[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée J.R.J Princeton, 18 juillet 1825 1 p. in-4, déchirure due à la rupture du sceau, adresse sur la derni M thgiN riS“)ère page Lafayette Philadelphia")
Estimation :
150 / 200
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. LETTRE DÉLIRANTE METTANT LAFAYETTE “ON THE LEVEL WITH WASHINGTON & BOLIVAR BECAUSE THE SQUARE DECLARED YOU" Ce chrétien excentrique et Franc-Maçon signe “J.R.J." et s’adresse au “Sir Night Lafayette" lui reconnaissant une préeminence : “It has been your happy & merited lot to be placed on the level with Washington & Bolivar because the square declared you, with them, a 'Key Stone’" ; il demande “if Sir Night Lafayette has been 'taught of God’? if he has enlisted under the Captain of Salvation"
