| Author:
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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| Abstract:
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Notes that has been busy with "agricultural reformations"; relates his handling of Short's finances, including the purchase of shares in a James River canal then under construction as well as 1,334 acres of land near Monticello; advises Short on how to clear this land and suggests possible crop rotations; says he continues to look out for profitable land opportunities for him; cannot read Short's encoded letters because he no longer has the cipher; reports that the French minister to the United States filed a complaint against Short. |
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Issued Date:
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1795-05-25 |
| Subjects:
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence
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| URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10288/15351
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| Citation:
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Thomas Jefferson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. |
