Marquis de Lafayette manuscript material : 1 item, 1829

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Marquis de Lafayette manuscript material : 1 item, 1829

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· To Amelia Opie, English novelist and poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Nov 1829 : (O'ANA 0018) : from La Grange : begins, "Your kind letter, 17th of the 10th Month, dear and respected friend, for want of being directly sent to La Grange, Has remained some days unreceived ..." Mounted in the Pforzheimer grangerized copy of Brightwell's life of Opie, opposite p. 240. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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