Letters to William Harris Crawford, 1814-1824.

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Letters to William Harris Crawford, 1814-1824.

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Sixteen autograph letters from Lafayette to Crawford. Also one typescript copy of a letter. Topics include: Treaty of Ghent, Waterloo, the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, the restoration of the Bourbon Kings in France, the Congress of Vienna and Aix-la-Chapelle, the Holy Alliance, the war between France and Spain in 1823, and the Greek War of Independence.

1 v. ; 31 x 25 cm.

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