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An associate in the Philadelphia firm of Willing, Morris & Swanwick informs William Short that he has been sent a bill of exchange for 4,750 livres tournois, which is all the money received from Benjamin Harrison, Short's financial manager, on his account since his departure for France. 

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Reel 1, Papers of WS, LOC

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John Swanwick to William Short, 27 July 1785. The Papers of William Short digital edition, eds. Monica Henry and Marty D. Matthews. Columbia: University of South Carolina, McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, Institute for Southern Studies, 2026.