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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 to unknown [in French]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02874 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 14, 1826 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 15.7 cm, Width: 16.1 cm Order a Copy

News from La Grange, from Fanny and Camilla Wright about Nashoba, sent to an unknown doctor. Year supplied by Robert Crout. Original owner claimed this letter mentioned the "slow freeing of the blacks."

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Crout, Robert, fl. 1826
Wright, Fanny, fl. 1826
Wright, Camilla, fl. 1826

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