To George Washington from Lafayette, 15 October 1787

From Lafayette

Paris October the 15th 1787

My dear General

This letter will Be delivered By Mr du Pont the Son of a Very Sensible and Honest Gentleman, who Has Been Much Emploied in Affairs of Administration, and is Now Very zealously Engaged in drawing Up A Report for our Commercial affairs. His Son Goes out for His instruction, and With a wiew to fit Himself for future Emploiement.1 I Beg leave to Recommend Him to Your patronage and Advices, and am Happy, My Beloved General, in Every opportunity to Remind You of Your tenderest, and I am Bold to Say, Your dearest friend Who shall, as long as He lives, glory to Be Your adoptive son and most Respectfull Servant

lafayette

ALS, CSmH.

1. Victor Marie Du Pont (1767–1827), son of Pierre-Samuel Du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), became an attaché to the French legation in New York and on 2 Nov. 1788 was one of the party of the French minister, Moustier, who dined at Mount Vernon (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 5:417–18).

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: To George Washington from Lafayette, 15 October 1787
Author: Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 15 October 1787

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from Lafayette, 15 October 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0342. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 5, 1 February 1787 – 31 December 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 376.]

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