Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 to Charles J. Fox [in French]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04800 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: Aulnay, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 09 July 1803 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 22.9 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy
Lafayette writes to English politician and friend, Charles Fox, regarding his own health. Lafayette had recently broken several bones and torn tendons in a fall, but reports that he is on that mend and will soon be back at La Grange, his country estate outside of Paris. He commends Fox on his attempts to forge peaceful relations with France. He also believes that all will soon agree that the acquisition of the Louisiana territory from the French by the United States is for the best. Notes that the letter will be brought to Fox by James Monroe, then American Ambassador to England. He asks Fox to send him news of his family, his farm work, and to send him a good history book. He notes that a French translation is underway of "Asiatick researches...", first published in Calcutta by the British Asiatic Society and subsequently in England in 1788-1790. Lafayette worries that King George III might have had some material censored from the English edition, and asks Fox if he knows of differences between the Calcutta and English editions. Notes that his son was promoted to lieutenant and aide-de-camp of General Canaux. Also mentions that Lally received a letter from Lady Elizabeth Foster.
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