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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 201 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 30 May 1813 | 1813-05-30 | I returned from Bedford on the 15 th inst. and have been in the hope of having the pleasure of... |
| 202 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 18 June 1813 | 1813-06-18 | Yours of the 2 d is recieved, and a copy of Higgenbotham’s mortgage is now inclosed. the journey... |
| 203 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 November 1813 | 1813-11-09 | You have heretofore been apprised of a claim of Col o Monroe to a corner of your tract of land on... |
| 204 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 28 January 1814 | 1814-01-28 | I scarcely ever sat down to write a more painful letter than the present. when in Oct. 1812. I... |
| 205 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 23 February 1814 | 1814-02-23 | I am first to thank you for the indulgences of yours of Feb. 6. I believe that by the combined... |
| 206 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 26 March 1814 | 1814-03-26 | In my letter of Feb. 23. I desired you to send me mr Higginbotham ’s rent-note, as well as his... |
| 207 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 17 May 1814 | 1814-05-17 | The bearer mr Rives , the son of one of our wealthiest citizens and of the neighboring county of... |
| 208 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 20 August 1814 | 1814-08-20 | Since my short letter by mr Rives I have to acknolege the reciept of your two favors of June 9. &... |
| 209 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 28 November 1814 | 1814-11-28 | Yours of Oct. 28. came to hand on the 15 th inst. only. the settlement of your boundary with Col... |
| 210 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 25 March 1815 | 1815-03-25 | I was waiting to write to you on the subject of my bonds only until I could recieve an answer to... |
| 211 | Jefferson, Thomas | United States Treasury | Enclosure: Order on United States Treasury, 18 April … | 1815-04-18 | J. B. 4 870 Pay to W m S. or order 10,500 D. in part of the sum of 23,950 D. appropr d by the act... |
| 212 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 18 April 1815 | 1815-04-18 | The departure of the post and my distance from the office leave me barely time to acknolege the... |
| 213 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 15 May 1815 | 1815-05-15 | Your favor of the 3 d finds me just on my departure for Bedford , and I return you therefore the... |
| 214 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 27 June 1815 | 1815-06-27 | We are unlucky in our endeavors to procure a settlement of your boundary. immediately on the... |
| 215 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 15 January 1816 | 1816-01-15 | Of the last 5 months, 4 have been past at Poplar Forest where I am engaged in improvements... |
| 216 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 28 February 1816 | 1816-02-28 | Having procured an appointment for the 21 st inst. the Surveyor , arbitrators, parties (by their... |
| 217 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 7 April 1816 | 1816-04-07 | I have to acknolege your favor of Mar. 14. and will answer it’s several enquiries. le mot de... |
| 218 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 April 1816 | 1816-04-09 | Th:J. to W. Short. The inclosed was omitted by accident to be forwarded to you in my last. it is... |
| 219 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 5 May 1816 | 1816-05-05 | On my return, the day before yesterday, I found here your favor of Apr. 23. and answer without... |
| 220 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 10 August 1816 | 1816-08-10 | Your favor of the 18 th ult. after loitering unaccountably on the road, reached my hands on the... |
| 221 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 14 October 1816 | 1816-10-14 | A circumstance has occurred here which will occasion a drawback of about 30.D. in mr Higgenbotham... |
| 222 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 19 June 1817 | 1817-06-19 | M r Higginbotham having mortgaged to you the lands he purchased as a security for the paiments... |
| 223 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 14 October 1817 | 1817-10-14 | I recieved two days ago your favor of the 5 th and shall be very happy to see Marshal Grouchy... |
| 224 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 29 May 1818 | 1818-05-29 | On the reciept of your favor of the 11 th (which did not come to hand till the 23 d ) I proceeded... |
| 225 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 10 November 1818 | 1818-11-10 | Altho’ become averse to the taking up my pen, I cannot suffer myself to be entirely forgotten by... |
| 226 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 21 December 1818 | 1818-12-21 | The messenger who carried yesterday to the Post-office a copy of our University Report which I... |
| 227 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, [29] June 1819 | 1819-06-29 | Your favor of June 22. is recieved. that of May 25. had come to hand in due time, and was in my... |
| 228 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 31 October 1819 | 1819-10-31 | Your favor of the 21 st is recieved. my late illness, in which you are so kind as to feel an... |
| 229 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 13 April 1820 | 1820-04-13 | Your favor of Mar. 27. is recieved, and my grandaughter Ellen has undertaken to copy the... |
| 230 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 4 August 1820 | 1820-08-04 | I owe you a letter for your favor of June 29. which was recieved in due time, and there being no... |
| 231 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 24 November 1821 | 1821-11-24 | Your welcome favor of the 12 th came to hand two days ago. I was just returned from Poplar Forest... |
| 232 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 19 October 1822 | 1822-10-19 | I have waited for a frost to announce to me your return to winter quarters; and altho’ we have as... |
| 233 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 29 December … | 1822-12-29 | I have duly recieved your favor of the 17 th with it’s kind enquiries as to the state in which my... |
| 234 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 28 March 1823 | 1823-03-28 | From your letter of prophecies I too have caught the spirit of prophecy: for who can withold... |
| 235 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 September … | 1823-09-08 | Your favor of July 28. from Avon came to hand on the 10 th of August and I have delayed answering... |
| 236 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 10 April 1824 | 1824-04-10 | Your favor of Mar. 29. is duly recieved, and I learn from it with great gratification that we are... |
| 237 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 17 May 1824 | 1824-05-17 | I recieved yesterday your favor of the 10 th instant. as soon as the vote of invitation to M. de... |
| 238 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 November 1824 | 1824-11-09 | I recieve your letter of the 2 d while La Fayette is with us. our county has recieved him as... |
| 239 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 January 1825 | 1825-01-08 | I returned the 1 st vol. of Hall by a mail of a week ago and by this shall return the 2 d we have... |
| 240 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 4 April 1825 | 1825-04-04 | Knowing the interest you take in the progress of our University, I will now undertake to give you... |
| 241 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 9 August 1825 | 1825-08-09 | I am still a debtor for your letter of June 27. my health is some excuse, but not quite a... |
| 242 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 14 October 1825 | 1825-10-14 | Your favor of Octob.—has been duly recieved. the information which I have given you from time to... |
| 243 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 15 November … | 1825-11-15 | In my letter of Oct. 14. I gave you an account of the riot we had had at the University, and of... |
| 244 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 3 January 1826 | 1826-01-03 | I am about to ask a friendly office of you which I hope will give you no other trouble than to... |
| 245 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 18 January 1826 | 1826-01-18 | Yours of the 11 th is recieved. those of Nov. 2. and Dec. 14. had been so in due time. I suppose... |
| 246 | Jefferson, Thomas | Short, William | From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 24 March 1826 | 1826-03-24 | My grandson Th: J. Randolph the bearer of this letter is too well known to you to need a letter... |