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     THE
     WRITINGS
     OF
     THOMAS JEFFERSON:
     BEING HIS
     AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MESSAGES,
     ADDRESSES, AND OTHER WRITINGS, OFFICIAL
     AND PRIVATE.

     PUBLISHED BY THE ORDER OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON THE LIBRARY,
     FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS,
     DEPOSITED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

     WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND A COPIOUS INDEX
     TO EACH VOLUME, AS WELL AS A GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE,
     BY THE EDITOR
     H. A. WASHINGTON.

     VOL. V.

     NEW YORK:
     H. W. DERBY, 625 BROADWAY.
     1861.




     Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
     TAYLOR & MAURY,
     In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia.




CONTENTS TO VOL. V.




  BOOK II.

  PART III.--CONTINUED.--LETTERS WRITTEN AFTER HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED
    STATES DOWN TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.--(1790-1826,)--3.


      Adams, citizens of county of, letter written to, 262.

      Albemarle county, inhabitants of, letter written to, 439.

      Armstrong, General, letters written to, 134, 280, 433.

      Astor, John Jacob, letter written to, 269.

      Attorney General, letter written to, 546.


      Baldwin, M., letter written to, 494.

      Barlow, Joel, letters written to, 402, 475, 587, 601.

      Barnum, Hon. Joseph, letter written to, 388.

      Barton, Dr., letters written to, 204, 469.

      Beatty, Captain, letter written to, 125.

      Bettay, Mr., letter written to, 246.

      Bibb, Mr., letter written to, 326.

      Bidwell, Mr., letters written to, 14, 125.

      Blake, George, letters written to, 113, 371.

      Bloodgood & Hammond, Messrs., letter written to, 472.

      Botta, Mr., letter written to, 527.

      Bowdoin, Mr., letters written to, 17, 63, 123, 298.

      Boyd, Mr., letters written to, 414.

      Brent, Robert, letters written to, 49, 196.

      Brent, Colonel D. C., letter written to, 305.

      Bringhurst, Joseph, letter written to, 208.

      Brown, Jacob, letters written to, 239, 241.

      Brown, Dr. James, letter written to, 378.

      Burwell, W. A., letters written to, 20, 504.


      Cabell, Governor, letters written to, 114, 118, 132, 138, 141,
        143, 147, 150, 156, 158, 166, 170, 191, 194, 201, 205, 208,
        258, 385.

      Campbell, John W., letter written to, 465.

      Campbell, Judge David, letter written to, 499.

      Capede, M