11From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Skipwith, 4 January 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
Immediately on the receipt of your favor covering Mr. Adams’ letter to you, I wrote to him for such further information as might enable me to instruct an attorney at Baltimore to proceed to recover Mr. Short’s demand against Dr. Griffin. I inclose you his answer. Having Mr. Short’s power of attorney, and this being my first and only information relative to this debt, I wish to proceed against...
12From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Skipwith, 10 April 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I have but a moment before the departure of post to inform you that we learnt from Mr. Morris yesterday the failure of the house of Donald & Burton. Keep it secret if you please, my only object in communicating it being to induce you to go post to Richmond on behalf of our friend Mr. Short and induce Mr. Brown to place all Mr. Short’s paper in the public funds in Mr. Short’s own name. It...
13[From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Skipwith, 7 May 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 7 May 1784 . Entry in SJL immediately below the preceding reads: “H. Skipwith. Do. [valedictory]. Invitation to pass the hot months at Monticello.” Not found.]
14From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Skipwith, 28 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
A long journey has prevented me from writing to any of my friends for some time past. This was undertaken with a view to benefit a dislocated and ill-set wrist by the mineral waters of Aix in Provence. Finding this hope vain, I was led from other views to cross the Alps as far as Turin, Milan, Genoa, to follow the Mediterranean as far as Cette, the canal of Languedoc, the Garonne &c. to Paris....