The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 9

J. Jefferson Looney is editor of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, which is sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia. He was formerly the editor and project director of the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, and is the author or editor of several works on the history of Princeton University.

Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xxxix Illustrations xliii Jefferson Chronology 2 1 8 1 5 Deposition of James Lewis in Jefferson v. Michie, 1 September 3 From Joseph Miller, 1 September 3 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 1 September 4 From Edward Bancroft, 5 September 6 From Albert Gallatin, 6 September 8 From Alden Partridge, enclosing Table of Altitudes of Northern Mountains, 6 September 9 From A. Baudon, [by 8 September] 12 From Lafayette, 8 September 13 From George W. Campbell, 9 September 14 From James Maury, 9 September 16 Jefferson's Travel receipts 18* I. Guerrant & Staples's Bill for Food, [12 September] 19 * II. Henry Flood's Bill for Food and Lodging, [13 September] 19 * III. Robert Hunter's Bill for Food, [13 September] 20 * IV. Charles Hoyle's Bill for Food, [13 September] 20 * V. Bill for Food at a Tavern in Liberty, Virginia, [17 September] 21 * VI. Robert Douthat's Bill for Food and Lodging, 21 September 21 From Samuel K. Jennings, 13 September 22 To William Steptoe, 13 September 26 To Christopher Clark, 14 September 26 To Mary Blair Andrews, 15 September 27 From Joseph Coppinger, 15 September 29 Deposition Regarding Randolph Jefferson's Estate, 15 September 30 From Christopher Clark, 17 September 33 To Thaddeus Norris, 17 September 34 Notes on Distances between Poplar Forest and Natural Bridge, [ca. 17-21 September] 35 Calculations of Latitudes of the Sharp Peak of Otter and Natural Bridge, 18 September-10 November 36 From Patrick Gibson, 21 September 37 To Jose Correa da Serra, 22 September 37 To John Milledge, 22 September 38 To John Rhea, 22 September 39 Account with William Steptoe, 22 September 40 From Mathew Carey, 23 September 40 To John Holmes, 23 September 41 From John Jefferson, 23 September 42 To Samuel K. Jennings, 23 September 43 From James Monroe, 23 September 44 From Henry Dearborn, 26 September 46 From Charles Yancey, 26 September 47 From John Glendy, 28 September 48 To Randolph Harrison, 28 September 49 From Nicolas G. Dufief, 29 September 50 To Patrick Gibson, 29 September 50 To Archibald Robertson, 29 September 51 From James Penn (for Archibald Robertson), 29 September 52 Deposition of Elizabeth Henderson in Jefferson v. Michie, 30 September 52 From James Mease, 1 October 54 From Thomas Addis Emmet, 2 October 55 From Richard S. Hackley, 3 October 57 Promissory Note from Joel Yancey to Charles Clay on Behalf of Thomas Jefferson, 3 October 58 From Mathew Carey, 4 October 58 To Joseph Milligan, 5 October 59 Book List, [after 6 October] 60 From Peter Stephen Chazotte, 6 October 61 To Patrick Gibson, 6 October 62 Notes on a Conversation with Henry Dearborn, 7 October 62 To Henry Dearborn, 7 October 63 From Christopher Greenup, 9 October 63 From Caspar Wistar, 9 October 64 From Lafayette, 10 October 67 To George Watterston, 10 October 69 Observations at Monticello Related to Calculation of Latitude, 11 October-31 January 1816 70 To Alden Partridge, 12 October 71 To Spencer Roane, 12 October 72 To Mathew Carey, 13 October 74 To Tristram Dalton, 13 October 75 To Robert Patterson, 13 October 76 To Henry Sheaff, 13 October 77 To Benjamin Waterhouse, 13 October 78 From George Watterston, 13 October, enclosing Notes on Etienne Bezout's Cours de Mathematiques, [before April] 79 From George Ticknor, 14 October 82 To George W. Campbell, 15 October 88 To Peter Stephen Chazotte, 15 October 90 To George Logan, 15 October 90 To James Mease, 15 October 91 To Charles Yancey, 15 October 92 From Mary Blair Andrews, 16 October 93 To Albert Gallatin, 16 October 94 From John Manesca and Victor Value, 16 October 97 From J. Sheaff (for Henry sheaff), 16 October 98 To Patrick Gibson, 17 October 99 From David M. Randolph, 17 October 100 From John Martin Baker, 18 October 102 From Arsene Lacarriere Latour, 18 October 103 From noah Worcester, 18 October 104 Account with William Ballard, [ca. 20 October] 105 To Patrick Gibson, 20 October 106 To Thomas Ritchie, 20 October 106 From Richard Rush, 20 October 107 To George Watterston, 20 October 107 To Louis H. Girardin, 21 October 108 From George Logan, 21 October 109 To Martin Dawson, 22 October, with Jesse Abell's receipt, 23 October 111 To John Glendy, 22 October 112 From Philip Mazzei, [22] October 112 From Spencer Roane, 22 October 120 To Caspar Wistar, 22 October 121 To John Bracken, 23 October 122 To Robert Saunders, 23 October 123 From Patrick Gibson, 24 October 124 To Charles Massie, 24 [October] 124 From John Minor, 24 October 125 From Robert Patterson, 24 October 125 From Thomas Appleton, 25 October 126 To Arsene Lacarriere Latour, 26 October 128 To John Manesca and Victor Value, 26 October 129 To Richard Rush, 26 October 129 To Henry Sheaff, 26 October 130 To Joseph Milligan, 27 October 130 To John Bankhead, 28 October 131 To Patrick Gibson, 28 October 133 From John Guillemard, 28 October 134 From Robert Saunders, 29 October 136 From William Bentley, 30 October 137 From George Fleming, enclosing Drawing and Description of a Steam Engine, 30 October 138 From Sir John Sinclair, 1 November 143 To Christopher Clark, 2 November 144 From Christopher Clark, 2 November 145 From the Citizens of Lynchburg, 4 November 145 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 4 November 147 To Christopher Clark, 5 November 148 From Christopher Clark, 5 November 148 From Claude Alexandre Ruelle, enclosing Claude Alexandre Ruelle to James Madison, 5 November 149 From Edmund Bacon, 8 November 151 From Henry Jackson, 9 November 152 Jefferson's Calculations of Altitude of the Peaks of Otter 153 * I. Labeled Diagrams Related to Calculations of Altitude of the Peaks of Otter, [before 10 November] 154 * II. Field notes and Calculations of Altitude of the Peaks of Otter, [10-ca. 17 November] 156 * III. Summary Comments on the Peaks of Otter, [before 2 December] 173 From John Adams, 13 November 174 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 14 November, enclosing Resolution by the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 30 October 177 From James Madison, [15 November] 180 From John Barnes, 18 November, enclosing Baring Brothers & Company to John Barnes, 14 September 181 To Charles Clay, 18 November 183 From Horatio G. Spafford, 18 November 183 From John Rhea, 20 November 184 From John Vaughan, 21 November 186 From William R. Gray, 22 November 187 From Alden Partridge, 23 November, enclosing Observations on the Use of Barometers to Compute Altitudes, 20 August 1811, and Table of Altitudes of the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains, [by 5 November 1810] 187 From Horatio G. Spafford, 23 November 194 From Robert Patterson, 24 November 194 From George Ticknor, 25 November 195 From Jean David, 26 November 197 From Albert Gallatin, 27 November 201 From Robert Patterson, 28 November 204 From Carlo Botta, 29 November 207 From Stephen Cathalan, 29 November 209 From Alexander Murray, 29 November 212 From Lady Virginia Murray, [before 29 November] 213 Conveyance of Sally Goodman to Jeremiah A. Goodman, 30 November 215 From Thomas Leiper, 30 November 216 From Dabney Carr, 1 December 219 From Robert Patterson, 2 December, enclosing Ferdinand R. Hassler's List of Scientific Instruments Procured for the United States Coast Survey, November 220 From Henry Dearborn, 3 December 226 Trigonometry Exercise, 4 December 227 From Charles Clay, 5 December 229 From Philip I. Barziza, 6 December 230 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, enclosing Victor du Pont's Notes on Samuel F. Du Pont, 7 December 231 From George Watterston, 7 December 237 To William Steptoe, 8 December 238 From Alden Partridge, enclosing Summary of Meteorological Observations, 9 December 238 Calculations of Latitude of Poplar Forest, 6 August-10 December 245 From Benjamin Austin, 11 December 247 From John Wayles Eppes, 11 December 250 From Peter Derieux, 12 December 251 To Patrick Gibson, 12 December 254 To Archibald Robertson, 12 December 254 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 14 December 255 Petition of Joseph Miller to the Virginia General Assembly, [presented 15 December] 258 To Fanny Brand, 16 December 262 From Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, 16 December 262 To John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 16 December 263 From Amos J. Cook, 18 December 264 To Charles Massie, 18 December 267 From Andre Thouin, 18 December 267 From James Gibbon, 19 December 269 From Charles Massie, 19 December 269 From Joseph Delaplaine, 20 December 270 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 20 December 270 From James Gibbon, 22 December 272 From Patrick Gibson, 22 December 272 To James Madison, 22 December 273 To Joseph Milligan, 22 December 274 To Robert Patterson, 22 December 275 To Horatio G. Spafford, 22 December 276 To John Vaughan, 22 December 276 To Jerman Baker, 23 December 277 To Joseph C. Cabell, 23 December 279 From Charles Willson Peale, 23 December 280 To Philip I. Barziza, 24 December, enclosing Abstract of Marriage Settlement of John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, [after 10 May 1769], and Sir William Jones's Notes on Marriage Settlement of John Paradise and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, [after 10 May 1769] 282 To James Gibbon, 24 December 286 From Charles Yancey, 24 December 286 To Jean David, 25 December 287 To Louis H. Girardin, 25 December 288 To David Higginbotham, 25 December 289 To Robert Saunders, 25 December, enclosing Power of Attorney From Giovanni Battista Fancelli to Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 1814, and Transfer of Power of Attorney for Giovanni Battista Fancelli from Thomas Jefferson to Robert Saunders, 25 December 290 From Horatio G. Spafford, 25 December 297 From Charles Yancey, 27 December 298 To William Bentley, 28 December 299 From Lafayette, 28 December 300 From Martin Dawson, 29 December 301 To George Fleming, 29 December 302 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 31 December 304 From Hosea Humphrey, 31 December 307 1 8 1 6 To Jose Correa da Serra, 1 January 308 From Jean David, 1 January 311 To Patrick Gibson, 2 January 312 To Alden Partridge, 2 January 313 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 January 317 To George Watterston, 3 January 318 From James Gibbon, 5 January 318 From William Short, 5 January 319 From Philip I. Barziza, 6 January 322 From Stephen Cathalan, 6 January 323 To James Gibbon, 6 January 324 From John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 6 January 324 From Madame de Stael Holstein, 6 January 326 To Charles Yancey, 6 January 328 From Jerman Baker, 7 January 331 From Nathaniel Macon, 7 January 332 From David Gelston, 8 January 333 To Benjamin Austin, 9 January 333 From John Bradbury, 9 January 337 From Horatio G. Spafford, 9 January 339 To Charles Thomson, 9 January 340 From Carlo Botta, 10 January 343 To Horatio G. Spafford, 10 January 343 To John Adams, 11 January 345 To John Adlum, 13 January 348 To Jean David, 13 January 348 To Thomas Appleton, 14 January 349 From Joseph Delaplaine, 14 January 351 To George Ticknor, 14 January 353 From Joseph Fox, [ca. 15] January 355 From Joshua Norvell, 15 January 356 To William Short, 15 January 357 To Elisha Ticknor, 15 January 359 To John Vaughan, 15 January 359 From Joseph C. Cabell, 16 January 360 To Henry Jackson, 16 January 362 To James Monroe, 16 January 362 From Philip Doddridge, [17] January 363 From Thomas W. Maury, 17 January 365 From Charles Yancey, 17 January 366 From John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 18 January 366 From John Barnes, 19 January 367 To Dabney Carr, 19 January 367 To David Gelston, 20 January 369 To Patrick Gibson, 20 January 370 To Bernard Peyton, 20 January 371 To Peter Wilson, 20 January 372 To Amos J. Cook, 21 January 374 From Lafayette, 21 January 376 Jefferson's Essay on New England Religious Intolerance 378* I. To Thomas Ritchie, 21 January 378 * II. Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (Draft),[ca. 10 January] 380 * III. Essay on New England Religious Intolerance (As Published), [27 January] 381 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 22 January 383 To Nathaniel Macon, 22 January 384 From James Monroe, [22] January, enclosing Winfield Scott to James Monroe, 18 November 1815 388 To Philip I. Barziza, 23 January 394 From Joseph C. Cabell, 23 January 394 To Joseph C. Cabell, 24 January 396 From Joseph C. Cabell, 24 January 398 To Peter Derieux, 24 January 399 From Thomas W. Maury, 24 January 400 To John F. Oliveira Fernandes, 24 January 401 From Philip Thornton, 24 January 402 From Benjamin Austin, 25 January 403 From Elisha Ticknor, 26 January 403 To Sarah Bowdoin Dearborn, 27 January 404 From Joseph Delaplaine, 27 January 405 To Philip Doddridge, 27 January 405 To Patrick Gibson, 27 January 406 To Thomas W. Maury, 27 January 406 From Dabney Carr, 29 January 407 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 29 January 408 From George Watterston, 29 January 409 To Noah Worcester, 29 January 410 To Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 30 January 412 To Albert Gallatin, 30 January 413 From Gilbert J. Hunt, 30 January 414 Observations for Calculating the Latitude of Monticello, 30 January-4 February 415 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 30 January 415 To Thomas Appleton, 31 January 416 To Joseph C. Cabell, 31 January 416 To Henry Jackson, 31 January 417 From Bernard Peyton, 31 January 418 To Marc Auguste Pictet, 31 January 419 To George Ticknor, 31 January 420 To Stephen Cathalan, 1 February 420 From Jean David, enclosing Petition and Memorial to Congress on American Viticulture, 1 February 422 To Henry Jackson, 1 February 429 From Jeremiah Platt, 1 February 429 Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 430 To David Bailie Warden, 1 February 431 From John Adams, with Postscript by Abigail Adams, 2 February 431 To Joseph C. Cabell, 2 February 435 From John B. Smyth (for William Duane), enclosing Account with William Duane, 2 February 439 To Thomas W. Maury, 3 February 439 From Destutt de Tracy, 4 February 441 To Christopher Greenup, 4 February 443 To James Monroe, 4 February 444 From John F. Watson, 5 February 447 To Joseph Fox, 6 February 447 To John Barnes, 7 February 448 To Patrick Gibson, 7 February 449 To William Marshall, 7 February 449 To Philip Thornton, 7 February 450 From Peter Derieux, 8 February 451 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 8 February 453 To Henry Jackson, 8 February 454 To George Ticknor, 8 February 454 From Elizabeth Trist, 8 February 456 To Benjamin Austin, 9 February 457 From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 9 February 458 To Joseph Delaplaine, 9 February 459 To Elisha Ticknor, 9 February 460 From Joseph Delaplaine, 10 February 460 From George Fleming, 10 February 461 To Joseph Milligan, 11 February 463 From John Barnes, 12 February, enclosing Tadeusz Kosciuszko to John Barnes, 26 November 1815 465 From Jose Correa da Serra, 12 February 466 From George P. Stevenson, 12 February 469 From Joseph C. Cabell, 14 February 469 From Stephen Cathalan, 15 February, enclosing Amant Spreafico to Stephen Cathalan, 9 January 470 Notes on Wine Consumption, 15 February-21 July 474 From Isaac Briggs, 16 February 474 From Alexander J. Dallas, 16 February 477 From Francis W. Gilmer, 16 February 478 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 16 February 480 From Dabney C. Terrell, 16 February 481 Notes for a Settlement with William D. Fitch, 17 February 482 From Lafayette, 17 February, enclosing Destutt de Tracy to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 30 January 484 To Joseph Miller, 17 February 487 To James Monroe, 17 February 487 To Isaac A. Coles, 18 February 488 To James L. Jefferson, 18 February 488 From James L. Jefferson, 18 February 489 From Robert Saunders, enclosing Charles Bellini Estate Account, 20 February 490 From David Bailie Warden, 20 February 492 To Joel Yancey, 20 February 493 Auditor's Report on the Purchase of Thomas Jefferson's Library, 21 February 494 From Joseph C. Cabell, 21 February 495 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 21 February 498 From John G. Robert (for Patrick Gibson), 22 February 499 From John Barnes, 23 February 500 Isaac A. Coles's Account of a Conversation with Thomas Jefferson, [before 23 February] 500 From Robert Ould, 23 February 502 From Garrit Storm, 23 February 503 From Joel Yancey, 24 February 505 From Joseph C. Cabell, 26 February 506 To Alexander J. Dallas, 26 February 507 To Alexander J. Dallas, 26 February 511 To Alexander J. Dallas, 26 February 512 From John Vaughan, 26 February 514 From John Adlum, 27 February 514 To Isaac Briggs, 27 February 515 From James Monroe, 27 February 516 To Joseph C. Cabell, 28 February 517 To Francis W. Gilmer, 28 February 518 To David Higginbotham, 28 February 519 To James Monroe, 28 February 519 To William Short, 28 February 519 To John Bradbury, 29 February 521 To William H. Crawford, 29 February 521 To Gilbert J. Hunt, 29 February 522 From Joseph Miller, 29 February 523 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 29 February 523 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 29 February 524 To James Oram, 29 February 525 To John F. Watson, 29 February 525 From Josiah Meigs, 1 March 526 From John Adams, 2 March 526 To Robert Ould, 2 March 529 To Robert Saunders, 2 March 530 To Garrit Storm, 2 March 531 To George Watterston, 2 March 531 From James Barbour, 4 March 532 To James Barbour, 5 March 532 From Anonymous, [ca. 6 March] 535 From Joseph Milligan, 6 March 537 To Richard Peters, 6 March 538 From Mary B. Briggs, 7 March 540 To Patrick Gibson, 8 March 541 From Christopher Hudson, 8 March 542 To Bernard Peyton, 8 March 542 To Thomas Ritchie, 8 March 543 Receipt from John F. Watson, 8 March 544 From George Watterston, 8 March 544 From Isaac A. Coles, 9 March 544 From John Tayloe Lomax, 11 March 545 From Thomas M. Randolph & Company, enclosing Account of Flour Shipped by Thomas M. Randolph & Company, 12 March 546 "A" (Thomas Jefferson) to the Washington Daily National Intelligencer, 13 March 548 From Patrick Gibson, 13 March 552 From John Vaughan, 13 March 552 To John Barnes, 14 March 553 To Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge), 14 March 553 From William F. Gray, 14 March 555 From William Annesley, [received 15 March] 555 From George Ticknor, 15 March 559 To Joel Yancey, 15 March 562 From James Barbour, 16 March 563 From Benjamin J. Campbell, 16 March 564 Account with James Leitch, 16 March 565 From John Wood, 16 March 566 From Frank Carr, [received 18 March] 567 To Patrick Gibson, 18 March 567 From Patrick Gibson, 18 March 568 From Stephen Cathalan, 19 March, enclosing Amant Spreafico to Stephen Cathalan, 23 February, and Stephen Cathalan to James Madison, 25 September 1814 569 From Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge), 19 March 578 From Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 19 March, enclosing Account with N. & J. & R. van Staphorst, 31 December 1815 579 From Bernard Peyton, 19 March 581 From Thomas Appleton, 20 March 583 From Christopher Clark, 20 March 583 From Gideon Fitz, 20 March 584 From John Barnes, 21 March 587 Account with George Cabell, [ca. 21 March] 588 From Emmor Kimber, 22 March 589 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 22 March 590 From William Thornton, 22 March 592 To Patrick Gibson, 24 March 593 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 24 March 595 From Joseph Fox, 25 March 597 Account with James Leitch, 25 March 597 From Richard Peters, 25 March 598 To William Annesley, 26 March 601 To Benjamin J. Campbell, 26 March 601 To John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 26 March 602 From Bernard Peyton, 27 March 602 From Thomas Ritchie, 27 March 603 To Archibald Robertson, 28 March 604 From Jose Correa da Serra, 29 March 605 From Isaac Briggs, 30 March 606 To John Wayles Eppes, 30 [March] 607 From Levin Gale, 30 March 609 From Susan Maria Bruff, 31 March 610 From Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, enclosing Notes on the Encouragement of American Manufactures, 31 March 611 From Albert Gallatin, 1 April 620 To John Wood, 1 April 621 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 2 April 623 Notes on Popular Election of Juries, [ca. 2 April] 629 From Archibald Robertson, 3 April 630 Title and Prospectus for Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, [ca. 6 April] 630 Note for Destutt de Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, [ca. 6 April] 633 From William McIlhenney, 6 April 635 To Joseph Milligan, 6 April 638 To Thomas Ritchie, 6 April 640 From Jesse Torrey, 6 April 641 From John Wood, 6 April 642 From Giovanni Carmignani, 7 April 644 To Nicolas G. Dufief, 7 April 645 To Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 7 April 646 To John Tayloe Lomax, 7 April 647 To Josiah Meigs, 7 April 647 To William short, 7 April 648 To John Vaughan, 7 April 649 To John Adams, 8 April 649 From William Wingate, 8 April 653 From Francois Gard, 9 April 654 From James Leitch, 9 April 656 From Louis Philippe Gallot de Lormerie, 9 April 656 To James Monroe, 9 April 658 From John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 9 April, enclosing Joseph de Monteverde to John f. Oliveira Fernandes, 2 December 1815 659 To William Short, 9 April, enclosing William Woods's Survey of Land in Dispute between James Monroe and William Short, 21 February 661 From Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 10 April 662 To Albert Gallatin, 11 April 663 Promissory Note to John Neilson, 11 April 665 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 11 April 665 From John f. Dumoulin, 12 April 665 From Charles P. De Lasteyrie, 14 April 667 From Thomas Appleton, 15 April, enclosing Will of Philip Mazzei, 3 December 1814 669 From Lafayette, 16 April 679 From Leroy, Bayard & Mcevers, 16 April 679 To Isaac Briggs, 17 April 680 To Mary B. Briggs, 17 April 682 To Susan Maria Bruff, 17 April 682 To James Monroe, 17 April 683 From James L. Jefferson, 19 April 683 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 April 684 From William Short, 23 April 693 From George Ticknor, 23 April 696 To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de nemours, 24 April 699 To Charles Clay, 25 April 702 To Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 25 April 703 To Jose Correa da Serra, 26 April 704 From Eusebio Valli, 26 April 707 From James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson), with Thomas Jefferson's Notes, 27 April 708 From George Logan, 27 April 708 From James Monroe, 28 April 710 To Elizabeth Trist, 28 April 710 To John Wayles Eppes, 30 April 712 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, April 714 List of Slave Vaccinations, April-May 717 Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 719 Index 721