Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series - Comprehensive Cumulative Index (Vols. 1-6)

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

rabbits and hares, 1:479, 1:654

Rachael (TJ’s slave; b. 1773)

on Monticello slave list, 4:387
on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:382, 4:383, 5:460, 6:309

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

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

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

Radford, William

and Bear Branch land, 5:84, 5:339, 5:339–340, 5:340n, 5:341
cuttings sent to TJ from, 3:355
identified, 4:318n
purchases Bear Branch land, 4:5, 4:316–319

radishes, 2:271, 5:658

raisins

muscatel, 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

ramie (Boehmeria nivea; China grass; Chinese silk plant; silk plant), 3:343

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

Ramirez, Jean Baptiste, 3:478n

Ramos, Raphaël, 3:235, 3:237n, 3:484

Ramsay, David

and American biographical dictionary, 2:188
Charleston physician, 1:513, 2:189n
History of the American Revolution, 1:581, 6:258
The Life of George Washington, 1:35
opinion of okra, 4:180

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)

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

Randolph, Ariana Jenings

annuity due to, 4:231–232n, 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
letter to, 3:635
The Parlor Gardener, 3:635n
sketches table, 4:xlv
visits Port Royal, 3:633, 3:635, 3:644

Randolph, David Meade, 1:277, 1:278–279n

Randolph, Edmund

attorney general, 2:176, 2:177n, 2:273n, 6:259n
and A. Craig, 1:67
debts of, 4:232n
health of, 6:12, 6:186, 6:268, 6:268n, 6:294
identified, 6:108–109n
letter from, 6:108–109
letters from accounted for, 6:44n, 6:186n
letter to, 6:115
letter to accounted for, 5:657n
and P. Mazzei’s property, 3:383n, 5:598, 5:621–622, 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, 6:185–186, 6:268, 6:294, 6:306
possesses Va. legal manuscript, 1:403
property of, 4:231n
and A. J. Randolph’s executors, 4:595, 4:597–598n, 4:616, 4:647, 5:16, 5:17n
as secretary of state, 4:605n
slaves of, 4:231n
TJ as trustee of, 4:231–232, 4:366
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
unavailable as attorney, 3:45, 3:86

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, 1:190n, 1:223n

Randolph, John (ca. 1727–84)

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

Randolph, John (of Roanoke)

and J. Adams, 6:255, 6:255–256
altercation with W. Alston, 3:330
breaks with TJ and J. Madison, 2:42, 2:235, 2:236n
criticizes J. Adams, 4:475, 5:4
criticizes TJ’s cabinet, 3:601–602, 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
electoral defeat of, 6:80n, 6:112
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
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, 3:502, 3:593, 3:601–602
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 son, 2:265, 2:266n, 2:285
books sent to, 4:325, 4:326n, 4:674, 5:7, 5:436
children of, 1:190n, 1:389, 1:390, 1:399n, 1:519, 1:536, 1:669–670, 6:15, 6:61
correspondence with M. J. de Botidoux, 1:377, 1:659n
correspondence with children, 2:103, 2:110
and domestic manufactures, 6:140
at Edgehill, 1:654
and flower seeds for aunt, 5:658
J. W. Ford portrait of, 5:xlviii
forwards letters to Paris, 3:427
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, 6:46n, 6:107, 6:267
health of, 1:387, 1:391, 1:392, 1:395, 1:410, 3:315, 4:61, 4:62n, 4:132, 4:133n, 6:451, 6:645, 6:646, 6:648
identified, 2:238n
informs TJ of mill operations, 1:110n, 1:139n
letters to, 3:392, 3:394, 6:106–107
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
and Pantops estate, 6:72, 6:129
and T. M. Randolph’s will, 6:18–20
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, 2:237–239, 3:186–188
sends greetings to D. Madison, 6:397
TJ’s correspondence with, 1:80
visits Edgehill, 4:132, 4:133n
visit to thwarted, 2:291
and D. B. Warden, 3:309, 3:310n, 3:558n
and wool spinning, 4:380

Randolph, Mary (TJ’s aunt)

runs Richmond boardinghouse, 1:669–670

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

and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:600

Randolph, Peyton

gives volume of laws to TJ, 1:159n
and P. Henry, 4:598
lawsuit by heirs of, 4:647, 4:679
as member of Continental Congress, 4:601
and Stamp Act resolutions, 4:599

Randolph, Peyton (of Richmond, Va.)

drafts address to TJ, 1:611n

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 (b. 1760)

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, 3:522–523, 5:427, 5:427
boats of, transfer goods, 1:488n, 2:109, 2:116, 2:154, 2:305, 2:335, 4:219, 4:526
and Henderson case, 5:192–193, 5:197n, 6:197
identified, 1:488n
leases house from TJ, 2:132, 2:133n, 3:334, 3:522–523
leases Pantops, 5:171–172, 5:325, 5:325–326, 5:347–348, 6:72, 6:130
letters from, 1:488, 1:654
letters to, 3:334, 3:522–523, 5:325
Memorandum on Pantops lease, 5:325–326
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254, 4:346–349
sends rabbits to TJ, 1:654
and TJ’s gig, 1:488

Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson)

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, 1:70–71, 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, 1:80–81
clothing, 1:308
delivers letter to J. W. Eppes, 5:102
and Edgehill estate, 6:19, 6:20n
edits TJ’s correspondence, 3:xlvii
education of, 1:101n, 1:458, 1:520, 1:557, 1:590–591, 1:633, 1:634–635, 1:669–670, 2:27, 2:95, 2:110, 2:116, 2:134, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295, 2:335, 2:392–393, 2:564–565, 3:632n, 4:87, 4:88n, 4:191, 6:416
expenses paid by TJ, 1:41–42, 1:45, 1:70–71, 1:307–309, 1:455, 1:458, 1:467, 1:557
at family dinner, 1:387
forwards trunk from Washington, 1:64
and G. Gilmer’s horse, 5:404–405, 5:406–407
and L. H. Girardin, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295
greetings to, 4:40
health of, 2:438, 2:564
identified, 1:190–191n
and latitude of Willis’s Mountain, 4:345, 4:346n, 4:369, 4:370n
letters from, 1:245, 2:438–439
letters from accounted for, 1:191n, 2:295n, 2:439n
letters to, 1:189–191, 1:293–294, 2:110–111, 2:295, 2:335, 2:392–393
letters to accounted for, 2:439n, 6:37n
mentioned, 3:290, 3:327, 5:94, 5:94n, 6:73, 6:343, 6:346, 6:349n
named as executor of will, 6:34
and Pantops, 5:102, 5:171–172
pays TJ’s account in Philadelphia, 1:97, 1:111, 1:161–162, 1:188, 1:190, 1:245
C. W. Peale portrait of, 1:xlviii–xlix, 1:45, 1:46n, 1:380 (illus.)
and plant inoculation, 3:645
and M. J. Randolph, 2:110
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, 4:319n
TJ conveys land to, 6:35–36, 6:416
TJ conveys slaves to, 6:36
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
and Varina estate, 6:20n
and C. Wistar, 2:285, 6:253, 6:416
witnesses documents, 3:188, 4:278n
and J. Wood, 2:95, 2:134, 2:171, 2:564–565

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, 1:419–421
and Agricultural Society of Albemarle, 3:351n
and Albemarle pippin, 3:448
and appointment of principal assessor, 6:442
arrangements for T. J. Randolph’s schooling, 1:189, 1:634
boats of, transfer goods, 2:110, 2:335, 3:441–442, 3:512, 4:99
botanical skills of, 1:436–437n, 3:167, 3:181, 3:596n
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, 6:110–111, 6:265, 6:645, 6:645
and J. Corrêa da Serra, 6:469
correspondence with J. P. Reibelt, 1:504, 1:505
and dog-proof fence, 2:511
J. Dougherty’s esteem for, 5:455
and 1810 census, 3:202
executor of H. Marks’s estate, 4:511n
at family dinner, 1:387
family of, 1:420n, 4:61, 5:10n, 6:47
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, 6:46n, 6:107
grinds wheat, 1:109
and Harrison’s recommendation, 4:482
health of, 2:393
identified, 1:420n
as justice of the peace, 5:235
lamb requested from, 4:62
letter from P. Minor, 5:227–228
letters from accounted for, 4:101n, 6:621n, 6:621n
letters to, 4:101, 6:619–621
letter to accounted for, 4:101n
and Lewis family, 3:91
manufacturing mill at Milton, 1:92n, 5:120–121
mentioned, 2:168, 2:465, 3:29, 3:39, 5:465n, 5:651, 6:130, 6:130, 6:347, 6:407
and merino sheep, 1:199, 1:321, 1:667
and military appointment, 5:684
and J. Monroe, 2:46n
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, 3:253–254, 4:346–349
B. Peyton introduced to, 6:52n
and T. J. Randolph, 2:27, 2:116, 2:295, 2:438
receives information about W. Thornton, 2:5n
relations with J. W. Eppes, 1:337, 1:338n
and Rivanna Company, 3:193, 3:287, 5:227–228, 5:440–441, 5:441n, 6:620
and road along Rivanna River, 6:428, 6:428n
and sale of part of Poplar Forest, 2:77–78, 2:79, 2:79–80
and W. Saunders, 5:395
and seed protection, 2:334
seeks clover seed, 4:525
sells flour at Richmond, 3:512
sells land in Bedford Co., 2:79n, 2:237–239, 3:186–188
and Shadwell mills, 3:156, 3:642, 3:644, 4:6, 4:183n, 4:374n, 4:548, 5:120–121, 5:228, 5:499, 5:517, 5:530, 5:570–571, 5:575, 5:591n, 5:671, 6:91, 6:118, 6:123, 6:149–150, 6:166, 6:430, 6:620
slaves of hired to TJ, 3:36, 3:250
and Southwest Mountain tract, 2:101, 2:137, 2:206, 2:229
Spanish sheep of, 6:6–7, 6:31
spinning operations of, 5:384–385
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
and TJ’s dispute with E. Alexander, 2:199, 2:212, 2:213, 2:239
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
and Tufton estate, 3:35
uses contour plowing, 2:254, 6:69, 6:70n
visits Poplar Forest, 2:97
will of, 6:18–20
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, 1:572–573, 1:574
identified, 1:524n
letter from, 1:524
letter 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

ranunculus (buttercup; lesser celandine; spearwort, water crowfoots)

double (Ranunculus asiaticus), 4:497, 4:498n
sent to TJ, 5:358
TJ orders, 3:545, 4:497, 4:498n

Ranunculus asiaticus (double ranunculus), 4:497, 4:498n

Raphael (Raphall), Solomon, 1:318n

Rapine, Daniel, 1:412, 3:576, 3:582, 3:649

Rapin Thoyras, Paul de

Histoire d’Angleterre, 1:580
mentioned, 6:296

Rappahannock River, 3:140, 3:303

Rapports du Physique et du Moral de l’Homme (Canabis), 5:223, 5:276

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

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

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, 5:509–510

Rastel de Rocheblave, Philippe François de

capture of, 4:378

rat, pouched (Mus bursarius), 4:536

Ratcliff (Ratcliffe), Mrs.

works with J. Barnes, 4:27, 5:454

Ratcliffe, Thomas

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

Ratisbon, Battle of (1809), 1:371

rattlesnakes (Crotalus)

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, 5:207–208, 5:208n, 5:268–269
identified, 5:208n
letter from, 5:268–269
letter to, 5:207–208

Ravensworth (Fairfax Co.), 1:52n

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

Ray, William

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

Raynal, David

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

Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François (Abbé)

Histoire Philosophique et Politique, 3:175n

Rebecca (sloop)

transports goods to Richmond, 1:44

Rebecca (TJ’s slave; b. 1812)

on Poplar Forest slave list, 5:461, 6:308

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

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

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, 3:236n, 3:484

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

redbud (Cercis canadensis), 3:353

Redfield, John

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

Redheffer, Charles

perpetual-motion machine of, 5:xlix–l, 5:358 (illus.), 5:471–473, 5:473n, 5:474 (illus.), 5:506–507, 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, 1:456, 1:457n

Reflections on the Embargo (Caines), 3:522

refrigerators, 1:173n

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

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

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

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

Reibelt, J. Philippe

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

Reintzel, Daniel

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

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

religion

and Christianity in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:502, 4:505, 4:507n, 4:570, 4:613
exhortations to TJ, 1:291–2, 4:606, 6:447, 6:508, 6:508
Jesuits, 2:523, 2:524, 2:525, 3:71, 3:175n, 3:489
laws on, 1:382
millennial prophecy, 4:483–485
Protestant Reformation, 2:584
Quakers, 2:124–125, 2:157–158, 2:159, 3:267–269, 4:52, 4:152, 4:469
societies for Bible distribution, 6:607–608, 6:608n
H. G. Spafford seeks TJ’s opinion on, 3:113
TJ on, 1:563–565, 1:565–566, 2:157–158, 3:457, 6:160, 6:180, 6:193, 6:204, 6:298, 6:299, 6:318–319, 6:438–439, 6:439–440, 6:508, 6:548–550
use of tithes to support, 2:582–584
Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1:384n, 1:487, 6:565
works on, 3:590, 6:61, 6:219, 6:280, 6:302, 6:367–368, 6:441, 6:471
works on, bound for TJ, 1:36, 1:38n

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

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

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

Rennolds, John

and C. Bellini estate, 4:80

rent

agreement with W. Johnson, 3:310
from Belmont estate, 2:227, 2:228
due from E. Alexander, 1:353, 2:421–422, 3:328
due from Henderson lands, 1:470
due from T. E. Randolph, 3:334, 3:522–523
due from Shoemakers, 1:353, 1:364, 1:407, 1:408, 1:421–422, 1:422, 1:451–452, 2:199, 2:342–343, 2:393, 2:661, 3:111–112, 3:300–302, 3:528
for P. Mazzei’s land, 4:290–291
from Natural Bridge lands, 1:506
paid to College of William and Mary, 2:534–535
from Shadwell and Lego, 2:239–240, 2:240, 2:278, 2:280–281n, 4:183, 4:233
for W. Short’s land, 4:59, 4:198
taxation of ground, 2:598–599
TJ leases house to T. E. Randolph, 2:132, 2:133n
from Tufton, 2:370

Renusson, Philippe de

Œuvres, 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, 3:484

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

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

Report of the Commissioners (Bailey and others), 3:459–460, 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, 3:428–430

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of public roads and canals (Gallatin), 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), 3:547

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

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), 3:547

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

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), 3:547

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

Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans (Delaplaine), 3:51n, 6:149n

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

Republican party

and Aurora essays, 3:574, 3:585, 3:586n, 3:591, 3:600
and batture controversy, 2:398
of Bristol Co., R.I., 1:88
of Conn., 1:95, 1:126–127
electoral successes, 2:348, 2:349n, 2:367, 2:429–430, 2:506, 2:533, 2:537, 4:151, 4:153n
of Essex Co., Mass., 1:85–86
and foreign relations, 2:73
of Georgetown, D.C., 1:21–23, 1:34
and human progress, 6:194
and Irishmen, 3:340
W. Jones on, 6:643, 6:644
of Leesburg, Va., 1:89–90
in Mass., 4:92, 5:317–318
in Md., 4:37, 4:151–152
J. Melish on, 5:625–626, 5:629
members of feud, 2:146, 2:224–225, 2:235, 2:236, 2:272, 4:174n
and J. Monroe, 3:332–333
in New England, 3:27–28, 3:121, 3:246
of New York City and County, 1:530–534, 1:568–569
and non-intercourse legislation, 2:81
in N.Y., 3:345–346, 4:53, 4:543, 4:623
orations supporting, 3:510–511
of Pittsburgh, 1:90, 1:91n
and proposed loan to W. Duane, 3:451–452, 3:507–509, 3:515, 3:540, 3:549–550, 3:573–575, 3:584, 3:585–586, 3:591–593
of Queen Annes Co., Md., 1:62–63, 1:127–128
resolutions on Embargo, 3:229, 3:232n
in R.I., 3:229–232
in Richmond, 3:266, 3:322, 3:332–333, 3:507–508
in S.C., 5:244, 5:284–286, 5:303–304, 5:329, 5:332, 5:355, 5:393, 5:680–681, 5:681n, 6:317, 6:611, 6:636
TJ on, 1:236–237, 3:306, 3:508–509, 3:607, 5:564–565
unity within, 3:266, 3:322–323, 3:508–509, 3:515, 3:528, 3:563–564, 3:584, 3:586, 3:592–593, 3:595, 3:606, 3:607, 4:212–213n, 4:216–217
in Va., 5:303–304
of Washington Co., Md., 1:26–29, 1:98–99
of Washington Co., Pa., 1:99–100

Rerum Scoticarum Historia (Buchanan), 1:580

Reseda odorata (mignonette), 4:497, 4:498

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

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

Reuben (TJ’s slave; b. 1793)

on Poplar Forest slave lists, 4:383, 4:384, 4:385, 5:461, 6:309

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), 3:73, 3:133, 3:135n, 3:173–175n, 3:235, 3:271, 3:483, 5:275

Revolutionary War

mentioned, 5:6, 6:429n, 6:577
TJ on, 5:303

Reynolds, James

and Philadelphia health board, 4:174

Rhea, John

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

rheumatism

P. Carr’s, 2:197, 2:226
as disability, 3:396n, 3:449, 3:548, 5:252
M. Divers’s, 5:26
G. Granger’s, 2:269
W. C. Nicholas’s, 2:329
A. Thweatt’s, 2:368
TJ recommends warm baths for, 2:378
TJ’s, 2:232, 3:163n

rheumatism root. See Jeffersonia diphylla (twinleaf)

Rhine, Confederation of the, 1:141

rhinoceroses, 2:510

Rhode Island

J. Adams on, 6:625
Bristol Co. convention, 1:88–89
cotton factories in, 2:99
deference to certain families in, 6:625
elections in, 2:348, 2:349n, 2:430n, 2:533, 6:625
Federalists in, 3:229–232, 3:257

Rhodes’ Hotel (Washington, D.C.), 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

Ribes aureum (yellow currant), 4:524, 4:525n, 5:382

Ribes odoratissimum (white currant), 2:109, 5:369

Ribes odoratum (sweet-scented currant), 4:427, 4:523–525, 5:323–324, 5:382

rice

cultivated in Ga., 4:39–40, 5:560
cultivated in Ky., 5:560
mentioned, 6:187
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

letter of introduction for, from W. Bentley, 4:617

Richard, Gabriel

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

Richards, Thomas

identified, 3:581n
letter from, 3:581
letter 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
letter from, 1:558, 3:424
letter to, 1:645, 3:615

Richardson, George

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

Richardson, John

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

Richardson, John (English author)

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

Richardson, Joseph, 1:558n

Richardson, Richard

letter 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, 3:424, 3:615

Richardson, Robert

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

Richardson, William

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

Richelet, Pierre

Dictionnaire de la Langue Françoise, Ancienne et Moderne, 3:547

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 & Jefferson (Richmond firm); Gibson, Patrick; Gordon, Trokes & Company

Académie des Sciences et Beaux-Arts des États-Unis, 3:472n
agricultural society of, 3:348, 3:351n
apothecaries in, 3:441–442
Argus, 2:224, 2:225n
Bank of, 3:103, 3:104n, 3:289–290, 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
boardinghouses in, 1:520, 1:557, 1:590, 1:634, 1:669–670
boats transfer goods to and from, 1:44n, 1:81, 1:114–115, 1:153, 1:176, 1:246, 1:257, 1:319, 1:368, 1:457, 1:488n, 2:96, 2:109, 2:110, 2:116, 2:154, 2:305, 2:335, 2:392, 2:423, 2:430, 2:438, 3:67, 3:310n, 3:334, 3:442, 3:479–480, 3:518, 3:520, 4:57, 4:219, 4:233, 4:234n, 4:381, 4:422, 4:522, 4:526, 4:530, 4:548–549, 4:557, 4:580
booksellers in, 3:599
British destroy public records in, 6:371–372
center of TJ’s financial operations, 2:363
chancery court at, 1:415n, 6:362, 6:362n, 6:472–473, 6:474, 6:479, 6:480
circuit court at, 3:201, 4:294, 4:296
citizens of, address TJ, 1:609–611
collector at, 3:111, 3:148–149, 3:153
J. H. Craven ships goods to, 3:135
Eagle Tavern, 1:611n, 1:613, 1:614n, 6:334
economy of, 3:102–104
fires in, 4:94n, 4:466n, 4:481n, 4:499n, 4:523n
firms, 3:629, 3:636
flour prices at, 1:61, 4:57, 4:58, 4:86, 4:87, 4:91, 4:165, 4:321–322, 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, 6:561–562, 6:615–616, 6:621
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
L. H. Girardin’s academy at, 1:520, 1:557, 1:633, 1:634–635, 2:27, 2:95, 2:110, 2:116, 2:134, 2:171, 2:172, 2:295, 2:438, 2:564
glass at, 3:575
and gypsum (plaster of paris), 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, 3:513n
industrial potential of, 5:215
Junto (Old Republicans), 1:92–93, 2:42, 4:213n
macaroni for sale at, 2:154
mail service to, 2:178, 3:56, 3:102–104, 3:148, 3:164
P. Mazzei’s property in, 3:381n, 3:382–383, 4:34, 4:290–291, 5:264, 5:562, 5:597–598, 5:621–622, 5:656, 5:657, 5:657n, 5:660, 6:4, 6:21, 6:43, 6:90–91, 6:106, 6:108, 6:113, 6:115, 6:116, 6:147, 6:168–169, 6:185–186, 6:268, 6:268n, 6:269, 6:294, 6:295, 6:305–306, 6:306, 6:306, 6:320–321, 6:321, 6:332, 6:334, 6:335, 6:337, 6:396
pictures shipped to, 2:106
plan of, 4:288n
prices at, 3:413, 3:550
refugees in, 1:622, 1:624n
Republicans in, 3:266, 3:322, 3:332–333, 3:507–508, 3:515, 3:549–550, 3:574, 3:585, 3:591, 3:593n
Saint-Mémin’s studio at, 5:xlix
Shockoe Hill, 4:34
state treasury at, 2:74, 2:94
taxes in, 4:290, 4:291
TJ addresses citizens of, 1:620–621
TJ orders groceries from, 1:77, 1:267–268, 1:284, 2:109, 2:116, 2:154
TJ’s lot in, 4:xliv, 4:63, 4:154, 4:287–288, 4:290, 5:75–76, 5:76n, 6:304–305, 6:305n, 6:365–366, 6:371, 6:372n
TJ’s tobacco sold at, 2:27–28
TJ visits, 1:611n, 1:613–614
tobacco prices at, 1:157, 1:180, 1:302, 1:655–656, 4:95, 4:461, 4:467, 4:478, 4:522, 4:548
warehouses in, 4:287, 4:522
wheat prices in, 4:86, 4:87, 4:91, 4:94, 4:95, 4:104–105, 4:165–166, 4:184

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, 1:294–295
identified, 1:257n
letter from, 1:257
letter to, 1:294–295
Means of Preserving Health, and Preventing Diseases, 1:257, 1:294–295

Riddick, Thomas F.

as justice of the peace, 4:71n

Ridgway, Jacob

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

Riker, Richard

and D. Fraser’s application, 4:546

Riley, Isaac

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

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

Rindge, Capt., 4:364n

Ringgold, Mary Gittings, 3:628n

Ringgold, Samuel, 3:628n

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

Ringgold, Thomas

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

Rinuccini, Marquis, 3:377

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

Ritchie, Thomas

agent for J. Melish, 4:494n
and Destutt de Tracy, 4:243n
editor of Richmond Enquirer, 1:214, 3:266, 3:271–272, 3:286, 3:586, 3:601, 3:626, 3:627n, 3:634, 5:58, 5:59n
gives book to TJ, 2:95–96, 2:161
identified, 1:214n
letters to, 1:214, 2:161, 2:300, 6:515–516
and meeting of Richmond citizens, 1:611n
TJ forwards article to, 2:300, 6:515–516
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:624
and G. Wythe’s lectures, 3:205, 3:206

Rittenhouse, David

and astronomical case clock, 4:167, 4:230
W. Barton’s memoir on, 5:371, 5:372n
and compensating thermometer, 5:558, 5:559n
legal case involving executrices of, 1:213–214n
and A. M. Rochon’s telescope, 5:508n

Rivanna and Rockfish Gap Turnpike Company, 3:465n

Rivanna Company

act establishing, 3:146n, 5:378–379, 5:517–518, 5:522n, 6:596, 6:628, 6:629n
agreement with, 3:192–194, 3:527
bill regarding, 5:638–639, 6:595, 6:596, 6:597n, 6:597–598, 6:620, 6:628, 6:629, 6:630–631, 6:633–634, 6:635
directors of, 1:74n, 1:158n, 3:161, 3:216, 3:218, 3:224, 3:225, 3:266, 3:271–272, 3:286–288, 3:303, 3:322–323, 3:421–422, 5:227–228, 6:596, 6:596, 6:628, 6:629, 6:633, 6:633–634, 6:634, 6:635, 6:635n
and Milton, 3:192, 3:193, 3:287, 5:516–522
navigation rights of, 3:138–146, 3:161, 3:216–219, 5:440–441, 5:516–522, 5:528–529, 5:529, 5:556
petition to General Assembly, 5:378–380, 5:391, 5:516, 5:522n, 5:528–529, 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, 3:286–288, 3:303, 3:421–422
dams on, 1:560, 1:579, 2:97–98, 3:303
described, 1:386
inquest on TJ’s mill (1795), 3:138, 3:139, 3:141, 3:142, 3:143
inquest on TJ’s mill (1805), 3:142–143
land claim on, 3:179
locks on, 3:138–146, 3:192–193
milling operations on, 1:74n, 1:108–110, 1:560, 1:579, 5:386n
navigation of, 6:610
navigation rights, 3:266, 3:303, 3:607–608, 3:629–630, 5:516–522, 5:526–528, 5:528–529, 5:529, 5:549, 5:556, 5:638–639
petition to General Assembly on, 3:253–254
and surveys of TJ’s land, 3:570–572
TJ excavates canals on, 5:129–130
TJ’s map of, 5:638
TJ’s sluice on, 5:227–228
water level low, 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, 3:253–254

Rives, Robert

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

Rives, William Cabell

expelled from College of William and Mary, 1:251
identified, 1:416n
letters from, 2:28, 2:51, 3:635–636, 4:107–108
letters to, 1:416, 4:161–163
mentioned, 3:644
obtains books for TJ, 3:635–636, 4:22, 4:48, 4:74
returns to College of William and Mary, 4:107–108, 4:161–163
studies law under TJ, 1:416, 1:572, 2:28, 2:51
TJ sends batture pamphlet to, 4:625
visits Monticello, 4:107

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

and Bedford Co., 3:195–196
Buckingham Road, 3:103, 3:104n
and Franklin Co., 3:162
orders to build, 3:527
at Poplar Forest, 3:353–354
post, 3:147–148
and TJ’s millpond, 3:139–140

Roane, John

and College of William and Mary land sales, 2:534–535, 2:671
identified, 2:535n
letter from, 2:534–535
letter 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, 1:369

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

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

Roberts, James

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Roberts, Job

as farmer, 4:139, 4:142n

Roberts, Thomas

Poplar Forest overseer, 4:341
and Poplar Forest tobacco, 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., 3:195

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

account with TJ, 5:470–471, 6:92, 6:94
calls for payment, 4:514, 4:528
declines tobacco purchase, 5:51
identified, 4:94–95n
letters from, 4:514, 5:51, 5:475, 6:94
letters to, 4:528, 5:470–471, 6:92–93, 6:448
letter to accounted for, 5:51n
receives goods for TJ, 5:475, 5:485
reports W. Brown’s death, 4:514
sends goods to TJ, 5:51
TJ orders groceries from, 6:448, 6:448n
TJ pays, 4:549n, 6:448
and TJ’s tobacco from Poplar Forest, 4:381

Robertson, Daniel

land of, 4:279, 4:317, 4:318n, 4:387, 5:486

Robertson, John

Albemarle Co. school of, 6:73, 6:131

Robertson (Robinson), John

land of, 4:387
petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Robertson, Thomas Bolling

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

Robertson, William (1721–93)

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

Robertson, William (1750–1829)

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

Robespierre, Maximilien François Marie Isidore de

leader of French Revolution, 2:476n, 4:471, 6:140, 6:228, 6:293
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:505

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, 5:600–601

Robinia hispida (bristly locust), 3:354

Robinia pseudoacacia (common locust), 3:353

Robinson, Daniel. See Robertson, Daniel

Robinson, John. See Robertson (Robinson), John

Robinson, John (1704–66)

estate of, 1:200, 1:338, 1:519
speaker of Va. House of Burgesses, 4:598–599

Robinson, Jonathan

letter from accounted for, 4:689

Robinson, Samuel

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

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

Robinson apple (Taliaferro), 3:455–456

Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)

advocated for Indians, 1:110

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

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, 1:26–29, 1:99n
identified, 1:28–29n
letter from, 1:26–29

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, 5:302–303n
letter from, 5:301–303
Mémoire sur le micromètre de cristal de Roche: pour la mesure des distances et des grandeurs, 4:676, 5:363, 5:507
sends regards to TJ, 3:198
telescopes of, 4:676, 5:507, 5:508n
Voyages aux Indes Orientales et en Afrique, pour l’Observation des Longitudes en Mer, 4:676n, 5:301, 5:302n, 5:436

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

Rodes, Clifton, 5:299

Rodes, David

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

Rodes, John

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

Rodes, M.

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Rodgers, John

American naval commander, 3:638, 3:639n, 4:109
encounter with HMS Belvidera, 5:207

Rodman, John

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

Rodney, Caesar Augustus

attorney general, 1:335, 3:428, 3:430
and batture controversy, 2:428, 2:435, 2:439, 2:443n, 2:444n, 2:449, 2:450–451n, 2:452, 2:454–456, 2:463, 2:470, 2:473, 2:474, 2:475, 2:516, 2:568, 2:659, 3:31, 3:32, 3:69, 3:117–119, 3:168, 3:316, 3:424–425, 3:476, 3:477, 3:485–487, 3:497, 3:546
and Embargo Act, 2:189–190
furniture wrecked, 3:246, 3:250
identified, 2:191n
legal opinion of, 3:513–514
letters from, 2:189–191, 2:454–456, 3:151, 3:173–176, 3:424–425, 3:513–514
letters to, 2:209–210, 2:428, 3:117–119, 3:316
on J. Madison, 2:190
mentioned, 3:331, 3:539
and L. Moreau Lislet’s Mémoire, 3:173–176, 3:203, 3:226
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

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

Roebuck, HMS (frigate), 6:446

Rogers, Charles

letter from, 6:21–23
solicits aid for S. Rogers, 6:22–23, 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, 3:253–254, 4:346–349
and W. Short’s land, 4:268
and TJ’s dispute with J. Harvie, 2:137, 2:227, 2:228, 2:347, 2:363n
witnesses warrant, 5:280

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

Rogers, Sarah

aid for, 6:22–23
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, 3:547

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

Romaine, Benjamin

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

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

Roman law

and batture controversy, 3:47–48, 3:130–131, 3:132, 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, 1:115–116, 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, 4:174–175

Rome, ancient

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

Ronald, William

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

Ronald’s Heirs v. Barkley, 4:520n

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

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

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, 1:436–437n, 2:534n, 4:147, 5:252, 5:253n
Catalogue of Plants in the Botanic Garden, at Liverpool, 1:164n
identified, 1:164n
letter from, 1:163–164
Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, 1:163, 1:164n, 1:435
Life of Lorenzo de’ Medici, called the Magnificent, 1:164n, 1:435

Rose, George Henry, 3:568, 3:577, 3:602, 3:603n

Rose, Gustavus A., 5:62

rose bugs (Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose chafers), 2:222

rose of Sharon (althaea; Hibiscus syriacus), 3:354

roses, 3:354, 5:31

Ross, David

frees slave, 4:626, 4:628n
health of, 6:350, 6:364, 6:364–365
identified, 6:350n
lands of, 2:97, 2:98n, 3:179, 5:15–16
letter from, 6:364–365
letter 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, 6:109–110, 6:337, 6:349, 6:350, 6:364
plank delivered to, 2:434

Ross, Edward

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

Rosser, Mr.

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

Rothwell, John

petition to General Assembly, 4:346–349

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, 5:116–118, 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

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

on equality of mankind, 6:286–287
mentioned, 6:238, 6:296, 6:624
in F. A. Van der Kemp’s proposed book, 4:503

Rowan, Archibald Hamilton

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

Rowe (Roe), Anderson

TJ purchases storehouse from, 5:298–299

Rowe, Johnson

petition to General Assembly, 3:253–254

Royal Society of London

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

Royal Society of the Friends of Science (Warsaw)

TJ elected to, 3:62
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 tinctorium (dyer’s madder), 2:271, 3:288–289, 3:326–327

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

Ruelle, Claude Alexandre

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

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

Rulhière, Claude Carloman

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

rum, 1:299, 6:345

Rumex (dock)

in buckwheat family, 4:142n
treated as weed, 4:139

Rumex acetosa (sorrel), 5:550–551

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

Runciman, James

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

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

Rural Oeconomy: or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry (Young), 1:581, 2:82

Ruschi, Mr., 3:382–383

Rush, Benjamin

and J. Adams, 4:17n, 6:15, 6:16n, 6:95, 6:183, 6:298
on aging, 4:102–103
assists veterinary student, 5:413–415, 5:415n, 5:630, 5:668–670
compared to B. Waterhouse, 6:38–39
congratulates TJ, 1:184–185
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 Federalists, 4:339–340
hospitality to Lyman family, 4:673–674
A. von Humboldt sends greetings to, 1:453n
identified, 1:185–186n
and independence from Great Britain, 4:103, 6:14–15
and instruction of M. Lewis, 6:424n
and lecture on animals, 6:13, 6:16n
letter from accounted for, 3:357n
letters from, 1:184–186, 3:276–279, 3:356–357, 4:17, 4:102–104, 4:338–341, 4:486, 4:533–534, 4:673–674, 6:13–16
letters to, 1:558–559, 3:304–308, 4:87–88, 4:312–314, 4:431, 4:642–643, 5:668–670, 6:60–61
Medical Inquiries and Observations, upon the Diseases of the Mind, 4:674, 6:15, 6:16n, 6:60–61
mentioned, 3:368, 5:19n, 6:37, 6:38, 6:40n, 6:318
and Pennsylvania Hospital, 3:277, 3:279n
portrait of, 4:xlv–xlvi, 4:370 (illus.)
on post-Revolutionary American decline, 6:16
on the practice of medicine, 1:185
prescribes cures for TJ, 4:102, 4:104
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, 3:304–308, 4:xlv, 4:312–314, 4:338–339, 4:340n, 4:389n, 4:431, 4:486, 4:533–534, 4:642, 4:673, 6:15, 6:16n, 6:160
R. Rush on, 6:186
sends pamphlets to TJ, 1:185, 1:558–559, 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, 3:276–277, 3:304
TJ’s confidential letters to, 6:160–161, 6:186–187, 6:203–204, 6:204, 6:204, 6:235–236, 6:283, 6:375, 6:439, 6:443–444, 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, 1:558–559
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, 3:276–277, 3:279n

Rush, Julia Stockton (Benjamin Rush’s wife)

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

Rush, Richard

comptroller general, 4:339, 4:340
forwards work to TJ, 6:375
identified, 5:79n
letters from, 5:259, 6:186–187, 6:235–236, 6:375–376
letters to, 5:286–287, 6:160–161, 6:203–204, 6:283, 6:443–444
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, 5:286–287
proposes TJ as secretary of state, 5:78–80, 5:354n
and TJ’s batture pamphlet, 4:642–643, 6:236
and TJ’s confidential letters to B. Rush, 6:160–161, 6:186–187, 6:203–204, 6:204, 6:204, 6:235–236, 6:283, 6:375, 6:443–444

Rush, William

identified, 4:357n
and Society of Artists of the United States, 4:356

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

Russell, Gilbert Christian

identified, 2:121–122n
letters from, 2:120–122, 2:191–192
letter to, 2:336
letter to accounted for, 2:35n
and M. Lewis’s belongings, 1:603, 1:607, 2:34, 2:35n, 2:121, 2:122, 2:191
and M. Lewis’s death, 2:191–192
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, 6:281
nominated minister to Sweden, 6:240, 6:242n
procures books for T. Cooper, 5:276
U.S. chargé at London, 4:668, 5:72, 5:396, 5:453, 5:453n, 6:145n, 6:538
U.S. chargé at Paris, 1:208–209n, 2:654–655n, 3:638, 4:32
and D. B. Warden, 2:162, 3:249, 3:251, 3:260, 3:279–280, 3:340

Russell, William

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

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

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

Russian language

works on, 4:99

rutabaga (Swedish turnip; Brassica napus napobrassica), 2:481, 2:543

Ruth (Old Testament figure), 6:623

Rutherfoord, Thomas

and C. Bellini estate, 4:80
purchases TJ’s wheat, 4:105
purchases tobacco, 4:467

Rutledge, Edward

as member of Continental Congress, 6:183

Rutledge, John

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

rye (Secale cereale)

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

Ryswick, Treaty of (1697)

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

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