[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Copie manuscrite de la main de Levasseur (?) Washington, 5 janvier 1824 [pour 1825] 2 pp. in-4
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
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COPIE CONSERVÉE PAR LAFAYETTE D’UNE LETTRE À UN REPRÉSENTANT DE LA VILLE DE WASHINGTON “Before I had Received the munificent gift which Congress have been pleased to vote in my Behalf, I have with perfect confidence, freely and gratefully accepted a generous hospitality from the people of this city" ; il étend ses remerciements à “the people, the corporation, and the worthy mayor of this city" puis refuse toute autre forme de dédommagement “farther than the last day of the precedent year", sans doute de la main d’Auguste Levasseur No letter of this date is recorded by Gottschalk’s Guide. This day he also wrote to Monroe and President Adams, also misdating his letters 1824 (Gottschalk, Guide, p.191).
