Lot 1023
LaFayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, 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 he worked with U.S. Ambassadors to France, Franklin, and then Jefferson, on behalf of America's interests. Autograph Letter Signed "Lafayette", one page (with blank integral leaf), 6¼ x 7¾ Rue d'Anjou number 6 (Paris?), December 18, 1832. To John Lentfak in Paris, confirming request to call upon Lafayette, also mentions receiving a letter from "my excellent friends of Calorama" (home of Colonel George Bomford, who introduced bomb cannons or "columbiads" during the War of 1812), where LaFayette had spent an evening in 1824. With integral address leaf in LaFayette's hand, Paris date stamp of December 19, 1832, wax seal complete but small patched area at edge where letter opened and small sealed tear just into address panel.
Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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