Correspondence: Originals, 1757-1912

This sub-series consists of original, signed letters by Lafayette family members, including Catherine de Suat de Chavagnac de Lafayette (paternal grandmother), Michel (father), Adrienne (wife), George Washington (son, married Emilie Destutt de Tracy), Anastasie (daughter, married Juste-Charles de la Tour-Maubourg), possibly Virginie (daughter, married Louis de Lasteyrie du Saillant, marquis de Lasteyrie), Clémentine (granddaughter, married Auguste de Beaumont), Edmond (grandson), and Oscar (grandson). Also included is correspondence by friends and others. The letters are arranged alphabetically by last, then first name of correspondent, and then chronologically.