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To George Washington from Lafayette, 4 May 1788

From Lafayette

Paris May the 4th 1788

My dear General

I Have Been Requested to Present to You M. de Saint fris a Captain in the french Regiment of dragoons who is Going as a traveller through the United States, and of Course wishes to Pay His Respects to General Washington.1 He Has Been Particularly Recommended to me, and as I don’t know When this introductory letter will Reach you and I am sure it will not Arrive Before My dispatches of a later date I shall only Present You with the Affectionate Respects of Your filial friend

lafayette

ALS, PEL.

1. On 15 Nov. 1788 the chevalier de St. Trys (St. Tries, St. Trise, St. Fris) visited Mount Vernon with Brissot de Warville. See the editors’ note, Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 5:424–25.

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    To George Washington from Lafayette, 4 May 1788
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    Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
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    Washington, George
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    4 May 1788

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    “To George Washington from Lafayette, 4 May 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-06-02-0224. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 6, 1 January 1788 – 23 September 1788, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 261.]

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