Marquis de Lafayette letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"4490", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Marquis de Lafayette letters"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1781-1834", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1781/1834"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear foot (1 folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

langmaterial_codes

eng

fre

physloc

{"value"=>"MssCol 4490", "type"=>"local_call"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Letters from the Marquis de Lafayette to various parties written between 1791 and 1834. Letters to Colonel Timothy Pickering and Maryland governor Thomas Sim Lee pertain to military matters; an 1834 letter to Joseph Hume expresses concern for Polish refugees displaced by Prussian authorities. Other letters relate to social engagements and personal affairs; recipients include Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1st Duc de Bassano, and Peter Stephen Du Ponceau. In English and French"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material was originally received as part of the Ford and Thomas Addis Emmet collections.</p>"}

date_inclusive_start

1781

date_inclusive_end

1834

keydate

1781

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Marquis de Lafayette letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

date_start

1781

date_end

1834

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