n, 1:573

clover

box, 3:456, 3:461
as crop, 4:93, 4:180, 4:531
as fodder, 4:374
seed, 1:45n, 3:180, 3:184, 3:194, 3:448, 4:518, 4:525, 4:526, 4:548, 4:557
and Tufton, 2:112

cloves, 1:44, 2:109, 4:211

Clymer, George

signer of Declaration of Independence, 4:475

coaches

of E. Randolph, 4:231n

coal

at President's House, 1:155

Cobbett, William

Bloody Buoy, 3:305, 3:308n
J. Adams on, 4:474
journalistic attacks of, 2:539, 2:540n
as "Peter Porcupine," 4:339, 4:340–341n

Cochrane (Cochraine), D., 2:433

Cocke, Benjamin, 3:179

Cocke, John Hartwell

and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
and Bremo, 1:136n
daguerreotype of, 3:xlvii, 3:358 (illus.)
identified, 3:136n
letter from, 3:136
letter to, 3:147
and merino sheep, 3:136, 3:147

Cocke, Richard, 1:635, 1:642n

Cocke, Mr.

and Roanoke chub, 4:650

Cocke, James Powell

cogwheel for, 4:200
identified, 4:650–651n
letters from, 4:651, 4:684
letters to, 4:650–651, 4:662–663
and Roanoke chub, 4:650–651, 4:662–663, 4:684

Cocke, John Hartwell

identified, 3:136n
letter from, 4:59
letter to, 4:62
and merino sheep, 4:59, 4:61, 4:62

cod

New England, 1:115n, 1:176, 1:279
TJ's report on fisheries, 1:487
tongues and sounds, 1:153, 1:154n, 1:369, 2:109, 2:154

Coe, Jesse, 1:66

coffee

Bourbon, 1:268, 2:109
East India, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109
green, 1:268, 1:368
pots, 4:231n
sent to TJ, 4:662, 4:687
served at Monticello, 1:389
smuggling of, 1:439
TJ purchases, 1:31, 1:318–319, 4:210, 4:211
at U.S. Marine Hospital, 1:299
West India, 1:268

Cogdell, John S.

identified, 3:62n
letter from, 3:61–62
letter to, 3:136–137
sends pamphlet to TJ, 3:61–62, 3:136–137

Coghlan, William

identified, 3:549n
letter from, 3:548–549
seeks loan from TJ, 3:548–549

coinage

TJ and, 1:487
universal standard for, 4:148, 4:149n, 4:167, 4:224, 4:225, 4:226–227, 4:228, 4:229n

coins

in Va., 1:334

Coke, Sir Edward

The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England: or a Commentary upon Littleton, 1:382, 2:103, 2:104n, 2:420

Colbert, Burwell (TJ's slave)

clothing for, 4:496
identified, 4:496n
on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Colbert, Charles, marquis de Croissy

in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502, 4:504

Colbert, Edwin (TJ's slave)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Colbert, Mary (TJ's slave)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Colbert, Melinda, 1:156n

Colbert, Robert (TJ's slave)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Colcock, William, 2:446n, 3:486

Coleman, William, 2:535n, 3:540n

Coles, Edward

forwards letter, 2:225
identified, 2:225–226n
letter from, 3:590–591
letters from, 4:215, 4:215
letters to, 2:225–226, 3:581–582, 4:193
as Madison's secretary, 2:124, 2:127, 4:51, 4:314n, 4:541n
observes solar eclipse, 4:238n
and TJ's Washington effects, 3:581–582, 3:590–591, 4:193, 4:215
visits J. Adams, 4:312–313, 4:314n, 4:389n
visits Monticello, 2:127, 4:163

Coles, Isaac A.

and affair with Nelson, 2:106–107, 2:124, 2:127
agent to Europe, 1:65, 1:232, 1:263, 1:269–270, 1:271–272, 1:331, 1:452, 1:528, 1:530n, 1:593, 1:627
Armstrong comments on, 1:260
carries TJ's correspondence to Europe, 1:19, 1:20, 1:173, 1:175n, 1:207, 1:229, 1:247
certificate of, 3:107
greetings to, 2:9, 2:317
identified, 1:53–54n
inoculates plants, 3:644–645
and Kosciuszko's finances, 4:488, 4:684
and Lafayette's La. land, 2:244
letter from Walker, 3:293n
letters from, 1:53–54, 1:370–377, 1:667–668, 2:106–107, 2:123–124, 2:203–204, 3:448, 3:645, 4:528–529
letters to, 2:39–40, 2:127, 3:644–645
and Lewis's papers, 2:34, 2:123
Madison forwards letter from, 1:518
and manuscript on Montesquieu, 2:288
mentioned, 3:57–58, 3:250–251
and merino sheep, 1:479, 2:39, 3:136, 3:178, 3:190
at Montpellier, 1:439, 1:441
observes Parker's plow, 1:233, 1:538
paid by TJ, 1:41
recommended for military appointment, 4:529
resignations of, 2:107
and Rivanna Company, 3:266
as secretary to TJ, 1:34n, 1:64, 4:313
sends gloves to TJ, 2:203
sends plants to TJ, 2:203–204n, 3:448, 3:455, 3:645
sends wine to TJ, 3:505
and shepherd dogs, 2:3
and Tessé, 2:311
and TJ's Washington effects, 2:39, 2:106, 2:127, 3:581, 3:582n
and tobacco crop, 3:620
visits Monticello, 1:536, 1:632, 1:655, 1:657, 2:68, 3:290, 3:644–645, 3:645
vouches for Morton, 4:589, 4:684
Walsh sends greetings to, 4:189
and wheat prices, 4:104
and wine for TJ, 4:528, 4:529–530

Coles, John (1745-1808)

death of, 3:582n

Coles, John

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349
visits J. Adams, 4:312–313, 4:314n, 4:389n
visits Monticello, 2:127

Coles, Rebecca Elizabeth Tucker, 3:582, 3:590, 3:645

Coles, Tucker, 2:98

Colle (Mazzei's Albemarle Co. estate), 1:420n, 3:380n, 3:383n, 3:395n, 3:541n

Collection de décisions nouvelles (Denisart), 3:131, 3:160, 3:174n, 3:546

A Collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as are now in force (Pleasants), 3:146n, 3:168, 3:169n, 3:177

colleges. See schools and colleges

Collier, Jeremy

The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, 1:576

Collin, Nicholas, 1:453n

Collins, Charles

chairs meeting of Bristol Co. Republicans, 1:89n
identified, 1:89n

Collins's Marcus Antoninus. See Collier, Jeremy: The Emperor Marcus Antoninus

The Columbiad (Barlow), 1:35

Columbia (Fluvanna Co., Va.), 3:104, 3:253–254

Columbian Agricultural Society for the Promotion of Rural and Domestic Economy

and Lormerie, 1:133, 1:134n, 3:33, 3:35n
members of, 1:23n, 1:40n

The Columbian Ephemeris and Astronomical Diary, for the year 1812 (Nash), 4:213–214, 4:243–245

Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences, 1:54–55n

Columbia River

hunting at, 4:8
plants along, 4:524
trade along, 4:550, 4:551, 4:553

Columbus, Christopher, 2:348

Columella

Rei rusticae, 2:82

Colvin, John B.

and "Camillus" essays, 3:360
identified, 1:107n
letters from, 2:264, 3:78–79, 3:359–360
letters to, 1:107, 2:290–291, 3:99–102
political writings attributed to, 2:224, 2:225n, 2:290–291
sends pamphlet to TJ, 2:264, 2:290–291
on Washington politics, 3:359–360
and Wilkinson's memoir, 3:78–79, 3:100–101, 3:359–360

Combrune, Michael

The Theory and Practice of Brewing, 1:581

The Comet: Elements of the Orbit of the Comet, now visible (Bowditch), 4:195–197, 4:237

comforters, 1:28, 1:64, 1:76, 1:153, 1:310

Commentaries on the Laws of England (Blackstone), 2:420, 3:547, 4:302n

Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws (Destutt de Tracy)

Destutt de Tracy on, 4:204, 4:239, 4:240
Duane sends to TJ, 4:25, 4:55
Du Pont de Nemours on, 4:436–446, 4:457n, 4:607–609, 4:611n
extracts from, 3:7–25
manuscript of, sent to TJ, 2:288
preparation of, 1:260–261, 1:262–263n, 1:270, 3:xlvi, 3:3–4, 3:6–7, 3:7–25, 3:89, 3:105, 3:184–185, 3:189, 3:207, 3:208n, 3:213, 3:310–312, 3:329, 3:339, 3:358 (illus.), 3:444, 3:449, 3:452, 3:509, 3:584
TJ forwards to Destutt de Tracy, 4:19, 4:36, 4:55–56, 4:57n, 4:202, 4:325
TJ on, 3:86–87, 3:334–339
TJ's preface for, 3:310–312, 3:335
TJ's role in publication of, 4:30

Commerce, Report on (Thomas Jefferson), 1:487

Del Commercio de' Romani Dalla prima Guerra Punica (Mengotti), 1:36

common law

and batture controversy, 2:357, 2:521, 2:522, 2:527, 2:532, 3:117, 3:144, 3:165
and libel prosecutions, 1:276, 1:278
and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:293, 4:296–297n, 4:297–298, 4:300–301
and TJ's revision of laws, 1:381

common locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), 3:353

Commonwealth (Pittsburgh newspaper), 4:372, 4:373n

compass, surveying, 2:152, 4:341

A Compendious View of the Establishment & Operations of Manufactory of Arms (Banks), 1:614–615

Compendium of Ancient Geography (Anville), 4:311, 4:312n

A Compendium of the History of All Nations (Fraser), 4:305, 4:395

A Compendium of the Law of Evidence (Peake), 2:676, 2:677n

A Compleat Body of Husbandry (Hale), 1:581, 2:82

Complément des élémens d'algèbre (Lacroix), 4:79, 4:80n

A Complete Collection of all the Lavvs of Virginia now in force (Purvis), 1:404

A Complete Collection of State-Trials and Proceedings for High-Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours (Hargrave), 2:455, 2:456n

A Complete History of England (Kennett), 1:580, 2:51

A Complete Treatise on Merinos and Other Sheep (Tessier), 3:322n

Comyns, Sir John

A Digest of the laws of England, 3:547

Concluding Address of Mr. Fulton's Lecture on the Mechanism, Practice and Effects of Torpedoes (Fulton), 2:250, 2:251n

Concordia (ship), 4:364n, 4:535

Condit, John

letter to, 4:164
as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n

Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1:261, 1:262–263n

in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:503

confitures

Havana, 1:505

Congress (ship), 3:568

Congress, U.S. See also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.

activities of, 3:323–325
Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America, begun ... in the Year 1789, 3:547
adjourns, 2:68, 2:70n, 2:320, 2:325, 2:340, 2:341n, 3:437
altercation between Alston and Randolph, 3:330
anti-British sentiment in, 3:443
approves Latrobe's capital design, 1:474n
awards land warrants, 2:121, 2:122n
and batture controversy, 2:357, 2:358n, 2:427–428, 2:440n, 2:441n, 2:442n, 2:450n, 2:451n, 2:455, 2:494, 2:519, 2:659, 2:660, 2:662, 2:682, 3:31–32, 3:68–69, 3:109, 3:125, 3:147, 3:176n, 3:203–205, 3:244
convenes early, 4:78–79n
and currency regulation, 4:225–226, 4:229n
debates in, 2:105, 2:142, 2:190
duel between members of, 2:53–54n, 2:73
and Du Jareau, 2:484, 2:485, 2:665n
early session called, 1:21n
and Embargo Act, 2:533–534, 2:537–538
and foreign affairs, 2:36, 2:70, 2:105, 2:130–131, 2:194, 2:235, 2:325, 2:406
and Fulton's torpedo, 2:250, 2:251n
and Gallatin-Smith feud, 2:146, 2:235
House of Representatives, U.S.
investigates Samuel Smith, 1:361, 1:362n, 1:378
investigates Wilkinson, 3:324, 3:325n, 3:358, 3:428–430
and Lafayette's La. land, 2:8, 2:15, 2:16, 2:17–18, 2:243
Lambert's calculations presented to, 2:54, 2:55n
Latrobe's drawings of U.S. Capitol, 2:39, 2:40n, 2:106
and Lee's medal, 2:104–105, 2:106n, 2:125–126, 2:224, 2:253
and Macon's Bill No. 1, 2:130, 2:131n, 2:169
and Macon's Bill No. 2, 2:345, 2:346n, 2:418, 2:419n, 3:254–256, 3:463, 3:464n, 3:600
Madison's annual message to, 2:70n, 3:244, 3:260
Madison's messages to, 4:234, 4:236, 4:237n, 4:541, 4:542, 4:544
member of assaulted, 2:106–107, 2:124, 2:127
mentioned, 1:224, 2:570, 3:473–474, 3:501–503
and military preparedness, 2:258
negative opinions of, 2:387, 2:430, 3:27–28
and Non-Intercourse Act, 1:21n, 1:314, 2:69
opens, 2:58, 2:59n
and Orleans Territory act, 3:328
petitions to, 2:88n, 2:158–159n, 2:484, 2:665n
power of state legislatures to instruct members of, 4:128–129
and preparations for war, 4:568
and prime meridian, 2:337–338n, 2:398–399
and public works, 2:213–214, 2:244, 2:246n, 2:589, 2:614
quorum reached in, 2:35
and renewal of bank charter, 3:259n, 3:274–275, 3:317, 3:331, 3:386, 3:388
Report of the Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Conduct of General Wilkinson, 3:428–430
resolution on prosecutions at common law, 1:276, 1:278
Senate, U.S.
and standing army, 3:94, 3:95–96n
and tax on distilled spirits, 3:82n
12th Congress, 3:441–442
TJ on, 4:509
TJ's batture pamphlet sent to, 4:521, 4:522, 4:565, 4:575, 4:581, 4:582
transfers office to New Orleans, 2:356

Connaissance des Temps: ou, des Mouvements célestes à l'usage des astronomes et des navigateurs, 1:35

Connecticut

Antient Plymouth Society, 1:58–59, 1:102
and canals, 2:674
and embargo, 3:638–639
Federalists in, 1:39, 1:162
Hartford, spotted fever at, 1:95n
libel prosecutions in, 1:276–278, 1:278n, 1:349–350, 2:179, 2:180n
meteor falls on, 2:406
New London Bee, 3:185n, 3:227
Republicans of, address TJ, 1:95
TJ addresses Republicans of, 1:126–127
TJ on, 2:301

Conner, Dudley, 3:120–121, 3:122n

Connoissance des Temps: ou, Des Mouvements célestes à l'usage des astronomes et des navigations, 4:244

Conrad, Andrew, 1:412

Conrad, C. & A., and Company (Philadelphia firm)

account with TJ, 3:530, 3:576, 3:582, 3:649
identified, 1:412n
and journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1:668–669, 2:30–31, 2:72, 2:332, 3:166–167, 3:582, 3:649–650
letters from, 1:412, 1:668–669, 2:332, 3:649–650
letters to, 2:30–31, 2:72, 3:582
publishes book by Cooper, 2:376
publishes Shakespeare, 1:412

Conrad, Cornelius, 1:412

Conrad, John, 1:412n, 1:668n

Conrad, Michael, 1:412n

Conrad, Solomon White, 1:256n

Conring, Hermann

in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502

Considerations on the Executive Government of the United States of America (Woodward), 1:164–165, 1:236, 1:253–254

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Byzantine emperor, 2:82

Constitution, U.S.

and batture controversy, 2:436
cited in Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:293, 4:301, 4:302–303n
Destutt de Tracy on, 4:204–205
Hamilton's plan for, 2:147n, 2:252, 2:542, 2:568, 2:578
impact of taxation on, 2:163, 2:569
and Lambert's ode, 2:401
mentioned, 2:429, 2:505
P. Henry's opposition to, 4:604
role of department heads under, 2:236, 2:237n, 2:272–273
Ruelle on, 3:57
TJ on, 2:92, 2:153, 2:253, 2:272, 2:273, 2:505, 3:305, 4:570
in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:505

Constitution, USS, 4:34, 4:35n, 4:325, 4:350, 4:358, 4:529, 4:539, 4:540n, 4:547

Constitution de la république Beninienne (Ruelle), 1:219, 1:220n, 3:57, 3:59n

Constitution for Proposed Agricultural Society of Albemarle (Thomas Jefferson), 3:347–352

The Constitution of the Society of Artists of the United States, Established at Philadelphia, May, 1810, 2:437, 2:438n, 4:356

Constitution or Form of Government of the State of Louisiana, 4:648, 4:649n

Continental Congress, U.S.

and Adams-TJ friendship, 4:486
addresses to British people and Crown, 4:600–602
and P. Henry, 4:600–602
resolution on public lands, 3:72, 3:73n
TJ's gubernatorial correspondence with, 4:468
and Va. land warrants, 4:134–135, 4:176, 4:566–567, 4:568–569n, 4:585

Conversations on Chemistry: in which the elements of that science are familiarly explained (Marcet), 1:36, 1:37, 1:581

Cook, James

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1:445, 1:446, 1:449n

Cook, Orchard, 1:25

Coolidge, William

identified, 3:289n
letter from, 3:288–289
letter to, 3:326–327
and madder cultivation, 3:288–289, 3:326–327

Cooper, Joseph

farmer, 4:138
wine made by, 2:220, 2:339

Cooper, Samuel

The first lines of the practice of surgery, 1:35

Cooper, Thomas

and Conrad & Co., 2:376
and Emporium of Arts & Sciences, 4:663n
identified, 2:377n
letter from, 2:375–377, 3:79
letter to, 2:667–669
and mineralogy, 2:375–376, 2:489, 2:550, 2:551–552, 2:667–668, 3:79
The Opinion of Judge Cooper, on the Effect of a Sentence of a Foreign Court of Admiralty, 2:376, 2:377n, 2:480, 2:489, 2:491, 2:668
A Practical Treatise on Dyeing, and Callicoe Printing, 2:377n
TJ on, 2:489, 2:491

Coote, Charles

The history of modern Europe, 3:296

Copaiba Brasiliensis (Balsam copaiba), 1:56, 1:58n

Copeland, Charles, 1:288

Copeland, David

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:304, 1:330, 1:331, 1:362
letter from accounted for, 1:305n
letters to, 1:304–305, 1:362

Copeland, Susan Skelton (David Copeland's wife), 1:304, 3:85, 3:86n

Copenhagen

British attack on, 1:442, 1:559, 2:275

copper

manufacture of, 2:376
Van der Kemp's work about, 4:614

copper utensils

tinning of, 1:467, 3:183, 3:200

and TJ's batture pamphlet, 4:478
of translation of French work, 4:672n

Coramandel (ship), 2:90

Corbin, Gawin (Garvin, Gavin)

and mammoth teeth, 4:43

Corcoran, Thomas, 1:23n

Cordova, Celestino de, 2:480n

coreopsis (tickseed), 1:436–437n

Corinne ou l'Italie (Staël-Holstein), 1:35

cork oak (Quercus Suber), 2:140, 4:497, 4:498

corks, 2:109, 4:522, 4:530

corn

at Belmont estate, 3:171
brown, 4:139
Cherokee, 3:502
cob capitals for U.S. Capitol, 1:473, 1:475n, 1:595
as crop, 4:14, 4:93, 4:138
effect of weather on, 2:3
as food, 4:143
ground at Shadwell, 3:527
Guinea, 4:139, 4:142n
hominy, 4:138
Indian, 1:436–437n, 3:348, 4:179
at Lego, 2:86, 2:239
at Monticello, 1:592, 2:491
Pani, 3:501, 3:502
at Poplar Forest, 2:96, 4:379, 4:380, 4:526
purchased by Wayles, 2:397
received as pay, 1:419, 1:421n
requested by Eppes, 3:473
seeds of, protected by tar and plaster, 2:334
at Shadwell, 2:86, 2:239
shipping costs, 3:413
for slaves, 4:511
stalks, 2:283
stored in Washington, 4:27
TJ buys, 1:81n, 2:116, 2:234n, 2:292n, 2:342, 2:421, 2:422, 2:661, 3:214, 3:224–225, 3:329, 3:529
tops, blades, and shucks, 2:112, 2:113n
at Tufton, 2:112, 2:371, 4:414

Cornus florida (dogwood), 1:272, 1:274n, 3:353

Cornwallis, Charles, 2d Earl Cornwallis

Va. invasion of, 3:315n, 4:432, 4:434

Corny, Louis Dominique Ethis de, 1:175n

Corny, Marguérite Victoire de Palerne de

identified, 1:175n
letter from, 1:173–175
letter left with, 1:377

Corpus juris civilis (Justinian), 2:677n, 3:48n, 3:175n, 3:546

Corpus Juris civilis Romani (Godefroy), 2:677, 3:48, 3:546

Corrêa da Serra, José

forwards work on grafting, 4:538, 4:621
and Gallatin, 4:547
identified, 4:538–539n
letter from, 4:538–539
letter of introduction for, from Du Pont de Nemours, 4:350–352
letter of introduction for, from Humboldt, 4:353
letter of introduction for, from Lafayette, 4:359
letter of introduction for, from Thoüin, 4:319–320
letter to, 4:621
TJ invites to visit Monticello, 4:621

Correspondence between Mr. Secretary Canning and Hon. D. Erskine as printed and laid before the House of Lords, 2:540n

Corse, Miss

marries Samuel House, 1:475

Cortés, Hernán

Historia de Neuva-España, 1:390, 1:396n

Corylus avellana (filbert), 1:631

Cosby, Minor M.

as Milton postmaster, 3:438
TJ recommends as Milton postmaster, 1:505–506

Cossigne. See Charpentier de Cossigny, Joseph François

Côte d'Or (Burgundy, France)

wines of, 4:177

Du Cotonnier et de sa Culture (Lasteyrie-Du Saillant), 1:37, 2:83

cotton

black, 1:258, 1:259–260n
books on, 2:83, 2:376, 2:377n
for clothing, 4:219, 4:362, 4:428, 4:515, 4:637
as crop, 3:348
damask, 3:551
diaper, 3:551, 3:577
and 1810 census, 3:171, 3:202
in Europe, 4:85
export of, 3:255
green seed (Sea Island), 1:82, 1:258, 1:259–260n, 1:666
manufactures from, 2:4
in Mississippi Territory, 2:360
at New Orleans, 2:118
price of, 3:577, 4:12, 4:16
price of in Great Britain, 1:82
purchased by TJ, 4:210, 4:211
scarcity of seed, 1:81
seed offered to TJ, 4:40
spinning of, 1:525, 1:591, 4:572
in Tennessee, 2:359
tenting, 2:175
as textile, 4:27, 4:219, 4:515, 4:637
TJ orders seed, 1:115n, 1:154, 1:159, 1:176
TJ sends seed to Silvestre, 1:258, 1:596
at Tufton, 1:420

Cotton, Charles

Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie, 2:466

Couch, James Bartlett

slaves of, 1:346–348

Couch, Lewis

Campbell Co. landholder, 2:324n, 4:309n, 4:683n

Couch, William, 1:44

Coulomb, Charles Augustin de

and weights and measures, 4:224, 4:227

Coup-d'Oeil rapide sur les causes réelles de la Décadence de la Pologne (Komarzewski), 1:535, 1:536n, 4:56

Cours complet d'agriculture, théorique, practique, économique, et de médicine rurale et vétérinaire . . . ou dictionnaire universel d'agriculture (Rozier), 2:81, 2:82, 2:83n

Cours de Mathematiques à l'usage de l'École Centrale des Quatres-Nations (Lacroix), 4:72, 4:79

A Course of Experimental Agriculture (Young), 2:81, 2:82, 2:83n

A Course of Lectures on Elocution (Sheridan), 1:576

Coutts, Patrick

and TJ's Richmond lot, 4:154, 4:287

Coutumes du comté et bailliage de Mante et Meulant (Du Moulin), 3:131, 3:174n

Coûtumes generales du paîs et duché de Bretagne (Argentré and Du Moulin), 3:131, 3:174n

Covington, Leonard, 1:516

Coweta, Ga., 1:350, 1:351, 1:352

cowpeas (black-eyed pea), 1:157

Cowper, Henry

Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, 2:455, 2:456n

cowpox, 2:88, 2:89n, 2:149

cows. See cattle

Cox, Heisch and Company (London), 1:652

Cox, John

paid by TJ, 1:41

Coxe, Charles D.

U.S. consul at Tunis, 1:26

Coxe, Daniel W., 3:324, 3:519n

Coxe, John Redman

and Emporium of Arts & Sciences, 4:663n, 4:685

Coxe, Tench

and Rush, 4:341n

crackers, 1:45, 1:368, 2:109

Crafts, Erastus

declines to visit Monticello, 4:7
letter of introduction for, 3:418, 3:616

Craig, Ann Pasteur

identified, 1:68n
letter from, 1:67–68
seeks TJ's aid, 1:67

Craig, Isaac

and d'Happart, 4:537

Craig, Samuel. See also Craig, William & Samuel (N.Y. firm)

identified, 4:281n

Craig, Sir James

governor general of Canada, 4:541, 4:542

Craig, Thomas, 1:68n

Craig, William. See also Craig, William & Samuel (N.Y. firm)

identified, 4:281n

Craig, William & Samuel (N.Y. firm)

forwards package to TJ, 4:280–281, 4:364
identified, 4:281n
letter from, 4:280–281
letter to, 4:364

Craighead, Robert

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

Crambe maritima (sea kale), 3:439, 3:440n, 4:497, 4:498

Cramer, Zadok

identified, 1:630n
letter from, 1:630
The United States spelling book, 1:630

Cranch, William

buys spinning machine, 4:426, 4:512, 4:592
purchases merino sheep, 2:456–457

Craven, John H.

identified, 2:112–113n
leases Tufton, 1:419, 2:112, 2:113n, 2:280, 2:281n, 2:370–371
Pen Park mill, 1:136n
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349
ships goods to Richmond, 3:135
TJ's account with, 2:116, 2:370–371

Crawford, Adair

Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat, 4:395n

Crawford, John

identified, 4:338n
A Lecture, introductory to a Course of Lectures on the Cause, Seat and Cure of Diseases, 4:336, 4:338n, 4:394
letter from, 4:336–338
letter to, 4:394–395
on slavery, 4:337, 4:338n

Crawford, William Harris

letter to, 4:164
as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n

Crawford's Hotel (Georgetown), 4:19

Creasy, William

and lost trunk, 1:348

Creek Indians

TJ on government of, 1:110

Cresap, Michael, 2:204–205n

Cretia (TJ's slave; b. 1779)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

criminal law, 1:382, 1:384n

Crispi Opera Omnia (Sallust; trans. Gordon), 1:580

Critical Observations on the poem of Mr. Joel Barlow, The Columbiad (Grégoire), 1:588, 1:590n

Critta (TJ's slave; b. 1769). See Hemings, Critta (TJ's slave)

Crocket, Joseph, 1:78n

Croft, Sir Herbert

Love & Madness, A Story too True, 2:204, 2:339–340

Crofts, Mr. See Crafts, Erastus

Cromwell, Oliver

in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502

Crookes, John

letter from accounted for, 1:96n
letter to accounted for, 1:96n

crops. See also corn; tobacco; wheat

barley, 2:109, 2:272, 4:562
benne, 2:301, 2:302
clover, 2:112, 4:93, 4:180, 4:531
corn
cotton, 2:118, 2:175, 2:359, 2:360
flax, 4:32, 4:428
growth, 3:637–638
hay, 2:371
hemp, 2:359, 2:360, 2:371, 4:379, 4:380, 4:428, 4:667–668
millet, 2:335
oats, 2:93, 2:371, 2:417, 2:491, 2:496, 4:32, 4:379
potatoes, 4:141, 4:180, 4:531
rice, 2:109, 2:479, 2:554, 2:555, 4:39–40
rye, 2:271
sales, 3:629–630
tobacco
wheat
yields, 3:607

Cross, Caleb

identified, 1:138n
letter from, 1:138
sends pamphlet to TJ, 1:138

Cross, Stephen

chairs meeting of Essex Co. Republicans, 1:86n

Crotalus (rattlesnake), 4:536

Croudson et al. v. Leonard, 2:377n

crowder bean, 1:157

Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis), 2:140, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498

Crowninshield, Jacob

Hortus Siccus, 1:37, 1:189, 1:191n
as U.S. congressman, 2:537

Crozat, Antoine, 3:47, 3:48n

Crozophora tintoria (turnsole plant), 1:142, 1:143, 1:146n

Cruger, Catherine "Kitty" Church, 1:174, 1:175n

Cuba

Claiborne on, 3:265
possible acquisition by U.S., 1:154, 1:169–170, 1:224
refugees from, 1:203, 1:450, 1:510, 1:624n
TJ on U.S. acquisition of, 1:183–184

cucumbers, 4:38

Cullock, Robert W.

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Culpeper, Va., 3:184

Culpeper Court House, Va. (Fairfax, Culpeper Co.), 1:51

Cumberland, Md.

commerce at, 4:26–27

Cumberland, Richard

Memoirs written by himself, 1:35

Cumberland Court House, Va., 3:148, 3:164

Cumberland Road

commissioners of, 1:26, 1:172–173

cups, 4:231n, 4:477

Curia philipica: donde breve y comprehendioso se trata de los juyzios, mayormente forenses (Bolaños), 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:546

currants, sweet-scented (Ribes odoratum), 4:427, 4:523–524, 4:524–525n

currants, yellow (Ribes aureum), 4:524, 4:525n

currants (Ribes odoratissemum), 2:109

currency

Baltimore, 3:525–526
Indian, 1:334, 1:369
standards for, 4:222–229

Currie, Ellison, 1:616

Currie, James, 3:520

Currin, James

Rivanna River Company commissioner, 3:254n

Curtius Quintus

Historia Alexandri Magni Regis (trans. Digby), 1:580

Cushing, William

death of, 3:118, 3:119n, 3:124, 3:126, 3:158, 3:165, 3:182, 3:230, 3:231

Custis, George Washington Parke

dissuades Archbalds from leaving N.Y., 1:240n
and sheep raising, 1:667, 1:668n
in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:507n

Cutts, Anna Payne (Richard Cutts's wife), 1:53, 1:54n

Cutts, Richard, 1:53, 1:54n, 1:434

Cuvier, Georges

analyzes bones for Institut de France, 1:xlviii, 1:100–101, 1:103–104, 1:187
and Lacépède's Histoire naturelle de l'homme, 1:250n
and mammoth bones, 2:508
Recherches sur les Ossemens Fossiles, 1:101n

Cydonia oblonga (quince), 3:455

Cypripedium (lady-slipper), 1:436–437n

Cyrus's Expedition into Persia, and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks (The Anabasis) (Xenophon; trans. Spelman), 1:580

Czartoryski, Adam, 2:466

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