To James Madison from Lafayette, 27 December 1811 (Abstract)

§ From Lafayette

27 December 1811, La Grange. Discusses Franco-American relations and introduces Mr. de Correa. “When I have left town Some days ago symptoms seemed to promise a Better Answer to Mr. Barlow’s note than had been for a long while obtained by An American Minister—I hope he is By this time coralled to send of the frigate, and will not Any Longer Delay these few lines depending upon him to Give you all the intelligences of the day.”

Printed extract (American Art Association Catalogue, Frederick B. McGuire Collection [1917], item 81). Described as a one-page letter. Addressee not identified, but the McGuire collection consisted of letters originally in JM’s files (see PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77, vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 1:xxii).

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Title: To James Madison from Lafayette, 27 December 1811 (Abstract)
Author: Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 27 December 1811

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Lafayette, 27 December 1811 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0108. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 95–96.]

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