Eliza Custis - Marquis de Lafayette correspondence
Abstract
This collection contains letters written by the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (1776-1832) and several other acquaintances.
Dates
- 1778-1828
Creator
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Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Van S. Merle-Smith, Jr. in February 1979.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains fifteen letters (1811-1828) from the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (1776-1832). In these letters he discusses family and mutual friends; provides introductions for friends visiting America; and describes his travels in the United States during 1824-1825.
Other letters written by Lafayette in this collection are: one letter to M. Gerard, French Ambassador to the United States, regarding the American Revolution, 1778; one letter to Madame Barlow in Paris, 1813; and one letter to George Hay, 1825.
Additional items include: five letters to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law from Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de Lafayette (1779-1849), in which he discusses travels with his father in 1825; two letters to Law from daughters of the Marquis de Lafayette--Anastasie Louise Pauline de Latour-Maubourg (1777-1863) and Marie Antoinette Virginie de Lasteyrie du Saillant (1782-1849); and one letter from Mary A. R. Custis to her aunt in 1825.
- Title
- Guide to the Eliza Custis - Marquis de Lafayette correspondence
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Harriot Weiskittel
- Date
- 1979-04
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020-02-08: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Sandra Glascock .
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org