Letter, George Washington Lafayette to Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis

Containers:
Box 83, Folder undated no. 81
Creator:
Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849 and Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 1 page. To Georgetown. Has lost his second mother, "the mother of the angelic companion of my life ..."--present his excuses to her sister [E.P. Custis Law]. Autograph letter signed, written in French, integral cover, laminated, watermark (dove of peace). Name on original manuscript appears as "G. W. Lafayette."

Language:
French .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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