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Size | 6 items |
Abstract | Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, (1757-1834) was a French aristocrat who served as a general in the American Revolution and later as a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution. The collection includes a letter, 1791, from Lafayette to Jean Sylvain Bailly, mayor of Paris, France, on behalf of a friend; a brief note, undated in the third person from Lafayette to a Mister Rogers; a contemporary handwritten version of remarks by Lafayette in Raleigh, N.C., 1825; and three photoprints of items, two dated 1786, relating to Lafayette and a Mr. MacQueen in Paris. |
Creator | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, 1757-1834. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, (1757-1834) was a French aristocrat who served as a general in the American Revolution and later as a leader of the Garde Nationale during the French Revolution.
Back to TopThe collection includes a letter, 1791, from Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, to Jean Sylvain Bailly, mayor of Paris, France, on behalf of a friend; a brief note, undated in the third person from Lafayette to a Mister Rogers; a contemporary handwritten version of remarks by Lafayette in Raleigh, N.C., 1825; and three photoprints of items, two dated 1786, relating to Lafayette and a Mr. MacQueen in Paris.
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Papers, 1786-1825 |