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LAFAYETTE, MARIE JOSEPH DE

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LAFAYETTE, MARIE JOSEPH DE
<b>518. MARIE JOSEPH DE LAFAYETTE</b> (1757 - 1834) French statesman and military officer who served as a Major General under Washington and was instrumental in the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Nice content A.L.S. "<i>L.F.</i>", 1p. 12mo., La Grange, ca. 1805, in French, in part: <i>"...Write me through [my wife] and give me the news you know: what do you think of the Naples expedition, where we have personal interests? Of the war and the peace?...Do you have any news from America?...</i>". Very good.<b>$200-300</b>