ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, August 22, 1828. In part (translated): "Since I last had the honor of seeing you, we have each traveled in two parts of the same hemisphere. Please allow me to recall myself to your memory upon your return to France and let me speak to you with confidence regarding a matter which you were willing to share. Canon Bustillo Riego, brother of the famous and unhappy general, had written to me upon learning of the arrest, in Portugal, of young Riego his nephew, whose name I believe is Antonio Bustillo, and his detention in Lisbon aboard the convict ship St. Sebastian. You were so generous as to promise to see to his liberation. The young man had intended to go to the house of McAndrew…, but seeing that his constitutional fellow-countrymen were forming a cavalry regiment, he enlisted as a simple volunteer. You know better than I what has happened since, and whatever unhappiness there is in your court, I believe that you still have means, at least indirect, to get the young man released from his unhappy and perhaps dangerous situation. Mr. Manual Rodrigues de Valentin, old friend of the brave and excellent Riego, has taken responsibility for this letter, and if you require any information or an errand to give him, he would be eager to fulfill your orders. I have let the Canon know that, no longer being in Paris, that it is in writing that I have had to recall his hopes, for which he is grateful, to your mind. My feelings for the memory of Gen. Riego make me a lively interest in the fate of his imprisoned nephew. Please accept, my Lord, my highest consideration." Matted and framed with an engraving of Lafayette, bearing a preprinted signature, to an overall size of 21.75 x 16.5. In very good to fine condition, with creasing, and a short tear to the lower right edge.
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