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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 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 physician friend informs Short of Dr. James Lyons' return to the United States, discusses the medical profession and events in Virginia.

The secretary of the American legation in London writes to William Short,  discussing letters he has written, book purchases, and Thomas Jefferson's recently injured wrist.

The agent for the United States in The Hague informs William Short that he has received the payment of the second semester of his salary amounting to $650. 

The agent for the United States in The Hague attaches information about the situation in the United Provinces for Congress, in which he also refers to the possible purchase by Dutch bankers of the U.S. debt to France.

Ed. note: This document is the draft in Dumas's letterbook of the letter he wrote to Short on 2 March 1787.

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