Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution--Selected Letters and Papers, 1776-1790: January 4, 1782-December 29, 1785

by Le Marquis De Lafayette

Book Overview

This volume, the fifth in a distinguished and admired series, includes correspondence with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Henry Knox, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Patrick Henry, French foreign minister Vergennes, Spanish foreign minister Floridablanca, and Lafayette 's wife, Adrienne. The book opens with Lafayette's return to France after Yorktown to press the benefits of that victory. Displaying his role as Franklin 's "political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801415764
• ISBN13: 9780801415760
• Release Date: June 1983
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher