1William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have deprived myself for a very long time of the pleasure of writing to you, as I know how much you are taxed by correspondence & how burthensome that tax is to you. This abstinence on my part has been a real sacrifice, & more especially since we have heard, through the newspapers, of the fire at Monticello . None of your friends here with whom I have spoken, know any thing more of it than...
2William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 22 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing to you at some length on the 25 th ul to —& I would not give you this trouble now if I were certain that letter had reached your hands. But I have some apprehension that my servant may have been negligent in carrying that letter to the post-office, as I have lately heard that you were at Monticello & not at Bedford , as I had at first supposed, on not hearing from...
3William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 14 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your kind letter of July 1 . was rec d by me at Philadelphia , at the moment I was leaving the City. As you mentioned that you were at the same time setting out for Bedford , I percieved that I could without inconvenience postpone my answer until my arrival here—knowing that your letters are not sent after you to Bedford , but await your return to Monticello . The report which you mention...