Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
Bill’s Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Short VI 
4, 5G Uncle, S630, 145, M
4, 5G Uncle, S630, 145, MBirth15 Mar 1759, Surrey Co, Virginia Colony4
Memo9/30
Death5 Dec 1849, Philadelphia, PA, US Age: 90
OccupationDiplomatist
EducationGraduated From William and Mary College In 1779
FlagsLived in US
FatherColonel William Short V , 1133, M (1731-1782)
MotherElizabeth Skipwith , 1132, F (~1738-1771)
Misc. Notes
Original birth date on our file was 30 Sep 1759 - try to resolve.
TIDEWATER FAMILIES of VIRGINIA, p. 547
William VI was a friend of Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France. As the secretary of the legation, he was made charge d'affaires when Jefferson left France, then in 1794 he became Minister to Hague.
Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans: Volume IX
SHORT, William, diplomatist, was born in Spring Garden, Surry county, Va., Sept. 30, 1759; son of Col. William and Elizabeth (Skipwith) Short; grandson of William Short, of Surry county, and a descendant of William Short, an early emigrant to Virginia. He was graduated at the College of William and Mary, 1779; served as a member of the governor's council, 1783, and went to France with Jefferson in 1784, as secretary of legation. He was appointed by President Washington chargí d'affaires, Sept. 26. 1789; was commissioned April 20, 1790; transferred to The Hague as U.S. minister resident, Jan. 16, 1794, and to Madrid as commissioner plenipotentiary, Dec. 19, 1792, with William Carmichael, chargí d'affaires at Madrid, to adjust the boundary lines of Florida and Mississippi, the question of navigation on the Mississippi river and other commerce questions. He became U.S. minister resident at Madrid and sole commissioner, May 28, 1794, Carmichael having returned to the United States, and he concluded the several treaties which were signed, Oct. 27, 1795. He visited Paris in November, 1795, and then returned to the United States. His state papers were valuable contributions to the history of the relations between Spain and the United States. His brother, Peyton Short, was a Kentucky state senator, 1792—96. William Short never married,
and he died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 5, 1849.
To read more about about William Short VI, see the book: JEFFERSON'S ADOPTIVE SON-WILLIAM SHORT 1759-1848
Other Resources:
Special Collections Department
University Libraries
Virginia Tech
Guide to the Manuscript Collections
SHORT, WILLIAM (1759-1849). PAPERS, 1781-1826. 0.6 cu. ft. Diplomatist, born in Surry County, Virginia. Graduated in 1779 from the College of William and Mary. Accompanied Thomas Jefferson to France and acted as his private secretary. Charge d'affairs in France in 1789 and negotiated commercial treaties for the United States. Minister of The Hague in 1792 and then Madrid in 1793. Returned to France in 1795 and lived there until 1810, when he returned to the United States where he devoted himself to private affairs. Papers include microfilm, photocopies and typed copies of correspondence from James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, George Tucker, and Ben Stoddart, statements and accounts, and a reprint (1958) from the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society of "William Short, Diplomat in Revolutionary France, 1785-1793" by George Green Shackelford. Also includes photographs of portraits of Short, Peyton Short, and the
wife of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld. Ms57-002.
This note is entirely unrelated to William but describes the high regard held for his estate:
Richard J. Hancock married Thomasia, daughter of John O. Harris. He succeeded his father-in-law at Ellerslie, which is a part of the old Indian Camp plantation, once the estate of William Short, Washington's Minister to the Hague, and the fame of which as a stock farm he has spread abroad throughout the land.
TIDEWATER FAMILIES of VIRGINIA, p. 547
William VI was a friend of Thomas Jefferson, Minister to France. As the secretary of the legation, he was made charge d'affaires when Jefferson left France, then in 1794 he became Minister to Hague.
Biographies of Notable Americans, 1904
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Americans: Volume IX
SHORT, William, diplomatist, was born in Spring Garden, Surry county, Va., Sept. 30, 1759; son of Col. William and Elizabeth (Skipwith) Short; grandson of William Short, of Surry county, and a descendant of William Short, an early emigrant to Virginia. He was graduated at the College of William and Mary, 1779; served as a member of the governor's council, 1783, and went to France with Jefferson in 1784, as secretary of legation. He was appointed by President Washington chargí d'affaires, Sept. 26. 1789; was commissioned April 20, 1790; transferred to The Hague as U.S. minister resident, Jan. 16, 1794, and to Madrid as commissioner plenipotentiary, Dec. 19, 1792, with William Carmichael, chargí d'affaires at Madrid, to adjust the boundary lines of Florida and Mississippi, the question of navigation on the Mississippi river and other commerce questions. He became U.S. minister resident at Madrid and sole commissioner, May 28, 1794, Carmichael having returned to the United States, and he concluded the several treaties which were signed, Oct. 27, 1795. He visited Paris in November, 1795, and then returned to the United States. His state papers were valuable contributions to the history of the relations between Spain and the United States. His brother, Peyton Short, was a Kentucky state senator, 1792—96. William Short never married,
and he died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 5, 1849.
To read more about about William Short VI, see the book: JEFFERSON'S ADOPTIVE SON-WILLIAM SHORT 1759-1848
Other Resources:
Special Collections Department
University Libraries
Virginia Tech
Guide to the Manuscript Collections
SHORT, WILLIAM (1759-1849). PAPERS, 1781-1826. 0.6 cu. ft. Diplomatist, born in Surry County, Virginia. Graduated in 1779 from the College of William and Mary. Accompanied Thomas Jefferson to France and acted as his private secretary. Charge d'affairs in France in 1789 and negotiated commercial treaties for the United States. Minister of The Hague in 1792 and then Madrid in 1793. Returned to France in 1795 and lived there until 1810, when he returned to the United States where he devoted himself to private affairs. Papers include microfilm, photocopies and typed copies of correspondence from James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, George Tucker, and Ben Stoddart, statements and accounts, and a reprint (1958) from the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society of "William Short, Diplomat in Revolutionary France, 1785-1793" by George Green Shackelford. Also includes photographs of portraits of Short, Peyton Short, and the
wife of the Duc de la Rochefoucauld. Ms57-002.
This note is entirely unrelated to William but describes the high regard held for his estate:
Richard J. Hancock married Thomasia, daughter of John O. Harris. He succeeded his father-in-law at Ellerslie, which is a part of the old Indian Camp plantation, once the estate of William Short, Washington's Minister to the Hague, and the fame of which as a stock farm he has spread abroad throughout the land.