Extract from Lafayette to George Washington
| Paris january the 1st 178[8] |
I am More and More pleased with Mr jefferson. His abilities, His Virtues, His temper, Every thing of Him Commands Respect and Attracts Attention. He Enjoys Universal Regard, and does the Affairs of America to perfection it is the Happiest choice that Could Be Made.
RC (MH). Published in the Papers of George Washington: Confederation Series (W. W. Abbot, Dorothy Twohig, Philander D. Chase, Theodore J. Crackel, and others,
eds., 1983–), 6:5–7.
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