To George Washington from “A Friend to the People,” 13 September 1796

From “A Friend to the People”

Baltimore Septr 13th 1796

Sir,

Have we not a right as a nation, to demand the Marquis La’ Fayette as a Citizen of our Country. The People love him—we all love him—and our God knows his goodness and virtue.

A Friend to the People

ALS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters.

For efforts to free Lafayette from prison, see Justus Erick Bollman to GW, 1 April, and La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt to GW, 25 July; see also GW to La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 8 August.

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Cite as: “To George Washington from “A Friend to the People,” 13 September 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0427. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 686.]