1To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 29 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
...along which we have passed is one of the most interesting in Italy. In agriculture it is rich. The productions are grass, Indian corn, wheat, vines, mulberry trees and in one small part olive trees. The water is disposed of as you observed it in the Milanoes to the greatest possible advantage, and in various ways as the country is alternately flat and mountainous. Throughout every part of...
2To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 23 December 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
P.S. I forgot to mention that the first olive trees on our journey except those on the Lago di garda mentioned in my letter from Venise, were at a place called St. Archangelo about 2½ leagues beyond Rimini. They did not become general until we passed Ancona....
3To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 11 February 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
...that still hung on them. Notwithstanding the hardness of this uncommon winter, the sides of the road were strewed with flowers as in the spring. The Aloe grows spontaneously in many places along the road. Some forests of olive trees looked more like forests of oaks
4To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 3 April 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
On the road between Toulon and this place were the only olive trees that we observed killed by the cold. The appearance of the crops by no means as bad as generally reported. We have been witness to much fermentation in the villages through which we passed. We were at Toulon...
5To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 18 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
...not heard either of M. Vernon’s having embarked for America. The last account I recieved was of his being at Bordeaux. I hope he has gone long before this. M. Cathalan informs me he has sent the olive trees to America.
6To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 17 July 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
...side a total of 9,994₶-6, of which 9,405₶ were received “pour un portrait de brillants.” Debits amounting to 7,284₶8 included 1,680₶ for the President’s champagne; 222₶ to Cathalan for olive trees; 1200₶ to Tolozan and 800₶ to Sequeville; 2,500₶ to Fenwick for wines; 282₶-8 to Delamotte for expenses on TJ’s carriages, transportation, and duty on the champagne; and 120₶“to Houdon for...