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rabbet (rabbitt) plane, 1:135, 1:136n

rabbits and hares, 1:479, 1:654

Rabelais, François, 7:665

race

defined in Mass., 8:374–8:375, 8:376n
defined in Va., 8:310–8:311
W. Duane on, 7:532–7:534
and miscegenation, 8:310–8:311, 8:374–8:375, 8:376n
TJ on, 8:310–8:311

Rachael (TJ’s slave; b. 1773)

mentioned, 8:62n, 8:132
on Monticello slave lists, 4:387
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 4:383, 5:460, 6:309, 8:61, 8:255

Rachael (TJ’s slave; b. 1776)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387

Rachael (TJ’s slave; b. 1807)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 6:310, 8:62, 8:255

Racine, Jean, 5:51, 5:56n

in collegiate curriculum, 7:665

Racoon Ford (Spotsylvania Co.), 3:314, 3:315n

Radford, William

and Bear Branch land, 5:84, 5:339, 5:339–5:340, 5:340n, 5:341, 7:430
cuttings sent to TJ from, 3:355
identified, 4:318n
letter from, 8:695
letters from accounted for, 8:158n
letter to accounted for, 8:158n
purchases Bear Branch land, 4:5, 4:316–4:319
road through land of, 8:157–8:158

radishes, 2:271, 2:271, 5:658

Ragland, John C.

identified, 7:502n
letters from accounted for, 7:503n
recommended by F. Carr, 7:502

raisins

muscatel, 1:366, 1:366
TJ orders, 1:368, 2:109

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 1:197, 6:603

Raleigh Star (newspaper)

letter from editors of, accounted for, 1:677
prints TJ’s correspondence, 1:125n

Ralls, George N.

identified, 8:401n
inquires about Va. minerals, 8:400–8:401
letter from, 8:400–8:401

The Rambler, 7:665

ramie. See silk plant

Ramillies, HMS (ship of the line), 6:314n

Ramirez, Jean Baptiste, 3:478n

Ramos, Raphaël, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

Ramos Arizpe, Miguel

work on Coahuila, Mexico (now part of Tex.), 8:77n

Ramsay, David

and American biographical dictionary, 2:188
Charleston physician, 1:513, 2:189n, 7:566
in collegiate curriculum, 7:664
historical writings of, 8:309, 8:310n
History of the American Revolution, 1:581, 6:258, 7:512, 7:513n, 7:629
identified, 7:28n
introduces E. Leigh, 7:28, 7:68, 7:143, 7:143
letters from, 7:28
The Life of George Washington, 1:35
opinion of okra, 4:180
on Shecut’s medical theories, 8:24–8:25

Ramsden, Jesse

equatorial of, 3:480, 4:238n, 4:369
theodolite of, 3:480

Randal (TJ’s slave; b. 1802). See Hern, Randal (TJ’s slave; b. 1802)

Randall, Henry S.

and E. Coles’s visit to J. Adams, 4:314n

Randolph, Mr.

pays P. Gibson on TJ’s account, 6:106

Randolph, Ann (Anne) Cary. See Bankhead, Ann (Anne) Cary Randolph (TJ’s granddaughter; Charles Lewis Bankhead’s wife)

Randolph, Ann Cary. See Morris, Ann Cary Randolph (Gouverneur Morris’s wife)

Randolph, Archibald (Archie) Cary

identified, 5:10–5:11n
seeks army commission, 5:10, 5:11

Randolph, Ariana Jenings

annuity due to, 4:231–4:232n, 4:597n
suit by executors of, 4:595, 4:597, 4:616, 4:646, 4:647, 4:679, 5:16, 5:17n

Randolph, Benjamin Franklin (TJ’s grandson)

illness of, 1:519, 1:520n, 1:536, 2:335, 6:110

Randolph, Cornelia Jefferson (TJ’s granddaughter)

identified, 3:635n
illness of, 8:636
letters to, 3:635
The Parlor Gardener, 3:635n
plans visit to J. H. N. Randolph and T. J. Randolph, 8:390–8:391
sketches table, 4:xlv
visits Port Royal, 3:633, 3:635, 3:635n, 3:644

Randolph, David Meade (ca. 1759–1830), 1:277, 1:278–1:279n

Randolph, Edmund

Abridgment of the Public Permanent Laws of Virginia, 8:630
attorney general, 2:176, 2:177n, 2:273n, 6:259n, 7:549
and bill of attainder against J. Philips, 7:495, 7:496n, 7:548–7:549, 8:334, 8:334–8:335, 8:335, 8:336, 8:337, 8:338n, 8:338n
and A. Craig, 1:67
debts of, 4:232n
health of, 6:12, 6:186, 6:268, 6:268n, 6:294
identified, 6:108–6:109n
letters from, 6:108–6:109
letters from accounted for, 6:44n, 6:186n
letters to, 6:115
letters to accounted for, 5:657n
manuscript on Va. history by, 8:439, 8:619, 8:619, 8:620, 8:620n, 8:642, 8:644
and P. Mazzei’s property, 3:383n, 5:598, 5:621–5:622, 5:656, 5:657, 5:657n, 6:4, 6:4, 6:12, 6:43, 6:43, 6:91, 6:106, 6:108, 6:115, 6:116, 6:185–6:186, 6:268, 6:294, 6:306, 7:89
possesses manuscript of Va. laws, 1:403, 8:424–8:425, 8:439–8:440, 8:440n
property of, 4:231–4:232n, 8:308n
and A. J. Randolph’s executors, 4:595, 4:597–4:598n, 4:616, 4:647, 5:16, 5:17n
as secretary of state, 4:605n
slaves of, 4:231–4:232n
TJ as trustee of, 4:231, 4:231–4:232n, 4:366
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
unavailable as attorney, 3:45, 3:86
as Va. legislator, 8:620, 8:621n

Randolph, Elizabeth Nicholas (Edmund Randolph’s wife), 6:265

Randolph, Ellen Wayles. See Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph (TJ’s granddaughter)

Randolph, Jane Cary (TJ’s aunt)

family of, 5:10n

Randolph, Jane Cary (wife of Thomas Eston Randolph), 1:488n

Randolph, Jane Hollins Nicholas (Thomas Jefferson Randolph’s wife; Wilson Cary Nicholas’s daughter), 1:190n, 1:223n

and E. W. R. Coolidge, 8:390–8:391
and C. J. Randolph, 8:390–8:391
and T. J. Randolph, 7:178–7:179, 7:179n, 8:369, 8:369n, 8:390–8:391, 8:391n, 8:421, 8:464, 8:516, 8:517n

Randolph, Sir John

manuscript collection of, 8:418, 8:440n

Randolph, John (ca. 1727–84)

and P. Henry, 4:598
and A. Randolph, 4:616

Randolph, John (of Roanoke)

and J. Adams, 6:255, 6:255–6:256
altercation with W. Alston, 3:330
and Bizarre Scandal, 8:296n
breaks with TJ and J. Madison, 2:42, 2:235, 2:236n
criticizes J. Adams, 4:475, 5:4
criticizes TJ’s cabinet, 3:601–3:602, 3:603n
diatribe against, 2:264
and W. Duane, 3:449, 3:450, 3:451, 3:452n, 3:506, 3:574, 3:575n, 3:585, 3:586, 3:626
duel proposed by J. W. Eppes, 3:425, 3:425n
electoral defeat of, 6:80n, 6:112, 7:22, 7:23n
heads congressional committee of investigation, 1:350, 1:361, 1:362n, 1:378
and J. Monroe, 2:42, 2:43, 3:543
open letter to mentioned, 2:224, 2:225n
opposes purchase of Fla., 3:100, 3:101n
political beliefs of, 6:286, 7:706–7:707
resolution on libel prosecution, 1:276, 1:278n
and Richmond junto, 1:93
B. Rush on, 4:339
speeches of, 6:297
TJ on, 2:291, 2:291n, 3:502, 3:593, 3:601–3:602
and Yazoo land scheme, 3:128, 3:129n, 3:165, 3:166n

Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife)

bears daughter, 7:178
bears son, 2:265, 2:266n, 2:285
books sent to, 4:325–4:326, 4:326n, 4:674, 5:7, 5:436, 7:90, 8:22
children of, 1:190n, 1:389, 1:390, 1:399, 1:519, 1:536, 1:669–1:670, 6:15, 6:61, 7:178, 8:22, 8:85
correspondence with M. J. de Botidoux, 1:377, 1:659n
correspondence with children, 2:103, 2:110
correspondence with M. A. C. L. Monroe, 8:647
correspondence with E. Trist, 8:296, 8:296n
and domestic manufactures, 6:140
at Edgehill, 1:654
education of, 8:513
and flower seeds for aunt, 5:658
flower seeds sent to, 7:16
fluency in French, 8:513, 8:513
J. W. Ford portrait of, 5:xlviii
forwards letters to Paris, 3:427
forwards letter to TJ, 8:664
greetings to, 1:53, 1:71, 1:73, 1:301, 1:629, 1:660, 1:667, 1:668, 2:9, 2:105, 2:124, 2:147, 2:236, 2:288, 2:430, 2:682, 3:40, 3:76, 3:91, 3:106, 3:167, 3:251, 3:280, 3:309, 3:340, 3:395, 3:447, 3:539, 3:596, 3:599, 3:632, 4:6, 4:19, 4:20, 4:40, 4:108, 4:115, 4:200, 4:326, 4:359, 4:475, 4:666, 5:69, 5:113, 5:214, 5:411, 5:454, 5:532, 6:9, 6:12, 6:45, 6:46, 6:107, 6:267, 7:16, 7:32, 7:46, 7:62, 7:202, 7:350, 7:394, 7:502, 7:502, 7:542, 7:672, 7:698, 8:26, 8:99, 8:245, 8:325, 8:550
health of, 1:387, 1:391, 1:392, 1:395, 1:410, 3:315, 4:61, 4:62n, 4:132, 6:451, 6:645, 6:646, 6:648, 7:178, 7:226, 7:328, 8:85
as hostess at Monticello, 7:321, 8:235
identified, 2:238n
informs TJ of mill operations, 1:110n, 1:139n
letter from, 8:664
letters to, 3:392, 3:394, 6:106–6:107, 7:400–7:401, 8:664, 8:697
letter to, from unidentified correspondent, mentioned, 2:106
and A. Marks, 6:34
marriage of, 1:420n
mentioned, 2:106, 3:163n, 3:633, 6:265, 6:266, 6:620, 7:60, 7:63n, 7:570, 7:647, 7:647n, 8:158, 8:239, 8:278, 8:297
and Pantops estate, 6:72, 6:129
plans visit to Montpellier, 8:656
and T. M. Randolph’s will, 6:18–6:20
reads novels, 1:391, 1:397n, 3:634n, 3:635
relations with J. W. Eppes, 1:337, 1:338n
and sale of Shadwell mills, 6:xliii
sells land in Bedford Co., 2:79n, 2:237–2:239, 3:186–3:188
sends greetings to D. Madison, 6:397, 7:366
sends greetings to Madame Onís, 7:328
as teacher, 8:240
TJ’s correspondence with, 1:80
visits Edgehill, 4:132
visit to thwarted, 2:291
and D. B. Warden, 3:309, 3:310n, 3:558n
and wool spinning, 4:380

Randolph, Mary (Thomas Mann Randolph’s sister; David Meade Randolph’s wife)

runs Richmond boardinghouse, 1:669–1:670

Randolph, Mary Elizabeth Cleland, 1:488n

Randolph, Mary Isham (TJ’s great-grandmother), 1:68n

Randolph, Mary Jefferson (TJ’s granddaughter)

book for, 1:294
mentioned, 1:390, 1:397n
races on terrace, 1:393
spends Christmas season at Port Royal, 2:103, 2:104n, 2:110, 2:111n
TJ’s advice to, 3:635

Randolph, Meriwether Lewis (TJ’s grandson)

birth of, 2:265, 2:266n
mentioned, 6:266
TJ on, 6:110

Randolph, Peter (d. 1767)

and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:600, 7:547
and Westham land, 8:170

Randolph, Peter (d. 1832)

identified, 8:695n
letter of introduction for, 8:695

Randolph, Peyton (ca. 1721–75)

death of, 8:620, 8:621n
gives volume of laws to TJ, 1:159n, 8:418, 8:440n
and P. Henry, 4:598
lawsuit by heirs of, 4:647, 4:679
as member of Continental Congress, 4:601, 8:644
revolutionary leader, 7:411, 7:548
and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:599, 7:546–7:547, 8:642
as Va. legislator, 7:547–7:548, 8:620, 8:642, 8:643, 8:644, 8:644–8:645, 8:644–8:645

Randolph, Peyton (d. 1828)

drafts address to TJ, 1:611n
and manuscript of Va. laws, 8:424

Randolph, Richard

and earthenware for TJ, 7:154, 7:155, 7:204, 7:517, 7:602, 7:602, 7:710, 7:712, 8:11, 8:12
identified, 7:154n
letters from, 7:204
letters to, 7:154, 7:712

Randolph, Septimia Anne. See Meikleham, Septimia Anne Randolph (TJ’s granddaughter)

Randolph, Thomas (b. ca. 1728) (TJ’s uncle)

family of, 5:10n

Randolph, Thomas (1760–1811)

and Battle of Tippecanoe, 5:10, 5:11n

Randolph, Thomas Beverly, 3:93, 3:95n

Randolph, Thomas Eston (TJ’s cousin)

account with TJ, 1:470, 3:522–3:523, 5:427, 5:427
boats of, transfer goods, 1:488n, 2:109, 2:116, 2:154, 2:305, 2:335, 4:219, 4:526
brother of, 8:600
and Henderson case, 5:192–5:193, 5:197n, 6:197
identified, 1:488n
leases house from TJ, 2:132, 2:133n, 3:334, 3:522–3:523
leases Pantops, 5:171–5:172, 5:325, 5:325–5:326, 5:347–5:348, 6:72, 6:130
letters from, 1:488, 1:654, 8:207
letters to, 3:334, 3:522–3:523, 5:325, 8:204–8:205
and loan to T. M. Randolph, 8:207
Memorandum on Pantops lease, 5:325–5:326
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 4:346–4:349
and proposed sale of Pantops, 7:482
sends rabbits to TJ, 1:654
and Shadwell mills, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n, 8:207, 8:625n
and TJ’s gig, 1:488

Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband)

to accompany TJ to Poplar Forest, 4:131, 4:132
and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
and Albemarle Volunteer Company subscription, 5:344
attends botanical lectures, 1:70–1:71, 1:100
attends mineralogical lectures, 1:104, 1:187
and C. L. Bankhead, 3:188n
botany, enthusiasm for, 1:191
carries books to TJ, 1:321
carries package to E. Trist, 1:80–1:81
at Carysbrook, 7:268
clothing, 1:308
and J. H. Cocke’s horse, 7:300, 7:301
and E. W. R. Coolidge, 8:390–8:391
delivers letter to J. W. Eppes, 5:102
delivers letter to P. Gibson, 8:97, 8:100
and duels, 8:464–8:465
and Edgehill estate, 6:19, 6:20n
edits TJ’s correspondence, 3:xlvii
education of, 1:101n, 1:458, 1:520, 1:557, 1:590–1:591, 1:633, 1:634–1:635, 1:669–1:670, 2:27, 2:95, 2:110, 2:116, 2:134, 2:171–2:172, 2:172, 2:295, 2:335, 2:392–2:393, 2:393, 2:564–2:565, 3:632n, 4:87, 4:88n, 4:191, 4:191n, 6:416
expenses paid by TJ, 1:41, 1:45, 1:70–1:71, 1:307–1:309, 1:455, 1:458, 1:467, 1:557
at family dinner, 1:387, 8:235
farms of, 7:635
forwards trunk from Washington, 1:64
and G. Gilmer’s horse, 5:404–5:405, 5:406–5:407
and L. H. Girardin, 2:171–2:172, 2:172, 2:295
greetings to, 4:40, 8:421, 8:449, 8:610
health of, 2:438, 2:564
identified, 1:190–1:191n
and latitude of Willis’s Mountain, 4:345, 4:346n, 4:369, 4:370n
letters from, 1:245, 2:438–2:439, 7:268, 7:632–7:633, 7:649
letters from accounted for, 1:191n, 2:295n, 2:439n, 8:391n
letters to, 1:189–1:191, 1:293–1:294, 2:110–2:111, 2:295, 2:335, 2:392–2:393, 7:635–7:636, 8:390–8:391
letters to accounted for, 2:439n, 6:37n
as manager of Monticello, 8:555
meets with TJ, 8:697, 8:697n
mentioned, 3:290, 3:327–3:328, 5:94, 5:94n, 6:73, 6:343, 6:346, 6:349n, 7:84, 7:86n, 7:116, 8:82, 8:203, 8:204n, 8:239
military service of, 7:624, 7:625n, 7:632–7:633, 7:635, 7:649
named as executor of will, 6:34
and news of U.S. victory at New Orleans, 8:241
and Pantops, 5:102, 5:171–5:172
pays TJ, 8:187n
pays TJ’s account in Philadelphia, 1:97, 1:111, 1:161–1:162, 1:188, 1:190, 1:245
C. W. Peale portrait of, 1:xlviii–1:xlix, 1:45, 1:46n, 1:380 (illus.)
and plant inoculation, 3:644–3:645
as proposed messenger, 7:297, 7:331
and C. J. Randolph, 8:390–8:391
and J. H. N. Randolph, 7:178–7:179, 7:179n, 8:369, 8:369n, 8:390–8:391, 8:391n, 8:421, 8:464, 8:516, 8:517n
and M. J. Randolph, 2:110
as revenue collector, 7:xlv, 7:297, 8:126, 8:624
and salad oil, 2:335, 2:392, 2:438
and Shadwell mills, 6:xliii, 6:428n, 6:620, 6:620
spends Christmas at Port Royal, 2:110, 2:111n
surveying, 1:389
and surveys of Bear Creek lands, 4:280n, 4:318n, 4:319
TJ conveys land to, 6:35–6:36, 6:416
TJ conveys slaves to, 6:36
TJ on, 8:369
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
and TJ’s financial transactions, 8:624
TJ’s payments to, 8:186, 8:676, 8:676n
and Varina estate, 6:20n
visits R. Jefferson, 8:400
and C. Wistar, 2:285, 6:253, 6:416, 8:449
witnesses documents, 3:188, 4:277–4:278n, 8:120, 8:396
and J. Wood, 2:95, 2:134, 2:171, 2:564–2:565

Randolph, Thomas Mann (1741–93) (father of Thomas Mann Randolph [1768–1828] and Thomas Mann Randolph [1792–1848]), 1:420n, 1:572, 2:103n, 2:227

Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband). See also Edgehill (T. M. Randolph’s Albemarle Co. estate)

agreement with W. McGehee, 1:419–1:421
and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
and Albemarle Academy, 7:265, 7:265, 7:339
and Albemarle pippin, 3:448
and appointment of principal assessor, 6:442
arrangements for T. J. Randolph’s schooling, 1:189, 1:634
and C. W. Bache, 8:448
boats of, transfer goods, 2:110–2:111, 2:335, 3:442, 3:512–3:513, 4:99, 7:291
books sent to, 8:429–8:430, 8:630
botanical skills of, 1:436–1:437n, 3:167, 3:181, 3:596–3:597
buys land from W. Bache, 1:616
children of, 1:190n
and clover seed, 3:180, 3:184, 3:194
as colonel in U.S. Army, 6:51, 6:110–6:111, 6:265, 6:645, 6:645, 8:84, 8:163
and J. Corrêa da Serra, 6:469, 7:287, 7:301, 7:302, 7:321
correspondence with J. P. Reibelt, 1:504, 1:505
delivers letter, 7:185n
and dog-proof fence, 2:511
J. Dougherty’s esteem for, 5:455
duel fought by, 8:465
and 1810 census, 3:202
executor of H. Marks’s estate, 4:511n
at family dinner, 1:387, 8:235
family of, 1:420n, 4:61, 5:10n, 6:47, 8:38
financial difficulties, 2:79n
and fiorin grass, 5:660
W. Fontaine sends letter to, 3:136
greetings to, 1:53, 1:301, 1:660, 1:667, 2:121, 2:147, 2:236, 2:430, 2:682, 3:40, 3:76, 3:158, 3:167, 3:251, 3:280, 3:309, 3:340, 3:395, 3:539, 3:596, 3:599, 3:632, 4:19, 4:40, 4:108, 4:200, 4:326, 5:113, 6:45, 6:46, 6:107, 7:139, 7:202, 7:350, 7:672, 8:26, 8:244, 8:245, 8:274, 8:325, 8:422, 8:550, 8:610
grinds wheat, 1:109
gubernatorial prospects of, 8:47, 8:96n
and Harrison’s recommendation, 4:482
health of, 2:393
as host at Monticello, 7:321, 8:234
identified, 1:420n
and R. Jefferson’s watch, 8:173, 8:173, 8:257–8:258, 8:258
as justice of the peace, 5:235
lamb requested from, 4:62
letters from accounted for, 4:101n, 6:621n, 6:621n, 8:184n
letters to, 4:101, 6:619–6:621
letters to accounted for, 4:101n
letter to from P. Minor, 5:227–5:228
and Lewis family, 3:91
loans to, 8:207
manufacturing mill at Milton, 1:92n, 5:120–5:121
mentioned, 2:168, 2:465, 3:29, 3:39, 5:465n, 5:651, 6:130, 6:130, 6:347, 6:407, 7:184, 7:185, 7:309, 7:406, 7:623, 8:234, 8:235, 8:239, 8:272, 8:278, 8:422
and merino sheep, 1:199, 1:321, 1:667
and military appointment, 5:684, 7:178, 7:409, 7:500
military service of, 7:46, 7:46, 7:46n, 7:61–7:62, 7:226, 7:228, 7:624, 7:625n, 7:632
and J. Monroe, 2:46n
and navigation of Rivanna River, 8:165–8:166, 8:166n
offer to publish writings of, 8:623
and overseer for Poplar Forest, 4:307
and overseer for Tufton, 4:101
and payments to TJ, 6:20, 6:111
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 4:346–4:349, 8:184
B. Peyton introduced to, 6:52n
publications sent to, 8:408, 8:471
and T. J. Randolph, 2:27, 2:116, 2:295, 2:438
receives information about W. Thornton, 2:5n
recommends W. McClure, 7:240–7:241
relations with J. W. Eppes, 1:337, 1:338n
as revenue collector, 7:xlv, 8:154n
and Rivanna Company, 3:193, 3:287, 5:227–5:228, 5:440–5:441, 5:441n, 6:620
and road along Rivanna River, 6:428, 6:428n
and sale of part of Poplar Forest, 2:77–2:78, 2:79, 2:79–2:80
and W. Saunders, 5:395
and seed protection, 2:334
seeks clover seed, 4:525
sells flour at Richmond, 3:512–3:513
sells land in Bedford Co., 2:79n, 2:237–2:239, 3:186–3:188
and Shadwell mills, 3:156, 3:642, 3:644, 4:6, 4:6n, 4:183, 4:183n, 4:374n, 4:548, 5:120–5:121, 5:228, 5:499, 5:517, 5:530, 5:570–5:571, 5:575, 5:591n, 5:671, 6:91, 6:118, 6:123, 6:149–6:150, 6:166, 6:430, 6:620, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n, 8:205n, 8:207, 8:241, 8:625n
slaves of hired to TJ, 3:36, 3:250
slaves owned by, 8:609, 8:609n
and Southwest Mountain tract, 2:101, 2:137, 2:206, 2:229
Spanish sheep of, 6:6–6:7, 6:31
spinning operations of, 5:384–5:385
subscribes to pay W. McClure’s debts, 4:169, 5:574
TJ inquires about, 6:646
TJ on, 2:77, 2:79, 5:500, 6:69, 8:305
and TJ’s dispute with E. Alexander, 2:198–2:199, 2:212, 2:213, 2:239, 2:239
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
as trustee of Bankheads, 8:394–8:397, 8:397–8:398
and Tufton estate, 3:35–3:36
uses contour plowing, 2:254, 6:69, 6:70n
visits Philadelphia, 7:84
visits Poplar Forest, 2:97
visits Varina, 7:366
will of, 6:18–6:20
and C. Wistar, 8:448–8:449
to write agricultural essay, 3:427
and J. Yancey, 2:363

Randolph, Thomas Mann (1792–1848) (son of Thomas Mann Randolph [1741–93]; half-brother of Thomas Mann Randolph [1768–1828])

attends Harvard University, 1:524, 1:572–1:573, 1:574
identified, 1:524n
letters from, 1:524
letters to, 1:574

Randolph, Virginia Jefferson. See Trist, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (TJ’s granddaughter)

Randolph, William (Thomas Mann Randolph’s brother), 2:79n

Randolph, William (TJ’s great-grandfather), 1:68n

Randolph, William (TJ’s uncle), 1:488n

Randolph, William B.

and fiorin grass for TJ, 4:193

Randolph, William Eston, 1:488n

Randolph family

biographies solicited for Port Folio, 7:318

ranunculus

double, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n
sent to TJ, 5:358
TJ orders, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498n, 4:498n

Raphael

paintings by, 8:239

Raphael (Raphall), Solomon, 1:318n

Rapine, Daniel

bookseller, 1:412, 1:412n, 3:576, 3:582, 3:649

Rapin Thoyras, Paul de

and The Continuation of Mr. Rapin’s History of England (N. Tindal), 8:581
Histoire d’Angleterre, 1:580, 8:235
mentioned, 6:296

Rappahannock River, 3:140, 3:303, 8:290

Rapport a L’Institut National, Classe de Littérature et Beaux Arts, D’un voyage fait à la fin de l’an X (A. G. Camus), 8:558–8:561, 8:562n, 8:656–8:657, 8:682

Rapports du Physique et du Moral de l’Homme (P. J. G. Cabanis), 5:223, 5:276, 7:385–7:386, 7:386n

Rapports entre la langue sanscrit et la langue Russe présentés à l’Académie Impériale Russe (Adelung), 4:99, 4:99n

Rapport sur les Travaux de la Société d’Agriculture du Département de la Seine (Silvestre), 1:612, 1:613n

Rapport sur L’Instruction Publique, Fait au Nom du Comité de Constitution a L’Assemblée Nationale, les 10, 11, et 19 Septembre 1791 (Talleyrand-Périgord), 8:550, 8:551n

Raritan (steamboat), 4:199

raspberries

Antwerp, 5:358
monthly, 3:456
at Poplar Forest, 3:353, 3:394, 5:31
seed, 3:456, 5:358
in vinegar syrup recipe, 1:222

Rastall (Rasdall), Humphrey, 5:509–5:510

Rastel de Rocheblave, Philippe François de

capture of, 4:378

rat, pouched, 4:536

Ratcliff (Ratcliffe), Mrs.

flees Washington, 7:618, 7:618
works with J. Barnes, 4:27, 5:454, 7:618

Ratcliffe, Thomas

and P. Piernet’s will, 3:466–3:467, 3:472n, 3:652, 4:42, 4:70, 4:166n, 5:99, 5:116–5:118

Rathbone, Martha M. V. (William P. Rathbone’s wife)

visits Monticello, 8:675

Rathbone, William P.

identified, 8:675–8:676n
visits Monticello, 8:675

Ratisbon, Battle of (1809), 1:371

rats

fear of, 8:332

rattinet (fabric), 7:349, 7:349n, 7:488

rattlesnake

growth of rattles, 7:84
new species of, 4:536
TJ receives rattle of, 1:660, 2:36

Ravara. See Ravassa, Joseph

Ravassa, Joseph, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

Ravenscroft, John Stark

and domestic manufacturing, 5:207–5:208, 5:208n, 5:268–5:269
identified, 5:208n
letters from, 5:268–5:269
letters to, 5:207–5:208

Ravensworth (Fairfax Co.), 1:52n, 1:52n

Rawle, William, 2:455, 2:456n, 2:658, 3:235, 3:483

Ray, John

and classification of animals, 7:208
and theology, 7:480

Ray, William

Horrors of Slavery: or, The American Tars in Tripoli, 1:33, 1:33–1:78n, 1:77–1:78, 8:388
identified, 1:33n
letters from, 1:33
requests loan from TJ, 1:33

Raymond VI, count of Toulouse, 7:66

Raynal, David

Code de Commerce, 5:576, 5:576–5:577n, 6:45, 6:372, 6:373n, 6:445, 7:90

Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François

Histoire Philosophique et Politique, 3:175n, 7:664
works of, 8:49

Reade, Clement, Jr.

as a burgess, 8:621, 8:621

reading

elementary education in, 7:637, 7:640

Rebecca (sloop)

transports goods to Richmond, 1:44

Rebecca (TJ’s slave; b. 1812)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 5:461, 6:308, 8:62, 8:255

Recherches historiques et politiques sur les États-Unis de l’Amérique Septentrionale (P. Mazzei), 3:381n, 5:595–5:596n, 8:326

Recherches philosophiques sur les américains (Pauw), 1:521, 1:521n

Recherches physiques et chimiques sur la Fabrication de la Poudre à Canon (Charpentier de Cossigny), 1:35

Recherches sur les Ossemens Fossiles (Cuvier), 1:101n, 5:94n

Recherches sur les Végétaux nourissans (Parmentier), 2:82

recipes

for cream cheese, 5:204
for vinegar syrup, 1:222

Recopilacion de Indias. See The Laws of Las Siete Partidas (Carleton and Moreau Lislet)

Rector, Thomas, 2:185

Recueil d’edits et d’ordonnances royaux (Girard & Néron), 3:235, 3:236–3:237n, 3:484

Recueil de Recherches sur l’Education (J. J. Drouin), 8:551

Recueil d’observations astronomiques (Humboldt), 1:24, 1:25n, 1:264, 1:267n, 1:455, 1:455n, 4:352, 4:354n, 7:29

redbud, 3:353

Redfield, John

identified, 4:492n
letters from, 4:489–4:492
seeks TJ’s aid, 4:489–4:492

Redheffer, Charles

perpetual-motion machine of, 5:xlix–5:l, 5:358 (illus.), 5:471–5:473, 5:473n, 5:474, 5:506–5:507, 5:558, 5:559n

Red Jacket (Seneca chief)

speech of, 2:59, 2:175

Reed, Isaac

and edition of W. Shakespeare, 1:412n

Reed, Joseph

and J. Adams’s intercepted letter, 6:284

Rees, Abraham

The New Cyclopædia, 1:252, 1:252n, 1:456, 1:457n

Reeves, John

on British allegiance and U.S. citizenship, 8:244, 8:245n
A History of the English Law, 7:127
in law curriculum, 7:688

Reflections on the Embargo (Caines), 3:522n

Reflections on the Revolution in France (E. Burke), 7:74, 7:78n

Reflexions Critiques sur la Poesie et sur la Peinture (J. B. Dubos), 8:630

Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (A. R. J. Turgot), 7:7, 7:9n

refrigerators, 1:173n

Réfutation du Mémoire en forme de consultation (Derbigny), 2:657, 2:658n, 3:173–3:174n, 3:235, 3:236n, 3:237n, 3:271, 3:476, 3:484

Reibelt, Madame (J. Philippe Reibelt’s widow)

identified, 2:395n
letters from, 2:394–2:395
seeks TJ’s protection, 2:394

Reibelt, Mr. (J. Philippe Reibelt’s son), 1:504–1:505, 2:394

Reibelt, J. Philippe

death of, 2:394, 2:395n
identified, 1:505n
letters from, 1:504–1:505
letters from accounted for, 1:505n
proposed visit to U.S., 1:505
sends package to TJ, 1:505
sends tarragon to TJ, 5:98–5:99n

Reid, Thomas, 7:480, 7:667

Reindeer, HMS (brig-sloop), 8:84, 8:85n

Reintzel, Daniel

identified, 1:23n
and meeting of Georgetown Republicans, 1:21–1:22

Rei rusticae (Cato; Columella; Palladius; Varro), 2:82

Reiske, Johann Jacob

edits Opera Omnia Graece et Latine (Dionysius Halicarnassus), 8:581, 8:582n

Relf’s Philadelphia Gazette (newspaper), 7:299, 7:299n, 7:311, 8:532, 8:533n

religion

J. Adams on, 7:23–7:27, 7:73–7:77, 7:217–7:220, 7:476–7:477, 8:551, 8:552, 8:558–8:563, 8:682
and Bollandists, 8:558–8:562, 8:656–8:657, 8:682
Carmelites, 7:220
Catholicism, 8:558–8:562, 8:656–8:657, 8:682
and Christianity in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:505, 4:506, 4:506, 4:570, 4:613–4:615
T. Cooper, 7:663, 7:688, 7:715, 7:716n
education in, 7:480, 7:639, 7:639, 7:640, 7:714–7:715, 8:7n, 8:12, 8:341–8:342
epopts, 8:150, 8:150n
exhortations to TJ, 1:291–1:292, 4:606, 6:447, 6:508, 6:508, 7:573–7:589, 7:704–7:705, 8:187–8:191, 8:196–8:198, 8:364
freedom of, 7:304–7:305, 8:262, 8:267n, 8:293
illuminism, 8:150
Jesuits, 2:523, 2:524, 2:525, 2:525, 3:71, 3:175n, 3:489, 8:558–8:562
Judaism, 8:212
laws on, 1:382
magi, 8:150
Manichaeism, 7:557, 7:560n
Martinists, 8:150, 8:150n
Methodism, 7:581–7:582, 7:585, 7:587
millennial prophecy, 4:483–4:485, 8:665–8:667
and morality, 7:412–7:416
Protestant Reformation, 2:584
Quakers, 2:124–2:125, 2:125n, 2:157–2:158, 2:159, 3:267–3:269, 4:52, 4:152, 4:469, 8:187, 8:552
Rosicrucians, 8:150
and sectarian violence, 8:551, 8:551n
Shakers, 8:469, 8:469n
societies for Bible distribution, 6:607–6:608, 6:608n, 7:178, 7:182–7:183
H. G. Spafford seeks TJ’s opinion on, 3:113
and Spanish constitution, 7:304, 7:327, 7:390–7:391
Swedenborgians, 8:150
TJ on, 1:563–1:565, 1:565–1:566, 2:157–2:158, 3:457, 6:160, 6:180, 6:193, 6:204, 6:298, 6:299, 6:318–6:319, 6:438–6:439, 6:439–6:440, 6:508, 6:548–6:550, 7:178, 7:453–7:454, 7:704–7:705, 8:149–8:150, 8:188–8:189, 8:196–8:198, 8:211–8:212, 8:245, 8:341–8:343, 8:344, 8:365n
use of tithes to support, 2:582–2:584
Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1:384n, 1:487, 6:565, 7:148
works on, 3:590, 3:590n, 6:61, 6:219, 6:280, 6:302, 6:367–6:368, 6:441, 6:471, 7:74–7:77, 7:286, 7:435, 7:435n, 7:436n, 7:595, 7:627, 7:633, 7:646, 7:683, 8:xlvi, 8:4, 8:5, 8:196, 8:235, 8:236, 8:388, 8:435, 8:468, 8:469, 8:469, 8:469n, 8:469n, 8:472, 8:472n, 8:481–8:482, 8:482n, 8:558–8:562, 8:630, 8:632n, 8:672, 8:672, 8:673n, 8:682
works on, bound for TJ, 1:36, 1:36, 1:38n, 8:630, 8:630, 8:630

The Religion of Nature Delineated (W. Wollaston), 7:415n

Remarks on Education (S. H. Smith), 1:30n

Remarks on the Earl of Selkirk’s Observations on the Present State of the Highlands Of Scotland, with a view of the Causes And Probable Consequences of Emigration, 7:389

Remarks on the Smut and Mildew of Wheat (Fothergill), 1:72, 1:72n

Remarks on the Times (Fraser), 5:160, 5:160n

Remsen, Henry

identified, 4:409n
as State Dept. clerk, 4:365
verifies TJ’s subscription to work, 4:408, 4:409, 4:530–4:531

Remsen, John, 6:526n

Renard, André, 2:523, 2:525, 3:489

Rennell, Thomas, 7:658

Rennie, Robert

“Essays on the Natural History and Origin of Peat,” 8:678, 8:679n

Rennolds, John

and C. Bellini estate, 4:80

Rensselaerwyck Manor (S. Van Rensselaer’s N.Y. estate), 8:414, 8:416

rent

agreement with W. Johnson, 3:310
from Belmont estate, 2:227, 2:228
due from E. Alexander, 1:353, 1:353, 2:421–2:422, 2:422n, 3:328
due from Henderson lands, 1:470
due from T. E. Randolph, 3:334, 3:522–3:523
due from Shoemakers, 1:353, 1:353, 1:364, 1:407, 1:408, 1:421–1:422, 1:422, 1:451–1:452, 2:199, 2:342–2:343, 2:393, 2:661, 3:111–3:112, 3:300–3:302, 3:528
for P. Mazzei’s land, 4:290–4:291
from Natural Bridge, 1:506, 8:96, 8:119, 8:120, 8:120–8:121, 8:347
paid to College of William and Mary, 2:534–2:535
from Shadwell and Lego, 2:239–2:240, 2:240, 2:278, 2:280–2:281n, 4:183, 4:233
from Shadwell mills, 8:204–8:205, 8:205n, 8:207, 8:284, 8:624, 8:625n
for W. Short’s land, 4:60, 4:197–4:198
taxation of ground, 2:598–2:599
TJ leases house to T. E. Randolph, 2:132, 2:133n
from Tufton, 2:370

Renusson, Philippe de

Œuvres, 3:130–3:131, 3:174n, 3:546

Répertoire universel et raisonné de jurisprudence civile, criminelle, canonique et béneficiale (Guyot), 3:130, 3:174n, 3:176n, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484, 3:546

Reply to Mr. Duponceau (Thierry), 1:287, 1:287n, 3:484

Report and Memorial of the President and Managers (Union Canal Company of Pa.), 5:468, 5:468–5:469n

Reporter (Lexington, Ky., newspaper), 4:285, 4:285n

Report of the Commissioners (Bailey and others), 3:459–3:460, 3:597

Report of the Committee appointed to examine into the Rise, Progress, and Present State of The Society of Artists of the United States , 5:114n

Report of the Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Conduct of General Wilkinson, 3:428–3:431

Report of the Committee of Grievances and Courts of Justice of the House of Delegates of Maryland, on the Subject of the Recent Mobs and Riots in the City of Baltimore, together with the Depositions Taken Before the Committee, 7:231–7:232n

Report of the Practicability of Navigating with Steam Boats, on the Southern Waters of the United States (R. Fulton), 7:68n

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of public roads and canals (Gallatin), 1:645–1:646

Report of the Whole Trial of Gen. Michael Bright and Others (Byrne), 1:214n

Les Reports de divers special cases en le Common Bank & en le Court del Bank le Roy (Jones), 3:546

Les Reports des Cases Contenus in les Ans vingt premier, & apres en temps du Roy Henry le VI, 7:147, 7:150n, 7:150n

Reports in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster (J. Keble), 7:147, 7:150n

Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King’s Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer (J. Strange), 3:134, 3:135n, 3:152, 7:147–7:148, 7:148, 7:148

Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench (Cowper), 2:455, 2:456n

Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench: with some special cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, and Exchequer (Salkeld), 3:546

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined (Acton), 3:514n

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King’s Bench (Durnford and East), 2:455, 4:300, 4:302n

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery (Atkyns), 6:477

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (Hening and Munford), 1:334, 1:370, 1:404

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6:599, 7:129

Reports of Cases Determined in the Several Courts of Westminster-Hall, from 1746 to 1779 (Blackstone), 3:134, 3:135n, 3:152

Reports of Cases ruled and adjudged in the Courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution (Dallas), 3:546

Reports of Cases upon Appeals and Writs of Error (Brown; ed. Tomlins), 3:151, 3:151n, 3:316, 3:546, 3:546, 3:546

The Reports of Sir Peyton Ventris K^t (P. Ventris), 7:147, 7:148

Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans (J. Delaplaine), 3:51n, 6:149n, 7:xliii, 7:xliii–7:xliv, 7:295–7:296, 7:302–7:303, 7:330, 7:340–7:341, 7:399, 7:429, 7:429n, 7:444, 7:497–7:499, 7:499n, 7:522–7:523, 7:523n, 7:525–7:526, 7:562–7:564, 7:611–7:613, 8:8, 8:8n, 8:388–8:389, 8:435

Republican Constellation (Winchester newspaper), 2:120, 2:120n, 2:174

Republican party

and Aurora essays, 3:574, 3:585, 3:586, 3:591, 3:600
and batture controversy, 2:398
of Bristol Co., R.I., 1:88–1:89
of Conn., 1:95, 1:126–1:127
electoral successes, 2:348, 2:349n, 2:367, 2:429–2:430, 2:506, 2:533, 2:537, 4:151, 4:153n
of Essex Co., Mass., 1:85–1:86
and foreign relations, 2:73
of Georgetown, D.C., 1:21–1:22, 1:34
and human progress, 6:194
and Irishmen, 3:340
W. Jones on, 6:643, 6:644
of Leesburg, Va., 1:89–1:90
in Mass., 4:92, 5:317–5:318, 8:110
in Md., 4:36–4:37, 4:151–4:152
J. Melish on, 5:625–5:626, 5:629, 8:152
members of feud, 2:146, 2:224–2:225, 2:235, 2:236, 2:272, 4:174n
and J. Monroe, 3:332–3:333
in New England, 3:27–3:28, 3:121, 3:246
of New York City and County, 1:530–1:534, 1:568–1:569
in N.H., 8:110
and non-intercourse legislation, 2:81
in N.Y., 3:345–3:346, 4:53–4:54, 4:543, 4:623, 7:360n
orations supporting, 3:510–3:511
of Pittsburgh, 1:90, 1:91n
and post office appointments, 7:239
principles of, 7:466, 8:407
and proposed loan to W. Duane, 3:451–3:452, 3:507–3:509, 3:515, 3:540, 3:549–3:550, 3:573–3:575, 3:584, 3:585–3:586, 3:591–3:593
of Queen Annes Co., Md., 1:62–1:63, 1:127–1:128
resolutions on Embargo, 3:229, 3:232n
in R.I., 3:229–3:232
in Richmond, 3:266, 3:322, 3:332–3:333, 3:507–3:508
in S.C., 5:244, 5:284–5:286, 5:303–5:304, 5:329, 5:332, 5:355, 5:393, 5:680–5:681, 5:681n, 6:317, 6:611, 6:636
TJ on, 1:236–1:237, 3:306, 3:508–3:509, 3:607, 5:564–5:565, 8:248
unity within, 3:266, 3:322–3:323, 3:508–3:509, 3:515, 3:528, 3:563–3:564, 3:584, 3:586, 3:592–3:593, 3:595, 3:606, 3:607, 4:213n, 4:216–4:217, 7:21–7:22
in Va., 5:303–5:304
in Vt., 8:110
and G. Washington, 7:102
of Washington Co., Md., 1:26–1:28, 1:98–1:99
of Washington Co., Pa., 1:99–1:100

Rerum Scoticarum Historia (Buchanan), 1:580

Researches on America; being an attempt to settle some points relative to the Aborigines of America, &c. (J. H. McCulloh), 7:344n

Resistance to Laws of the United States (“Leolin” [Austin]), 4:38n, 4:67–4:68

A Retaliation: Containing some Strictures on Doctor Parish’s Infamous Sermon (Hillard), 3:74–3:75, 3:156

Retz, Cardinal de. See Gondi, Jean François Paul de, Cardinal de Retz

Reuben (TJ’s slave; b. 1793)

hat for, 7:124
laborer, 8:185
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 8:61, 8:255

Review of a Book Entitled “The Grounds of Christianity Examined” (S. Cary), 7:435n

Review of an Address of the Minority in Congress to their Constituents (Colvin), 5:282, 5:303

A Review of Robert Smith’s Address to the People of the United States (Barlow), 4:21n

A Review of the Cause of the New Orleans Batture (Du Ponceau), 3:73n, 3:133, 3:135n, 3:173–3:175n, 3:235, 3:235, 3:271, 3:483, 5:275

Revolutionary War. See also American Revolution

battles of, 8:178, 8:431, 8:431n, 8:478, 8:494, 8:495n
Convention Army of, 8:359, 8:359–8:360n
debts from, 7:654
Indians during, 8:385n
mentioned, 5:6, 6:429n, 6:577
records destroyed during, 7:190, 7:256
TJ assists with pensions, 7:280, 7:356, 8:494–8:495, 8:495n
TJ on, 5:303, 7:52, 7:56, 8:178, 8:359, 8:360n, 8:385n, 8:481, 8:533, 8:575

Reyneval. See Gérard de Rayneval, Joseph Mathias

Reynolds, James

and Philadelphia health board, 4:174, 4:174n

Reynolds, William

publisher, 8:450n

Rhea, John

identified, 2:358–2:359n
letters from, 2:358–2:359, 3:439, 5:662–5:663, 6:358–6:359, 7:307, 8:329
sends constituent circulars to J. Madison, 6:359n
sends constituent circulars to TJ, 2:358, 3:439, 5:662–5:663, 6:358, 7:307, 8:329

rhetoric

books on, 7:629
study of, 7:480, 7:480, 7:638, 7:641, 8:352–8:353, 8:354n

rheumatism

P. Carr’s, 2:197, 2:226, 8:232
as disability, 3:395–3:396n, 3:449, 3:548, 5:252, 7:69, 8:74, 8:82, 8:494
M. Divers’s, 5:26
P. Gibson’s, 8:180
G. Granger’s, 2:269
W. C. Nicholas’s, 2:329
A. Thweatt’s, 2:368
TJ recommends warm baths for, 2:378, 7:143, 7:648
TJ’s, 2:232, 3:163n, 7:188

rheumatism root. See Jeffersonia diphylla (twinleaf)

Rhine, Confederation of the, 1:141

rhinoceros, 2:510

Rhode Island

J. Adams on, 6:625
Bristol Co. convention, 1:88–1:89
cotton factories in, 2:99, 8:146–8:147
deference to certain families in, 6:625
elections in, 2:348, 2:349n, 2:430n, 2:533, 6:625
Federalists in, 3:229–3:232, 3:257
governor of, 8:444n
and Hartford Convention, 8:163
newspapers in, 8:622n
paper mills in, 8:146
Stamp Act resolutions of, 8:619, 8:621–8:622, 8:622–8:623n, 8:641–8:642

Rhodes’ Hotel (Washington), 1:357, 4:275

Rhody (TJ’s slave; b. 1811)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309, 6:310, 8:62, 8:255

Riall, Phineas

British military commander, 7:525, 7:525n

Ribes aureum. See yellow currants

Ribes odoratissimum. See sweet-scented currants

Ricara bean. See Arikara bean

rice

cultivated in Ga., 4:39–4:40, 5:560
cultivated in Ky., 5:560
export tax on, 8:608
mentioned, 6:187, 7:452
and New England commerce, 8:175
price of in Great Britain, 1:82
sent from Île de France, 1:208, 1:596, 1:666
TJ orders, 1:44, 1:268, 1:368, 2:109
use of water-raising machine to grow, 2:554, 2:555
use of windmill to pound, 2:479

Rich, Obadiah

identified, 8:602n
letter from, 8:601–8:602
letter of introduction for, from W. Bentley, 4:617, 8:601
letter to, 8:616–8:617
recommended for appointment, 8:601, 8:602n, 8:602n, 8:616, 8:616
seeks consular appointment, 8:601–8:602, 8:616
A Synopsis of the Genera of American Plants, 8:601, 8:601–8:602n, 8:616

Richard, Gabriel

identified, 1:662n
and Indian training school, 1:7, 1:660–1:662, 2:55–2:57, 2:58n, 3:369–3:370, 3:543, 3:543n
letters from, 1:660–1:662, 3:369–3:371

Richards, Thomas

identified, 3:581n
letters from, 3:581
letters to, 3:614
and Shadwell Mill, 3:581, 3:614

Richardson, Mrs.

rents property from P. Mazzei, 4:290
seeks to buy property of P. Mazzei, 5:264, 5:562

Richardson, Dudley

identified, 1:558n
inquires about son, 1:558, 1:645, 2:88, 2:89n, 3:424, 3:615
letters from, 1:558, 3:424
letters to, 1:645, 3:615

Richardson, George

and communication with Jamaica, 2:88, 2:149, 2:305, 2:530, 2:544, 2:544, 3:424n
identified, 2:89n
invited to Jamaica, 1:645
letters from, 2:88–2:89, 2:305
letters to, 2:149

Richardson, John

on B. Griffin, 2:149–2:150
identified, 2:150n
letters from, 2:149–2:150
TJ pays, 2:150n
works at Poplar Forest, 2:89, 2:96, 2:97n, 2:149–2:150

Richardson, John (English author)

The Philosophical Principles of the Science of Brewing, 6:533, 6:597

Richardson, John (orientalist)

A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, 7:664
A Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations, 7:664

Richardson, Joseph, 1:558n

Richardson, Richard

letters from accounted for, 1:645n
resident in Jamaica, 1:558, 1:645
and G. Richardson, 1:645, 2:88, 2:89n, 2:149, 2:305, 2:544, 2:544, 3:424, 3:615

Richardson, Robert

identified, 5:485–5:486n
letters from accounted for, 5:505n, 6:110n, 6:349n
letters to, 5:485–5:486, 6:109–6:110, 6:349
and Oxford Iron Works, 5:485, 5:485, 5:505, 6:109–6:110, 6:349, 6:350, 6:350

Richardson, William

memoir on fiorin grass, 3:279, 3:280n, 3:294–3:295

Richardson, William (merchant)

identified, 7:349n
letters from accounted for, 7:488n
letters to, 7:349, 7:488
letters to accounted for, 7:488n
TJ orders rattinet from, 7:349, 7:488

Richelet, Pierre

Dictionnaire de la Langue Françoise, Ancienne et Moderne, 3:546

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal and duc de

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:501

Richmond, Va. See also Enquirer (Richmond newspaper); Gibson, Patrick; Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); Gordon, Trokes & Company

Académie des Sciences et Beaux-Arts des États-Unis, 3:472n
agricultural society of, 3:348, 3:351n
apothecaries in, 3:442
Argus, 2:224, 2:225n
Bank of, 3:103, 3:104n, 3:289–3:290, 3:528
Bank of Virginia, 2:95, 2:199n, 2:216, 2:217n, 2:234, 2:314, 2:329n, 2:463, 2:464n, 3:561n, 4:6, 4:169, 4:185, 4:194, 4:463, 4:528, 4:555, 4:619, 6:20, 6:91, 6:113, 6:113, 6:116, 6:295, 6:306, 6:337, 6:356, 6:396, 6:396n, 6:544, 6:544, 6:552, 6:561, 7:144, 7:145n, 7:670, 7:670, 8:35, 8:36n, 8:47, 8:49, 8:63, 8:63n, 8:165, 8:180, 8:187n, 8:284, 8:323, 8:323n, 8:491, 8:491n, 8:491–8:492n, 8:511, 8:582, 8:624–8:625, 8:676, 8:694
banks in, 8:19
boardinghouses in, 1:520, 1:557, 1:590, 1:634, 1:669–1:670
boats transfer goods to and from, 1:44n, 1:81, 1:114–1:115, 1:153, 1:176, 1:246, 1:257, 1:319, 1:368, 1:457, 1:488n, 2:96, 2:109, 2:110–2:111, 2:116, 2:154, 2:305, 2:335, 2:392, 2:423, 2:430, 2:438, 3:67, 3:310n, 3:334, 3:442, 3:479, 3:518, 3:520, 4:57, 4:219, 4:233, 4:234n, 4:381, 4:422, 4:522, 4:526, 4:530, 4:548–4:549, 4:557, 4:580, 7:94–7:95, 7:123, 8:97, 8:100, 8:305, 8:492, 8:536, 8:571, 8:582, 8:609, 8:609n
booksellers in, 3:599
British capture of, 8:264
British destroy public records in, 6:371–6:372, 7:190, 7:256
center of TJ’s financial operations, 2:363
chancery court at, 1:415n, 6:362, 6:362n, 6:472–6:473, 6:474, 6:479, 6:480, 8:351
circuit court at, 3:201, 4:294, 4:296
citizens of, address TJ, 1:609–1:611
collector at, 3:111, 3:148–3:149, 3:153
corn prices at, 8:272
J. H. Craven ships goods to, 3:135
defense of, 7:644, 7:669, 7:670, 7:697–7:698
Eagle Tavern, 1:611n, 1:613, 1:614n, 6:334
economy of, 3:102–3:104
Farmers’ Bank of Virginia, 8:35, 8:36n, 8:164, 8:166n
fires in, 4:94n, 4:466n, 4:481n, 4:499n, 4:523n
firms, 3:629, 3:635–3:636
flour prices at, 1:61, 4:57, 4:58, 4:86, 4:87, 4:91, 4:165, 4:321–4:322, 4:467, 4:522, 5:483, 6:21, 6:91, 6:93, 6:94, 6:113, 6:147, 6:169, 6:295, 6:306, 6:314, 6:544, 6:552, 6:561, 6:561–6:562, 6:615–6:616, 6:621, 7:69, 7:86, 7:114–7:115, 7:123, 7:141, 7:212, 7:215, 7:222, 7:241, 7:290, 7:307, 7:346, 7:412, 7:433, 7:441, 7:457, 7:513, 7:514–7:515, 7:515, 7:572, 7:717, 8:128, 8:284, 8:284, 8:323, 8:389–8:390, 8:477
flour shipped to, 2:269, 2:292, 2:300, 3:371, 3:413, 3:422, 3:518, 3:531, 3:541, 3:577, 3:620, 3:629, 3:650, 4:24n, 4:219, 4:233, 4:234n, 4:526, 4:557, 4:580, 6:331, 6:487, 6:544, 7:94–7:95, 7:95n, 7:123, 8:70, 8:132, 8:157, 8:186, 8:186, 8:284, 8:492, 8:624
L. H. Girardin’s academy at, 1:520, 1:557, 1:633, 1:634–1:635, 2:27, 2:95, 2:110, 2:116, 2:134, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295, 2:438, 2:564
glass at, 3:575, 8:21
and gypsum, 2:197, 2:329, 2:341, 3:313, 3:341, 3:453
and B. J. Harris’s manufacturing business, 5:286, 5:291n
Harry carries goods from, 3:434, 3:453, 3:512–3:513, 3:513n
industrial potential of, 5:215
Junto (Old Republicans), 1:92–1:93, 2:42, 4:213n
loan commissioner at, 8:440, 8:451, 8:451n
macaroni for sale at, 2:154
mail service to, 2:178, 3:56, 3:102–3:104, 3:148, 3:164
P. Mazzei’s property in, 3:381n, 3:382, 3:383n, 4:34, 4:290–4:291, 5:264, 5:562, 5:597–5:598, 5:621–5:622, 5:656, 5:657, 5:657n, 5:660, 6:4, 6:21, 6:43, 6:90–6:91, 6:106, 6:108, 6:113, 6:115, 6:116, 6:147, 6:168–6:169, 6:185–6:186, 6:268, 6:268n, 6:269, 6:294, 6:295, 6:305–6:306, 6:306, 6:306, 6:320–6:321, 6:321, 6:332, 6:334, 6:335, 6:337, 6:396, 7:88–7:89, 7:694–7:695, 7:697, 8:653–8:654, 8:689–8:690
pictures shipped to, 2:106
plan of, 4:288n
prices at, 3:413, 3:550, 8:608, 8:694
refugees in, 1:622–1:623, 1:624n
Republicans in, 3:266, 3:322, 3:332–3:333, 3:507–3:508, 3:515, 3:549–3:550, 3:574, 3:585, 3:591, 3:593n
Saint-Mémin’s studio at, 5:xlix
sergeant of, 8:613, 8:641
Shockoe Hill, 4:34
as site for cotton manufactory, 8:179–8:180
stagecoach from, to Charlottesville, 8:232–8:233
state treasury at, 2:74, 2:94
taxes in, 4:290, 4:291
TJ addresses citizens of, 1:620–1:621
TJ orders groceries from, 1:77, 1:267–1:268, 1:284, 2:109, 2:116, 2:154
TJ’s lot in, 4:xliv, 4:63, 4:154, 4:287–4:288, 4:290, 5:75–5:76, 5:76n, 6:304–6:305, 6:305n, 6:365–6:366, 6:371, 6:372n
TJ’s tobacco sold at, 2:27–2:28, 8:477
TJ visits, 1:611n, 1:613–1:614, 8:180
tobacco exportation from, 8:100
tobacco prices at, 1:157, 1:180, 1:302, 1:655–1:656, 4:95, 4:461, 4:467, 4:478, 4:522, 4:548, 7:179, 7:215, 8:128, 8:132, 8:323, 8:390, 8:477, 8:694
tobacco shipped to, 8:132, 8:186, 8:492
warehouses in, 4:287, 4:522
wheat prices in, 4:86, 4:87, 4:91, 4:94, 4:95, 4:104–4:105, 4:165, 4:165–4:166n, 4:184, 7:86

Richmond Society for Promoting Agriculture, 3:348, 3:351n

Ricketson, Shadrach

A Brief History of the Influenza, Which prevailed in New-York in 1807, 1:257, 1:257n, 1:294–1:295
identified, 1:257n
letters from, 1:257
letters to, 1:294–1:295
Means of Preserving Health, and Preventing Diseases, 1:257, 1:257n, 1:294–1:295

Riddick, Thomas F.

as justice of the peace, 4:71n

Ridgway, Jacob

and Lafayette, 3:212, 3:445, 4:359, 5:213

Rienzo, Cola di

compared to Napoleon, 7:477

Riggin, William

U.S. consul at Trieste, 8:694, 8:694n

Rights of Man (T. Paine), 8:668

Riker, Richard

and D. Fraser’s application, 4:546

Riley, Isaac

identified, 1:568n
letters from, 1:567–1:568, 1:600–1:601
letters to, 1:587–1:588
seeks to publish Notes on the State of Virginia, 1:567, 1:587–1:588, 1:600–1:601

Rincón, Antonio del

and portrait of C. Columbus, 7:563, 7:563, 7:563, 7:611, 7:612, 7:612, 7:612, 7:612, 7:612–7:613

Rincón, Fernando, 7:563

Rind, William, 1:369, 1:370n

Rindge, Capt., 4:364n

Ringgold, Maria A. Hay (Samuel Ringgold’s wife), 8:518, 8:518n

Ringgold, Mary Gittings, 3:628n

Ringgold, Samuel, 3:628n

estate of, 8:518
family of, 8:518, 8:518n
sends respects to TJ, 7:308–7:309

Ringgold, Tench, 1:23n, 3:628n

commissioner of public buildings, 8:595, 8:596n
family of, 8:420
forwards letter, 8:517

Ringgold, Thomas

identified, 3:628n
letters from, 3:628
requests golden eagle from TJ, 3:628

Rinuccini, Marquis, 3:377

Rioult-Davenay, Archange Louis, baron, 1:372

Ripley, Eleazar W.

as brigadier general, 8:443, 8:665

Ritchie, Thomas

agent for J. Melish, 4:494n, 8:76
editor of Richmond Enquirer, 1:214, 3:266, 3:271–3:272, 3:286, 3:586, 3:586n, 3:601, 3:626, 3:627n, 3:634, 5:58, 5:59n, 7:552–7:553, 8:180
gives book to TJ, 2:95–2:96, 2:161
identified, 1:214n
and W. Janes’s loom, 8:15
letters from, 7:525, 8:15–8:16
letters to, 1:214, 2:161, 2:300, 6:515–6:516, 7:552–7:553, 7:713
letters to accounted for, 7:713n
and meeting of Richmond citizens, 1:611n
military service of, 8:15, 8:16n
TJ forwards article to, 2:300, 6:515–6:516, 7:525
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
and TJ’s letters on finance, 7:230, 8:16
and works of Destutt de Tracy, 4:243n, 7:713, 8:15–8:16, 8:33, 8:105, 8:164, 8:182
and G. Wythe’s lectures, 3:205–3:206

Rittenhouse, David

J. Adams on, 7:217
and astronomical case clock, 4:167, 4:230
W. Barton’s memoir on, 5:371, 5:372n, 7:150, 7:151n, 7:216–7:217, 7:398, 7:512, 7:554, 8:469
and compensating thermometer, 5:558, 5:559n
legal case involving executrices of, 1:213–1:214n
orrery of, 7:217
and A. M. Rochon’s telescope, 5:508n
TJ on, 7:150, 8:455

Rivanna and Rockfish Gap Turnpike Company, 3:465n

Rivanna Company

act establishing, 3:146n, 5:378–5:379, 5:517–5:518, 5:522n, 6:596, 6:628, 6:629n, 8:165, 8:166, 8:166n
agreement with, 3:192–3:194, 3:527
bill regarding, 5:638–5:639, 6:595, 6:596, 6:597n, 6:597–6:598, 6:620, 6:628, 6:629, 6:630–6:631, 6:633–6:634, 6:635, 7:5, 7:33, 7:145, 7:184–7:185, 7:185n
directors of, 1:74n, 1:158n, 3:161, 3:216, 3:218, 3:224, 3:225, 3:266, 3:271–3:272, 3:286–3:288, 3:303, 3:322–3:323, 3:421–3:422, 5:227–5:228, 6:596, 6:596, 6:628, 6:629, 6:633, 6:633–6:634, 6:634, 6:635, 6:635
and Milton, 3:192, 3:193, 3:287, 5:516–5:522
navigation rights of, 3:138–3:146, 3:161, 3:216–3:219, 5:440–5:441, 5:516–5:522, 5:528–5:529, 5:529, 5:556, 8:165, 8:166n, 8:184
petition to General Assembly, 5:378–5:380, 5:391, 5:516, 5:522n, 5:528–5:529, 5:529, 5:549, 5:638, 6:628, 6:628, 6:633

Rivanna River. See also Henderson case; Shadwell mills

boats on, 2:335, 5:599
canals on, 1:415n, 3:286–3:288, 3:303, 3:421–3:422
dams on, 1:560, 1:579, 2:97–2:98, 3:303, 8:236
described, 1:386
ford at, 8:233
ice on, 8:236
inquest on TJ’s mill (1795), 3:138, 3:139, 3:141, 3:142, 3:143
inquest on TJ’s mill (1805), 3:142–3:143
land claim on, 3:179
locks on, 3:138–3:146, 3:192–3:193
milling operations on, 1:74n, 1:108–1:110, 1:560, 1:579, 5:386n
navigation of, 6:610
navigation rights, 3:266, 3:303, 3:607, 5:516–5:522, 5:526–5:528, 5:528–5:529, 5:529, 5:549, 5:556, 5:638–5:639, 8:165–8:166, 8:166n, 8:166n, 8:184
petitions to General Assembly on, 3:253–3:254
and surveys of TJ’s land, 3:570–3:573
TJ excavates canals on, 5:129–5:130
TJ’s map of, 5:638
TJ’s sluice on, 5:227–5:228
water level of, 2:313, 3:607, 3:630, 5:599, 6:290, 6:620

Rivanna River Company

act establishing, 3:254n
commissioners of, 5:528n
legislative petition to create, 3:253–3:254

Rives, Robert

and books for TJ, 4:22, 4:22n, 4:74
family of, 1:251, 7:366
identified, 4:22n
letters from, 4:22, 4:74
letters to, 4:48
TJ pays, 4:48

Rives, William Cabell

and education reform, 8:183–8:184
expelled from College of William and Mary, 1:251
identified, 1:416n
introduced by TJ, 7:364, 7:365, 7:366, 7:368–7:369, 7:370, 8:148, 8:149n
letters from, 2:28, 2:51, 3:635–3:636, 4:107–4:108
letters to, 1:416, 4:161–4:163
mentioned, 3:644
obtains books for TJ, 3:635–3:636, 4:22, 4:48, 4:74
proposed visit of to J. Adams, 7:451, 7:476, 8:148
returns to College of William and Mary, 4:107–4:108, 4:108n, 4:161–4:163
studies law under TJ, 1:416, 1:572, 2:28, 2:51
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
and TJ’s letters on finance, 7:230
visits Monticello, 4:107
visits W. Short, 7:402, 7:591

Rivesaltes, France

wine from, 8:571

Rivière, Joseph Yves Thibault Hacinthe, marquis de la, 2:10

Rivoli, André Masséna Duc de, and Prince d’Essling. See Masséna, André, Duc de Rivoli and Prince d’Essling

roads

in Albemarle Co., 8:398
and Bedford Co., 3:195
Buckingham Road, 3:103, 3:104n
and Franklin Co., 3:162
orders to build, 3:527, 3:527n
poor condition of, 8:70, 8:139, 8:241, 8:290, 8:415
at Poplar Forest, 3:353–3:354, 7:71, 7:179, 7:430, 8:70, 8:132, 8:157–8:158
post, 3:147–3:148
and TJ’s millpond, 3:139–3:140
in U.S., 8:76, 8:77n
in Va., 8:46, 8:47, 8:70, 8:70, 8:232–8:233, 8:241, 8:290, 8:518

Roane, John

and apples, 7:381, 7:382n
and College of William and Mary land sales, 2:534–2:535, 2:671
identified, 2:535n
letters from, 2:534–2:535
letters to, 2:671

Roane, Spencer

as potential federal judge, 3:158
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 5:57
and G. Wythe’s lectures, 3:206, 3:228

roanoke (Indian currency), 1:334, 1:334n, 1:369

Roanoke River, 3:103, 5:458, 5:458n

Robbins, Asher

and Supreme Court appointment, 3:230, 3:231

Robbins, Jonathan

case of, 5:3, 5:4n, 6:255, 6:255

Robert (J. Madison’s servant at the President’s House), 1:53

Robert (TJ’s slave; b. 1811)

on Monticello slave lists, 8:62n

Robert (TJ’s slave; b. 1799). See Colbert, Robert (TJ’s slave; b. 1799)

Robert Cary & Company (London firm). See Welch, Wakelin: TJ’s account with

Roberts, James

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Roberts, Job

as farmer, 4:139, 4:142n, 7:79

Roberts, John

and Westham land, 8:171n

Roberts, Jonathan

and threshing machine, 7:81–7:82

Roberts, Thomas

Poplar Forest overseer, 4:342
and Poplar Forest tobacco, 3:639–3:640
witnesses land conveyance, 3:369, 3:374

Roberts, Thomas (of Virginia)

seeks military appointment, 6:42

Robert Smith’s Address to the People of the United States (Smith), 1:340n, 3:110n, 3:595, 3:608n, 4:21, 4:31, 4:109

Robertson, Mr. (of Virginia), 3:195

Robertson, Archibald. See also Brown & Robertson (Lynchburg firm)

account with TJ, 5:470–5:471, 6:92, 6:94, 7:430–7:431, 7:435, 8:73, 8:73, 8:73, 8:496, 8:610
agent for TJ, 7:434, 7:435, 8:186, 8:497, 8:509–8:510, 8:512, 8:515, 8:515, 8:536
calls for payment, 4:514, 4:528, 7:435
declines tobacco purchase, 5:51
exchanges currency for TJ, 8:510–8:511, 8:511, 8:511
identified, 4:94–4:95n
letters from, 4:514, 5:51, 5:475, 6:94, 7:435, 8:73, 8:497, 8:510–8:511, 8:511, 8:515
letters to, 4:528, 5:470–5:471, 6:92–6:93, 6:448, 7:430–7:431, 7:434, 8:73, 8:496, 8:509–8:510, 8:511, 8:515
letters to accounted for, 5:51n, 8:497n
receives goods for TJ, 5:475, 5:485, 7:448
reports W. Brown’s death, 4:514
sends goods to TJ, 5:51
TJ orders groceries from, 6:448, 6:448n, 7:434
TJ pays, 4:549n, 6:448, 7:433, 7:457, 8:515, 8:515
and TJ’s taxes, 8:73, 8:73n, 8:73
and TJ’s tobacco from Poplar Forest, 4:381

Robertson, Daniel

land patented by, 4:279, 4:317, 4:318n, 4:387, 5:486, 8:255

Robertson, John (1767–1818)

Albemarle Co. school of, 6:73, 6:131, 8:624
identified, 8:624n
letter from, 8:624
TJ offers assistance to, 8:624

Robertson (Robinson), John (Poplar Forest landowner)

land patented by, 4:387, 8:255
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Robertson, Thomas Bolling

and batture controversy, 3:246–3:247, 4:110, 4:110n, 6:434n, 6:437n
identified, 2:351n
land warrant entrusted to, 2:121, 2:122n
letters from, 2:351, 3:246–3:248
letters to, 4:641–4:642
and J. Peyton’s estate, 4:641–4:642, 5:314
sends map of New Orleans to TJ, 2:351, 2:463, 3:83, 3:83n
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:642

Robertson, William (1721–93)

History of America, 1:521, 1:521n, 1:581, 1:620n, 6:326, 7:629, 7:664
The History of Scotland, 1:580, 7:629, 7:664
The History of the Reign of Charles V, 1:580, 7:629, 7:664

Robertson, William (1750–1829)

clerk of Va. council of state, 3:570, 3:580
and committee of Richmond citizens, 1:611n
identified, 3:580–3:581n
letter from Pollock and reply, 3:580–3:581

“Robert Stiles”

mentioned, 6:590, 6:593n

Robespierre, Maximilien François Marie Isidore de

leader of French Revolution, 2:476, 4:471, 6:140, 6:228, 6:293, 7:467, 8:230, 8:262, 8:265, 8:291, 8:293, 8:343
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:505

Robin (Little Robin) (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Robin (Old Robin) (C. L. Bankhead’s slave), 8:395

Robin (TJ’s slave; b. 1805)

on Monticello slave list, 4:388

Robin, C. C.

Voyages dans l’intérieur de la Louisiane, 3:557, 3:558n

Robin Hood, 5:600–5:601

Napoleon compared to, 7:325

Robinia hispida. See locust: bristly

robin’s alive (game), 7:128, 7:130n, 7:203, 8:182, 8:184n

Robinson, Daniel. See Robertson, Daniel

Robinson, John. See Robertson (Robinson), John (Poplar Forest landowner)

Robinson, John (1704–66)

estate of, 1:200, 1:338, 1:519
Speaker of Va. House of Burgesses, 4:598–4:599, 7:493, 7:493, 7:545, 7:545, 7:547, 8:642, 8:642, 8:643

Robinson, Jonathan

letters from accounted for, 4:689

Robinson, Joseph

printer, 7:129

Robinson, Samuel

and O. Evans’s patent machinery, 6:353, 6:354n, 6:453, 6:453, 6:454, 6:455, 6:455, 6:455, 7:108, 7:109n

Robinson, Tully, 3:247n, 3:248n

Robinson apple. See Taliaferro apple (Robinson apple)

Robinson Crusoe (D. Defoe)

J. Adams mentions, 7:26
advocated for Indians, 1:110
“J. Vonderpuff” mentions, 8:4

Robiquet, Pierre Jean, 1:142, 1:146n

Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de

memoir of American Revolution, 8:266

Roche, Christian

member of P. & C. Roche, 4:72n

Roche, P. & C.

Philadelphia bookselling firm, 4:72, 4:79

Roche, Peter

member of P. & C. Roche, 4:72n

Rocheblave. See Rastel de Rocheblave, Philippe François de

Rochefoucault. See La Rochefoucauld, François de

Rochester, Nathaniel

chairs meeting of Washington Co. Republicans, 1:26–1:28, 1:99n
identified, 1:28–29n
letters from, 1:26–1:29

Rochon, Abbé de la. See La Roche, Martin Lefèbvre de (abbé)

Rochon, Alexis Marie

Aperçu présenté au Comité des monnoies de l’Assemblée Nationale, 5:303n, 5:500
identified, 5:302–5:303n
letter from extracted, 7:506n
letters from, 5:301–5:303
letters to, 7:53–7:54
Mémoire sur le micromètre de cristal de Roche, 4:676, 4:676n, 5:363, 5:507, 7:53
and micrometer, 7:53, 7:139, 7:139n
proposed letter of introduction to, 8:322n
recommends D. B. Warden, 7:506n
sends books and pamphlets to TJ, 8:36, 8:291
sends regards to TJ, 3:198
telescopes of, 4:676, 5:507, 5:508n, 7:139
Voyages aux Indes Orientales et en Afrique, pour l’Observation des Longitudes en Mer, 4:676n, 5:301, 5:302n, 5:436, 7:53, 7:90

Rockbridge County, Va.

assessor for, 8:256–8:257, 8:257, 8:281
letter to federal assessor for, 8:257
taxes in, 8:257

Rocky Mountain (part of Blue Ridge Mountains), 3:355

Roddy (Rody, Roddie), Mr.

as express rider, 7:625, 7:632

Roddy, Frederick Y.

and window glass for TJ, 8:21

Rodes, Clifton, 5:299

Rodes, David

in Albemarle Co. clerk’s office, 5:567
identified, 5:568n

Rodes, John

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Rodes, M.

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Rodgers, John

American naval commander, 3:638, 3:639n, 4:109, 4:109n, 7:428n, 7:644, 8:220
encounter with HMS Belvidera, 5:207, 7:489
and D. B. Warden’s removal as U.S. consul, 8:37

Rodgers, John, Rev.

edits The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, 8:626n

Rodman, John

identified, 4:672n
letters from accounted for, 4:672n
letters to, 4:672
sends book to TJ, 4:672

Rodney, Caesar Augustus

as attorney general, 1:335, 3:428, 3:430, 7:236, 8:275
and batture controversy, 2:428, 2:435, 2:439, 2:443n, 2:444n, 2:449, 2:450n, 2:450–2:451n, 2:452, 2:454–2:456, 2:463, 2:470, 2:473, 2:474, 2:475, 2:516, 2:568, 2:659, 3:31, 3:32, 3:69, 3:117–3:119, 3:168, 3:316, 3:424–3:425, 3:476, 3:477, 3:485–3:486, 3:497, 3:546
compliments TJ, 8:275
and Embargo Act, 2:189–2:190
furniture wrecked, 3:246, 3:250, 8:275–8:276
identified, 2:191n
legal career of, 8:275–8:276
legal opinion of, 3:513–3:514
as legislator, 8:276, 8:276–8:277n
letters from, 2:189–2:191, 2:454–2:456, 3:151, 3:173–3:176, 3:424–3:425, 3:513–3:514, 8:275–8:277
letters to, 2:209–2:210, 2:428, 3:117–3:119, 3:316, 8:354–8:356
on J. Madison, 2:190
mentioned, 3:331, 3:539
and L. Moreau Lislet’s Mémoire, 3:173–3:176, 3:203, 3:226
plans to visit TJ, 8:276, 8:354, 8:358–8:359
recommends A. Macaulay, 2:304
rumor of resignation, 1:626, 1:627n, 1:658
TJ on, 2:470
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
and TJ’s statement on the batture case, 3:109, 3:110n, 3:147, 3:151, 3:152, 3:201
and U.S. preparedness for war, 2:190
and War of 1812, 8:276

Rodney, Susan Hunn (Caesar A. Rodney’s wife), 2:454, 2:456n

Roebuck, HMS (frigate), 6:446

Rogers, Charles

letters from, 6:21–6:23
solicits aid for S. Rogers, 6:22–6:23, 6:23

Rogers, Hezekiah, 3:63, 3:64n

Rogers, John (of Albemarle Co.)

grinds wheat, 1:109
as juror, 5:278, 5:279
petitions to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254, 4:346–4:349
and W. Short’s land, 4:268
and TJ’s dispute with J. Harvie, 2:137, 2:227, 2:228, 2:347, 2:363n
tobacco crop of, 7:124
witnesses warrant, 5:280

Rogers, John (of Md.), 5:601n

Rogers, Sarah

aid for, 6:22–6:23, 6:23
as artist, 6:22, 6:23n
identified, 6:23n

Rohr, Julius Philipp Benjamin von

Observations sur la culture du coton, 2:83

Rolland, Juan Baptiste

and batture controversy, 2:445n, 3:234n, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

Rolle, Henry

Un Abridgment des plusieurs cases et resolutions del Common Ley, 3:546, 7:126

Rollin, Charles, 7:662

Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, The Antiquities of Rome (Kennett), 1:580

Romaine, Benjamin

identified, 6:219n
letters from, 6:218–6:219
letters to, 6:282–6:283
Tammany Society, No. 1, Twenty Fourth Anniversary Address, 6:218, 6:218, 6:218–6:219n, 6:282

The Roman History (N. Hooke), 7:662

Romani, commercis de. See Del Commercio de’ Romani Dalla prima Guerra Punica (Mengotti)

Roman law

and batture controversy, 3:47–3:48, 3:130–3:131, 3:133, 3:151n, 3:174n, 3:175n, 3:176n, 3:236n, 3:237n, 3:546, 4:643n
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502

Romans, Bernard

on Indians, 6:137, 6:138

Romanzoff, Nicolas de

relations with A. Daschkoff, 1:329n
Russian foreign minister, 1:115, 1:116, 1:117, 1:120, 1:230, 1:231, 1:233, 1:537, 1:659n, 2:33, 2:466, 4:551, 4:554n

Romayne, Nicholas

and W. Blount conspiracy, 4:174, 4:174–4:175n

Rome, ancient

baths of, 8:402
Christianity in, 6:367
laws of, 2:676
military service in, 6:209
Punic wars, 2:606, 6:429n
A. B. Woodward on government of, 1:254n

Romney, Andrew Wodrow, 2:202

Ronald, Andrew, 2:185, 2:185

Ronald, William

estate of, 2:170n, 2:184, 2:186n, 3:155
heirs of, 4:519–4:520
purchases land from TJ, 2:186n

Ronald’s Heirs v. Barkley, 4:520n

Ronaldson, James. See also Binny & Ronaldson (Philadelphia firm)

on breeding sheep, 1:19n
on conditions in Scotland, 4:360–4:361
and domestic manufacturing, 1:170–1:172, 4:363, 5:439
and European views of U.S., 4:363, 4:363–4:364
on foreign relations, 5:369–5:371
identified, 1:18–1:19n
leaves Paris, 2:331
letters from, 1:15–1:19, 1:68–1:69, 1:170–1:172, 2:270–2:272, 3:223–3:224, 4:360–4:364, 5:369–5:371, 5:438–5:440
letters to, 3:238, 5:384–5:385, 5:560–5:561
on marine hospital, 5:439–5:440, 5:560
mentioned, 5:634
sends dialogue on French troops, 3:223–3:224, 3:238
sends plants to TJ, 4:535, 4:559
sends seeds to TJ, 2:270, 2:271–2:272, 4:363, 5:384, 5:438, 5:553, 5:553n, 5:560, 6:7n
on taxing dogs, 1:68
travels to Europe for antimony, 1:18, 1:283, 1:314, 1:315–1:316, 2:163, 4:360
on treatment of prisoners of war, 4:361–4:362

Ronconi, Ignazio

Dizionario d’agricoltura o sia la coltivazione italiana, 2:82

Rootes, E. W., 5:570n

rope, 2:545, 2:546, 2:547, 6:343, 6:345, 6:348

Roscoe, William

Address at the Opening of the Botanic Garden of Liverpool, 1:164n
and J. Bradbury’s botanical expedition, 1:163, 1:435, 1:436–1:437n, 2:534n, 4:147, 5:252, 5:253n
Catalogue of Plants in the Botanic Garden, at Liverpool, 1:164n
identified, 1:164n
letters from, 1:163–1:164
Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, 1:163, 1:164n, 1:164n, 1:435, 7:664
Life of Lorenzo de’ Medici, called the Magnificent, 1:164n, 1:435, 7:664

Rose, George Henry, 3:568, 3:577, 3:602, 3:604n

Rose, Gustavus A., 5:62

rose bugs, 2:222

rose of Sharon. See althaea (rose of Sharon)

roses, 3:354, 5:31

roses, guelder, 3:354

Rosewell (J. Page’s Gloucester Co. estate), 8:418

Rosia (anchoress)

and E. Aram’s murder trial, 7:376

Ross, David

frees slave, 4:626, 4:628n
health of, 6:350, 6:364, 6:364–6:365
identified, 6:350n
lands of, 2:97, 2:98n, 3:179, 5:15–5:16
letters from, 6:364–6:365
letters to, 6:350
and H. Marks’s estate, 5:428, 6:135
and memories of youth, 6:364
and nephew E. Ross, 6:568, 6:568n
payments to, 2:433, 6:109–6:110, 6:337, 6:349, 6:350, 6:364
plank delivered to, 2:434

Ross, Edward

infatuated with TJ’s granddaughter, 6:568–6:569n
letters from, 7:32
letters of introduction for, 6:568, 6:568n
mills of, 7:32
and Oxford Iron Works, 6:568n
visits Monticello, 6:568–6:569n, 7:32

Ross, James

letter from accounted for, 8:699

Ross, Maria Sabina

War of 1812 diary of, 8:295–8:296

Rosser, Mr.

letters to accounted for, 5:404n
plank from, 5:403

Rosson, Elijah

TJ pays, 7:358n
works on TJ’s landau, 7:357, 7:358n, 7:360

Roth, Charles

secretary of the French legation to U.S., 8:139n

Rothwell, John

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–4:349

Roucoux, Battle of

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:504

Rouelle, Jean (John)

citizenship of, 3:466, 3:652, 4:42, 5:99, 5:116–5:118, 5:334
A Complete Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Virginia, 5:118, 5:119n
described, 3:472n
plantation in New Kent Co., 3:466, 3:652

Rouelle, Mary Ann. See Palisot de Beauvois, Mary Ann Rouelle

Rouffignac, Joseph

La. legislator, 7:227

Rousseau, Jean Baptiste, 7:665

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

J. Adams on, 7:478, 7:480, 7:480, 8:552
Discours Sur L’Origine et les Fondements De L’Inégalité Parmi Les Hommes, 7:479, 7:481n
Eloisa, 7:665
Emilius, 7:665
on equality of mankind, 6:286–6:287
Letters Written from the Mountain, 7:665
mentioned, 6:238, 6:296, 6:624
Original correspondence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Mad. La Tour de Franqueville and M. Du Peyrou, 7:389
praises B. Franklin, 8:634
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503

Roussillon, France

wine from, 8:571, 8:571, 8:572

Rowan, Archibald Hamilton

quoted by B. Rush, 4:339, 4:340n

Rowe (Roe), Anderson

TJ purchases storehouse from, 5:298–5:299, 5:409–5:410n

Rowe, Johnson

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–3:254

Royal Society of London

members of, 4:353
and system of weights, measures, and coinage, 4:227, 4:228
transactions of, 5:513, 5:514–5:515n

Royal Society of the Friends of Science (Warsaw)

TJ elected to, 3:62, 7:56
TJ’s membership diploma, 3:62n

Royal Veterinary College of London, 5:414, 5:416n

Rozell, Stephen C., 1:244

Rozier, François

Cours complet d’agriculture, théorique, practique, économique, et de médicine rurale et vétérinaire … ou dictionnaire universel d’agriculture, 2:81, 2:82, 2:83n
Nouveau cours complet d’agriculture théorique et pratique, 3:321, 3:322n
Traité théorique et pratique sur la Culture de la Vigne, 2:82

Rubia tinctorum. See madder, dyer’s

Rudiments of English Grammar (J. Waldo), 6:40–6:41, 6:42n, 6:402, 7:449

Ruelle, Claude Alexandre

Constitution de la République Beninienne, 1:219, 1:220n, 3:57–3:58, 3:59n
identified, 1:220–1:221n
letters from, 1:219–1:221, 3:56–3:59
on republican government, 3:56–3:58

The Ruins: or A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires (C. F. C. Volney), 7:627

Rules and Regulations of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n

Rulhière, Claude Carloman de

Histoire de l’Anarchie de Pologne, 1:35, 3:516, 3:517n, 3:517n

rum, 1:299, 6:345

Rumex acetosa. See sorrel

Rumford, Benjamin Thompson, Count, 1:106n, 5:377n

proposed biography of, 8:283
S. Williams as patron of, 8:283

Runciman, James

identified, 2:290n
letters from, 2:288–2:290
memoirs of, 2:290
seeks TJ’s assistance for son, 2:288–2:290

Runciman, Thomas Jefferson, 2:289, 2:290n

Rural Oeconomy: or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry (A. Young), 1:581, 2:82, 7:626, 8:679n

The Rural Socrates (H. K. Hirzel), 8:388, 8:678, 8:679n

Ruschi, Mr., 3:382, 3:383n

Rush, Benjamin

and J. Adams, 4:17n, 6:15, 6:16n, 6:95, 6:183, 6:298
on aging, 4:102–4:103
assists veterinary student, 5:413–5:415, 5:415n, 5:630, 5:668–5:670
compared to B. Waterhouse, 6:38–6:39
congratulates TJ, 1:184–1:185
death of, 6:74, 6:95, 6:111, 6:124, 6:137, 6:146, 6:160, 6:183, 6:186, 6:186, 6:266, 6:298
desires TJ to write history, 6:375
and Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 3:589n
on education, 7:480, 7:481n, 7:658
on Federalists, 4:339–4:340
hospitality to Lyman family, 4:673–4:674
A. von Humboldt sends greetings to, 1:453n
identified, 1:185–1:186n
and independence from Great Britain, 4:103, 6:14–6:15
and instruction of M. Lewis, 6:424n
and lecture on animals, 6:13, 6:16n
letters from, 1:184–1:186, 3:276–3:279, 3:356–3:357, 4:17, 4:102–4:104, 4:338–4:341, 4:486, 4:533–4:534, 4:673–4:674, 6:13–6:16
letters from accounted for, 3:357n
letters to, 1:558–1:559, 3:304–3:308, 4:87–4:88, 4:312–4:314, 4:431, 4:642–4:643, 5:668–5:670, 6:60–6:61
Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the Diseases of the Mind, 4:674, 4:674n, 6:15, 6:16n, 6:60–6:61, 7:26
mentioned, 3:368, 5:19n, 6:37, 6:38, 6:40n, 6:318
and nosology, 7:152
and Pennsylvania Hospital, 3:277, 3:279n
portraits of, 4:xlv–4:xlvi, 4:370 (illus.), 7:295–7:296, 7:296n, 7:303, 7:341, 7:498
on post-Revolutionary American decline, 6:16
on the practice of medicine, 1:185, 7:565
prescribes cures for TJ, 4:102, 4:104
prestige of, 7:566
proposed new work on hygiene, 6:15
and religion, 4:674, 6:298, 6:299, 6:368, 6:439, 6:520
and resumption of correspondence between TJ and J. Adams, 3:278, 3:304–3:308, 4:xlv, 4:312–4:314, 4:338–4:339, 4:340n, 4:389, 4:431, 4:486, 4:533–4:534, 4:642, 4:673, 6:15, 6:16n, 6:160
R. Rush on, 6:186
sends pamphlets to TJ, 1:185, 1:558–1:559, 4:17
signer of Declaration of Independence, 4:475
Sixteen Introductory Lectures, 3:277, 3:279n, 3:304, 4:87
and son’s mental health, 3:276–3:277, 3:304
TJ on, 8:13
TJ’s confidential letters to, 6:160–6:161, 6:186–6:187, 6:203–6:204, 6:204, 6:204, 6:235–6:236, 6:283, 6:375, 6:439, 6:443–6:444, 6:499
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624, 4:642, 4:673
A view of the physical, moral, and immoral effects of certain liquors upon the body and mind of man and upon his condition in society, 4:17

Rush, James

An Inquiry into the Use of the Omentum, 1:185, 1:558–1:559
as medical student, 4:103, 4:340
B. Rush on, 4:340
and TJ’s confidential letters to B. Rush, 6:187, 6:235, 6:283
as treasurer of U.S. Mint, 6:123, 6:124n, 6:169

Rush, John

described, 3:279n
insanity of, 3:276–3:277, 3:279n

Rush, Julia Stockton (Benjamin Rush’s wife)

and TJ’s confidential letters to B. Rush, 6:187, 6:187, 6:235–6:236, 6:283, 6:443
TJ sends greetings to, 6:161

Rush, Richard

as attorney general, 8:153
comptroller general, 4:339, 4:340
identified, 5:79n
letters from, 5:259, 6:186–6:187, 6:235–6:236, 6:375–6:376
letters to, 5:286–5:287, 6:160–6:161, 6:203–6:204, 6:283, 6:443–6:444
and naval position for F. B. Taggart, 5:502, 5:503
opinion of father, 6:186
An Oration, delivered in the hall of the House of Representatives, 5:259, 5:259n, 5:286–5:287
proposes TJ as secretary of state, 5:78–5:80, 5:354n
sends work to TJ, 6:375
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 4:642, 4:642–4:643n, 6:236
and TJ’s confidential letters to B. Rush, 6:160–6:161, 6:186–6:187, 6:203–6:204, 6:204, 6:204, 6:235–6:236, 6:283, 6:375, 6:443–6:444

Rush, William

identified, 4:357n
letter from, 8:577–8:578
sculpture of G. Washington by, 8:577–8:578
and Society of Artists of the United States, 4:356

Russell, Mr. (of Morton & Russell), 6:606, 6:607n, 7:46

Russell, Gilbert Christian

identified, 2:121–2:122n
letters from, 2:120–2:122, 2:191–2:192
letters to, 2:336
letters to accounted for, 2:35n
and M. Lewis’s belongings, 1:603, 1:607, 2:34, 2:35n, 2:121, 2:122, 2:191–2:192
and M. Lewis’s death, 2:191–2:192
thanked for assisting M. Lewis, 2:336

Russell, Jonathan

candidate for Paris consulship, 1:26, 1:207, 2:162
and Lafayette, 3:212, 3:444, 3:445
mentioned, 3:320–3:321, 6:281
nominated minister to Sweden, 6:240, 6:242n
as peace negotiator, 7:197, 7:201, 7:202n
procures books for T. Cooper, 5:276
U.S. chargé at London, 4:668, 4:668n, 5:72, 5:396, 5:453, 5:453n, 6:145n, 6:538, 8:542–8:543
U.S. chargé at Paris, 1:208–1:209n, 2:654–2:655n, 3:638, 4:32
and D. B. Warden, 2:162, 3:249, 3:251, 3:260, 3:279–3:280, 3:340, 7:428n
writings of, 8:6

Russell, William

History of Modern Europe, 1:580, 3:296–3:297, 7:629

Russell family

as aristocrats, 7:67, 7:67

J. Adams on, 4:474
and Alexander I, 3:208
and armed neutrality, 7:259
and British trade, 1:464
climate in, 8:6
and Congress of Vienna, 7:528–7:529
and French ambitions, 2:274, 2:275
and Great Britain, 3:189
independence of, 7:542
language, 1:556
mammoth remains discovered in, 2:507, 2:510n
Napoleon defeated in, 5:68, 5:684–5:685, 6:212, 6:293, 6:539, 6:540n, 7:323, 7:323n, 8:6, 8:531
and partitions of Poland, 6:212, 6:212n, 7:298
public opinion in, 8:138
and trade with U.S., 4:550–4:551, 4:553, 4:554n
and Treaty of Tilsit, 1:516, 1:517n, 1:529, 4:507
and U.S., 1:38–1:39, 1:39n, 1:329n, 1:360
U.S. minister to, 1:38–1:39, 1:233, 1:328, 1:328n, 1:360, 1:537, 1:659n, 3:115, 3:116n
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503, 4:504, 4:507

Russian-American Company, 4:550, 4:551

Russian castor (medicine), 7:387

Russian language

study of, 7:480
works on, 4:99

rutabaga (Swedish turnip), 2:481, 2:543

Ruth (Old Testament figure), 6:623

Rutherfoord, Thomas

and C. Bellini estate, 4:80
purchases tobacco, 4:467

Rutledge, Edward

meets with R. Howe, 8:20n
as member of Continental Congress, 6:183

Rutledge, John

as member of Continental Congress, 6:184n, 6:612

Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de

Dutch admiral, 7:682, 7:684n, 7:709, 8:4, 8:7n

rye

at Belmont estate, 3:171
as crop, 3:348, 3:351n, 6:620, 8:70
mammoth, 4:49
seed, 2:271, 3:65, 8:74

Ryswick, Treaty of (1697)

in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:506

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