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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. Third person A.L.S. signed in the text ""Lafayette"" and at the conclusion with initials ""L.F."" 1p. 4to., [n.p.], ""Monday morning"" [Jan. 10, 1831], in French in full: ""...Lafayette has received with thankful friendship the book by M. Regnault and will have the pleasure seeing him Wednesday between one and one thirty in the afternoon at his convenience"". Boldly written and very good.