Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series - Comprehensive Cumulative Index (Vols. 1-6)

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Waddell, Mr. (of Philadelphia), 1:376, 1:457

Waddell, James, 6:426, 6:426n

wafers (for sealing letters)

TJ orders, 4:647

Wafford’s Settlement (Tellico Garrison)

treaty of, 1:6–7

Wager, Sir Charles

refuses medicine, 4:102

Wagner, Jacob

editor of Baltimore Federal Republican, 3:261–263, 3:298, 5:682
hostility to TJ, 3:261–263, 3:298, 5:682n
identified, 3:262n
letter from T. Law to, 3:261–262
letter to Barry from, 3:262–263

wagons

repair of, 1:3

Wait, Thomas B. See also Wait, Thomas B. & Sons (Boston firm)

Waite, G. & R. (Baltimore firm)

lottery office of, 4:391, 4:392n

waiters (trays), 4:231n

Wakely, Andrew

The Mariner’s Compass Rectified, 4:244

Walcheren Island

British invasion of, 1:529, 1:530n, 1:592, 1:593n, 2:7, 2:9n, 2:246n

Waldo, John

identified, 6:41n
letter from, 6:40–42
letter to, 6:402–407
Rudiments of English Grammar, 6:40–41, 6:42n, 6:402

Walker, Dr.

R. Jefferson’s physician, 4:416, 4:607

Walker, Elizabeth Moore (John Walker’s wife)

death of, 4:35
health of, 1:500
overseer for, 3:36
relations with TJ, 1:279n, 1:499n

Walker, James

identified, 3:293n
letter from accounted for, 6:71n
letters from, 3:359, 3:520–521, 4:50, 4:144, 4:200–201, 4:661–662
letters to, 3:293, 6:70–71, 6:125
letter to accounted for, 6:125n
and mill construction, 3:293, 3:359, 3:520–521, 4:50, 4:51, 4:144, 4:144–145, 4:145–146, 4:200–201, 4:661–662, 6:70–71, 6:85, 6:125, 6:386n

Walker, Joel

identified, 6:543n
introduced to TJ, 6:543

Walker, John

death of, 4:35
illness of, 1:498–499, 1:500, 1:500
relations with TJ, 1:279n, 1:499n, 1:500, 1:500

Walker, Thomas, 1:157n, 2:291n, 5:422, 6:426

Walker, William, 5:93n

Wallace, James Westwood

identified, 1:57n
letters from, 1:56–58, 3:368
letter to, 1:466
seeks sesame seeds, 3:368
sends geese to TJ, 1:56, 1:466
sends plants to TJ, 1:56–57
TJ sends cigars to, 1:466

Wallace, William

Scottish patriot, 6:622

Wallcut, Thomas, 1:673n

Waller, Benjamin Carter

agent for Robert Cary & Company, 2:349–350, 2:497

walnut (Juglandaceae)

cataloged by F. A. Michaux, 4:524, 4:525n

Walnut Street prison (Philadelphia), 1:383, 1:384n

Walpole, Sir Robert

and corruption of British constitution, 1:512, 3:238
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Walsh, Peter

identified, 3:505n
letter from, 4:189–190
letter from forwarded, 4:325, 4:326n
letter to, 3:505
letter to I. A. Coles from, 4:529–530
mentioned, 3:538, 3:539
TJ on, 3:512
TJ orders wine from, 3:505, 3:512, 4:189, 4:528, 4:529–530, 4:592, 4:666, 6:240

Walsh, Robert

A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government, 3:190n, 3:199, 3:200n

wampompeke (Indian currency), 1:334, 1:369

Wanostrocht, Nicolas

A Grammar of the French Language, with Practical Exercises, 2:27n

Wanscher, Martin

identified, 5:352n
letter to, 5:352
TJ forwards letter to, 5:352

Ward, Mrs. (Lynchburg)

tavern of, 1:671

Ward, Seth

F. Eppes boards with, 6:130
Lynchburg postmaster, 3:103, 3:104n

Warden, David Bailie

accused of selling French licenses, 3:539, 3:540n
admired by Europeans, 3:107–108, 3:114
and J. Armstrong, 1:141n, 3:107–108, 3:248, 3:251, 3:279–280, 3:309, 3:330, 3:340, 3:463, 3:538–539, 3:542, 3:557–558
assists N. L. Vauquelin in tobacco experiments, 1:142
carries seeds from A. Thoüin, 3:419n
carries TJ’s letters to France, 3:443, 3:444n, 3:512, 3:538, 3:554, 3:564, 3:566, 3:616, 3:619, 3:627, 4:35, 4:36, 4:56, 4:189, 4:202, 4:325–326
A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia, 4:19, 4:20n
conflict with Barlows of, 6:484, 6:485n
and consular circular, 5:437, 5:437n
and consular nomination, 1:26, 1:207, 1:208n, 1:317, 1:536, 3:250–251, 3:260, 3:292, 3:312–313, 3:340, 3:427, 3:459, 3:463, 3:503, 3:512, 3:521, 3:538–539, 3:599, 4:30, 4:33
departure for France delayed, 4:26, 4:28–29, 4:35, 4:36
and Destutt de Tracy letter, 3:443, 3:444n, 3:538
and Destutt de Tracy’s book manuscript, 6:45
and Destutt de Tracy’s work on Montesquieu, 4:54, 4:202, 4:436, 4:446, 4:609, 5:54, 5:612, 6:458, 6:484
and fiorin grass, 3:280n, 3:294–295, 3:339–340, 4:159, 4:175, 4:187
on foreign relations, 3:274
forwards chest to TJ, 1:627
and A. von Humboldt, 3:557–558n
identified, 1:141n
letters from, 1:140–141, 1:207–209, 1:316–317, 1:535–536, 1:629–630, 2:161–162, 2:406, 3:250–251, 3:260, 3:279–280, 3:308–310, 3:312–313, 3:339–341, 3:427, 3:464, 3:538–540, 3:557–558, 4:19–20, 4:54–55, 4:325–326, 5:436–438, 5:576–577, 6:45–46
letters from mentioned, 1:344, 1:359, 6:320
letters to, 2:536–537, 3:292, 3:294–295, 3:443–444, 3:512, 3:619, 4:33, 4:35–36, 4:36
letters to mentioned, 2:333, 2:544
mentioned, 2:530, 3:316, 3:505–506, 5:580n
Observations on Robin’s Travels, 3:557, 3:558n
On the Origin, Nature, Progress and Influence of Consular Establishments, 5:437, 5:437–438n
and remittances to T. Kosciuszko, 4:418, 4:576
sends books, 1:613n, 1:629–630, 5:436, 5:499–500, 5:576
sends books to American Philosophical Society, 1:452
sends dynamometer to TJ, 2:333
sends greetings to Randolphs, 5:437, 6:45, 6:46n
sends publications to TJ, 2:161–162, 2:406, 3:41n, 3:220, 3:221n, 3:260, 3:279, 3:280n, 3:308–309, 3:393, 3:464, 3:512, 3:562, 4:19, 4:325–326, 4:574–575, 6:45, 6:45–46, 6:342, 6:342–343n, 6:372, 6:445
sends seeds to TJ, 1:141, 2:162, 2:536, 5:114, 6:17, 6:45, 6:152, 6:196
“Sulphate of lime of Onondago, State of New-York,” 3:333n
TJ on, 3:248–249
translates J. F. Callet’s work, 1:316–317, 1:629–630, 4:148
translates Eulogium on Marcus Aurelius, 3:309, 3:310n
translates N. L. Vauquelin’s tobacco experiments, 1:142–152, 1:482, 1:608–609
as U.S. consul at Paris, 4:529, 5:576, 6:45, 6:306, 6:469, 6:469n
visits Monticello, 3:273
writes about magnolia bark and upas tree, 3:280n

Warden, John, 2:84, 2:85n, 5:90

War Department, U.S. See also Dearborn, Henry; Eustis, William; Smith, John (chief clerk of War Department)

and batture controversy, 2:426, 2:427, 2:435
clerks at, 2:142
W. Duane’s opinions on, 5:255, 5:352–353
fire at, 3:68, 3:69n, 3:73
forwards publication, 1:571
letters of recommendation sent to, 2:304, 2:315, 4:376, 4:483, 4:516
military stores, 5:81, 5:104–105, 5:107
offer to supply duck cloth to, 2:99
and Spring Hill School (Mich. Territory), 2:55–57, 2:58n

Warder, Joshua, 5:415n

Wardlaw, William

and apothecary supplies, 3:183, 3:200
identified, 3:183n
letter from, 3:200
letter to, 3:183
as surety for G. Jefferson, 4:277n, 4:278n, 4:325
witnesses document, 5:570n

Waring, Mr., 2:543

Waring, Morton A.

federal marshal, 6:113n

Warminster, Va., 3:103

Warm Springs (Bath Co.)

proposed visit to, 4:90, 4:132

Warner (M. Daingerfield’s slave), 3:112

War of 1812. See also Hull, William

T. Bailey on, 5:581–582
Battle of the Thames, 6:546n, 6:577n
British attack on Hampton, Va., 6:332, 6:333n, 6:445, 6:446n, 6:515
British raids on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 6:545, 6:546n
W. A. Burwell on, 5:642–643, 6:307
capture of USS Chesapeake during, 6:250, 6:251n, 6:265
W. Duane on, 5:352–353, 5:635–636, 6:526–530
and East Florida, 6:67, 6:67–68, 6:112, 6:113n
encampment near Buffalo, 5:544 (illus.)
E. Gerry on, 5:127
and House of Representatives, 5:282, 5:282n, 5:303
and Indians, 6:389, 6:577, 6:577n
J. Monroe on, 6:171–176
Niagara Campaign, 5:410–411, 5:531–532, 5:532–545, 5:608–609, 5:609n, 5:609–610, 5:610n, 5:684, 5:685n, 6:172, 6:527
opinions on impending conflict, 5:124–125, 5:251–252
opposition to, 6:259, 6:275, 6:512, 6:633n
orations supporting, 5:225–226, 5:227n, 6:219n, 6:429n
and peace negotiations, 6:74, 6:124, 6:143–144, 6:171, 6:175–176, 6:538–539
O. H. Perry’s victory on Lake Erie, 6:526, 6:530n, 6:531, 6:546n
and politics, 5:167
G. Prevost’s threats against U.S., 6:641n
public opinion of, 5:352–353
in the South, 5:352–353
support for, 5:160, 5:167, 5:172–174, 5:191, 5:192n, 5:220, 5:259, 5:332, 5:366–367, 5:546, 5:547n, 5:591, 5:680–681, 5:681n, 6:155, 6:340n, 6:376n, 6:636
TJ on, 5:546, 5:561, 5:579, 5:606, 5:608–609, 5:645, 6:53, 6:64, 6:141–145, 6:205, 6:205, 6:205–206, 6:209, 6:293, 6:491, 6:538–539, 6:645
TJ requests information on, 6:646
E. Trist on, 5:112–113
U.S. declaration of, 6:145n
U.S. financing of, 6:131n, 6:220–225, 6:311–312, 6:358n, 6:490–497, 6:578–592, 6:601–602
U.S. naval victories during, 6:14–15
volunteer troops, 5:82, 5:344–345, 5:531–532

War of the Spanish Succession, 6:192

Warrell, James, 2:93, 2:94n

Warren, James

J. Adams’s letter to published, 6:234n

Warren, John Borlase

British naval commander, 5:582, 6:446n, 6:538

Warren, Mercy Otis

History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution, 1:37, 1:581

Warren, Samuel, 5:332n

Warren, Va.

decline of, 3:104
grocery at, 2:453
industrial complex at, 1:223n
TJ visits, 2:329

Warwick, Corbin

witnesses document, 4:278n

Warwick, Daniel, 3:550

Warwick, William S.

witnesses document, 4:278n

Wash, Robert

identified, 3:418n
introduces E. Crafts, 3:418
introduces J. T. Mason, 4:53
letters from, 3:418, 4:7–8, 4:53
letter to, 3:616
sends map, 3:418, 3:616
sends newspaper to TJ, 4:7–8

Washington (TJ’s slave; b. 1805)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Washington, Bushrod, 1:195n

Washington, D.C. See also Capitol, U.S.; National Intelligencer (Washington, D.C., newspaper)

bank of, 1:30n, 1:481, 1:535
banks in, 6:168
Blodget’s Hotel, 4:577
calculation of prime meridian for, 1:275–276, 1:356–358, 1:359n, 1:489–498, 1:511–512, 1:534, 1:551
Capitol Hill, 3:289–290
citizens of, address TJ, 1:11–12
J. B. Colvin on politics in, 3:359–360
defenses of, 6:307
digest of city code, 1:632, 1:633n
fever in, 3:63, 3:64n, 4:200
groceries available in, 4:630, 4:685
Lindsey’s Hotel, 1:359n
longitude of, 4:236, 4:275–276, 4:651–660
Long’s Hotel, 1:10n, 2:250, 2:251n
Navy Yard, 6:307
population increase, 4:27
proposed botanical garden in, 4:426–428, 4:535, 4:563–564n
proposed marine hospital at, 5:178, 5:179n
proposed national bank at, 3:391
Rhodes’ Hotel, 1:357, 4:275
snowfall in, 2:71
soapstone deposits, 5:109–110, 5:111, 5:167–168
and standards of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:228
and supplies for TJ, 4:26–28, 4:630, 4:685
surveying of, 5:101n
Tammany Society of, 2:399, 2:541, 2:566
threatened by British forces, 6:312–313
TJ addresses citizens of, 1:13–14
weather in, 4:26, 4:32
wool from TJ’s flock analyzed at, 2:492

Washington, George

J. Adams on, 5:3, 6:254, 6:284
answers by to addresses, 6:180
appointments of, 1:43n, 5:615, 5:619–620
assists Chamberlain, 4:15
cabinet of, 2:70, 2:272, 2:273–274n, 4:389n
and Continental Congress, 4:601
depicted in T. Gimbrede engraving, 4:540 (illus.)
difficulty filling cabinet posts, 6:259, 6:259n
and donation to Liberty Hall Academy, 1:367–368n
W. Duane’s pamphlet on, 1:49n
gives chicory seed to TJ, 4:33
grandnephews of impressed into British navy, 6:143, 6:145n
A. Hamilton’s influence over, 6:259
and P. Henry, 4:604, 4:605n
W. Jones on, 6:644
judicial appointments of, 2:386
lauded as hero of Revolution, 1:12
and H. Lee’s medal, 2:126
medallion of, 2:113, 2:114n
mentioned, 2:400, 2:412n, 2:604, 3:381n, 5:25, 5:615, 5:619, 6:89n, 6:185, 6:254, 6:284, 6:419, 6:466, 6:624, 6:626
A Message of the President of the United States to Congress Relative to France and Great-Britain, 1:487, 1:569–570
object of idolatry, 6:259
portraits of, by C. W. Peale, 1:45n
praised, 4:106n, 4:393n, 5:525
as president, 3:305, 3:308n, 3:336, 3:339n, 6:183, 6:194, 6:318
print of, 2:127
and raising of sheep, 1:286
retirement from presidency, 6:259
and Seven Years’ War, 1:290
TJ on, 3:99, 5:565
TJ’s Revolutionary War correspondence with, 4:468
and valedictory address, 5:565, 5:626
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507n
and Whiskey Rebellion, 2:385, 2:387n

Washington, Henry A., 3:xlvii

Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis (George Washington’s wife), 3:209n

Washington Academy (later Washington and Lee University), 1:367, 1:367–368n

Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Pa.), 1:6n

Washington and Lee University (Lexington), 1:367–368n

Washington Benevolent Societies, 5:641, 5:642n

Washington City Library, 1:30n

Washington County, Md.

Republicans of, address TJ, 1:26–29
TJ addresses Republicans of, 1:98–99

Washington County, Pa.

Jefferson College students address TJ, 1:4–6
TJ addresses Democratic Republicans of, 1:99–100

Washington Federalist, 3:534, 3:537n

Washington Female Orphan Asylum, 1:10n

Washington National Monument Society, 1:30n

Washington, or Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books (Northmore), 4:392, 4:393n

Washington Tavern (Portsmouth, Va.), 6:341

Wasp (brig)

carries letters to and from Europe, 1:629, 1:658, 2:36, 2:200, 2:410, 3:54, 5:68, 5:82, 5:265
transports letters, 4:649, 4:650n

watches

gold, 3:83–84
R. Jefferson’s, 4:416, 4:481, 4:607

watercress (Capucine cress; Indian cress; Nasturtium officinale), 5:550

water crowfoots (buttercup; lesser celandine; ranunculus; spearwort), 3:545, 5:358

Waterhouse, Andrew Oliver, 6:96, 6:100n

Waterhouse, Benjamin

alleged misconduct at Marine Hospital, 1:295–299, 1:300n, 6:37–38, 6:97–98, 6:98–99
alleged ridicule of TJ, 1:295–296
on benevolent societies, 5:641, 5:642n, 6:96, 6:96, 6:98, 6:100n
The Botanist, 5:640, 5:642n, 5:682
compared to B. Rush, 6:38–39
defended by J. Adams, 6:38, 6:38–39
defended by E. Gerry, 1:296–297, 1:299, 6:38
family of, 6:38, 6:96, 6:100n
and Federalist party, 1:298, 5:640–641, 6:95–98
identified, 1:300n
letters from, 1:295–300, 5:640–642, 6:37–40, 6:95–102
letter to, 5:682–683
and J. Madison, 6:98–99, 6:169
on Massachusetts traitors, 6:119
and mountain of salt, 5:640–641, 5:642n, 5:682, 6:39
seeks appointment, 6:95–99, 6:119, 6:169
writes anonymous newspaper articles, 6:37, 6:39, 6:39n, 6:40n, 6:96, 6:100n

Waterhouse, Daniel Oliver, 6:96, 6:100n

Waterhouse, Elizabeth Oliver (Benjamin Waterhouse’s wife), 1:297

Waterhouse, John Fothergill, 6:95, 6:100n

Waterland, Daniel

English theologian, 6:302, 6:440

water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica), 1:57–58n

Watkins, Elisha, 2:167, 2:168, 2:371

Watkins, M. C.

and death of G. Jefferson, 5:258, 5:289–290

Watkins, Tobias

and P. Allen’s History of the American Revolution, 6:231n

Watson, Dr., 1:190

Watson, David

and W. McClure’s debts, 5:174–175, 5:328–329, 5:574, 5:574–575, 5:575, 5:587n, 5:639–640

Watson, George, 3:60

Watson, John

agreement to buy land, 2:237–238
and Belmont appraisal, 3:169, 3:170–171, 3:172
identified, 2:238n
and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:199, 6:199, 6:199, 6:199, 6:576n
as juror, 5:278–279, 5:279
letter from accounted for, 5:281n
and J. Lewis deposition, 5:180, 5:192
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349, 5:378–380
Rivanna River Company commissioner, 3:254n
vouches for O. Norris, 3:465
and warrant for restitution of land, 5:280–281, 6:215, 6:216n, 6:554, 6:555
Writ to Summon a Jury regarding Land Seized by David Michie, 5:274

Watson, Richard, bishop of Llandaff, 5:276

Watson, William

and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
identified, 4:543n
letter from, 4:543
and plating of saddle trees, 4:543

Watson & Vest (Milton firm)

TJ orders groceries from, 4:211
TJ pays, 4:233

Watsonia meriana (Bugle lily), 5:412

Watt (slave), 4:231n

Watts, Isaac, 1:468, 1:469n

Watts, John

Bedford Co. landholder, 4:317, 5:468
land owned by, 2:237, 2:238n
and settlement of TJ’s accounts, 4:342, 5:56–57

wax opal, 2:299

waxwork (American bittersweet; Celastrus scandens), 1:57, 1:58n

Wayles, John (TJ’s father-in-law)

and Bedford Co. land, 5:230–234, 5:348–349, 5:479–480, 5:480–481n, 5:486
and Campbell Co. land, 1:671n, 4:680, 4:682, 5:35, 5:39, 5:40, 5:48, 5:62–63, 5:87, 5:88, 5:88, 5:89, 5:89–90n, 5:90–91, 5:103, 5:103n, 5:128, 5:128–129, 5:159, 5:161–162, 5:162, 5:210–211, 5:287, 5:287–288, 5:342–343
extracts from records of, 5:287–288
and Farell & Jones, 2:141, 2:142, 2:396, 2:424, 2:433, 2:466, 2:513, 3:211, 5:402n
and Gilliam v. Fleming, 1:305n, 1:362, 1:365, 1:608, 2:84, 2:85, 2:130n, 2:141, 2:256, 2:369, 2:370, 2:397, 2:407, 2:425, 2:433, 2:434, 2:447, 2:448, 2:464–465, 2:465–466, 2:540, 3:44, 3:45, 3:84–86
and O. Hanbury’s executors, 5:299n
identified, 5:162–163n
papers at Eppington, 5:90–91, 5:161–162, 5:162n, 5:210–211, 5:287, 5:287–288
and Poplar Forest, 2:xliii, 4:318n
as P. Randolph’s executor, 4:647, 4:679
slaves of, 3:610n
as surety for J. Randolph, 4:616, 4:679
and TJ’s account with W. Welch, 2:514, 2:515n, 4:194–195

Wayne, Anthony, 3:325n

Wayt, Twyman

letter from accounted for, 3:655
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Wayt & Winn (Charlottesville firm)

TJ’s account with, 6:111n, 6:337

The Wealth of Nations (Smith), 2:592, 4:448, 5:52–53, 5:56n, 6:53, 6:497, 6:498n, 6:582–586, 6:593n, 6:593n

weather. See also meteorological observations

and climate change, 2:70–72, 4:189
cold, 2:177, 2:195, 2:302, 2:313, 4:85
drought, 1:213, 1:600, 1:657, 2:302, 2:313, 2:413, 2:417, 2:427, 2:436, 2:481, 2:491, 2:496, 2:661, 3:607, 3:630, 4:32, 4:38, 6:119, 6:210, 6:210n, 6:267, 6:290, 6:331, 6:366, 6:397, 6:448, 6:544, 6:544, 6:605, 6:605
effect on crops, 1:170, 1:285, 2:3, 2:302, 2:313, 2:491, 3:474, 3:630, 3:634, 4:32, 4:38, 4:623, 5:82, 5:296, 5:314, 5:610, 5:660–661, 6:119, 6:210, 6:290, 6:331, 6:531, 6:544, 6:544, 6:605
hail, 6:267
heat, 4:26, 4:32, 6:204–205, 6:210, 6:215, 6:264, 6:274, 6:290
hurricanes, 5:383, 5:383n
ice, 4:480, 5:599
in northern states, 4:85
rain, 2:254, 2:325, 2:436, 2:491, 2:495, 2:496, 3:204–205, 5:57, 5:57n, 5:82, 5:296, 5:314, 6:106–107, 6:210, 6:264, 6:290, 6:331, 6:524, 6:531, 6:531, 6:544, 6:605, 6:646
snow, 2:32, 2:35, 2:70–71, 2:184, 3:392, 3:394, 3:437, 5:610, 6:621
in Va., 4:85
in Washington, 4:26, 4:32

Weather Memorandum Book (Thomas Jefferson), 5:xlviii, 5:57n, 5:358 (illus.), 5:576n

weaving. See also textiles, 3:238–239

Webb, Mr. (Foster Webb’s heir)

and P. Mazzei’s property, 6:21

Webb, Foster

and P. Mazzei’s property, 5:598

Webster, Capt., 1:294

Webster, Daniel

visits Monticello, 4:596n

Wedderburne, Mr. See Wilberforce, William

Wedgwood, Ralph, 2:xlii

Weekly Political Register (London newspaper), 5:370n, 5:384

Weekly Register (Baltimore newspaper), 4:177–178

Weightman, Roger Chew

and fiorin grass, 4:159, 4:175, 4:192–193, 4:201
identified, 4:193n
letter from, 4:192–193
letters to, 4:201–202, 4:561
and newspaper account, 1:48
prints Senate proceedings, 1:49n
TJ orders books from, 4:201–202, 4:561
TJ pays, 4:555, 4:576, 4:634n

weights, measures, and coinage

TJ on, 4:147–149, 4:222–229, 5:92
TJ’s report on, 1:487
universal standard of, 4:147–149, 4:167, 4:222–229, 4:409–411, 5:92

Welch, Wakelin

identified, 2:515n
TJ’s account with, 2:349–350, 2:497–498, 2:499–500, 2:513–514, 2:514–515, 2:515, 4:149–150, 4:194–195
TJ’s bond to, 2:515, 3:55–56, 3:135

Welles, Charles Fisher

identified, 1:428n
letter from, 1:428
letter to, 2:51–52
“Poem on Thomas Jefferson,” 1:431–433
praises TJ, 1:428, 1:431–433, 2:51–52

Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess

British foreign minister, 2:130, 2:131n, 2:325, 2:345, 2:366, 2:418, 2:419n, 2:480, 3:519, 3:577, 4:234, 4:271, 4:587, 5:156, 5:587

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Viscount (later Duke of)

Peninsular campaigns of, 1:593n, 2:166n, 5:587–588, 6:515n
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:508n

Wells, Thomas

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
TJ purchases land from, 4:386

Wells, William Hill

as U.S. senator, 6:242n

Welsh, George (TJ’s slave)

on Poplar Forest slave list, 5:461, 6:308

Wermwag, Lewis, 5:559n

Werner, Abraham Gottlob

mineralogical theories of, 2:376, 2:377n, 2:551, 2:552n, 3:264n

Wertmüller, Adolf Ulrich

Danäe and the Shower of Gold, 4:181, 4:182n

West, Benjamin

copies Titian painting, 4:181
students of, 1:45n
T. Sully copies painting of, 3:625

West, Robert

surety for bond, 4:231–232n

West, Samuel, 6:501

West, Thomas

surety for bond, 4:231–232n

Western Road. See Cumberland Road

West Florida. See also Florida

annexation of, 3:256–257, 3:264–265, 3:281–282, 3:325–326, 4:284n, 5:21n
landholders in, 4:15
supplies arms and ammunition to Indians, 6:389

Westham, Va.

plank delivered to, 2:424, 2:434
TJ’s lots in, 4:63, 4:154

West India Company, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:484

West Indies

dependent on American supplies, 4:664
and non-importation, 3:639
slaves from, 3:319
TJ’s reputation in, 3:521

Weston, Conn.

meteor falls on, 2:406

Westphalia, Treaty of (1648)

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506n

Westwardmill Library Society (Brunswick Co.)

books for, 1:66–67, 1:205–206, 1:508

Weyers Cave, Va., 1:309

Whann, William

buys stove, 4:192

Wharton, Joseph

and J. Adams, 4:484

wheat

amount grown by TJ, 2:151
at Belmont estate, 3:171
as cash crop, 3:348
Caspian, 4:49
as crop, 6:119, 6:132–133
at Edgehill, 6:620
effect of Embargo on, 4:622, 4:664
effect of war on, 5:191
effect of weather on, 1:93, 1:285, 2:417, 3:474, 3:630, 3:634, 4:32, 4:376, 4:623, 5:82, 5:314, 5:610, 6:210, 6:366, 6:544, 6:544, 6:605
ground at Shadwell Mill, 3:156–157, 3:640–642, 3:642–643, 3:644
R. Jefferson’s crop, 4:183
at Lego, 2:239, 2:240, 3:191
from lost trunk, 1:347
at Monticello, 4:93, 4:95, 4:376, 4:623, 5:444–445, 6:156, 6:290, 6:366, 6:544, 6:605, 6:620
at Poplar Forest, 2:96, 2:217, 2:495, 3:341, 3:371, 3:392, 3:394, 4:86–87, 4:94, 4:95, 4:165–166, 4:170–171, 4:184, 4:307–308, 4:341–342, 4:373, 4:379, 5:306, 5:340, 5:382, 5:470–471, 5:475, 5:481–482, 6:331, 6:486, 6:544
price of, 3:328, 3:371, 3:413, 5:120–121, 5:296, 5:337, 5:357, 5:381, 5:438, 5:440–441, 5:610, 6:472, 6:620–621
price of in France, 1:373
price of in Great Britain, 1:82
price of in Richmond, 4:86–87, 4:91, 4:94, 4:95, 4:104–105, 4:165–166, 4:184, 5:115
prospects for coming harvest, 2:313, 2:367, 2:495, 2:496
Remarks on the Smut and Mildew of Wheat (Fothergill), 1:72
at Shadwell, 2:213, 2:239, 2:240
at Shadwell Mill, 1:108–109, 1:282, 1:421, 5:120–121, 5:499
TJ’s income from, 4:86–87, 4:94, 4:95, 4:165–166, 4:170–171, 4:184, 4:307–308, 4:341–342, 5:401, 5:623
at Tufton, 2:112, 2:116, 2:371

Wheaton, Henry

identified, 3:46–47n
letters from, 3:46–47, 4:422–423, 5:163
letters to, 3:137–138, 3:157, 4:494–495, 5:219
An Oration, Delivered before the Tammany Society, 3:46, 3:137, 3:157
sends address to TJ, 4:422–423, 4:494–495
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:163, 5:219

Wheaton, Joseph

identified, 1:352n
letter from, 1:350–352

wheelbarrows, 2:546, 2:547

Wheeler, Micajah

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Whipple, Oliver

identified, 2:320–321n
letter from, 2:319–321
letter to accounted for, 2:321n
pro-Republican writings of, 2:320
seeks an appointment, 2:319–320

whips, 6:344, 6:344, 6:346, 6:347

whiskey

accidents involving manufacture of, 1:465, 3:359
price of, 3:550
taxes on, 4:483
Tennessee, 1:31
TJ orders, 6:344, 6:346, 6:346, 6:346, 6:347

Whiskey Rebellion, 2:385, 2:387n, 2:617, 3:80, 3:82n, 6:254, 6:256n, 6:419, 6:426

Whit, Jones

letter from accounted for, 6:119, 6:122n

Whitby, Henry, 1:228n

White, Mr. (of Tuckabatchee), 1:351

White, Hugh

identified, 4:620–621n
letter from, 4:620–621
letter to, 4:673
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
sends work to J. Madison, 4:621n
sends work to TJ, 4:620, 4:673

White, Hugh Lawson

and East Tennessee College, 2:266–267, 2:365–366
identified, 2:267n
letter from, 2:266–268
letter to, 2:365–366

White, James

invents spinning machine, 5:151, 5:154n

White, John Blake

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

White, Josiah, 5:559n

White, Patrick, 3:211

White, T.

and gunpowder for TJ, 6:147, 6:147, 6:186

White, William

as commissioner of loans, 5:26n

white currants (Ribes odoratissimum), 5:369

White House. See President’s House

Whitehurst, John, 2:319n

white jessamine (Jasminum officinale; poet’s jessamine), 3:354, 3:355n

white lead, 1:55n, 1:77, 5:33

whites, free

number at Monticello, 3:202

Whiteside, Jenkin

resigns from U.S. senate, 4:200
takes trunks to Washington, 2:72

Whiting, John, 3:63

Whitlock, Mrs.

and P. Mazzei’s property, 5:562, 5:598
mentioned, 4:291n

Whitlocke, Izard B., 5:570n, 5:570n

Whitlow, Charles

botanical collection of, 4:427
identified, 4:427–428n
patents substitute for flax and hemp, 4:427, 4:667, 5:22
and proposed Washington botanical garden, 4:426–427, 4:563–564n
and Urtica Whitlowi (wood nettle), 4:427–428n, 5:22

Whitner, Benjamin Franklin

identified, 1:112n
letter from, 1:112

Whittington, Thomas

identified, 5:341n
letter to, 5:341
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:229, 5:341, 5:361, 5:361n

Whittle, Robert, 1:16

Whitton, Mr., 5:663

The Whole Art of Husbandry (Mortimer), 6:380

The Whole Works of the late Rev. James Hervey (Hervey), 2:322n

Wickham, John

and batture controversy, 2:395, 2:398, 2:401, 2:406, 2:414, 2:414–415, 2:416–417, 2:427, 2:432, 2:549, 3:331
counsel for A. Randolph’s executor, 4:647
and O. Hanbury’s executors, 3:195, 5:298, 5:299n
identified, 2:395–396n
letters from, 2:395–396, 2:406–407
letter to, 2:398
and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:304n, 5:299n
and W. Short’s land, 4:268
and TJ’s debt to W. Welch, 2:350n, 2:497, 2:513
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624

Wilberforce, William

and antislavery, 3:319, 3:320n, 3:513–514

wild indigo (Indigofera tinctoria; indigotier), 3:461–462

The Wild Irish Boy (Maturin), 1:391, 1:397n

wild salsify (Missouri salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius), 3:150, 3:166

Wiley, David, 2:543, 2:544n

Wiley, John, 5:49

Wilkerson, John. See Wilkinson (Wilkerson), John

Wilkin, James Whitney

identified, 1:80n
letter from, 1:79–80
letter from accounted for, 1:80n
letter to accounted for, 1:125n
and N.Y. state legislature, 1:79–80, 1:125n

Wilkinson, Benjamin, 2:122n

Wilkinson, James

acquaintances in La., 5:524
aide to, 2:244
and E. Bacon, 3:358, 3:428–431
and batture controversy, 2:435, 2:444n, 3:25
as brigadier general, 3:544
and A. Burr trial, 1:426, 1:427–428n, 3:344n, 4:413
H. Cassidy’s accusation of corruption, 4:70–71
Congress investigates, 3:324, 3:325n, 3:358, 3:428–431
correspondence with TJ, 3:358, 3:428–431, 3:519, 3:543
court-martial of, 4:398, 4:412–413, 4:480, 4:481n, 4:542, 5:635, 5:637n, 5:641
identified, 3:325n
letter from, 3:323–325
letter to, 3:440–441
Memoirs of General Wilkinson, 3:78–79, 3:100–102, 3:323–324, 3:325n, 3:359, 3:440–441, 3:543
J. Monroe on, 2:43
as New Orleans commissioner, 1:179n
and G. Prevost’s threats against U.S., 6:641n
public sentiment toward, 3:323–325, 3:359–360
removal of rumored, 2:45, 2:46n
report to War Department, 5:353, 5:354–355n
TJ on, 4:412–413
War of 1812 service of, 6:242, 6:294n, 6:530, 6:619, 6:645, 6:645

Wilkinson, James Biddle

address to citizens of Mobile, 6:503n
anonymous letter concerning, 6:503
and conflicts of interest, 4:71n
death of, 6:503n

Wilkinson (Wilkerson), John

Campbell Co. landholder, 2:324n, 4:309n, 4:680, 4:683n, 5:34, 5:40, 5:48, 5:49, 5:49

Will (William) (TJ’s slave; b. 1753)

delivers book, 6:94
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 5:462, 6:308, 6:308, 6:308, 6:308, 6:309, 6:309
tasks for, 4:380

Willard (slave), 4:231n

Willcox, Joseph

federal marshal, 1:278, 1:279n

William (TJ’s slave), 3:392

William (TJ’s slave; b. 1801). See Hern, William (TJ’s slave)

William III, king of Great Britain

and land tax, 2:571
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

William IV, stadtholder of the Netherlands

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:507n

William V, stadtholder of the Netherlands

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504

William and Mary, College of

criticized, 2:384
expulsion and readmission, 1:251, 4:107–108, 4:161–163
faculty of, 1:251n, 1:634n, 3:xlvii, 3:381n, 5:373, 5:373, 5:374n, 5:469, 6:598
longitude of, 4:246, 4:344
minerals lent to, 2:551
president of, 4:235, 4:236n, 5:469, 5:469n, 5:577, 5:579n, 6:606
professors at, 4:108, 4:246, 4:369
proposed sale of land by, 2:534–535, 2:671
TJ attends, 4:598
TJ on, 4:162, 6:606
G. Wythe’s lectures at, 3:205–206, 3:228

Williams, Benjamin & George (Baltimore firm)

J. A. Morton’s agents, 4:629, 4:631n, 4:666, 4:684, 5:27–28, 5:59–60

Williams, David

Claims of Literature, 3:207, 3:208n
Lectures on Political Principles, 3:38, 3:40n, 3:87, 3:189, 3:334
Letters on Political Liberty, 3:189, 3:190n, 3:207

Williams, David Rogerson

military appointment of, 6:250–251

Williams, E. (N.Y. firm), 4:662

Williams, George

and T. Kosciuszko’s American investments, 6:91–92, 6:118, 6:166, 6:211–212, 6:212, 6:239–240, 6:240, 6:262, 6:263, 6:546, 6:546, 6:558, 6:606, 6:607n
and payment for wine, 6:240

Williams, Henry, 3:143

Williams, Indiana Fletcher, 3:610n

Williams, James Ernest

naval commander, 6:468

Williams, John

and coffee for TJ, 4:662, 4:687, 5:41–42
letter from, 4:662, 5:41–42
letter to, 4:687

Williams, Jonathan

gun for, 1:294
identified, 3:94–95n
letter from, 3:93–96
letter from accounted for, 6:507n
and recommendation for C. Despinville, 4:374
Thermometrical Navigation, 3:95n
and United States Military Philosophical Society, 6:507n
on U.S. Military Academy, 3:93–94
on water temperature and navigation, 3:93, 3:95n

Williams, Robert, 1:25

Williams, Samuel

accused of conspiracy, 4:83, 4:628
The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, 1:581, 2:71

Williams, Thomas D.

letter from, 2:673–674
proposed canal, 2:673–674

Williams, Thomas Hill

identified, 5:392n
letter from, 5:392
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:392

Williams, William Clayton, 3:45

Williamsburg, Va.

latitude of, 4:98
longitude of, 4:246
newspapers in, 1:370n
TJ meets P. Henry in, 4:598–600

Williamson, George

identified, 1:597n
letter from, 1:597
The Principles of Health: Elements of hygiene, 1:597n
sends prospectus to TJ, 1:597

Williamson, Hugh

Observations on the Climate in Different Parts of America, 2:71–72

Williamson, Thomas

and bet about TJ, 5:494, 5:503–504
identified, 5:494n
letter from, 5:494
letter to, 5:503–504

Willich, Anthony F. M.

Domestic encyclopædia (ed. Mease), 1:18, 1:19n, 1:252

Willie, William, 3:191

Willis (TJ’s slave; b. 1806)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Willis, Francis (1744–91)

TJ’s college friend, 4:516, 4:517

Willis, Francis (b. 1768)

identified, 4:517n
letter from accounted for, 4:516n
letter to, 4:516–517
seeks military appointment, 4:516–517

Willis, John, 2:105, 2:106n

Willis, Nelly Conway Madison (John Willis’s wife), 2:106n

Willis Creek tract (Cumberland Co.)

title to lands at, 2:170n, 2:184, 2:186n, 4:519–520

Willis’s Mountain

J. W. Eppes views, 3:195
TJ plans to visit, 4:132
TJ takes latitude of, 4:344–346, 4:369

willow

golden, 3:353, 3:354
weeping, 1:61, 3:353, 3:354

Wills, Matthew

boats of, transfer goods, 4:548–549
and fish for TJ, 4:668, 4:677
identified, 4:549n
letter from, 4:668
letters to, 4:548–549, 4:677

Wilmer, James Jones

An Address delivered in Havre-de-Grace, June 4, 1812, 5:226, 5:227n, 5:288
identified, 5:226–227n
letter from, 5:226–227
letter to, 5:288
sends works to TJ, 5:226, 5:227n

Wilmington, Del.

wool from TJ’s flock analyzed at, 2:252, 2:492

Wilson, Mr. (Maryland clothier), 1:16

Wilson, Alexander

American Ornithology, 2:483n, 3:623n, 4:289
American Philosophical Society membership diploma for, 6:115n

Wilson, Henry, 1:515, 1:517n

Wilson, James P.

American Philosophical Society membership diploma for, 6:115–116n

Wilson, John

identified, 6:355n
letter from, 6:354–355
letter to, 6:413–415
sends book manuscript, 6:354–355, 6:355n, 6:413
A Volume for all Libraries … Being a System of Philological Entertainments, 6:355n, 6:415n, 6:415n

Wilson, Thomas

identified, 2:370n
letter from accounted for, 2:370n
letter to, 2:369–370
and J. Wayles estate, 2:369–370, 2:540–541, 3:45, 3:86

Wiltz, Françoise, 3:476, 3:477n, 3:478n, 3:485

Winchester, James

and Battle of River Raisin, 5:637n, 5:645, 5:646n, 5:648, 6:645
and command of Northwest Army, 5:396, 5:642–643

Winchester, Va.

chancery court at, 6:268
Republican Constellation, 2:120, 2:174

Winder, Levin, 6:155n

Winder, William H.

military experience of, 6:528
and Niagara Campaign, 5:410, 5:533–540

windmills, 1:647–648, 2:458–460, 2:460–461, 2:479

windowed tritonia (open-flowered tritonia; tritonia fenestrata), 5:412

wine

Albaflor, 1:345, 1:366, 4:4, 4:530, 6:163
Arruda, 3:240, 3:241n
Banyalbufar, 1:366
books on, 2:82, 2:83n
brandy added to, 2:221, 2:222, 2:223, 2:339, 3:240
burgundy, 1:257, 1:586, 2:339, 4:177
Carrasqueira, 3:240, 3:241n
claret, 2:191
cognac, 1:32
currant, 2:221–222, 5:323–324, 5:369
as dysentery remedy, 1:483
French, 1:313n, 1:387, 2:339
glasses for, 6:344
Italian, 1:387
Madeira, 1:155, 1:387, 1:397n, 2:221
Moscadello de Montalcino, 3:377
Noyau, 1:155, 1:156n
Oeiras, 3:240, 3:241n
C. W. Peale produces, 5:323–324
port, 1:483
Portuguese, 2:165, 2:166n
recipe for, 2:222
St. George, 3:505
sent to TJ, 1:281–282, 2:221, 2:292, 2:330, 2:338–339, 4:34, 4:215, 4:219, 4:220, 4:220, 4:487, 4:522, 4:530
sugar added to, 2:220–221, 2:223, 2:330, 2:338, 2:339
Termo, 3:240, 3:241n
TJ orders from P. Walsh, 3:505, 3:512, 4:189, 4:528, 4:529–530, 4:592, 4:666, 6:240
TJ purchases from B. Skelton estate, 2:466
TJ’s biblical allusion to, 3:606
at U.S. Marine Hospital, 1:299
viticulture, 1:586–587, 4:84–85, 4:176–177, 4:419–420, 5:323–324, 5:447
white, 2:191

Wingate, Edmund

ed. Britton, 1:383, 3:547

Wingfield, Charles

conducts funeral, 4:135–136, 4:155–156
identified, 4:136n
and Jefferson v. Michie, 6:576n
letters from, 4:136, 4:155–156
letter to, 4:135–136
letter to accounted for, 4:156n
witnesses document, 5:570n

Wingfield, Christopher

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Winn, John

and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
Charlottesville merchant, 6:54n
Charlottesville postmaster, 4:48, 5:364
identified, 2:201n
letter from, 2:201, 6:111
requests lead from TJ, 6:111
seeks lime, 2:201
vouches for O. Norris, 3:465

Winston, Isaac

and H. Marks’s estate, 4:511, 5:428, 6:135

Winston, William B.

and H. Marks’s estate, 4:511, 5:73

Winston & Lyons (firm), 2:397

A Winter in Washington: or, Memoirs of the Seymour Family (Margaret Bayard Smith), 1:10n, 1:397n

winter melon

TJ on, 2:302

Winters, Elisha

Ark. landholder, 4:70

Winters, Gabriel

Ark. landholder, 4:70

Winthrop, John

A Journal Of the Transactions and Occurrences in the settlement of Massachusetts and the other New-England Colonies, 5:387, 5:390n, 5:508–509

Wirt, Elizabeth Washington Gamble (William Wirt’s wife), 2:470

Wirt, William

and batture controversy, 3:331, 3:332, 3:475–476, 3:481–488, 5:16
consults with TJ on batture case, 2:414, 2:416–417, 2:427, 2:428, 2:473, 2:474–475, 2:511, 3:45–46, 3:227
discusses batture case with D. Carr, 2:469–470, 2:493, 2:494
drafts address to TJ, 1:611n
drafts batture pleadings, 3:397–411
and W. Duane, 3:507, 3:509n, 3:515, 3:540, 3:549–550, 3:563–564, 3:573–574, 3:585, 3:586, 3:591–592, 3:593–594n, 3:601–603, 3:626–627, 3:634
endorses silk-manufacturing project, 1:341–342, 1:355, 1:424
and Henderson case, 6:573, 6:573
identified, 1:341–342n
and inkstand for TJ, 5:38, 5:39n, 5:111
letter from accounted for, 2:494n
letters from, 1:341–342, 2:155–156, 2:414, 2:493, 2:675–677, 3:549–550, 3:573–575, 3:626–627, 4:615–617, 5:263
The Letters of the British Spy, 4:471, 4:472n, 4:560
letters to, 2:314, 2:401–402, 2:474–475, 2:494, 3:47, 3:481–483, 3:515, 3:545–546, 3:563–564, 3:601–604, 4:596–598, 5:242–243, 6:351
and Livingston v. Jefferson, 4:596–597, 4:679
recommended as attorney general, 1:626
Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, 2:155–156, 2:314, 4:596n, 4:604n, 4:605n
and suit of A. Randolph’s executors, 4:597
TJ hires as counsel, 2:398, 2:401–402, 2:406, 2:494
TJ pays, 4:594, 4:596, 4:597n, 4:615, 4:618, 6:337
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
and TJ’s land dispute with S. Scott, 5:239, 5:242–243, 5:263, 5:337, 5:361, 6:351
and TJ’s List of Authorities cited in Statement on the Batture Case, 3:545–547
and TJ’s recollections of P. Henry, 4:595–596n, 4:597, 4:598–605, 4:616
and TJ’s Statement of Facts in the Batture Case, 3:481–483, 3:499
and TJ’s statement on the batture case, 2:545, 2:568, 2:657, 2:660, 2:675–677, 3:41–42, 3:47, 3:47–49, 3:152, 3:203, 3:226

Wiseham, William

and W. Ronald’s estate, 2:185

Wistar, Caspar

and American Philosophical Society, 1:100, 1:677, 6:516
anatomical studies of, 6:253
and J. Corrêa da Serra, 5:8, 6:252–253, 6:253, 6:415
family of, 4:141
A. von Humboldt sends greetings to, 1:453n
identified, 1:101n
and instruction of M. Lewis, 6:424n
letter from, 5:25–26, 6:252–253
letters to, 1:100–101, 4:190–191, 5:94, 6:415–416, 6:516
and mastodon bones, 1:100, 1:510–511, 5:26n, 5:94, 5:572–573, 6:253, 6:415–416
medical advice of, 4:416
mentioned, 3:472n
and T. J. Randolph, 1:309, 2:285, 6:253, 6:416
recommendation of T. Matlack, 5:25, 5:94
TJ introduces D. Burwell to, 4:190, 4:190–191

Wistar, Elizabeth Mifflin (Caspar Wistar’s wife), 1:309

Wistar, Richard

and protecting trees from worms, 4:141

Withe, Mr., 2:455

woad (Isatis), 2:271, 3:461–462

woad, blue (Isatis tinctoria), 2:271

Wolcot, John

“A Simile,” 1:538n

Wolcott, Oliver (1760–1833)

as secretary of the treasury, 6:194

Wolf Creek (Bedford Co.), 3:187, 3:188n

Wolff, Christian von

Cours de Mathématique, 6:381
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Wollaston, Frederick H.

consul at Genoa, 3:377
dines with TJ, 4:34
introduced by Mazzei, 4:35n

Wollaston, Richard, 5:386, 5:508–513, 5:583

women

documents by
- A. S. Marks, 6:34–35
- J. Peyton, 1:459–463
- M. J. Randolph, 2:237–239
- M. B. Smith, 1:8–10, 1:386–401
free white, number at Monticello, 3:202
housewives, 5:223
letters from
- A. Adams, 6:516–517
- M. A. Archbald, 1:238–240, 2:201–203
- L. R. Bailey, 2:309, 2:369
- M. B. Bonneville, 6:8
- Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 5:71–72, 5:402–403
- L. Cooley, 6:428
- Madame de Corny, 1:173–175
- Madame Deshay, 1:450–451
- E. Eppes, 2:206
- S. Grotjan, 6:12–13
- M. Lewis, 2:291–292, 5:357
- Lewis sisters, 3:90–91
- M. Page, 3:276
- Madame Reibelt, 2:394–395
- L. F. Smith, 6:126–127
- Madame de Staël Holstein, 5:449–453
- M. Stith, 3:458
- Madame de Tessé, 1:271–274, 1:593–594, 2:310–312, 4:322–324, 5:188–190
- E. Trist, 1:98, 2:283–285, 5:111–113
letters to
- A. Adams, 6:437–438
- L. R. Bailey, 2:336, 3:241
- A. C. Bankhead, 2:103–104, 3:633–634
- M. B. Bonneville, 6:47
- Madame Bureaux de Pusy, 5:163–164, 5:441
- M. Daingerfield, 1:47–48, 2:41
- S. Dearborn, 5:165, 5:597
- E. Eppes, 2:129–130
- M. B. Eppes, 2:126–127
- S. Grotjan, 6:47–48
- M. Lewis, 4:38
- M. T. Page, 3:423–424
- C. J. Randolph, 3:635
- M. J. Randolph, 3:392, 3:394
- L. F. Smith, 6:161–162
- M. B. Smith, 1:29
- M. Stith, 3:432–433
- Madame de Tessé, 3:503–504
- E. Trist, 1:80–81, 2:265–266, 5:26–27
letters to accounted for
- M. Lewis, 2:38n
- A. S. Marks, 5:687
plant remedies for, 5:30
raped by British servicemen, 6:446, 6:515
schools for, 1:367, 1:368n, 1:506, 1:507n, 3:155, 3:201

Wonder-Working Providence of Sions Saviour (Johnson), 5:386, 5:390n

wood. See also building materials

firewood, 4:210, 5:38n, 5:427, 5:427, 5:607–608, 6:348
plank, 5:485, 5:488, 5:663, 6:257, 6:257

Wood, David

family of, 4:186–187
petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Wood, Eleazer Derby

and N. G. M. Senter, 5:398, 5:399n

Wood, Harrison

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Wood, James (1741–1813)

draws plan of Richmond, 4:288n
frees slaves, 3:269n
governor of Va., 4:309n

Wood, James (1755–1836)

identified, 1:503n
letter from, 1:501–503
praises TJ, 1:501–502
Revolutionary War claim of, 1:502–503

Wood, John

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254
seeks military appointment, 4:186–187

Wood, John (ca. 1775–1822)

and Albemarle Academy, 5:102
and education of T. J. Randolph, 1:520, 2:95, 2:134, 2:171, 2:564–565
identified, 2:96n
letters from, 2:95–96, 2:171–172, 2:564–565
letter to, 2:134
A New Theory of the Diurnal Rotation of the Earth, 2:95, 2:134, 2:161, 2:171, 2:536, 3:251
sends letters to France through TJ, 2:295, 2:536
TJ on, 2:536

Wood, John H.

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Wood, Lucy Henderson (Bennett Henderson’s daughter; John Wood’s wife), 1:440, 1:459, 1:460–461, 1:463, 5:422, 5:423, 6:50–6:51, 6:51n, 6:367, 6:367n, 6:472

Wood, Thomas, 6:428

Wood, William

New-England’s Prospect, 5:386, 5:390n

Wood, William. See Woods, William

Wood, William (1671–1730)

as minter of coinage, 6:626, 6:627n

woodchuck (groundhog; Marmota monax), 2:509

Woodfall, Henry S.

Junius: including Letters by the same Writer, Under Other Signatures, 6:374, 6:413

Woodford, John

recommended for military appointment, 4:529

Woodhouse, James, 1:307, 1:452, 1:453n

Woodlands (Hamilton’s Pa. estate), 1:191, 1:192, 1:479

Woodman, William T.

translates Destutt de Tracy manuscript, 6:526, 6:530n

wood nettle (Urtica Whitlowi), 4:427–428n, 5:22

Woods, George M.

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Woods, Micajah

deputy sheriff, 1:590, 1:595
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349

Woods, Rutherford

petition to General Assembly, 5:378–380

Woods, William

dam of, 2:97, 2:98n
Fluvanna Co. mill of, 3:218, 3:219n
as juror, 5:279, 5:279
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349
surveys Henderson land, 5:421
witnesses warrant, 5:280

Woods, William (“Baptist Billy”)

carries letter, 6:358
described, 6:358n

Woodside, John

identified, 5:456–457n
letter from, 5:456–457
letter to, 5:504
seeks position for son-in-law, 5:456, 5:504

Woodson, Tucker, 1:440, 1:460, 5:422

wood stone, 2:299

Woodward, Augustus Elias Brevoort

on the classification of knowledge, 6:408–411
Considerations on the Executive Government of the United States of America, 1:164–165, 1:236, 1:253–254
federal judgeship of, 6:407, 6:411n
on foreign government, 1:254n
identified, 1:165n
letter from accounted for, 1:165n
letters from, 1:164–165, 1:253–254, 6:407–411
letter to, 1:236, 6:445
plans to visit TJ, 6:407–408, 6:445
A System of Universal Science, 6:411n
visits Monticello, 1:165n

Woodward, John H.

identified, 2:189n
letter from, 2:188–189
proposed national biography, 2:188–189

Woodward, William Wallis

identified, 2:321n
letters from, 2:321–322, 2:349
letter to, 2:337
TJ purchases books from, 2:321–322, 2:337, 2:349

woodworking

tools, 1:135–136, 3:119–120, 6:344

wool

Barbary sheep, 2:379, 4:637, 4:638n, 6:6
books on, 3:263, 3:264n
carding machines, 5:356
cards, 4:362, 4:417, 4:612, 6:345
cloth, 4:27, 4:40, 4:102, 4:343, 6:631, 6:631–632n
dyeing of, 4:686, 6:114, 6:314, 6:335
merino, 1:320, 2:31, 2:451, 2:666, 4:62, 4:426, 5:198–199, 6:6, 6:6, 6:114, 6:314, 6:335, 6:397, 6:631, 6:631–632n
price of, 4:426
production of, 1:15–18, 1:478–479, 1:573–574, 5:439
samples of, 1:16, 1:17, 1:19n, 1:320, 1:667, 2:39, 2:252, 2:492, 3:342–343, 3:637
from S.C., 4:40
and scab, 4:61, 4:62
Spanish sheep, 6:6
spinning of, 1:525, 1:591, 4:380, 4:417n, 4:426, 4:513n, 4:571, 4:686, 5:470
used for clothing, 4:40, 4:343, 4:361, 4:362, 4:428, 4:627, 4:637, 5:475, 5:560, 6:344

Worcester, Edward Somerset, marquis of

inventor of steam engine, 6:249n

Worcester National Aegis (Mass. newspaper), 1:50n

The Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Robert Treat Paine, Jun. (Paine), 6:183, 6:184n

The works of Cornelius Tacitus (trans. Murphy), 6:93

The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals (ed. Duane), 3:449, 3:451, 4:56, 6:374, 6:413

The Works of Tacitus (trans. Gordon), 1:580, 6:93

Wormley (TJ’s slave; b. 1781). See Hughes, Wormley (TJ’s slave)

Wormley, Ralph, 6:353

worms

damage trees, 4:141, 4:532

Worsley, William W.

identified, 4:285n
letter of introduction for from J. Fowler, 4:285

Worthington, Thomas

and O. Evans’s patent machinery, 6:455–457
identified, 6:457n
letter from J. Ellicott to, 6:455–458
letter to, 4:164
as U.S. senator, 4:163, 4:164n

Worthington, William Grafton Dulany

identified, 2:196–197n
letter from, 2:196–197
letter to, 2:251–252
Speech of W. G. D. Worthington, Esq. a Member of the General Assembly of Maryland ... on Brent’s Resolutions, 2:196, 2:251

Wortman, Tunis

identified, 6:340n
letter from, 6:339–340
letter to, 6:400–401
Standard of Union, 6:339, 6:340n, 6:400, 6:401n

Wright, Joseph, 2:106n, 2:126

Wright, Robert

congratulates TJ, 5:220
as governor of Md., 1:361
identified, 1:107n
issues pardons, 2:412n
letter from, 5:220
letter to, 1:106–107, 5:305
praises TJ, 1:106–107
supports declaration of war, 5:191, 5:192n, 5:220

Wright, Thomas (Chickasaw agent), 1:26

Wright, Thomas (Queen Annes Co., Md.)

identified, 1:63n
letter from, 1:62–63
letter from accounted for, 1:63n
letter to, 1:127–128
and meeting of Queen Annes Co. Republicans, 1:62–63, 1:127–128

Wright, William, 6:378, 6:378n

Wyche, James, 1:66

Wyche, John

books recommended to, by TJ, 1:205–206, 1:579, 1:580–582
identified, 1:67n
letters from, 1:66–67, 1:508
letters to, 1:205–206, 1:579
and Westwardmill Library Society, 1:66–67, 1:205–206, 1:508, 1:579, 1:580–582

Wythe, George

bequeaths books to TJ, 6:619n
death of, 4:35
and Henderson case, 6:482n, 6:572
and P. Henry, 4:598
and Jefferson Cups, 2:xlii, 2:315–316
monument to, at Monticello, 1:391
and revision of Va. laws, 1:381–383, 3:570, 5:136
and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:599
students of, 3:540n
and William and Mary lectures, 3:205–206, 3:228

Wythe County, Va.

mammoth bones found in, 2:507

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