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Marquis de Lafayette letters
- Title
- Marquis de Lafayette letters, 1781-1834.
- Author
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4490 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- Letters from the Marquis de Lafayette to various parties written between 1791 and 1834. Letters to Colonel Timothy Pickering and Maryland governor Thomas Sim Lee pertain to military matters; an 1834 letter to Joseph Hume expresses concern for Polish refugees displaced by Prussian authorities. Other letters relate to social engagements and personal affairs; recipients include Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1st Duc de Bassano, and Peter Stephen Du Ponceau. In English and French.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Provenance (note)
- Some material was originally received as part of the Ford and Thomas Addis Emmet collections.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4490
- OCLC
- 861635626
- Author
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834.
- Title
- Marquis de Lafayette letters, 1781-1834.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Provenance
- Some material was originally received as part of the Ford and Thomas Addis Emmet collections.
- Occupation
- Soldiers.
- Added Author
- Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844, recipient.Hume, Joseph, 1777-1855, recipient.Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819, recipient.Maret, Hugues-Bernard, duc de Bassano, 1763-1839, recipient.Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829, recipient.Ford collection.Emmet collection.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4490