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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834) to James Monroe

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03899 Author/Creator: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de (1757-1834) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 January 1825 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 24.9 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he will be placing his monetary gift from Congress into the Bank of the United States.

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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