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A friend of William Short updates him on political, legal, and cultural events in Virginia and the backcounty, relays information about relations between Virginia and Maryland, and discusses British debt.

A friend of William Short relays news from home and asks Short to compare France to Virginia.

A friend of William Short relays news from home, including health issues, Virginia politics, and foreign relations, and he compares the culture of America with Europe.

A friend updates William Short on events in the United States, in particular relating to the Episcopal clergy, and informs him he has seen his brother Peyton Short and Maj. Thomas Edmunds.

This letter is incomplete; only the last page can be found in the William Short Collection at LOC. The date of the letter is therefore inferred from its place in the microfilm reel. 

A friend in Virginia writes to William Short expressing disappointment at not having heard from him recently, updates him on various local, state and national events, and in a postscript describes an injury he has suffered.

A friend in Virginia writes to Short lamenting the irregularity of their correspondence and discussing recent events in the state.

A friend of William Short describes how he is dealing with grief after his wife's death, the upbringing of his young children, and his return to active life.