Letter, 1790 April 6, New York, [New York], to William Short, n.p.

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Letter, 1790 April 6, New York, [New York], to William Short, n.p.

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Instructions for making of a clock like one stolen from his study; list of items to be purchased; books to be purchased including Abbe Brotier's Tacitus, Buffon's works, the works of the King of Prussia, the Encyclopie and Encyclopedie ancienne; housekeeping tasks to be accomplished; items to be packed; servants to be dismissed and their wages paid; items to be sent from Paris to Havre and then to New York.

4 p. on 1 leaf; 23 cm. x 37 cm.

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