LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DU MOTIER, MARQUIS DE Autograph letter signed to William Tudor Esq., Consul of the United States.
La Grange [Château de la Grange-Bléneau]: September 30 1827. Single-page letter in English on one sheet signed "Lafayette," address panel and seal on verso. Usual folds, in a framed with an engraved portrait.

Writing from La Grange in 1827, Lafayette warmly recalls for William Tudor the ecstatic reception he received in his farewell tour through America: "I hope you have long ago received my grateful acknowledgment and expressed to our fellow citizens in June the High Sense I have of their most gratifying remembrances in behalf of their Surviving veteran general. Be pleased to proclaim ... my best regards to them, to the Commodore, to the officers of the Navy and other Sons of the U. S. now on the shores of the Pacific. This letter will be delivered by Mr. Monchy an agent of the respectable French House Nicolas Franklin & Freres of South Havre they hold a fine rank on the list of European industry: they are also among the fine patriots of the country. They are my personal friends, and one of them, James, has been for six years and still is my colleague in the Chamber du deputies. M. Monchy is a deserving young man. I beg you will favor him and the House [of] Franklin with your good advices and benevolent interest.
Provenance:
Christie's New York, Jun 14, 2005, lot 320.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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