Letters, 1825-1830.

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Letters, 1825-1830.

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Letter of Lafayette, 1825, written on board the "Natchez" on the Mississippi River, introducing Prince Achille Murat, son of the King of Naples, and a group of Murat's Neapolitan friends; letter from Lafayette in Halifax, N.C., responding to an invitation to visit Tarboro, N.C.; letter from Lafayette to unidentified friend, written from LaGrange, France, 1830, concerning funds for a statue of Thomas Jefferson to be commissioned in Europe on behalf of the University of Virginia (Lafayette favored the appointment of his friend Pierre-Jean David for this commission).

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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