Subasta Bidspirit | LAFAYETTE MARQUIS DE: (1757-1834)

LAFAYETTE MARQUIS DE: (1757-1834) - LAFAYETTE MARQUIS DE: (1757-1834) Gilbert du Motier. French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War and was also a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. L.S., Lafayette , one page, 4to, Paris, 16 th October 1830, to M. de Roffignac, on the printed stationery of Gardes nationales du Royaume , in French. Lafayette states that he would always be happy to assist his correspondent in what he found agreeable, and would have pleasure in obliging M. de Latour Allard, however 'l'etat major de la Garde Nationale est plus querempli, car, d'apres la nouvelle organisation, nous verons obliges de le diminuer. Il est donc physiquement impossible de faire ce que vous souhaitez' (Translation: 'the staff of the National Guard is more than full, for, after the new organisation, we will be obliged to reduce it. It is therefore physically impossible to do what you wish' ). With integral address leaf. Some very light creasing, one small, minor stain, and a couple of small, neat tears to the edges of folds, otherwise about VG