Title | Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, papers, 1776-1934 |
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Span Dates | 1776-1934 |
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ID No. | MSS83543 |
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Creator | Lafayette, Marie Joseph
Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de,
1757-1834 |
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Extent | 300 items ; 2 containers plus 3 oversize ; 1.4 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel |
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Language | Collection material in
French and
English |
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Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
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Summary | Soldier and statesman.
Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, broadsides, orderly book,
photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Lafayette's military service
in Canada and Virginia, his tour of the United States from 1824 to 1825, his
land in Florida, and his views of such topics as the slave trade and the French
government, including also material pertaining to the centennial observance of
his death and Lafayette's genealogy. |
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Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009082 |
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LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection:
http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82083543 |
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