Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. Inconsistent or incorrect accents and spelling in passages in French and Latin have been left unchanged. On pages 9 and 272, 'Ocrakow' and 'Oczakow' may refer to the same place. On page 15, 'Clavigaro' should possibly be 'Clavigero'. On page 35, 'worthy good attention' should possibly be 'worthy of good attention'. On page 237, 'Galerie du Louire' should possibly be 'Galerie du Louvre'. On page 246, 'Constant murders comitting by the Indians' should possibly be 'Constant murders committed by the Indians'. On page 335, 'take up the clause' should possibly be 'take up the cause'. On page 347, inconsistent punctuation in the list of questions has been left unchanged. On page 505, 'Mazzie' should possibly be 'Mazzei'. On page 530, 'settled and staple' should possibly be 'settled and stable'. On page 579, 'effected our wheat' should possibly be 'affected our wheat'. In the Index entry 'Existing treaties with France', there is a reference to a (non-existent) page 651. 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. III. 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. STEREOTYPED BY THOMAS B. SMITH, 82 & 84 Beekman Street. CONTENTS TO VOL. III. BOOK II. Part II.--Continued.--Letters written while in Europe--(1784--1790,)--3. Part III.--Letters written after his return to the United States down to the time of his death.--(1790--1826,)--124. Adams, John, letters written to, 270, 291. Arnold, Monsieur L'Abbé, letter written to, 81. Attorney General, letter written to, 308. Attorney for the District of Kentucky, letter written to, 256. Attorneys for United States, letter written to, 183. Auville, La Duchesse d', letter written to, 134. Banneker, Benjamin, letter written to, 291. Barclay, Thomas, letters written to, 261, 440. Barlow, Mr., letter written to, 451. Bondfield, Mr., letter written to, 194. Boudinot, Monsieur, letter written to, 160.