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