French statesman and military officer (1757–1834) who became an intimate associate of George Washington and who advanced the American cause on both sides of the Atlantic. Though he espoused many of the principles behind the French Revolution while advocating a limited monarchy, extremist elements in the French Assembly declared him a traitor, whereupon he was jailed for five years. In 1824–1825 he revisited America, where he was hailed as a hero and granted a generous stipend and parcel of land. ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 6 x 7.5, January 1. Lafayette writes to the Comtesse de B— in Paris, saying that he would have liked to have personally given her his bulletin but was unable to do so on account of illness, and that he is looking for a nurse. The adjacent leaf bears the partial mailing panel in Lafayette’s hand. Intersecting folds and light wrinkling, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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