161From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 23 March 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
My last private letter to you was of Jan. 3. Your private letters of Sep. 15. Oct. 22. Nov. 2. Nov. 20. Nov. 30. and Dec. 18. have been received and shall be attended. Particular answers cannot be hazarded by this conveyance. But on one circumstance it is so necessary to put you on your guard that I must take and give you the trouble of applying to our cypher Be cautious in your letters to the...
162From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 16 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
There being a Vessel in port ready to sail for Amsterdam, I take the opportunity to enclose you triplicates of my letters of the 13th Ultimo and 1st instant, and to note to you that I have directed the Treasurer to draw upon our Commissioners at Amsterdam for one hundred thousand guilders, in addition to the sums mentioned in my letter of the 25th of July. This I have done in consequence of a...
163From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 27 May 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
A periodical headach has put it out of my power for near a month to attend to any business, or correspondence public or private, and such is my present situation that, favorable as the opportunity is by Mr. Crevecoeur, I had not meant to venture to write to you. But the receipt of yours of Mar. 25. has decided me to try it. On my arrival in Virginia, as there was a vessel just sailing for...
164From Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 16 October 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
Your private letters unacknoleged have been of Jan. 24. Feb. 29. May 15. July 26 and 27. Mine to you have been of Mar. 18. and Apr. 24. and as there is a probability you have not received them, I have extracted the passages now seeming of any consequence, only adding that the occasion of the caveat against the transfer of your stocks being past, I have withdrawn the caveat. My situation after...
165Enclosure: Gouverneur Morris to William Short, 9 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Paris, July 9, 1792. “I wrote to you a Note on the sixth mentioning the Application of the Minister of the Marine. I have not heard from him since. Probably he is collecting the Accounts for I told the Minister of foreign Affairs that I must have the past Accounts settled before I could undertake any Thing new. At any Rate I shall soon get this Business done unless there be another Over Set in...
166Enclosure: Gouverneur Morris to William Short, 23 July 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Paris, July 23, 1792. “I am favord with yours of the seventeenth.… The History you give of DeWolf proves clearly that his Hopes outrun his Judgment. You are however in a Position to see clearly and I am persuaded that however he may deceive himself he cannot deceive you. It appears to me a fortunate Thing that he cannot undertake for large Sums because his Operations will only stimulate the...