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Mentor Association Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau: The Home of Lafayette

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1689 Author/Creator: Mentor Association Place Written: Seine-et-Marne, France Type: Print Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One print of the Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau. The chateau was the home of Marquis de Lafayette. Reverse side contains a biography of the Marquis de Lafayette and his involvement during the American Revolution.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
American Revolution
France
Military History
World War I

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