rabies
James Mease's dissertation on, 70, 86-7
mercury as cure for, 86-7
Rachmani
in Moroccan civil war, 225, 345
execution of, 749
Raguet, Claudius Paul
death, 759-60
Rainbow (horse)
price, 341
raisins
for TJ, 246
Ramirez, Adm.
on cruise in Mediterranean, 643
Ramsay, David
History of the American Revolution, 232, 233n
Ramsden, Jesse
TJ purchases telescope from, 289n, 726-7
Randolph, Maj., 631
Randolph, Anne Cary (TJ's granddaughter)
TJ's affection for, 44, 111
health, 147, 386, 448, 453, 501, 512, 534-5, 556-7, 610,
634, 704, 733, 741, 806
Randolph, David Meade
recommends J. W. Johnston for lighthouse keepership, 707, 708n
Randolph, Edmund
letters to, 223, 387, 540, 601
letters from, 127-8, 142, 157, 326, 609
and Washington's proclamation on opposition to excise, xlii,
383, 385n
and Patent Board, 126, 683-4
and immunity from arrest of servants of diplomats, 127-8, 149, 223-4
and recess appointments, 141n, 165-7
and Pagan v. Hooper, 142, 220, 326
and Leigh v. West, 157, 371
letter from Washington cited, 318-19n
and defense of TJ against Hamilton, 326
letter to quoted, 383n
and John Syme's claim, 418
and sinking fund, 500, 629-30
and theft of slaves from Martinique, 540, 551-2, 599, 603
and Spanish relations with Southern Indians, 547-8
opposes alliance with Great Britain, 549
and N.C. land grants in Southwest Territory, 601, 609, 617-18
and U.S. violations of law of nations, 695n, 702-3
and British mediation of Indian war, 721
and Hamilton-Reynolds affair, 751
mentioned, 444
Randolph, Elizabeth Nicholas (Mrs. Edmund Randolph), 387
Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Mrs. Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., TJ's daughter)
letters to, 43-4, 111, 153-4, 226, 534-5, 610, 657-8, 704, 740-1, 806
letters from, 147-8, 634
TJ's love for, 14, 83, 136, 474, 557, 623, 676, 775
correspondence with sister, 43, 111, 634
visits Gilmer, 57
visited by Monroes, 91
letter from cited, 111
relations with Lewis family, 111, 147
letter to cited, 217
birth of son, 386, 387, 403-4
health, 501, 610
visits Bizarre, 512, 657-8
mentioned, 262, 297, 372, 423
Randolph, Richard
and Peter Jefferson's estate, 268
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ's grandson)
birth, 386, 387
identified, 386n
mentioned, 512, 535, 610, 634
Randolph, Thomas Mann, Jr. (TJ's son-in-law)
letters to, 14, 83, 136, 217, 422-3, 443, 473-4, 501, 556-7,
623, 676, 774-5, 806-7
letters from, 33-4, 121-2, 436, 448-9, 512-13, 797-8
TJ's affection for, 44
visits Gilmer, 57
visited by Monroes, 91
letters from cited, 136, 154, 534, 676, 806-7
letters to cited, 152, 153, 226
and sale of TJ's slaves, 409, 416, 473-4
account with Benjamin Calvert, 412
manages TJ's affairs, 412-14, 417n, 422-3, 473-4, 512, 806-7
weather diary, 436, 449, 512-13
tobacco crop, 512
visits Bizarre, 512
health, 610
mentioned, 111, 143, 145, 147, 168, 262, 297, 386, 535, 582,
634, 657, 658, 704, 731, 740, 741
Randolph, Thomas Mann, Sr.
marriage of, 148
Ratisbon, Germany
British diplomatic representation in, 376
Dutch diplomatic representation in, 376
Ravensworth, Va., 369
Rawle, William
letter to, 453
letter from, 452
and prosecution of Elihu Meeker, 452-3
Raymond, Robert, Lord
legal reports ordered by TJ, 469
Rayneval, Joseph Matthias Gérard de
memorial on French mediation between U.S. and Spain, 712
Read, George
and weights and measures, 655
recess appointments
issued during Senate adjournment, 141, 165-7
Recherches sur les causes qui ont empêché les François de devenir libres (Jean Joseph Mounier)
sent to TJ, 457
Recueil des principaux traités (George Friedrich von Martens)
sent to TJ, 338
Redick, David
letter from, 103
and Hessian fly, 103
identified, 103n
Rees, David
steals slaves from East Fla., 129-31, 155
Register of the Treasury, U.S. See Nourse, Joseph
Reise durch Sibirien (Johann Georg Gmelin)
quoted by Madison, 135
Relief (ship), 133, 136, 143, 145
religion
TJ's support for freedom in, 354-5
French attitudes toward, 398-9, 767
Remsen, Henry
letters to, 285, 449, 616-17, 662-3
letters from, 463-4, 487-8, 640-1
and commissioners to Spain, 285, 449, 464
and Patent Board, 487
salary, 509
and remodeling of Monticello, 616-17, 640-1, 662-3
brother's death, 641
and gong for TJ, 685
Renown (ship)
compensation claim for, 507-8
Rensselaer Co., N.Y.
vote in gubernatorial election, 50, 114
repeating firearms
Joseph G. Chambers's plan for, 290-3, 459-60, 580, 644-5
Reply to Mr. Burke's Invective against Mr. Cooper and Mr. Watt (Thomas Cooper)
praised by TJ, 661
republicanism
in U.S., 210
in France, 302-3, 396, 397, 424, 441, 528, 529-30, 536, 771
in Austrian Netherlands, 613
in Liège, 613
and right to change government, 802
Republicans
denounced as faction, 133
and election for vice-president, 236, 698
in N.Y., 236
anticipated increase of in House of Representatives, 237
support for, 237
in Va., 237
and congressional elections, 623
in Mass., 623
in Pa., 623
alleged opposition to payment of public debt, 696-7
in Md., 733
Residence Act
repeal of feared, 133
Reveley, George
letter to, 579
debt to TJ, 579
identified, 579n
Reynolds, James
speculative activities, 751
wife's affair with Hamilton, 751
Reynolds, Maria (Mrs. James Reynolds)
affair with Hamilton, 751
Rheims, France
and allied invasion of France, 525
Rhineland
invaded by France, 457, 475, 504, 528, 536, 537, 558, 559,
613, 614, 624, 764, 768, 770, 793
aversion to French in, 768
Rhode Island
absent from constitutional convention, 428
electoral vote for vice-president, 699n, 757
rice
market for in Prussia, 100
Danish duties on, 488
need for in Denmark, 775
price, 775, 780
Richard (Cherokee Indian)
escorts Joseph Deraque, 481n
Richmond, Va.
French instruction in, 82, 117
postal service, 122, 286, 359, 448, 806
weather in, 147
and proposed branch of Bank of United States, 152
bank in, 433n
Richmond (ship), 758
Richmond Co., N.Y.
vote in gubernatorial election, 50, 114
Richmond Enquirer
prints TJ's defense of settlement of French accounts, 175
Ricketts, John
introduced to TJ, 431
Ridgely, Charles
defeated in Md. congressional election, 437
Rights of Man (Thomas Paine), 727n
Rittenhouse, David
letters to, 44, 287-8
letters from, 64-6, 89, 668, 671-2, 798
and weights and measures, 44-5, 64-6, 76, 655
and Mint, 48, 63, 89, 95, 104, 204-5, 233, 668, 671, 673,
675, 755, 798, 803
unable to dine with Washington, 89
letter from Washington, 205
weather diary, 288
recommended by TJ, 357
reputation of, 450
Rittenhouse, Hannah Jacobs (Mrs. David Rittenhouse), 288
Roach, Isaac
expected to run for House of Representatives, 152
Robert (TJ's servant), 262
Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore de
appointed to special criminal court, 325
criticism of, 774n
Robesson, Elijah
seeks to recover fugitive slave, 447
Robinson, Needler
letter to, 350
assistant for, 23-4, 76, 267, 350
identified, 350n
Robinson, William
commissary in Va., 350n
rod (standard of measurement)
and weights and measures, 655, 781, 784n
rod-pendulum (standard of measurement)
TJ's advocacy of criticized, 44-5, 64-6
Roermond (Ruremonda), Netherlands
French designs on, 710
Rohan-Chabot, Armand Charles Just de
execution of, 798-9
Rohr, Julius Philipp Benjamin von
Anmerkungen über den Cattunbau, 458
introduced to TJ, 458
meets Washington, 458
Roland de La Platière, Jean Marie
dismissed from office, 93
appointed minister of interior, 298
and disorder in Paris, 405
mentioned, 445
Rome
diplomatic salaries in, 377
Romeo (horse)
TJ seeks to purchase, 340, 341
price, 341
Romilly, Samuel
and watch for William B. Giles, 42, 522-3
Ronald, Andrew
and Wayles estate debt, 22
Rose, Hugh
letters to, 148-9, 372-3
supports John Newman's pension claim, 146-7
and sale of lands, 148, 372-3
Rose, Mrs. Hugh, 148, 149, 373
Ross, David
and John F. Mercer's controversy with Hamilton, 539
debt to TJ, 579
mentioned, 23
Rotterdam
need for U.S. consul in, 240-1, 338
forgery of assignats in, 241
Roustan, Lt.
Saint-Domingue agent to U.S., 73n
Royal Gift (Washington's donkey)
offspring of, 706
Rudiments of Music (Andrew Law)
copyright for, 691
rum
popularity in U.S., 320n
need for in Denmark, 775
price, 775
Rumsey, James
death, 778-9
Ruremonda. See Roermond, Netherlands
Rush, Benjamin
sends James Mease's dissertation to Madison, 70
Account of the Sugar-Maple Tree of the United States, 407
criticized by William Cobbett, 555n
Russell, Thomas
in TJ's French accounts, 183
recommends Benjamin Joy for consular appointment in India, 628n
Russia
invades Poland, 41, 55, 138, 243, 280, 287, 337, 401, 644
proportion of public debt to revenue, 106
and partition of Poland, 243, 337, 536
relations with émigrés, 243
relations with France, 243, 773
treaty with Prussia, 337
relations with Turkey, 401
relations with Prussia, 536, 600
potash and pearl ash production in, 658, 715
Ruston, Mr., 73
Rutherford, John
letter to, 781-3
and weights and measures, xliii, 781-5
identified, 785n
Rutledge, Edward
letter to, 373
letter to T. Pinckney quoted, 38n
mentioned, 11, 371
rye
in Va., 33, 83
affected by Hessian fly, 78, 234
impact of on Monticello, 725
need for in Denmark, 775