Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Short (Copy)

Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson writes to William Short, the US minister to the Netherlands, with instructions regarding his duties as treaty commissioner to Spain. "It is hoped that in consequence of my former letter, you will have made the necessary arrangements for an immediate departure," as Jefferson explains. Short had worked as the private secretary for Jefferson when served as Minister in Paris in the late 1780s. This letter is a duplicate copy of the original.