JOHN RHEA

John Rhea (fl. Alexandria, Va., ca. 1792-94) was a singing master. A John Rhea (b. Augusta Co., Va., 1760; married ca. 1785 to Mary de Loach) is mentioned in a Rhea family genealogy as the son of Archibald Rhea II (ca. 1720-74), but not enough information is given there to determine whether he is the musical Rhea. Andrew Law found Rhea a rival when he taught singing in Alexandria (1792). Rhea corresponded with Timothy Swan in 1793-94.

          Crawford 1968, p. 82-83; Rhea 1968, p. 9-10; Swan Papers have letters, John Rhea in Alexandria, Va., to Timothy Swan, 12 March 1793, 27 Jan. 1794-

          See No. 452.

ASMI p. 525