Documents

A document of William Short's calculations, accounts, and payments in livres tournois of his salary from 24 September 1785 to 24 April 1788. 

The Minister Plenipotentiary for the United States in France asks William Short to become his private secretary.

Published by Founders Online.

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

A physician friend of Short's relays information regarding events in Virginia.

Receipt for the medicines William Short purchased in Paris.

Published by the Papers of James Monroe.

A creditor gives William Short the status of his debts.

A letter of introduction regarding a Mr. Mumford.

A friend from college informs William Short of his arrival in Paris and his plans while in Europe.

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.