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Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Editorial Method and Apparatus xi Maps xli Illustrations xlix

Jefferson Chronology 2

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To Thomas Cooper, 1 September 3 From Joseph Coppinger, 2 September 5 From Hezekiah Niles, 2 September 6 From Thomas Branagan, 3 September 7 From John Wayles Eppes, 3 September 7 To John Adams, 8 September 8 Bill for Establishing Elementary Schools, [ca. 9 September] 10 To Joseph C. Cabell, 9 September 15 To Eleuthère I. du Pont de Nemours, 9 September 16 From William Wirt, 9 September 17 To Joseph C. Cabell, 10 September 18 To George Flower, 12 September 19 From John Woodson, 12 September 21 To John Martin Baker, 14 September 22 From Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 15 September 23 From Thomas Cooper, 16 September 25 From Thomas Cooper, 17 September 28 To Patrick Gibson, 18 September 29 To Samuel J. Harrison, enclosing Memorandum on Wine, 18 September 29 To James Newhall, 18 September 31 From Sloan & Wise, 18 September 31 From Thomas Cooper, 19 September 32 From William Bentley, 20 [September] 34 From José Corrêa da Serra, 20 September 35 From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 20 September 36 From Alexander Garrett and Valentine W. Southall, 20 September 36 From Joshua Stow, 20 September 37 From Samuel McDowell Reid, 22 September 38  xxv 

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From Isaac Cox Barnet, 23 September 38 To Thomas Cooper, 23 September 40 To Alexander Garrett and Valentine W. Southall, 23 September 40 To Joseph Milligan, 23 September 41 From Archibald Thweatt, 24 September 41 To Thomas Appleton, 29 September 42 From Reuben G. Beasley, 29 September 43 To Stephen Cathalan, 29 September 44 From Thomas Cooper, 30 September 44 From Alexander Garrett and Valentine W. Southall, 30 September 45 To Quinette de Rochemont, 30 September 46 To Sloan & Wise, 30 September 47 From John Martin Baker, 1 October 47 Circular to Joseph Coleman and Other Road Viewers, 1 October 48 From Samuel J. Harrison, 1 October 50 To Absalom Townsend, 1 October 51 From Brightberry Brown, 2 October 51 From John Wood, 2 October 52 From Bernard Peyton, 4 October 53 From Craven Peyton, 4 October 54 To Alexander Garrett, 5 October 54 From Alexander Garrett, 5 October 54 To Samuel J. Harrison, 5 October 55 To David Knight, 5 October 55 From John M. Perry, 5 October 56 From William Short, 5 October 56 Albemarle County Court Order Concerning a Proposed Road, [6 October] 57 Central College Cornerstone Laying 59 I. John H. Cocke’s Account of the Central College ­Cornerstone Laying, [5–6 October] 60 II. Alexander Garrett’s Order of Ceremonies for the Central College Cornerstone Laying, [before 6 October] 61 III. Masonic Report on the Central College Cornerstone Laying, 1 December 67 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 6 October 72 From William Munford, 6 October 73 From John Vaughan, 6 October 74 To Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke, and David Watson, 7 October 74 From Joseph C. Cabell, 7 October 75 Minutes of Central College Board of Visitors, 7 October 75  xxvi 

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To Samuel J. Harrison, 7 October 77 To William Jones, 7 October 78 Minutes of Central College Board of Visitors, 8 October 79 Albemarle County Court Order in Jefferson v. John Hudson and Charles Hudson, [9 October] 81 From John Adams, 10 October 81 To Thomas Cooper, 10 October 83 From William Lambert, 10 October 86 From James W. Wallace, enclosing Impressions of a Mammoth’s Tooth, 10 October 86 From John Quincy Adams, 11 October 89 From Samuel J. Harrison, 11 October 93 From James Monroe, 11 October 93 To John Martin Baker, 12 October 93 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 12 October 94 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 12 October 94 To William Wirt, 12 October 96 To James Monroe, 13 October 97 To Samuel McDowell Reid, 13 October 98 From Joseph C. Cabell, 14 October 98 From Joseph Delaplaine, 14 October 100 To Francis W. Gilmer, 14 October 100 From William Lee, 14 October 102 To William Short, 14 October 102 From John Vaughan, 14 October 103 From William Armistead, 15 October 103 From James Monroe, 16 October 104 From George P. Stevenson, 16 October 104 From Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, 20 October 105 From Robert Walsh, 21 October 107 From Noah Worcester, 22 October 108 From de Bure Frères, enclosing Invoice of Books Purchased from de Bure Frères, 23 October 109 From William Short, 23 October 113 Bill for Establishing a System of Public Education, [ca. 24 October] 114 Notes on Collegiate Districts for a System of Public Education, [ca. 24 October] 128 Joseph C. Cabell’s Notes on Collegiate Districts for a System of Public Education, [after 24 October] 129 To Joseph C. Cabell, 24 October 133 From Thomas Cooper, 24 October 134  xxvii 

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From Anthony Charles Cazenove, 25 October 136 From Alexander Garrett, 25 October 137 To John Wayles Eppes, 26 October 137 To Patrick Gibson, 26 October 139 To William Jones, 26 October 139 From Valentine W. Southall, 26 October 140 To Archibald Thweatt, 26 October 140 From Patrick Gibson, 27 October 141 From Jacob Latting, 27 October 142 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 28 October 143 From Franz X. Zeltner, 29 October 143 To Joseph Delaplaine, 30 October 146 From John Gardiner, 30 October 147 To Patrick Gibson, 30 October 148 To James Monroe, 30 October 148 To George P. Stevenson, 30 October 149 To James W. Wallace, 30 October 150 From John Martin Baker, 31 October 151 From José Corrêa da Serra, 31 October 151 To Joseph Milligan, 31 October 153 To John Quincy Adams, 1 November 154 To Thomas Carstairs, 1 November 157 To Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 1 November 158 To Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1 November 159 From Hezekiah Niles to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, [ca. 1 November] 160 To Thomas Ritchie, enclosing Advertisement for Return of Central College Subscriptions, 1 November 164 To Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, 2 November 164 To William Maclure, 2 November 165 To Patrick Gibson, 3 November 167 To Bernard Peyton, 3 November 167 To Joel Yancey, 3 November 168 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 6 November 168 To Francis Brooke, 7 November 170 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 7 November 171 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 7 November 173 To John Gardiner, 7 November 174 Edward Graham’s Survey of the Natural Bridge Tract, 7 November 174 From Honoré Julien, 7 November 176 To James H. McCulloh, 7 November 177  xxviii 

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From William Jones, 8 November 178 From Thomas Cooper, 10 November 180 From Joseph Delaplaine, 10 November 180 From Patrick Gibson, 10 November 181 From Bernard Peyton, 10 November 182 From John Wood, 10 November 182 To Nelson Barksdale, 11 November, enclosing Agreement between David Knight and Central College, 11 October 183 From Giovanni Battista Fancelli, 11 November 184 To William Lee, 12 November 185 From James Leitch, 12 November 186 From William Short, 12 November 186 From Jared Sparks, 12 November 188 From James H. McCulloh, 14 November 189 From Edmund Bacon, [15] November 191 To Edmund Bacon, [15 November] 192 To Patrick Gibson, 15 November 192 To James Madison, 15 November 193 To Bernard Peyton, 15 November 194 From Isaac Briggs, 17 November 194 From George P. Stevenson, 17 November 195 From Thomas Cooper, 20 November 195 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 20 November 196 To Edmund Bacon, 22 November 197 Account with and Receipt from William J. Miller, 22 November 197 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 22 November 198 From Valentine W. Southall, 22 November 198 To Thomas Cooper, 25 November 199 To José Corrêa da Serra, 25 November 200 To George W. Erving, 25 November 202 Notes on Roads to Poplar Forest, 25 November 203 To Elisha Ticknor, 25 November 203 To George Ticknor, 25 November 203 From Charles K. Mallory, 26 November 205 To John Wood, 26 November 205 To Noah Worcester, 26 November 206 From Francis Brooke, 27 November 208 Survey of Poplar Forest Boundaries 209 I. John Organ’s Survey Notes on Poplar Forest Boundary Lines, 27 November 210 II. John Organ’s Survey Notes on Poplar Forest Roads, 28 November 212  xxix 

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III. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 6 December 214 IV. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 9 December 214 V. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 12 December 216 VI. Plats of Poplar Forest Boundaries, 14 December 217 VII. Notes on Plats of Poplar Forest Boundaries, 14 December 219 VIII. Notes on a Meeting with Thomas Whittington, 16 December 221 IX. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, 17 December 222 X. Notes on Poplar Forest Survey, [after 17 December] 222 XI. Memorandum on Poplar Forest Boundaries, [ca. 17–20 December] 224 From John Quincy Adams, 29 November 226 To Edmund Bacon, 29 November 227 From James Madison, 29 November 227 To Martha Jefferson Randolph, 29 November 228 From Isaac Cox Barnet, 30 November 228 From Marc Antoine Jullien, 30 November 229 From Joseph C. Cabell, 3 December 232 From William Clough, 4 December 234 From Robert Patton, 4 December 235 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 5 December 235 From Charles Johnston, [5 December] 237 From Thomas Cooper, 6 December 237 From R. Pollard, 6 December 239 Advertisement for Brickwork, [by 7 December] 239 From Thomas Cooper, 7 December 239 From Samuel J. Harrison, 7 December 240 From Joseph Marx, 8 December 241 From Edmund Bacon, 10 December 242 From John Brockenbrough, 10 December 243 From Matthew Brown, 10 December 244 From Lafayette, 10 December 245 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 11 December 249 From John Wayles Eppes, 11 December 251 From Patrick Gibson, 11 December 253 From John L. E. W. Shecut, 11 December 253 From Thomas Feeling, 12 December 254 To James Monroe, 13 December 256 From Benjamin Harrison, 14 December 256 From Jonas Keller, 14 December 257 From Peter Stephen Chazotte, 15 December 259 From William Lee, 15 December 260  xxx 

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From James Ligon (for Patrick Gibson), 16 December 260 To Matthew Pate, 16 December 261 From Bernard Peyton, 16 December 261 Memorandum from Joseph Antrim, 17 December 262 Agreement with William J. Miller, 17 December, with Miller’s Receipt, 22 October 1818 262 To Joseph C. Cabell, 18 December 263 From Mathew Carey & Son, 18 December 264 From Elisabetta Mazzei Pini, 18 December 264 To Joseph C. Cabell, 19 December 266 From Thomas Appleton, 20 December 267 From Matthew Brown, 20 December 269 From Thomas G. Watkins, 21 December 270 From Frank Carr, [received 23 December] 270 From James Monroe, 23 December 271 From Edmund Bacon, 24 December 272 To Patrick Gibson, 24 December 273 To Anthony Charles Cazenove, 25 December 273 To Honoré Julien, 25 December 273 From James Leitch, 25 December 274 To Charles K. Mallory, 25 December 274 To Joseph Marx, 25 December 275 To Robert Patton, 25 December 275 To Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 25 December 276 To John Quincy Adams, 26 December 276 From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 26 December 277 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, [ca. 26] December, enclosing William Thackara to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 22 December 278 To John Brockenbrough, 27 December 279 To Samuel J. Harrison, 27 December 280 To William Jones, 27 December 280 To Jared Sparks, 27 December 280 From Francis Eppes, 28 December 281 From John Trumbull, 28 December 282 From Joseph C. Cabell, 29 December, enclosing Joseph C. Cabell to Robert G. Scott, 13 December 284 To Mathew Carey, 29 December 291 To Peter Stephen Chazotte, 29 December 291 To Alexander Garrett, 29 December 292 To John L. E. W. Shecut, 29 December 292 From John Barnes, 30 December 293 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 30 December 294  xxxi 

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Estimate of Funds and Expenditures for Central College, [by 30 December] 296 To James Madison, 30 December 297 To Joseph C. Cabell, 31 December 299 To John C. Calhoun, 31 December 299 From Alexander Garrett, 31 December 301

To David Higginbotham, 31 December 301

l l k l ' l 1818

Notes on Lease of Tufton and Lego to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [after 1 January] 301 From James Madison, 1 January 305 To James Madison, 2 January 306 To James Madison, David Watson, and John H. Cocke, [2 January] 306 From Richard Bache, enclosing Prospectus for the Franklin Gazette, 3 January 307 From Edward Graham, 3 January 310 To Joseph Milligan, 3 January 311 To Robert Patton, 3 January 312 To Wells & Lilly, 3 January 312 From John Armstrong, 4 January, enclosing Will of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 28 June 1806 313 From John H. Cocke, 4 January 315 To Charles Morris, 4 January 316 To John Barnes, 5 January 316 From Joseph C. Cabell, 5 January 317 To William H. Crawford, 5 January 319 To Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 5 January 320 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 5 January 322 To William Wirt, 5 January 322 From Joel Yancey, [5 January] 324 To Joseph C. Cabell, 6 January 324 Central College Board of Visitors to James P. Preston, 6 January 326 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 6 January 331 To Thomas Cooper, 7 January 332 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 7 January 334 From Mathew Carey & Son, enclosing Invoice of Books Purchased from Mathew Carey & Son, 8 January 336

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To Edward Graham, 8 January 337 To Jonas Keller, 8 January 338 To William Lee, 8 January 339 To Philip Thornton, 8 January 340 To John Trumbull, 8 January 340 From Pascal E. Hubbard, 9 January 341 From Alden Partridge, 9 January, enclosing Notes on Altitudes of Mountains, 20 August 1817 341 To Robert Walsh, 9 January 344 From William Wilson (for Robert Patton), 9 January 346 From John Barnes, enclosing John Barnes’s Account (as Agent of Thomas Jefferson) with Tadeusz Kosciuszko, 10 January 346 From James W. Wallace, 11 January 348 To Joel Yancey, 11 January 349 From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 12 January 350 From Amos Hamlin, enclosing Meteorological Observations, 12 January 350 From William Lee, 12 January 354 From John C. Calhoun, 13 January 355 From Wells & Lilly, enclosing Account with Wells & Lilly, 13 January 355 To Joseph C. Cabell, 14 January 357 From Martin Dawson, enclosing Account with Martin Dawson, 14 January 361 To Matthew Brown, 15 January 362 To Joseph C. Cabell, 15 January 363 To Mathew Carey, 15 January 364 From Francis W. Gilmer, 15 January 364 From Jonas Keller, 15 January 365 From Charles Willson Peale, 15 January 367 To Thomas Carstairs, 16 January 369 To John Armstrong, 17 January 369 To Richard Bache, 17 January 370 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 17 January 370 To Benjamin Harrison, 17 January 371 To Mathew Carey, 18 January 372 To Stephen Cathalan, 18 January 372 To Pascal E. Hubbard, 18 January 374 From Everard Hall, 19 January 375 From Gamaliel H. Ward, 20 January 377 From David Gelston, 21 January 380 From Joseph C. Cabell, 22 January 381  xxxiii 

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From A. F. De Laage, 22 January 383 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 22 January 385 From David Gelston, 22 January 386 From John Vaughan, 22 January 387 From Daniel Brent, 23 January 387 From Joseph C. Cabell, 23 January 388 From Mathew Carey & Son, 23 January 389 From Thomas Cooper, 23 January 389 From Robert M. Patterson, 23 January 390 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 24 January 390 From Fernagus De Gelone, 24 January 392 From Edward Graham, 24 January 394 From Samuel J. Harrison, 24 January 395 To Jonas Keller, 24 January 396 From Thomas Carstairs, 26 January 397 From Gales & Seaton, enclosing Circular on Publication of Congressional Proceedings, 26 January 398 From Josephus B. Stuart, 27 January 401 From Robert Walsh, 27 January 402 From John Adams, 28 January 404 To David Gelston, 28 January 405 From Ambrose Maréchal, 28 January 406 From David Gelston, 29 January 408 From John R. Phillips, 30 January 408 From Levi Hollingsworth, 31 January 411 From Joseph C. Cabell, 1 February 411 From Joseph C. Cabell, 1 February 413 From David Isaacs, 1 February 414 Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 415 Notes on Agreement with Matthew Brown, 3 February 415 Jefferson’s Introduction to the “Anas” 416 I. Explanations of the Three Volumes Bound in Marbled Paper (the so-called “Anas”), 4 February 417 II. Notes on the Fifth Volume of John Marshall’s Life of George Washington, [ca. 4 February] 429 III. Joseph C. Cabell’s Memorandum on the Introduction to the “Anas,” 9 April 431 From Joseph C. Cabell, 6 February 432 To Thomas Cooper, 6 February 434 To Francis Eppes, 6 February 435 To John Wayles Eppes, 6 February 435 From David Gelston, 6 February 436  xxxiv 

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To James Madison, 6 February 437 From Joseph Milligan, enclosing Account with Joseph Milligan, 6 February 438 From Peter Jefferson Archer, 8 February 440 To Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 9 February 441 From Joseph C. Cabell, 10 February 448 From Quinette de Rochemont, 11 February 450 From Archibald Thweatt, 11 February 452 From Joseph C. Cabell, 12 February 453 To Levi Hollingsworth, 12 February 453 To James Leitch, 12 February 454 From James Madison, 12 February 454 From John Vaughan, enclosing William Tilghman’s Queries regarding Caspar Wistar, 12 February 455 From Joseph C. Cabell, 13 February 456 From James Monroe, 13 February 459 From William A. Burwell, 14 February 460 To Antonio Dugnani, 14 February 460 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 14 February 462 From Francis Eppes, 14 February 463 From John Wayles Eppes, 14 February 464 To Elisha Ticknor, 14 February 466 To Albert Gallatin, 15 February 467 To Ambrose Maréchal, 15 February 468 To Robert M. Patterson, 15 February 469 To Joseph C. Cabell, 16 February 469 From Nathaniel Burwell, 17 February 471 From Randolph Harrison, 17 February 472 From Archibald Thweatt, 17 February 472 From John Martin Baker, 18 February 473 From Thomas Branagan, 18 February 474 To Thomas Ewell, 18 February 475 To Patrick Gibson, 18 February 476 To William F. Gray, 18 February 476 To David Hosack, 18 February 477 From Lewis Leroy, 18 February 477 To Joseph Milligan, 18 February 480 To Charles Willson Peale, 18 February 481 To Bernard Peyton, 18 February 481 From André Thoüin, 18 February 482 To John Vaughan, 18 February 482 To Joel Yancey, 18 February 483  xxxv 

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From Benjamin Austin, 19 February 484 From Daniel Brent, 19 February 485 To Peter S. Du Ponceau, 19 February 486 To Everard Hall, 19 February 486 To Archibald Thweatt, 19 February 487 To Robert Walsh, 19 February 487 From Joseph C. Cabell, 20 February 488 From Thomas Cooper, 20 February 490 From Alden Partridge, 20 February 491 From Benjamin Waterhouse, 20 February 493 To James Monroe, 21 February 498 From Joseph C. Cabell, 22 February 500 From James Leitch, 22 February 502 To Victor Adolphus Sasserno, 22 February 502 From Fanny Brand, 23 February 503 From Patrick Gibson, with Postscript by John G. Robert (for Gibson), 23 February 503 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 24 February 504 From Reuben Haines, 24 February 505 From Thomas P. Mitchell, 24 February 506 From Jedidiah Morse, 24 February 507 From Romain Parat, 24 February 508 From James Pleasants, 24 February 510 To Joseph C. Cabell, 26 February 511 From Fernagus De Gelone, 28 February 511 From Elisha Ticknor, 28 February 512 To Mathew Carey, 1 March 514 To Charles Simms, 1 March 515 From Charles Willson Peale, 2 March 515 From Bernard Peyton, 2 March 516 To Benjamin Austin, 3 March 517 To Benjamin Waterhouse, 3 March 517 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 7 March 519 To John Martin Baker, 9 March 521 To David Gelston, 9 March 522 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 9 March 522 To Bernard Peyton, 9 March 523 To Peter Jefferson Archer, 10 March 524 To Edward Graham, 10 March 525 To Patrick Henry (of Rockbridge County), 10 March 525 To Philip Thornton, 10 March 525 From Joseph C. Cabell, 11 March 526 From Joseph Delaplaine, 11 March 527  xxxvi 

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From Patrick Gibson, 11 March 527 From Bernard Peyton, 12 March 528 From Robert Walsh, 12 March 528 To John Wayles Eppes, 13 March 529 To Joseph Milligan, 13 March 530 From Thomas Ritchie, 13 March 530 From John Barnes, 14 March 531 To Nathaniel Burwell, enclosing List of Recommended Books for Female Education, 14 March 532 From David Gelston, 14 March 535 From Benjamin O. Tyler, 14 March 535 To Joel Yancey, 14 March 538 From Joseph C. Cabell, 15 March 539 To Patrick Gibson, 15 March 541 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 15 March 541 From Craven Peyton, 15 March 542 To Craven Peyton, 15 March 543 From Bernard Peyton, 16 March 543 From Philip Thornton, 17 March 544 From Francis W. Gilmer, 18 March 545 To John Armstrong, 20 March 546 To Bernard Peyton, 20 March 546 From Thomas Eston Randolph, 20 March 547 To Thomas Ritchie, 20 March 548 From James Rawlings, 21 March, enclosing Account with the Mutual Assurance Society, 21 March, with Jefferson’s Note, 10 May 549 From Thomas Perkins, 23 March 550 From Bernard Peyton, 23 March 550 To James Baker, 24 March 551 From Jerman Baker, 24 March 551 From Harrison Hall, 24 March 552 To James Oldham, 24 March 552 From Ann C. Bankhead, [received 25 March] 553 From Charles Collins (of New York), 25 March 553 From James Leitch, 26 March 555 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 26 March 555 From William Tilghman, 26 March 556 To Benjamin O. Tyler, 26 March 557 To Thomas Leiper, 27 March 558 Exchange of Henderson Land by Eli Alexander and Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 559 From Frank Carr, 28 March 561  xxxvii 

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Conveyance of Milton Lands to Martin Dawson, 28 March 562 To Thomas Eston Randolph, 28 March 563 From James Smith (of Baltimore), 28 March 564 From James Madison, 29 March 565 From Nathaniel Bowditch, 30 March 565 From Stephen Cathalan, 30 March 566 From George Washington Jeffreys, 30 March 570 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 30 March 571 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 30 March 572 From Lyman Spalding, 30 March 573 From Joseph C. Cabell, 31 March 573 To Joseph Delaplaine, 1 April 574 To Amos Hamlin, 1 April 574 To Wells & Lilly, 1 April 575 To Harrison Hall, 3 April 577 To James Smith (of Baltimore), 3 April 577 To Thomas Appleton, 4 April 578 Notes on the Administration of Charles Bellini’s Estate, 4 April 579 To Stephen Cathalan, enclosing List of Wine and Food Ordered by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 5 April 579 To William Dandridge, 5 April 581 To de Bure Frères, enclosing List of Books to be Acquired, 5 April 582 To John Hollins, 5 April 584 Statement of Account with Philip Mazzei’s Estate, 5 April 584 To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 5 April 585 To Thomas Perkins, 5 April 586 To Victor Adolphus Sasserno, 5 April 586 From Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, 5 April 587 From John Wayles Eppes, 6 April 590 Answer of the President and Directors of the Rivanna Company to Thomas Jefferson’s Bill of Complaint, 7 April 592 To Reuben G. Beasley, 8 April 607 To William Tilghman, 8 April 608 To John Vaughan, 8 April 608 To Albert Gallatin, 9 April 609 To Thomas Cooper, 10 April 610 To José Corrêa da Serra, 10 April 610 From José Corrêa da Serra, 10 April 611 To John Wayles Eppes, 10 April 612 To Patrick Gibson, 10 April 613 To Francis W. Gilmer, 10 April 614 From John Hollins, 10 April 615  xxxviii 

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From William Peck, 10 April 615 To Albert & John W. Picket, 10 April 616 To Jacob Bigelow, enclosing Summary of Weather Observations, 1810–1816, 11 April 617 To Nathaniel Bowditch, 11 April 619 From Mathew Carey & Son, 11 April 620 To Thomas Cooper, 11 April 620 From Destutt de Tracy, 11 April 621 To James Madison, 11 April 625 To Benjamin Silliman, 11 April 626 From Hugh Steel, enclosing Reflections on the Western Country, 12 April 627 From Patrick Gibson, enclosing Account with Gibson & Jefferson for Flour Sales and Account with Patrick Gibson, 13 April 632 Extract of Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge) to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 14 April 634 From Peter S. Du Ponceau, 14 April, enclosing Nicholas Biddle to William Tilghman, 6 April 636 From Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 14 April, enclosing Circular from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 30 March 638 From William King (of South Carolina), 17 April 643 Notes on Payments, Debts, and Credits, [ca. 17 April] 644 From John G. Robert (for Patrick Gibson), 17 April 645 From Mathew Carey & Son, 18 April 646 From James Leitch, 18 April 646 From Thomas Cooper, 19 April 647 From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 19 April 649 From “Laban Stringfellow,” enclosing Poem on a Footrace between William Darby and Joseph Aborn, [by 19 April] 650 From John Cook, 20 April 653 From Ferdinando Fairfax, 20 April 654 From Patrick Gibson, 20 April 654 From Thomas Jordan, 20 April 655 From James Madison, 20 April 655 From Robert Walsh, 20 April 656 To Patrick Gibson, 21 April 656

Appendix: Supplemental List of Documents Not Found 659

Index 661

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