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LAFAYETTE, MARIE JOSEPH DE

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LAFAYETTE, MARIE JOSEPH DE
<b>232. MARIE JOSEPH DE LAFAYETTE</b> (1734 - 1801) British general who served under the Duke of York in the Netherlands, conquered St. Lucia and Trinidad, died of wounds received in the defeat of the French at Alexandria. Fine content A.L.S. "<i>Lafayette</i>" 1p. 4to., LaGrange, Aug. 28, 1828, an eloquent letter to a gentleman in French, concerning his request for a favor to intervene in a matter regarding the nephew of celebrated general Bustille Riego, who was arrested in Lisbon on board the pontoon St. Sabastien. Folds and several minor marginal tears, otherwise very good. Matted with a portrait engraving of Lafayette, and set into a handsome gilt frame. Unexamined out of frame.<b>$700-900</b>