Gilbert du MOTIER de La FAYETTE (1757-1834). 6 L.A.S. and 2 - Lot 31

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Gilbert du MOTIER de La FAYETTE (1757-1834). 6 L.A.S. and 2 - Lot 31
Gilbert du MOTIER de La FAYETTE (1757-1834). 6 L.A.S. and 2 L.S., 1820-1832, to his "colleague" Amédée Girod de l'Ain; each on one p. in-4° (unevenly filled), one address. Concerning the examination of the expenditure of the Minister of War [1820], petitions from veterans of the Legion of Honor [1828?] La Grange January 9, 1829, on the subject of "wool improvement", and his American friend Skinner, "secretary of the Baltimore Agricultural Society, editor of the American Farmer", whose influence is very important in the United States: "There is no such thing as a "wool improvement". United States: "There is no country where industrial care is more active, and the spirit of enterprise greater; this is especially true in the more northerly states, which have gone to Saxony for the electoral race". As for him: "I already have 280 lambs; they are very beautiful; the ram has more than forty well-born children, and one of the ewes has given me a good male lamb". July 3, 1830, about sending a flock with a young ram to America. "I'm not talking to you about politics. We both know where we stand"... (draft reply at bottom of letter). October 20, employee recommendation. August 5, 1831, concerning a petition from the Polish Committee. Etc. ATTACHED: 4 L.A.S. from his son George Washington Lafayette (1828-1830); one from his daughter Virginie,Madame de Lasteyrie; from his daughter-in-law Émilie, née Tracy; and 3 from Victor de Tracy (1829-1832).
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