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Table of Contents of
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
Volume 20

edited by
Julian P. Boyd

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CONTENTS

April 1791 to August 1791

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z
ILLUSTRATIONS


A

Academy of Sciences, report to, on unit of 
  measure, 354
Adams, Abigail, letter from, to Martha 
  Washington, 278 (note)
Adams, John, letter from, 305; letters to, 
  117 (note), 302, 310
American Consul at London, Editorial Note, 
  482-504; documents concerning, 504-22; 
  William Green to the Secretary of State, 
  504, 519; Joshua Johnson to the Secretary 
  of State, with enclosures, 505
Anmours, Charles Francois d', letter from, 325
Appleton, Thomas, letter from, 161 (note)
Arnoux and Chalut, Abbes, letter from, 423
Auldjo, Thomas, dispatch from, 607; circular 
  letter to, 404 (note)


B

Bache, Benjamin Franklin, letter to, 246
Barclay, Thomas, letter from, 239; official 
  instructions for, 397; confidential
  instructions for, 400
Barrett, Nathaniel, letter from, 701; circular 
  letter to, 402 (note)
Barton, Benjamin S., and others, letter to, 395
Batavia, declaration to Governor General and 
  Council of, by Samuel Shaw, 631 (note); letter 
  to Shabander of, from Samuel Shaw, 631 (note)
Beckwith, George, memorandum of conversation 
  with Henry Knox, 135 (note); and with James 
  Madison, 147
Bell, Thomas, letter to, 758
Blackden, Samuel, letter from, 430
Blount, William, letter from, 639; report 
  from, 681
Bolling, Mary Jefferson, letter from, 156
Bourne, Sylvanus, dispatch from, 588; letter from, 
  324; circular letter to, 403 (note); letter from, 
  to Henry Remsen, Jr., 627
Brown, James, report from, by Robert Coventry, 
  573 (note)
Brown, William, letter to, 98
Bruce, Peter, letter to, 151
Bruce, Robert, letter to, 151
Brush, Ebenezer, circular letter to, 402 (note)
Bulkeley, John, & Son, letter to, 622
Burwell, Nathaniel, letter to, 710


C

Carey, John, letter from, 596
Carmichael, William, letters to, 203, 417, 563; 
  letter to, with enclosures on case of cutter 
  Dover, 203 (note)
Carnes, Burrill, letter to, 600
Carr, Peter, letter from, 330; letter to, 378
Carrington, Edward, letter from, 99
Carroll, Charles, letter from, 174; letters to, 
  100, 214
Carroll, Daniel, letters from, 84, 593, 701; 
  letters from, to James Madison, 20 (note), 84
Carter, Charles, letters from, 473, 639; letters 
  to, 613, 705
Cathalan, Stephen, Jr., dispatch from, 600; letters 
  from, 476, 547; circular letter to, 403 (note); 
  abstract of letter to, from Richard O'Bryen, 
  601 (note)
Causin, letter from, 352
Ceracchi, Giuseppe, letter from, 702
Chalut and Arnoux, Abbes, letter from, 423
Channing, William, letter from, 681
Chantrot, letter from, 663
Chester, John, letter from, 215
Chiappe, Francisco, letter to, 400
Chipman, Nathaniel, letter to, 627
Church, Edward, letter from, 681; circular 
  letter to, 402 (note)
Clark, George Rogers, letter from, 583
Commissioners of Federal District, letters 
  from, to Washington, 11 (note), 33 (note), 
  52 (note); letter from, to L'Enfant, 17 (note)
Condorcet, letter from, 353
Consuls and vice-consuls, circular to, 401
Coventry, Robert, report from, for James Brown, 
  573 (note)
Coxe, Tench, letters from, 215, 232, 234, 244, 
  563, 589, 591, 623, 646, 647; letters to, 234, 
  244; remarks by, on laying out the federal city, 
  10 (note); plan for a manufacturing establishment, 
  216 (note); Editorial Note and documents concerning 
  seeking office as Comptroller of the Treasury, 
  219-32; letter from, to President, 234; letter from, 
  enclosing remarks on consular return, 246; petition 
  by, for William Pearce, 320 (note)
Currie, James, letters from, 161, 211, 675; letters 
  to, 331, 411, 613
Cutting, Nathaniel, letters from, 240, 702


D

Danican (Philidor), Francois Andre, letter from, 371
Davis, Augustine, letter to, 664; letter from, 
  enclosing proposal for establishing cross posts in 
  Virginia, 711
Deakins, William, Jr., letter from, to Washington, 
  7 (note); letters to, from Washington, 13 (note), 
  73, 78, 79
Delamotte, Picquet. See Picquet de La Motte.
Demarais, Barbier, letter from, 377
Derieux, J. P. P., letter from, 253; letter to, 379
Digges, Thomas, letter from, 313; description by, of 
  inventions by William Pearce, 315 (note)
Dobson, John, letters to, 597, 666
Donald, Alexander, letter from, 601; letter to, 404
Dover, case of cutter, 205-08 (notes)
Drayton, William, letter to, 332
Dumas, C. W. F., dispatches from, 168, 478, 560, 619, 
  712; circular letter to, 404 (note)


E

Edwards, Jonathan, letters from, 598, 599 (note); 
  letter to, 628
Edwards, Pierpont, letter from, 326; letter to, 388
Eppes, Elizabeth Wayles, letter from, 157; 
  letter to, 413
Eppes, Francis, letters from, 151, 313; 
  letter to, 412
Ewell, Maxcey, letter to, 380


F

Federal city, agreement of landowners of, 85 (note). 
  See also Fixing the seat of government, Editorial 
  Note.
Federal District Commissioners. See Commissioners of 
  Federal District.
Fenwick, Joseph, letters from, 262, 632; 
  circular letter to, 403 (note)
Fixing the seat of government, Editorial 
  Note, 3-72; documents concerning, 73-88; 
  William Deakins, Jr., to Washington, 7 
  (note); Alexander Contee Hanson to 
  Washington, 9 (note); Tench Coxe's remarks 
  on laying out the federal city, 10 (note); 
  Commissioners to Washington, 11 (note); 
  Washington to William Deakins, Jr., and 
  Benjamin Stoddert, 13 (note), 73, 78, 79;
  Commissioners to L'Enfant, 17 (note); Daniel 
  Carroll to James Madison, 20 (note), 84; 
  Jonathan Williams to Henry Knox, 21 (note); 
  L'Enfant to Washington, 26 (note); Jefferson 
  to Washington, 74, 87; L'Enfant to Jefferson, 
  76, 81, 83; Washington to Jefferson, 78, 79, 
  81; Jefferson to L'Enfant, 80, 86; Daniel 
  Carroll to Jefferson, 84; agreement of 
  landowners, 85 (note)
France, the debt to, Editorial Note, 175-97; 
  documents concerning, 198-203; Montmorin to 
  Louis Guillaume Otto, 190 (note); Jefferson 
  to Hamilton, 198; Louis Guillaume Otto to 
  Jefferson, 198; Hamilton to Jefferson, 199,
  200; Jefferson to Louis Guillaume Otto, 203
Franchi, Peter de, letter from, to Robert 
  Morris, 628
Franklin, William Temple, letter from, 158
Freneau, Philip, founding of National Gazette 
  by, Editorial Note, 718-53; documents 
  concerning, 754-59; Freneau to Jefferson, 754, 
  757; prospectus for National Gazette, 754; 
  appointment of Freneau as clerk, 756; Gabriel 
  Henno to Jefferson, 756; Jefferson to Gabriel 
  Henno, 757; Jefferson to Freneau, 758; 
  Jefferson to Thomas Bell, 758; resignation of 
  Freneau as clerk, 759
Froulle, Jean Francois, letter from, 647


G

Gilmor, Robert, & Company, letter from, 333 
  (note); letter to, 333
Godin, P. N., letter from, to Robert Morris, 581
Gore, Christopher, letter from, 565 (note); 
  letter to, 564
Gorham, Nathaniel, letter to, 100 (note); letter 
  to, and Oliver Phelps, from Robert Morris, 
  126 (note)
Grand, Ferdinand, extract of letter from, 
  256 (note)
Green, William, letters from, 504, 519; estimate 
  of damages sustained, due to detention of 
  Rachel, 522 (note)
Griffin, John Tayloe, letter from, 162 (note)
Guide, Pierre, letters from, 322, 372, 685; 
  letters to, 333, 418


H

Hall, John, letter to, from Thomas Paine, 
  309 (note)
Hamilton, Alexander, letters from, 199, 200, 213, 
  377, 546; letter to, 198; extract of letter to, 
  from Rufus King, 146; letter to, from William 
  Short, 173 (note); letter from, to William Short, 
  174 (note)
Hanson, Alexander Contee, letter from, to 
  Washington, 9 (note)
Hanson, Richard, letter from, 326; letter to, 153
Harison, Richard, letter to, 88
Harrison, Benjamin, Jr., letter from, 523
Harvie, John, Jr., letter to, 162
Hawkins, Benjamin, letter from, 360; letter to, 89
Hay, William, letter to, 418
Henno, Gabriel, letter from, 756; letter to, 757
Hessian fly, TJ's notes on, 456, 461 (note)
Hopkins, Samuel, letter from, 580
Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 168, 327, 361,
  421, 474, 538, 556, 592, 604, 620, 656, 677; 
  letter from, 539; letters to, 209, 210, 345, 406, 
  565, 624, 677; letter from, to Washington, 362 
  (note); presentation speech to Queen of Portugal, 
  421 (note)
Hylton, Daniel L., letters from, 214, 478; 
  letters to, 154, 414, 614


I

Indian affairs, unofficial diplomacy on, 
  Editorial Note, 104-41; documents
  concerning, 141-51; William Stephens Smith 
  to President, 115 (note); Secretary of State 
  to John Adams, 117 (note); Robert Morris to 
  Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, 126 
  (note); memorandum of conversation between
  Henry Knox and George Beckwith, 135 (note); 
  President to Secretaries of State, Treasury, 
  and War, 141; President to Secretary of State, 
  143; Secretary of State to President, 144; 
  extract of letter from Rufus King to Alexander
  Hamilton, 146; memorandum of conversation 
  between James Madison and George Beckwith, 147
Innes, Harry, letter from, 480
Inns, ratings of, by TJ, 471
Irvine, William, and John Kean, letter from, 608; 
  letter to, 621


J

Jefferson, Mary, letters from, 238, 335, 479, 633; 
  letters to, 250, 380, 462, 571, 706
Jenkins, Seth, letter from, 601; letter to, 559
Johnson, Joshua, dispatches from, 594, 615; letters 
  from, 101, 237; circular letter to, 403 (note); 
  report on brigantine Rachel, with enclosures, 
  from, 505-19. See also American Consul at London, 
  Editorial Note.


K

Kean, John, and William Irvine, letter from, 608; 
  letter to, 621
Keith, George Skene, letter from, 592
King, Rufus, extract of letter from, to Alexander 
  Hamilton, 146
Knox, Henry, letter from, 647; letters to, 646, 
  658; letter to, from Jonathan Williams, 21 
  (note); memorandum of conversation with George 
  Beckwith, 135 (note)
Knox, William, letter from, 241; circular letter 
  to, 403 (note)


L

Lackington, James, letter to, 408
Lafayette, Marquis de, letter from, 539
Lagrenade, Louis, and others, letter from, to 
  President, 551
La Rochefoucauld d'Enville, letter from, 524
Lear, Tobias, letter from, 397 (note); letters 
  to, 252 (note), 377, 569; letter from, to 
  L'Enfant, 41 (note); letter to, from L'Enfant, 
  70 (note); letter from, to Washington, 274 
  (note); transmittal of letters by, 612
Lee, Henry, letter from, 595
Leiper, Thomas, letter from, 712; letters to, 
  387, 423
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, letters from, 76, 81, 
  83; letters to, 80, 86; letter to, from 
  Commissioners, 17 (note); letters from, to 
  Washington, 26 (note), 30 (note), 34 (note), 
  36 (note), 60 (note); letter to, from Tobias 
  Lear, 41 (note); letter to, from Washington, 
  51 (note); letter from, to Tobias Lear, 70 
  (note)
Lewis, Nicholas, letters to, 102, 419, 571
Lewis, William, letter from, 90; letter to, 155
Lindsay, Adam, letter from, 166; letter to, 218
Lindsay, William, letter from, 211
Linn, William, letter from, 646; letter to, 
  706
Littlepage, Lewis, letter to, 703
London, American Consul at. See American 
  Consul at London, Editorial Note.
Lyle, James, letter to, 388
Lyons, James, letter from, 408


M

McAllister, Matthew, letter to, 155
McClurg, James, letter to, 339
McHenry, James, letter to, 707 (missing)
Macpherson, John, letter from, 685; letter to, 
  686
Madison, James, letters from, 294, 298, 335, 
  566, 581, 592, 616, 667, 678, 683 (note), 707, 
  717; letters to, 293, 560, 582, 602, 615, 657, 
  666, 682, 686, 715; letters to, from Daniel 
  Carroll, 20 (note), 84; memorandum of 
  conversation with George Beckwith, 147. See 
  also Northern journey of Jefferson and Madison, 
  Editorial Note.
Mail, contracts for carrying, 666 (note)
Marks, Peter, letter to, 669
Marshall, John, legal opinion by, with Andrew Ronald, 
  167 (note)
Martin, Alexander, letter to, 594
Maury, James, letters from, 567, 621, 704; letter to, 
  339; circular letter to, 403 (note)
Maxwell, James, letter from, 94; letter to, 389
Mazzei, Philip, letter to, 713
Monroe, James, letters from, 303, 556; letters to, 
  234, 296
Montgomery, John, letter from, 669 (note)
Montgomery, Robert, letters from, 640, 669, 678
Montmorin, letters from, to Louis Guillaume Otto, 
  190 (note), 660; letters to, from William Short, 
  371 (note), 536
Morgan, George C., letter from, 421
Morocco, Emperor of, letter to, from Washington, 
  399 (note)
Morris, Gouverneur, letter to, 680; letters from, 
  to President, 694, 697, 698, 699
Morris, Robert, letter from, to Oliver Phelps and 
  Nathaniel Gorham, 126 (note); letter to, from 
  P. N. Godin, 581; letter to, from Peter de 
  Franchi, 628; notes on commerce by, 710
Moustier, letter from, 263
Murray, William, letter from, 395


N

National Assembly of France, letter from President 
  of, with enclosed report, 524
National Gazette, prospectus for, 754. See also 
  Freneau, Philip.
Nelson, William, letter to, from William Short, 
  266 (note)
Nicholson, John, letter from, 717
Northern journey of Jefferson and Madison, Editorial 
  Note, 434-53; documents concerning, 453-71; 
  Jefferson's journal of the tour, 453; Jefferson's 
  notes on the Hessian fly, 456; Jefferson to Henry 
  Remsen, Jr., 462; Jefferson to Mary Jefferson, 462; 
  Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 463; 
  Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 464; 
  Jefferson to George Washington, 466; Jefferson's 
  vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians, 467; 
  Jefferson's table of distances and rating of 
  inns, 471


O

O'Bryen, Richard, abstract of letter from, to 
  Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 601 (note)
Osmont, Louis, letter to, 617
Otto, Louis Guillaume, letters from, 198, 325, 
  659; letter to, 203; letters to, from 
  Montmorin, 190 (note), 660


P

Paine, Thomas, letters to, 308, 312; letter from, 
  to John Hall, 309 (note). See also Rights of 
  Man, Editorial Note.
Pearce, William, inventions of, described by 
  Thomas Digges, 315 (note); petition for, by 
  Tench Coxe, 320 (note)
Pearson, Eliphalet, letter from, 599
Pemberton, John, letter from, 633; letter from, 
  with enclosed book list, to Isaac Zane, 
  634 (note)
Pendleton, Edmund, letter from, 625; 
  letter to, 669
Peters, Richard, letter from, 573; letter to, 590
Phelps, Oliver, letter to, and Nathaniel Gorham, 
  from Robert Morris, 126 (note)
Philadelphia, Mayor of, letter to, 414
Philidor. See Danican, Francois Andre.
Picquet de La Motte, Touissant-Guillaume, Comte, 
  letters from, 249, 675; circular letter to, 
  404 (note)
Pintard, John M., circular letter to, 403 (note)
Pio, Chevalier de, letter from, 662
Porter, Elias, letter from, 599
Portugal, appointments of vice-consuls for, 262; 
  presentation speech to Queen of, by David 
  Humphreys, 421 (note)
Potts, Richard, letter to, 156
Prince, William, letter to, 603


R

Rachel, case of brigantine. See American Consul 
  at London, Editorial Note.
Randolph, Beverley, letter to, 340; letter from, 
  to David Stuart, 28 (note); letter to, from 
  David Stuart, 28 (note)
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, letter from, 477; 
  letters to, 236, 381, 463, 568, 618, 670
Randolph, Thomas Mann, letters to, 340, 409
Randolph, Thomas Mann, Jr., letters from, 327, 
  605; letters to, 160, 295, 341, 414, 464, 640, 
  671
Read, George, Jr., letter from, 91 (note); 
  letter to, 91
Remsen, Henry, Jr., letter from, 555; letter to, 
  462; TJ's instructions for, 419; letter to, from 
  Sylvanus Bourne, 627
Rights of Man, Editorial Note, 268-90; documents 
  concerning, 290-313; Tobias Lear to Washington, 
  274 (note); Jefferson to Jonathan B. Smith, 290;
  Jefferson to Washington, 291; Jefferson to James 
  Madison, 293; James Madison to Jefferson, 294, 
  298; Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 295; 
  Jefferson to James Monroe, 296; Jefferson to John 
  Adams, 302, 310; James Monroe to Jefferson, 303; 
  John Adams to Jefferson, 305; Jefferson to Thomas 
  Paine, 308, 312
Rittenhouse, David, letter from, 383; letter to, 382
Ronald, Andrew, legal opinion by, with John Marshall, 
  167 (note)
Ross, David, letter to, 373
Rutledge, John, Jr., letter from, 550


S

Schweitzer, Jeanneret & Cie, proposals of. 
  See France, the debt to, Editorial Note.
Shaw, Samuel, letter from, to President, 
  630; declaration of, to Governor General 
  and Council of Batavia, 631 (note); letter 
  from, to Shabander of Batavia, 631 (note)
Short, William, dispatches from, 170, 256, 363, 
  384, 528, 548, 561, 573, 584, 608, 648, 672, 
  683; letters from, 265, 345, 541, 546, 641; 
  letters to, 91, 254, 387, 407, 409, 569, 686, 
  691; letter from, to Hamilton, 173 (note);
  letter to, from Hamilton, 174 (note); letter 
  from, to William Nelson, 266 (note); letters 
  from, to Montmorin, 371 (note), 536
Sinclair, Sir John, letter from, 410
Sitgreaves, John, letters to, 92, 92 (note)
Skipwith, Fulwar, letters from, 342, 655, 718; 
  letters to, 570, 708; circular letter to, 
  403 (note)
Skipwith, Henry, letter from, 166; letter to, 373
Smith, Daniel, letter to, 390
Smith, Jonathan B., letter to, 290
Smith, William, letters to, 323, 636
Smith, William Stephens, letter from, to President, 
  115 (note); letter to, from President, 626
Soderstrom, Richard, letter to, 238
Stoddert, Benjamin, letters to, from Washington, 
  13 (note), 73, 78, 79
Strange, James, letter to, 390
Street, John, circular letter to, 402 (note)
Stuart, David, letter from, to Beverley Randolph, 
  28 (note); letter to, from Beverley Randolph, 28 
  (note); letter from, to Washington, 42 (note)
Sullivan, James, letter from, 376; letter to, 709
Sumter, Thomas, letter to, 410
Swan, James, letter from, 523


T

Thomson, Charles, letter to, 244


U

United States:
  President: letters from, 78, 79, 81, 143, 212, 
    387, 550, 557, 579, 622, 693, 705; letters to, 
    74, 87, 95, 144, 251, 342, 558, 685, 704; 
    letter to, from William Deakins, Jr., 7 (note); 
    letter to, from Alexander Contee Hanson, 9 
    (note); letters to, from Commissioners, 11 
    (note), 33 (note), 52 (note); letters from, to 
    Deakins and Benjamin Stoddert, 13 (note), 73, 
    78, 79; letters to, from Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 
    26 (note), 30 (note), 34 (note), 36 (note), 60 
    (note); letter to, from David Stuart, 42 (note); 
    letter from, to L'Enfant, 51 (note); letter to, 
    from William Stephens Smith, 115 (note); letter 
    from, to Secretaries of State, Treasury, and War, 
    141; letter to, from Tench Coxe, 234; letter to, 
    from Tobias Lear, 274 (note); letter to, from
    David Humphreys, 362 (note); letter from, to 
    Emperor of Morocco, 399 (note); letter to, from 
    Louis Lagrenade and others, 551; letter from, to
    William Stephens Smith, 626; letter to, from 
    Samuel Shaw, 630; letters to, from Gouverneur 
    Morris, 694, 697, 698, 699; letter to, enclosing 
    notes on Virginia lands, 716
  Secretary of State: letters from, to President, 74, 
    87, 95, 144, 251, 558; letters to, from Pierre 
    Charles L'Enfant, 76, 81, 83; letters to, from 
    President, 78, 79, 81, 141, 143, 212, 550, 557; 
    letters from, to L'Enfant, 80, 86; letters to, 
	from Daniel Carroll, 84, 593; letters to, from 
    Joshua Johnson, 101, 237; letter from, to John 
    Adams, 117 (note); dispatches to, from David 
    Humphreys, 168, 327, 361, 421, 474, 538, 556, 592, 
    604, 620, 656, 677; dispatches to, from C. W. F. 
    Dumas, 168, 478, 560, 619, 712; dispatches to, 
    from William Short, 170, 256, 363, 384, 528, 548, 
    561, 573, 584, 608, 648, 672, 683; letter 
    from, to Alexander Hamilton, 198; letters to, 
    from Louis Guillaume Otto, 198, 325, 659; 
    letters to, from Hamilton, 199, 200; letter 
    from, to Otto, 203; letters from, to William
    Carmichael, 203, 417; letters from, to David 
    Humphreys, 209, 406; letter to, from Tench 
    Coxe, 232; letter from, to Coxe, 234; letters 
    to, from Joseph Fenwick, 262, 632; letters to, 
    from Fulwar Skipwith, 342, 655, 718; circular 
    from, to consuls and vice-consuls, 401; 
    letters to, from William Green, 504, 519; 
    report to, with enclosures, on brigantine 
    Rachel, from Joshua Johnson, 505; letter to, 
    from President of National Assembly, with
    enclosed report, 524; letters to, from Stephen 
    Cathalan, Jr., 547; dispatch to, from Sylvanus 
    Bourne, 588; dispatches to, from Joshua Johnson, 
    594, 615; dispatch to, from Stephen Cathalan, 
    Jr., 600; dispatch to, from Thomas Auldjo, 607; 
    transmittal of letters to, by Tobias Lear, 612; 
    letter from, to Van Berckel, 629; report on lands 
    to, from William Blount, 681; letter from, to 
    President, enclosing notes on Virginia lands, 
    716; appointment of Philip Freneau as clerk, by, 
    756; resignation of Philip Freneau as clerk in 
    office of, 759
  Secretary of Treasury: letter from, 377; letter 
    to, 570; letter to, from President, 141
  Secretary of War: letter to, from President, 141
Unquachog Indians, TJ's vocabulary of, 467


V

Van Berckel, F. P., letter to, 629
Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, letter to, 619
Vaughan, Benjamin, letter to, 391
Vaughan, John, letter to, 420


W

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, letter from, 245; 
  letter to, 392
Warren, Mercy Otis, letter from, 175
Washington, George, letter from, 93; letters 
  to, 291, 416, 466
Washington, Martha, letter to, from Abigail 
  Adams, 278 (note)
Willard, Joseph, letter to, 432
Williams, Jonathan, letter from, to Henry 
  Knox, 21 (note)
Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, letter from, 
  394 (note); letters to, 392, 394 (note), 407, 
  626
Wilson, Philip, letter from, 637; petition for 
  redress for loss of ship Mentor, 638 (note)


Y

Yard, James, letter from, 482; circular letter 
  to, 402 (note)


Z

Zane, Isaac, letter to, with enclosed book list, 
  from John Pemberton, 634 (note)



ILLUSTRATIONS
Following Page 384


WILLIAM SHORT (1759-1849)

  A native of Surry County, Virginia, and a graduate in 1779 of the College
of William and Mary, Short joined Jefferson in Paris in November 1784,
becoming his private secretary and later secretary of legation. When Jefferson
returned to the United States in 1789, Short became charge d'affaires in Paris.
Disappointed that Washington named Gouverneur Morris minister to France
early in 1792, he accepted the post of minister at The Hague.
  Portrait by Rembrandt Peale; original in the College of William and Mary.
(Courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library)


JOSHUA JOHNSON (1742-1802)

  Washington appointed Johnson U.S. consul in London in 1790 after John-
son's business collapsed. In May 1791 he sent reports on the status of the
brigantine Rachel. His daughter, Louisa Catherine, married John Quincy Ad-
ams in 1797. When President Adams appointed him superintendent of stamps
in 1800, a tie vote at confirmation was broken by Jefferson in favor of Johnson.
  Portrait by Edward Savage. (Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society)


SKETCH OF THE FEDERAL CITY, 1791

  A press copy of Jefferson's suggestions for laying out the federal district,
drawn between 10 and 21 March 1791. The original disappeared after George
Washington turned it over to Pierre L'Enfant. (Courtesy of the Library of
Congress)


L'ENFANT'S PLAN OF THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, 1791

  After this plan was engraved and laid before Congress, Washington described
it as containing Jefferson's instructions to the engraver. The pencilled changes
made by Jefferson were directed not to the engraver, however, but to Andrew
Ellicott, who prepared the final copy for the engraver. (Courtesy of the Library
of Congress)


TITLE-PAGE AND ENDORSEMENT OF PAINE'S "RIGHTS OF MAN"

  Jefferson was "thunderstruck" when he saw his letter printed on the verso
of the dedication page in Samuel Harrison Smith's Philadelphia edition of
Paine's book. Without the inference of endorsement, the book might have
received only passing interest. With it, a national controversy developed. (Cour-
tesy of the American Philosophical Society)


"CONTRASTED OPINIONS OF PAINE'S PAMPHLET"

  This popular cartoon reflects the reaction and alarm aroused in Eng-
land - here caricatured by George III, Pitt, and Queen Charlotte - by the threat
of subversion. (Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, Connecticut)


VOCABULARY OF THE UNQUACHOG INDIANS

  Jefferson wrote this list on an address leaf while interviewing the Unquachog
Indians on Long Island during his northern journey with James Madison in
the spring of 1791. (Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society)


GEORGE BECKWITH (1753-1823)

  When Lord Dorchester became Governor General of British North America,
Beckwith joined him in Canada and made trips to New York to obtain infor-
mation for the British. Jefferson refused to talk with Beckwith, who then
established a continuing association with Alexander Hamilton. In 1791 Beck-
with relayed information on Indian affairs between Hamilton and Dorchester.
  The portrait by S. W. Reynolds is a mezzotint after J. Eckstein; original in
the British Museum. (Courtesy of Newsweek Book Division)
			

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