1. In the enclosed extract (1 p.) Lafayette stated that his land near Pointe Coupee had been sold; that if “the Tract near the Town” was allotted to him, Sir John Coghill would become owner of a part of it, or “the totality of the 520 acres if located elsewhere”; and that Lafayette would, therefore, greatly prefer to obtain the land near New Orleans. He had been able to pay his debts, however, and now had an income “sufficient to a modest maintainance,” for which he expressed gratitude to Congress and his friends, including Parish.

2. For the Louisiana lands granted to Lafayette by Congress and JM’s service as agent for them, see Madison and Lafayette’s Louisiana Lands, 26 October 1809, Editorial Note, PJM-PS, description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 2:35–38.