Letter, 1823 September 8, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to [William Short], n.p.

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Letter, 1823 September 8, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to [William Short], n.p.

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Requests Short spend next summer with him; the only thing remaining to be done at the University of Virginia is to finish the rotunda; resists attempts by others to engage him in politics; comments on slavery, "a hideous blot"; optimistic that public opinion will lean toward emancipation; speculates that the removal of former slaves to the west would be the best solution rather than returning them to Africa.

2 p.; 23 cm. x 21 cm.

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