Documents

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

A Philadelphia merchant indicates that he has already received two copies of a letter William Short forwarded him and that he has sent Short's letters for America on the packet boat Martinique to New York.

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

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

A friend and fellow Phi Beta Kappa member discusses love, courtship and marriage, as well as his travel plans.

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 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.

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.