Lafayette mss. II, 1774-1957

Papers of Various at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

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Title: Lafayette mss. II
Collection No.: LMC 2328
Dates: 1774-1957
Quantity:

Quantity: 1 folio

Quantity: oversize

Quantity:

Quantity: 2 Boxes

Abstract: The Lafayette mss. II, 1774-1957, are individual letters and documents relating to the Marquis de Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, 1757-1834, general, which have been acquired from several sources.
Location: ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) - OVFlat; ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) (Box 2); Lilly - Stacks
Language: Materials are in English ; French .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@iu.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

A colleague of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) played a significant role in both the American and French Revolutions.

Scope and Content Note

The Lafayette mss. II, 1774-1957, are individual letters and documents relating to the Marquis de Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, 1757-1834, general, which have been acquired from several sources.

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Related Material

See Lafayette mss., Lafayette mss. III, Lafayette mss. IV, also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Lafayette mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Gift: 1992

Collection Inventory

Box 2
Photograph of General Lafayette's Study, Army Museum, Paris, France
item Bound
Lafayette Correspondence , 1783-1834

Scope and Contents: Volume of assembled letters.

box 1
Correspondence

Scope and Contents: Individual letters, arranged into folders.

ovflat 20
Plaisted, J. L. to Plaisted, S. P. , 1825, Apr. 25