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“heart and head” letter of, 300–302

James Madison’s relationship with, 182, 185, 292–93, 294, 295, 297, 308, 310, 313, 316, 323, 347, 355, 356–57, 362, 366, 370, 371–80, 402

John Adams’s correspondence with, 201, 282, 316–17

John Adams’s relationship with, 169, 176, 177–78, 179, 182, 185, 186, 190–92, 193, 195, 205, 245, 278, 280, 282, 308, 316–17, 352, 371

library of, 289–90

Louisiana Purchase negotiated by (1803), 247, 314–15, 377, 379

love life of, 228, 261–63, 264, 265, 266–70, 271, 297–302, 311, 313, 378

marriage of, xiii, 266–93, 298–99, 302, 304, 315, 325–26, 352, 429
n
–30
n

military policies of, 379–80, 388

Monticello estate of, 259, 268–69, 270, 271–73, 275, 276, 277, 279, 281–86, 287, 289–91, 292, 293, 306–7, 310–27, 329, 333, 334–35, 336, 339–40, 342, 345–52, 380, 400, 405, 413

moral values of, 228, 239, 265, 295–96, 300–302, 310–15, 328–52, 409–16

musical interests of, 259, 260, 267, 269, 278, 298

papers of, 260, 266, 279, 285, 310–11, 411

in Paris, 293–306, 341, 364, 410, 412, 414

personality of, xiii–xiv, 228, 229, 260, 261–63, 264, 279, 288–91, 293, 294, 295–302, 323, 330, 376, 410–12, 413, 414

in Philadelphia, 278–81, 289, 292, 308, 310, 371–72

poetry written by, 259–60

political career of, 175, 176, 177, 185, 228, 229, 265, 271, 273–74, 277–91, 306–15, 318, 371–72, 378, 402, 414

as president, 56, 198, 245–48, 309, 310, 313–20, 321, 352, 372–80

as presidential candidate (1796), 177, 371

as presidential candidate (1800), 190–92, 245

press coverage of, 228, 229, 280, 301, 306, 309–15, 328–52, 378, 409–16

reading by, 259, 260, 261, 276–77, 288–89, 299

religious views of, 228, 297, 324

reputation of, 195, 228, 277–78, 280, 287–88, 294–95, 308, 309–15, 321, 323 325, 328–52, 365, 378, 407–16

as revolutionary leader, 260–61, 267, 273–74, 277–91, 295, 308

Sally Hemings’s relationship with, xv, 304, 305–6, 310–15, 323, 327, 328–52, 409–16, 437
n

as secretary of state, 46, 47, 49, 172, 235–36, 306, 307, 308, 309

slaves freed by, 305–6, 312–13, 321, 323, 409–16

slaves owned by, 267, 268, 271, 273, 274–75, 285, 289, 290, 293, 305–6, 310–15, 323, 326–52

social life of, 261–68, 292, 293–302, 313–14, 370–79, 382, 383

as vice president, 177, 179, 310

as Virginian, 260, 271, 273–74, 277–78, 280–88, 299

Washington and, 48, 125, 235–36, 278, 295, 306, 307, 308, 309–10, 315, 352

as widower, xiii, 289–93, 298–99, 302, 304, 313–14, 383

writings of, 277, 278, 327

Jefferson Family Association, 337

Jefferson Foundation Research Committee, 350–51

Jefferson Image in the American Mind, The
(Peterson), 409–10

Jefferson in Paris,
414, 415

Jefferson Legacies Conference (1993), 413

Jefferson Memorial, 336

“Jefferson Scandals, The” (Adair), 410–11

Jennings, Paul, 403, 406

Johnson, Samuel, 216

Jones, John A., 333

Jones, John Paul, 103

Jones, William, 399

Jordan, Daniel P., 339

Jordan, Winthrop, 410, 415

Jouett, Jack, 284–85

Julius Caesar
(Shakespeare), 178

 

Kennedy, John F., 352

Key, Francis Scott, 395

Kidd, Kenneth, 342–43

King George’s War, 83–84

King’s College (Columbia College), 28–31, 215–17

Knox, Henry, 37, 164, 187

Knox, Hugh, 214–15

Knox, Lucy, 51

 

Lafayette, Adrienne, 157, 297

Lafayette, Marquis de, 48, 157, 222, 295, 297

Latrobe, Benjamin, 383, 403

Laurens, Henry, 141

Laurens, John, 218–20

Lavien, John Michael, 209–10, 211

Lavien, Peter, 209, 210, 211

Lavien, Rachel Fawcett, xiii, 209–12, 213, 215, 216, 219, 221, 222, 223, 426
n

Lawrence, John, 174–75

Lear, Tobias, 54–56

Lee, Arthur, 103, 114, 139, 140, 150, 153, 154

Lee, Billy, 61

Lee, Charles, 218

Lee, Eliza Collins, 367, 368, 404, 407

Lee, Henry, 189, 233, 323–24

Lee, Richard Bland, 367, 368

Lee, Richard Henry, 62, 97, 103, 148, 280–81, 282

“Letters from George Washington to Several of His Friends in the year 1776,” 61–62

Lewis, Lawrence, 51, 56

Lewis, Meriwether, 319

Lewis, Nelly Custis, 43, 44, 50–51, 53–54, 57

Lewis, Warner, 264

Lexington and Concord, Battles of, 96, 98, 125, 278

Library of Congress, 66, 393

“Life Among the Lowly” (Wetmore), 331–35

Life of Thomas Jefferson
(Parton), 330

Lincoln, Abraham, 255, 336, 415

Lincoln, Bela, 129

Livingston, Kitty, 215, 218

Livingston, Susannah, 218

Livingston, William, 215, 216, 217

Lossing, Benjamin, 17, 68

Louisiana, 177, 327, 396

Louisiana Purchase (1803), 247, 314–15, 319, 377, 379

Louis XIV, King of France, 298

Louis XVI, King of France, 48, 49, 112, 117, 304

Lovell, James, 138, 139, 151, 153

Lytton, Ann, 212, 215

 

McHenry, James, 190, 196, 237, 239

McKean, Sally, 371, 376, 377

McPherson, James, 276–77

Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, 355–407

death and funeral of, 406–7

dresses worn by, 370, 371, 382

final years of, 403–7

as First Lady, 382–99

health of, 377, 378, 379, 403, 406–7

James Madison’s correspondence with, 368, 369, 377, 389–90

James Madison’s courtship of, 366–68

James Madison’s marriage to, xv, xvi, 368, 369–404

Jefferson’s relationship with, 332, 345–46, 347, 372–80

Martha Washington’s relationship with, 367, 370–71, 434
n

moral values of, 371, 376–77

as mother, 368, 399

personality of, 366–70, 376, 377–79, 389, 403, 404, 405–7

in Philadelphia, 366–68, 370–71, 377, 394–95

political views of, 370, 375, 378–79, 381, 382–83, 385, 386–90

portraits of, 384, 393

press coverage of, 381, 383

reputation of, 370–79, 381, 383, 395, 398–99, 405–7

slaves owned by, 405, 406

social life of, 366–67, 370–79, 381, 382–85, 396, 398–99, 400, 404, 405–7

War of 1812 heroism of, 385, 386, 387, 388–95, 397, 406

Washington Monument fundraising by, 255, 406

Wednesday receptions of, 384–85, 386, 388–89

White House renovated by, 383–85, 386

as widow, xv, 366–68, 381

Madison, James, 355–404

ancestry of, 358

as anti-Federalist, 182, 185

background of, 358–61, 362, 369

biographies of, 355, 357

British policy of, 382–83, 385–98

congressional relations of, 386, 388, 395, 398–99

at Constitutional Convention (1787), 364–65

in Continental Congress, 292–93, 355–58, 361, 363

correspondence of, 294, 316, 323, 355–56, 357, 360, 364, 402

death of, 403

Dolley Madison’s correspondence with, 368, 369, 377, 389–90

economic policies of, 233, 234, 355, 357, 362–63, 366, 370, 401–2

final years of, 400–403

as Founding Father, 304, 364–65, 401–2

French policy of, 382–83, 385, 387, 390

Hamilton opposed by, 224, 231, 241, 366, 370

health of, 358, 360, 370, 388, 394, 400, 403

in House of Representatives, 46, 166, 365, 385

inauguration of, 382–83

Jefferson’s relationship with, 182, 185, 292–93, 294, 295, 297, 308, 310, 313, 316, 323, 347, 355, 356–57, 362, 366, 370, 371–80, 402

leadership of, 355–56, 364–65, 385–99

love life of, 356–58, 363–66

marriage of, xv, xvi, 368, 369–404

military policies of, 357, 363, 385, 388, 389, 390–95, 396

papers of, 357, 391, 400, 404–5

personality of, xv, 355–58, 359, 361–62, 365–66, 369–70, 371, 374–75, 376, 385, 394–95, 398–99

in Philadelphia, 355–58, 360, 366–68, 370–71, 394–95, 401

physical appearance of, 358, 361, 389

political career of, xvi, 355–56, 360–66, 371–72, 374, 380–402

as president, 382–99

as presidential candidate (1808), 380–82

as presidential candidate (1812), 386–87

press coverage of, 381, 395, 397

as Republican leader, 241, 308, 366, 370, 385, 386–87, 389

reputation of, 355–58, 364–66, 367, 380–82, 395, 398–99, 406

as revolutionary leader, 292–93, 355–58, 360–65

as secretary of state, 198, 347, 372–80

social life of, 359, 370–79, 383–85

as Virginian, 358, 361–62, 370, 402

War of 1812 supported by, 385–98

in Washington, D.C., 372–99

Washington’s relationship with, 48, 364–65, 366, 370–71

will of, 405

Madison, James (cousin), 362–63

Madison, James, Sr., 358, 360, 361, 372

Madison, Nelly Conway, 358

Madison, William, 361

Marie Antoinette, 48, 117

Maryland, 27–28, 64, 391, 392

Mason, George, 53

Mason, John M., 250

Massachusetts, 32–33, 34, 95, 129, 137, 161, 162, 168, 388, 396

Mazzei, Phillip, 309

Merchant of Venice, The
(Shakespeare), 132

Merry, Anthony, 377, 383

Merry, Elizabeth, 377–79

Milton, John, 128

“Minutes of the Trial and Examination of Certain Persons in the Province of New York,” 60–61

Missouri Compromise (1820), 414

Moncure, Henry W., 406

Monmouth, Battle of, 283

Monroe, James, 203, 235, 236–37, 240, 287–88, 314, 372, 380, 381

Monticello, 259, 268–69, 270, 271–73, 275, 276, 277, 279, 281–86, 287, 289–91, 292, 293, 306–7, 310–27, 329, 333, 334–35, 336, 339–40, 342, 345–52, 380, 400, 405, 413

Moore, Benjamin, 250–51

Moore, Thomas B., 338

Morgan, J. P., 5

Morris, Gouverneur, 225, 247, 251, 252

Morris, Robert, 48, 173, 224

Mother and Wife of Washington
(Lossing), 17

Muhlenberg, Frederick A. C., 235, 236, 240

Murray, William Vans, 186

 

Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 188–89, 314, 373, 385, 388

National Intelligencer
, 375, 383, 391, 398

Native Americans, 65, 174, 265, 363, 390

Nature
, 328, 337, 338

Navy, U.S., 52, 144, 178–81, 183, 193, 379–80

Neiman, Fraser D., 339, 341, 344

New England, 34, 47, 60–61, 125–26, 247–48, 278, 380, 382, 385, 388, 394, 396, 397

New Jersey, 89, 90, 94, 96–101, 112, 118, 188–89, 215, 217, 246, 250, 251, 385–86

New York City, 29, 44–47, 60–61, 100, 112, 150, 163, 164–70, 181, 224–33, 241–51, 254, 307, 308, 372, 386

New York Herald
, 3–5, 16

New York State, 60–61, 134, 174, 179–80, 199, 230, 234, 246, 247–48, 254, 381, 385–87

New York Times
, 328, 338, 412, 413

Notes on Virginia
(Jefferson), 288

 

Onuf, Peter, 352, 413

Ossian, 276–77

 

Page, John, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265–66, 316

Paine, Thomas, 49, 253, 280, 311

Palladio, Andrea, 268–69

Paradise Lost
(Milton), 128

Parke, Daniel, 27

Parliament, 33, 34, 92–93, 94, 95, 96, 118, 225–26, 360, 361

Parton, James, 330, 413

Pascal, Blaise, vii

Payne, Anna,
see
Cutts, Anna Payne

Payne, John C., 401

Payne, Lucy,
see
Washington, Lucy Payne

Peale, Charles Willson, 38

Peabody, Elizabeth Shaw,
see
, Elizabeth Smith Shaw

Pendleton, Edmund, 34, 281, 283, 419
n

Penn, William, 85

Pennsylvania, 73, 97, 118, 134

Peterson, Merrill D., 409–10, 413

Philadelphia, 36–37, 43, 46, 47–51, 52, 59, 62, 73–85, 90–93, 96–101, 106–7, 118–20, 125–26, 137–38, 170–92, 230–39, 243, 245, 278–81, 289, 292, 308, 310, 355–58, 360, 366–72, 377, 394–95, 401

Philadelphia Aurora
, 180–81, 182, 191–92, 243

Philipse, Mary, 14

Pickering, Timothy, 62–63, 184, 188, 189–90, 239, 253

Pierce, William, 364

Pike County Republican
, 331–35, 345, 348, 409, 412

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 191, 382

Pinckney, Thomas, 177, 178, 191

Plato, 203

Plumer, William, 380

Plutarch, 319

Polk, James K., 255

Polk, Martha, 255

Polk, Sarah, 406

Poor Richard’s Almanac
, 79, 81, 91

Pope, Alexander, 128

Porter, Susanna, 261

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