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Previous to the marriage of M. de Lafayette, we have only one letter written by him at fourteen years of age, the 8th of February, 1772, which will be read perhaps with some curiosity. It is addressed to his cousin, Mademoiselle de Chavaniac. "I have just received, my dear cousin, your letter, and the good account you give me of my grandmother's health.
If my grandfather's letters should not reach him, present to him my respectful and affectionate regards. Adieu, adieu, my dearest life; continue to love me, for I love you most tenderly. Present my compliments to Dr. Franklin and Mr. Deane; I wished to write to them, but cannot find time. Madame de Chavaniac and Madame de Motier, sisters of General Lafayette's father.
His mother died soon afterward, and so the young Marquis was left almost alone in his great castle of Chavaniac in the Auvergne Mountains of southern France. He must have been very lonely with no playmates of his own age and only masters and governesses about him.
Soon after this letter was despatched, Washington received one from the marchioness, dated at Chavaniac on the eighth of October, 1792, which came by the way of England.
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