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4342. LAFAYETTE (Marquis de), Dishonored.—[further continued].

He is disgraced, in the
ancient language of the court, but in truth
honorably marked in the eyes of the nation. The
ministers are so sensible of this, that they have
had, separately, private conferences with him,
to endeavor through him to keep things quiet.—
To John Jay. Washington ed. ii, 452.
(P. 1788)