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Gabriel's Rebellion, 3:320n

Gaines, James Strother

  • identified, 4:117n
  • letter from, 4:116–117
  • proposes revisions to Va. constitution and legal code, 4:116–123

Gale, George, 2:293

Gale, Levin, 2:293n

Gale Hill (Albemarle Co.), 1:75

Gales, Joseph, 1:30n, 2:671n

Gallatin, Albert

  • and appointments, 4:476–477
  • and approach of war, 4:547
  • and attacks in Enquirer, 3:601
  • and Bank of the United States, 3:602–603
  • and bankruptcy of N.Y. firm, 4:490, 4:492n
  • and batture controversy, 2:426–427, 2:435, 2:511, 2:516–529, 2:568, 2:657, 2:659, 3:316, 3:424, 3:486n, 4:466
  • and case of Moussier, 1:523n, 1:597–598, 1:665, 2:37
  • and charges against Waterhouse, 1:295, 1:298
  • circular to customs collectors, 1:438, 1:439n
  • considers resigning, 1:598, 1:664–666
  • conversation with Turreau, 1:183
  • and Corrêa da Serra, 4:538, 4:547
  • and Duane, 3:584, 3:585–586, 3:600, 3:601–603, 3:626
  • and Du Pont's treatise on taxation, 2:654n, 3:248, 3:515, 3:517n, 3:559
  • and Erving, 4:32–33n
  • friendship with TJ, 1:598–599
  • and Giles, 1:598, 1:599n
  • identified, 1:599n
  • and Indian training school, 2:56, 2:57
  • investigation of Degen & Purviance, 1:361, 1:362n
  • and Lafayette's La. land, 2:8, 2:72, 2:245
  • and land claims in Orleans Territory, 1:638
  • and Las Cases's work, 3:552
  • letters from, 1:664–666, 2:516–518, 3:68–70, 4:547
  • letters to, 1:597–599, 1:650, 2:426–427, 3:30–32, 3:123–125, 3:474–475, 3:584, 4:476–477
  • letter to accounted for, 2:297n
  • and Madison, 1:664, 1:665–666n
  • mentioned, 3:251, 3:629
  • negative opinions of, 3:360, 3:452n, 3:506, 3:626–627
  • newspaper attacks on, 3:32, 3:506, 3:515, 3:563, 3:574, 3:575n, 3:585, 3:600, 3:634
  • peace petition delivered to, 2:158–159n
  • Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of public roads and canals, 1:646, 2:213, 2:214n
  • and Robert Smith, 1:598, 1:599n, 2:146, 2:177, 2:224, 2:225, 2:235, 2:272, 2:430
  • as secretary of the treasury, 1:331, 1:409, 1:660, 1:661, 2:190, 2:224–225, 2:356, 2:358n, 3:474, 3:602–603, 3:628, 4:32–33n, 4:520n, 4:537, 4:586
  • and settlement of Claiborne's accounts, 2:471
  • and Short, 4:61n
  • and Supreme Court appointment, 3:151
  • TJ on, 2:272, 3:506–507, 3:602, 3:603
  • in TJ's administration, 1:172
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
  • and TJ's statement on the batture controversy, 3:30–32, 3:46, 3:68, 3:69n, 3:70–73, 3:118, 3:123–125, 3:152, 3:486n
  • visits Monticello, 1:441, 1:464, 1:466, 1:599n, 1:664
  • visits Montpellier, 1:439
  • Wirt on, 3:626
  • and Yazoo land scheme, 3:127–128

Gallatin, Hannah Nicholson (Albert Gallatin's wife)

  • visits Monticello, 1:441, 1:464, 1:466
  • visits Montpellier, 1:439

Gallego, Joseph

  • and wheat prices, 4:104

Galloway, Benjamin

  • and elections in Md., 4:151–152, 4:153n
  • forwards poem to TJ, 4:392–393
  • identified, 4:37n
  • letters from, 4:36–37, 4:150–153, 4:392–393
  • letters to, 4:69, 4:470–471
  • quotes TJ's first inaugural address, 4:152, 4:153n
  • rebuts "Steady Patriot" letters, 4:36–37, 4:69

Galloway, Henrietta Maria Chew (Benjamin Galloway's wife), 4:153

Galt v. Thweatt

  • cited in batture case, 4:295

Gálvez, Bernardo de, 3:161

Gama, Antonio de León y. See León y Gama, Antonio de

Gamble, John G.

  • Richmond lot sold to, 4:288n
  • and TJ's tobacco, 4:593

Gamble, John N.

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

Gamble, Richard

  • rents land from Short, 4:198

Gamble, Robert

  • Richmond merchant, 2:430, 4:212

Gamble (Gambell), William

  • rents land from Short, 4:198, 4:675

Gannin, Mr. (barber), 1:41n

Gantt, Edward

  • identified, 4:508n
  • letter from accounted for, 4:508n
  • letter to, 4:508
  • seeks appointment for son, 4:508, 4:509, 4:539, 4:540n

Garber, Michael, 2:457, 2:458n

Garden Book (Thomas Jefferson), 3:xlv, 3:358 (illus.)

The Gardeners Dictionary (Miller), 2:83

The Gardeners Kalendar (Miller), 2:83

The Gardener's Pocket Dictionary (Abercrombie), 2:83

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

Gardenier, Barent, 1:438, 1:439n, 3:360n, 3:502

gardening

  • books on, 2:82, 2:83, 4:289n
  • in Mass., proposed publication on, 1:671–673
  • Peale on, 4:139, 4:180, 4:531
  • TJ on, 3:501–503, 4:93

gardens

  • and English landscape design, 1:191–192n
  • greenhouse at Monticello, 2:xli, 2:80, 2:103
  • Jardin des Plantes, 1:202n, 2:162, 2:536, 3:629
  • Jardin du Roi, 1:202n, 1:274n, 1:596
  • Liverpool Botanic Garden, 1:163, 1:164n, 1:435
  • McMahon, Bernard
  • at Monticello, 3:xlv, 3:358 (illus.), 3:545, 4:561
  • at Monticello, described, 1:388, 1:398n, 1:436–437n, 3:502
  • at Monticello, locks for, 1:302
  • at Monticello, TJ's plans for, 1:400–401n, 1:410, 3:455
  • Peale on, 4:139, 4:180, 4:531
  • at Poplar Forest, 3:xlv–xlvi, 3:353–354, 4:381
  • proposed Washington botanical garden, 4:426–428, 4:535, 4:563–564n
  • at Saint Louis, proposed by Bradbury, 1:436–437n, 2:534n
  • at Shadwell Mills, 1:451–452
  • TJ on, 4:93
  • TJ orders plants for, 2:140
  • TJ spends time in his, 1:162, 1:166, 1:187, 2:92, 2:110, 2:128, 2:254, 2:259, 2:266, 2:302, 2:481
  • Washington botanic garden, 1:479
  • at Woodlands, 1:192, 1:479

Gardiner, Caleb, 2:319, 2:321n

Gardiner, John

  • The American Gardener, 4:289n

Garland, Rice

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Garland, William

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Garland, William G.

  • and batture controversy, 2:441n, 3:476, 3:485

Garland, Mr.

  • employee of Brown & Robertson, 4:94, 4:101

Garnett, John

  • calculates longitude, 4:654
  • corrects Laplace's errors, 4:634
  • and Lambert's astronomical calculations, 1:572n, 4:637n
  • Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, 1:35, 1:225, 1:286, 1:492, 1:498n, 2:62, 2:64, 2:338n, 3:431–432, 3:447, 3:479, 4:13, 4:55, 4:167, 4:202, 4:222, 4:230
  • Tables Requisite to be used with the Nautical Ephemeris, 1:492, 1:498n

Garrard, William

  • land commissioner, 1:635, 1:642n
  • letter from accounted for, 2:492n
  • letter from mentioned, 2:491, 2:496

Garrett, Alexander, 1:47n, 1:462–463n, 3:465

Garth, Elijah

  • letter from accounted for, 2:683

Garth, Jesse Winston

  • forwards document to TJ, 3:426
  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Garth, Thomas

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Garth, Thomas L., Jr.

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Garth family

  • treatment of slaves by, 4:101

Gass, Patrick, 1:630n

Gauls, Thomas, 2:223

Gawen (TJ's slave; b. 1778)

  • laborer, 4:379
  • on Poplar Forest slave list, 4:384, 4:385

Gawen (TJ's slave; b. 1804)

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

Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, 1:264, 1:267n, 1:317n, 3:280n, 3:558n

A Gazetteer of the State of New-York (Spafford), 2:144n

Gazette nationale, ou, Le Moniteur universel (Paris newspaper), 1:674–675

Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia newspaper), 2:92, 2:93n

Gazzera, Jean Antoine Henri Eugene

  • Importance, et Avantages d'une Morale Publique et Privée, 1:522, 1:523n
  • Les Nuits de Ste Marie-Magdelaine pénitente, 1:522, 1:523n
  • Les Veilles de Saint-Augustin, Évêque d'Hippone, 1:522, 1:523n
  • sends books to TJ, 2:37

geese

  • TJ purchases, 4:12, 4:210
  • at Tufton, 1:420
  • wild, 1:56, 1:153, 1:161, 1:167, 1:186, 1:199, 1:225, 1:466, 1:467, 1:469, 1:486, 2:103

Geffers, Thomas

  • letter from Freaman accounted for, 2:504n

gelder rose. See guelder rose (Snowball; Viburnum opulus)

Gelston, David

  • collector at New York, 2:544, 3:604, 3:637–638, 4:365, 4:546, 4:589, 4:591
  • identified, 1:282n
  • letter from accounted for, 3:245n
  • letters from, 1:294, 4:199
  • letters to, 1:281–282, 3:245, 4:235, 4:589
  • lists steamboats, 4:199–200, 4:235
  • and Parker's double plow, 3:228, 3:245, 3:251
  • sends wine to TJ, 1:180, 1:247, 1:268, 1:281–282, 1:294
  • verifies TJ's subscription to work, 4:408, 4:409, 4:530, 4:531

Gelston, Maltby, 1:183, 1:374, 1:409

Genealogical, chronological, historical, and geographical atlas (Las Cases), 4:325, 4:326n

A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages (Pinkerton), 1:256n

General Geography, and Rudiments of Useful Knowledge (Spafford), 1:105–106, 1:196–199, 2:143, 2:144n

The General History of Polybius (trans. Hampton), 1:580

General Repository and Review

  • and Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:506–508n, 4:615n

General Republican Committee of the City and Co. of N.Y.

  • letter from, 1:530–534
  • letter to, 1:568–569

A general system of nature, through the three grand kingdoms of animals, vegetables, and minerals (Linnaeus; trans. Turton), 1:581

A General Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening (Bradley), 2:82

Genet, Edmond Charles

  • correspondence with TJ, 1:487, 1:570

The Gentleman and Farmer's Guide for the Increase and Improvement of Cattle (Bradley), 2:82, 2:83n

The Gentleman Farmer (Kames), 1:581, 2:82

Gentry, Benajah

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Géographie Ancienne Abrégée (Anville), 4:312n

geography. See also Lambert, William; maps; prime meridian

  • books on, 1:105–106, 1:256n, 1:581, 2:143, 2:144n, 3:386n, 4:311, 4:312n, 4:325, 4:326n
  • and TJ's calculations of latitude, 3:361–367, 4:188, 4:237–238, 4:344–346, 4:403

geology

  • books on, 1:184, 2:47–48, 2:49n
  • mineralogy
  • Neptunism, 3:263–264
  • scholars of, 1:202n, 2:376, 2:377n, 2:404n
  • study of, 2:551, 2:552n

Geometrical and Graphical Essays (Adams), 1:581

geophysics

  • J. Wood's work on, 2:95, 2:134, 2:161, 2:171, 2:536, 3:251

Geoponica

  • (Bassus), 2:81–82, 2:83n

George (slave)

  • murder of, 1:168n

George (TJ's slave), 2:425, 2:426n, 2:464

George III, king of Great Britain

  • death of reported, 4:172–173
  • and encouragement of Federalists, 4:100
  • Eppes on, 3:255
  • health of, 4:32, 4:83, 4:91, 4:133, 4:156, 4:187, 4:198–199, 4:376
  • illness of, 2:276, 2:277n
  • land grant by, 2:87, 2:88n
  • and Perceval, 4:271, 4:272
  • recovers health, 3:519, 3:543, 3:577
  • TJ on, 1:442, 2:210, 2:275, 3:208, 3:299
  • in Tucker's poem, 1:617, 1:619n
  • tyranny of, 4:670

George, Prince Regent (later George IV, king of Great Britain)

  • alcohol consumption of, 4:364
  • as Prince of Wales, 3:436–437, 3:462–463, 3:481, 3:553, 3:577, 4:32, 4:150, 4:153n, 4:272, 4:519, 4:539, 4:540n, 4:586, 4:587, 4:611, 4:649
  • TJ on, 3:299, 3:437

George, William, 2:179

George's Tavern (Goochland Co., Va.)

  • post office at, 2:178–179, 2:269

Georgetown, D.C.

  • bills drawn at, 1:458
  • Crawford's tavern, 4:19
  • farming near, 2:167
  • growth of, 4:27
  • Mason, John, ferry of, 1:52n
  • Republicans of, address TJ, 1:21–23
  • TJ addresses Republicans of, 1:34

Georgetown College (later University), 4:289

Georgetown Potomac Bridge Company, 4:27, 4:28n

Georgia

  • crops in, 2:3
  • militia, 3:281–282
  • newspapers, 4:92, 4:127, 4:128n, 4:130–131
  • rice cultivated in, 4:39–40
  • sheep raised in, 4:40
  • and Yazoo land scheme, 4:603, 4:604

Georgia Republican (Savannah newspaper), 4:92, 4:127–128, 4:130–131

geraniums

  • TJ gives to Margaret Bayard Smith, 1:29

German language

  • documents in, from
    • Prunner, 2:299
    • TJ on study of, 4:163

Germany

  • desire for reform in, 2:7–8
  • geology of, 2:376
  • mercenaries from, 2:604
  • in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502, 4:505, 4:506n, 4:507n

Gerna, Anthony

  • identified, 3:647n
  • letter from, 3:645–647
  • recommends Arata, 3:645–646, 4:376

Gerry, Elbridge

  • and Adams, 4:313
  • and charges against Waterhouse, 1:296–297, 1:299
  • and Dearborn, 4:84n
  • as governor of Mass., 2:348, 2:367n, 2:430, 4:83, 4:84n, 4:475
  • identified, 1:573n
  • introduced to T. M. Randolph, 1:572–573, 1:574
  • letter to, 1:572–573
  • reelected governor, 3:553
  • signer of Declaration of Independence, 4:475
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Gholson, Thomas, Jr., 1:66

Giannini, Nicholas, 1:81n

Gibbon, Edward

  • The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1:580, 3:547

Gibbon, James

  • as collector at Richmond, 1:268, 2:667, 3:111, 3:148–149, 3:153
  • identified, 2:669n
  • letters from, 2:669, 3:111
  • letter to, 3:153–154
  • and seeds for TJ, 2:506–507, 2:669

Gibbon, Lieut. (ship's officer), 1:182

Gibert, Peter

  • in S.C. legislature, 4:343

Gibson, Elizabeth Sanderson (Patrick Gibson's wife), 3:435

  • death of, 4:522–523

Gibson, James

  • and American Philosophical Society, 3:41–42

Gibson, John, 1:652

Gibson, Patrick. See also Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm)

  • agent for TJ, 4:557, 4:580, 4:593–594, 4:675, 4:679
  • and clover seed for TJ, 4:526
  • and Embargo, 4:548
  • and G. Jefferson's consular bond, 4:277
  • and goods for TJ, 4:522, 4:547–548
  • identified, 4:523n
  • ill health of, 3:434, 4:217
  • letters from, 4:522–523, 4:547–548
  • letters to, 4:526, 4:557–558, 4:580, 4:593–594, 4:633
  • and Mazzei's Richmond property, 4:290
  • mentioned, 3:513, 3:542n, 3:551n, 4:321, 4:322
  • and plows for TJ, 4:522, 4:526
  • as temporary consul to Lisbon, 3:435–436, 3:441–442, 3:443
  • and TJ's Albemarle Co. crops, 4:522, 4:547–548, 4:557
  • and TJ's banknote, 2:463
  • and TJ's flour, 4:633
  • and TJ's lost trunk, 1:186–187
  • visits mineral springs, 1:451
  • and window glass for TJ, 3:67, 3:575

Gibson, Robert

  • A Treatise of Practical Surveying, 1:576, 1:650

Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm). See also Gibson, Patrick; Jefferson, George (TJ's cousin); Ligon, James

  • agents for TJ, 1:281–282, 1:506, 1:596, 2:151, 2:152n, 2:155, 2:188, 2:234, 2:330, 3:155, 3:183, 3:243, 3:245, 3:302, 3:334, 3:341, 3:461, 3:479, 3:520, 3:525–526, 3:526–527, 3:528, 3:529, 3:530, 3:538, 3:545, 3:550, 3:559, 3:567, 3:591, 3:639, 3:640, 4:3, 4:9, 4:11, 4:24n, 4:48, 4:52, 4:56, 4:72, 4:74, 4:75, 4:76, 4:184, 4:193, 4:215, 4:216, 4:217, 4:220, 4:232, 4:234n, 4:315, 4:341, 4:364, 4:365, 4:380, 4:461, 4:512, 4:514, 4:525, 4:529, 4:530, 4:554, 4:555, 4:558, 4:559, 4:560, 4:566, 4:569, 4:576, 4:579, 4:580, 4:581, 4:589, 4:591, 4:595n, 4:597n, 4:606n, 4:615, 4:618, 4:646, 4:667, 4:675, 4:685, 4:686, 4:687
  • arrange for T. J. Randolph's schooling, 1:633, 1:634–635
  • Bacon seeks cottonseed from, 1:81, 1:159
  • and books for TJ, 2:337, 2:349
  • and burnet seed, 4:487
  • to deliver stew stove, 1:76
  • and G. Jefferson's consular bond, 4:277
  • and glass for TJ, 2:80, 2:362
  • and gypsum for TJ, 2:205, 2:329, 2:341, 3:313, 3:341, 3:453, 3:525–526
  • identified, 1:44n
  • items shipped to by TJ, 3:582, 3:583
  • Jefferson, George (TJ's cousin)
  • letter from S. J. Harrison, 1:346–348
  • letters from, 3:258, 3:541–542, 3:550–551, 3:577, 4:467, 4:487, 4:530, 4:593, 4:618
  • letters from accounted for, 2:116n, 3:258n, 4:467n
  • letters to accounted for, 2:152n, 3:258n, 4:322n, 4:467n, 4:523n, 4:685n
  • makes payment for TJ, 3:587
  • mentioned, 4:185
  • and plow for TJ, 4:487
  • receives shipment for TJ, 1:55, 1:190, 1:246n, 1:307, 1:483
  • renews TJ's bank note, 3:541
  • and the Shoemakers, 2:269, 2:292, 2:300
  • and TJ's flour, 4:593
  • and TJ's tobacco, 2:27–28, 2:230, 2:300, 4:467, 4:593, 4:594
  • and window glass for TJ, 2:280, 2:362, 3:575, 3:588

gigs

  • axle, 2:453
  • harness for, 2:55, 2:60
  • loan of TJ's, 1:488

Giles, William Branch

  • assistance requested from, 2:170n
  • and batture controversy, 3:203–205, 3:244, 3:254, 3:290
  • correspondence with Monroe, 1:93n
  • and Gallatin, 1:598, 1:599n, 2:224–225
  • identified, 3:205n
  • letters to, 3:203–205, 4:164
  • mentioned, 3:251
  • recommends W. J. Harris, 4:91n, 4:185
  • resolution of, 2:70
  • rumored as secretary of state, 1:118
  • as U.S. senator, 1:232, 2:190, 4:163, 4:164n

Gill, John

  • Biblical commentary of, 2:322n

Gill, John (of Bedford Co.)

  • and Bear Creek lands, 4:279, 4:317

Gillack, Robert

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Gillaspy, William

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Gillet, Thomas

  • identified, 1:124n
  • letter from, 1:123–124
  • sends book to TJ, 1:123–124

Gillette, Aggy (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Gillette, Barnaby (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Gillette, Dick (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Gillette, Gill (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Gillette, James (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Gillette, Moses (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Gillette, Ned (TJ's slave; b. 1760)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:386

Gillette, Ned (TJ's slave; b. 1786)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Gillette, Scilla (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Gillette, Sucky (TJ's slave)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Gilley, William B.

  • identified, 4:565n
  • as proxy for E. Sargeant, 4:565

Gilliam, Lucy Skelton, 1:305n, 3:84, 3:85, 3:86n

Gilliam, Robert, 1:305n, 2:425, 2:674

Gilliam v. Fleming

  • chancery case, 2:325, 2:340, 2:368, 2:674–675
  • and R. Skelton's will, 2:33, 2:83–85, 2:122–123, 2:256
  • and settlement of accounts, 1:206, 1:304, 1:305, 1:306–307, 1:329–330, 1:331, 1:339, 1:362–365, 1:378–379, 1:591, 1:608, 1:644, 2:130n, 2:141–142, 2:369–370, 2:396–397, 2:403, 2:407–408, 2:424–425, 2:433–434, 2:446–448, 2:464–466, 3:44–45, 3:45, 3:84–86

Gillies, John

  • The History of the World, from the reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, 1:539

Gillon, Alexander

  • Revolutionary War naval officer, 4:286n

Gill (TJ's slave; b. 1792). See Gillette, Gill (TJ's slave)

Gillum, Fred

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Gillum, John

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Gilmer, George

  • and Harvie's payment, 2:347
  • letter from accounted for, 2:119n
  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349

Gilmer, Harmer

  • identified, 4:497n
  • letter to, 4:496–497
  • mentioned, 4:191n
  • and plants from Philadelphia, 4:496–497, 4:498, 4:523

Gilmer, John

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349
  • and Peyton's estate, 2:119, 3:186, 3:648

Gilpin, George

  • identified, 1:418–419n
  • letter from, 1:418–419
  • letter to, 1:507–508
  • and relations with Great Britain, 1:418, 1:507–508

Gilpin, Joshua

  • and Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Co., 2:213–214, 2:296
  • identified, 2:214n
  • letter from, 2:213–214
  • letter to, 2:296

Gil y Noques, Benito, 2:480n

Gimbrede, Thomas

  • engraving of first four U.S. presidents, 4:539, 4:540 (illus.), 4:541n
  • engraving of Thos Jefferson the Pride of America, 1:xlvii, 1:23, 1:32, 1:380 (illus.)
  • identified, 1:23n
  • letter from, 1:23
  • letter to, 1:32

gimlets, 1:135–136

gin distilling, 1:465

gingerroot, 4:211, 4:212n

gingko tree, 1:192n

Girard, Etienne

  • Recueil d'edits et d'ordonnances royaux, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:484

Girard, Stephen, 1:209n

Girardin, Louis Hue

  • and Burk's History of Virginia, 1:289n, 1:634n
  • herbarium lent to, 2:551
  • identified, 1:633–634n
  • letters from accounted for, 2:172n
  • letter to, 1:633–634
  • Richmond academy, 1:520, 1:557, 1:633, 1:634–635, 2:27, 2:95, 2:110, 2:116, 2:134, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295, 2:438, 2:536, 2:564
  • and T. J. Randolph, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295
  • TJ's account with, 2:27
  • W. C. Rives on, 4:108

Girod, Claude François

  • and batture controversy, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:475n, 3:476, 3:477n, 3:478n, 3:484, 3:485, 3:487n

Gist, Henry C., 3:647–648

Gist, Nathaniel, 3:648

Gist, Samuel

  • and Bellini estate, 4:80

Glasgow, University of, 2:172, 2:174n

glass, window, 2:80, 2:362, 3:13–16, 3:67, 3:135, 3:518, 3:520, 3:556, 3:557n, 3:612

  • Bohemian, 3:520, 3:575
  • Boston, 3:588
  • English crown, 3:520, 3:575, 3:588

Glass, John, Sr.

  • death of, 4:645

Glass, John (1794–1878)

  • identified, 4:645–646n
  • letter from, 4:644–646
  • seeks TJ's aid, 4:644–645

Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust; Kentucky locust), 3:353, 3:354

Gloster (TJ's slave; b. 1807)

  • on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Gloucester-nut hickory (Carya species), 1:657, 3:544, 4:524

Glover, Elias

  • and Burr's conspiracy, 2:75, 2:249
  • identified, 1:643n
  • letters from, 1:643, 2:75, 2:248–249
  • letter to, 2:139–140
  • seeks copy of letter to TJ, 1:643, 2:75, 2:139–140, 2:248–249

Gobel, Jean Baptiste Joseph, archbishop of Paris

  • in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:505

goblets. See Jefferson Cups

Godefroy, Denys (Denis)

  • Corpus Juris civilis Romani, 2:677, 3:48, 3:546

Godon, Silvain

  • identified, 2:404n
  • letter from, 2:472–473
  • letter to, 2:404
  • member of American Philosophical Society, 1:152n, 1:452
  • mineralogical lectures of, 1:104n, 1:187, 1:189, 1:193
  • treatise on mineralogy by, 2:404, 2:472

Godoy, Manuel, 2:667

Godwin, William, 1:254n

gold

  • found at Passamaquoddy Bay, Me., 1:330
  • watches, 3:83–84

goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata; Paulinia aurea), 1:272, 1:274n, 1:594n, 3:503

golden willow (Salix alba var. vitellina), 3:353, 3:354

gold of pleasure (Camelina sativa), 2:271

Goldsborough, Charles W.

  • chief clerk of Navy Department, 1:445n, 1:601

Goldsmidt, Mr., 3:314

Gomez, Miguel, 3:478n

Gooch, Gideon

  • identified, 2:451n
  • letter from, 2:451, 3:190
  • letter to, 2:666
  • and merino sheep, 2:418, 2:436, 2:451, 2:453, 2:666, 3:178, 3:190
  • and shepherd dogs, 2:456, 2:490, 2:511, 2:568, 2:569, 2:666

Goochland County, Va.

  • clerk of, 2:83
  • court records of, 2:33
  • Elk Hill, 1:305n, 1:615n, 2:84
  • post office in, 2:178–179, 2:269

Good, Danny

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Goodintent (schooner), 4:215

Goodman, Jeremiah A.

  • and 1810 census, 3:202
  • identified, 4:374n
  • letter from accounted for, 4:527n
  • letters to, 4:373–374, 4:515–516, 4:526–527
  • overseer at Lego, 3:180, 3:181n, 3:642
  • Poplar Forest overseer, 4:132, 4:133n, 4:307, 4:373–374, 4:382n, 4:383n, 4:386n, 4:422, 4:461, 4:515, 4:526–527
  • and Tufton overseer, 4:101

Goodman, Mary Clarkson (Jeremiah A. Goodman's wife)

  • and wool spinning, 4:380

Goodman, Nathan

  • as possible overseer at Tufton, 4:101

Goodrich, Chauncey, 2:70

Goodricke, Henry

  • in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:506n

"Goodwill" ("A Friend to the Christian Religion")

  • letters from, 1:291–292, 3:590, 4:606–607
  • opposes war, 4:606–607

Goodwyn, Peterson

  • reference for J. L. Edwards, 4:92

Goolsby, Nathaniel

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

gooseberries, 2:140, 3:353, 3:394, 3:439, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498, 4:523, 4:535, 4:561, 4:562

Gordon, Nathaniel, 1:52n

Gordon, Newton

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Gordon, Robert. See also Gordon, Trokes & Company (Richmond firm)

  • grocer, 1:319n
  • identified, 1:369n

Gordon, Thomas, trans.

  • Crispi Opera Omnia (Sallust), 1:580
  • The Works of Tacitus, 1:580

Gordon, Trokes & Company (Richmond firm)

  • and groceries for TJ, 1:368–369, 2:109, 2:116, 2:154, 3:530–531, 4:209
  • identified, 1:369n
  • letter from, 2:154
  • letters from accounted for, 1:369n, 3:531n
  • letters to, 1:368–369, 2:109–110, 3:530–531
  • supplies groceries to TJ, 1:284, 1:318–319, 1:457, 1:483
  • TJ makes payments to, 3:530–531, 3:531, 3:550

Gordon, William

  • History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, 1:581

Gordon's Tavern (Gordonsville), 1:52n, 1:562

Gore, Christopher, 2:367n

Goss, John

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Gouan, Antoine

  • professor of botany, 4:189

gouges, 1:135–136

gourds

  • TJ's drawing of, 2:103

Gourley, Robert

  • A. Randolph's executor, 4:231n, 4:366, 4:647

gout, 2:353

government. See politics

Grady, Reuben, 3:625

Graham, Henry R., 1:351, 1:352n

Graham, James, 2:35, 2:36n

Graham, John

  • and batture controversy, 2:429, 2:449, 2:451n, 2:452, 2:462–463, 2:516, 2:568, 3:25
  • and "Chronological Series of Facts Relative to Louisiana," 3:281, 3:282–283, 3:292, 3:297, 3:327
  • identified, 1:161n
  • letters from, 1:167, 1:186, 2:268, 2:410, 2:462–463, 2:544, 3:292–293, 3:297, 3:627
  • letters to, 1:161, 2:257, 2:452, 2:530, 3:282–283, 3:616–617, 4:668
  • State Department clerk, 3:96n, 3:482
  • TJ sends letters through, 2:257, 2:268, 2:410, 2:530, 2:544, 3:616, 3:617, 3:627, 4:19, 4:668
  • translates Spanish receipt, 2:480
  • and wild geese, 1:161, 1:167, 1:186

Graham, Robert

  • and grape slips, 3:434–435
  • identified, 1:469n
  • letter from, 1:486
  • letter to, 1:469
  • and scab remedy, 3:453
  • and wild geese, 1:161, 1:167, 1:225, 1:469, 1:486

Graham, Mr.

  • and burnet seed, 4:487

Graham, John

  • identified, 1:161n
  • letter to, 4:668
  • TJ sends letters through, 4:19, 4:668

Grammaire (Destutt de Tracy), 4:203, 4:209n

A Grammar of the French Language, with Practical Exercises (Wanostrocht), 2:27n

Grammont, Théodule, marquis de

  • and Lafayette's La. lands, 2:15–16, 2:245, 3:212, 3:445, 3:447n, 4:359

Grand, Ferdinand, 2:126

Grand & Cie, 1:43n

Grandmaison, Aubin Louis Millin de, 1:453n

Granger, Erastus

  • identified, 2:59n
  • letter from, 2:59–60
  • letter to, 2:175
  • sends Indian speeches to TJ, 2:59, 2:175

Granger, Gideon

  • and Barlow, 4:665
  • and Blodget's Hotel, 4:577
  • and Burr conspiracy, 3:128, 3:129n
  • and Conn. libel prosecution of, 1:277, 1:278n, 1:349–350
  • forwards package to TJ, 4:435n
  • health of, 3:126, 3:129n
  • identified, 2:179n
  • illness of, 2:147, 2:178, 2:269
  • letters from, 2:269, 3:126–129, 3:147–148, 4:10, 4:402
  • letters from accounted for, 4:435n, 4:582n
  • letters to, 2:178–180, 3:102–104, 3:182, 4:112–113, 4:371, 4:582
  • letter to accounted for, 4:10n
  • and Madison, 3:246
  • as postmaster general, 1:216, 1:350–352, 1:364, 1:407, 1:480, 2:320, 3:56, 3:102–104, 3:147–148, 3:164, 3:182, 4:10, 4:71n, 4:112–113, 4:128, 4:371, 4:402, 4:581, 4:582, 4:676
  • and post office at George's Tavern, 2:178–179, 2:269
  • seeks Supreme Court appointment, 3:126–129, 3:182
  • and table of U.S. post offices, 4:10, 4:112–113
  • TJ on, 2:179
  • TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
  • and Yazoo land scheme, 3:127–128, 3:129n, 3:165–166, 3:178, 3:246, 3:331

Granger, Ralph

  • identified, 4:128n
  • letter from, 4:128
  • and postal service, 4:128

grapes

  • Alexander (Cape of Good Hope), 4:85, 4:524, 4:525n
  • black (beach), 2:223
  • Catawba, 1:587n
  • fall, 2:223
  • fox, 2:221, 2:339
  • injured by rose bugs, 2:222
  • Miller burgundy, 2:223
  • at Poplar Forest, 3:353
  • red, 2:222
  • vine cuttings, 2:292–293, 2:330, 2:338, 3:434–435
  • white, 2:222

grass

  • and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:348
  • bear, 3:353
  • Egyptian, 1:555, 2:301, 2:302
  • fiorin, 3:279, 3:280n, 3:294–295, 3:339–340, 4:159, 4:175, 4:187, 4:192–193, 4:201, 4:363, 4:364, 4:364n, 4:561, 4:562, 4:638
  • new type in Md., 2:543
  • oat, 1:585–586, 3:461
  • Peale on, 4:140, 4:531
  • timothy, 3:454, 3:456, 3:460, 4:180, 4:379

Grassi, John

  • and Joyce's Scientific dialogues, 4:289

Gravier, Bertrand

  • and batture controversy, 2:441n, 2:443n, 2:450n, 2:516, 2:517, 2:523–525, 2:526, 2:527, 2:529n, 2:657, 3:31, 3:71, 3:176n, 3:475n, 3:476, 3:477n, 3:478n, 3:484, 3:486n, 3:490–492, 3:494, 4:110

Gravier, Jean (John)

  • and batture controversy, 2:441n, 2:442n, 2:443n, 2:516, 2:519, 2:520, 2:521, 2:524, 2:525, 2:527–528, 2:529n, 2:658, 3:31, 3:71, 3:73n, 3:173–176n, 3:235n, 3:475n, 3:476, 3:477–478n, 3:483, 3:484, 3:487n, 3:490–494, 3:499, 4:111n, 4:643n

Gravier, Maria Deslonde Renard (André Renard's widow; Bertrand Gravier's wife), 2:523, 3:235, 3:490

Gravier, Nicholas, 3:71, 3:477n, 3:478n, 3:491

Gray, Thomas

  • "The Bard: A Pindaric Ode," 3:633n
  • "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," 1:238, 1:240n
  • "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College," 2:477, 2:478–479n

Gray, William

  • elected Mass. lieutenant governor, 2:348, 2:430, 3:553

Gray, William F.

  • forwards packages to TJ, 2:482, 3:623
  • identified, 2:482–483n
  • letter from, 2:482–483, 3:623

gray cherry (Tuckahoe cherry), 3:448, 3:455

Great Britain. See also Canning, George; Embargo Act (4:1812); Erskine, David M.; George III; George IV; Jackson, Francis James; Jefferson, Thomas, Opinions on; Pinkney, William; Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquis

  • "algerine system" of, 1:137, 1:168
  • American opposition to war with, 4:606, 4:611–612, 4:623
  • American supporters of, 2:158, 2:538
  • An Inquiry into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council (Baring), 1:35
  • annual consumption by citizens of, 2:614
  • attacks Copenhagen, 2:275
  • Board of Agriculture, 1:252, 2:83
  • British Geological Society, 3:263–264
  • and colonization, 3:319, 3:320n
  • commercial agreement with Venezuela, 3:177–178
  • commercial channels reopened, 1:160, 1:168–169, 1:170n
  • constitution of, 2:176, 2:177n, 2:607
  • Courts of Admiralty, 3:514
  • diplomatic intransigence of, 3:313
  • Du Pont de Nemours on war with, 4:327–328
  • excise taxes and duties in, 2:600
  • and Federalists, 3:502–503
  • financial situation of, 4:337
  • financial system of, 2:163, 2:570, 2:571–581, 2:582, 2:590, 2:591, 2:612–613, 2:617, 3:199–200
  • and France, 2:242, 2:245, 2:246n, 2:274, 2:289, 2:475–476, 4:78, 4:151, 4:236–237, 4:472, 4:587
  • Gilpin criticizes policies of, 1:418
  • harvest in, 2:615
  • High Court of Admiralty, 3:514
  • House of Commons, 3:32, 3:79n
  • House of Lords, 3:151
  • industry subsidized in, 2:608
  • and J. Henry's mission, 4:541, 4:542, 4:568
  • judicial system in, 4:491
  • labor costs in, 2:602
  • and Latin American revolutions, 3:177–178
  • laws of, 1:382, 1:424, 4:293, 4:294, 4:296–297n, 4:297–298, 4:299–300
  • leaseholding in, 2:592–593, 2:595–596
  • Madison restricts trade with, 4:552–553, 4:554n
  • manufacturing laws, 1:424
  • market in, 2:346
  • Melish on economy of, 3:386–387
  • military operations of in Spain and Portugal, 2:166, 2:233, 2:667, 4:271, 4:337, 4:587
  • navy of, 2:317, 2:602
  • Non-Intercourse Act reimposed on, 1:421, 1:439n, 3:105, 3:120–121, 3:122n, 3:273, 3:275, 3:425n, 3:553, 3:600
  • opinion of science in, 2:591
  • Orders in Council (1807), 1:21n, 1:137, 1:154, 1:156n, 1:170n, 1:271, 1:284, 1:285n, 1:409, 1:438, 1:439n, 1:658, 2:8, 2:93, 2:195, 2:210, 2:231, 2:345, 2:346n, 2:366–367, 2:419n, 2:470, 3:122n, 3:165, 3:177, 3:463, 3:502, 3:505, 3:606, 4:32, 4:91, 4:173, 4:236–237, 4:429, 4:586, 4:611, 4:669, 4:671
  • parliament of, 2:539, 2:540n, 2:575, 2:592(See also within this heading House of Commons; House of Lords)
  • political works on, 1:35, 1:38n
  • and Portugal, 2:275, 2:277n
  • prices in, 1:82
  • prisoners of war in, 4:362
  • and prize cases, 3:513–514
  • Short on, 4:269–274
  • and slave trade, 3:513–514
  • and Spain, 2:602
  • and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:223, 4:227–228
  • TJ on possible war with, 4:78, 4:83, 4:133, 4:148, 4:156–157, 4:158, 4:198–199, 4:236–237, 4:472, 4:482, 4:483, 4:574, 4:585, 4:622–623, 4:632–633, 4:637, 4:669–671
  • TJ's opinion on (See Jefferson, Thomas, Opinions on)
  • and trade with Indians, 4:553
  • and trading licenses, 4:664
  • and U.S., 2:69, 2:70, 2:73–74, 2:190, 2:194, 2:358n, 2:366–367, 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, 4:234, 4:430n, 4:480, 4:539, 4:586–587, 4:611, 4:612
  • in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:501, 4:502, 4:503, 4:504, 4:505, 4:506, 4:507n, 4:508n
  • and West Florida, 3:282
  • Woodward on government of, 1:254n

Great George (TJ's slave), 2:425–426n

Great Lakes, 3:333

Greece, ancient

  • aristocracy of, 4:100
  • Du Pont de Nemours on, 2:274, 2:579, 2:606
  • heroes of, 4:469
  • Woodward on government of, 1:254n

Greece, modern

  • Napoleon's designs on, 2:274
  • in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:504

Greely, Aaron, 3:369, 3:370n

greendressings, 3:348, 3:351n

Greene, Mark, 1:66

Greene, Nathanael, 2:14

Greenhow, Samuel

  • identified, 1:244n
  • letters from, 1:240–245, 1:625–626, 2:29–30
  • letters from Dawson to, 1:218–219, 1:240, 1:244n, 1:317–318
  • letter to, 1:659–660
  • and Mutual Assurance Society, 1:218–219, 1:240–244, 1:625–626, 1:659–660, 2:29–30, 4:115n

Greenwich Observatory, England

  • and prime meridian, 1:275–276, 1:356–358, 1:489–498, 1:534, 1:551, 2:54, 2:63, 2:338n, 2:566, 3:361
  • vibration of pendulum at, 4:227

Gregg, Andrew

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

Grégoire, Henri

  • An Enquiry concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes, 4:19, 4:20n
  • Critical Observations on the poem of Mr. Joel Barlow, The Columbiad, 1:588, 1:590n
  • De la Littérature des Nègres, 1:36, 1:588, 1:590n
  • on Notes on the State of Virginia, 1:588–589

Grenville, William Wyndam Grenville, 1st Baron

  • British politician, 2:73–74, 3:463, 3:481
  • supporters of, 4:587

Grey, Charles, 2d Earl, 2:539, 2:540n

Greyhound (schooner), 2:667, 3:111

Griffin, Burgess

  • identified, 2:97n
  • letter from, 2:96–97
  • letters from accounted for, 1:181n, 2:97n, 2:230n, 3:561n, 4:95n, 4:166n, 4:184n, 4:342n
  • letters to accounted for, 1:181n, 2:97n, 2:230n, 2:233n, 3:561n, 4:95n, 4:166n, 4:184n, 4:342n
  • lists blankets and beds given to Poplar Forest slaves, 4:382–383
  • Poplar Forest overseer, 1:157n, 1:180, 1:181n, 2:149–150, 2:327, 2:328, 3:269, 3:457, 3:561, 3:634, 3:639–640, 3:650, 4:94, 4:132, 4:133n, 4:165, 4:170–171, 4:184, 4:212, 4:307, 4:308, 4:342, 4:381, 4:382–383, 4:422, 4:461, 4:526, 4:549
  • and sale of Bedford Co. land, 1:318
  • and sale of Ivy Creek lands, 2:330
  • share of crops sold, 2:27, 2:28, 2:96, 2:230
  • and TJ's land dispute with Scott, 2:96–97, 2:149, 2:232, 2:233n
  • witnesses land conveyance, 3:369, 3:374, 3:561n

Griffin, Cyrus

  • as federal judge, 1:625, 1:644, 3:158, 3:159n
  • health of, 2:386, 2:388n
  • TJ on, 2:416, 2:420, 2:421n, 3:204, 3:205n

Griffin, Washington A., 3:91n

Griffiths, Elijah

  • An Essay on Ophthalmia, or Inflammation of the Eyes, 1:237n
  • identified, 1:237n
  • letter to, 1:236–237
  • TJ thanks, 1:236–237

Grinder, Mrs. Robert, 1:602–603, 1:606, 2:192

Grinder, Robert, 1:603, 1:606

groceries

  • food
  • purchased by Shoemaker, 1:452
  • purchased by TJ, 1:31–32, 1:44–45, 1:77, 1:267–268, 1:346n, 2:109, 2:116, 2:154, 3:530–531, 4:209–212
  • supplied by Barnes, 4:630
  • suppliers of, 1:284, 1:346n, 1:365–366, 1:483, 4:209, 4:210, 4:211

Grotius, Hugo

  • cited in batture controversy, 2:676
  • De jure belli ac pacis libri tres, 3:546
  • in Van der Kemp's proposed book, 4:502

groundhog (Marmota monax; woodchuck), 2:509

Grymes, Philip

  • and batture controversy, 2:449, 2:450n, 2:451n, 2:659, 3:247n, 3:486
  • and Brown case, 2:265, 2:266n, 2:284
  • identified, 2:270n
  • letter to, 2:269–270
  • TJ recommends L. Carr to, 2:269–270
  • Trist's opinion of, 2:284

Guadeloupe

  • books on, 1:184

guaiacum

  • used as medicine, 4:102

Guarrant. See Garrard, William

Gudin de la Brenellerie, Paul Philippe

  • L'Astronomie, Poëme en Quatre Chants, 4:147, 4:149n, 4:167

guelder rose (Snowball; Viburnum opulus), 3:354

Guiana

  • and potato, 1:196, 1:197

Guildhall, London

  • and standards of weights and measures, 4:227–228

Guillotte, M. F. Caroline, 3:478n

Guinea-Bisseau (Bolama), 3:269–270n

Guinea corn, 4:139, 4:142n

gum arabic tree (Acacia nilotica), 2:302

gun barrels, 1:419

gunboats, 1:203, 1:510, 2:177–178, 2:258, 2:259, 2:412n, 2:606

gunpowder

  • manufacture of, 3:414n
  • quality of, 3:583–584, 3:621
  • TJ orders, 3:583, 3:621, 4:218, 4:686

Gurley, John W., 2:442n, 2:444n

Gustav III, king of Sweden, 2:276

Gustav IV Adolph, king of Sweden

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

Gustine, Joel Trumbull, 1:427, 1:428n

Guyot, Joseph Nicolas

  • Répertoire universel et raisonné de jurisprudence civile, criminelle, canonique et béneficiale, 3:130, 3:174n, 3:176n, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484, 3:546

Guy (slave), 4:15

Gwathmey, Robert & Temple (Richmond firm), 1:655, 1:656n

gypsum (plaster of paris)

  • in France, 3:333
  • grinding mill for, 3:500–501, 3:509–510
  • in N.Y., 3:333, 3:437
  • at Poplar Forest, 3:64
  • price of, 3:341, 3:437
  • shipped, 2:205, 2:304, 2:305, 3:341, 3:442, 3:453, 3:518, 3:525–526, 3:567
  • TJ orders, 2:197–198; 2:226, 2:329, 2:341, 3:313
  • TJ receives specimen, 3:437
  • used as fertilizer, 4:93, 4:141, 4:180, 4:531
  • used to protect seed corn, 2:334

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