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.