Statistics for occurrence #1 of “M. de Lafayette” in entry lafayette-marie-jean-paul-roch-yves-gilbert-motier-marquis-de of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...he conduct of the first Frenchmen who had joined them. These men gradually disappeared, and all those who remained were remarkable for talents, or at least for probity. They became the friends of M. de Lafayette , who sincerely sought out all the national prejudices of the Americans against his countrymen for the purpose of overcoming them. Love and respect for the name of Frenchmen animated his letters and...
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