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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03281.03 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 October [ 1787 ] Pagination: 1 p. : 19 x 15 cm Order a Copy

Year inferred from similar letters. Lafayette's desire to visit America again. Lafayette writes that he is "impatient" to see again his American friends.

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