105 / 239
104
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LAFAYETTE,
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Document signé par Mathieu StClair, Clerk of the House of
Representatives, et par Charles Cutts, Secretary of the Senate
Washington, “House of Representatives”, 30 décembre 1824
1 p. folio, quelques taches et défauts, mais en relativement bon état
DÉCRET DES DEUX CHAMBRES, SIGNÉ PAR CHACUN DE
LEUR SECRÉTAIRE, PRÉPARANT L’ANNONCE DU DON À
LAFAYETTE DE $200,000 ET DE 24.000 ACRES EN FLORIDE,
SELON “THE RESPECTFUL REQUEST AND CONFIDENCE
OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS”.
DECREE OF THE TWO CHAMBERS, SIGNED BY
THEIR RESPECTIVE SECRETARIES, PREPARING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DONATION TO LAFAYETTE OF
$200,000 AND 24,000 ACRES IN FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH “THE RESPECTFUL REQUEST AND CONFIDENCE OF
THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS”
Promulgation officielle par la Chambre des Représentants,
transmise à Lafayette et attestée par le Clerk : “Resolved, That
a Committee be appointed to unite with a Committee of the
Senate in announcing to General Lafayette, the passage of
the act concerning him, which has just been approved, and
to express to him the respectful request and confidence of
the Two Houses of Congress that he will add his acceptance
of the testimony of public gratitude to him by this act, to the
many and signal proofs which he has afforded of his esteem
for the United States”, le comité étant formé de M. Archer, Van
Rensselaer et Markley appointed to the Committee, auxquels
se joindront les Sénateurs Smith, Hayne and Bouligny
This was the grant by Congress to Lafayette of $ 200.000
and a tract of 24,000 acres in Tallahassee, Florida (chosen
by President Monroe), formally announced to Lafayette on 1
January 1825.
4 000 / 6 000
€
200
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Documents manuscrits (6)
[Philadelphie], s. d.
2 pp. in-4
EXEMPLAIRES DE LAFAYETTE. ADRESSE DES CITOYENS
DE PHILADELPHIE DANS LA SALLE MÊME OÙ FUT
PROCLAMÉE LA DÉCLARATION D’INDÉPENDANCE ET LA
CONSTITUTION
“Adress of the citizens of Philadelphia (...) to Major General Lafayette.
On this interesting occasion which renews their heartfelt intercourse
with the distinguished and believed friend of the United States, and
in the Hall consecrated by the Declaration of Indepence (sic) and the
formation of the National Constitution, the Citizens of Philadelphia
obeying the impulse of esteem and affection, hail with peculiar
emotion your auspicious return to the City, in whose defense against
the approach of our invading Foe the valor of your youth was eminently
displayed and your blood magnanimously shed”
2.
“The joint Committee appointed to arrange the reception of Genl.
Lafayette (...) will be conducted to the State House and received by the
Governor and Council in the Executive Chamber” signé E. F. Chambers
et B. Howard,
s.l.n.d., 2 pp. in-4
3
. Très difficilement lisible, anonyme, s.l.n.d., 2. pp. in-4
4.
L.a.s. de Anthony Delafoy Brower, au nom des Francs-Maçons de la
Vallée du Wyoming [Penssylvanie] : “Defender of our country Brother,
Protecter & Friend, permit me in the name & on behalf of our Brother
& fellow citizens of the delightfull Valley of Wyoming”,
s.d., 4 pp. in-4
5. Avec une APOSTILLE AUTOGRAPHE DE LAFAYETTE : “à
Washington City”,
1 p. in-folio
,
“General, In beholding you again in our country after a lapse of forty
years”
6. Anonyme : “James Barbour offers his respects to Genl Lafayette”,
1
p. in-4 oblong
,
s.l.n.d. [1825]
7. Deux chemises annotées par Georges Washington Lafayette
300 / 500
€
201
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
Document manuscrit, copie d’un document signé par David
Lenox
[Philadelphie], s. d.
2 pp. in-folio, avec la mention “(copy”) en haut à gauche
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. ADRESSE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ
DES CINCINNATI DE PENNSYLVANIE
“Adress of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania [which]
hail with heartfelt welcome your auspicious return to the United States
to whose freedom and happiness the flower of your youth and the
friendship of your life have been unceasingly devoted and to whose
glorious attainment of National Sovereignty and Independance your
valor and virtue were eminently conducive”...
Major David Lenox (1753-1828) entered Philadelphia City Troop
March, 1777, served as private in the campaign of August,
1777-1779, and 1780-1781 in New Jersey, was First Lieutenant
1794-1796. He became well known in the banking and finance
sectors. When Stephen Girard, then the wealthiest man in
America, bought controlling shares in the Bank of America, he
appointed David Lenox a trustee. A year later he was appointed
President of the Philadelphia Bank.
300 / 500
€