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Summary

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 State, and he informs Short that Judge Bartholomew Dandridge died and was replaced on the Virginia General Court by Henry Tazewell.

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Reel 1, Papers of WS, LOC

Citation:
Samuel Hardy to William Short, c. 1785. The Papers of William Short digital edition, eds. Monica Henry and Marty D. Matthews. Columbia: University of South Carolina, McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, Institute for Southern Studies, 2026.