Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Marquis de Lafayette papers, 1757-1990 |
|---|---|
| Inclusive Dates | 1457-1990 |
| Bulk Dates | 1736-1880 |
| ID No. | MSS83803 |
| Creator | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 |
| Extent | 64 microfilm reels (34.5 linear feet, 25,000 items) |
| Language | Collection material in French |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997004 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm96083803 |
| Summary | Soldier and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, writings, speeches, reports, minutes, notes, military records, financial and legal documents, family papers, broadsides, and other papers relating chiefly to the Marquis de Lafayette's military, political, and private life, as well as to French and American history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Subjects include Lafayette's involvement in the American Revolution and in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830, his imprisonment in Prussian and Austrian jails (1792-1797), and his dealings with French and American political figures and with leaders of revolutionary movements in other countries. |