[Marquis de] LAFAYETTE, Paris [France]. To Mrs. [Eliza] CUSTIS, 1811 December 15

Thanks for her “kind remembrances” and for the “much valued gift of relicks worn by my dearest paternal friend” which were conveyed by Mr. Warden. Wishes that he could express his sentiments in person. Hopes that his American friends know that he finds an “inexhaustible source of enjoyment” in “the recollection of the blessed time I have spent with them, in the scale of their persevering goodness to me and my everlasting affection to them.” Sends kind wishes to various members “in whose family I have so long been adopted.”