[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée par trois enfants de New York ; une l.a.s. de Nath. Irw. (2) New York, 7 juillet 1825 2 pp. in-4
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. LES ENFANTS DE NEW YORK : “OUR BELOVED WASHINGTON, FRANKLIN, CLINTON AND LAFAYETTE" “your happy arrival, in our country has renewed the recollections of the momentous events of the Revolution. From our earliest infancy we have been taught to lisp with reverence the revered names of our beloved Washington, Franklin, Clinton, and Lafayette", signé par S. Mumford Jr., Ann L. Mumford et Emma R. Mumford Gurdon 2. “On behalf of the Young Men, citizens and residents of the District of Southwark Townships" etc. 2 pp. in-4, Southwark, s. d. The children’s father, Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford (1764-1831), had served as private secretary to Franklin in Paris and afterwards as US Representative for New York.
