/files/53767/53767-h/53767-h.htm#Page_442" class="Volume5 pgexternal">442.

Repeal of, 443.

Relations of peace restored, 455.

Domination on the ocean, 530.

Condition of, 552, 557.

• Vol. vi., 32, 52.

Relations with, 556.

• Vol. vi., 467, 470.

War with, inevitable, 464.

Character of kings of, 514.

Vol. vi.—

• Her maritime encroachments, 5.
• Death of King of, 15.
• Jefferson's sentiments towards, 53, 463.
• Character of government of, 346, 463.
• Social condition of, compared with that of U. States, 376.
• Tendency to revolution in, 423.

Vol. vii.—

• Feeling of, towards U. States, 42, 519.
• Debt of, 43.
• Condition and prospects of, 45, 48, 232.
• Constitution of, 48.
• Parties in, 50.
• Discontents in, 196.
• Origin of her constitution, 355.
• Effects of Norman conquest, 413.
• Indemnity for slaves carried off by, during revolutionary war, 518.
• Commercial relations of, with U. States, 518.

Vol. viii.—

• Negotiations with, 70.

Vol. ix.—

• Negotiations with Hammond, 175, 176, 425.
• Our relations with, 183, 419.

Enlistments.—

• Vol. v.—
  • When binding on infants, 283, 372.

Entails.—

• Vol. i.—
  • Abolition of, in Virginia, 37, 138.

Episcopal Church.—

• [See Church, Episcopal.]

Etiquette.—

• Vol. ix.—
  • Of the government under Gen. Washington, 454.

Europe.—

• Vol. i.—
  • Political condition of, 346, 353, 355, 358, 365, 366, 400, 435, 442, 453, 509, 559, 605.
  • Relations between Emperor and Dutch, 346, 353, 8.
  • Question whether States should vote by persons or orders, 8, 11, 23, 27, 34, 36, 40, 41, 43.
  • Concessions by the king, 11, 78.
  • Riots, 22, 26.
  • Opening of States General, 22, 26, 43.
  • Condition of finances, 26.
  • Large numbers of inferior clergy returned to Assembly, 27.
  • State of parties in National Assembly, 27, 34, 35.
  • Majority of clergy unite with Tiers Etat, 40, 41, 43, 44.
  • Proposition to distribute bread among poor, 48.
  • Tiers Etat declare themselves National Assembly, 50, 53, 57.
  • Character of Tiers Etat, 58.
  • Character of the noblesse, 58.
  • Clergy go over to Tiers Etat, 58.
  • A royal session proclaimed, 60.
  • Duke of Orleans joins Tiers Etat, 62.
  • Proceedings of Court party, 60, 61.
  • Disaffection of soldiery, 64.
  • King urges nobles and clergy to go over to Tiers Etat, 64, 65, 83.
  • Supplies of provisions from U. S., 65, 67, 68, 69, 73.
  • Constitutional reforms by National Assembly, 69, 70, 71, 75, 94, 97, 115.
  • Scarcity of provisions in Paris, 73, 86, 94, 111, 117.
  • Military intervention by the Government, 74, 75.
  • Fall of Necker and appointment of new Ministry, 85.
  • Character of new Ministry, 75.
  • Insurrections, 76, 77, 78, 79, 84.
  • Bastile taken and destroyed, 77, 79, 84.
  • Fall of Court Ministry and recall of Necker, 78,
  • Vol. v.—
    • Character of, 574.
    • Jefferson dissuades him from leaving Madison's Cabinet, 477.
    • False imputations against, 593, 594.
    • Views of, on U. States Bank, 595.
• Gates, Gen.—
  • Vol. i.—
    • His disasters in the South, 241, 249.
    • Supplies for, from Virginia, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 260, 262, 263, 273, 274, 285, 288, 302, 304.
    • Consolations of Jefferson on his failures, 314.
• Generations.—
  • Vol. iii.—
    • Whether one generation can bind another, 103.
      • Vol. vi., 138, 196.
      • Vol. vii., 16, 19, 311, 359.
• Genet, M.—
  • Vol. iii.—
    • His arrival in U. States as French minister, 563.
  • Vol. iv.—
    • His conduct, 7, 20, 31, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 64, 68, 84.
    • His recall asked, 50.
    • Petitions to have Mr. Jay prosecuted for libelling him, 97.
  • Vol. ix.—
    • The question of his reception, 140.
    • His proceedings in violation of our neutrality, 150, 151, 152.
    • The question of his dismissal, 158, 162, 163, 169, 177, 178, 179, 180.
    • Difficulties with, 182.
    • Conferences with, 207, 211, 217, 241.
  • The origin of the aborigines of America, 434.
• Vol. iii.—
  • Treaty with Creek Indians concluded, 184.
  • What rights States have over Indians within their limits, 142, 281.
  • Their progress in civilization, 217.
  • Expedition against, fails, 217.
  • Hostility of the Six Nations, 248.
  • Intrigues of the English with, 248.
  • Disclaimed by their Government, 331.
  • Scott's expedition against, 273, 279.
  • What right a State has over Indian territory within its limits, 192, 281.
  • Gen. Wilkinson's expedition against, 306.
  • Our intervention with, in favor of Spain, 358.
  • Intrigues of Spanish agents among, 455, 459, 474, 479, 480, 566.
  • Our conduct towards Creek Indians, 478, 479, 480.
  • Spain incites Indians to hostility against us, 478, 479, 480.
  • Our relations with the Indians, 478, 479, 480, 487, 581, 584.
  • Spanish officers furnish them with arms, &c., 566.
• Vol. iv.—
  • Our efforts to keep them neutral in revolutionary war, 10.
  • Efforts to preserve peace with, 10, 11, 12.
  • Our policy towards, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 464, 467, 472, 489.
  • War with North-Western Indians, 86.
  • Cessions of land by, 464, 467, 472.
  • Their languages, 326, 580.
  • Their artistic skill, 310.
• Vol. v.—
  • Improvement of, 212, 278, 302.
    • Vol. viii., 7, 51, 118, 185, 141, 210, 214, 88, 407.
      • Vol. viii., 121, 123, 126.
    • Reception of, by people on his retirement, 431.
    • His pleasure at retiring, 432.
    • Letter to people of Albemarle at end of Presidential term, 439.
    • All prosecutions for libels against him, dismissed, 452.
    • Franking privilege allowed him, 453.
    • His writings, 465.
    • Relations with Hamilton, 496.
    • His habits, 508, 558.
    • Made member of Royal Institute of Amsterdam, 517.
    • Relations with Adams, 559, 560.
  • Vol. vi.—
    • His bodily decay, 4, 519.
    • His devotion to agriculture, 6.
    • Efforts to extort from, 9, 10.
    • His declining faculties, 107, 403.
      • Vol. vii., 52, 179, 327.
    • His relations with Mr. Adams, 125.
    • Complains of publication of his letters, 282.
      • Vol. vii., 222.
    • His views of merchants, priests and lawyers, 334.
    • Made member of Agronomic Society of Bavaria, 363.
    • Tenders his library to Congress, 384, 387.
    • Resigns presidency of Philosophical Society, 396, 397.
    • His feelings towards England, 449.
    • Estimate of his public services, 455.
    • Calumnies against, 465.
    • His estimate of life, 575.
      • Vol. vii., 25, 421.
  • Vol. vii.—
    • Resigned to death, 52, 243.
    • Oppressed by correspondence, 54, 254.
    • His occupations in his old age, 111, 116.
    • His habits of life, 116.
    • Materials for his biography, 117.
    • Application for his portrait, 203.
    • Settlements of his accounts on his return from France, 239, 246.
    • His relations with J. Adams, 314.
    • Calumnies of Pickering, 362.
    • His relations with Washington unaffected by the Mazzei letter, 364.
    • Their friendship uninterrupted to the last, 370.
    • His losses by security debts, 433.
  • Vol. viii.—
    • Declines being candidate third time, 121, 123, 126.
  • Vol. ix.—
    • Disinclination of, to all public offices, 103.
    • Purpose of, to retire from Secretaryship of State,
    • Vol. i.—
      • Revision of Virginia code, 42, 45.
        • [See Virginia.]
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Evil of their instability, 333.
    • Vol. iii.—
      • No such thing as perpetual laws, 106, 108.
      • Collection of laws of different States, 184.
    • Vol. v.—
      • Rules for construing by Executive, 158.
      • Degeneracy of law, 524.
      • Some cases above law, 542.
      • Law of New England not Common Law, 547.
  • Law, Common.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • No part of law of Federal Government, 301, 306.
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Christianity no part of the Common Law, 303, 311.
      • Interpolations on, 311.
      • How far binding, 65.
      • Works on, 291.
      • Origin of, 381.
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Whether part of law of U. States, 199, 485.
      • How far in force, 485.
      • Hardin's case, 485.
  • Law, International .—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Effort to introduce a new principle in, 62.
        • [See Privateering.]
      • Free ships make free goods; enemies' ships make enemies' goods, how far Law of Nations, 62.
        • Vol. ii., 280.
        • Vol. vii., 270.
      • Proposition to exempt merchant vessels from seizure in time of war, 62.
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Property of one sovereign cannot be seized in territories of another, 477, 486.
    • Vol. iii.—
      • One sovereign not amenable to jurisdiction of another, 277.
      • Enemies' property in our territory at the time of war, may be seized and confiscated, 369.
      • Enemies' debts may be confiscated, 387.
      • Rights of one party where another violates a treaty, 391.
      • Before a foreigner can apply to Executive for relief, he must exhaust his remedies in the Courts, 538, 540, 541, 585.
      • We acknowledge always the government de facto, 489, 500, 522.
      • Foreign-built vessels purchased by our citizens, stand on the same footing as to neutral rights with home-built vessels, 550.
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Enemies' property in neutral vessels may be seized and confiscated, 24, 43, 408.
      • Arms are contraband, but Government will not prohibit exportation of, 87.
        • [See Neutrality.]
    • Vol. ix.—
      • Principles of, to be insisted on in our first treaties with European powers, 226.
      • Origin of the principle, "Free bottoms make free goods," 443.
  • Law, Municipal.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Derived their authority from the people, 302.
  • Lawyers.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Of New England, not good common-law lawyers,
      • Account of, 474.
  • Moose Island.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Within jurisdiction of U. States, 317.
  • Morality.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Basis of, 348.
  • Moral Sense.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • The existence of, 349.
  • Moreau, Gen.—
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Arrival of, in U. States, 584.
  • Morris, Governeur.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Appointed minister to France, 325.
      • Instructions to, 325, 329, 448.
      • Salary of, 325.
      • Opposition to his appointment, 329.
    • Vol. iv.—
      • Becomes unpopular in France, 93.
  • Morris, Robert.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Land purchases by, in Massachusetts, 231.
  • Morocco.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Death of Emperor of, 357.
        • [See Barbary States.]
  • Mountains.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Method of measuring height of, 495, 510.
  • Moustier, Count de.—
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Letter of respect to, on terminating his mission to U. States, 216.
  • Mulatto.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Who are Mulattoes under our laws, 437.
  • Museum.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Establishment of one at Williamsburg, 79.
  • Music.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • New musical instrument, 504.
    • Vol. ii.—
      • The Harmonicon, 75.
  • Muskets.—
    • Vol. i.—
      • Improvement in, 412, 514.
• (N.)
  • Napier, Lord.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • His theorem, 335.
  • Naples.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Relations of, with Papal See, 454.
  • Natural History.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • [See History.]
  • Naturalization.—
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Revision of laws of, 14.
  • Navy.—
    • Vol. vi.—
      • Success of, 122, 211.
    • Vol. vii.—
      • Origin of, 261, 264.
    • Vol. viii.—
      • Necessity for small one, 12, 20.
  • Necker, M.—
    • Vol. ii.—
      • Appointed director-general of finance in France, 471.
    • Vol. iii.—
      • Character of, 52, 53.
      • Popularity of, in France, 61, 62.
      • Dismissal of, from office, 75.
      • Recall of, 78, 79.
  • Negroes.—
    • Vol. v.—
      • Capacity of, relative to white races, 429, 475.
        • Vol. viii., 381, 384.
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    • Vol. iii., 18.
    • Vol. vii., 190.
• Vol. iv.—
  • Principles on which distributed, 353, 368, 380, 391, 398, 402, 406, 451, 543.
    • Vol. v., 136.
    • Vol. viii., 114.
  • Jefferson refuses all offices to relations, 388.
    • Vol. v., 90, 498.

Oglethorpe, Gen.—

• Vol. i.—
  • Claim of, to lands in Georgia, 499, 500, 501.
    • Vol. ix., 236.

Olive, The.—

• Vol. ii.—
  • The culture of, in U. States, 359, 414.
  • Olive oil, 359.
• Vol. iii.—
  • Culture of, in South Carolina, 471.

Optics.—

• Vol. vii.—
  • Views on, suggested, 258.

Oratory.—

• Vol. vii.—
  • Defects of modern, 347.

Orders in Council.—

• Vol. vi.—
  • Repeal of, 78, 117.

Orleans, Duke of.—

• Vol. iii.—
  • Goes over to the Tiers Etat, 62.
  • His character, 95.
  • His faction, 118.

Orleans, New.—

• Vol. v.—
  • Claim of, to public common, 26.
  • Scheme for defence of, 36, 46.
  • Public property at, 251.
  • Canal at, 288, 306, 318, 321.
  • Title to the Batture at, 291, 319, 518, 536, 545, 546, 548.
    • Vol. vi., 42.
    • Vol. viii., 99.
  • Conspiracies at, against U. States, 378.
• Vol. vi.—
  • Battle of, 420.

Orleans, Territory of.—

• Vol. v.—
  • Discontents in, 29, 32.

Orthography.—

• Vol. vi.—
  • Improvements in, 190.

Ossian.—

• Vol. i.—
  • Jefferson's opinion of Ossian's poems, 199.

Otto, M.—

• Vol. i.—
  • Mission of, to U. States, 346.