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.
The Commander of the Regiment of Deux-Ponts in the Army of Rochambeau during the American Revolution writes to William Short a friendly letter indicating he had returned home from a trip to Germany, asks about friends in Virginia, and urges Short to consider him a fellow countryman living in Paris.
