Documents

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

A college friend describes his health problems on his journey from Lyon to Amsterdam.

A friend and fellow Phi Beta Kappa member discusses his relationship with a married woman and news about acquaintances in common.

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 mentor of William Short relays news from Virginia and America.

A college friend writes about mutual acquaintances he and William Short have in France and Virginia, and he encourages Short to embark on romantic adventures.

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William Short writes to an unknown person and describes events in Europe and Virginia, including his hopes for the abolition of slavery. This incomplete letter is perhaps the first instance of Short expressing his hopes for an end to slavery.

A physician friend discusses social and political events in Virginia and inquires about William Short adapting to life in France. 

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