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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06436 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 February 1817 Pagination: 5 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy

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 Napoleon's political career after exile to Elba. Pages are numbered p. 1 "843," p. 2 "844," and p. 5 "845."

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Morgan, Syndey, 1783-1859
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 1769-1821

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