Letter, to Marie Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette

Containers:
Box 5, Folder 1790.06.03
Creator:
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Extent:
3 pages
Scope and content:

New York. Autograph letter signed. Washington writes in response to a letter from the wife of Lafayette requesting a brevet commission at the rank of captain for Joseph-Léonard Poirey, a French officer who served under her husband.

Washington writes, "And you will, I dare flatter myself, do me the justice to believe that I can never be more happy than in according marks of attention to so good a friend to America and so excellent a patriot as Madame la Marquise de la Fayette. Nor did she need any excuse for making use of her own language to be the interpreter of so much politeness & persuasion as she has found means to convey in one short letter. In truth that language, at least when used by her, seems made on purpose to have fine things communicated in it; and I question whether any other, at least in the hands of any other person, would have been equally competent to the effect."

Language:
English .
Physical facet:
1 bifolium sheet
Dimensions:
20 x 25 cm; 40 x 25 cm

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