Letter, Marquis de Lafayette to Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis

Containers:
Box 51, Folder 1825.08.12
Creator:
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 and Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 1 page. Lafayette thanks Nelly for her letter and regrets the impossibility of going to Woodlawn to visit before his Virginia visit -- will try to return early, about the 24th and come visit her and bring her to Washington to be there when Lafayette and his party depart. Name on original manuscript appears as "Lafayette."

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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