Manuscripts
Marquis de Lafayette collection
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Documents and correspondence
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.
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Marquis de Lafayette. Second mortgage on lands in Louisiana given to Henry L. Waddell
Manuscripts
Paris, France, a contemporary copy; mssHM 9549.
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Lafayette's Louisiana papers: letters, documents, and prints
Manuscripts
Volume contains mssHM 9550-9560; some items are contemporary copies.
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Lafayette seven autograph letters, five additional A.L.S., including The Madame, Their Son and Daughter
Manuscripts
Volume contains prints and typewritten transcriptions; mssHM 21610-21622.
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Gen. Lafayette
Visual Materials
Image of a bust-length portrait of General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, in military uniform with a star-shaped medal pinned to his jacket; General Lafayette was noted for his service both in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution.
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