February 1, 1786 letter from Lafayette to Mr. le Noir on trade between France and America (translated from French to English)
CWF Rockefeller Library Special Collections. SCMS1931.17.0045
Paris the 1st
February 1786
[Rep]
It is with the greatest pleasure, Sir, that I see brought before
A Committee the business of Gallo American commerce. I only have
very superficial knowledge on this subject, but it has been a long time
that I have wished for the examination of this important matter, and although I
do not have the pretention to [illegible] you in your research, I
will profit with the greatest pleasure from the permission that you gave me to
give evidence of it to you sometime. If you have the goodness to let me
know the hour and day that I must come to your house, I will carry there the homage
of the attachment with which I have the honor to be, your most
Humble and obedient servant.
Lafayette
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