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LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DU MOTIER, Marquis DE. Autograph letter signed ("Lafayette") to an unidentified young man named Norwood, La Grange, France, 2 October 1827. One page, small 4to, slighty shaved at top affecting ascender of "L" in "La Grange." Accompanied by an ALS of Henry Edwards presenting Lafayette's letter to a General Woods, Boston, 26 February 1835, One page, oblong 4to.
"I am much obliged to you, my dear Norwood, for your affectionate Letter written in excellent French, and for the satisfactory account you give of the state of your arm. It has been to me a heartfelt gratification to receive you at La Grange, as well as your two Companions to whom I beg you to remember me most kindly. Pay also my best Compliments to Mr. Mallin, and to your father when you write. You will probably see M. Callan and Jules who are gone to town for a few days. The Family send you their cordial good wishes. I hope we shall see as much of you as your studies permit, for which I will recommend myself to good Mr. Mallin....." The letter of Edwards to General Wood explains that the letter "was addressed to a young gentleman from New York, who was at school in Paris in 1827....During a visit at La Grange, he injured his arm by a fall....The usual benevolence of feeling which so characterizes every action of that great and good man [The Marquis] is here made particularly conspicuous..."
"I am much obliged to you, my dear Norwood, for your affectionate Letter written in excellent French, and for the satisfactory account you give of the state of your arm. It has been to me a heartfelt gratification to receive you at La Grange, as well as your two Companions to whom I beg you to remember me most kindly. Pay also my best Compliments to Mr. Mallin, and to your father when you write. You will probably see M. Callan and Jules who are gone to town for a few days. The Family send you their cordial good wishes. I hope we shall see as much of you as your studies permit, for which I will recommend myself to good Mr. Mallin....." The letter of Edwards to General Wood explains that the letter "was addressed to a young gentleman from New York, who was at school in Paris in 1827....During a visit at La Grange, he injured his arm by a fall....The usual benevolence of feeling which so characterizes every action of that great and good man [The Marquis] is here made particularly conspicuous..."