Rabaut. See Saint Étienne, Jean Paul Rabaut
Rachael (b. 1776, TJ's slave), 164
rainbows, 448-9
Raleigh, N.C., 60-1
Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.), 60
Rambouillet, France, 148, 159n
Ramsay, David
History of the American Revolution, 178
and Dr. J. Vaughan, 269n
confused with other Ramsays, 348, 349n
Ramsay, Ephraim, 348, 349n
Ramsay, John, 348, 349n
Randolph, Anne Cary (TJ's granddaughter)
TJ's affection for, 263, 272, 300, 385, 418, 440, 500, 517, 557
TJ sends story to, 475
aptitude, learning of, 527, 556
Randolph, Ariana Jenings
annuity of, 63-4, 117-19, 421, 473
identified, 64n
letters from cited, 64n
letters to cited, 64n, 118n
Randolph, Cornelia Jefferson (TJ's granddaughter)
TJ's affection for, 263, 272, 300, 385, 418, 440, 500, 517, 557
weaning, teething of, 440, 475, 526
torments her sister Ellen, 527
Randolph, David Meade
as U.S. marshal, 212
Randolph, Edmund
business affairs, 63-4, 117-19
family, 64n
letter from cited, 64n
and Short's salary, 74-6, 154-5, 159n, 374
sued by government, 74-6, 154, 374
letter to cited, 118n
and Mazzei's finances, 275, 278
resignation as secretary of state, 426-7n
Abridgment of the Laws, 471, 472n
Randolph, Ellen Wayles, II (TJ's granddaughter)
health of, 39
TJ's affection for, 263, 272, 300, 385, 418, 440, 475, 500, 517, 557
affection for TJ, 527
aptitude, learning of, 527
Randolph, John (1727-1784), 63-4
Randolph, John (of Roanoke), 320n, 481, 512n
Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy, Mrs. Thomas Mann Randolph, TJ's daughter)
letters to, 475-6, 556-7
letter from, 526-8
invited to, at Monticello, 18, 39
and pianos, harpsichords, 39
TJ's affection for, 263, 272, 300, 324, 385, 418, 440, 475, 500, 517, 557, 580
TJ hopes presidency does not increase separation from her, 392, 475
acquaintances, 430, 525, 589n
health of, 440, 526, 556
TJ asks for affection of, 475, 557
TJ sends news to, 475-6
manages household, 526-8
complains that she has too little access to TJ, 527, 556-7
concerned for education of her children, 527, 556
affection for TJ, 527-8
relationship with sister, 537-8
Randolph, Peter (d. 1767), 117-19
Randolph, Peyton
parliamentary authority, 21, 27
and Ariana Randolph, 63-4, 117-19
Randolph, Richard (d. 1786), 536n
Randolph, Richard (d. ca. 1799), 77
Randolph, Sarah Nicholas, 379n
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ's grandson)
TJ's affection for, 263, 272, 300, 385, 418, 440, 500, 517, 557
1829 edition of TJ's papers, 353-4n
health of, 526-7
aptitude, learning of, 527, 556
Randolph, Thomas Mann (TJ's son-in-law)
letters to, 259, 263, 271-2, 300, 324, 385-6, 417-19, 440, 499-500, 516-18, 580
letters from, 286-7, 390-1, 440-1, 526-8, 559
invited to, at Monticello, 18
Varina property, 84, 152
cares for TJ's affairs at Monticello, Shadwell, 105-6, 259, 390-1, 417-19, 440, 471, 488, 499-500, 516-18, 528, 559
witnesses agreement, 108
and sale of tobacco, 114, 115n, 406n
in Richmond, 240, 241, 244, 286, 324, 385
communicates with John Barnes, 255
TJ sends news on Congress, politics, and foreign affairs to, 263, 271-2, 300, 324, 385-6
letters from cited, 263n, 500n, 517n
on Goochland postmastership, 286-7, 324
business affairs, 410, 598
to provide information on tobacco cultivation, 440
plans crops, 440-1
and correspondence with TJ, 475
indebted to G. Jefferson, 499, 534-5, 557-8
TJ sends regards to, 557
not anxious about resolution of electoral tie, 559
TJ reports progress of House balloting to, 579, 580
Randolph, Virginia (sister of Thomas Mann Randolph), 92
Ranger (ship), 212, 213n
Rapin Thoyras, Paul de
Histoire d'Angleterre, 176
Rastatt (Rastadt), 187, 192n
Ratcliffe (Ratcliff), Mrs., 65, 115
Rawle, William, 308, 345n
Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François, Abbé de, 233n
Read, Jacob, 281n
Reeves, Thomas (London), 525
Reflections on the Revolution in France (Edmund Burke), 190, 191
Reflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (Anne Robert Jacques Turgot), 180
Reintzel, Anthony, 406n
Relf, Samuel, 134n
religion
atheism, 32, 116, 135n, 229, 236-7
Federalists' hypocrisy, 33, 213n, 521, 522
"religion & order" toasted, 60
involvement of clergy in politics, 102-3, 205, 228
and morality, moral conduct, 113-14, 221n
deism, 116, 135n, 167, 230n, 386-7, 506-7
Paine attacked on grounds of, 140, 190-1, 193n
and Gabriel's insurrection, 175-6, 236
books on, 179, 237n
Adams's invocation of, 202n
Quakers withhold votes, 222, 242, 253
dissenting clergy favor Republicans, 228
Republicans invoke God, Providence, 229, 257, 309, 371, 399, 573
slaves sing psalms, 236
blasphemy, 236-7
divine revelation and history of world, 249
and science, 311
Du Pont de Nemours invokes blessing, 312, 314
TJ's prominent political role alloted by Providence, 387
prayers to open court sessions, 387n
and French Revolution, 394n
church, state ties in Del., 442
and oaths, 507
liberty a sacred cause, 522
Republicans called enemies of, 522
allusions to Lucifer, 523, 551
Federalists as "Jesuits," 551-2
Presbyterians, Puritans during English Civil War, 567n
See also Bible; Christianity; election of 1800; Jefferson, Thomas: Religion
religion, freedom of
Va. act for, 45, 53-4, 122-3, 124-5n
as essential principle, 95-6
separation of religion, government, 102-3, 205, 213n
and U.S. Constitution, 167, 254-5
British Schism Act, 316n
TJ's opinions solicited, 386-7, 446
Sandemanians, 387n
TJ seen as friend and advocate of, 411, 486
loss of religion brings loss of liberty, 507
Remarks on Education (Samuel Harrison Smith), 31n
Remsen, Henry
letter to, 376
TJ orders newspapers from, 376
Rennolds, John, 525
Réponse de L. N. M. Carnot, Citoyen Français (Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot), 415
Report of the Secretary of State, on the Subject of Establishing a Uniformity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of the United States (Thomas Jefferson), 334, 363n, 444
"Republican" (C. Pinckney pseudonym), 214, 217n, 242
Republican (Petersburg, Va.)
Callender publishes in, 100, 101n, 138, 236, 238
"Republican Farmer" (C. Pinckney pseudonym), 214, 217n, 242
republicanism
associated with economy in government, 111
and Christianity, 111-12, 207
to be cultivated in schools, 142, 173, 339, 398-9
Adams's views of, 199-200, 202n
equated with discoveries in science, medicine, 207
and excesses of French Revolution, 207
inculcated by books, 221n, 319, 447
election of 1800 to be victory for, 225
inherent in the Constitution, 302, 346
new birth of, in U.S., 303
republican government guaranteed to states, 423
not favored by U.S. foreign policy, 425
Republicans
in New England, vii, 5-7, 32-4, 58-9, 95-9, 116, 146, 216, 217n, 228-30, 250, 310, 347-8, 352
and control of Congress, vii-viii, 95-7, 227, 422, 485
in middle states, vii-viii, 134-6, 146, 185, 209-10, 219n, 221-2, 224-5, 227, 231-2, 242, 329, 570
prospects, strategy for 1800 election, vii-viii, 91, 239
form, promote tickets in states, 5-6, 523n
in Northwest Terr., 6-7
create committee structure in Va., 16, 38n, 131n
beliefs, 32-4, 95
and newspapers, public opinion, 32-4, 116, 123, 125n, 127n, 137, 201n, 262n, 305, 597
printers intimidated, 33
in Va., 38, 41, 126-7, 239, 244, 255, 262n
celebrate 4th of July in Philadelphia, 42-3n, 45, 46n
and rumors of TJ's death, 42-3n, 44-5, 48
in Md., 48-9, 100, 128-9, 140, 185, 208, 225-6, 329, 333, 365
represent true sentiments of nation, 95, 239, 289, 588-9
improving public opinion of, 103
accused of antifederalism, 116
in Pa., 124, 221, 434-5, 486, 519
as supporters of Constitution, 134-5
respond to Federalist pamphlets, 135-6n
in south, 146, 170, 214-17, 250, 279-81, 290-1, 329, 333
expatriots, in France, 186
receive support of doctors, dissenting clergy in New England, 228
called Jacobins, 229, 341n, 365
residing at Conrad & McMunn's, 255
TJ's election primary goal of, 257, 267, 280
Bishop's Connecticut Republicanism, 263
probable electoral votes of, 263
of S.C., 265, 348
transition into executive power, 302-3
and N.Y. council of appointment, 303, 304n
call themselves Whigs, 308, 315, 347, 348, 434, 551
called anarchists, disorganizers, 321, 365, 508, 519n, 522
less powerful in Md., N.C., than Federalists are in New England, 333
oppose wasteful expenditure, 337, 371
all support TJ, 343, 408
TJ's desiderata for changes to federal system, 381-2
happy to have Congress remain inactive, 385
win congressional seats in N.J., 391, 418, 500
could join Federalists to elect Burr, 399
not accustomed to standing firm against threats, 404
absent from Congress, 418, 419n
increasing strength in state governments, 421
in vulnerable, "unjust" situation, excluded from office, 421, 588
in Senate, 422
of Washington, 459
some critical of Gerry, 491, 493
called enemies of religion, 522
growing respect for, 534
compared to Spartans, 571
Dallas a key figure for, 574
Republican Watch-Tower (New York), 376
Revolutions de Portugal (René Aubert de Vertot), 177
Reynolds, James, 577n
Reynolds, Maria Lewis (Mrs. James Reynolds), 577n
Rhea, Jonathan, 367n
Rhine River
left bank ceded to France, 373n
Rhode Island
and election of 1800, vii, 97, 146n, 216, 217n, 234, 236, 250, 263, 322, 324, 332-3, 367n
Republicans in, vii, 229, 343
politics in, 6
addresses on XYZ affair, 199-200
unreliable information from, 250, 342-3
Federalists win, 271
withholds one Pinckney electoral vote, 322, 324
residents petition Senate, 602
and U.S. customs districts, 603
Rhode Island, College of (Brown University), 200
Rhodes. See Rodes (Rhodes), Matthew
rice
demand for, in Britain, 30
heavy upland, introduced from Africa to U.S., 124, 125n
and relationship of marshes, pestilence, 124
planters, 208n
Richards, John
handles financial transactions, 64, 114, 139, 302, 312, 405
grocer and John Barnes's agent, 65n
travels between Philadelphia and Washington, 497, 560-1
Richardson, Richard
letter to, 413-14
letters from, 341-2, 597-8
nailery account, 59, 116
witnesses indenture, 166
and Robert Richardson, 255n
superintends work at Monticello, 341-2, 390-1, 413-14, 471, 488, 597-8
letter from cited, 342n
receives payment, 401, 471, 472
TJ hires slave of, 414, 474n
and Lilly, 417, 598
Richardson, Robert
Callender's amanuensis, 137, 138n, 175n, 255n
Richmond, Va.
artists, xxxvii
TJ's groceries sent by way of, 14, 15, 20, 29, 31, 47, 61, 208, 227, 471-3, 517
commercial, financial relationships with Philadelphia, 17, 30-1, 46-7, 55, 64-5, 71, 127-8, 130, 139, 171, 172, 209, 241, 568
jail, 100-1, 131, 136-8, 145, 212-13, 235-6
newspapers, 125n, 127n, 255, 478
as financial, banking center, 127-8, 130, 241, 251
postal service at, 129, 138, 161, 488
printers, 130, 137, 212, 233, 236, 414
and Gabriel's insurrection, 131, 136-7, 138n, 144-5, 174-6, 212, 295
militia, local guard, 145n, 482n
as market for hay, 152
fires in, 174
XYZ addresses from, 200
price of tobacco at, 209, 235, 240, 245, 251n, 258, 297-8, 301, 546
federal courts in, 212, 213n
as state capital, 220
election results, 244
lacks regular financial connection to Georgetown, 251
presidential electors meet in, 253
lots in, 275, 278
merchants, 374, 473n
tobacco sold at, 402, 450, 546
attorneys, 421n
Rocketts Landing, 471, 472
storage and inspection of tobacco at Shockoe warehouse, 471, 472
See also Gibson & Jefferson; Jefferson, George
Ridgely, Nicholas, 371
Rising Sun (sloop), 38
Rittenhouse, David, 237, 363n, 589n
Rittenhouse, Eleanor Coulston, 589n
Rivanna River
boat transport on, 14, 20, 29, 37, 47, 61, 92, 172
and Monticello, Tufton, 108, 110n, 116, 163
mills on, 116, 558
improvement of navigation on, 122, 124n
Shadwell ford, 163
Roanoke River, 90n, 91
Robbins, Jonathan, 33-4
Roberts, Joseph, Jr.
supplies nailrod, 46, 171
letters to cited, 47n, 405n
See also Roberts & Jones (Philadelphia)
Roberts & Jones (Philadelphia)
supply nailrod, 171-2, 406n
TJ buys stoves from, 172, 405n, 472
letters to, from cited, 172n
Robertson, Dr. William
works of, 176, 177, 178, 231, 233n
Robinson, Capt., 341n
Robinson, John, 21
Robinson, William (Del.), 218n
Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, Vicomte de, 357n
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de, 357n
Rockbridge Co., Va., 328n, 359-60, 563n, 570n
Rocketts (Richmond, Va.), 471, 472
Rodes (Rhodes), Matthew, 127-8, 472
Rodman, William, 221-2
Rodney, Caesar, 218n, 370-1
Rodney, Caesar A.
letter to, 336-7
letters from, 217-19, 368-72, 570-1
and Del. politics, xxxviii, 217-19, 369-71, 570-1
identified, 218n
and national issues, 336-7, 368-72, 571
family, 368, 370-1
relationship with Bayard, 369, 371, 419n
pledges support for TJ, 371
Rodney, Elizabeth Fisher, 218n
Rodney, Susan Hunn, 368
Rodney, Thomas, 218n, 370-1
Roederer, Pierre Louis, 244n
Rogers, Capt. (N.C.), 61n
Rogers, John
receives payment, 401, 472
letter to cited, 402n
Roland de la Platière, Marie Jeanne Phlipon
Appel a l'Impartiale Postérité, 415
Romae Antiquae Notitia (Basil Kennett), 177
Rome
history, antiquities of, 177
influence on architecture, 220
and Pope Sixtus V, 567n
See also Vatican
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare), 370, 371n
Ronald, Andrew
debt to Short, 92-3
letters to, from cited, 93n
Roper, Thomas, 265
Rose, William
Richmond jailer, 101, 137, 212, 213n, 236
daughter, 212
tutored TJ's wife, 235
Ross, David, 300-1, 412
Ross, James
bill for deciding disputed elections, 214, 217n, 379n
and selection of Pa. electors, 256
Federalist connections in Pa., 308, 309n, 484
presumed role in scheme for interim presidency, 441, 484, 487, 488n
considered ambitious, unprincipled, 485, 487
said to concede that TJ will be president, 519
Rousseau, Jean Jacques
Oeuvres, 180
Row (Roe, Rowe), Anderson, 61
Row (Rowe), Martin, 92
Royal Institution of Great Britain, 4-5, 311
Royal Society of London, 231, 233n
Rozier, François
Dictionnaire Universel d'Agriculture, 153, 159n
Ruines; ou, Méditation sur les Révolutions des Empires (Constantin François Chasseboeuf Volney), 179
Rumford, Count. See Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford)
Rural Œconomy (Arthur Young), 178
Rush, Benjamin
letters to, 166-9, 306
letters from, 110-12, 204-7, 266
friendship with TJ, xxxvii, 112, 206-7
portrait, xxxvii, 328 (illus.)
views on philosophy, religion, xxxvii, 110-12, 166-9, 204-7
interested in public affairs, 111, 146, 306
opinion of cities, 204-5
family of, 206
sends seeds, 206, 207, 266, 306
asks that letter be destroyed, 207
friendship with Madison, 207
officer of APS, 298n
teaches medicine, 510n
Rush, Jacob, 206
Rush, John (d. 1699), 206
Rush, Julia Stockton, 306
Russell, John Miller, 4n
Russia
Americans in, 3-4, 40
defeats, partitions Poland, 40, 68-9
embargoes British ships, property, 188, 192n, 223-4, 294-5, 478, 479n, 581, 586
in league of armed neutrality, 188, 192n, 222-4, 294-5, 296-7n, 586-8
fosters science, learning, 232n
relations with U.S., 294
as supplier of grain, provisions, 294-5
leaves coalition against France, 296-7n, 340, 585-6, 587
as a tyranny, 340
Siberian mammoth remains, 407
and 1780 league of armed neutrality, 455
British embargo against, 587, 588n
Rutland, Vt., 199
Rutledge, Edward, 208-9n
Rutledge, John, Jr., 258n, 568n
rye, 30, 150