1. Letter fragment to Thomas Jefferson

Description:

Discusses Napoleonic and other politics. [La Grange]

Attribution:

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Date:

August 14, 1814

2. Letter to Lafayette's good friend princesse d'Hnin

Attribution:

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Date:

1815

3. Address to the Chamber of Deputies by members protesting its unconstitutional expulsion of Manuel

Description:

Signed by Lafayette and his son, among others. (Printed facsimile of holograph statement.) [Paris]

Date:

March 5, 1823

4. Letter to Lafayette

Description:

Analyzing the general's controversial decision to aid Louis-Philippe's accession to the throne during the "Glorious Revolution" [Montpelier]

Attribution:

Madison, James

Date:

December 12, 1830

5. Manuscript of an address on a question of political philosophy from the British Utilitarian Jeremy Bentham "to the French People"

Description:

Bentham corresponded with Lafayette on political questions. [Westminster/London]

Date:

August 1830

6. Letter from the Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, congratulating Lafayette on his part in the "Glorious Revolution"

Description:

[London]

Attribution:

Shelley, Mary

Date:

November 11, 1830

7. Extract from Lafayette's address to the electors of Meau, of 13 June, 1831 as it appeared in an American newspaper

Description:

Lafayette, now in his seventies, was up for re-election, and here reflects on the past and present political scene in France.