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4372. LAFAYETTE (Marquis de), Promoter of commerce.—[further continued] .

I was powerfully aided by all the influence and the energies of the
Marquis de Lafayette[in the commercial negotiations
with France], who proved himself
equally zealous for the friendship and welfare
of both nations.—
Autobiography. Washington ed. i, 64. Ford ed., i, 90.
(1821)