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Rare Books
Lafayette and slavery : from his letters to Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Volume contains mssHM 9550-9560; some items are contemporary copies.
mssLafayette
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Manuscripts
A collection of 78 items from 1779 to 1835; it contains miscellaneous correspondence and papers, in French and English, dealing with Lafayette's family, property, military and political career, particularly his imprisonment by the Austrians and his visit to the United States in 1824 to 1825. Included are individual letters dealing with his command in the American Revolution and his role in the French Revolution. The collection holds 37 letters written by Lafayette; other correspondents include, among others, Erick Bollman; Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette; Georges Washington Lafayette; and Auguste Adolphe Frederick de Hennings.
mssLafayette
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Manuscripts
Volume contains prints and typewritten transcriptions; mssHM 21610-21622.
mssLafayette