[ Autographs ] MARIE JOSEPH LAFAYETTE A.L.S. "Lafayette" 1p. 8vo., Paris, Sept. 16, 1830, in French to a marshal. In part: "...I beg youto speak to the Duc of Mahon, Honorary Lieutenant General of my old relations with his family and himself; I was close to his two brothers my constituent colleagues...the younger one served under my order. I also have well known his father, the Conqueror of Mahon...All in all, I had started to know the service and the sacrifice of the Duke of Mahon...attached to the French cause in Spain that which was the ruin of his fortune. I do not know what...to the responsibility....or what you might be able to do for him, but he is indebted to the kindness ofthe government...". Boldly written and signed, and very good.