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Marquis de Lafayette

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Auction Date:2018 Jul 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
LS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.75 x 12, January 24, 1792. Letter to the "Administrators of the Department of the Meurthe," written while Lafayette was defending the frontier against Austria and the Armée des Émigrés in the French Revolutionary Wars. In part (translated): "From the report furnished me by the Commanders of the National Volunteer Battalions of this Army, to the effect that volunteers are absenting themselves without leave, I think that the most suitable measure to be taken to stop this insubordination would be for the municipalities to check the leave papers of volunteers on their arrival so that those whose papers are not in conformity with Article 5 of the letter of the Minister of War dated 16 October 1791, can be arrested by the Gendarmerie Nationale and sent back to their units. I beg leave, gentlemen, to place this proposal before you and feel certain that you are eager to put an end to this abuse, so detrimental to the public service and military discipline." In fine condition, with light creasing and a split fold at the bottom, some stray blue ink stains, and old mounting remnants along the back of the left edge.