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Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) was a Virginia politician who used his influence to advance Jefferson’s political career. He nominated Jefferson as minister plenipotentiary to France, and he and Jefferson nominated William Short for Congress, though this venture was less successful. In his letters to Short, he gives updates about Virginia politics and informs him that someone may be intercepting and reading their letters.
Citation(s):
“Joseph Jones to James Madison, 22 July 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-04-02-0198. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 4, 1 January 1782 – 31 July 1782, ed. William T. Hutchinson and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1965, pp. 428–430.]
George A. Shackleford, Jefferson’s Adoptive Son: The Life of William Short, 1759-1848 (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky Press, 1993), passim.
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- A mentor of William Short relays news from Virginia and America.Written by:
- A Virginia politician wonders if Short will return to America in time to replace him or James Monroe in their positions on the Virginia Council of…Written by:
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- Letter not found; listed by William Short in an inventory of his correspondence.Written by: