1 page, 7 1/8 x 8 1/8 in, with envelope on integral conjugate leaf, minor toning along original creases, small loss from seal, framed with printed portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette to 23 1/4 x 25 1/4 in., not examined out of frame. 

The Marquis writes to the Neapolitan General (here in translation:): "Though I expect the pleasure of seeing you every day, My dear General, I am sending you a letter from your friend which I have kept for you, and I renew to you the expression of my most sincere friendship." The first section is a secretarily written note signed by Lafayette. In a second paragraph, the Marquis writes in his own hand with concerns about the French legate.

Written near the end of the Bourbon Restoration, about 1 year before the July Revolution of 1830. The Marquis, in his 70s had returned from his Grand Tour of the United States, and re-entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies vocally in opposition to King Charles X and his attempts to restrict civil liberties and restore the absolute monarchy.