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To James Madison from Lafayette, 8 February 1811

From Lafayette

Paris 8 february 1811

My dear Sir

It is to me a particular Gratification, in Remembrance of old times, and in Justice to a Very Respectable Gentleman, to Recommend the Concerns of M. de Rayneval.1 He Has Been the first European diplomate Whose Negociations Have Met American independance, and None of them Has Been, in personal Exertions, More zealous and Useful. These Considerations Join With the Very Great Regard due to His private Character, and While the Merits of His Claim are laid Before You, I think it Both a duty and a pleasure to Express My Wishes in His Behalf. With Most affectionate Respect I am, My dear friend Yours

Lafayette

RC (InU: Lafayette Collection).

1. Joseph-Mathias Gérard de Rayneval was claiming land that had been granted to his brother, the late Conrad-Alexandre Gérard, during his tenure as French minister to the U.S. (see George Joy to JM, 28 Apr. 1810, PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984—). description ends , 2:327, 328 n. 1).

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    To James Madison from Lafayette, 8 February 1811
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    Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
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    Madison, James
    Date
    8 February 1811

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    “To James Madison from Lafayette, 8 February 1811,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-03-02-0199. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 3, 3 November 1810–4 November 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, p. 158.]

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