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Letter, 1795 May 25, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to [William] Short, n.p.

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dc.contributor.author Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-10-12T18:49:53Z
dc.date.available 2011-10-12T18:49:53Z
dc.date.issued 1795-05-25 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Thomas Jefferson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10288/15351
dc.description.abstract 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. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship College of William and Mary. Swem Library. Jefferson Project
dc.description.sponsorship Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Princeton University)
dc.description.sponsorship The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
dc.language.iso eng
dc.subject Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence en_US
dc.title Letter, 1795 May 25, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to [William] Short, n.p. en_US
dc.type text en_US
dc.type.genre Letters (correspondence) en_US
dc.identifier.collectionId Mss. 39.1 J35
dcterms.isPartOf Thomas Jefferson Papers

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