Marquis De Lafayette Letter Signed - Forwards Personal Letters Just Before Death

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MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
.  Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834) was a French statesman and military officer who became an intimate associate of George Washington and advanced the American cause on both sides of the Atlantic.  Although he espoused many of the principles behind the French Revolution while advocating a limited monarchy, extremist elements in the French Assembly declared him a traitor, whereupon he was jailed for five years.  From 1824 to 1825, he revisited America where he was hailed as a hero and granted a generous stipend and parcel of land.
LETTER SIGNED BY MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE WITH A POSTSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN BY LAFAYETTE FORWARDING HIS PERSONAL LETTERS FIVE YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH
Letter in French signed by Marquis de, “Lafayette,” with a postscript handwritten by Lafayette forwarding his personal letters five years before his death, “I am eager to send you, sir, some letters for your brother…I wish that they may be useful to Mr. Henry Marquelet, and please accept the assurance of my distinguished consideration…,” and he adds in the postscript, “Do you want to transmit this letter to my friend, Mr. de la Chappelle….”  The letter is one page with docketing on the front and back, measures octavo, created in La Grange, France on December 2, 1828, and in overall fine condition.