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Kaim. See Kames (Kaim), Henry Home, Lord

Kalb, Johann, baron de, 2:13

kale

  • sea, 3:439, 3:440n, 4:497, 4:498n
  • seed, 5:384, 6:44, 6:86
  • sprout, 4:498, 4:523, 4:561, 4:562, 5:490, 5:658, 6:86

Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel), 2:203–204n

Kalorama (Barlow’s estate in Washington, D.C.), 2:146

Kamchatka (Kamtschatka), 1:447

Kames (Kaim), Henry Home, Lord

  • Elements of Criticism, 1:576
  • Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion, 1:576
  • The Gentleman Farmer, 1:581, 2:82
  • Historical Law-Tracts, 3:546

Kanawha (now W.Va.)

  • salt wells at, 5:77, 5:77n

Kaskaskia Indians, 6:324

Keene, Richard Raynal, 2:681, 2:682n

Keith, William

  • The History of the British Plantations in America … Part 1. Containing the History of Virginia, 5:509

Kelly, John

  • and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
  • identified, 2:452n
  • introduces E. Alcocke, 2:452
  • introduces E. Fletcher, 3:610
  • as juror, 5:278, 5:279
  • letter from, 2:452
  • letter from accounted for, 2:452n
  • petition to General Assembly, 5:378–380
  • vouches for O. Norris, 3:465
  • witnesses warrants, 5:280

Kelly, Williamson

  • petition to General Assembly, 5:378–380

Kemper, Samuel, 6:189, 6:190n

Kennett, Basil

  • Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome, 1:580

Kennett, White

  • Bibliothecæ Americanæ Primordia, 5:513, 5:513n
  • A Complete History of England, 1:580, 2:51

Kentucky. See also Howard, Benjamin

  • and Bank of the United States, 4:113, 4:128–129, 4:130n
  • and batture controversy, 3:204
  • education in, 1:456
  • elections in, 5:581
  • goods carried to, 4:27
  • growth of, 4:113
  • hemp grown in, 2:359
  • judiciary, 1:405
  • land speculation in, 1:129, 1:131n
  • Lewis family in, 1:168n
  • mammoth bones found in, 2:507, 5:572, 5:573n
  • J. Monroe’s trip to, 2:35
  • newspapers, 4:277n, 4:285
  • prospects in, 2:344, 2:359
  • rice cultivation in, 5:560
  • sheep raised in, 6:370
  • shepherd dogs for, 6:369–370
  • slaves in, 3:92, 3:242–243
  • TJ on, 2:359
  • troops from, 5:319–320, 5:336, 6:577, 6:577n
  • war sentiment in, 5:478
  • weather in, 6:605

Kentucky locust (Gleditsia triacanthos; honey locust), 3:353, 3:354

Ker, David C.

  • letter from accounted for, 1:48n
  • letter to accounted for, 1:48n
  • president of Fredericksburg bank, 1:47, 1:48n, 3:112n

Kerby, Nowel

  • petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Kercheval, Samuel

  • identified, 1:567n
  • letter from, 1:566–567
  • letter from accounted for, 2:148n
  • letter to, 2:147–148
  • solicits donation for school, 1:566–567, 2:147, 2:148n

Kerr, Mr.

  • merchant in Manchester, Va., 3:258

Kerr, James

  • chairs meeting of Washington Co. Democratic Republicans, 1:100n
  • identified, 1:100n

Kerr, John B.

  • and Henderson lands, 1:439–440, 1:460, 1:461

Kerr, Joseph

  • as commissioner of Cumberland Road, 1:26, 1:173n

Kerr, Lewis

  • A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans, 3:168, 3:547

Kerr, Mekins

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Kerr, Sarah Henderson (Bennett Henderson’s daughter; John B. Kerr’s wife), 1:439–440, 1:459, 1:460, 1:461, 5:422, 5:424n, 5:427, 5:427, 5:427

Kersner (Kershner), Martin, 1:27

Kesteloot, Jacob Lodewijk

  • Discours sur les progrès des sciences, 1:656
  • identified, 1:657n
  • letter from, 1:656–657

Keteltas, William, 1:26

Key, Ann (Martin Key’s wife), 5:425

Key, Jesse B.

  • as juror, 5:278, 5:279
  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
  • witnesses warrant, 5:280

Key, John

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Key, Joshua, 6:576n

Key, Martin, 3:211

Key, Strother

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Kickapoo Indians, 6:323–324

Kimber, Emmor, 1:256n

Kimber & Conrad (Philadelphia firm)

  • identified, 1:256n
  • letter from, 1:256
  • solicits book subscription, 1:256
  • TJ purchases books from, 5:443n

Kimber & Sharpless (Philadelphia firm), 1:256n

Kimbrough, William

  • and H. Marks’s estate, 5:428, 6:135

Kinderhook, N.Y.

  • longitude of, 4:263, 4:654

King, Cyrus, 6:99, 6:101n

King, John Edwards, 1:25

King, Nicholas

  • identified, 1:12n
  • letter from, 1:11–12
  • and meeting of Washington Republicans, 1:11–12

King, Rufus

  • and colonization of Sierra Leone, 3:319, 3:320n
  • and plan for New England secession, 5:13, 5:14n
  • sends money to Lafayette, 2:14
  • U.S. minister to Great Britain, 3:96n, 4:670, 4:671n
  • as U.S. senator, 6:176, 6:177n, 6:178n, 6:202, 6:241, 6:242n

King, Sampson, 5:533–542

King, Walter, 3:179, 3:211, 5:15–16

Kings Mountain, Battle of, 4:134–135

Kingston, Upper Canada, 5:319–320

King William County, Va.

  • proposed sale of lands in, 2:534–535, 2:671

Kinnan, Robert, 2:142, 2:513

Kinsale, Va.

  • post office at, 6:644

Kinsolving, James

  • petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
  • TJ pays, 6:337, 6:338n

Kippen & Company (Scottish firm), 2:513

Kippis, Andrew

  • English theologian, 6:145–146, 6:227

Kircher, Konrad

  • Concordantiae Veteris Testamenti graecae, ebræis vocibvs respondentes, 5:36

Kirkland, Joseph

  • identified, 4:106–107n
  • letter from, 4:105–107
  • letter to accounted for, 4:107n
  • and Seventy-Six Association, 4:105, 4:106–107n

Kirwan, Elliott

  • master of Goodintent, 4:215

Kirwan, Richard

  • Elements of Mineralogy, 2:375, 2:377n

Kite, Benjamin. See also Kite, Benjamin & Thomas (Philadelphia firm)

  • identified, 4:186n

Kite, Benjamin & Thomas (Philadelphia firm)

  • identified, 4:186n
  • letter from, 4:186
  • sends work to TJ, 4:186
  • TJ pays, 5:133

Kite, Thomas. See also Kite, Benjamin & Thomas (Philadelphia firm)

  • identified, 4:186n

Knickerbocker, Diedrich. See Irving, Washington: A History of New York

Knight, Nehemiah, 2:319–320

Knight, Thomas Andrew

  • A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple & Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry, 1:581, 2:83

knives

  • drawknives, 1:135–136

Knox, Henry, 2:273n, 6:259n

Knox, Samuel

  • and De Jure Regni Apud Scotos (Buchanan), 2:172, 2:174n, 2:215
  • identified, 2:174n
  • letter from, 2:172–174
  • letter to, 2:215–216
  • TJ on, 2:215
  • A Vindication of the Religion of Mr. Jefferson, 2:173, 2:174n, 2:215–216

Koelreuteria paniculata (goldenrain tree; Paulinia aurea), 1:272, 1:274n, 1:594n, 3:503

Komarzewski, Jan Chrzciciel

  • Coup-d’Oeil rapide sur les causes réelles de la Décadence de la Pologne, 1:535, 1:536n, 4:56
  • Memoir on a subterranean graphometer, 1:535, 1:536n
  • sends books to TJ, 1:535, 1:536n, 2:536

Koontz, John

  • identified, 1:574n
  • letter from, 1:573–574
  • and merino sheep, 1:573–574

Koran, 2:420

Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura

  • on acquisition of Canada, 6:150
  • Bank of Pennsylvania stock, 1:408, 2:135, 2:181, 3:89, 3:90n, 3:284, 3:289, 3:524, 4:17, 4:18n, 4:26, 4:418, 4:463, 4:488, 5:374, 5:380, 5:381n, 6:168, 6:307, 6:546
  • and J. Barnes, 1:206
  • as defender of Polish liberty, 2:257
  • on education in the U.S., 4:469
  • gives military advice, 6:150–151
  • identified, 1:207n
  • letter from accounted for, 6:507n
  • letters delivered to, 4:326, 5:319–321
  • letters from, 1:206–207, 3:415–418, 4:469–470, 6:150–152
  • letters to, 2:257–261, 3:565–567, 3:617, 4:28–29, 5:186–188, 5:295–296
  • letters to mentioned, 2:256, 2:268, 2:410, 2:463, 4:33
  • mentioned, 3:62n
  • mislaid bank stock of, 1:166, 1:217, 1:218n, 2:181, 2:188
  • on military preparedness, 1:206, 3:415–416
  • profiles of TJ by, 2:39–40, 2:106
  • on Quakers, 4:469
  • remittances to, 2:134–135, 2:151–152, 2:181–182, 2:219, 2:256, 2:257, 2:260, 3:284, 3:524–525, 3:528, 3:558, 3:567, 3:587, 3:613, 3:617, 3:619, 4:3, 4:17, 4:26, 4:29, 4:418, 4:462, 4:469, 4:487–488, 4:521, 4:576, 4:591–592, 4:621, 4:629–630, 4:665–666, 4:684–685, 5:27–28, 5:59–60, 5:192, 5:295, 5:380, 5:381n, 5:393, 5:484, 5:531, 5:571, 6:85, 6:91–92, 6:118, 6:151, 6:166, 6:168, 6:211–212, 6:212, 6:239–240, 6:262–263, 6:307, 6:507, 6:546, 6:558, 6:577–578, 6:606–607, 6:607n
  • TJ’s debt to, 6:167, 6:168
  • TJ’s draft to, 1:281, 2:135, 2:151–152, 2:181–182, 2:256, 2:260, 3:416, 3:528, 4:28–29, 4:462
  • in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507n
  • will of, 2:260, 2:261n

Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von

  • La Peyrouse, 4:269, 4:274n
  • The Stranger, 3:633n

Kublai Khan, 6:137

Kyrle, John

  • known as the “Man of Ross,” 4:391, 4:392n

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