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4363. LAFAYETTE, Imprisoned.—

No
one has wished with more anxiety to see him
once more in the bosom of a nation, who, knowing
his works and his worth, desire to make
him and his family forever their own. [280]
To M. de Lafayette. Washington ed. iv, 145.
(1796)

 
[280]

M. de Lafayette was the son of Marquis de Lafayette,
and in the United States when Jefferson
wrote to him. The Washington Administration interceded
in behalf of Lafayette and secured his release.—Editor.