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Autograph letter signed with initials : Mount Vernon, to the Marquis de Lafayette, 1798 Dec. 25.

BIB_ID
136754
Accession number
MA 54
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1798 Dec. 25.
Description
1 item (11 p.) ; 25.2 cm.
Notes
Full signature cut out.
Press copy (on Washington's private, watermarked paper) of the last page of this letter, before the signature was removed, endorsed by Washington. 1 p.
Summary
Advising him not to come to America and explaining the American (official) position toward the Franco-British war.