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Whiskey Rebellion blamed on,
67

See also
states' rights

Reynolds, William,
211

rheumatism

Dolly Madison suffering from,
126
,
137
–
38

James Madison suffering from,
32
,
80
,
313
,
314
,
346

Payne Todd suffering from,
320

Rice, David,
334

Richmond, VA, crime in,
130
–
31

“Rip Van Winkle” (Irving),
172

Rives, Judith Walker,
311
,
356

Rives, William,
352

Roberts, Jonathan,
286

Roberts, Matilda,
31

Robertson, Donald,
61

Rodgers, John,
218

Rodney, Caesar,
188
–
89
,
217

Rose, Frances (Madison) “Fanny” (James's sister),
49
,
308

Rose, Robert,
49

Rule of Council.
See
Orders of Council (1756)

Rumsey, James,
198

Rush, Benjamin,
193

Rush, Kitty,
310

Rush, Richard,
237
,
244
,
246
–
47
,
251
–
52
,
253
,
261
,
300
,
343
,
365

Russell, Mr.,
318

Russia and the War of 1812,
228
,
248

Rutledge, Edward,
46

St. James church in Washington, DC,
367

St. Mary's Seminary, Payne Todd attending,
318

Santo Domingo,
112
,
113
,
115
,
118
,
120

Yellow Fever in,
117

Sarah (slave),
359

Sawney (slave),
50
,
329

Scott, Maria,
310

Scott, Winfield,
261

Seaton, Sarah Gales,
174
,
226
,
241

secession movements

in New England,
277
–
78
,
279

in South because of slavery,
339

Sedgwick, Theodore,
68

Sedition Act.
See
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

Serrurier, M.,
229
,
246
,
263

Seven Years' War,
62

Seward, William,
363

Shattuck, George,
267

Sioussat, Jean Pierre,
22
,
23
,
24
,
171
,
364

“Six Buildings,”
76
,
86

slaves and slavery,
301

antislavery movement,
333
,
334
–
35
,
338
,
343

concept of a farm collective,
336
–
37

and Edward Coles,
250
,
332
,
338
–
39

and George Washington,
329
,
333

increase in numbers of runaway slaves,
169

and the Madisons,
329
–
43

Dolley adding slaves after James's death,
350
,
358

Dolley selling the slaves with Montpelier,
358
–
59

Dolley's views on slavery,
169
,
340
–
42

financial cost to,
342
–
43
,
346
,
358
–
59

James meeting with abolitionist while president,
334
–
35

James's views on slavery,
301
–
302
,
330
–
31
,
336
,
343

James urging for a western colony in the United States for freed slaves,
330

James wanting gradual emancipation,
337

Lafayette scolding Madison about ownership of,
303
–
304

owning slaves,
50
,
169
,
269
,
274
,
303
–
304
,
339
,
340

Payne Todd's attitude,
341
,
364

politics concerning,
329
–
30

slave insurrections in America,
341
–
42

slave revolt in Haiti,
169

and Thomas Jefferson,
336

calling for gradual emancipation of slaves,
330

continuing to own slaves,
331

relationship with Sally Hemings,
135
,
154
,
332

three-fifths rule

in Constitution,
330

New England secession movement against,
277

and the new Virginia constitution,
302

smallpox, George Washington's efforts to save Americans from,
33
–
34

Smith, Alexander,
177
–
78

Smith, James,
23
–
24

Smith, Margaret Bayard,
24
,
29
,
32
,
51
,
71
–
72
,
93
,
97
,
98
,
103
,
104
,
108
,
127
,
151
–
52
,
153
,
269
–
70
,
279
,
296
,
297
,
311
–
12
,
360
,
362

Smith, Robert,
143
,
170
,
212

Smith, Samuel Harrison (journalist),
103
–
104
,
128
,
145
,
169
,
174
,
219
,
311
–
12

Smith, Samuel (senator),
68
,
143
,
170
,
208
–
209

Smith, Walter,
27

smuggling,
136
,
265
–
66

Smyth, Alexander,
255

Snowden, John,
54

snuff,
175

Society of Friends.
See
Quakers

sociopath, Payne Todd as a probable,
319

Sons of Liberty,
62

Spain

and Britain,
136
,
188

and Cuba,
187
,
210

and Florida,
83
,
119
,
123
,
210

and New Orleans,
112
–
13
,
114
,
117
,
120
,
159

United States wanting strong alliance with,
159

Sparks, Jared,
351

Spotswood, George Washington,
360

Stabler, Deborah,
231

Stamp Act,
62

Stark, John,
217

“Star-Spangled Banner, The” (Key),
265

State Department

impact of Louisiana Purchase,
123

importance of in Washington administration,
111

James Madison appointing Robert Smith in 1809,
170

James Madison serving as Jefferson's secretary of state,
80
,
81
–
82
,
84
,
86
,
87
,
90
,
96
,
98
,
101
,
105
–
116
,
125
–
29
,
156
,
159
–
60

embargo of Britain,
133
–
39

handling the attack on the USS
Chesapeake
,
146
–
47

reading of Madison's papers in Congress,
148

James Madison wanting Gallatin to be secretary of state,
169
–
70

James Monroe as secretary of state for Madison,
171
,
212
–
13
,
219
,
245

Jefferson serving as Washington's secretary of state,
111

states' rights,
44
–
45
,
57
,
67
,
83
,
135
,
147
,
148
,
221
,
223
,
253
–
54
,
288

Jefferson calling for conventions to settle disputes between states and federal government,
300

and Whiskey Rebellion,
66

steamships,
197
–
98
,
235

Stelle, Pontius,
77

Steptoe, Lucy (Payne) (Dolley's sister),
35

Stevenson, Andrew,
348

Stevenson, George,
178

Stevenson, Sarah (Coles) “Sally” (Dolley's cousin),
285
–
86
,
302
,
324
,
331

Story, Joseph,
138
,
178
,
225

Stuart, Gilbert,
22

Sukey (Dolley's servant),
22
,
171
,
341
,
347

Supreme Court,
44
,
142
,
154
,
165
,
235
,
241
,
281
,
285
,
293
,
300
,
367

Swift Run Turnpike Company,
307

Talleyrand, Charles,
120
–
21

Tayloe, James,
79

Tayloe, John,
281
,
338

Tayloe family,
24

Taylor, Hubbard,
47
,
314

Taylor, James,
236

Taylor, John,
171

Taylor, W. H.,
339

Texas,
123

Thornton, Anna,
51
,
54
–
55
,
177
,
223
–
24
,
268
,
270
,
273
,
274
,
360
,
362

Thornton, William,
30
,
76
,
86
,
101
,
173
,
176
,
280
,
286

three-fifths rule for counting slaves

in Constitution,
330

New England secession movement against,
277

and the new Virginia constitution,
302

“Timolean” (a.k.a. George Stevenson),
178

Tingey, Thomas,
94

Todd, Dolley (Payne).
See
Madison, Dolley

Todd, James (Dolley's brother-in-law),
36

Todd, James (son of Dolley's niece),
359
–
60

Todd, John (first husband of Dolley),
34
–
35
,
36
,
40

Todd, Lucy.
See
Washington, Lucy (Payne) (Dolley's sister)

Todd, Lucy (Dolley's niece),
357
,
359
,
361
,
362

Todd, Payne (Dolley's son),
40
,
41
,
50
,
53
,
96
,
234
,
268
,
270
,
296
,
306

behavior after James Madison's death,
349
–
55
,
359

deciding to replicate James Madison's personality,
363
–
64

wanting Dolley to will everything to him,
366

causing problems for James and Dolley,
110
–
11
,
127
,
129
,
315
–
16
,
317
–
28

death of in 1852,
367

Dolley's efforts to match him with young women,
305
,
321
,
322

encouraging Dolley to grow tobacco,
349

going to Europe and Russia,
249
,
318
,
319
,
320
–
21

not fit to serve as consul to Liverpool, England,
351

owing money,
317
,
318
,
323
–
24
,
325
–
26
,
327
,
328
,
341
,
354
,
365
–
66

as a probable sociopath,
319

returning to family in 1812,
247
–
48

trying silkworm farming,
321
,
325

Todd, Thomas,
235
,
236
,
270
,
308

Todd, William (Dolley's son),
35

Toddsberth,
321
,
323
,
325
,
358
,
359
,
366

growth of after James Madison's death,
350
–
51

marble quarry on,
350

See also
Orange County, VA

Tompkins, Daniel,
255

Treasury Department, destruction of during War of 1812,
29
–
30
,
279

Tripoli, invasion of,
129
,
288

Trumbull, Jonathan,
50

Tucker, George,
351
–
52

turbans, Dolley Madison wearing,
72
,
73
,
94
,
97
,
151
,
175
,
177
,
178
–
79
,
208
,
226
,
227
,
241
,
296
,
304
,
358
,
360
,
361

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