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4345. LAFAYETTE (Marquis de), Doyen of heroes.—

Among the few survivors
of our Revolutionary struggles, you are as
distinguished in my affections, as in the eyes of
the world, and especially in those of this country.
You are now, I believe, the doyen of our
military heroes, and may I not say of the soldiers
of liberty in the world?—
To Marquis Lafayette. Ford ed., x, 228.
(M. 1822)