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R----, ----: Fairfax settles account with, 8:262
Raccoon Branch fishery (at Belvoir), 10:85, 95
Raccoon Creek tract (Pennsylvania), 10:48
Rachael (Rachel; slave; Claiborne's plantation), 6:311; 8:583, 590
Rachal (dower slave; child), 8:401
Rachel (dower slave; King William County), 6:218
Rachel (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220
Rachel (slave; King William County), 6:225
Rachel (slave; Thomas Nelson's), 7:314
Radcliffe, Alexander, 6:289, 291
Radcliffe, John, 6:292-93, 296, 298
Ragland, Sarah, 6:253
Raitcliff, James, 4:42
Rakestray, Richard, 8:144
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 6:293
Raleigh Tavern, 2:221; 3:58; proprietors of, 6:200; 7:7, 191, 496; 8:454; 9:207; burgesses at, 8:181; 10:96, 99; Association at, 8:330
Ralph (slave; Samuel Washington's), 7:173
The Ramble, 6:291; 7:347
Ramey, Sanford, 8:144, 145
Ramsay, ----, 2:72
Ramsay, ---- (widow): her tavern, 10:357
Ramsay, Andrew Michael, 7:346
Ramsay, John (of Fairfax County), 7:381; 8:147, 148
Ramsay, John (soldier), 9:122, 145
Ramsay, William, 3:411; 5:1, 37, 62, 415, 435; 7:181, 186; 8:146, 147, 375; 10:154; and GW's candidacy, 1:291; id., 1:293; 3:413; 4:33, 227; 7:7, 188; 8:376; and militia, 3:67, 68-69; 4:226; and Virginia-Centinel No. X, 3:410; as commissary, 4:31, 57, 58, 62, 100, 413, 414; 5:5, 29, 30-32, 31, 39, 46-47, 163, 249, 276, 303, 325, 369-71, 397, 408; 6:15, 82; buys mine shares for GW, 4:324; subscriber to American Magazine, 5:49; and Peter Steenbergen, 5:162-64; and flour, 5:252, 253, 366-67; accounts of, 5:275; 6:390, 416, 417; 7:1, 104, 319; 9:76, 126, 127, 226, 433; 10:194; and Henry Woodward, 5:328; and Hannah Guley, 5:414; journal, 5:426-27; borrows money, 6:371; and racing, 7:110-11; and Potomac navigation, 7:177; 10:243; and Charles Green, 7:502; as postmaster, 8:5, 208, 306, 512; 9:14; as justice, 9:135; his son's education, 9:227, 228; failure to pay taxes, 10:26-27; and Fairfax Committee, 10:128; letters from: to GW, 3:412-13; 4:308-9, 355-56, 398; 5:397, 404-5, 426-27, 430-32, 454-56; 6:14-15, 80-82; 9:453; 10:60-64; to John West, 10:60-64; letters to: from GW, 5:447; 8:167-68
Ramsay, William, Jr., 8:167-68; 9:14, 227, 228
Rand, ---- (captain), 5:128
Randolph, ---- (colonel), 6:406
Randolph, Anne Harrison, 6:466
Randolph, Benjamin, 10:370, 371
Randolph, Edmund, 8:192; letters from: to GW, 7:505; letters to: from GW, 8:194
Randolph, Elizabeth, 4:272
Randolph, Jane Bolling, 4:272
Randolph, John (c.1728-1784): and Custis estate, 6:255; buys horse from GW, 6:416; id., 6:417; 9:4; family of, 8:194; and Dunbar suit, 8:497, 526, 531, 532; 9:90, 313; and Robert Hanson Harrison, 9:3; and George Mercer's affairs, 10:29, 328, 329; account with, 10:75
Randolph, Peter, 2:333; 4:27; and Indians, 2:172, 174, 195, 215; 3:43, 353; 4:73, 118, 141, 171; id., 4:188-89; 6:407; and pay for Maryland forces, 5:182
Randolph, Peyton, 1:201; 2:213, 290, 314, 357-58; 4:104; 5:21, 112, 194, 433; 7:5, 10; 10:159, 166; and pistole fee, 1:200; and fee voted by Burgesses, 1:202-3; and Gentlemen Associators, 3:86, 94, 105, 109, 160, 187; id., 3:87, 353; 4:105; 6:217; signs treasury notes, 3:368; 5:196; and drums, 3:396, 401; and John Hamilton's embezzlement, 5:11, 20, 22; and Custis estate, 6:209, 215-17, 265, 267; 8:197, 374, 375, 457, 458, 459, 486, 487; 9:116, 368, 369; and Thomson Mason's suit, 6:465; account with, 6:466; 9:355, 394; and Custis guardian accounts, 7:84, 93, 216, 304, 371, 501; 8:202, 205, 459, 463; 9:370, 372; and races, 7:107, 111; and meeting at Raleigh Tavern, 8:181; 10:99-100; and Byrd lottery, 8:192, 194; borrows money, 8:353, 487; as William Byrd's trustee, 9:377, 473; and William Black, 9:400, 458, 459, 472; and Savage affair, 10:33, 35; and bond to Archbishop of Canterbury, 10:84; and Continental Congress, 10:151, 174, 000, 000; and Virginia conventions, 10:308; and George Mercer's affairs, 10:329; and Dunmore's removal of gunpowder, 10:340, 341; letters from: to GW, 3:87; 10:174; letters to: from Fairfax County Associators, 8:487-89; from George Mason, 8:487-89; from GW, 8:487-89; from John Dalton, 8:487-89; from John West, 8:487-89; from Peter Wagener, 8:487-89
Randolph, Richard, 4:272; 8:194
Randolph, Thomas, 8:31
Randolph, Thomas Mann, 8:31, 353, 457; 10:304, 305
Randolph, William, 4:188, 189; 5:194, 196; 6:466
Randolph (ship), 6:349, 352; 7:189; 10:217, 218
Ranger (dog), 9:69
Ranger (ship), 7:81, 410, 432, 460
Rankin, Alexander, 6:47
Rankin, David, 9:110, 316, 317, 505
Rankin, James, 7:41
Rankins, Moses, 4:281
Ransom, Elizabeth, 5:416
Ransom, Joseph, 6:456, 457, 481; 8:263
Ransom, William, 6:444
Rapin, Rene, 6:290, 296
Raspberry Plain, 5:288
Ratcliff, John, 7:381
The Raven of Settico (Indian), 5:165, 166, 176, 177-79
Ravenscraft, Thomas, 4:42
Ravensworth tract, 10:300
Rawkins, Moses, 4:281
Rawley (ship), 2:169, 217, 281, 293, 294, 295, 316
Rawlings, ----: account with, 8:22, 23, 24
Rawlings, Stephen. See Rollins, Stephen
Rawlins & Barron, 8:554
Ray, John, 7:346
Ray, Joseph, 6:96, 190
Raymond, Sir Robert, 8:547
Raystown (Fort Bedford), Pa., 2:160; 4:246; roads to, 5:119, 209, 251; 6:34; depot at, 5:120; troops at, 5:166, 266, 285-86, 300, 348; 6:32, 117-18; distances to, 5:209, 249, 356; id., 5:210; commanders at, 5:244; 6:37, 87; fortifications at, 5:248, 297, 298; names for, 5:297; meeting at, 6:60; Indians at, 6:145
Read, Clement, 3:435; 4:312; id., 4:118; and Indians, 4:141, 144; 5:81, 89-90, 184, 195, 197; and Richard Pearis, 4:159; and provisions for Augusta County troops, 4:312, 393, 394, 397, 407; and draftees, 4:396, 421; and ammunition for magazine, 5:90, 91; and Custis estate, 6:254; letters from: to GW, 4:117-18; to Robert Dinwiddie, 4:141; 5:91; to John Blair, 5:141; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 4:313, 367; 5:91
Read, Mary, 9:394, 396
Reade, Robert, 8:214
Reagan, John, 6:456
Reagan, Michael, 7:381; 8:145
Reagan, Nicholas, 7:381
Reamy, Sanford, 7:381
Reardon, William, 7:381
Reasmer (Reasner), Nicholas, 2:133, 134, 135, 138
Recovery (ship), 4:427; 5:87
Recruiting (military), 2:122, 149, 177; 3:70, 81, 113, 155, 184-85, 192, 265, 271, 272, 313-14, 325; 4:39; 6:175; instructions regarding, 2:5, 13-15, 16-17, 24, 27-28, 38-39, 48, 49, 50-51, 54, 69-70, 76, 89, 100, 109, 116, 117, 118, 129, 130-31, 142-43, 144, 152, 162, 166-67, 169, 170, 180, 191-92, 195, 216-17, 235, 240, 245, 262, 267-68, 271, 281, 341, 344; 5:134, 144-46; rendezvous for recruits, 2:5, 14-15, 16, 38, 55, 84, 89; expenditures for, 2:13, 235, 236, 239, 240, 272; 3:369, 401, 417; 4:81, 111, 325-26, 328-29, 347; 5:89, 141, 147, 151, 159, 171, 172, 181-82, 394; 6:176; difficulties of, 2:30-31, 44, 65, 172, 174, 175, 201, 273, 278-79; 4:44, 78, 81; 5:119, 150, 158-59, 179, 182, 201; 6:171; malfeasance in, 2:30-31, 32, 123, 176, 185, 244, 262, 279; 4:100, 102; of felons, 2:42; in Maryland, 2:48, 49; in Pennsylvania, 2:48; in Virginia, 2:48, 50-51; by act of assembly, 2:66; criticism of, 2:106, 126, 176; 5:140, 193; of rangers, 2:109; 3:337; 5:1-2, 39; reports on, 2:126, 177, 180, 181, 197, 201, 205-6; at elections and public meetings, 2:195; courts of inquiry on, 2:231, 232, 240, 253; of scouts, 3:8, 184; 4:319, 336-39; of Germans, 3:116; for Royal American Regiment, 3:319, 417, 424-25, 426; of servants, 3:396, 400, 405; 4:111; in 1755, 4:123; bounties for, 4:147, 328-29; 5:119, 134-35, 144-46, 158-59, 179, 194-95, 200, 204; 6:178; in South Carolina, 5:40-41; council of war on, 5:170-71; and Maryland troops, 5:182-83, 194-96; discontinued, 5:188; general assembly approves, 6:314; desertion of recruits, 6:412-13. See also Virginia military forces
The Rector Detected; Being a Just Defence of the Twopenny Act, 7:299
Red Caps, 3:183
Redstone, 8:241
Redstone Creek, 1:59, 84, 85, 86, 92; 6:162, 163
Redstone Old Fort, 1:69; 10:256, 257
Reece, Henry, 5:340
Reece, Jacob, 5:338
Reece, Thomas, 5:337
Reed, ----: recommended as overseer, 10:245
Reed, John, 5:341
Reed (Reedy) Creek, 1:270; 7:52
Rees (Reece), Thomas, Sr., 1:25
Reeves, Christopher, 8:135, 136
Reeves, John, 3:403
Reflections upon ancient and modern learning, 6:288
Regulators, 8:493, 494
Rehnskiöld, Karl Gustaf, 5:375, 376
Reid, John (author), 6:299
Reid, John (of Fairfax County), 7:381; 8:144, 145
Reid, Thomas, 9:344-45
Reiley, John, 9:171, 503, 504
Reinsburg, John, 7:210
Relfe, John, 7:434, 437, 439, 447, 481, 488; 8:9, 11
Religio medici, 6:291; 7:346
Religion of Nature, 9:343, 344
Renalds, William (of Fairfax County), 5:339
Rennolds, ----: suit against Charles Lewis, 5:38, 39
Rennolds, Benjamin, 5:39
Rennolds, William (of Caroline County), 5:39
Rentfroe Creek, 4:395
Reports of Cases adjudged in the King's Bench, 8:326
Restoration (ship), 9:506
The Retreat, 7:110
A Review of the Rector Detected; or the Colonel Reconnoitred, 7:299
Revolution politicks, 6:285-6; 7:345
Reward (ship), 8:206
Reynolds, John, 3:253, 257
Reynolds, William (of Pennsylvania Regiment), 5:396
Rhodes, ---- (innkeeper), 7:262, 263
Rhodes, John, 7:381
Rhodes's ordinary, 7:263
Rhor (Rohr), Charles (engineer), 5:355, 360; 6:38
George, Ribright, 8:133, 136, 399
Rice, Edward, 5:338
Rice, George, 1:27; 5:338; 10:245
Rice, Patrick, 1:26, 27; 5:338; 6:457
Rice, Simeon, 1:145
Rich, Sir Robert, 5:69, 70
"Richard": letters to: from GW, 1:43-44
Richards, William (author), 6:292
Richards, William (of Fairfax County), 7:381; 8:147, 148
Richardson, ---- (captain), 6:375, 376; 9:344
Richardson, ---- (tenant), 7:89
Richardson, Daniel, 9:422; letters to: from GW, 9:423
Richardson, Ezekiel, 3:95-96, 147; 6:102, 103
Richardson, Henry, 6:266
Richardson, Holt, 9:94-95
Richardson, John, 8:31
Richardson, Miles, 5:300; 6:166-67, 182-83, 193, 200, 313-14, 364; 7:235; 10:140
Richardson, Thomas, 9:1
Richardson, William, 6:281
Richardson family, 8:71-72; 9:42
Richelieu, Louis François Armand de Vignerot Du Plessis, duc de, 3:249, 347; 5:18
Richeson, James, 6:226
Richfield, 9:515
Richland, 7:225, 300; 9:489
Richmond, John, 6:252, 263
Richmond County, 4:290
Richmond County Independent Company, 10:308; letters from: to GW, 10:305
Richneck, 1:40; 7:40
Rickards, Samuel, 7:25, 30, 126
Rickards & Yerbury: goods from, 6:395; 7:290, 354, 421, 472; 8:46, 132, 399, 564; 9:106; id., 6:403; 7:357
Riddel, ----: account with, 8:22
Riddell, ----: and Custis estate, 8:304, 456
Riddell, Henry, 8:24, 305; letters from: to GW, 9:498-99, 508, 520; letters to: from GW, 9:493-96, 506-8, 509-10
Riddell (Riddle), John, 7:512, 513; 8:305
Riddick, Lemuel, 7:436; 10:99-100
Riddick, Mills (d. 1764), 7:210, 476-77, 496; 8:50, 51
Riddick, Mills (d. 1777), 7:436, 477
Riddick, Willis, 7:107, 110, 210; 8:140
Riddle, Cornelius. See Ruddle, Cornelius
Riddle, Isaac, 5:339
Rider, Cardanus, 7:347
Rider (Ryder), William, 6:53
Rider's British Merlin, 7:347
Ridout, John, 1:211; 2:358; 4:337, 339; 8:523; letters from: to GW, 1:195-96, 217
Rigdon, Edward, 8:291, 363, 364, 425
Riley, Barnaby, 3:272
Riley, James, 6:142, 143
Riley, John, 8:144
Rind, Clementina, 9:363, 365; 10:42, 95, 106, 139, 140
Rind, William, 7:477; 9:8, 191; and subscription to his Maryland and Virginia gazettes, 7:352, 411; 8:193; and payment for advertisements, 7:481; 8:280; account with, 8:83, 346, 531; 10:40; repair of his coach house, 8:267; and Jonathan Boucher, 9:29, 297; and bounty lands, 9:143-48; downplays Indian attacks, 9:516; wife succeeds him, 10:42
Ringgold, Thomas (c.1715-1772), 7:146, 208; 8:470, 472
Ringrose, Basil, 6:289
Ringwood (dog), 9:68, 69
Rinker, Casper (Jasper), 1:31; 8:394
Rinker, Henry, 5:133, 134, 148, 338
Rins, John, 2:229
Rise, Mary, 6:280
Rising Sun (ship), 9:115, 233, 273, 276, 297; 10:83, 85
Rispass, John, 6:273
Ritchie, Archibald, 6:321
Ritchie, James, & Co., 9:19
Ritson (Ritton), William, 10:104
River farm: overseers at, 7:45, 68, 139, 313, 342, 377, 434, 440, 443, 516; 8:17, 24, 42, 512; 9:239, 411, 451; slaves at, 7:45, 139, 305, 313, 377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238-39; 10:137
Rivington, James, 9:442, 443
Rivington's New-York Gazeteer, 9:443
Rixton, Josh, 7:197
Road, John, 5:336
Roads, 2:37, 287, 288, 309, 310, 353; Ohio Company's road, 1:76; 6:354; Wills Creek to Monongahela, 1:83; 6:354; Indian trails, 1:85; 3:184, 243, 448; 4:11, 64; Braddock Road (new road), 2:17; 3:90, 96, 160, 163, 246, 254, 419; 4:17, 64, 146-47, 149, 241, 242; 5:119-20, 210, 247, 258, 267, 287, 292, 296, 298, 311, 316, 318-19, 324, 345-47, 350, 353-61, 370; 6:3, 160, 364, 432; from Conococheague Creek to Braddock Road, 2:17; by Ross's mill, 2:311; wagon road from Winchester to Edwards's, 3:40; Vestal's Gap road, 3:69; new road to Hogue Creek, 3:123; to be built from Enoch's to Ashby's fort, 3:244, 246; only road suitable for artillery, 3:422; from North Carolina, 4:6-7; wagon road from Winchester to Fort Cumberland, 4:48, 146-47, 149, 223-24; to Pennsylvania, 4:182; from Winchester to Watkins's ferry, 4:183; from Shippensburg to Ohio country, 4:236; Indian road said to be built near Fort Augusta, 4:251, 292; Raystown road, 4:257, 258, 260; Back Road from Colchester to Alexandria, 5:78; Forbes Road, 5:119-20, 199, 210, 247, 258-59, 266-67, 272, 297-98, 312, 315, 316, 319-22, 324, 354-61, 364-65, 370-71, 397, 404-6, 426; 6:3, 24, 30-31, 33, 34, 53, 59, 78, 79, 88, 94, 99, 100, 103-4, 129-30, 132-34, 135, 136-37, 138, 148-50, 152, 154; from Fort Frederick to Fort Cumberland, 5:119-20, 234, 247, 251-52, 268-69, 272-73, 287, 296; from Shippensburg to Raystown, 5:119-20, 426; from Philadelphia Road to Fort Frederick, 5:149; wagon road from Winchester to South Branch, 5:158, 161, 245, 394; from Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania) to Raystown, 5:199, 247, 248-49, 344; 6:21; from Fort Cumberland to Raystown, 5:209, 247, 251, 264, 267-68, 273, 280-82, 286-87, 296, 325-26, 344-47, 358, 370, 377; 6:3, 33; from Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania) to Fort Lyttleton (Pennsylvania), 5:209; from Fort Loudoun (Virginia) to Pearsals, 5:235, 257; from Carlisle to Fort Frederick, 5:247, 252; from Carlisle to Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), 5:247; from Shippensburg to Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), 5:248; from Fort Lyttleton (Pennsylvania) to Raystown, 5:252; from Fort Frederick to Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), 5:344; from salt lick to Loyalhanna, 5:396, 429; trader's path from Raystown to Forks of the Ohio, 5:396; from Carlisle to Raystown, 5:440; 6:35, 133; from Braddock Road to salt lick, 6:3; Frankstown Path, 6:33; from Fort Cumberland road to Shawnee Cabins road, 6:33; from Juniata road to Fort Cumberland, 6:33; from Raystown to Frankstown, 6:33; great road leading to Juniata, 6:33; Warrior's Path from Raystown to Frankstown, 6:33; from Frankstown to Forks of the Ohio, 6:35; "New Shawnees" road, 6:66; "Old Shawnesse" road, 6:66; Warrior's Path, 6:66; old trading path from Carlisle to Ohio country, 6:133; old trading path from Carlisle to Forks of the Ohio, 6:150; alternate trading path, 6:153; old trading path, 6:153; Carolina Road, 6:182; Colchester Road, 6:182; junction of Carolina and Colchester roads, 6:182; from Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, 6:182-83, 191; from Mount Vernon to Fredericksburg, 6:199; Leesburg road, 6:417; from Alexandria to the Shenandoah Valley, 6:458; Indian Creek Road, 10:92; old wagon road from Winchester to Fort Cumberland, 3:92, 121, 163; from Wills Creek to the Monongahela, 1:76
Roan, John, 6:426; and Custis estate, 6:219, 252, 256, 266, 311-12, 376, 427, 446; 7:108, 110; account with, 7:104
Roanoke Creek, 5:91
Roanoke River, 2:140; 3:229; 4:10; 5:194
Robert, Joseph, 6:46
Robert (Dunker), 5:61
Robert and James Donald, 4:173
Roberts, ---- (father of Butts Roberts), 3:379
Roberts, ---- (officer), 10:372, 373
Roberts, ---- (ordinary keeper), 7:210
Roberts, Abner, 8:112
Roberts, Butts, 3:356-57, 378-79
Roberts, Eliab, 8:112, 222
Roberts, Francis, 3:306-7; 4:389
Roberts, John, 8:222, 223, 363
Roberts, Joseph, 3:257; 5:341
Roberts, Lemuel, 7:212
Roberts, Mary, 9:253
Roberts, Owen, 7:105
Roberts, Owen (died c.1775), 7:109
Roberts, Owen (died c.1780), 7:109
Roberts, William, 5:340; 9:253; 10:279; agreement with Lund Washington, 8:395; id., 8:396; accounts with, 8:405, 431, 474, 522, 531, 556; 9:53, 58, 112, 132, 152, 167, 252, 316, 317, 395, 463; 10:40, 41, 140, 194, 317, 362; and millstones for Mount Vernon, 8:516-17; house built for, 8:557; hired as miller, 9:156; his apprentice, 9:397; 10:196; disagreement with Edward Snickers, 10:331-32
Roberts, William, Jr., 5:340
Robertson, Andrew, 8:145
Robertson, James, 6:146, 147, 454, 455
Roberts's ordinary, 7:212
"Robin": letters to: from GW, 1:40-41
Robin (slave; Anthony Bacon's and Fielding Lewis's), 7:315
Robin (slave; Dogue Run), 7:366, 443, 516; 8:104, 220, 356, 479; 9:54, 238; 10:137
Robin (slave; Home farm), 7:305, 313
Robin (slave; Mill farm), 7:377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 356, 479; 9:55
Robin (slave; River farm), 7:139, 228, 305, 313; 9:238; 10:137
Robin (slave; Samuel Buckner's), 7:305
Robinson, ----: GW buys flat from, 7:385
Robinson, ---- (Mrs.), 7:105
Robinson, ---- (widow), 4:425, 426
Robinson, Andrew, 7:104, 107, 385; 8:78, 322, 323, 441; 9:132
Robinson, Archibald, 6:61
Robinson, Beverley, 4:370; 5:15, 137, 187, 294; 6:9; 7:188, 207, 216, 217-18, 225; and provisions, 2:7; id., 2:8, 323; 3:287; 5:16, 99; 6:10; 7:156; and meeting with GW, 2:304; GW visits, 4:116; 5:128; and Joseph Chew, 4:116, 366; 5:93; marriage of, 5:99; purchases goods for GW, 7:156; letters from: to GW, 3:285-89, 385-86; 4:367-68; 5:98-99, 128-29, 190 letters to: from GW, 3:199; 5:111, 113, 148; 7:155-56, 217-18. See also Errata
Robinson, Christopher, 3:38; 4:382, 384
Robinson, James (builder), 9:395
Robinson, James (soldier), 3:253, 259; 4:277
Robinson, John (carpenter), 3:123, 306-7
Robinson, John (deserter), 3:123
Robinson, John (in Adam Stephen's company), 3:123
Robinson, John (killed at Vause's fort), 3:435
Robinson, John (of Fairfax), 7:381
Robinson, John, Jr. (planter), 3:123, 306-7
Robinson, John (sailor), 3:123
Robinson, John (thief), 3:136, 230
Robinson, John (treasurer), 1:74, 257, 303; 2:200, 201, 296, 323, 352; 3:46, 287, 375; 4:50, 384; 6:371; 7:122, 314, 435; 9:458; 10:35; id., 1:113, 175-76, 257; 2:8; 3:8; 4:18, 390; 5:434; 7:274; as treasurer, 1:357; 2:7, 31, 203, 214; 3:103, 357, 376, 421; 4:66, 71, 72, 99, 149, 190, 236-37, 244, 268, 273, 283, 284, 293, 304, 311, 355, 368; 5:83; 7:11, 104, 335; 9:390; and appointment of commissary, 2:105; as speaker of the house, 3:38, 95, 353; 4:100, 147-48; 6:372; and lead mine, 3:58; and draftees, 3:201; and militia, 3:232; courtship of, 3:352; and supplies, 3:359-60, 361; and enlistment of servants, 3:404; and Virginia-Centinel No. X, 3:436, 437; and address from officers, 4:21-22; family of, 5:16; 7:156, 218; relations with GW, 5:44, 172; 7:121; death of, 5:196; as guardian of Custis children, 6:203, 208, 211-12, 213, 214; and Custis estate, 6:254, 255, 261, 274, 276, 379; 7:91; 8:200; marriage of, 6:381; and Philip Johnson, 6:426; 7:108; and Thomas Moore, 6:435, 474; and Dunbar suit, 6:436; appoints GW to committee, 7:20; tobacco lost on ship, 7:141-42, 189; and Dismal Swamp, 7:271, 272, 273, 315, 336; 8:50, 454, 455; slaves of, 7:305; lends public funds to friends, 7:469, 480; and Bernard Moore, 8:26, 427; 9:44, 379; Martha Washington's debt to, 8:42-43; his plantation manager, 8:576; his estate, 9:46, 399; and Pleasant Hill, 9:375-79, 385-86, 388, 426-27, 428, 481; and Romancoke land, 9:378, 402, 428; letters from: to GW, 1:209-10; 2:34, 218-19, 303-4, 329; 3:12-13, 87-88, 365-71; 4:28-29, 62, 74-75, 248-51, 274-75, 315-16; 5:43-44; 6:124-25, 435; letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:196; from GW, 1:219-20, 220, 254-57, 257; 2:32-34, 85-86, 203-4, 337-39; 3:6-8, 15-17, 48-52, 62-64, 323-33; 4:11-18, 67-69, 174-75, 198-99, 287-90; 5:33-34, 172, 432-34
Robinson, John Chiswell, 7:218
Robinson, Joseph (of Fairfax County), 7:381
Robinson, Mary (Polly), 7:218
Robinson, Michael, 7:9; 8:454, 455, 531
Robinson, Michael, Jr., 9:117, 118
Robinson, Nicholas, 1:22
Robinson, Peter, 7:59, 60, 156, 218
Robinson, Richard, 9:224
Robinson, Samuel, 3:253, 258; 4:276, 277
Robinson, Simon, 3:256, 306-7; 4:389; 6:89
Robinson, Susanna, 7:218
Robinson, Susanna Chiswell, 7:218
Robinson, Susannah Philipse, 4:116, 365; 5:98, 128, 187, 294; 6:9; 7:155; id., 2:323; 5:99; 6:10; 7:156; marriage of, 5:129
Robinson, Sir Thomas: letters to: from Robert Dinwiddie, 1:175, 224; 2:286; from Horatio Sharpe, 1:227; 2:178-79; from Edward Braddock, 1:260, 264, 300; from William Shirley, 1:260
Robinson, William, 7:430
Robinson Crusoe, 6:287
Robson, William, 7:75, 77, 81, 124, 153, 155
Rochefort (France), 5:43, 69-70
Rochester, John Wilmot, second earl of, 6:292
Rockahock plantation, 6:218; 7:427; 8:126, 585, 588-89; 9:258
Rock Creek (Maryland), 2:35; 4:324-25; 7:513
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, second marquis of, 8:7
Rockwood (dog), 8:406, 407
Rocky Ridge, 8:194
Rodgers, Benjamin, 2:181
Rodgers, John, 10:357
Rodgers, Richard (of Amelia County), 4:42
Rodgers' tavern, 10:357
Roe, John, 2:154, 155; 3:133, 135, 270, 272
Roe (Rowe), Godfrey, 2:53, 54, 289, 306, 307; 3:289
Roger (slave; Augustine Washington's), 7:172
Roger (slave; Bullskin plantation), 6:421
Roger (slave; Great House plantation), 8:587
Roger (slave; Harlow's plantation), 8:590
Roger (slave; New Kent County), 6:220
Roger (slave; York County), 6:229
Rogers, ----, 9:78, 79
Rogers, Edward, 5:341
Rogers, Owen, 1:30
Rogers, Richard (artificer), 3:189, 190
Rogers, Richard (clerk), 6:436, 437
Rogers, Robert, 3:286-87, 288; 4:177, 178
Rogers, William, 7:381; 8:144, 145
Rogers (ship), 7:124, 307, 455, 456; 8:6
Rohr, Charles. See Rhor, Charles
Rollins (Rawlings), Stephen, 3:207-8, 209, 211-12, 214
"Rollin's Ancient History," 7:168
Rollins's ordinary, 3:207-8, 209, 214
Romae antiquae notitiae, 6:293
Romaine (Romine), Peter, 9:505
Romancoke, 9:375-79, 383, 385-86, 389-90, 401-2, 426, 427-29, 458, 479, 481; 10:22, 84
The Roman history, 6:285
Rooke, Richard, 7:125
Rootes, John, 5:268, 283; 6:32; 9:477-78, 502
Rootes, Thomas Reade, 7:217
Rosa (slave; Samuel Washington's), 7:173
Rose, Alexander, 9:436; 10:28, 29
Rose, Charles, 5:75; 6:367, 368; 8:80
Rose, Hugh, 1:78, 80
Rose, John, 4:281
Rose (ship), 1:229; 2:208
Rose (slave, girl; New Kent County), 6:220
Rose (slave; Martha Parke Custis's maid), 6:282
Rose (slave; Rockahock plantation), 8:589
Rosegill, 6:199; 7:286
Rose Hill (Fairfax County), 6:370, 379; 9:179, 412
Rosewell, 7:235, 280; 9:477
Ross, ---- (doctor), 6:434
Ross, ---- (Mrs.), 7:336
Ross, ---- (Mrs. Ross's daughter), 7:336
Ross, ---- (ship captain), 7:405; 10:186
Ross, ---- (upholsterer), 10:160
Ross, Alexander (of Maryland), 7:465-66
Ross, Alexander (Scotsman), 9:309
Ross, Charles, 6:36
Ross, David, 4:357; 8:528; and provisions for troops, 2:199; 3:290, 302; 4:198, 255, 256-57, 266, 297, 304, 397, 408, 422, 429; 5:13, 27, 40, 58, 60, 360; id., 2:200; 3:291; 4:399; 8:181; and Cherokee, 4:229; accounts, 5:21; 8:363; 9:225; and roads to Fort Duquesne, 5:356; and Potomac navigation, 7:177; servant bought from, 7:240, 462; and nonimportation, 8:177-78, 180, 182; and Antietam forge, 8:290, 291, 522; 9:441; and John Semple, 8:294, 425, 431, 442; and Vandalia, 8:367; and George Young, 9:440, 450-51, 452-53; letters from: to GW, 4:253, 428-29; letters to: from GW, 4:259-60, 399
Ross, George, 4:399, 428; 5:338; 7:381
Ross, Hector, 7:381; 8:461; 10:270; accounts with, 7:1, 441, 452, 495; 8:140, 243, 266, 267, 362, 376, 436, 453, 456, 457, 460, 527, 528; 9:20, 35, 36, 126, 127, 132, 134, 231; 10:78, 168, 317; id., 7:7; and Daniel Seaton, 7:219; and GW's parish levy, 7:452; his blacksmith, 7:478; tobacco sold to, 8:50, 52, 141; and John Posey's debts, 8:211, 214, 216, 249, 252, 253-54, 269, 363, 470, 472; and John Augustine Washington, 8:454; note from Philip Richard Francis Lee, 10:36; and Delaware lottery, 10:240, 252; and bloomery, 10:284; letters to: from GW, 8:254-57
Ross, John (of Maryland), 1:217
Ross, John (of Philadelphia), 10:316, 318, 369, 370; letters from: to Robert Adam, 9:520
Ross, John (of Prince George County), 4:41
Rossbach (Saxony), 5:99
Ross's mill, 2:288; 3:244, 246
Rotherham plow, 7:358, 359, 387
Round Bottom tract (on Ohio River), 8:514; 9:135, 335, 482, 483; 10:36, 42, 46-48, 53-54, 55, 79, 93, 162, 183
Round Hill, 5:394
Rousby Hall (Maryland), 1:51; 7:442
Rouser (dog), 9:68-69
Rover's Delight, 5:439; 8:256-57; 9:53, 54
Rowan, Charles, 6:47
Rowe, George, 10:180
Rowe, Godfrey. See Roe, Godfrey
Rowe, N., 6:298
Rowell, Jacob, 4:332-33
Rowley, William, Jr., 4:280, 281
Roy, James, 4:207, 219, 220, 329, 345, 391; 5:109, 142, 162-63, 170-71; 6:118; id., 2:232; 5:24; appointments and assignments, 2:243, 280, 281, 305, 311; 3:157, 251, 389, 391, 428; 4:205, 206, 208, 432; 5:24, 144; on courts of inquiry, 2:255; 4:207; 5:162-63; criticizes Griffin Pert, 4:202; and councils of war, 4:219, 220; 5:109, 142, 170-71; and Indians, 5:22, 23, 24-25, 26; pay for, 5:215; address to GW, 6:178-81; letters from: to GW, 4:18-22, 151; letters to: from GW, 5:24-25
Roy, Mungo, 2:232; 6:437
Roy, Wiley, 10:40, 77, 79, 105, 139, 279, 280
Royal American Regiment (60th Regiment; 62d Regiment of Foot), 2:321; 4:416; 6:118; recruitment for, 3:285, 313-14, 319, 417, 424-25, 426; 4:40, 45-46, 48, 52, 54, 58, 100, 102, 114, 121, 336-38, 424; ordnance for, 4:159-61, 167, 168; 6:113; to serve in South Carolina, 4:161, 177, 372-74; batmen in, 4:176; to aid Fort Loudoun, 4:228; desertions in, 4:415; officers of, 5:5, 19, 36, 119, 123-24, 137, 149, 294, 295, 319, 377, 379, 381-82, 383, 396; 6:9, 96, 104, 143, 188-89, 364, 413, 470; and Virginia frontier, 5:43; paymaster of, 5:92; and Loudoun's proposed expedition, 5:99; and Forbes campaign, 5:119; 6:89, 95, 100-101, 110, 120; at Ticonderoga, 5:295; at Fort Frontenac, 6:9-10; on Grant's expedition, 6:15, 38-40, 41, 44; casualties of, 6:40, 52-53, 96, 143; in Archibald Montgomery's brigade, 6:125; engineers with, 6:130; returns of, 6:143; to garrison Pittsburgh, 6:189, 360. See also individual names
Royal Artillery, 6:118; and Forbes campaign, 6:54, 59, 66, 70, 79-80, 83-84, 87, 93, 95, 101, 107, 126, 158; officers of, 6:54, 56; wagons of, 6:84, 106; and damage to roads, 6:94; orders to, 6:113, 126, 148; and axes, 6:153; at Pittsburgh garrison, 6:360. See also individual names
Royal Engineers, 6:107, 115, 363, 467. See also individual names
The Royal English Grammar, 6:299
Royal Highland Regiment. See 42d Regiment of Foot
The royal mistresses of France, 6:290
Royal Welsh Volunteers, 6:88. See also individual names
Royal William (ship), 5:128
Royston, Ann, 1:31
Royston, Richard Wiatt, 1:31
Rozer, Eleanor Neale, 9:51
Rozer (Rozier), Henry, 6:480-81; 7:107, 110, 236, 416-17, 512; 8:146-47, 153; 9:50-51
Rubble (Ruble), Ulrich, 5:341
Ruby (ship), 1:217; 5:288
Ruddle, Stephen, 1:29
Ruddle (Riddle), Cornelius, 4:13, 18; 5:341
"Rudimans Grammer," 7:301
"Rudiman's Rudiments," 9:367
Ruffin, Robert: and ferry, 1:283; 8:582; account with, 8:192, 266, 329, 442; 9:19, 20, 21, 30, 45, 189; 10:40, 105; buys hogs, 8:582; buys Sweet Hall, 8:582; 9:425, 426
Ruffin's ferry, 1:283; 8:329; 9:426
The rule and exercises of holy living, 6:287
"Rules . . . of Civility, & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation," 1:2, 3, 4
Rumney, William: account with, 7:439, 440, 496, 499; 8:70, 169, 204, 376, 454, 461; 9:54, 367, 370; 10:104; fox hunting, 8:118; id., 8:121, 322; at Mount Vernon, 8:185; practices medicine, 8:321; and Colvill estate, 9:53; and Fairfax Committee, 10:128; and Fairfax Independent Company, 10:173, 191
Rush, Sarah, 7:28, 325, 326
Rusin, John, 7:381
Russe, ----: GW at his ferry, 8:41
Russel (ship), 6:450
Russell, ----: leads armed men, 8:514
Russell, Ann Lee, 6:451
Russell, Anthony, 8:210
Russell, George, 8:176
Russell, Henry, 4:207, 219, 220, 329; 5:142; 6:95; and militia, 3:91; appointments and assignments, 3:250, 251, 254, 255, 428; 4:202, 205, 206, 208, 432; 5:124, 144; criticizes Griffin Pert, 4:202; pay for, 5:215; address to GW, 6:178-81; letters from: to GW, 3:454-56
Russell, James, 6:449, 451; 7:65, 398; 8:11, 12, 209-10, 315-16, 412-13
Russell, William (captain; 1735-1793), 3:68-69, 99, 106-7; 9:514, 516; 10:71, 152, 261, 361-62, 365-66, 372
Russell, William (colonel; d. 1757), 3:69; 6:4, 5
Russell, William (of Frederick County), 5:334
Russell, William (of York County), 10:40, 42
Russell (Russel), William (doctor), 6:105, 106, 116
Russe's ferry, 8:41
Russia Merchant (ship), 6:269, 270, 414, 448, 450, 459, 472, 473; 7:63
Rust, Thomas, 7:28
Rust & Dowson, 7:31
Ruth (slave), 5:418
Ruth (slave; Muddy Hole), 6:428; 7:45, 139
Ruth (slave; River farm), 7:228, 313, 377, 443, 516; 8:104, 221, 357, 479; 9:55, 238; 10:137
Rutherford, ---- (captain), 5:319
Rutherford, Benjamin, 1:29
Rutherford, John, 1:149, 173, 175, 212, 214, 266, 295; 5:294, 295, 319
Rutherford, Robert, 2:234, 235; 3:43; 4:420; 5:336; 10:306-7, 308; id., 2:37, 199-200; 3:9, 422; 7:296; military appointments and assignments, 2:199, 223; 3:230, 420; 5:5, 238; and military supplies, 2:222, 223; 3:285; 4:34, 37, 41, 51, 71, 104, 195, 357, 409, 422-23; 5:116; and survey for fort, 2:287; and James Livingston, 3:230, 387, 391; funds for, 3:231; as a commissary, 4:26, 27; 5:2; and his rangers, 4:27; 5:19, 26, 39, 40, 43, 58, 60, 140, 141, 157, 160, 202, 229, 242, 250, 253, 254, 306, 308, 350-52, 394, 445; 6:76; accounts with, 4:45, 47, 421; 7:295, 298; military instructions to, 4:57, 71, 181, 211; and recruiting, 5:2; his returns, 5:4, 5; and John St. Clair, 5:150-51; illness of, 5:220, 221; criticized, 5:255; praises GW, 5:352-53; and deserters, 5:393; his mill, 7:415; borrows money, 8:192, 363, 364; and sale of bloomery, 9:449; 10:97; and bounty lands, 10:2; and meeting at Raleigh Tavern, 10:99-100; and James Stewart's spinning machine, 10:218; and Potomac River navigation, 10:345, 353; letters from: to GW, 5:57-58, 205-6, 255, 305-6, 330-31, 352-53; letters to: from GW, 2:275; 5:239, 350; from George Mercer, 2:341-42, 342, 350; 3:9
Rutherford, Thomas, 2:199; 3:36, 41, 74; 5:133; 6:23, 24; land of, 1:27, 47; survey for, 1:28; id., 1:48; 2:94, 94-95; 3:43, 295, 338; 5:221; and supplies, 2:244; and rangers, 3:38, 337; illness of, 3:294; and militia, 3:313, 359; military service, 4:205-6; and Indians, 4:206; agent for Christopher Gist, 5:134; and brother's payroll, 5:220; account, 5:252; and wagons, 5:445; as a commissary, 6:14; and escort duty, 6:26, 27; GW recommends as surveyor, 9:474, 487; letters to: from GW, 2:243
Rutherford, William, 9:486, 487
Rutherfurd, John, 2:284, 286
Ryan, Daniel, 4:41
Ryan, John (Crow), 8:243
Ryder, Richard, 6:481
Ryley, John, 4:280, 281
Ryley, Peter, 7:381
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