| Author:
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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| Abstract:
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Instructs Short to offer a job in the United States to the maitre d'Hotel of a Mde. de Corny if Jefferson's former servant will not make the trip; if the maitre d' will not accept the position, Jefferson commissions Short to choose someone else as he sees fit; requests a set of Giovanni Piranesi's drawings of the Pantheon in order to "render them useful in the public buildings now to be begun at Georgetown"; tells Short that the ambassadors to France and Holland have not been decided yet, but that the delay works to Short's advantage; mentions the unpopularity in the South of legislation authorizing an excise tax on liquor and a National Bank; says they might "produce a stand against the federal government"; offers investment advice to Short. |
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Issued Date:
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1791-03-16 |
| Subjects:
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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence
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| URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10288/15312
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| Citation:
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Thomas Jefferson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. |
