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Sabine River, 3:328

Saboureux de La Bonnetrie, Charles François

Traduction d’Anciens Ouvrages Latins relatifs à l’Agriculture et à la Médicine Vétérinaire, avec des Notes, 2:82

Sac Indians, 2:57

saddles, 1:3, 2:118, 2:121

sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia), 2:272

sainfoin, Italian (Hedysarum coronarium; sulla), 5:560

St. George wine (Agiorgitiko), 3:505

St. Jean, Maria

and batture controversy, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

St. Pierre. See Castel, Charles Irénée, abbé de Saint-Pierre

Saint Augustine, W. Fla., 3:281–282

Saint Domingue

blacks in, 1:589
refugees from, 1:450, 1:622, 1:624n
trade with U.S., 1:160, 1:517n

Sainte Geneviève Church (Paris; later the Panthéon), 4:474

Sainte Marie, Batture. See Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over

Saint Hilaire, Louis Vincent Joseph Le Blond, comte de, 1:371, 1:372

St. John Baker, Anthony, 5:267n

Saint-John’s-wort (Hypericum), 4:139

Saint-Lambert, Jean François de, 1:121, 1:122n

Saint Louis

maps of, 3:418, 3:616

St. Mary, Church of (Baltimore), 1:450–451

St. Mary’s, Ga., 1:509, 1:510

St. Mary’s Academy (Baltimore), 1:450–451

Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de

engraving of P. Gibson, 5:xlix, 5:358 (illus.)

Saint Paul Island (South Indian Ocean), 5:202–203

Saint Paul’s Cathedral (London), 4:474

Saint Peter’s Basilica (Rome), 4:474

Saint Petersburg

conveyance to and from, 3:434, 3:616–617, 3:627
U.S. consul at, 1:38, 1:61n, 1:65

Saint Sophia Cathedral (Kiev), 4:474

Saint-Sulpice, Raymond Gaspard de Bonardi, comte de, 1:372

salad oil, 1:31, 1:161, 2:335, 2:392, 2:438, 3:420–421, 3:434, 3:545

sal amoniac (ammonium chloride)

for copper utensils, 1:467, 3:183, 3:200

Salcedo, Manuel María de, 2:443n

Salem Register (Mass. newspaper), 1:50n

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

Salkeld, William

Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench: with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, 3:547

Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)

Crispi Opera Omnia (trans. Gordon), 1:580
orations of, 2:153

Sally (ship), 1:84, 3:63, 3:245n

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1773). See Hemings, Sally (TJ’s slave)

Sally (Sal) (TJ’s slave; b. 1777)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:462, 5:462
spinner, 4:379

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1788 ). See Hubbard, Sarah (Sally)

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. 1792)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Sally (TJ’s slave; b. ca. 1798). See Hubbard, Sally (TJ’s slave)

salmon, 5:601–602, 5:604–605

Salmonds. See Sammons, James

Salmons. See Sammons, James

salsify, 1:157, 2:37, 2:38, 5:489, 5:490, 5:658

salsify, Missouri (wild salsify), 3:150, 3:166

salt

consumed by sheep, 1:478, 2:379
furnaces, 4:8
manufacturing, 5:77, 5:77n
as medicine, 4:102, 4:381
mountain of, 5:640–641, 5:642n, 5:682, 5:682–683n
stored at Washington, 4:27
TJ acquires, 1:77, 3:301
U.S. tax on, 3:560, 3:566, 4:529

salted fish, 1:115n, 1:176, 1:268, 1:279

saltpeter, 1:367, 1:506, 3:155, 5:38–39n, 5:511, 5:553–554

Salvage, Benjamin F.

letter from, 3:649
seeks employment, 3:649

Sam (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231n

Sammons, James

letter from accounted for, 2:314n
paid for masonry work, 2:313, 2:314n, 3:301, 3:643
stonemason, 4:4
TJ pays, 4:557n, 5:92n, 5:121, 5:298

Sample, Mr., 5:118

Sampson (ship), 1:80, 1:81n, 1:210

Sampson (slave)

hired from Daingerfields, 3:112

Sampson, Mr.

and W. Short’s land, 4:268

Sampson, William

letter from accounted for, 1:78n
and D. B. Warden, 3:539, 3:557

Samuel (J. Chamberlain’s slave), 4:15

Samuel (Hebrew prophet), 2:583, 2:584

Sanco (TJ’s slave; b. 1797). See Davis, Sancho (TJ’s slave)

sand, 5:382

Sanders, David, 5:339

Sandy (TJ’s slave; b. 1807)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Sanford, Capt., 1:509

Sanford, Clark

essay on Peruvian bark (cinchona), 4:18n, 5:670n

San Francisco, 1:446

Sangster, Thomas, 5:534

Sangrado, Dr.

fictional character, 4:162, 4:163n

Sangster’s (Songster’s) ordinary (Fairfax Co.), 1:52n

Sanguisorba (burnet), 4:379, 4:487, 4:515, 4:522, 4:526, 4:530

Sanskrit language

works on, 4:99

Santee canal, 2:507

Sarah Maria (brig), 4:173n

Sardinia

minerals from, sent to TJ, 2:297, 2:299, 2:391, 3:524, 4:4
royal museum in, 2:297
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507n
Victor Emmanuel I, 2:391n

Sargeant, Ezra

and Edinburgh Review, 4:367, 4:485
identified, 4:478n
letters from, 4:485, 4:565
letters to, 4:477–478, 4:521–522, 4:581, 5:151
printer, 5:372n
prints batture pamphlet, 4:xliii, 4:477–478, 4:485, 4:520n, 4:521–522, 4:565, 4:574, 4:575, 4:581, 4:582, 5:219, 5:219, 5:224n
TJ pays, 4:580, 4:581, 5:132, 5:151, 5:298

Sartori, Charles, 3:646

Sartori, John Baptiste, 2:109, 2:110n

sassafras, 4:102

Satterwhite, Rachel

letter from accounted for, 1:68n
seeks TJ’s aid, 1:68n

saucers, 4:477

Saul, Joseph, 2:255

Saul, king of Israel, 2:583

Saunders, Joseph, 1:66

Saunders, Samuel H.

An Easy First Book for Children; or The First Part of the Rhyming Spelling Book, 2:306–308
letter from, 2:306–308

Saunders, William

identified, 5:395n
overseer for C. Clark, 5:395

Saunderson, Nicholas

The Method of Fluxions, 1:576

Saurin, Bernard Joseph, 3:9, 3:13, 3:17, 3:89n

Saurin, Jacques

Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux, 2:322n

Savage, William Henry

as U.S. agent at Jamaica, 2:544, 3:615n, 5:37, 5:38n

Savary, Anne Jean Marie René, duc de Rovigo

French minister of police, 4:271

Savu (Sunda Islands), 5:202–203

sawmill

at Monticello, 3:293, 3:520–521, 4:50, 4:51, 5:130n, 5:133, 5:311

saws

crosscut, 5:133

Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 2:44, 2:46n

Say, Jean Baptiste

economic theories of, 4:439, 4:440, 4:448, 5:577

scab

infects TJ’s sheep, 3:176–177, 3:442, 5:80, 5:448
remedies for, 3:453, 5:181, 5:182n

Scabiosa (mourning bride; pincushion flower), 3:645

scaly bark hickory (Juglans squamosa; Missouri scaly bark), 1:657

scarlet clover (Trifolium incarnatum), 2:271, 2:272

Scarronides: or, Virgile Travestie (Cotton), 2:466

Schnebly, Jacob, 1:27

Scholfield, Arthur

and E. Herrick’s spinning machine, 4:572n

Schönbrunn, Treaty of (1809), 2:9n

schools and colleges. See also United States Military Academy; Virginia, University of

Albemarle Academy, 3:540n
in Albemarle Co., 1:82n, 3:501, 3:540n, 4:493
American, 2:565
Ann Smith Academy (Lexington), 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201
Bowdoin College, 5:165n
British, 2:565
Cambridge University, 2:565, 4:427
P. Carr’s Albemarle Co. school, 3:501, 3:540n
Central College (Charlottesville), 1:65n, 1:193n
College of William and Mary, 2:384, 2:534–535, 2:551, 2:671, 4:107–108, 4:162, 4:235, 4:236n, 4:246, 4:344, 4:369, 4:598, 5:373, 5:373, 5:374n, 5:469, 5:577, 5:579n
East Tennessee College, 2:266–267, 2:268n, 2:365–366
Edgehill School, 3:635n
Frederick Academy (Md.), 2:173, 2:174n
Georgetown College, 4:289
L. H. Girardin’s academy (Richmond), 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
Harvard University, 4:196, 4:473
Jefferson College (Pa.), 1:4–6, 4:372
Manchester Academy (Va.), 2:134n
military, proposed by T. Kosciuszko, 1:206, 1:207n
J. Ogilvie’s Albemarle Co. school, 3:632n
Oxford University, 2:565
Pestalozzi system, 3:40
St. Mary’s Academy (Baltimore), 1:450–451
Spring Hill School (Mich. Terr.), 1:7, 1:660–662, 2:55–57, 2:58n, 3:369–371
Stephensburg Academy (Frederick Co.), 1:566–567, 2:147, 2:148n
and TJ’s plans for a university in Va., 1:592
United States Military Academy (West Point), 1:23n, 2:258, 2:261n
University of Berlin, 4:354n
University of Bologna, 2:565
University of Edinburgh, 2:565, 4:427
University of Georgia (Athens), 5:297, 5:297–298n
University of Glasgow, 2:172, 2:174n
University of Medicine at Montpellier, 4:189, 4:190n
University of Pavia, 2:565
University of Virginia (Charlottesville), 1:136n, 1:191n, 1:466n, 1:474n
Washington Academy (Lexington), 1:367, 1:367–368n
for women, 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n

Schrader, Dame

letter from accounted for, 5:352n

Schramm, Johann Michael, 5:273n

Schuyler, Peter Philip

and Niagara Campaign, 5:540

Schuyler, Philip

family of, 5:42, 5:43

Schwarzenberg, Karl Philipp (Austrian ambassador), 1:117, 1:121n

Scientific dialogues, intended for the instruction of young people (Joyce)

bound by J. Milligan, 1:36
reprint of, 4:401, 4:560
TJ cites, 1:482, 1:483n
TJ loans, 2:51
TJ recommends, 1:581
TJ requests, 1:332–333, 1:384, 2:101, 2:264, 3:122, 4:201, 4:288

scientific instruments

artificial horizon, 4:167, 4:369
astronomical, 3:480
equatorial, 4:237, 4:238n, 4:369
in lost trunk, 1:153, 1:347
lunettes, 5:507
meterological, 5:xlviii
navigational, 3:447–448
pendulum, 4:147–148, 4:149n, 4:223–224, 4:226, 4:227, 4:228, 4:409, 4:410
protractor, 4:341
sextant, 4:369, 4:370n
telescope, 3:480, 4:237, 4:238n, 4:676, 5:507, 5:508n
theodolite, 4:369

Scilla (TJ’s slave; b. 1794). See Gillette, Scilla (TJ’s slave)

Sciurus (squirrel), 4:535

Scotland

conditions in, 4:360–361
constitution of, 2:215
emigration from, 1:238, 2:202, 2:289, 2:290
plants from, 4:535, 4:557
University of Edinburgh, 2:565

Scott, Mr.

and plank for TJ, 5:663

Scott, Mr. (Samuel Scott’s son), 2:323

Scott, Alexander, 1:23n, 1:516

Scott, Andrew

letter from accounted for, 3:245n

Scott, Beverly Roy

identified, 5:408n
seeks naval appointment, 5:408, 5:408–409
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:243

Scott, Charles A.

identified, 3:371n
letter to, 3:371
mentioned, 3:214n
mill of, 3:371, 3:420–421
Slate River ferry of, 5:658

Scott, Daniel (fl. 1753), 3:432

Scott, Daniel (d. 1851)

identified, 3:214n
letter from, 3:224–225
letter to, 3:214
sells corn to TJ, 3:214, 3:224–225

Scott, James

finds stolen papers, 1:269, 1:284
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349, 5:378–380

Scott, John C.

and J. Dougherty, 1:320, 1:321n, 2:432

Scott, John Washington, 1:504n

Scott, Joseph

and batture controversy, 2:395, 2:396n
death of, 3:249
identified, 2:364n
letter from accounted for, 2:405n
letter to, 2:363–364
TJ recommends Yancey to, 2:363

Scott, Joseph T.

The New and Universal Gazetteer: or, Modern Geographical Dictionary, 1:581

Scott, Samuel

Bill of Complaint in Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison, 4:680–684, 5:35n
family of, 5:243, 5:408, 5:408n, 5:408
identified, 4:683n
intemperance alleged, 5:39, 5:239, 5:243
letter from accounted for, 2:232, 2:233n
litigiousness alleged, 5:239, 5:243, 5:361
TJ’s land dispute with, 2:96–97, 2:148–149, 2:232, 2:233n, 2:303, 2:303, 2:322–323, 2:324n, 2:326, 2:327, 2:327–328, 3:640, 4:308–309, 4:549, 4:583–585, 4:647, 4:677–678, 4:679, 4:680–684, 5:39–40, 5:40–41, 5:48–50, 5:50n, 5:61–62, 5:62–63, 5:87, 5:89–90, 5:90–91, 5:161–162, 5:210–211, 5:239, 5:242–243, 5:245, 5:263, 5:287, 5:338, 5:339, 5:339–340, 5:341, 5:342–343, 5:361

Scott, Thomas

Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, 2:321–322, 2:337, 2:349
Theological works, 2:321

Scott, Sir Walter

poetry of, 4:201–202, 4:561

Scott v. Jefferson and Harrison. See also Scott, Samuel, TJ’s land dispute with

S. Scott’s bill of complaint in, 4:680–684, 5:35n
TJ prepares for chancery case, 5:xlvii–xlviii, 5:32–33, 5:34–35, 5:35n, 5:48–50, 5:61–62, 5:63–64, 5:90–91, 5:161–162, 5:230–236, 5:264, 5:282–284, 5:287, 5:287–288, 5:337, 5:337, 5:338, 5:339, 5:339–340, 5:342–343, 5:358 (illus.), 5:361
TJ’s Answer to Bill of Complaint, 5:230–236
TJ’s Notes on Evidence, 5:229

scurvy

treatments for, 5:30, 5:550–551

scurvy grass (Cochlearia officinalis), 5:550–551

Sea, Mr.

and H. Marks’s estate, 4:510, 4:511, 4:512n, 5:95–96, 5:96n

Seabrook, Richard, 1:440, 1:454, 1:454, 1:459, 1:460, 5:422

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

Séances des Écoles Normales, recueillies par des Sténographes et revues par les Professeurs, 1:37

Seaton, William Winston, 2:671n

Sebrell, Nicholas, 1:616

Secale cereale (rye), 3:65, 3:171, 3:348, 3:351n

Secretary’s Ford (Albemarle Co.)

and Rivanna Company, 3:141, 3:144, 3:192, 3:286

sedition law, 1:278

seed press

described, 1:xlviii, 1:390, 1:400n
picture of TJ’s, 1:380 (illus.)
vials for, 1:190, 1:191n, 1:245, 1:308, 1:309n

seeds

acacia, 1:555
anemone, double, 4:497, 4:498
auricula, 4:497, 4:498
barley, 4:562, 5:384
black cotton, 1:258, 1:259–260n
burnet, 4:487, 4:515, 4:522, 4:526, 4:530
cabbage, 2:90, 5:384
canary seed (Phalaris canariensis), 2:271
carnation, 4:497, 4:498
cauliflower, 2:90
clover, 3:180, 3:184, 3:194, 3:448, 3:456, 4:518, 4:525, 4:526, 4:548, 4:557, 5:324
cork, 5:438, 5:560
corn, 2:334
cotton, 1:666
eggplant, 4:497, 4:498
Egyptian grass, 1:555, 2:301, 2:302
flax, 2:371
green cottonseed, 1:82, 1:258, 1:259–260n
hay rye, 3:65
hemp, 2:371
kale, 5:384
lettuce, 4:527, 5:31
from B. McMahon, 3:439–440
mignonette, 4:497, 4:498
millet, 2:335
muskmelon, 3:473, 3:501, 3:503n
oat, 2:93, 5:384
oat grass, 3:461
parsnip, 1:157
pepper, 5:364–365
from J. Ronaldson, 5:369–370
rutabaga, 2:481, 2:543
sea kale, 4:497, 4:498
sent by TJ, 2:302, 3:454, 3:502, 3:544–545, 4:498, 4:523, 5:490, 5:553, 5:653, 5:658
sent to TJ, 1:141, 2:162, 2:270, 2:271–272, 2:301–302, 2:310, 2:506, 2:536, 2:543, 2:669, 3:41, 3:65, 3:98–99, 3:419, 3:583, 3:604–605, 3:614, 3:629, 4:34, 4:84, 4:85n, 4:363, 4:497–498, 4:534, 4:559, 4:565–566, 4:569, 4:621
sesame, 1:84, 1:105, 1:198, 1:211–212, 1:436–437n, 1:555, 1:667, 2:301, 3:225, 3:368, 3:453–454, 3:454, 3:502, 3:545, 3:636–637, 4:7, 4:39–40
sprout kale, 4:562
sweet acacia (Acacia farnesiana), 2:301, 2:302
timothy, 3:454, 3:456, 3:460, 4:77, 4:156, 4:157n, 4:194, 4:236
turnip, 4:363, 5:384
wintermelon, 2:302

Seelah (Celer; TJ’s horse), 5:497, 5:497n, 5:498n

Selby, Skeffington

indentified, 3:426–427n
letter from, 3:426–427
letter to, 3:457–458
and T. Nelson’s bonds, 3:426, 3:457–458

Selden, Miles, 1:25, 5:598

Select exercises for young proficients in the mathematics (Simpson), 5:417

Sellers, Nathan, 5:xlix–l, 5:559n

Seminole Indians, 5:651–652

Semple, James

and College of William and Mary, 5:469
and faculty position for J. Meigs, 5:373–374
identified, 5:374n
letter from, 5:469–470
letter to, 5:373–374

Senate, U.S. See also Otis, Samuel Allyne

and appointment of foreigners, 3:443
and Bank of the United States, 4:113, 4:128–129
and batture controversy, 3:203–205
chamber of, 1:473, 1:475n, 1:595, 3:534, 3:535, 3:556
clerk of, 1:535
and declaration of war, 5:142n, 5:220
doorkeeper election, 4:124, 4:163, 4:164, 4:171
and Embargo of 1812, 4:586–587, 4:588n
and Gallatin-Smith feud, 2:430
mentioned, 2:570
messages from TJ, 1:643n
orders W. Duane’s prosecution, 2:412n
and public works, 2:213–214, 2:589, 2:614
rejects W. Short’s nomination, 1:38
resolution concerning Jackson, 2:70
S. Smith’s reelection to, 1:515–516
supports R. Fulton’s torpedo, 2:250, 2:251n, 2:301
and trade licenses, 5:636, 5:637n

Seneca

A New Translation of the Morals of Seneca (trans. Bennet), 1:576

Seneca Indians, 2:59, 2:175

Senter, Isaac, 5:64, 5:67n

Senter, Nathaniel Greene Montague

identified, 5:67n
letters from, 5:64–68, 5:398–399, 5:407–408
letters to, 5:218, 5:429–430
and New Orleans charitable society, 5:65, 5:218
seeks military appointment, 5:398–399, 5:399n, 5:407, 5:430
Travels in the Western Country, 5:407, 5:407n
travel writings of, 5:64–65, 5:68n, 5:218, 5:407–408, 5:429

A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (Sterne), 4:85

A Sermon, Preached at Boston, before his Excellency Christopher Gore (Parish), 3:75n, 3:156

sermons

clergyman tried for comments made during, 1:277, 1:278n
sent to TJ, 1:138, 2:411–412, 3:75n, 3:156, 3:431, 3:456–457, 4:230–231

Serres, Olivier de

Le Théâtre d’Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs, 1:35, 1:581, 2:82

Sérurier, Louis Barbé Charles

French minister to U.S., 4:54n
and L. P. G. de Lormerie’s passage, 5:432–433

Serveto (Servetus), Miguel

F. A. Van der Kemp’s work on, 4:614

sesame (benne; benni; Sesamum indicum)

J. Bradbury on, 1:436–437n
and C. Harris, 1:84, 1:211–212
and J. Milledge, 1:667, 3:636–637, 4:39–40
oil, 1:84n, 1:212, 3:636–637, 4:7, 4:39–40
H. G. Spafford requests from TJ, 1:105, 1:198
TJ cultivates, 4:7
TJ receives seeds of, 1:555, 2:301, 2:302, 3:225
TJ sends seeds of, 3:454, 3:502, 3:545
and J. W. Wallace, 3:368

Seventy-Six Association (Charleston)

forwards oration, 4:105–107
identified, 4:107n
letter from, 4:105–107
letter to accounted for, 4:107n

sextant, 4:369, 4:370n

Seybert, Adam

and domestic manufactures, 1:170–172
A. von Humboldt sends regards to, 1:453n
identified, 1:172n
letter from, 1:170–172

Seymour, Dr.

and tobacco treatments, 5:669

Seymour, Henry

and Lafayette’s La. lands, 5:68–69, 5:69n

Shackelford, Benjamin

Culpeper C.H. tavern keeper, 1:52n, 5:572n
forwards correspondence for TJ, 5:571–572, 5:573
identified, 5:572n
letter from, 5:571–572
letter to accounted for, 5:572n

Shackelford, Lyne

estate of, 3:36–37, 3:195, 3:250, 3:270, 3:283–284, 3:367–368, 3:529, 4:9

Shackelford, Richard

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349
rents land from W. Short, 4:197

Shackleford, Zachariah

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

shad

compared to carp, 4:629
compared to paddlefish, 3:92
TJ orders, 2:109, 5:155, 5:164
TJ sends to M. Wills, 4:668
white, 1:369
works on, 5:601–602, 5:604–605

Shadwell (TJ’s estate)

account for lease to C. Peyton, 5:419, 5:421, 5:423
acreage of, 4:387
border of, 3:572n
dispute over lease of, 2:85–86, 2:150–151, 2:198–199, 2:200, 2:212–213, 2:239–240, 2:277–282, 2:286–287, 2:294
overseers at, 1:137–138n
rent due on, 2:421–422

Shadwell mills. See also Shoemaker, Isaac; Shoemaker, Jonathan

breach of dam at, 3:204–205, 3:218, 3:300
builders at, 1:192n
J. B. Chandler seeks work at, 4:495, 4:590
flour from, 2:269, 2:292, 2:300, 4:548–549
improvements to, 2:670, 3:293, 3:359, 3:521, 3:527, 4:50, 4:51, 4:144–146, 4:200–201, 4:661–662
lease of, 1:488n, 3:464–465, 3:581, 3:614
location of, 4:6n
McKinney recommended for, 2:383
managed by J. McKinney, 4:183n, 4:233, 4:374n, 5:120–121
mentioned, 1:579
mill wheels at, 4:51
mismanagement at, 1:108–110, 1:139n, 1:139–140, 1:282–283, 2:292, 3:51–52, 3:111, 3:156–157, 3:184, 3:644
and T. M. Randolph, 4:6, 4:183n, 4:374n, 4:548, 5:120–121, 5:228, 5:499, 5:517, 5:530, 5:570–571, 5:575, 5:591n, 5:671
rent for, 1:407, 1:408, 1:421–422, 1:451–452, 4:183, 4:233, 5:400–402, 5:671
repairs to, 5:307n
and Rivanna Company, 3:161, 3:191, 3:192, 3:216–217, 3:287, 3:421–422, 3:527, 5:517, 5:529
TJ’s insurance for, 1:218–219, 1:417, 1:625–626, 1:659–660, 2:29
and toll mill, 1:626, 5:120–121

Shakespeare, William

plays of, 1:412, 5:484, 5:484n, 5:582n

Sharp, Granville, 3:268, 3:269n

Sharpe, Robert

TJ buys land from, 4:387

Sharpless, Blakey, 1:256n

Shattuck, George Cheyne

identified, 1:51n
letter to, 1:50–51
Three Dissertations on Boylston Prize Questions for the Years 1806 and 1807, 1:50–51

Shawnee Indians, 4:485n

Sheaff, Henry, 2:221

Shearman (Sherman), Martin, 1:616

sheep. See also merino sheep

barbary, 2:252, 2:379, 2:380, 2:457, 2:492, 3:190, 3:637, 4:637, 4:638n
on Belmont estate, 3:170
broadtail, 1:465–466, 1:477, 4:638n
Cape, 1:477, 1:599
Chew’s breed, 2:380
Churro, 1:18, 1:19n, 3:637
C. Clark’s, 5:395
and dogs, 4:161, 4:170, 4:346–347
J. Dougherty acquires for TJ, 1:153, 1:464, 1:465–466, 1:467, 1:476–477, 1:486
Essay on Sheep (Livingston), 1:667, 1:668n, 3:63, 3:64n
fodder for, 2:271, 2:543
Green mountain, 1:667
D. Humphreys’s, 2:431, 5:496
Iceland ram, 1:320, 1:596, 1:666, 3:637
mutton, 4:362
in Pa., 1:18, 1:69n
at Poplar Forest, 4:306, 4:381, 5:31
raised in Ga., 4:40
raised in S.C., 2:218, 4:40
raised in Va., 1:238–239, 1:240n, 4:346, 4:428
scab in TJ’s, 3:176–177, 3:442, 3:453, 4:61, 4:62, 5:448
skin of Rocky Mountain, 1:327–328, 1:510
Spanish, 1:16, 1:320, 3:176–177, 5:198–199
O. Sprigg’s breed, 2:380
TJ’s advice sought on, 2:202

Sheffey, Daniel

criticizes J. Adams, 5:4
Va. congressman, 4:475, 4:476n

Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of, 3:79

Shekell (Sheckle, Sheckles, Shekel), Cephus (Cephas, Sephus)

letter of introduction for, 3:651
rents Henderson lands, 5:419, 5:426

Shelby, Isaac, 5:644, 5:644n

Shelton, Samuel

business partnership of, 5:93n
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Shelton, William A.

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Shenandoah River

lottery to improve navigation on, 4:288

Shepherd (TJ’s slave; b. 1782)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Shepherd (TJ’s slave; b. 1809)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:385, 4:386, 5:462

shepherd dogs. See dogs

Sheridan, Thomas

A Course of Lectures on Elocution, 1:576

Sherman, Mr. See Shearman (Sherman), Martin

Sherwin, Henry

Mathematical Tables, 4:148, 4:149n

Shiflett, Joel

as juror, 5:279, 5:279
witnesses warrant, 5:280

Shiner, D.

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Shoemaker, Isaac

and debt to S. Lukens, 4:571, 4:619
extorts money from father, 4:619
identified, 1:139n
letter to, 1:138–139
and mismanagement of Shadwell Mill, 1:108–109, 1:110n, 1:138–139, 1:139–140, 1:282, 2:292, 3:51–52, 3:157, 3:464–465, 3:644, 5:483–484
and postal route, 1:353
TJ’s account with, 3:300–302, 3:317–318, 3:640–643
E. Trist on, 4:573, 4:574n

Shoemaker, Jonathan

asks TJ to endorse bill, 2:95
identified, 1:109–110n
letter from accounted for, 2:670n
letters from, 1:139–140, 1:256, 1:407, 1:451–452, 2:269, 2:300, 2:393
letters to, 1:108–110, 1:282–283, 1:364, 1:421–422, 2:95, 2:199, 2:342–343, 2:660–661, 2:670
mentioned, 5:527
and mismanagement of Shadwell Mill, 1:108–109, 1:139–140, 1:282–283, 3:51–52, 3:111, 3:156–157, 3:184, 3:464–465, 3:528, 3:531, 3:614, 3:644, 5:483–484
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
rent due from, 1:353, 1:364, 1:408, 1:421–422, 1:422, 1:451–452
seeks abatement in rent, 1:407, 1:421–422
sells mill near Washington, D.C., 1:256, 5:484
ships flour to Richmond, 2:269, 2:292, 2:300, 3:111–112, 3:135, 3:154, 3:181, 3:301, 3:302, 3:318, 3:371, 3:612
son extorts money from, 4:619
TJ’s account with, 2:199, 2:300, 2:313–314, 2:342–3, 2:393, 2:660–661, 3:300–302, 3:317–318, 3:373, 3:640–643, 4:495, 5:120
E. Trist on, 4:573, 4:574n

Shoemaker, Lukens, 2:393

shoes, 3:202

Short, William

abandons marriage plans, 3:197, 3:200n
advocates unrestricted commerce, 1:119–120, 1:359–360, 3:274, 3:275n
J. Armstrong carries letters of, 1:115, 1:120
awaits instructions, 1:117, 1:331
conveys news to and from French acquaintances, 1:173, 1:537
correspondence with TJ, 1:234
and diplomatic outfit, 1:61, 1:85, 1:118, 1:232–233, 1:235n, 5:362–364
forwards pamphlet to J. Adams, 3:198, 3:274
forwards pamphlet to TJ, 5:473, 5:473n, 5:500n
on France, 3:197, 4:269–271
and A. Gallatin, 4:61n
on Great Britain, 4:269–273
and J. G. Hyde de Neuville, 5:405
identified, 1:39n
and Indian Camp, 1:234, 1:235n, 3:198, 3:272–273, 3:275, 3:438, 3:621–622, 3:644, 4:5–6, 4:59–60, 4:197–198, 4:268, 4:273, 4:274, 4:675, 5:239–240, 5:264–265, 5:364n, 5:399–402, 5:407n, 5:443–444, 5:446, 5:506, 5:567, 5:568–570, 5:573, 5:596, 5:622–623, 5:623–624n, 5:624–625
investments of, 1:32n
and Lafayette, 3:447, 5:215n
letter of credence for, 1:328, 1:343–344, 1:359, 1:658, 1:659n
letters from, 1:115–122, 1:229–235, 2:200, 2:475–479, 3:197–200, 3:272–375, 4:268–274
letters from accounted for, 1:329n, 3:106–107n, 3:438n, 3:623n, 4:61n, 4:199n, 4:676n, 5:402n, 5:447n, 5:506n, 5:624n
letters to, 1:38–39, 3:106–107, 3:438, 3:621–623, 4:59–61, 4:197–199, 4:674–676, 5:362–364, 5:399–402, 5:446–447, 5:505–506, 5:622–624
letter to mentioned, 2:257, 2:268
on living abroad, 4:269–270
and J. Madison, 2:33, 2:200n, 2:477
mentioned, 1:433, 3:620, 5:189
and merino sheep, 3:198
and J. Moreau’s proposed visit to Monticello, 4:674–675, 5:363
nomination of, rejected, 1:38, 1:39n, 1:229–230, 1:231, 1:375, 1:659n
on prospect of war with Great Britain, 4:272–273
recess appointment to Saint Petersburg, 1:65
returns to U.S., 2:200, 2:288, 2:410, 2:475–476, 2:477, 3:89
sends certificates to TJ, 2:477–478, 2:479n, 3:29–30, 3:89, 3:106, 3:197
tenants of, 3:622, 4:197–198, 4:675
Madame de Tessé on, 2:311, 4:323
TJ on, 3:504
on war in Spain and Portugal, 4:271

A Short and Easie Method with Deists (Leslie), 3:590

Shorter, Jack

accompanies TJ to Monticello, 1:59, 1:60n
delivers letters, 1:85, 1:153
as hosteler, 1:3, 1:60n
paid by TJ, 1:41–42n

shot manufactory, 5:107, 5:108

shovels, 2:546, 2:547, 2:548

Siberia

frozen mammoth found in, 2:507, 5:572

Siblong, Col. See le Blanc (Siblong) de Villeneufve, Paul Louis

Sicard, Roch Ambroise Cucurron

Théorie des Signes, 1:662

Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount

British prime minister, 3:79, 3:298, 4:670, 4:671n

Sidney (S. H. Smith’s Washington estate), 3:76

Sidney, Algernon

British patriot, 2:385, 2:387n, 4:470
read by J. Adams, 4:474
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503

Le Siècle de Louis XIV (Voltaire), 1:580

Siegfried, Carl Ludwig (Charles Lewis)

identified, 3:61n
letter from, 3:60–61
seeks appointment, 3:60–61

Siegfried, Charlotte Frazer (Carl Ludwig Siegfried’s wife), 3:60

Sierre Leone Company, 3:319, 3:320n

Las Siete Partidas (Alfonso X), 3:53n, 3:175n, 3:546

Las siete partidas del sabio rey Don Alonso el Nono (López), 3:175n, 3:176n

silk

substitutes for, 5:439, 5:560

silk grass (Adam’s needle; bear grass; Yucca filamentosa), 3:353

silk manufacturing

in Europe, 1:341, 1:342n, 1:355, 1:412–413, 1:424, 1:425n, 1:472, 5:473
in U.S., 4:85, 5:439

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

silk tree (Albizia julibrissin; mimosa tree), 1:631, 2:103, 2:104n

Silver, William (master of schooner Jachin)

carries goods, 4:215, 4:220

silver nitrate. See lunar caustic (silver nitrate)

silver ore

found at Jefferson Co., Va. (now W. Va.), 3:647–648
Sardinian specimen, 2:299

Silvestre, Augustin François

agricultural report of, 2:83
cottonseed sent by TJ, 1:258, 1:596
identified, 1:259n
letterhead of, 1:xlviii, 1:380 (illus.)
letter of to Provenchere mentioned, 2:129
letters from, 1:258–260, 1:611–613
Mémoire de la Société d’agriculture, 1:258, 1:259n, 1:611–612, 1:629, 1:630n
Rapport sur les Travaux de la Société d’Agriculture du Département de la Seine, 1:612, 1:613n

“A Simile” (Pindar), 1:538n

Simmons, Joshua

letter from, 4:77
seeks loan from TJ, 4:77

Simmons, William

War Department accountant, 3:324, 3:450

Simms, Charles

collector at Alexandria, 4:215, 4:219, 4:220, 4:487, 4:529, 5:561, 5:671
identified, 4:221n
letter from, 4:487
letter to, 4:220–221

Simonds, Jonas, 2:304

Simpson, Thomas

The Doctrine and Application of Fluxions, 5:416, 5:442, 5:443n, 5:501
Select exercises for young proficients in the mathematics, 5:417
A treatise of algebra, 1:576

Simson, Robert

The Elements of Euclid, 1:576, 1:650

Sinclair, Sir John

An Essay on Longevity, 4:140, 4:142n

Sinton, William, 5:570n

Siren. See Syren (sloop)

Situation de l’Angleterre en 1811 (Montgaillard), 4:672

Sixteen Introductory Lectures (B. Rush), 3:277, 3:279n, 3:304, 4:87

60th Royal American Regiment, 1:290

Skelton, Bathurst

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:304–305, 1:362, 1:363, 1:591, 1:608, 2:129, 2:130n, 2:141, 2:142, 2:396, 2:397, 2:403, 2:407, 2:424, 2:425, 2:433, 2:434, 2:447, 2:464–465, 2:465–466, 3:84–86

Skelton, Elizabeth Lomax (Reuben Skelton’s wife), 2:84, 2:85n, 2:123, 2:447

Skelton, James

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 2:447, 3:84–85

Skelton, John, 1:305n, 2:397, 3:44, 3:85

Skelton, Lucy. See Gilliam, Lucy Skelton

Skelton, Meriwether, 2:425, 3:85

Skelton, Reuben

and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:305n, 1:644, 2:33, 2:83–84, 2:85, 2:122–123, 2:141, 2:142, 2:256, 2:396, 2:447, 3:84–86

Skelton, Sally, 1:305n

Skelton family, 1:305n, 1:364

Sketches & Propositions (Banks), 3:296

Sketches, Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana (Stoddard), 3:291–292, 5:683n

Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Wirt)

TJ provides information for, 2:155–156, 2:314, 4:599, 4:600, 4:604n, 4:605n
TJ on, 4:596n

Sketches on Rotations of Crops, and other Rural Matters (Bordley), 2:82

A Sketch for the Improvement of the Political, Commercial, and Local Interests of Britain (Oddy and Playfair), 3:274, 3:275n

Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education (Neef), 4:661

A Sketch of the Internal Condition of the United States of America (Poletika), 3:190n

A Sketch of the Saxon Heptarchy (Caines), 3:522

Skipwith, Anne Wayles (TJ’s sister-in-law; Henry Skipwith’s wife), 1:339n

Skipwith, Fulwar

commercial agent at Paris, 2:339n
and dispute with I. C. Barnet, 5:464n
replaced as consul general at Paris, 1:26

Skipwith, Henry (TJ’s brother-in-law)

and J. Banister’s estate, 3:183, 3:210–211
and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:304, 1:305, 1:306, 1:331, 1:339, 1:362, 1:363, 1:364–365, 2:369, 2:674–675, 3:44, 3:86
and O. Hanbury’s executors, 3:195
identified, 1:339n
letters from, 1:339, 3:183
letters to, 1:364–365, 2:335–336, 3:210–211
and W. Short’s land, 4:268, 4:274n
TJ sends millet seed to, 2:335
as J. Wayles’s executor, 2:142n, 2:369, 2:540, 5:210, 5:287

Slate Mills (Culpeper, now Rappahannock Co., Va.), 3:184

Slaughter, Mr. See Slaydyen, Arther

Slaughter, Joseph

and C. L. Bankhead, 5:56–57
identified, 5:57n
leases Bedford Co. land, 2:237, 2:238n
letter from, 5:339
letters to, 5:56–57, 5:338
mentioned, 3:392
surveys Bedford Co. land for TJ, 3:188n, 4:318n
surveys Poplar Forest curtilage, 5:482–483, 5:489
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:62, 5:338, 5:339
witnesses documents, 5:488n

slavery

and African colonization, 3:267–269, 3:318–320
books on, 1:33, 3:522n
dangers of, 4:337, 4:338n
P. S. Du Pont de Nemours on, 4:328, 4:444
TJ on, 2:382n, 4:157
TJ’s policies concerning, 2:158

slaves

blankets and beds for, 4:99, 4:382–384, 5:33, 5:34, 5:460–463
J. Chamberlain’s, 4:15
and child labor, 5:31, 5:187, 5:446
G. Churchman favors bettering condition of, 2:382
clothing for, 4:343, 4:515, 5:307, 5:446, 5:470
clothing of, 1:420, 1:666–667
J. B. Couch’s, 1:346–348
and dogs, 4:349n
dwellings of, 1:388, 4:380, 5:489
enumeration of, 3:202
of J. W. Eppes, 1:156n, 1:321
families of, 3:180–181, 3:610n
freed, 3:269n
fugitive, 2:443n, 3:319, 3:411–413, 3:612–613, 4:620, 5:5
German Coast insurrection, 3:326, 3:344n
health of, 1:354, 1:416
hired by TJ, 1:48n, 2:41, 2:661, 3:36–37, 3:55, 3:111–112, 3:250, 3:270, 3:283, 3:302, 3:529, 4:81, 4:142, 4:183, 4:217–218, 4:556
A. von Humboldt on, 1:265, 1:267n
incarceration of W. Brown’s, 2:284
in Kentucky, 3:92, 3:242–243
T. Kosciuszko’s plan to emancipate and educate, 2:260, 2:261n
Lafayette’s attempt to emancipate, 2:11
law prohibiting importation of, 1:624n
management of, 3:276
and H. Marks’s estate, 4:510, 4:511, 5:96
master’s duty to, 4:157
medical treatment for, 3:196, 3:270, 3:283–284, 3:367–368, 4:9, 4:381
J. Mitchell’s, 2:262
at Monticello during meals, 1:399n
mortality of, 3:180–181
J. Peyton sells, 3:186
prisoners of war sold as, 4:361
E. Randolph’s, 4:231n
requested by J. Dougherty, 1:321
and skilled trades, 1:388
supplies for, 4:28, 5:489
TJ attempts to buy, 4:397
TJ buys, 2:403, 2:424–425, 2:464
TJ lists, 4:xliv, 4:384–386, 4:386–388
TJ orders flogging of, 4:620
TJ sells, 2:217, 3:411–413, 3:513, 3:648–649, 4:620
trained in French cooking, 1:162, 1:188, 1:189n
used in textile manufacturing, 5:268–269, 5:663
valuation of, 3:529
Virginia statute regarding, 1:622, 1:624n
J. Wayles buys, 2:433
and work plans for Poplar Forest, 4:379, 4:380, 4:381, 5:31, 5:489–490, 5:545, 5:593

slave trade

and Great Britain, 3:513–514
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506
works on, 3:522n

Slaydyen, Arther

and H. Marks’s estate, 4:511, 5:18n, 5:73

Slaydyen, Lucy

and H. Marks’s estate, 5:18n, 5:73

Small, Abraham

and book prospectus, 3:296n
and domestic manufactures, 1:170–172
identified, 1:172n
letter from, 1:170–172
publishing firm, 1:18, 1:19n

Small, William

TJ’s mentor, 4:369

smallmouth black bass (Micropterus dolomieu), 4:651n

smallpox

vaccinations, 1:300n, 2:88, 3:183n, 4:495

Smart, Thomas, 3:151, 3:316, 3:546

Smilie (Smiley), John, 1:361

Smith, Mr. (of Richmond)

considered for appointment by TJ, 1:25

Smith, Abigail Adams (John Adams’s daughter; William Stephens Smith’s wife)

health of, 4:390, 4:391n, 4:486
recognizes TJ’s handwriting, 4:473

Smith, Adam

economic theories of, 4:439, 4:440, 4:448, 5:577
The Wealth of Nations, 2:592, 4:448, 5:52–53, 5:56n

Smith, Ann

academy in Lexington, Va., 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201

Smith, Bernard

identified, 3:511n
letter from, 3:510–511
letter to, 3:615
oration by, 3:510–511, 3:615

Smith, Caroline (John Adams’s granddaughter)

J. Adams on, 4:475

Smith, Francis

and H. Marks’s estate, 5:428

Smith, Gilbert H. (captain of Sampson), 1:210

Smith, Henry, 3:230

Smith, J. H.

letter from, 4:661
seeks TJ’s opinion on education, 4:661

Smith, James E.

accused of corruption, 4:174n

Smith, James Edward, 1:164n, 1:437n, 3:263–264, 5:276

Smith, John (ca. 1580–1631)

The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, 5:508–509

Smith, John (1750–1836)

and Chinese pigs, 4:109
identified, 1:586n
letter to, 1:585–586
R. Mills introduced to, 2:437, 2:438n
and oat grass, 1:585–586
and Winchester newspaper, 2:120

Smith, John (1752–1816)

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

Smith, John (John Adams’s grandson)

J. Adams on, 4:475

Smith, John (of Albemarle Co.)

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Smith, John (chief clerk of War Department)

and batture controversy, 2:426
and commission for H. A. S. Dearborn, 1:78, 1:280, 1:301
letter from accounted for, 1:571n
and Spring Hill School, 1:660

Smith, John (senator from Ohio), 1:643n

Smith, John (of Tennessee)

and lead mines, 4:8

Smith, John K.

and Lafayette’s land patents, 5:212–213, 5:215n

Smith, John M., 5:652

Smith, John Rhea

and American Philosophical Society, 1:572n, 4:167n

Smith, John Spear

as secretary of legation to Russia, 1:360–361, 1:378, 1:379, 1:385–386, 1:402, 2:466, 3:115–116

Smith, John Witherspoon

certifies documents, 2:443n, 2:444n, 5:85–86n, 5:86n, 5:86–87n

Smith, Jonathan

cashier of Bank of Pennsylvania, 4:18n, 4:488, 4:489n, 5:374, 5:381n
letters to accounted for, 1:408n, 3:284n, 4:18n, 5:381n

Smith, Jonathan Bayard Harrison, 3:76

Smith, Joseph Emerson

and Bunker Hill Association, 2:504–505, 2:666
identified, 2:505n
letter from, 2:504–505
letter to, 2:666

Smith, Julia Harrison, 1:390, 1:397n, 1:434

Smith, Larkin

collector at Norfolk, 4:363, 4:364n
and garden seeds for TJ, 4:534, 4:559, 4:569
identified, 1:88n
letters from, 1:87–88, 1:108, 4:534
letters to, 1:136–137, 4:569
sends foreign intelligence, 1:108
thanks TJ, 1:87–88, 1:136–137
TJ on, 4:569

Smith, Margaret Bayard (Samuel H. Smith’s wife)

describes TJ’s study, 2:xli
The Diversions of Sidney, 1:10n
on J. Dougherty, 1:3n
identified, 1:10n
letter to, 1:29
on J. Madison’s inauguration, 1:8–10
Monticello visit described by, 1:386–401
receives geranium from TJ, 1:29
sends greetings to TJ, 1:435, 3:76, 3:272
TJ gives seeds to, 2:302n
TJ sends greetings to, 1:410
visits Monticello, 1:386–401, 1:410, 1:434–435, 2:670
A Winter in Washington: or, Memoirs of the Seymour Family, 1:10n, 1:397n

Smith, Margaret (Robert Smith’s wife), 1:340

Smith, Munson

postmaster at Schaghticoke, N.Y., 4:588, 4:673

Smith, Robert. See also Smith family (of Baltimore)

and batture controversy, 2:427, 2:429, 2:439, 2:444n, 2:449, 2:450–451n, 2:452, 2:511, 2:568, 3:109, 3:248n, 3:316, 3:424
congratulates TJ, 1:345
declines mission to Russia, 3:519
dismissed as secretary of state, 3:567–568, 3:574, 3:575n, 3:595, 3:600, 3:606, 3:608, 3:622–623, 3:638, 3:639n, 5:646–647, 5:684
and D. M. Erskine, 1:168, 1:170n, 1:409, 2:540n
identified, 1:340n
investigated by congressional committee, 1:361, 1:362n
and F. J. Jackson, 2:34–35n
and H. Lee’s medal, 2:104, 2:253
letters from, 1:345, 2:439, 2:449, 3:147, 3:260, 3:608
letters to, 1:340, 2:429, 3:109–110, 3:595
opposes A. Gallatin, 1:340n, 1:598, 1:599n, 2:146, 2:177, 2:224, 2:225n, 2:235, 2:272, 2:430
Robert Smith’s Address to the People of the United States, 1:340n, 3:110n, 3:595, 3:608n, 4:21, 4:31, 4:109
secretary of state, 1:20, 1:38, 1:113, 1:155, 1:232, 1:335, 1:402, 1:464, 1:518, 1:626, 1:632, 1:643, 2:173, 2:174n, 2:419n, 2:463, 2:471n, 2:540n, 2:544, 2:665n, 3:61n, 3:260, 3:442, 3:475–478, 3:543n, 3:602, 3:608, 3:615, 4:33n
secretary of the navy, 1:340, 1:649–650, 3:602, 3:603n
and W. Short’s diplomatic expenses, 1:232–233
TJ on, 2:272
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
and TJ’s statement on the batture case, 3:109–110, 3:118, 3:147, 3:152
TJ thanks, 1:340
and D. B. Warden, 3:260

Smith, Robert Nelson

carries package to TJ, 4:493, 4:499
identified, 4:500n
letter of introduction for, from T. W. Maury, 4:499

Smith, S., & Buchanan (mercantile firm), 1:362n, 5:646n

Smith, Samuel (historian)

The History of the Colony of Nova Caesaria, or New-Jersey, 1:581

Smith, Samuel (of Maryland). See also Smith family (of Baltimore)

H. Dearborn on, 3:553
family of, 5:659n
identified, 1:361n
introduces E. Bond, 5:524, 5:526n
letters from, 1:360–362, 4:171
and letter of introduction for son, 1:360–361, 1:377–378, 1:379, 1:385–386, 1:402
letters to, 1:377–378, 1:402, 4:164
mentioned, 2:466
and reelection to Senate, 1:515–516
and sesame seed for TJ, 4:40
and R. Smith’s dismissal, 5:647, 5:648n
as U.S. senator, 1:232, 4:163, 4:164n, 4:171
and D. B. Warden, 3:251, 3:260

Smith, Samuel (of Pennsylvania)

identified, 1:335n
letter from accounted for, 1:335n
letter to, 1:335–336
and Miss. Territory appointment, 5:493, 5:494n
and pardon of Lowrys, 1:335, 1:340, 1:345

Smith, Samuel Harrison

editor of National Intelligencer, 1:349, 2:470, 2:471n
family of, 1:10n
identified, 1:30n
letter from accounted for, 1:12n
letters from, 1:72, 1:434–435, 3:76, 3:272
letters to, 1:30, 1:410, 2:670–671
prints circular for TJ, 1:30
Remarks on Education, 1:30n
retires from printing business, 3:76
sends papers to TJ, 3:272
TJ’s account with, 2:670, 2:671n
and TJ’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice, 4:397, 4:401n, 4:430
transmits A. Fothergill pamphlet, 1:72
visits Monticello, 1:386–401, 1:410, 1:434–435

Smith, Sidney

Letters on The Subject of The Catholics, 2:161

Smith, Silas H.

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Smith, Susan Harrison, 1:390, 1:397n, 1:434

Smith, Thomas

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
recommended for military appointment, 4:529

Smith, Thomas Peters, 2:375, 2:377n

Smith, William (1711–87)

The History of the Peloponnesian War, Translated from the Greek of Thucydides, 1:580

Smith, William (1728–93)

The History of the Province of New-York, 1:580

Smith, William (John Adams’s grandson)

J. Adams on, 4:475

Smith, William (of New York)

on conspiracy to kill TJ, 1:425–428
letter from, 1:425–428

Smith, William Loughton

W. Duane on, 5:635, 5:636–637n

Smith, William Stephens

as farmer, 4:390, 4:391n
military talents of, 4:390, 4:486
removed from office, 1:578

Smithers (Smuthers; Smythers), Michael

and lost trunk, 1:348

Smith family (of Baltimore)

anti-administration activities of, 3:542, 3:550, 3:553

Smiths & Morrison (New Orleans firm)

and J. Peyton’s estate, 5:314, 5:350, 5:383

Smith T, John

and Burr conspiracy, 5:4, 5:4n

Smyth, Alexander

military appointments, 5:610, 5:610n
and Niagara Campaign, 5:410, 5:411n, 5:493, 5:532–545, 5:684, 5:685n
TJ on, 5:610

Smyth, David William

A Gazetteer of the Province of Upper Canada, 5:581, 5:582, 5:582n
Map of Upper Canada, 5:581, 5:582, 5:582n

snakes

rattle, 1:660, 2:36, 4:536
remedy for bite, 1:57–58

snap beans, 3:501–502, 5:658

Snoddy, John, 5:81n

Snow, Gideon, 5:514

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

snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), 4:524, 4:525n, 5:382

snuff (prepared tobacco), 1:147–152

Snyder, Simon

governor of Pa., 1:213–214n, 3:563, 3:564n, 3:601, 4:160

soap, 3:202, 4:102

soapstone, 5:38, 5:38–39n, 5:39n, 5:109–110, 5:167–168

Société d’agriculture du département de la Seine

books by, 1:35, 1:258, 1:259n
and cottonseed from TJ, 1:258, 1:259–260n, 1:596
members of, 4:319
Mémoires, 1:35, 1:37, 1:258, 1:259n, 1:611–612, 1:629, 1:630n, 2:83, 2:536
and moldboard plows, 1:252, 2:111, 2:312, 2:332
sends plow to TJ, 1:21n, 2:111, 2:312, 2:332

Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, 5:612

Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 3:269n

Society of Antiquaries of London

transactions of, 5:513, 5:514–515n

Society of Artists of the United States

constitution of, 2:437, 2:438n, 4:356
exhibition of, 3:625n, 5:114
identified, 4:357–358n
B. H. Latrobe speaks to, 3:624
and TJ, 2:438n, 4:355–358, 4:398–400, 4:407, 4:459–460, 4:644, 5:114, 5:166–167

Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

transactions of, 5:513–514, 5:514–515n

Society of Friends. See Quakers

Society of United Irishmen, 1:141n, 1:465n

Sokolnicki, Michel, 2:39n

A Solemn Warning To All Dwellers Upon the Earth (Hughes), 4:483, 4:484n, 5:12

Soler, Juan Pablo, 2:480n

Solomon (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Solomon, king of Israel, 2:584

Solon

quoted by Destutt de Tracy, 4:608, 4:611n
TJ quotes, 4:604, 4:605n

Some Memorandums, by which it is attempted to be shewn that An Improved Model may be adopted in the Construction of Ships (Tudor), 5:491, 5:491n

Somers, Charles M., 3:96

Someruelos, Salvador de Muro y Salazar, marqués de, 3:265

Somerville, John Southey, Lord

Observations on the influence of soil and climate upon wool (Bakewell), 1:479, 1:480n

Songster’s ordinary. See Sangster’s (Songster’s) ordinary (Fairfax Co.)

Sonthonax, Léger Félicité, 1:515, 1:517n

Sorghum vulgare (bicolor)

grain grown by T. M. Randolph, 1:436–437n

sorrel (Rumex acetosa), 5:550–551

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

South America

W. Duane tours, 3:xlvi

South Carolina

and domestic manufacturing, 4:343
Federalists in, 5:285, 5:393, 5:681
mammoth bones found in, 2:507
mountains in, 5:101
Republicans in, 5:303, 5:329, 5:332, 5:355, 5:393
sheep raising in, 2:218, 4:40
and support for War of 1812, 5:329–330n, 5:546–547, 5:547n
and U.S. foreign affairs, 4:342–343, 4:472

South Carolina College

catalogue of, 1:112

Southwest Mountains

and grape cultivation, 4:177

Southwest Mountain tract (Albemarle Co.)

dispute over ownership, 2:101–102, 2:103n, 2:114, 2:137–139, 2:206–208, 2:227, 2:228–229, 2:347, 2:362–363
J. Harvie pays TJ for, 4:555n

Southwick, Solomon

and Albany Register, 5:319n, 5:354n

spades, 2:546, 2:547, 2:548

Spafford, Horatio Gates

A Gazetteer of the State of New-York, 2:144n
General Geography, and Rudiments of Useful Knowledge, 1:105–106, 1:196–199, 2:143, 2:144n
identified, 1:106n
letters from, 1:105–106, 2:143–145, 3:112–114
letter to, 1:196–199
proposes to compile U.S. gazetteer, 2:144n
seeks financial assistance, 2:144–145n

American property seized in, 2:162, 2:342
clergy of, 4:282–283
climate of, 2:165
colonies of, 4:359
constitution of, 1:470–471, 1:577, 4:282
Cortes of, 5:19–20, 5:21n
and E. Fla., 4:284n, 4:665n
edicts of, 3:175n
expedition against the Bahamas, 4:286
exploration of Northwest Coast, 1:447, 1:448
laws of, 2:471, 2:678, 3:52–53, 3:71, 3:160–161, 3:175n, 4:282, 4:477, 4:643n
and Louisiana, 3:281–282, 3:282–283
merino sheep and wool from, 1:16, 1:320, 2:3–4, 2:31–32, 2:165–166, 2:246, 2:480, 2:481, 2:667, 3:342, 3:343n, 5:198–199
and raising of horses and sheep, 1:478
relations with Great Britain, 2:275, 2:602, 4:337, 4:587
resists Napoleonic rule, 1:108, 1:160, 1:344, 2:7, 2:166, 2:233, 2:242, 2:246–247, 2:274, 2:275, 2:379–380, 4:56–57, 4:271
and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:222–223
status of Florida and Cuba, 1:154
Supreme Junta, 2:33, 2:35n, 2:246–248, 4:284n
taxes, 4:111
TJ on, 1:20
and Treaty of Paris (1803), 3:256
and U.S., 1:632–633, 2:248
and U.S. land claims, 1:636, 1:639, 1:641
U.S. minister to, 3:96
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:501, 4:502, 4:505–506, 4:507n, 4:508n
and W. Fla., 3:265, 3:282, 3:326, 3:327, 3:344, 3:501–503, 4:284n

Spalding, Lyman

Bill of Mortality for Portsmouth, 3:373–374
identified, 3:374n
letter from, 3:373–374
letter from accounted for, 3:374n

Spanish language

letters in, from

V. de Foronda, 1:470–471, 1:604–606, 4:282–284, 5:19–21
J. Yznardy, 1:410–411, 4:111–112

TJ on study of, 4:162
works in, 1:556

spearwort (buttercup; lesser celandine; ranunculus; water crowfoots), 3:545, 5:358

The Speech of Henry Brougham, Esq. before the House of Commons (Brougham), 1:35

Speech of His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Gerry)

sent to TJ, 5:6, 5:7n

Speech of Julien Poydras, Esq. the Delegate of the Territory of Orleans, in support of the right of the public to the Batture (Poydras), 2:516, 2:518n, 2:658, 3:30, 3:483

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

Speech of W. G. D. Worthington, Esq. a Member of the General Assembly of Maryland . . . on Brent’s Resolutions (Worthington), 2:196, 2:251

Spelman, Edward, trans.

Cyrus’s Expedition into Persia, and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks (The Anabasis; Xenophon), 1:580
Opera Omni Graece et Latine, 1:580

Spence, William

Britain Independent of Commerce: or, Proofs, Deducted from an Investigation into the True Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1:35

Spencer, Lieut., 2:534n

Spencer, Mr.

and Niagara Campaign, 5:541

spermaceti oil, 1:31

Speyer, John

forwards letters to TJ, 5:451, 5:454
identified, 5:454n
letter from, 5:454

spices

allspice, 1:45
black pepper, 1:31, 1:45, 1:368, 2:109, 4:210
cinnamon, 1:31, 1:45, 1:368, 2:109
cloves, 1:44, 2:109, 4:211
gingerroot, 4:211, 4:212n
mace, 1:368, 2:109, 4:211
nutmeg, 1:44, 1:368, 2:109

Spiers, Alexander, John Bowman, & Company. See Wilson, Thomas

Spiers & Company (Scottish firm). See Wilson, Thomas

spinach

at Poplar Forest, 5:489
seed, 5:384, 5:658

spinning billys, 4:426

spinning jennies, 1:313, 1:524–525, 1:591, 1:661, 4:143, 4:417, 4:418n, 4:426, 4:428, 4:637, 4:667, 5:202, 5:384, 5:446, 5:562–563

spinning machines

W. Cranch buys, 5:21–22, 5:22, 5:181, 5:182n
described, 4:417–418, 4:424–425, 4:425–426, 4:512–513, 4:571–572, 4:592, 5:187, 5:209, 5:241–242, 5:312
sent to TJ, 5:23, 5:24, 5:145, 5:181, 5:182n, 5:211
TJ on, 5:562–563
TJ orders, 4:514, 4:544, 4:579–580, 4:588, 4:589, 4:591, 4:637, 4:666–667, 5:80, 5:92, 5:131–132, 5:134, 5:141, 5:142–143, 5:148, 5:175, 5:201–202, 5:220, 5:316

spinning wheels, 4:362, 4:380, 4:417, 4:425

spirit of hartshorn. See ammonia (spirit of hartshorn)

Spirit of Laws. See Esprit des Lois (Montesquieu)

Spirit of ’Seventy-Six (Richmond newspaper), 1:93

Spitzenburg apple (Esopus Spitzenburg), 3:448n, 3:455

spoons, 4:231n

Sprague, Joseph

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

Sprigg, Osborn

identified, 3:651n
letter from, 3:651
recommends C. Shekell, 3:651
sheep of, 2:380

Sprigg, William, 2:443n

Spring, Samuel

Two Sermons, Addressed to the Second Congregational Society in Newburyport, 1:138

Spring Hill School (Indian training school, Mich. Terr.), 1:7, 1:660–662, 2:55–57, 2:58n, 3:369–371, 3:543

springs. See also Warm Springs (Bath Co.)

salt, 3:333
sweet, 3:295
therapeutic, 1:191–192, 1:451, 3:162, 4:107
warm, 1:191–192

Sproull (Sproule, Sprowl), John

and Niagara Campaign, 5:535

sprout kale (Brassica sempervirens), 4:498, 4:523, 4:561, 4:562, 5:490, 5:658

squash, 1:170, 5:658

Squire (R. Jefferson’s slave), 2:60, 5:653

squirrels (Sciurus), 4:535

stable

brooms, 1:3
insurance for, 1:317–318
padlocks for, 1:303

Stadler, John

attempts to secure land grant, 2:87, 2:88n, 2:133

Staël Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine Necker, baronne de

Corinne ou l’Italie, 1:35
correspondence of, 5:454
on European affairs, 5:449–451
identified, 5:452–453n
letter from, 5:449–453

Stake, John

Revolutionary War service of, 4:623, 4:624n

Stake, John S.

identified, 4:624n
letter from, 4:623–624
seeks military appointment, 4:623

Stam, Jacob Frederick, 5:512–513

Stamford. See Stanford, Sir William

Stamp Act (1765)

resolutions opposing, 4:599–600

Stanard, John, 5:539

Standish, Myles, 5:512

Stanford, Sir William

Les Plees del Coron, 3:547

Stanhope, Charles, 3d Earl

fireproofing method of, 5:308–309n

Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The Economy of Human Life, 3:50n
quoted by B. Rush, 1:184

Stanley, Thomas

The History of Philosophy, 1:580

Stannard (TJ’s slave; b. 1809)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Staples, John

identified, 5:93–94n
letter to, 5:93–94
makes castings for TJ, 5:93, 5:94n

Staples Mill, 5:93n

Staps, Frederick, 2:7, 2:9n

star-jasmine (Jasminum officinale), 1:631–632

Starke, Mrs. (boardinghouse keeper in Richmond), 1:670

Starke, James

and 1810 census, 3:202

star madreporite, 2:299

Staszic, Stanislaw, 3:62n

State Department, U.S. See also Graham, John; Smith, Robert

and batture controversy, 2:427, 2:429, 2:435, 2:439, 2:440–446n, 2:449, 2:450–451n, 2:452, 2:516, 2:568, 3:482–488, 4:595, 5:84–85, 5:85–87n
books of, 3:638
“Chronological Series of Facts relative to Louisiana,” 3:281, 3:282–283, 3:292, 3:297, 3:327, 3:328n
clerks at, 2:142
forwards letters, 2:256, 2:536, 2:544, 3:424, 3:615, 3:627, 4:19, 4:99, 4:462, 4:668
letter of credence for W. Short, 1:328, 1:343–344, 1:359, 1:658, 1:659n
and Louisiana boundaries, 3:281, 3:282–283
and patents, 2:665n
receives books for TJ, 4:586
receives packet for TJ, 1:408

Statement of Facts in the Batture Case (Thomas Jefferson), 3:270–271, 3:290, 3:481–488, 3:489–499

statement on the batture case (Thomas Jefferson). See also The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi (Thomas Jefferson)

composition of, 2:657, 3:47–49, 3:498n, 4:xliii, 4:291n
copies of returned to TJ, 2:532, 2:675–677, 3:68–70, 3:70–73, 3:123–125, 3:130–135, 3:152–153, 3:290, 3:317, 4:466, 4:482, 4:492–493, 4:567–568
map for, 4:xliv
publication of encouraged, 3:326, 4:311, 4:393–394
sent to congressmen, 3:203–204, 3:254
sent to TJ’s attorneys, 2:545, 2:659–660, 3:42, 3:152–153, 3:201, 3:203
sent to TJ’s cabinet members, 2:568–569, 2:678–679, 3:30–32, 3:109–110, 3:147, 3:176n
TJ publishes, 4:367–368, 4:431, 4:477–478, 4:485, 4:520n, 4:521–522

Statical Essays: containing Vegetable Staticks (Hales), 2:82

stationery

letter paper, 1:332, 1:347, 1:384, 1:489
made from mulberry bark, 2:404n
of J. B. Moussier, 1:380 (illus.)
of A. F. Silvestre, 1:380 (illus.)

Statistique élémentaire de la France (Peuchet), 4:325, 4:326n, 5:436

The Statutes at Large (English, 1706), 3:547

The Statutes at Large (Hening)

publication of, 1:158–159n, 1:333–334, 1:489, 1:619–620, 3:169n, 5:254n, 5:278
TJ cites, 5:135, 5:137n, 5:253, 5:254n
TJ endorses, 2:30, 2:50

steamboats

and circular inclined plane, 1:646–649
list of N.Y., 4:199–200, 4:235

steam power, 1:648–649

Stedman, Ebenezer

identified, 2:352n
letter from, 2:352
sends opposition material to TJ, 2:352

Steele, John

forwards seeds to TJ, 2:506
identified, 2:506–507n
letter from, 2:506–507

Steevens, George

and edition of W. Shakespeare, 1:412n

Stelle, Pontius D.

caters dinner for workmen, 5:205, 5:207n, 5:239n

Stephani (Stepani). See Estienne, Henri

Stephen (TJ’s slave; b. 1794)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461

Stephen, James, 3:79

Stephensburg Academy (Frederick Co.)

request for donation to, 1:566–567, 2:147, 2:148n

Stephenson, Clotworthy

claim on U.S. by, 1:601, 1:649–650
identified, 1:601n
letter from, 1:601
letter to, 1:649–650

Stephenson, Samuel Martin

and fiorin grass, 3:339–340, 4:187, 4:364, 5:553, 5:553n
“The History of the Linen Manufacture,” 3:280n, 3:309
identified, 4:187–188n
letter from, 4:187–188

Steptoe, James

clerk of Bedford Co., 3:188, 3:374, 4:318n, 5:32, 5:32–33, 5:229, 5:361, 5:361n, 5:488n
identified, 2:6–7n
invited to dinner, 4:86
and Ivy Creek tract, 2:6, 5:34–35
letter from J. C. Steptoe to, 5:62–63
letters to, 2:6–7, 2:79–80, 5:342–343
TJ introduces T. M. Randolph to, 2:79–80
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:62–63, 5:63n, 5:342–343

Steptoe, James Callaway

identified, 5:63n
letter to J. Steptoe, 5:62–63
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:62–63, 5:63n

Steptoe, William

as doctor, 4:381

Sterne, Laurence

allusions to, 4:85
A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 4:85n

Stevens, Edward

Revolutionary War papers of, 4:468

Stevens, W.

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Stevenson, Mr., 1:79

Stevenson, Andrew

and meeting of Richmond citizens, 1:611n

Stevenson, Elizabeth Goodwin (George P. Stevenson’s wife)

plans visit to Monticello, 5:404

Stevenson, George Pitt

and gypsum for TJ, 2:205, 2:226
identified, 5:659n
letter from, 5:659
plans visit to Monticello, 5:404
sends publication to TJ, 5:659

Stevenson, Hetty Smith. See Carr, Hetty Smith Stevenson (Peter Carr’s wife)

Stewart, Alexander

identified, 5:38n
recommended by C. Price, 5:36–37
seeks consular appointment, 5:36–37, 5:81

Stewart, Dugald

criticizes D. Hartley, 3:277–278
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, 1:576

Stewart, John

described as a pedestrian, 4:689
letter from accounted for, 4:689

Stewart, William

blacksmith at Monticello, 1:419

Sthreshly, Robert B.

and W. Short’s land, 4:59–60, 4:61n, 4:675
visits Monticello, 4:675

Stith, Elizabeth, 1:68n

Stith, Judith Randolph, 3:433n

Stith, Mary

identified, 3:433n
letter from, 3:458
letter to, 3:432–433
and limestone survey, 3:432–433, 3:458
TJ’s childhood friend, 3:433, 3:458

Stith, Richard

as Campbell Co. surveyor, 5:49, 5:63, 5:87, 5:87n, 5:88, 5:88n, 5:162, 5:229, 5:229, 5:230–231, 5:231–234, 5:235–236n, 5:287–288, 5:340, 5:361, 5:361n
identified, 5:162n
and Ivy Creek tract, 1:670–671, 2:6, 2:97, 2:232, 2:322, 2:327, 4:308, 4:682, 5:32, 5:33, 5:33n, 5:34–35, 5:35n, 5:39–40, 5:40–41, 5:41n, 5:89, 5:89–90n, 5:90–91, 5:128–129, 5:161–162, 5:210, 5:287, 5:287–288
Receipt for John Wayles’s Land Purchase, 5:162–163
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:342–343

Stith, William

The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, 5:508–509
and limestone survey, 3:432, 3:433

Stith tract (Bedford Co.), 1:670–671

Stockdale, John

publisher of Notes on the State of Virginia, 1:588

stockings, 3:202

Stoddard, Amos

identified, 3:291n
letter to, 3:291–292
Sketches, Historical and Descriptive of Louisiana, 3:291–292, 5:683n

Stoddert. See Stoddard, Amos

Stoici Philosophi Encheiridion item (Epictetus), 1:576

Stone, William J.

and Fluvanna Co. land, 3:179, 3:211, 5:15–16, 5:97
identified, 3:179n
letters from, 3:179, 5:15–16
letters to, 3:211, 5:97

Storia Antica del Messico (Clavigero), 1:196, 1:198n

Storia della guerra dell’ Independenza degli Stati Uniti d’America (Botta), 2:161–162, 2:529, 2:536, 3:41, 3:98

Story, Joseph

and repeal of Embargo Act, 2:533, 2:534n, 2:537, 3:28
and Supreme Court appointment, 3:126, 3:166, 3:178
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:163

Stoughton, Thomas, Spanish consul at N.Y., 1:578, 1:604

Stout, Isaiah, 1:462, 1:572n

Stout, John

identified, 1:572n
letter from, 1:572
TJ loans books to, 1:572
witnesses conveyance, 1:462

stoves

stew, 1:122, 3:530
stone, 5:38, 5:38–39n, 5:109–110, 5:167–170, 5:588–590, 5:673–674, 5:674–675
Swedish, 1:122n, 3:609, 4:191–192, 4:215–216, 4:232–233, 4:560

Strahan, William, trans.

Les Lois civiles dans leur ordre naturel, 3:160, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:547

Strange, John

Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, 3:134, 3:135n, 3:152

The Stranger (Kotzebue; trans. Papendick), 3:633n

straw, 2:371, 3:65, 3:171

strawberries

Alpine, 2:481, 2:482n, 2:543, 3:353, 4:34, 4:561, 4:562
Chili (Fragaria chiloensis), 2:140, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498, 4:523
Hudson, 2:140, 3:439, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498, 4:523, 4:561, 5:382
P. Mazzei sends seeds, 3:377, 4:34
C. W. Peale cultivates, 4:139
at Poplar Forest, 5:31
white, 3:353

Strickland, William, 1:21n, 4:33

Strode, John

identified, 2:384n
letters from, 2:383–384
recommends J. McKinney, 2:383, 5:586
and Slate Mills, 3:184

Stuart, Archibald

and P. Derieux, 3:295, 3:481, 3:511, 3:576
identified, 2:93–94n
letter from accounted for, 4:157n
letters from, 2:93–94, 3:511, 4:194
letters to, 3:295, 3:481, 4:77–79, 4:156–157, 4:236–237
recommends J. Warrell, 2:93
sends butter to TJ, 4:194, 4:236
sends oat seed to TJ, 1:585, 2:93
and timothy seed for TJ, 4:77, 4:156, 4:236
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Stuart, Eleanor Briscoe (Archibald Stuart’s wife)

and butter for TJ, 4:236

Stuart, Gilbert

artistic career of, 4:xlvi
B. H. Latrobe’s opinion of, 3:625
portrait of J. Adams, 4:xlvi, 4:370 (illus.)

stucco, 1:195–196

sturgeon, 5:601–602, 5:604–605

Sturtevant, Earl

forwards inkstand to TJ, 5:38, 5:39n, 5:109, 5:111
identified, 5:39n
letter from, 5:38–39
letter to, 5:111

stylograph, 1:182n, 2:xlii, 2:380 (illus.)

subscriptions, for publications. See also books

atlases, 3:552, 3:578
Bibles, 2:321–322, 2:337, 2:349, 5:654–655n, 5:662
biographies, 5:372n, 5:492, 5:545
Declaration of Independence, 5:631–633, 5:643, 5:644n
dictionaries, 3:97–98, 3:137, 3:393
encyclopedias, 3:589, 3:609, 4:281, 4:336, 4:365, 4:371, 4:408, 4:409, 4:530–531, 4:557, 4:558–559
gardening, 2:131, 2:132n, 2:167
history, 3:50–51, 3:291–292
journals, 1:671–672, 1:673n, 3:51n, 3:599, 4:663, 4:685, 5:18, 5:19n, 5:100
manufacturing, 3:221–223, 3:238–239, 5:633, 5:661
medical, 1:597
newspapers, 1:48, 1:49, 1:50n, 1:85, 1:96, 1:107, 1:214, 1:303–304, 2:174, 2:175n, 2:670, 2:671n, 3:185, 3:227, 4:92, 4:127–128, 4:130–131, 4:177–178, 4:633
plays, 1:412
poetry, 1:112, 1:113n, 1:225–226, 1:504n, 2:309, 2:336, 2:369, 3:241, 3:243, 3:296
political science, 4:25, 4:56, 4:57n, 5:227n
religious, 3:431, 3:456–457
scientific, 5:466, 5:467n
unidentified, 5:146

subscriptions, non-publication

to equip volunteer troops, 5:344–345
to pay W. McClure’s debts, 4:169, 4:209, 4:618–619, 5:14–15, 5:17, 5:132, 5:161, 5:174–175, 5:298–299, 5:328–329, 5:574–575, 5:575, 5:587, 5:639–640, 5:671
to support business ventures, 5:107, 5:107–108n, 5:508n

Suburb Saint Mary. See Batture Sainte Marie, controversy over

Succordy (slave), 4:231n

succory (chicory; Cichorium intybus), 4:19, 4:33, 5:550–551

Suckey (TJ’s slave; b. 1771)

family of, 5:463n
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:386, 5:461

Suckey (TJ’s slave; b. 1796)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Sucky (E. Randolph’s slave), 4:231n

Sucky (TJ’s slave; b. 1806). See Gillette, Sucky (TJ’s slave)

Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus)

Opera Omnia Quae Extant, 1:580

Suffrein, Mr.

family of, 2:15

sugar

brown, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109, 4:209, 4:210, 4:211
cane, 2:556
European, 4:85
loaf, 1:31, 1:44, 1:222, 2:221, 4:210, 4:211
manufacture of, 3:522n
maple, 1:657
in medicine, 4:381
military use of, 5:552
muscovado, 1:31, 1:44
plantation, 2:136
at Poplar Forest, 5:33
refined, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109
smuggling of, 1:439
stored in Washington, 4:27

suicide

and G. Du Jareau, 2:375n
and I. Lewis and L. Lewis, 1:168n
and M. Lewis, 1:436n, 1:602–603, 1:606–608, 1:632, 1:668, 2:30, 2:35, 2:42, 2:44, 2:121, 2:191–192, 2:208, 2:209n
and J. Ogilvie, 3:632n
and E. Steadman, 2:352n

sulfur

medicinal uses of, 4:62, 4:102
military uses of, 2:257, 2:261n

sulla (Hedysarum coronarium; Italian sainfoin), 5:560

Sullivan, George

identified, 1:525n
letter from, 1:524–525
letter to, 1:591
recommends C. Artzt, 5:155
and spinning machine, 1:524–525, 1:591, 5:151

Sullivan, James

The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts, 3:125

Sullivan, John L., 1:524, 1:525

Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:501, 4:504

Sully, Thomas

identified, 4:356–357n
B. H. Latrobe praises, 3:625
letters from, 4:355–358, 4:398–400
letters to, 4:407, 4:459–460
portrait of B. Rush, 4:xlv–xlvi, 4:370 (illus.)
and Society of Artists of the United States, 4:355–358, 4:398–400, 4:407, 4:459–460, 4:644, 4:646n

“Sulphate of lime of Onondago, State of New-York” (Warden), 3:333n

sulphur. See sulfur

A Summary of the Principal Evidences for the Truth and Divine Origin of the Christian Revelation (Porteus), 3:590, 4:674, 5:98n

A Summary View of the Rights of British America (Thomas Jefferson), 1:486, 1:487n, 1:539, 1:569–570

Sumter (Sumpter), Thomas, 3:501

sun

altitude of, 3:448
annular eclipse of 1811 observed, 4:188, 4:195, 4:196–197n, 4:235, 4:237–239, 4:246, 4:263, 4:368, 4:369, 4:403, 4:407
and astronomical calculations, 1:489–498, 2:61, 3:361–367
and calculation of longitude, 4:247–266, 4:275–276, 4:368, 4:402–406, 4:407–408
grapes scorched by, 2:222, 2:293
TJ’s biblical allusion to, 3:579

sun brier, 1:56

sundials

and corncob capital base, 1:473, 1:475n
at Poplar Forest, 4:96–98

Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District, 1:415n

Supreme Court, U.S.

appointments to, 1:49n
and batture controversy, 2:441n, 2:454–455
establishment of, 4:302–303n
justices examine invention, 1:195–196
and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:291n
and J. Marshall, 4:302n
and prize cases, 2:376, 2:377n, 2:480
replacement for W. Cushing, 3:118, 3:124, 3:126–127, 3:151, 3:165–166, 3:178, 3:182, 3:246, 4:100
TJ on, 3:124, 3:165, 3:182

surveying

and artificial horizon, 3:448, 4:167, 4:369
and Bear Creek lands, 4:279–280
and J. C. Borda’s circle, 4:369, 4:370n
and chain, 4:341
compass for, 2:152, 4:341
and A. Ellicott, 5:100–101
and Henderson land, 5:421
occupation of, 1:215, 1:216, 2:344
and Poplar Forest curtilage, 5:482, 5:489
and protractor, 4:341
TJ provides training in, 1:181–182, 1:215n, 1:650
of Washington, 5:101n

Susquehanna Canal

lottery, 4:391

Susquehanna River

acts to improve navigation on, 4:161n
grapes grown along, 2:223
mammoth bones found in, 2:507

Suter, Mrs.

Washington boardinghouse of, 3:539–540

Suttle, William

witnesses warrant, 5:280

Süverman, John Christoph

identified, 2:364–365n
letters from, 2:364–365, 2:672–673
letter to, 3:110
and J. Pernier, 2:364, 2:672–673, 3:49, 3:110

Suwarow (ship), 2:475

Swan Tavern (Richmond)

TJ lodges at, 1:591, 1:614n, 1:615

Swanwick, John

bankruptcy of, 1:129, 1:131n, 5:433

Swartwout, Samuel

and allegations against J. Wilkinson, 3:324
and Niagara Campaign, 5:539–540

Sweden

election of king in, 3:105, 3:106n
government of, 3:8, 3:12, 3:16, 3:468
relations with Great Britain, 2:275
relations with U.S., 5:685
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504, 4:507n

Swedenborg, Emanuel

and New Jerusalem Church, 5:595, 5:596n

Swedish iron, 5:133

Swedish turnip. See rutabaga (Brassica napus napobrassica; Swedish turnip)

sweet acacia (Acacia farnesiana), 1:555, 1:631–632, 2:301, 2:302

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

sweet-scented currants (Ribes odoratum), 5:323–324, 5:382

sweet-scented four-o’clock (Mirabilis longiflora; sweet-scented marvel-of-Peru), 5:358

Swift, Jonathan

TJ quotes, 5:682, 5:683n

Swift, Joseph Gardner

and Niagara Campaign, 5:537

Swift, Zephaniah

The laws of the United States of America, 2:521

Swink, George

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 5:378–380

Switzerland

democracy in, 3:8, 3:12, 3:15
financial system of, 2:584
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:504

Sylva, or a Discourse on Forest-Trees (Evelyn), 2:82

Syme & Pearson (Hanover, Va. firm), 2:433

Symphoricarpos albus (snowberry), 4:524, 4:525n, 5:382

Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum (Persoon), 3:167, 3:181, 3:596, 4:146

syphilis

treatments for, 5:669

Syren (sloop)

carries dispatches, 1:183, 1:452
quarantined in France, 1:373, 1:374, 1:376

Syria

Napoleon fails to conquer, 2:274, 2:277n

syrup

of punch, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109, 2:154
of vinegar, 1:161, 1:188–189, 1:190, 1:222, 1:257

Systema Naturæ (Linnaeus), 4:536, 4:667

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

A System of Notation: Representing the Sounds of Alphabetical Characters (Pelham), 1:216–217

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