109 / 239
108
205
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Copie manuscrite sans doute de la main de Levasseur
2 janvier 1825
2 pp. in-4
COPIE CONSERVÉE PAR LAFAYETTE DE SA RÉPONSE AUX
DEUX CHAMBRES AU SUJET DU DON QU’ELLES ONT FAIT
AU “OLD AMERICAN SOLDIER AND ADOPTED SON OF THE
UNITED STATES”
“Gentlemen of the Committee of Both houses of Congress, the
immense and unexpected gift Which, in addition to former and
considerable Bounties, it has Pleased Congress to confer upon me
calls for the Warmest aknowledgments [sic] of an old American Soldier
and adopted son of the united States, two titles dearer to my heart
than all the treasures in the World”, sans doute de la main de Levasseur
The original is in the collections of the
New Jersey Historical
Society
(Gottschalk,
Guide
, p.191).
300 / 500
€
206
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Copie manuscrite de la main de Levasseur (?)
Washington, 5 janvier 1824 [pour 1825]
2 pp. in-4
COPIE CONSERVÉE PAR LAFAYETTE D’UNE LETTRE À UN
REPRÉSENTANT DE LA VILLE DE WASHINGTON
“Before I had Received the munificent gift which Congress have been
pleased to vote in my Behalf, I have with perfect confidence, freely
and gratefully accepted a generous hospitality from the people of
this city” ; il étend ses remerciements à “the people, the corporation,
and the worthy mayor of this city” puis refuse toute autre forme de
dédommagement “farther than the last day of the precedent year”,
sans doute de la main d’Auguste Levasseur
No letter of this date is recorded by Gottschalk’s
Guide
. This
day he also wrote to Monroe and President Adams, also
misdating his letters 1824 (Gottschalk,
Guide
, p.191).
200 / 300
€
207
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Ensemble de quatre documents manuscrits émis par le
Gouverneur et les chambres du Tennessee
Executive Office, Murfreesboro, Tennesse, 7 janvier 1825
8 pp. in-4
EXEMPLAIRES DE LAFAYETTE : LES INVITATIONS DE
WILLIAM CARROLL, GOUVERNEUR DU TENNESSEE, ET
LA CAMPAGNE ÉLECTORALE DE 1824. LETTRE REMISE
À LAFAYETTE PAR LE GÉNÉRAL ANDREW JACKSON (6e
PRÉSIDENT)
1. L.s. par William Carroll, Governeur du Tennessee, à Lafayette,
joignant “the Preamble & Resolutions of the General Assembly of the
State of Tennessee (...) We cannot promise to receive you with the
splendor which has attended your reception in the Eastern Cities, but
we will meet you with open arms, & hearts swelling with gratitude for
the eminent services which you rendered in securing to our Country,
peace, prosperity & Liberty”,
1 p. in-4, bruni et fragile, Executive Office,
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1 octobre 1824
2. Promulgation officielle transmise à Lafayette par la Tennessee
General Assembly : “Resolutions expressive of the sentiments &
gratitude of the State of Tennessee to Major Genl Lafayette (...)
disinterested love of liberty unexampled in the annals of History (...)
There are still among us a few of those worthies who stood by his side
in the hours of peril & danger, & their hearts would leap for joy at the
sight of their Chief, & their children would delight to honor him who
led their fathers to victory & Independence”, signé au nom des deux
Speaker (
House of Representatives
et
Senate
) et de leurs clercs, et
sans doute de la main de Daniel Graham,
3 pp. in-4, bruni et fragile,
Tennessee General Assembly, 23 septembre 1824
3. L.a.s. par William Carroll, Gouverneur du Tennessee, à Lafayette, lui
envoyant le double de la Résolution passée par la General Assembly
of the State of Tennessee, déjà envoyée le 1er octobre précédent, le
double porte la mention “A true Copy of the original now on file in my
office, Daniel Graham Secretary of State, 7
th
Jany 1825”, sans doute
de la main de Daniel Graham,
4 pp. in-4, brunies et difficilement
lisible pour la lettre, Executive Office, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 31
décembre 1824
William Carroll (1788-1844), a veteran of the War of 1812, was
Governor of Tennessee from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829
to 1835. Murfreesboro was state capital of Tennessee between
1818 and 1826, when it was replaced by Nashville. This first
version of the Resolution was enclosed with Governor Carroll’s
letter to Lafayette of 1 October. Lafayette appears to have kept
the two Tennessee Resolutions and their accompanying letters
by Carroll together, and all show similar patterns of damp-
staining (possibly from the Ohio shipwreck). The transcript
appears to have been made by the Secretary of State, Daniel
Graham, and is in the same hand as that dated 7 January
The letter dates from 31
st
December and its enclosure was
delivered to Lafayette by General Andrew Jackson, then
standing as President against John Quincy Adams who was
to be elected President on 9 February 1825. The fact that
Lafayette’s tour coincided with the election – one widely seen
by Jackson’s followers as a contest between the man of the
people and the Eastern oligarchy – added considerably to its