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Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xiii Maps xliii Illustrations li

Jefferson Chronology 2

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From Henry Dearborn, 22 April 3 From Gamaliel H. Ward, 22 April 4 From John Wood, 22 April 6 From John Rhea, 23 April 7 From Stephen Cathalan, 25 April 8 From Thomas Appleton, 29 April 11 Matthew Pate’s Survey of Eighteen-Acre Tract Adjacent to Poplar Forest, 30 April 11 Thomas Eston Randolph’s Memorandum on Wheat Delivered to Thomas Jefferson, [April?] 13 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1 May 14 From Stephen Cathalan, 2 May, enclosing Invoice of Items Shipped, 28 April 14 To John Wayles Eppes, 3 May 17 From Patrick Gibson, 4 May 18 From Beverly Waugh, 5 May 19 From Benjamin O. Tyler, 6 May 20 Salma Hale’s Visit to Monticello 22 I. Salma Hale to David Hale, 5 May, with postscript, 7 May 22 II. Salma Hale to William Plumer, 8 May 24 III. Salma Hale to Arthur Livermore, 16 May 24 IV. Salma Hale’s Notes on his Visit to Monticello, [after 1818] 26 From Mordecai M. Noah, 7 May 30 From John Vaughan, 7 May 31 From William F. Gray, 8 May 32 To Lewis D. Belair, 10 May 32 To Mathew Carey, 10 May 33 To Richard Claiborne, 10 May 33 To Ferdinando Fairfax, 10 May 34  xxvii 

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Notes on Mutual Assurance Society Policy, [ca. 10 May] 34 To James Rawlings, 10 May 35 To Gamaliel H. Ward, 10 May 35 Minutes of Central College Board of Visitors, 11 May 36 From Joseph Milligan, 11 May 36 From William Short, 11 May 37 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 11 May 39 To Daniel Brent, [ca. 12 May] 41 From John Gardiner, 12 May 41 From David Bailie Warden, 12 May 42 To Patrick Gibson, 13 May 42 From Thomas Jordan, 13 May 43 To LeRoy, Bayard & Company, 13 May 43 From James Rawlings, enclosing Receipt from the Mutual Assurance Society, 14 May 44 From John Vaughan, 14 May 45 From Daniel Brent, 15 May 46 From Bennett H. Henderson, 15 May 46 From Mathew Carey & Son, 16 May 47 To John Adams, 17 May 48 To Henry Dearborn, 17 May 49 From William H. Fitzhugh, 18 May 51 To Reuben Haines, 18 May 52 To Joseph Milligan, 18 May 53 From Peter Poinsot, 18 May 54 To Quinette de Rochemont, 18 May 55 To John Wood, 18 May 56 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 19 May 57 From James P. Preston, 20 May 58 To John Cook, 21 May 59 To Thomas Jordan, 21 May 60 From John McKinney, 21 May 60 From Thomas Ritchie, [ca. 21 May] 62 From John McKinney, 23 May 62 From John M. Perry, 26 May 64 To John Gardiner, 28 May 64 To James Leitch, 28 May 64 To Mordecai M. Noah, 28 May 65 To James P. Preston, 28 May 66 To Hugh Steel, 28 May 67 To Archibald Stuart, 28 May 67 To John Vaughan, 28 May 68  xxviii 

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From John Adams, 29 May 69 To James Le Ray de Chaumont, 29 May 71 From Thomas Jordan, 29 May 72 Notes on Itch Lotion, [after 29 May] 73 To William Short, 29 May 73 From James Sloan, 29 May 75 From Horatio G. Spafford, 29 May 75 To James W. Wallace, 29 May 76 From Thomas A. Digges, 30 May 76 From Patrick Gibson, 30 May 79 From Archibald Stuart, 30 May 80 To William H. Fitzhugh, 31 May 80 From Caleb Atwater, 2 June 81 From John Barnes, 4 June 84 From William King (of South Carolina), 4 June 84 From André Thoüin, 5 June 85 From William Plumer, 7 June 87 From LeRoy, Bayard & Company, 8 June 88 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, enclosing Prospectus for Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society, 9 June 88 From François André Michaux, 10 June 91 To Patrick Gibson, 11 June 91 To Bernard Peyton, 12 June 92 To James Leitch, 13 June 92 From Bernard Peyton, 13 June 93 From Frank Carr, 15 June 93 To Thomas A. Digges, 15 June 93 From Patrick Gibson, 15 June 95 To John McKinney, 15 June 95 From James Oldham, 15 June 95 To James Sloan, 15 June 96 From John M. Perry, 18 June 97 From Bernard Peyton, 18 June 97 From Bernard Peyton, 18 June 99 To Joseph Darmsdatt, 19 June 99 To Thomas Ritchie, 19 June 99 To Caleb Atwater, 21 June 100 To Mathew Carey, 21 June 100 To Patrick Gibson, 21 June 101 To William Plumer, 21 June 101 From Thomas Cooper, enclosing Geology Syllabus, 24 June 102  xxix 

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To James Wilkinson, 25 June 105 From Mathew Carey & Son, 27 June 106 To John Barnes, 28 June 107 To Mathew Carey, 28 June 107 To James Madison, 28 June 108 To Bernard Peyton, 28 June 109 To Spencer Roane, 28 June 110 To Horatio G. Spafford, 28 June 111 To Littleton W. Tazewell, 28 June 111 Account with Reuben Perry, 29 June 112 From James H. McCulloch, 30 June 112 From John Armstrong, 1 July, enclosing Notes on Tadeusz Kosciuszko, [before 10 May] 113 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 1 July 116 To Baker Beaven, 2 July 117 To George Divers, 2 July 117 From Levett Harris, 2 July 118 To William King (of South Carolina), 2 July 119 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 2 July 120 From John Barnes, 3 July 120 From Anthony Charles Cazenove, 3 July 121 From William S. Jacobs, 3 July 122 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, [received 3 July] 123 From Charles J. Ingersoll, 4 July 124 From James Sloan, 4 July 125 From Mathew Carey & Son, 5 July 126 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 6 July 126 To Richard N. Thweatt, 6 July 126 From Robert Walsh, 6 July 127 From Brett Randolph, 7 July 128 From John Wharton (1771–1845), 8 July 128 From Thomas Lehré, 9 July 129 From John H. Cocke, 10 July 129 From Thomas Lehré, 10 July 130 To John Wharton (1771–1845), 10 July 131 From Patrick Gibson, 11 July 131 From Samuel J. Harrison, 12 July 132 From Salma Hale, 13 July 132 To James P. Preston, 13 July 132 From Edmund Bacon, 14 July 133 From Edmund Bacon, [ca. 14–29 July] 135 From John Hancock Hall, 15 July 136  xxx 

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From David Bailie Warden, 15 July 137 From James Madison, [16 July] 138 From John Adams, 18 July 138 From Frank Carr, [received 18 July] 139 From Mr. Couscher, [received 18 July] 139 From John G. Robert (for Patrick Gibson), 18 July 140 From George Rogers (for Bernard Peyton), 18 July 140 To John C. Calhoun, 20 July 140 To Patrick Gibson, 20 July 141 To Charles J. Ingersoll, 20 July 142 To Thomas Lehré, 20 July 142 From Bernard Peyton, 20 July 143 To Robert Walsh, 20 July 143 To John Barnes, 21 July 144 To Levett Harris, 21 July 145 To Brett Randolph, 21 July 146 To James Sloan, 21 July 146 From Gerard Troost, 21 July 147 From James Cutbush, 22 July 148 From James Monroe, 22 July 150 From Margaret Page, 22 July 152 To Marc Antoine Jullien, 23 July 153 From William Kean, 23 July 154 To Franz X. Zeltner, 23 July 155 To William Huntington, 2[4?] July 157 From the Seventy-Six Association, 24 July 157 From Julius B. Dandridge, 25 July 159 To Salma Hale, 26 July 160 Central College Donors and Founders to the University of Virginia Commissioners, [before 27 July] 160 Conveyance of Central College Properties to the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, 27 July 163 From Patrick Gibson, 27 July 165 From Patrick Gibson, 27 July 165 To John Steele, 27 July 166 To James Leitch, 28 July 166 From Edmund Bacon, 29 July 167 To Patrick Gibson, 29 July 168 To Joel Yancey, 29 July 168 To Edmund Bacon, 30 July 169 To Allen Bernard, 30 July 169 From Joseph C. Cabell, 30 July 170  xxxi 

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To Patrick Gibson, 30 July 171 To Charles Simms, 30 July 171 From James Le Ray de Chaumont, 31 July 172 From Richard N. Thweatt, 31 July 173 To Patrick Gibson, 1 August 173 From Robert Walsh, 1 August 174 From Francis Eppes, 2 August 175 From Julius T. Ducatel, 3 August 175 From Anthony Finley, 3 August 176 From William F. Gray, 3 August 177 To William Kean, 4 August 178 The Founding of the University of Virginia: Rockfish Gap Meeting of the University of Virginia Commissioners 179 I. Proceedings of Rockfish Gap Meeting of the University of Virginia Commissioners, 1–4 August 182 II. Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the Geographic Center of Virginia’s Population, [before 28 June] 185 III. Thomas Jefferson’s Draft of the Rockfish Gap Report of the University of Virginia Commissioners, [ca. 28 June] 189 IV. Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Curricular Definitions, [after 28 June] 208 V. Rockfish Gap Report of the University of Virginia Commis- sioners, 4 August 209 VI. Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Thanks to the University of Virginia Commissioners, [ca. 4 August] 225 From James Monroe, 4 August 225 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 4 August 226 From James Wilkinson, 4 August 226 From Chapman Johnson, [5 August?] 228 Jefferson’s Trip to Warm Springs 228 I. Notes on Inns Between Staunton and Warm Springs, [after 6 August] 230 II. Notes on Distances Between Warm Springs and Char­ lottesville, [after 6 August] 232 To Thomas Cooper, 7 August 232 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 7 August 233 From Hugh Holmes, 8 August 234 From Caesar A. Rodney, 8 August 235 From Joseph Milligan, 10 August 236 From George Ticknor, 10 August 236 From Stephen Cathalan, 13 August 240 From John Steele, 13 August 242  xxxii 

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To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 14 August 242 Memorandum to William Alston on Wine, 15 August 243 Recommendation of Edmund Bacon, 15 August 244 From Charles G. Haines, 18 August 245 From Victor Adolphus Sasserno, 18 August 245 From Ate. Bourier, 20 August 246 From Nathaniel Bowditch, 20 August 247 From Robert B. Stark, 20 August 248 From Thomas Cooper, 21 August 249 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 21 August 250 Promissory Note to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 21 August 251 From Spencer Roane, 22 August 251 From Thomas Appleton, 26 August 252 From Thomas Cooper, 26 August 252 From William D. Simms, 28 August 253 From Richard Claiborne, 29 [August] 254 From Thomas Cooper, 1 September 255 From Robert Miller (1775–1861), enclosing Notes on Occult Knowledge, 1 September 256 From Thomas Cooper, 2 September 269 From Thomas Cooper, 3 September 270 From James Monroe, 3 September 271 From Stephen Cathalan, 7 September 272 From Archibald Stuart, 8 September 274 Albemarle County Court Order Concerning a Proposed Road, 8 September 275 From James Monroe, 9 September 276 To Patrick Gibson, 10 September 277 To Francis Eppes, 11 September 278 From Honoré Julien, 11 September 278 To Joel Yancey, 11 September 279 To Thomas Cooper, 12 September 279 From Peter Poinsot, 12 September 280 From Patrick Gibson, 14 September 283 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 14 September 283 From Craven Peyton, 14 September 284 From José Corrêa da Serra, 16 September 284 From Patrick Gibson, 17 September 285 From James Monroe, 17 September 285 To James Monroe, 17 September 286 From Thomas Cooper, 18 September 287 To Richard N. Thweatt, 18 September 287  xxxiii 

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From Mathew Carey & Son, 21 September 288 From DeWitt Clinton, 21 September 288 From Joseph Dougherty, 21 September 289 From Patrick Gibson, 24 September 289 From James Maury, 25 September 290 From William J. Coffee, 26 September 290 From John Vaughan, 26 September 291 From Reuben G. Beasley, 28 September 291 From Alfred H. Dashiell, September 292 From de Bure Frères, enclosing Invoice of Books, 22 September, and Account, 1 October 293 From C. S. Haven, 2 October 296 From Joseph Hutton, 2 October 297 From Thomas Cooper, 3 October 298 From James Monroe, 3 October 299 To Thomas Cooper, 4 October 300 To James Monroe, 5 October 301 To William Alston, 6 October 302 To James Breckinridge, 6 October 303 To Mathew Carey, 6 October 304 To William J. Coffee, 6 October 305 From Thomas Cooper, 6 October 305 To Joseph Dougherty, 6 October 307 To Honoré Julien, 6 October 307 To James Monroe, 6 October 308 To John Vaughan, 6 October 308 To John Adams, 7 October 309 To Anthony Finley, 7 October 309 To William F. Gray, 7 October 310 To Caesar A. Rodney, 7 October 310 To Robert B. Stark, 7 October 311 To DeWitt Clinton, 8 October 312 To Charles G. Haines, 8 October 312 From James Madison, [ca. 8 October] 313 From Lewis D. Belair, 9 October 313 From Josiah Meigs, 12 October 314 To Bernard Peyton, 13 October 314 From Honoré Julien, 14 October 315 From Victor Adolphus Sasserno, 14 October 316 From Mathew Carey, 16 October 317 From Anonymous Republicans in Charleston, South Carolina, 16 October 318  xxxiv 

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From John Barnes, enclosing John Barnes’s Account with Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 17 October 319 From John Wayles Eppes, 17 October 321 From Joseph Milligan, 17 October 322 To Patrick Gibson, 18 October 322 To Robert Patterson, 18 October 323 From Martin Dawson, 19 October, with Jefferson’s Note, 11 November 324 From John Adams, 20 October 324 From John H. Cocke, 20 October 325 From Bernard Peyton, 20 October 325 From Patrick Gibson, 21 October 326 From Thomas W. Maury, 21 October 326 From William F. Gray, 22 October 327 From John Trumbull, 23 October, enclosing “Detector” to Editor of the New York National Advocate, [ca. 20 October], and John Trumbull to “Detector,” [ca. 20] October 328 From Joseph C. Cabell, 24 October 334 From de Bure Frères, 24 October 335 To Joseph Milligan, 25 October 336 To Joseph Milligan, [ca. 25 October] 336 To Richard Rush, 25 October 337 To Elisha Ticknor, 25 October 337 To George Ticknor, 25 October 338 To Nathaniel Bowditch, 26 October 339 To Lewis D. Belair, 27 October 342 To William J. Coffee, 27 October 343 To Henry Dearborn, 27 October 344 To Charles Simms, 27 October 345 To John Steele, 27 October 346 From Thomas Brown, 28 October 346 From George Wyche, 28 October 347 From Bernard Peyton, 29 October 349 From Richard N. Thweatt, 29 October 350 From Joseph Milligan, 30 October 350 From Peter J. Zeltner, [received 30 October] 351 From Franciszek Paszkowski, 1 November 353 To Patrick Gibson, 3 November 355 From George Washington Jeffreys, 3 November 356 From Nathaniel Bowditch, 4 November 357 From Lewis D. Belair, 6 November 358 From Henry Dearborn, 6 November 359  xxxv 

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From William S. Murphy, 6 November 360 From Henry E. Watkins, 6 November 361 From William J. Coffee, enclosing Memorandum on Roman Cement, 7 November 362 Agreement by John M. Perry to Sell Lands to Central College, 7 November 365 From John Stevens, 7 November 366 To William F. Gray, enclosing Bookbinding Directions, 8 November 367 To Honoré Julien, 8 November 369 To John Neilson, 8 November 369 From Robert Walsh, 8 November 370 From William Alston, 10 November 372 From Thomas Appleton, 10 November 373 To Thomas Brown, 10 November 378 To William H. Crawford, 10 November 378 James Dinsmore’s Report on Tin to Central College Board of Visitors, 10 November 380 To John Farrar, 10 November 382 To William Short, 10 November 383 To William Wirt, 10 November 384 To George Wyche, 10 November 385 To Joel Yancey, enclosing List of Blankets and Beds to be Distributed to Poplar Forest Slaves, and Sawing Instructions for James Martin, 10 November 386 To John Barnes, 11 November 388 To Andrew Kean, 11 November 388 To John Trumbull, 11 November 390 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 12 November 391 From Francois Redon (for Lewis D. Belair), 12 November 391 To John Adams, 13 November 392 From Patrick Gibson, 13 November 393 From Hannah, 15 November 393 To Lewis D. Belair, 16 November 394 From William Short, 17 November 395 From Joseph C. Cabell, 18 November 398 From James Dinsmore, 18 November 399 From William Craig, 19 November 399 The Founding of the University of Virginia: The University Bill 401 Thomas Jefferson’s Bill to Establish a University, [between 19 November and 14 December] 402 To Linn Banks and Edward Watts, 20 November 405  xxxvi 

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To Joseph C. Cabell, 20 November 407 From Joseph Milligan, 20 November 408 From Daniel Pettibone, enclosing Circular Letter, 20 November 408 Notes on Roman Cement, [ca. 21 November] 410 To Mathew Carey, 22 November 410 To Lewis D. Belair, 23 November 413 To Lafayette, 23 November 413 From James Monroe, 23 November 415 From Franklin G. Smith, enclosing Design for Improvement of the Printing Press, 23 November 416 To John Stevens, 23 November 418 From Cérès de Montcarel, 24 November 418 To Destutt de Tracy, 24 November 421 To Albert Gallatin, 24 November 422 To David Bailie Warden, 24 November 424 From Burgess Allison, 25 November 425 From Charles Willson Peale, 25 November 426 To Peter Poinsot, 25 November 427 From Lewis D. Belair, 26 November 428 From Francis Eppes, 26 November 428 From Francis W. Gilmer, 26 November 429 From Craven Peyton, 26 November 430 From Marie Louise Martel Walsh, 26 November 431 To Daniel Brent, 27 November 434 To James Brownlee, 27 November 435 To John C. Calhoun, 27 November 435 From Thomas B. Parker, 27 November 436 To Craven Peyton, 27 November 437 To Henry E. Watkins, 27 November 438 From William A. Burwell, 28 November 438 To Mathew Carey, 28 November 439 To James H. McCulloch, 28 November 440 To Burgess Allison, 29 November 440 To Cérès de Montcarel, 29 November 441 To Joseph Milligan, 29 November 441 From John Barnes, [30] November 442 From Stephen Cathalan, 30 November, enclosing Stephen Cathalan to Joseph Jones, 21 October, Invoice of Items Shipped to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October, Invoice of Items Shipped to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 26 October, and Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Stephen Cathalan, 30 November 443 From William F. Gray, 30 November 449  xxxvii 

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From Samuel Knox, 30 November 450 To Frederick A. Mayo, 30 November 455 From Alfred H. Dashiell, 1 December 457 From Thomas Fillebrown, 1 December 458 From Patrick Gibson, 3 December 459 From Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville, 3 December 459 From Andrew Kean, 3 December 461 Anecdotes of Benjamin Franklin, [ca. 4 December] 462 From John G. Jackson, 4 December 465 To Robert Walsh, 4 December 466 From Daniel Brent, 5 December 467 From Hugh Holmes, 6 December 468 To John Barnes, 7 December 469 From Mathew Carey & Son, 7 December 469 To Thomas Fillebrown, 7 December 470 To Joseph Gales (1786–1860), 7 December 470 To Thomas Ritchie, 7 December 471 To John Vaughan, 7 December 471 From John Adams, 8 December 471 From Joseph C. Cabell, 8 December 472 To Lewis D. Belair, 9 December 474 To William Duane, 9 December 475 To Patrick Gibson, 9 December 475 To Joseph Milligan, 9 December 476 To Hezekiah Niles, 9 December 477 From Joseph M. Sanderson, 9 December 477 To John Wood (of New York), 9 December 479 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 10 December 479 To Alfred H. Dashiell, 11 December 483 To Samuel Knox, 11 December 484 From Francis Preston, 11 December 485 From John Vaughan, 11 December 486 From John Barnes, 12 December 486 From William Short, 12 December 487 To Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville, 13 December 489 From Joseph C. Cabell, 14 December 490 From Patrick Gibson, 14 December 492 From James H. McCulloch, 14 December 492 From David M. Randolph (1798–1825), 14 December 493 From Fernagus De Gelone, 15 December 494 From George H. Richards, 15 December 495 From Samuel Butler (for Hezekiah Niles), 16 December 497  xxxviii 

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From Joseph C. Cabell, 17 December 497 From Joseph C. Cabell, 17 December 498 From Anonymous, 18 December 499 From Dabney Cosby, 18 December 500 From Anonymous, 19 December 501 From Anonymous, [between 19 December 1818 and 7 January 1819] 503 From James Riley, 19 December 504 To John Barnes, 21 December 506 To Stephen Cathalan, 21 December 506 To Hugh Holmes, 21 December 507 To Frederick A. Mayo, 21 December 507 From James Monroe, 21 December 508 From Elisabetta Mazzei Pini and Andrea Pini, 21 December 508 To Francis Preston, 21 December 510 To David M. Randolph (1798–1825), 21 December 510 To William Short, 21 December 510 To Dugald Stewart, 21 December 511 From Joseph Delaplaine, 22 December 512 From John Laval, 23 December 513 From John Bent, 24 December 513 From Joseph C. Cabell, 24 December 514 From Robert Walsh, 24 December 517 From Joel Yancey, 24 December 518 To Abraham Lange, 25 December 519 From Joseph Milligan, 25 December 520 From Milton W. Rouse, [ca. 25 December] 521 To Dabney Cosby, 26 December 523 To Louis H. Girardin, 26 December 523 From James Oldham, 26 December 524 From John M. Perry, 26 December 524 To Fernagus De Gelone, 27 December 524 To John G. Jackson, 27 December 525 From John Martin Baker, 28 December 526 From José Corrêa da Serra, 28 December 527 To Louis A. Leschot, 28 December 527 From William Wirt, 28 December 528 From John Adams, 30 December, enclosing Edward T. Channing to William S. Shaw, 10 December 529 From Kershaw & Lewis, 30 December 530 To William Radford and Joel Yancey, 31 December 531 To George H. Richards, 31 December 532  xxxix 

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To James Riley, 31 December 533 Estimate of Funds and Expenditures for Central College/

University of Virginia, 1818–1819 534

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To Joseph C. Cabell, 1 January 535 To Francis Eppes, 1 January 537 From Alexander Murray, 1 January 537 To James Oldham, 1 January 539 From Charles Willson Peale, 1 January 539 From Dominic W. Boudet, 2 January 540 From Bernard Peyton, 2 January 542 From John Barnes, 4 January 542 From Thomas C. Flournoy, 4 January 542 From Alexander Macdonald, 4 January 543 From Nathaniel Macon, 4 January 544 To Joel Yancey, 4 January 545 From Thomas Cooper, 5 January 546 From Gabriel Crane, enclosing Essay on Light as an Element, 5 January 546 From Solidor Milon, 5 January 555 From William Alston, 6 January 557 From John Patterson, 6 January 558 From Joseph C. Cabell, 7 January 558 From Fernagus De Gelone, 7 January 561 From Frederick A. Mayo, 7 January 562 From Gulian C. Verplanck, 7 January 563 From John Wayles Eppes, 8 January 564 From Joseph Jones, 8 January 564 From Joel Yancey, 9 January 566 From Daniel Brent, 10 January 568 From “Common Sense & Co.,” 12 January 568 From Jonas Horwitz, 12 January 569 To Nathaniel Macon, 12 January 571 From Joseph Milligan, [before 12 January] 572 To Joseph Milligan, 12 January 573 From Mathew Carey & Son, 13 January 573 From Simeon DeWitt, 13 January 574 From William Tudor, 13 January 575

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To Joseph Jones, 15 January 576 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 15 January 577 From John Forsyth, 16 January 579 To John Bent, 17 January 580 To Nathaniel Potter, 17 January 580 To Joel Yancey, 17 January 581 From Joseph C. Cabell, 18 January 583 From Mathew Carey & Son, 18 January 585 From Joseph Jones, 18 January 585 From Joseph Milligan, 18 January 586 To James Monroe, 18 January 586 To Bernard Peyton, 18 January 588 To John Adams, 19 January 588 From William C. Rives, 20 January 589 From William Young, 20 January 591 From Joseph C. Cabell, 21 January 592 From John C. Calhoun, 21 January 593 From the Jefferson Benevolent Institution of Pennsylvania, 21 January 593 From Bernard Peyton, 21 January 594 To Thomas Cooper, 22 January 595 To Fernagus De Gelone, 22 January 595 From Robert Patterson, 23 January 596 To Simeon DeWitt, 24 January 597 To Richard Duke, 24 January 597 To Thomas C. Flournoy, 24 January 598 To Abraham Lange, 24 January 599 To Gulian C. Verplanck, 24 January 600 From Edmund Bacon, 25 January 600 From Joseph C. Cabell, 25 January 600 To John H. Cocke, 25 January 601 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 25 January 602 From Robert Walsh, 25 January 602 From Patrick Gibson, 26 January 604 From Joel Yancey, [before 26] January 604 To Joseph Jones, 27 January 606 To Charles K. Mallory, 27 January 606 To Joseph C. Cabell, 28 January 607 From Fernagus De Gelone, 28 January 608 From “Franklin,” enclosing Address by “Franklin” to Western Citizens, 28 January 609 From Alexander Garrett, [28] January 612  xli 

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To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 28 January 613 From James Riley, 28 January 614 To William C. Rives, 28 January 614 From John Adams, 29 January 615 To Mathew Carey, 29 January 616 To Joseph Miller, 30 January 616 To Lewis D. Belair, 31 January 617 To John Patterson, 31 January 617 To William Tudor, 31 January 618 To Benjamin Waterhouse, 31 January 619

Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 621

Index 623

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