cited
Cock-fighting, 354-355.
Collot, General, at Philadelphia, 212, 249, 250, 252, 257; and
Alien Act, 263.
Collot d'Herbois, 198.
Columbia Collège, early location of, 167.
Combis, Admirai, 56.
Commerce, of Norfolk, 56-57; of New Jersey, 121; of New
York, 176-180; of Philadelphia, 292, 389. Congress, visit to, 101 ; opening of, 217; place of meeting, 375;
session of, described, 376-377.
Connecticut, laws of, regarding slavery, 326. Cotton, planting of, in Virginia, 83, 331. Courrier de la France et de ses Colonies, a French daily, 214-
Craney Island, 80.
Crimes, in New York, 182.
Croussielles, refugee, 49.
Cunningham, merchant, 232, 233.
Danse, Moreau's work, in manuscript, 197, 225, 227.
Danton, a story regarding, 103-104.
Dauzat, refugee, 140.
David, cabin boy, 8, 27.
Delaware, traveling through, 96-100; importation of slaves forbidden in, 327.
Delaware River, voyaging on, 97-100; in valley of, 107-113; crossing at Burlington, 111; navigation on, 97, 98, 112, 278, 279, 280, 281 ; frozen over, 346; high tides of, 350; commerce on, 389.
Delbens, benefactor, 383.
Démeunier, in America, 196, 197, 211, 213, 215, 223; sails for France, 216; arrives at Havre, 217; in France, 242, 246, 248, 254; letters from, 213-214, 242, 244, 254-256.
Dénard, visits Moreau, 48.
Description de la partie espagnole de St. Domingue, in press, 215; translated and published, 219; 200 copies sent to Hamburg, 220-221, 225; 50 copies subscribed for, 401; received by Institute, 402.
Description de la partie française de St. Domingue, funds sought for publication of, 222; 50 copies subscribed for, 401; received by Institute, 402.
Desfourneaux, General, 250.
Dessoti, refugee, 150.
Destourelles, refugee, 150.
DeVarenne, an intimate friend, 46, 140, 150, 157-159, 223.
Dillon, Arthur, guillotined, 137, 138.
Dissenters, at Philadelphia, 363.
Divorce, frequency of, 312.
Domergue, Urbain, letter from, 229-231.
Drinker, E., 299.
Dunmore, Lord, destruction of Norfolk by, 53.
Dupetit-Thouars, voyage of, 252-253 ; death of, 394.
Dupont de Nemours, 230, 395 ; son of , 260.
Dupuy, family of, goes with Moreau ta America, 1, 2, 8, 12; in America, 37, 47, 49; at Martinique, 150.
Dutch, at Newcastle, 97; at New York, 163, 327; at Brooklyn, 185 ; on Long Island, 187 ; in Penn., 292, 297.
Dutch Reform Church, 163.
East River, importance of, 160, 163.
Education, methods at Princeton, 116; at Newark, 125; on Long Island, 187-188; compulsory, 313; advantages of, 314; boarding schools, 314-315; institutions for, at Philadelphia, 384-385; discussion of plan for, 240-241.
Elizabeth (N. J.), commerce with New York, 123, 149; described, 123-124.
Elizabeth River, commerce on, 37, 51, 70.
Elkton (Md.),95.
England, commerce with, 57, 389; treaty of U. S. with, 255,
English, capture Martinique and Guadeloupe, 47, 49; burn Frenchtown, 95 ; at Newcastle, 97 ; favored by Americans, 288; diplomatie blunders of, 288-289; population in America, 297, 322; influence in America, 143, 354, 359.
Episcopalians, in Virginia, 53, 55, 73; in Delaware, 99; in New Jersey, 113, 124; in New York, 163, 185; in Penn., 205, 363, 365 ; among negroes, 324.
Europe, commerce with, 176; immigrants from, 322. See also England, France, Holland, etc.
Fauchet, French minister, 295.
Fauna, of America, 352-353.
Federalists, hostility of, toward French, 262, 263.
Fire, service at Philadelphia, 356-357 ; régulations concerning, 357; statistics of, 357-358.
Flatbush (L. I.), 187.
Flora, 355.
Fly Market, 169.
Foncin, engineer, 235.
Fourth of July, celebrated at New York, 139; at Philadelphia,
France, voyage to America from, 7 fï. ; state of affairs in, 215- 216, 220, 231; relations with U. S., 202, 248, 249, 254- 256, 262, 263, 295-296, 395. See also French.
Frankfort (Penn.), described, 107-108; Germans at, 107.
Franklin, second mate, 8, 30, 31.
Franklin, Benjamin, founder of library, 103; sends rattlesnakes to king, 317; lightning-rod of, 346; stove of, 351; tomb of, 368-369; président of Am. Phil. Soc, 377; statue of,
Franklin, Deborah, tomb of, 368.
Franklin Society of Printers, 385.
Freemasonry, 125, 202.
French, character of, 25; squadron in Virginia, 33, 48, 64; affection for, in Virginia, 66; at New York, 163; position of, becomes dangerous, 249; préjudice against, 319; in America, 339, 341, 367, 384; newspaper at Philadelphia, 389. See also France, French Refugees, West India Refugees, etc.
French Refugees, at Philadelphia, 102-103, 191-196, 223-225;
at Albany, 153; at Hamburg, 232, 234-235. See also
West India Refugees, St. Domingo, etc.
Frenchtown (Md.), 94-95.
Frestel, 250, 252.
Funerals, customs governing, 371-372.
Gallet, refugee, 241-242.
Garât, 230, 247.
Gaterau, refugee editor, 214-215, 218, 220.
Gautier, Esprit, 222.
Gauvain, relations of Moreau with, 44, 47, 48, 49, 84, 143,
199-200, 202, 204, 209, 210, 211, 240, 270-274, 275-276. Geanty, refugee, 84, 193.
Genêt, 139, 180, 195.
Georgia, electorate in, 331 ; measures against negroes from St.
Domingo in, 332; against abolition, 333; climate of, 344;
lumber from, 390.
Germans, in Penn., 107, 109, 205, 280, 285, 300-301, 322,
323, 366; in Maryland, 317; preferred as servants, 317,
323 ; newspaper of, 389.
Girard, Stephen, 387-388. Glasgow (Del.), 95.
Gosport (Va.), description of, 77-79.
Gouvernet, marquis de, refugee, 153.
Governor's Island, 132, 165.
Governor's Mansion, 165.
Goynard, Moreau's relations with, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 26, 27,
150, 153, 210; sketch of, 45-46.
Greenwich (N. Y.), visited, 143.
Guadeloupe, captured by English, 47.
Guerlain, relations of Moreau with, 46, 47, 137, 140-143, 153,
193; character of, 138-139, 140-141.
Guillemard, 197, 254; letter from, 264-265. Guspin, death of, 49.
Hackensack River, crossing by ferry, 128-129; bridge across,
Hamburg, French refugees at, 232, 234-235 ; servants importée!
from, 323.
Hamilton, Alexander, 140, 145, 195, 214, 295; visited, 145-
146, 195; sketch and impressions of, 146-149; portrait of,
Hammond, British minister, 289.
Hampton Roads (Va.), 32, 33, 56.
Hatteras, feared by sailors, 7.
Havre (France), 2, 3, 41.
Haxkills, see Landslin.
Haye, de la, 207, 213, 237.
Head of Elk, see Elkton.
Hédonville, General, 262, 263, 402.
Heurtant de Lamerville, relations with Moreau at Paris, 397,
Holland, 196, 220.
Hospitals, at Norfolk, 63; at New York, 166; at Philadelphia,
Houdet, priest, dispute with, 204-206.
Howard, Colonel, 84, 89.
Howland, first mate, 8, 29, 49.
Hudson, ferry across, 130-131; steamboats on, 131. Hunter, bookseller, 58, 153.
Idée générale ou abrégé des sciences et des arts, published, 233 ;
translated, 240.
Indentured servants, see Servants.
India, commerce with, 176, 389.
Indians. scarcity of, in cities, 297.
Indigo, cultivation of, in S. C, 330; in Virginia, 331. Insurance, fire, 357, 363, 388.
Ireland, servants from, 321-322, 323.
Irish, at Philadelphia, 195, 205, 297, 365, 366, 367.
Jacobins, at New York, 139; bemoan death of Robespierre, 152.
Jamaica (L. L), races at, 153, 189.
Jamaica (W. I.), corsairs of, 294.
James River, navigability, 33.
Jay, John, favored by Hamilton for presidency, 148.
Jay Treaty, unpopularity of, in France, 395.
Jefferson, Thomas, élection of, 148.
Jews, at New York, 163; at Philadelphia, 363.
Justice, courts, state and fédéral, 375-376.
Kearsley, John, 383.
Kensington (Penn.), 107, 297, 298.
Kingston (N. J.), 118, 149.
Knox, General, at Philadelphia, 194.
Kosciusko, General, at Philadelphia, 254, 256-257.
La Colombe, escapes from France, 104-105; in America, 103,
Lafayette, friends of, at Philadelphia, 103; attempted escape of,
220; son of, in America, 213, 214, 222, 250, 252. Lailson, circus of, 374.
Lameth, Alexandre de, at Hamburg, 232.
Landslin, Swedes at, 297.
Langdon, Senator, 263.
Lapaquerie, a refugee, 249.
La Rochefoucauld, duc de Liancourt, at Philadelphia, 192, 195,
elected member of Am. Phil. Soc, 219; makes voyage in
South, 221, 228; sails for Hamburg, 245-246; works of,
cited or mentioned, 195, 327, 380, 395. La Roque, Martial, 196.
Law, M., 194, 211, 213.
Lawyers, high salaries of, 360-361.
Letombe, French consul, relations of Moreau with, 249, 250,
Libraries, at Philadelphia, 103, 363, 379. Library Company, early location of, 379. Liston, British minister, 264.
Livingston, Chancellor, visited, 137.
Logan, James, 379.
Long Island, western, described, 182-190; relations with New
York, 182-184.
Longuemarre de la Salle, 16, 39, 101, 105. Louisiana, French occupation of, discussed, 224, 248 ; lumber
imported from, 390.
Loutherbourg, painter, 191.
Lowther, George, captain, 1, 3, 8, 13, 23, 24, 29, 30, 41 ; dined
by Moreau, 48.
Lutherans, at New York, 163; at Philadelphia, 191, 193, 357,
Luzerne, de, 295, 346.
Madison, James, fîrst bishop of Virginia, 55.
Mangin, Abbé, 205-206.
Manhattan Water Company, 161.
Manufactory City, 126.
Manufactures, at Norfolk, 70; at Newark, 126; at New
York, 169; at Brooklyn, 185; at Philadelphia, 388-389;
society for promotion of, 385.
Marcel, a refugee, 101.
Marcet, a refugee, 39, 105.
Marenshook, passed, 99.
Markets, public, at New York, 169-170; at Philadelphia, 339-
341, 363, 381. Market Street, 299, 302, 337.
Marie, Mlle, de, 8, 23, 35, 37, 39, 40. Marriage, customs governing, 60, 307-308 ; frequency of second,
312; of servants, 318.
Martinique, seized by English, 47, 49.
Maryland, Catholics in, 55 ; fine horses of, 87 ; rejects abolition, 328; religious tests in, 330; hospitality of, 361; number of inns in, 361.
Masonic Orders, 61. See also Freemasonry.
Massachusetts, abolition of slavery in, 326; number of inns,
May Day, in Virginia, 64-65 ; at Philadelphia, 362.
Médical Sciences, institutions for promotion of, 382, 384.
Mercer, General, portrait of, 116.
Mérian, Daniel, fictitious firm of, 45, 46, 140, 141.
Merlin de Douai, altercation with, 397-399, 400.
Messier, refugee, 196.
Methodists, at Norfolk, 53; among negroes, 53, 67-68; gospel of, compared with that of Catholics, 54; at Portsmouth (Va.), 73; at Wilmington (Del.), 99; at Trenton, 113; at New York, 163 ; at Brooklyn, 185 ; at Philadelphia, 363.
Meyer, merchant at Norfolk, 38, 40, 45, 50.
Michaux, cited, 126.
Michelton, Commodore, 295.
Mifflin, Fort, 99.
Milhet, Mde., Moreau's mother-in-law, 48, 202-203.
Millstone Creek, 118.
Mint, at Philadelphia, 263, 386.
Mitchell, Doctor, 153.
Mittelberger, Gottlieb, cited, 322.
Money, values at Norfolk, 70; at New York, 124; coinage of,
Montesquiou, death of, 403.
Montgomery, General, monument of, 164-165.
Montmorin, de, trial of, 103-104.
Moravians, at New York, 163; at Philadelphia, 363.
Moreau de Saint-Méry, sketch of, Introduction; fiées to Havre, 1 ; escapes order for arrest and sails from Havre, 2 ; on voyage to America, 3-36; records impressions of American vessels and bailors, 4-8 ; accompanied by family, 8 ; gives incidents of voyage, 9-15; instructs captain in maritime law, 17; has novel expérience, 19; calculâtes lat. and long.,
21; présents pétition to captain, 23-24; gives English lessons, 26; at end of voyage, 27-36; visits Norfolk, 36; feelings on landing, 37-38; takes lodgings, 39-40; advises océan voyagers, 41-44; moves to Portsmouth, 45; décides to remain in America, 46; occupation, 47; rejoices at arrivai of mother-in-law, 49 ; départs for New York, 50 ; describes Norfolk, 51-72; describes Portsmouth and Gosport, 73-79; goes by boat to Baltimore, 80-84; sojourn at Baltimore, 83-84; describes Baltimore, 85-91; travels to Philadelphia, 92-100; arrivai at Philadelphia, 100; received by Congress, 101 ; meets Talleyrand and Beaumetz, 102-103; with a band of refugees, 101-105; goes by stage to New York, 106-136; résides at New York, 137- 153; becomes shipping clerk, 138-141; forms partnership for bookstore, 140; moves to Brooklyn, 144; goes to Philadelphia, 145; visits Hamilton and records impressions, 145-149; returns to New York, 149; moves to Philadelphia, 153; describes New York, 160-182; describes Brooklyn and Long Island, 182-190; résides at Philadelphia, 191-276; visits Congress and hears Washington, 192; opens bookstore, 193; correspondence with Talleyrand, 193, 194; received as member of Am. Phil. Soc, 194-195; visits Hamilton, 195; with French refugees, 191-196; visits Talleyrand, 196; obtains printing press, 196; quarrels with de la Roche, 197, 200- 202; altercation with comte de Beaufort, 198-200; visits Adet, 202, 221-222; grieves over death of mother-in-law, 202-206 ; receives his colonial collection, 207 ; dissolves partnership with de la Roche, 208-211, 270-274; receives letter from Talleyrand, 210-211; receives letter from Démeunier, 212-213, 242-244; prints a French daily, 214- 215; meets with refugees, 216-218; writes article on guillotine, 218-219; dines with Talleyrand, 219-220; publishes work, 219, 220-221 ; visits John Adams, 221 ; called to court, 222 ; describes relations with Talleyrand, 223- 225 ; receives letter from Talleyrand, 226 ; receives news from St. Domingo, 227 ; receives letter from Paris, 229-
231; visits duc d'Orléans, 233, 252; publishes a textbook, 233; receives letters from Talleyrand, 234-235, 244, 246- 248 ; relations with La Rochefoucauld Liancourt, 235, 240, 245-246; receives letters from Champion, 235-238, 258- 260; discusses plan of éducation, 240-241; fîghts yellow fever, 245 ; receives protection from Letombe, 249 ; relations with Yrujo, 244, 249, 251, 252, 253 ; portrait painted, 254; visits Kosciusko, 254, 256; receives letters from Talleyrand, 260-261, 395; incurs hostility of John Adams, 263 ; makes farewell visits, 264-266 ; as personage in play, 267-269; describes Philadelphia, 277-391; présent at funeral of Rittenhouse, 361 ; sails for France, 392 ; encounters yellow fever on vessel, 393-394; arrives at Bordeaux, 394; goes to Paris, 396-397 ; réception by Talleyrand, 397 ; has altercation with Merlin de Douai, 397-399 ; relations with Talleyrand, 400-402 ; obtains place in Ministry of the Marine, 401-402; life at Paris, 400-403.
Morris, Robert, country home of, 112, 240; house of, 391.
Morrisville, 112.
Mourgues, 260, 261, 395, 400, 401.
Mulattoes, in Virginia, 67; at New York, 163. See also Negroes.
Musée de Paris, 402.
Muséums, at Philadelphia, 363, 378.
Negroes, religion of, 53; not subject to yellow fever, 64; in Virginia, 67-68; as boatmen, 75; as divers, 76; criminal records of, in New York, 182; in Pennsylvania, 322; character of, 324-326; treatment of, 328-329; church, 367-368; schools for, 384.
Newark, 124, 145, 191 ; described, 124-127.
Newcastle (Del.), 95, 96, 207, 266, 381, 392; description, 96- 97 ; Swedes at, 297 ; Penn's arrivai at, 298.
New Hampshire, slave population in, 326.
New Jersey, across, 111-136.
Newspapers, at Philadelphia, 389.
New Urrecht (L. L), 139, 187-188.
New York City, commerce of Norfolk with, 57, 71 ; by stage from Philadelphia to, 106-136; Brooklyn ferry to, 145; description of, 160-182; streets of, 160; température at, 160, 171; water supply, 161-162; population, 162, 171, 181; slaves at, 162, 327; public buildings, 163-169; churches, 163-165; lower Broadway, 165; public hospitals, 166-167; collège, 167-168; City Hall, 168; library, 169; theaters, 169; markets, 169-170; prostitution in, 171, 335, 338; current prices in, 172-176; commerce of, 176-180, 277; yellow fever, 180; criminal records of, 182; commerce of Long Island with, 182-184; departure from, 191 ; treatment of French refugees at, 294-295.
Noailles, duc de, at Philadelphia, 102, 223.
Norfolk (Va.), arrivai at, 36; résidence at, 36-50; description of, 51-72; streets and dwellings, 51-52; churches, 53-55; commerce, 56-57 ; climate of, 58-59, 64-65 ; customs at, 59-60; amusements, 60-61 ; current prices, 61-62; hospitals, 63 ; condition of slaves at, 67 ; West India refugees at, 55- 56, 66; ferries, 74, 76; commerce with Baltimore, 80.
North Carolina, slave population of, 329; laws of, 330.
Northern Liberties, suburb of Philadelphia, 107, 280, 285.
Oeller's Hôtel, burned, 332.
Orléans, duc d', at Philadelphia, 233, 234, 244, 248, 252.
Oswego Market, 170.
Paris, state of affairs at, 229, 231, 236-238, 242-244, 247-248;
System of numbering copied from Philadelphia, 281 ;
arrivai at, 396.
Parker, Colonel, 101, 105.
Passaic River, ferry across, 127; bridge across, 128. Paterson (N. J.), see Manufactory City.
Patuxent River, 82, 83.
Paulus Hook, inn at, 130-131, 191.
Payen de Boisneuf, at Philadelphia, 223.
Peale's Muséum, 196, 378.
Penn, William, names Philadelphia, 277 ; plans the city, 280, 297, 298.
Pennsylvania, laws of, governing indentured servants, 315-316; importation of servants into, 321-322; climate of, 344; législature of, 375.
Pennsylvania Hospital, 382.
Petersburg (Va.), subscription for refugees at, 56.
Philadelphia, voyage from Baltimore to, 92-100; arrivai and sojourn at, 100-105; to New York by stage, 106-136; visited, 145-148; French refugees at, 223-225, 233; state of trade, 242, 244; yellow fever at, 40, 245, 266, 278, 392; description of, 277-391; early history of, 277-278; plan of, 278-280; wharves, pavements, lighting, 280; dwellings, 281-285; population, 285; customs, 286-287, 290 ; climate of, 287-288 ; population, analyzed and discussed, 296-334; whites, maie, 297-302; whites, female, 302-312; whites, children, 312-315; whites, servants, 315- 324; negroes, free, 324-326; slaves, 326-334; Quakers at, 301 ; marriage customs, 307-312; societies for abolition of slavery, 325-326 ; great fîre at, 332 ; prostitution, 334, 336 ; markets, 339-341; taverns, 341-342; current prices, 342- 343; plague of Aies, 349; tides at, 350-351; night-watchmen, 355-356; fire protection at, 356-357; number of carriages at, 360 ; festivities, 362 ; public buildings of, 362- 391; churches, 362-369; cemeteries, 362, 366, 367, 368, 369-372; funeral customs, 371-372; theaters, 362, 372- 374; State House, 375-379; libraries, 379-380; prisons, 380-381; board of trade, 381; éducation, 384-385; government of, 386; banks, 387-388; insurance companies, 388 ; manufactures, 388-389 ; newspapers, 389 ; commerce, 57, 97, 99, 389; ship-building at, 390; departure from, 392-395.
Philadelphian Society, 385.
Pillet, refugee, 105, 192.
Population, of Philadelphia, 285 ; classified and analyzed, 296-
Porcupine's Gazette, cited, 323.
Port-au-Prince, refugees from, 124; South bars free negroes from, 332.
Portsmouth (Va.), résidence at, 45, 47; refugees at, 49, 56; described, 73-77.
Powder mills, 363, 388.
Presbyterians, at Norfolk, 53; at Wilmington, 99; at Trenton, 113; at Princeton, 114; at Newark, 124; at New York, 163; at Philadelphia, 361, 363, 365.
President's Mansion, 102, 385-386.
Prices, of provisions at Norfolk, 61-62; of passage from Baltimore to Philadelphia, 93, 95, 98; of bridge tolls, 110; cost of living at Princeton, 116-117 ; at inns in New Jersey, 119, 121, 131 ; on ferries, 128, 129, 131, 132; of provisions at New York, 172-177, 182; at Philadelphia, 341, 342-343, 355, 373, 389-390.
Priestley, Doctor, 220.
Princeton Collège, 114-117.
Princeton (N. J.), 113-114, 145, 191.
Prisons, 363, 380-381.
Prostitution, at Portsmouth (Va.), 76-77, 335; at New York, 171, 335-336, 338; at Philadelphia, 325, 334.
Providence, trade with, 355.
Pugilism, 353-354.
Quakers, at Wilmington (Del.), 99; in New Jersey, 111, 113; at New York, 163, 167; in Penn., 297, 301, 363; decrease of, 301 ; attitude toward negroes, 324, 325 ; attitude toward slavery, 327; immorality among, 336; characteristics, 364- 365 ; cemetery of, 371 ; charity, 383.
Rahway (N. J.), 123.
Ramel, French minister of finance, 399.
Raritan River, ferry across, 121 ; bridge across, 121.
Red Lion, tavern, 108, 109.
Refugees, see French Refugees, West India Refugees, St.
Domingo, etc.
Religion, see Churches, Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians,
etc.
Republican Party, 262, 263.
Rewbell, director, 397, 400.
Rhode Island, slavery abolished in, 326. Ricard, General, 197, 216, 217.
Rice, production of in S. C, 329; profit in producing, 331. Richardet, refugee, 223.
Richmond (Va.), transportation from Norfolk to, 71; fire at,
Ricketts, circus, 61, 374.
Rittenhouse, David, visited, 105; orrery of, 115; funeral of,
226, 368; eulogy, 233, 361; director of mint, 361. Robespierre, exécution of, 152; attitude of Americans toward,
152; orders Moreau's arrest, 398.
Rochambeau, Doctor, letter from, 227.
Rochambeau, General, site of camp, 114; former lodgings of,
Roche, Baron de la, at New York, 139; Moreau's partnership
with, 140, 143, 149, 150, 151, 191, 193, 195, 196, 197,
