1To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 30 September 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you two letters from St. Yldefonso under the dates of the 2d. and 3d. of this month—the first was sent to Mr. Yznardi to be forwarded directly to you—the second was sent by duplicate under cover to the Sec. of State. My stay at St. Yldefonso was prolonged until within these few days contrary to my expectation when I last wrote to you. During this time I have recieved the duplicate and...
2To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 3 September 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
The present will be forwarded to you by the Sec. of State, to whom I inclose it in a letter I have just written to him, and in which I inform him of my desire that he should be relieved from the trouble he has been so kind as to take as to the converting into public funds the sum of 9000 dollars assigned me. The hour of the post is so near at hand that I can only write you now as to this...
3To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 2 September 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
I had last night the inexpressible pleasure of once more recieving a letter from you. It is the first you have written me since your retreat to Monticello. I am really happy in the extreme to see that your long silence has proceeded from the constant occupation of your agricultural pursuits. Accept my dear Sir my sincerest thanks for the moments you have abstracted therefrom to give to me....
4To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 29 January 1795 (Jefferson Papers)
The last letter which I have had the pleasure of recieving from you was of the 23. of Dec. 1793. It came to my hands on the 26th. of April. 1794. It acknowleged my letters private down to that of the 7th. of October 1793. inclusive. This statement will give you some idea of the great defalcation to be made in the pleasure I fondly anticipated in your kind soothing and friendly correspondence...
5To John Jay from William Short, 7 January 1795 (Jay Papers)
I had the honor of recieving by the last English mail your letter of the 24 th . of Nov r . & have to return your many thanks for the communication you are so good as to make me, of the signature of a treaty with H[is]. B[ritannic]. M[ajesty]. The progress of this negotiation has been flawed, with an attentive & anxious interest, by all the observing part of Europe, & more peculiarly of course...
6To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 4 November 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
The object of the present letter is to satisfy a request made to me by Mr. Blake soon after his first arrival in this country and now repeated at the moment of his intended departure—namely that I would give him a letter recommendatory to you. Although you have now retired from public life, and will probably therefore have no occasion of seeing or serving Mr. Blake, and if you had would have...
7To Alexander Hamilton from William Short, 30 July 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have hitherto on more than one occasion & particularly in my letter of the 7th. of March last, done myself the honor of informing you of M. de Gardoqui’s desire to unite certain claims of Spain against the U.S. with the specified debt, which under your authority I had directed the Bankers at Amsterdam to pay off. I have also informed you of my determination to confine myself simply to the...
8Enclosure: William Short to Diego de Gardoqui, 29 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
I have had the honor of recieving the letter which Y.E. addressed to me on the 27th. together with the Treasury reciept inclosed. Y.E. observes that information which will be soon sent from America is indispensable in order to reply to my letter of the 10th. of Dec. last, on the subject of the discharge of the obligation of the U.S. to Spain, which is deposed in the Treasury at Madrid as I...
9Enclosure: William Short to Diego de Gardoqui, 3 June 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
By this days post via Lisbon, I have recieved the inclosed bill of exch: for Dos 1220.19.4 drawn by Courteau Echenique Sanchez of Amsterdam on Mess. Pradal Truegas of Madrid, which I do myself the honor of indorsing to Y.E. —it being the amount of the two bills for interest which had been formerly remitted here on account of the debt due by the U.S. to Spain—the interest being calculated up to...
10To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 22 May 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
After writing my last letters of Nov. 7th. 11th. and 13th. I determined not to multiply my intrusions on your time and patience until I should have the satisfaction of once more hearing from you. The last private letter which I had then recieved from you was of the 11th. of July 1793. by Mr. Blake. The same silence continued until the 26th. ulto. when I recieved by the packet of the Spanish...