[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Copie manuscrite. Cirey, 21 juin 1801 2 pp. in-4, encre brune, mention “copie" en haut à gauche", APOSTILLE AUTOGRAPHE DE LAFAYETTE : “M. Jefferson"
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800 / 1200
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Invendu
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : COPIE PERSONNELLE DE LA FAMEUSE LETTRE DE LAFAYETTE ÉCRITE À THOMAS JEFFERSON, DEPUIS CIREY, POUR LE FÉLICITER DE SON DISCOURS Lafayette personnal copy of his famous letter to Thomas Jefferson. He congratulate him for his speech “My dear Friend, I had been a long while without hearing from you when your welcome hand appeared again" Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Presidency in February 1801. This is a copy of the very famous letter that Lafayette wrote to Jefferson from Cirey (Lorraine) ; the original being kept in the Library of Congress : “Your speech has had among the friends of Liberty and the pretenders to be so the great success it deserves. Every eyes are fixed upon you and from my rural retirements the heart goes with them" RÉFÉRENCE : L. Gottschalk, Guide, p. 127
