see also presidential election of
Jefferson, Thomas (as secretary of state)
Cobbett letter seeking U.S. citizenship
opposition to Neutrality Proclamation
Jefferson, Thomas (as Vice President)
on Adams
Adams (Abigail) on
Adams on
and Alien and Sedition Acts
on beating of Duane
on boiling political passions
on British influence on American press
and Cobbett letter
constitutional powers
and Duane Senate privilege case
fears of Federalist surveillance
Federalist press attacks on
on Federalist pro-monarchist, pro-British sympathies
Federalist “surveillance” of
Federalist threats against
on growing war movement
on Hamilton’s financial dealings
on Humphreys as presidential messenger
Independence Day oratory attacking
on Jay Treaty
Kentucky Resolutions
Logan relationship
and Pennsylvanian Republican gains
on physical assault on Duane
on Republican members’ abandonment of Congress
return to Virginia
scorned as French sympathizer
on sedition trials
on Senate presidential elector bill
and Senate proceedings
toasts to
on XYZ affair
Jeffersonian Republicans. See Democratic-Republicans
Jenings, Edmund
Jews
forged anti-Jefferson letter
French equal rights
see also anti-Semitism
John Adams (ship)
Johnson, Henry
Jones, Benjamin
Jones, John Paul
Jones, Meriwether
Jones, William
Journal de la Société de 1789
judicial power
alien and sedition bill threatening
and defendants’ rights
in Massachusetts three-power system
Senate usurpation of
see also trial by jury
July Fourth. See Independence Day
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villiers de
jury trial. See trial by jury
Kalb, Baron de
Kane, William
Keen, R.
Kennedy, Thomas
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Kidder, John
King, Rufus
Knox, Henry
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz
Kuhn, Adam
Lacedaemonian republic
La Croyable (ship)
L’Active (ship)
Lafayette, Marquis de
and Adams
arrival in America
Estates-General meeting
on Federal Constitution
and Federalist war movement (1798)
as French Revolution commander
and French Rights of Man declaration
and Jefferson
and Logan
and Monmouth Courthouse battle
Paine on gratitude to
plan to revisit America
on representative taxation
on title abolishment
and Washington
wounding at Brandywine Creek
and Yorktown campaign
La Fortune (ship)
La Levrette (ship)
La Mouche (ship)
Lancaster Journal
Langdon, John
Langdon, Samuel
Languedoc (ship)
Lardner, John
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duc de
and unicameralism
Laurens, Henry
Laurens, John
La Vigne (ship)
Lear, Tobias
Le Berceau (ship)
Lebigne, General
Le Coeur’s school (Passy)
Lee, Arthur
Adams correspondence
on Adams’ appraisal of French aid
seen as pro-British
Lee, Charles
on Adams’ policies
capture by British
and Monmouth Courthouse defeat
on Washington’s inadequacies
Lee, James
Lee, Richard Henry
Le Flambeau (ship)
Le Franklin (ship)
legislatures. See bicameralism; unicameralism; specific bodies
L’Egypte Conquise (ship)
Leiper, Thomas
Le Onze Vendémiaire (ship)
Le Sanspareil (ship)
Le Sensible (ship)
Letherbery, Peregrine
Létombe, Joseph Philippe
Letter from Alexander Hamilton, Concerning the Public Conduct of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States
Letters from a Common Citizen of New Haven to a Citizen of Virginia on the Uselessness of Dividing Legislative Power between Several Bodies (Condorcet)
Letter to George Washington, A (Dwight)
Letter to George Washington, A (Paine)
Le Vengeance (ship)
Levering, Abraham
Levy, Moses
Lewis, Fielding
Lexington, Battle of
Libel and Sedition Bill. See Alien and Sedition Acts
Liberty (ship)
liberty poles
Aurora defense of
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Library Company of Philadelphia
Library of Congress
Lincoln, Benjamin
Lincoln, Levi
Liston, Robert
Little, George
Livingston, Edward
Livingston, Robert
Llandaff, Bishop of
Lloyd, James
Lloyd, Thomas (“Newgate”)
Logan, Deborah
Federalist press attacks on
on Federalist “surveillance,”
and Jefferson
Logan, George
Adams and
and American Revolution
background
Federalist press attacks on
Federalist repudiation of
Federalist “surveillance” of
on Lafayette meeting
Niemcewicz visit with
peace movement leadership
in Pennsylvania legislature
physical assault on
report to Washington
speech to Tammany Society
Logan, James
Logan Act (1799)
London Morning Chronicle
Long, Thomas
Long Island, Battle of
Louis XVI, king of France
Adams on
address to Third Estate
and American currency devaluation
and American Revolution
and antitax protests
Cobbett on
execution of
Franklin on
and French debt
and French Revolution
Louisiana Purchase
Lovejoy, John
Lovell, James
Lowell, John
Luchet, Marquis de
Lucretia (ship)
Luzerne, Anne-César de la
Lyon, Matthew
Federalist press attacks on
on House Speaker’s press censorship
petition for presidential reprieve of
physical assault on
reelected to Congress
second seditious libel indictment
seditious libel conviction
spitting fracas in House
supporters’ seditious libel indictments
vote deciding Jefferson’s presidency
Maclay, William
Macpherson, William
Macpherson’s Blues
Adams’ praise for
anti-Bache actions
attentions to Adams
Aurora ridicule of
battalion orders
boisterous meetings of
cockade insignia. See black cockade
disbandment
and Fast and Prayer Day
as federal army
formation of
and Fries’ Rebellion
Independence Day parades
meeting condemning
mob violence by
pledge against foreign enemy
Porcupine’s Gazette defense of
reorganization of
and Silver Eagle cockade
under-voting-age members
volunteer influx
and Washington’s Philadelphia visit
Madison, James
on Adams’ character
on Alien and Sedition Acts
and American-British peace treaty
and American Revolution
on British influence on American press
and Constitutional Convention records
on Duane’s defense of liberty
and Duane Senate privilege case
on executive branch powers
on French war prospects
on Hamilton’s attack on Adams
on mourning Franklin’s death
presidency
on presidential title
Virginia Resolutions
on war powers
Magill, Andrew
Maillebois, Marshal de
Marbois, M.
Marcus. See Gazette of the United States
Marignac, Gabriel Louis Galissard de
Marine Corps
Markoe, Francis
Markoe, Peter
Marshall, John
Marshall, Thomas
Martin, Alex
Mary John (ship)
Mason, George
Mason, John
Mason, Stevens T.
and Callender conviction
on Federalist stifling of free speech
and Senate contempt charge against Duane
on Senate electoral choice bill
Massachusetts
Adams on natural inequalities in
and American Revolution
and British colonial policies
liberty poles
resolutions against merchant-ship arming
sedition prosecutions
Shays’ Rebellion
state government formation
see also Constitution, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senate
Massey, John
Mather, Samuel
Mathers, James
Matlock, Timothy
Maurepas, Comte de
Maurepas, Madame de
Mazzei, Philip
McAdams, Thomas
McCarney, Thaddeus
McCauley, John
McClenachan, Blair
McConnell, Thomas
McHenry, James
at Cooper seditious libel trial
dismissal as secretary of war
and Haswell seditious libel case
McKean, Thomas
campaign for governor
election celebration
election significance
election victory
endorsed by Aurora
Federalist press attacks on
inducted as governor
physically assaulted
Tammany toasts to
McMahon, Bernard
Mecum, Jane
Medée (ship)
Mendoza
mercantilism
Mercure (ship)
Merrimack (ship)
Meyer, Maurice
Middlesex [Conn.] Gazette
Miercken, Peter
Mifflin, Thomas
militias
arming of
Bill of Rights guarantee
Jefferson on
in New York
as provisional army core
see also Grenadiers; Macpherson’s Blues; Republican Blues; Republican Greens
militias, colonial
low morale of
and Saratoga victory
in Southern Army
Washington on inadequacy of
Miller, John
Mirabeau, Comte de
monarchism
Adams’ leanings
Aurora editorial against
British system
colonial American supporters
contemporary American vestiges of
Divine Right as basis
Duane’s dislike of
Federal Constitutional Convention delegates fearing
Federalist leanings toward
Federalist press on benefits of
Franklin’s fears of ultimate
Franklin on ways to stave off
French constitutional
French Revolution as threat to
French vote to end
Hamilton’s endorsement
Jefferson’s fears of moves toward
Paine’s arguments against
presidency seen as
Rush’s dislike of
Society for Political Enquiries to counter
Washington’s proclivities
see also hereditary offices
Monmouth Courthouse, Battle of
Monroe, James
as ambassador to France
on Federalist
transgressions
on French war prospects
as governor of Virginia
Logan and
presidency
on seditious libel prosecutions
on Washington’s anti-French policies
Montgomery, Captain
Moor, Jeremiah
Moore, Robert
Moreau de St. Méry, Médéric-Louis-Elie
on anti-Republican climate
description of New Theatre
as emigré from Reign of Terror
on Philosophical Society
return to France
sale of printing office
Morgan, John
Morris, Gouverneur
Morris, Margaret
Morris, Richard V.
Morris, Robert
Morrow, Abraham
Mount Pleasant Register. See New York Mount Pleasant Register
Moyer, Benjamin
Muhlenberg, F. A.
Mullowny, John
Murray, David (Lord Stormont)
Murray, William Vans
Napoleon Bonaparte, (see also Wars of the French Revolution)
“natural aristocracy” (Adams’ phrase)
naturalization. See immigrants
Navigation Acts (British)
navy
Adams’ buildup
Marine Corps establishment
privateering authorization
vessels named Adams
warship program
West Indies expedition. See West Indies
see also privateering; specific ships
Navy Department, U.S.
Nelson, Horatio
Netherlands
Newark Centinel
Newburgh (N.Y.) liberty pole
Newell, Timothy
New Jersey
American Revolution action
Federalist mob violence
Independence Day oratory
liberty pole incident
presidential elector selection
Sedition Act violations
significance in
election
New London Bee
folding of
Holt trial issues
New Theatre (Phila.)
New York Argus
New York City
colonial tax protests
fall to British
Federalist militia
Federalist—Republican clashes
Hamilton libel accusation
los
s of Republican newspapers
Republican election victory
Republican newspapers
as vital to Jefferson’s election
Washington plan to retake
see also New York Argus
New York Commercial Advertiser
New York Daily Advertiser
New York Mount Pleasant Register
New York New Daily Advertiser
New York State
Alien and Sedition Acts protests
American Revolution action
constitution
liberty pole
presidential elector selection
press stiflings
Republican newspaper
Republican victories
sedition arrests
significance in
election
New York Time Piece
demise of
prosecution of
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, The (1964)
Nicholas, George
Nicholas, John
Nichols, John
Nichols, William
Niemcewicz, Julien
Noailles, Louis-Marie-Antoine de
Nones, Benjamin
Norfolk [Va.] Epitome of the Times
North Carolina
Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution (Price)
Ogden, David
Ogden, John Cosens
O’Hara, Charles
Oliphant, Robert
Order of Cincinnati. See Society of Cincinnati
O’Reilley, John
Osgood, David
Osgood, Samuel
Oswold, Richard
Otis, Harrison Gray
Paine, Thomas
Bache publication of
British prosecution of
called “atheist,”
called “blasphemous,”
Cobbett’s appropriation of remains
in France
Franklin relationship correspondence
and Franklin’s return to America
on Franklin’s sagacity
and Franklin’s sponsorship
on importance of Franklin’s ministry to France
and French Revolution
and Jefferson
works. See Common Sense; Crisis; Rights of Man
Paine, Thomas (American Revolutionary era)
on Adams’ criticism of Washington
on British approach to Philadelphia
on cause’s grim prospects
and Committee of Foreign Affairs
on Fort Lee retreat
French aid mission
morale-building essays
on Saratoga victory
as Washington critic
on Washington’s nominal rank
Paine, Thomas (political views)
and Adams’ view of government
argument against four-year elective terms
on Federal Constitution
on Jay’s beliefs
“Publicola” articles challenging
and Society for Political Enquiries
Paoli, Battle of
Paris Peace Treaty (1783). See Treaty of Paris
Parliament. See House of Commons; House of Lords
Parsons, Samuel Holden
Paterson, William
peace movement (1798-1800)
Adams’ responses
anti-Adams sentiment
antimilitia meeting
Federalist press attacks on
legislation penalizing
support moves
see also Logan, George
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