Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Charles Pinckney, 1794 Jan. 16.

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Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Charles Pinckney, 1794 Jan. 16.

Concerning "the case of the unfortunate M. de la Fayette," and mentioning an enclosed letter from the President (George Washington), to the King of Prussia asking for the release of Lafayette, then imprisoned in Germany.

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