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Here is a Marquis de Lafayette signed letter we have sold in the past:

Lafayette Write That Cornwallis Is Across from Yorktown

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. He has been considered a national hero in both countries.

Marquis de Lafayette letter signed “Lafayette” as Major General from “Camp Forks of York River.” He writes to Brigadier General George Weedon in preparation to confront Cornwallis, requesting cavalry stores and ammunition for his Virginia Campaign. Dated 18 August 1781, letter reads in part: “…I received information this morning that such of the enemy as were at York have crossed over to Gloucester, where Lord Cornwallis is with his whole force. I do not wish to give the militia of the northern neck the least unnecessary fatigue, and for this reason, in place of calling them into the field, I would have them to be in a state of readiness to act on the shortest notice…It is said that there is a stock of Continental ammunition in cartridges at Leesburg. We want nothing so much, except arms, as this article…” Three pages on card-style stationery measure 6.5″ x 8.5″. Light foxing and toning, in very good condition overall. Abstracted in “Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution,” IV:509. Sold for $11,400.

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