41To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 12 November 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my return from my Canada expedition I have had the very sincere & great Pleasure of recieving your kind & friendly letter of the 19 th ul to I cannot express to you all the gratification it afforded me to learn from you that your health was perfectly re-established. I still bear a grudge against those waters & that noble bath to which I was before so partial. They made the first serious...
42To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 9 October 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind favor of the 8 th ult o was waiting for me here, & I received & read it with those feelings which I always experience in what comes from you. I am under real obligation for the manner in which you have allowed me to substitute the next summer for this fall. For independently of the full sufficiency I have had of locomotion for the present, another obstacle would have presented itself...
43William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 14 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind letter of July 1 . was rec d by me at Philadelphia , at the moment I was leaving the City. As you mentioned that you were at the same time setting out for Bedford , I percieved that I could without inconvenience postpone my answer until my arrival here—knowing that your letters are not sent after you to Bedford , but await your return to Monticello . The report which you mention...
44To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 18 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have abstained from acknowleging your favor of the 9 th ult o that I might not add to your already too heavy load of correspondence. Your letter however came most opportunely; for it was on the heels of a report which had just reached us the very night before, of your being very ill—Your information as to the imposthume explained the ground of this report, & your relief from it was a great...