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William Short, London, Eng., to his uncle, Sir Peyton Skipwith n.p., 1785 August 12

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 68
Identifier: id111845
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for "watering places;" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English,...
Dates: 1785 August 12