Paris, April 13, 1785.
My Dear Hamilton:
Although I have just now written to McHenry, requesting him to impart
my Gazette to you, a very barren one indeed, I feel within myself a
want to tell you, I love you tenderly. Your brother Church has sailed
for America, since which I had a letter from his lady, who is in very
good health. By an old letter from our friend Greene, I have been
delighted to find he consents to send his son to be educated with mine;
the idea makes me very happy. I wish, dear Hamilton, you would honor
me with the same mark of your friendship and confidence. As there is
no fear of a war, I intend visiting the Prussian and Austrian troops.
In one of your New-York Gazettes, I find an association against the
slavery of negroes, which seems to me worded in such a way as to give
no offence to the moderate men in the southern States. As I ever have
been partial to my brethren of that color, I wish, if you are one in
the society, you would move, in your own name, for my being admitted on
the list. My best respects wait on Mrs. Hamilton. Adieu.
Your affectionate friend,
La Fayette.