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to [Genet?] re: "measure consequence to Citizen Genet"

GLC06706

to Sylvanus Bourne

References Bourne's letter of 23 November 1798. Writes to Bourne, American Consul in Amsterdam. Says he does not have any recent information from America. Says stories on the yellow fever in the American newspapers are distressing, but otherwise the...

GLC05656

to Lady Sidney Morgan [in French]

Discusses their correspondence, conversations. Also discusses the French chambers debates about liberty, the French revolution, ultra policies, and the pope. Writes about having her book translated. Obliges Morgan's request for information on...

GLC06436

to William North

Arrived in New York on 23 June 1798 and received North's letter of 22 June 1798. Written by Jay as Governor of New York to North as Senator from New York. North wrote soliciting advice on foreign affairs from Jay. Says the French alliance of 1777...

GLC02528.02

to James Dundas

Mentions his hope that the upcoming marriage of Lord Graham would give James an occasion to visit. Write's very critically of their brother George's wife, Mona: "Lady I cannot call her, that I should not be surprised at any act of Barbarity She...

GLC02549.45

[In French]

Bound with string.

GLC02437.09437

to Henry Knox

Dated 20 Thermidor in the French Republican calendar. Says this letter of introduction will be delivered by David Parish. Says that Knox probably knows the family name. Lafayette goes on to recommend him highly and says "I have found in them, during...

GLC02437.07961

to Henry Knox [incomplete]

Discusses events in Europe, such as a Spanish defeat at Bayonne and that the Queen of France has been moved from a prison. Upper right portion burned or ripped through all pages, creating text loss.

GLC02437.08151

[Vessels and treaties with France]

Lists items regarding treaties between the United States and France, particularly regarding ships and other vessels. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.08210

to James McHenry

A long letter, in which Lafayette discusses revolutionary France, his personal affairs and associations, and the light his personal correspondence with George Washington will cast on the memoirs of General Washington being written by Bushrod...

GLC01562