The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 20

April 1791 to August 1791

Thomas Jefferson, Julian P. Boyd, Julian Boyd

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9780691046860
• eBook ISBN: 9780691185262
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Biographies
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This volume documents exhaustively for the first time Edmond Charles Genet's dramatic challenges to American neutrality and Jefferson's diplomatic and political responses. After welcoming Genet's arrival as the harbinger of closer relations between the American and French republics, Jefferson becomes increasingly distressed by the French minister's defiance of the Washington administration's ban on the outfitting of French privateers in American ports, the enlistment of American citizens in French service, and the exercise of admiralty jurisdiction by French consuls in American ports. Although the Supreme Court declines to advise the executive branch on neutrality questions that Jefferson prepares with the President and the Cabinet, he helps to formulate a set of neutrality rules to meet Genet's challenge.Unable to convince the impetuous French envoy to adopt a more moderate course, Jefferson works in the Cabinet to bring about Genet's recall so as to preserve friendly relations with France and minimize political damage to the Republican party, in which he takes a more active role to prevent the Federalists from capitalizing on Genet's defiance of the President. Grappling with the threat of war with Spain, Jefferson involves himself equivocally in a diplomatically explosive plan by Genet to liberate Louisiana from Spanish rule. In this volume Jefferson also plays a decisive role in resolving a dispute over the design of the Capitol and plans agricultural improvements at Monticello in preparation for his retirement to private life.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• CONTENTS
• Academy of Sciences, report to, on unit of measure, 354
• Adams, Abigail, letter from, to Martha Washington, 278 (note)
• Adams, John, letter from, 305
• American Consul at London, Editorial Note, 482-504
• Anmours, Charles François d'letter from, 325
• Appleton, Thomas, letter from, 161 (note)
• Arnoux and Chalut, Abbés, letter from, 423
• Auldjo, Thomas, dispatch from, 607
• Bache, Benjamin Franklin, letter to, 246
• Barclay, Thomas, letter from, 239
• Barrett, Nathaniel, letter from, 701
• Barton, Benjamin S., and others, letter to, 395
• Batavia, declaration to Governor General and Council of, by Samuel Shaw, 631 (note)
• Beckwith, George, memorandum of conversation with Henry Knox, 135 (note);and with James Madison, 147
• Bell, Thomas, letter to, 758
• Blackden, Samuel, letter from, 430
• Blount, William, letter from, 639
• Boiling, Mary Jefferson, letter from, 156
• Bourne, Sylvanus, dispatch from, 588
• Brown, James, report from, by Robert Coventry, 573 (note)
• Brown, William, letter to, 98
• Bruce, Peter, letter to, 151
• Bruce, Robert, letter to, 151
• Brush, Ebenezer, circular letter to, 402 (note)
• Bulkeley, John, & Son, letter to, 622
• Burwell, Nathaniel, letter to, 710
• Carey, John, letter from, 596
• Carmichael, William, letters to, 203
• Carmichael, William, letters to, 417
• Carmichael, William, letters to, 563
• Carnes, Burrill, letter to, 600
• Carr, Peter, letter from, 330
• Carrington, Edward, letter from, 99
• Carroll, Charles, letter from, 174
• Carroll, Daniel, letters from, 84
• Carter, Charles, letters from, 473
• Cathalan, Stephen, Jr., dispatch from, 600
• Causin, letter from, 352
• Ceracchi, Giuseppe, letter from, 702
• Chalut and Arnoux, Abbés, letter from, 423
• Charnning, William, letter from, 681
• Chantrot, letter from, 663
• Chester, John, letter from, 215
• Chiappe, Francisco, letter to, 400
• Chipman, Nathaniel, letter to, 627
• Church, Edward, letter from, 681
• Clark, George Rogers, letter from, 583
• Commissioners of Federal District, letters from, to Washington, 11 (note)
• Condorcet, letter from, 353
• Consuls and vice-consuls, circular to, 401
• Coventry, Robert, report from, for James Brown, 573 (note)
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 215
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 232
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 234
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 244
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 563
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 589
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 591
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 623
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 646
• Coxe, Tench, letters from, 647
• Currie, James, letters from, 161
• Currie, James, letters from, 211
• Currie, James, letters from, 675
• Cutting, Nathaniel, letters from, 240
• Cutting, Nathaniel, letters from, 702
• Danican (Philidor), François André, letter from, 371
• Davis, Augustine, letter to, 664
• Deakins, William, Jr., letter from, to Washington, 7 (note)
• Delamotte, Picquet. See Picquet de La Motte
• Demarais, Barbier, letter from, 377
• Derieux, J. P. P., letter from, 253
• Digges, Thomas, letter from, 313
• Dobson, John, letters to, 597
• Donald, Alexander, letter from, 601
• Dover, case of cutter, 205-08 (notes)
• Drayton, William, letter to, 332
• Dumas, C. W. F . , dispatches from, 168
• Dumas, C. W. F . , dispatches from, 478
• Dumas, C. W. F . , dispatches from, 560
• Dumas, C. W. F . , dispatches from, 619
• Dumas, C. W. F . , dispatches from, 712
• Edwards, Jonathan, letters from, 598, (note)
• Edwards, Jonathan, letters from, 599
• Edwards, Pierpont, letter from, 326
• Eppes, Elizabeth Wayles, letter from, 157
• Eppes, Francis, letters from, 151
• Eppes, Francis, letters from, 313
• Ewell, Maxcey, letter to, 380
• Federal city, agreement of landowners of, 85 (note)
• See also Fixing the seat of government, Editorial Note
• Federal District Commissioners. See Commissioners of Federal District
• Fenwick, Joseph, letters from, 262
• Fenwick, Joseph, letters from, 632
• circular letter to, 403 (note)
• Fixing the seat of government, Editorial Note, 3-72
• France, the debt to, Editorial Note, 175-97
• Franchi, Peter de, letter from, to Robert Morris, 628
• Franklin, William Temple, letter from, 158
• Freneau, Philip, founding of National Gazette by, Editorial Note, 718-53
• Froullé, Jean François, letter from, 647
• Gilmor, Robert, & Company, letter from, 333 (note)
• Godin, P. N., letter from, to Robert Morris, 581
• Gore, Christopher, letter from, 565 (note)
• Gorham, Nathaniel, letter to, 100 (note)
• Grand, Ferdinand, extract of letter from, 256 (note)
• Green, William, letters from, 504
• Green, William, letters from, 519
• Griffin, John Tayloe, letter from, 162 (note)
• Guide, Pierre, letters from, 322
• Guide, Pierre, letters from, 372
• Guide, Pierre, letters from, 685
• Hall, John, letter to, from Thomas Paine, 309 (note)
• Hamilton, Alexander, letters from, 199
• Hamilton, Alexander, letters from, 200
• Hamilton, Alexander, letters from, 213
• Hamilton, Alexander, letters from, 377
• Hamilton, Alexander, letters from, 546
• Hanson, Alexander Contee, letter from, to Washington, 9 (note)
• Hanson, Richard, letter from, 326
• Harison, Richard, letter to, 88
• Harrison, Benjamin, Jr., letter from, 523
• Harvie, John, Jr., letter to, 162
• Hawkins, Benjamin, letter from, 360
• Hay, William, letter to, 418
• Henno, Gabriel, letter from, 756
• Hessian fly, TJ's notes on, 456
• Hessian fly, TJ's notes on, 461, (note)
• Hopkins, Samuel, letter from, 580
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 168
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 327
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 361
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 421
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 474
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 538
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 556
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 592
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 604
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 620
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 656
• Humphreys, David, dispatches from, 677
• Hylton, Daniel L . , letters from, 214
• Hylton, Daniel L . , letters from, 478
• Indian affairs, unofficial diplomacy on, Editorial Note, 104-41
• Innes, Harry, letter from, 480
• Inns, ratings of, by T J , 471
• Irvine, William, and John Kean, letter from, 608
• Jefferson, Mary, letters from, 238
• Jefferson, Mary, letters from, 335
• Jefferson, Mary, letters from, 479
• Jefferson, Mary, letters from, 633
• Jenkins, Seth, letter from, 601
• Johnson, Joshua, dispatches from, 594
• Johnson, Joshua, dispatches from, 615
• Kean, John, and William Irvine, letter from, 608
• Keith, George Skene, letter from, 592
• King, Rufus, extract of letter from, to Alexander Hamilton, 146
• Knox, Henry, letter from, 647
• Knox, William, letter from, 241
• Lackington, James, letter to, 408
• Lafayette, Marquis de, letter from, 539
• Lagrenade, Louis, and others, letter from, to President, 551
• La Rochefoucauld d'En ville, letter from, 524
• Lear, Tobias, letter from, 397 (note)
• Lee, Henry, letter from, 595
• Leiper, Thomas, letter from, 712
• L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, letters from, 76
• L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, letters from, 81
• L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, letters from, 83
• Lewis, Nicholas, letters to, 102
• Lewis, Nicholas, letters to, 419
• Lewis, Nicholas, letters to, 571
• Lewis, William, letter from, 90
• Lindsay, Adam, letter from, 166
• Lindsay, William, letter from, 211
• Linn, William, letter from, 646
• Littlepage, Lewis, letter to, 703
• London, American Consul at. See American Consul at London, Editorial Note
• Lyle, James, letter to, 388
• Lyons, James, letter from, 408
• McAllister, Matthew, letter to, 155
• McClurg, James, letter to, 339
• McHenry, James, letter to, 707 (missing)
• Macpherson, John, letter from, 685
• Madison, James, letters from, 294, (note)
• Madison, James, letters from, 298
• Madison, James, letters from, 335
• Madison, James, letters from, 566
• Madison, James, letters from, 581
• Madison, James, letters from, 592
• Madison, James, letters from, 616
• Madison, James, letters from, 667
• Madison, James, letters from, 678
• Madison, James, letters from, 683
• Madison, James, letters from, 707
• Madison, James, letters from, 717
• Mail, contracts for carrying, 666 (note)
• Marks, Peter, letter to, 669
• Marshall, John, legal opinion by, with Andrew Ronald, 167 (note)
• Martin, Alexander, letter to, 594
• Maury, James, letters from, 567
• Maury, James, letters from, 621
• Maury, James, letters from, 704
• Maxwell, James, letter from, 94
• Mazzei, Philip, letter to, 713
• Monroe, James, letters from, 303
• Monroe, James, letters from, 556
• Montgomery, John, letter from, 669 (note)
• Montgomery, Robert, letters from, 640
• Montgomery, Robert, letters from, 669
• Montgomery, Robert, letters from, 678
• Montmorin, letters from, to Louis Guillaume Otto, 190 (note), 660
• Morgan, George C., letter from, 421
• Morocco, Emperor of, letter to, from Washington, 399 (note)
• Morris, Gouverneur, letter to, 680
• letters from, to President, 694
• letters from, to President, 697
• letters from, to President, 698
• letters from, to President, 699
• Morris, Robert, letter from, to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, 126 (note)
• Moustier, letter from, 263
• Murray, William, letter from, 395
• National Assembly of France, letter from President of, with enclosed report, 524
• National Gazette, prospectus for, 754. See also Freneau, Philip
• Nelson, William, letter to, from William Short, 266 (note)
• Nicholson, John, letter from, 717
• Northern journey of Jefferson and Madison, Editorial Note, 434-53
• O'Bryen, Richard, abstract of letter from, to Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 601 (note)
• Osmont, Louis, letter to, 617
• Otto, Louis Guillaume, letters from, 198
• Otto, Louis Guillaume, letters from, 325
• Otto, Louis Guillaume, letters from, 659
• Paine, Thomas, letters to, 308
• Paine, Thomas, letters to, 312
• Pearce, William, inventions of, described by Thomas Digges, 315 (note)
• Pearson, Eliphalet, letter from, 599
• Pemberton, John, letter from, 633
• Pendleton, Edmund, letter from, 625
• Peters, Richard, letter from, 573
• letter to, 590 Phelps, Oliver, letter to, and Nathaniel Gorham, from Robert Morris, 126 (note)
• Philadelphia, Mayor of, letter to, 414
• Philidor. See Danican, François André
• Picquet de La Motte, Touissant-Guillaume, Comte, letters from, 249
• Picquet de La Motte, Touissant-Guillaume, Comte, letters from, 675
• circular letter to, 404 (note)
• Pintard, John M., circular letter to, 403 (note)
• Pio, Chevalier de, letter from, 662
• Porter, Elias, letter from, 599
• Portugal, appointments of vice-consuls for, 262
• Potts, Richard, letter to, 156
• Prince, William, letter to, 603
• Rachel, case of brigantine. See American Consul at London, Editorial Note
• Randolph, Beverley, letter to, 340
• Randolph, Martha Jefferson, letter from, 477
• Randolph, Thomas Mann, letters to, 340
• Randolph, Thomas Mann, letters to, 409
• Randolph, Thomas Mann, Jr., letters from, 327
• Randolph, Thomas Mann, Jr., letters from, 605
• Read, George, Jr., letter from, 91 (note)
• Remsen, Henry, Jr., letter from, 555
• Rights of Man, Editorial Note, 268-90
• Rittenhouse, David, letter from, 383
• Ronald, Andrew, legal opinion by, with John Marshall, 167 (note)
• Ross, David, letter to, 373
• Rutledge, John, Jr., letter from, 550
• Schweitzer, Jeanneret & Cie, proposals of. See France, the debt to, Editorial Note
• Shaw, Samuel, letter from, to President, 630
• Short, William, dispatches from, 170
• Short, William, dispatches from, 256
• Short, William, dispatches from, 363
• Short, William, dispatches from, 384
• Short, William, dispatches from, 528
• Short, William, dispatches from, 548
• Short, William, dispatches from, 561
• Short, William, dispatches from, 573
• Short, William, dispatches from, 584
• Short, William, dispatches from, 608
• Short, William, dispatches from, 648
• Short, William, dispatches from, 672
• Short, William, dispatches from, 683
• Sinclair, Sir John, letter from, 410
• Sitgreaves, John, letters to, 92
• Sitgreaves, John, letters to, 92 (note)
• Skipwith, Fulwar, letters from, 342
• Skipwith, Fulwar, letters from, 655
• Skipwith, Fulwar, letters from, 718
• Skipwith, Henry, letter from, 166
• Smith, Daniel, letter to, 390
• Smith, Jonathan B., letter to, 290
• Smith, William, letters to, 323
• Smith, William, letters to, 636
• Smith, William Stephens, letter from, to President, 115 (note)
• Soderstrom, Richard, letter to, 238
• Stoddert, Benjamin, letters to, from Washington, 13 (note)
• Stoddert, Benjamin, letters to, from Washington, 73
• Stoddert, Benjamin, letters to, from Washington, 78
• Stoddert, Benjamin, letters to, from Washington, 79
• Strange, James, letter to, 390
• Street, John, circular letter to, 402 (note)
• Stuart, David, letter from, to Beverley Randolph, 28 (note)
• Sullivan, James, letter from, 376
• letter to, 709
• Sumter, Thomas, letter to, 410
• Swan, James, letter from, 523
• Thomson, Charles, letter to, 244
• United States
• Unquachog Indians, T P s vocabulary of, 467
• Van Berckel, F. P., letter to, 629
• Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, letter to, 619
• Vaughan, Benjamin, letter to, 391
• Vaughan, John, letter to, 420
• Wadsworth, Jeremiah, letter from, 245
• Warren, Mercy Otis, letter from, 175
• Washington, George, letter from, 93
• Washington, Martha, letter to, from Abigail Adams, 278 (note)
• Willard, Joseph, letter to, 432
• Williams, Jonathan, letter from, to Henry Knox, 21 (note)
• Willink, Van Staphorst & Hubbard, letter from, 394 (note)
• Wilson, Philip, letter from, 637
• Yard, James, letter from, 482
• Zane, Isaac, letter to, with enclosed book list, from John Pemberton, 634 (note)