Documents

IOU to Short of 4 pounds specie from an unknown individual.

This is the earliest document in The Papers of William Short database.

A friend informs that he has taken care of William Short's business, encloses a letter from his brother Peyton, and discusses cost of living in Europe, his difficult financial situation, and legal issues between him and his wife.

The second half of this letter is published by Founders Online in Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, 6 December 1784. 

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 Philadelphia mercantile firm forwards a bill of exchange for 4,750 livres tournois on Messrs. Laval and Wilfelsheim of Paris to William Short and requests he obtain payment.

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. 

The U.S. agent at The Hague writes out a receipt for Short's reimbursement of his expenses in that city .

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

A creditor gives William Short the status of his debts.

A cousin asks William Short to handle some financial matters for him because he has no one in Paris on whom he can rely, and he requests a copy of a Virginia newspaper and a draft of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia.