[Marquis de] LAFAYETTE, La Grange, [France]. To Mrs. Eliza P. Custis, Baltimore, 1818 May 13

Thanks for her letter conveyed by Mr. Somerville with the news of the marriage of her daughter [Eliza Law, married Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, 5 April 1817]. Introduction of Mde. Mewara who is joining her husband who has been living in the United States for two years. Expresses his “satisfaction to hear of the generous grant made by Congress” to France in its “efforts against foreign invasion and foreign influence.” “To see our noble temple of American liberty stand an inviolable refuge against the persecutions from every part of the world is to me a source of inexpressible delight.” Wishes to re-visit the United States.