Lot 1022
Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834), French nobleman, soldier and adventurer, joined the Continental forces as a Major General at the age of 20, in 1779 returned to France to solicit French aid for his new nation, after the War worked with U.S. Ambassadors to France, Franklin and then Jefferson, on behalf of America's interests. Autograph Letter Signed, "Lafayette", one page, 7¾ x 9½ Philadelphia, July 24, 1825. Letter of introduction of a Count Vidua [?] to Professor [George] Ticknor in Boston, in part "…who has travelled through the greater part of the other Hemisphere and is now on a tour through the United States, and the other American Republics. He brought me letters from our common friends Segur, Humboldt, etc. I beg you will introduce him to our friends at Boston and Cambridge and assist the distinguished traveller in his desire of information…", integral address leaf in his own hand "Mr. Professor Ticknor, Boston" and "favoured by Count Vidua" (hand carried); neatly repaired hole about 1½" x ¾" on fold, mostly on address leaf, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
George Ticknor (1791-1871) was an American educator, author and European scholar. In 1817 he became Smith professor of French and Spanish languages and literatures and professor of belles-lettres at Harvard. He resigned the chair in 1836 and was succeeded by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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