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LAFAYETTE, MARIE JOSEPH DE

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LAFAYETTE, MARIE JOSEPH DE
(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. Handsome partly-printed D.S. ""Lafayette"" 1p. folio, Paris, Mar. 14, 1790, a certificate in French recording the enlistment of M. Louis Le Clercin the National Guard. Typical folds, light wear to edge, but bearing the original red-wax seal. Lafayette's signature a tad light, overall good condition.