Box 1
Contains 12 Results:
Correspondence, 1811-1815
[Peyton Short], Beaver town, Pennsylvania, to [William Short Philadelphia, Pa.?]., 1811 February 24
Planned to go to Kentucky by water, but it turned colder and snowed, so he went overland on foot and by sleigh; now there is ice everywhere; has booked passage to Lexington by boat, which will leave as soon as the river is navigable; mention of resettling at the mills near Frankfurt; lengthy discussion centering on the raising of sheep, the profits from the wool, and the prices of lambs and ewes; mention of Carneal's debts.
[Peyton Short], Lexington, Ky., to [William Short, Philadelphia, Pa.], 1811 May
Discourse about misunderstanding of reasons why he should return to Lexington to live.
Peyton Short, Lexington, Ky., to William Short, Philadelphia, Pa., 1811 June 27
Mention of Dr. Ridgeley and Mr. Wilkins; also confusion over dissolution of contract with Eastland; returning to Lexington in Summer 1809, passed through fertile lands of Cumberland and Green Rivers, and purchased of a Dr. Rumsey a handsome and valuable tract in the Western County; 6000 acres, some of it already opened by nature to cultivation; much land speculation discussed.
William Short, Philadelphia, Pa. to Peyton Short, Lexington, Kentucky, 1811 July 6
Scope and Contents Bank of Pennsylvania arrangements concerning [Charles] Wilkins and involving George Taylor; discussion centering on sales and purchases of slaves, including not separating families; land sale comments; care of his [PS] children after his [PS] death; other comments about Charles Wilkins, Dr. Ridgely, Dr. Rush, and the "Stanley affair".
[Peyton Short], Lexington, Ky., to [William Short, Philadelphia, Pa.?], 1811 July 10
Scope and Contents [Ohio?] land sales discussion mentioning [Charles] Wilkins, Dr. Ridgely, and [Daniel C.?] Cooper and involving marketable price of flour and whiskey in "tight casks".
[Peyton Short], Lexington, [Ky.], to J. Forbes and Co., [Mobile, Ala.?], 1811 August
Recently learned from Francis Scott Key, a lawyer in Washington, [D.C.], that Gen. James Wilkinson, who Key was prosecuting on his behalf, has assigned all his property to trustees for the benefit of his creditors; learned from his statement that he possessed an island off Mobile Bay; would like to learn more of it, as to name, value, quality of soil, etc.; will be travelling on Mississippi River this autumn; may visit your quarter.
William Short, N. York, [N.Y.] to Peyton Short, [Lexington, Ky.], 1811 November 23
Sale of Ohio lands involving Charles Wilkins; discussion of disposition of his negroes including their aging and thus not bearing any more children, separating families, and selling them to masters of their own choosing.
William Short, Philadelphia, [Pa.], to Peyton Short, Lexington, Ky., 1812 November 24
Monetary matters; read in papers a movement in congress to extend payments, and another to lower the price on the sale of public lands, and how the War [of 1812] will affect their [Congress] time in making final decisions; land sales; John [Cleve Short] wishes to join the Army, and may be the aide to General William Henry Harrison.
Peyton Short, Lexington, [Ky.], to William Short, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1815 April 7
Gives proposal to pay debts owed and provide for family after his death, involving sales of land, transfers of mortgages of land in Indiana and Kentucky, and use of negroes.
[Peyton Short], Frankfort, Ky., to [William Short, Philadelphia, Pa.], 1815 July 29
Scope and Contents His [WS] idea of when he [PS] visited [William Branch] Giles was incorrect, for he visited him at his house in Amelia [Co., Va.] in 1802, and obtained titles to certain lands then; defends his actions in trying to "chase down" unpaid claims, rather than letting them go; mentions debts and claims involving Fulwar Skipwith, Gen. [James] Wilkinson, and Col. Henry (on behalf of his [PS] daughters by his second wife).
Peyton Short, Franklin, [Ky.], to William Short, Philadelphia, [Pa.], 1815 September 8
Richard Boulware affair disappointing; sued in court, but could get back no more than property and, from a third person, $500; mills returned in a ruinous state; both our interests dictate repair of property; on advice of Charles Wilkins, have written son John for his aid; sorry the Eastland purchase so misunderstood by Wilkins and Ridgely; have been offered $8000 cash, $4000 less than value; if Boulware sale had gone through, it would have netted $20,000.