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LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de). Autograph letter...

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LA FAYETTE (Gilbert Du Motier de). Autograph letter signed. S.l., [before the Revolution]. When I reported to you on the promise of the Duke of Bourbon to propose M. de La Chevalerie for the first vacancy of a reform in his regiment, you do me the honor of telling me that if this officer changes, in the meantime, his sub-lieutenancy in foot for a replacement at the Dauphin Regiment, you will kindly accept the request that will be made by his colonel. The fortune of M. de La Chevalerie depends on the short stay he will make in the provinces, if, in order to grant this absence with the good of the service, you are kind enough to grant the change proposed by M. de Surgères... »