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To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 19 July 1804

From William Short

July 19 [1804]

Jeffn. Pr.—ansr. his of 9th—Change as to Barnes—pity no place cd. be found for him &c.—the payments made by B. were March & May—As to the Cahusac, an acct shall be sent &c—as to Laf. & the location, & the idea of his negotiation with an Amer. in business at Paris—plan of Ballston springs & Boston & province of Maine—in winter perhaps to Charleston—the longer I stay here the greater my aversion to leaving it—the advantage of the [invaribility] of Govt. &c. &c.—as to my letter in Jan or Feb. last relative to Price &c—letters here or at Philad. will be sent after me

FC (DLC: Short Papers); partially dated; entirely in Short’s hand, consisting of an entry in his epistolary record. Recorded in SJL as a letter of 22 July received that day from New York.

TJ had helped John Barnes seek employment in Philadelphia (Vol. 40:636-7).

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