| My dear friend | Paris May 14th 1824 |
General Pepe’s character is so well known to you that it is only as His friend that I claim the Right of introduction to Monticelo: time is not very distant when I will have the delight to introduce myself. But as he goes from England, I from France, and my own arrangements are not yet settled, I thought I Had better transmit these lines for you, sensible as I am of the pleasure you will feel in a personal acquaintance with the gallant Neapolitan patriot. Expecting the inexpressible gratification to embrace you before long I am with all my Heart
Lafayette
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