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From Benjamin Franklin to Lafayette, 12 February 1782

To Lafayette

Copy: Library of Congress

Passy, Feb. 12. 1782.

Dear Sir,

Accept my hearty Thanks for the Pains you have taken, and for your fully informing Letter of this Day. I will endeavour to see M. de Veimerange to Morrow, and will acquaint you with what I learn from him. I pray God to bless & prosper you being ever, Dear Sir, with the greatest Esteem, Your Affectionate &c.

M. Le Ms. de la Fayette.

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    From Benjamin Franklin to Lafayette, 12 February 1782
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    Franklin, Benjamin
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    Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
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    12 February 1782

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    “From Benjamin Franklin to Lafayette, 12 February 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-36-02-0397. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 36, November 1, 1781, through March 15, 1782, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001, p. 566.]

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