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4351. LAFAYETTE (Marquis de), And French liberty.—

Behold you, then, my dear
friend, at the head of a great army, establishing
the liberties of your country against a foreign
enemy. May heaven favor your cause,
and make you the channel through which it May
pour its favors.—
To General Lafayette. Washington ed. iii, 450. Ford ed., vi, 78.
(Pa., June. 1792)