Letter, 1814 February 23, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to [William Short], n.p.

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Letter, 1814 February 23, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to [William Short], n.p.

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Thanks Short for understanding and accomodating Jefferson's inability to make the first payment on Short's land; New payment arrangements have been made between the two of them and David Higginbotham, the purchaser of Short's land; glad to see "that the career of Bonaparte is at length arrested;" wishes too that the "tyrant of the ocean [George III?] is not also dismounted."

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm. x 20 cm.

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