24 November 1791
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Autograph letter signed
Title: to William Short
Secretary of State Jefferson writes to Short, charge d'affaires to France. Short was in Europe negotiating a commercial treaty with France and handling details of a Dutch loan. Jefferson attempts to answer Short's request for information to quell rumors in France that America and Spain are on the brink of war. Recommends an essay on population by James Madison in the National Gazette be translated and published in France. Spends most of the letter on the issue of Santo Domingo, the restive French colony in the Caribbean whose slave population had revolted. Domingo representatives went to…
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