Autograph letter signed : n.p., to [Marguerite-Madeleine du Motier], n.p., 1779 Sept. 4.

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Autograph letter signed : n.p., to [Marguerite-Madeleine du Motier], n.p., 1779 Sept. 4.

Morizot asks Mlle. du Motier to send him Lafayette's baptismal record so that the Marquis could continue to receive a pension because his father died in action. Morizot also mentions that Louis XVI had passed an edict freeing all serfs on royal domains and wonders if the Marquis still has serfs in Auvergne.

1 item (4 p.) ; 22 x 17 cm.

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