115 / 239
114
216
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LAFAYETTE,
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre signée par Albion K. Parris, Gouverneur du Maine
Portland, Executive Department, 28 janvier 1825
2 pp. in-4, brunies, taches
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. INVITATION DU GOUVERNEUR
DU MAINE : “THE SURVIVORS OF THOSE WHO SHARED
WITH YOU THE PERILS OF THE CAMP”
Lettre d’envoi des documents précédents par le Gouverneur Albion K.
Parris : “The survivors of those who shared with you the perils of the
camp are desirous of an opportunity of again meeting you in person ;
and all are anxious that you would visit our State previous to your return
to your native Country”
Albion Parris (1788-1857) was fifth Governor of Maine, serving
between 1822 and 1827, later becoming a Senator.
800 / 1 200
€
217
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre signée par Messrs Hohnes, Henry & Rudolph
New York, 14 février 1825
1 p. in-4, brunie, mais très lisible, avec adresse au verso (Genl Lafayette
Cityu of Washington)
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. UNE MANUFACTURE
LAINIÈRE OFFRE UN COSTUME AU GÉNÉRAL : “A SUIT OF
CLOTHS AS A TOKEN OF THEIR RESPECT”
On demande les mesures de son corps : “it being the intention of the
proprietors of the Glenham Wollen Factory in this State, to present you
with cloth from their manufactory for a suit of cloths [sic] as a token of
their respect”
The Glenham Woolen Mill opened in 1823, was very active in
the 19
th
century before being purchased by Texaco.
200 / 300
€
218
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Document signé par le Gouverneur DeWitt Clinton
Albany, Sénat de l’État de New York, 16 février 1825
1 p. in-folio, brunie, mais très lisible, avec le sceau de papier, déchirures
restaurées dans les plis
LE PORTRAIT DE LAFAYETTE PAR MORSE.
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : “ACT IN HONOR OR
LAFAYETTE (...) THE EARLY AND DISTINGUISHED FRIEND
OF AMERICAN LIBERTY”
“Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York represented in
Senate and Assembly, That the person administering the Government of
this State be and he is hereby authorised to procure a full-length Portrait
of General Lafayette, the early and distinguished friend of American
Liberty and the place the same in some suitable situation in the Capitol”
1 500 / 2 000
€
219
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Document signé par les Frères M. Herbert et Charles M. King
Savannah, Georgia, 3 mars 1825
1 p. in-4, bruni, marges abîmées avec pertes de papier
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. LA GRANDE LOGE DE
GÉORGIE ACCUEILLE ET INVITE “OUR REVERED AND
BELOVED BROTHER LAFAYETTE”
Lettre de la
Grand Lodge of Georgia
communicant les
résolutions et l’invitation à un dîner maçonnique dès son
arrivée, signée par les Frères M. Herbert et Charles M. King
Lafayette arrived at Savannah later that month :
“When on the morning of the 19
th
, we arrived in sight of Savannah, we
perceived all the population on the shore, and the militia assembled, who
had waited during several hours. We soon heard the majestic salute of the
artillery, and the acclamations of the people. We replied to them by a salute
from the guns of our vessel, and by the patriotic airs with which our music
caused to re-echo from the shore ; while there, he laid the cornerstone of a
monument to his fellow Revolutionary major-general, Nathanael Greene :
‘the masonic society, which was charged with all the details relative to the
construction of the monument, formed itself into a procession on the 21
st
March, at nine in the morning, and moved to the sound of music, to the
lodgings of general Lafayette. The high priest, the king and other officers
of the royal chapter of Georgia, were decorated with their finest apparel
and richest masonic jewels. Before them was carried a banner elegantly
embroidered... General Lafayette then advanced to the place prepared
to receive the corner stone. He was surrounded by the grand master, the
grand keepers, the chaplain, the grand priest, the king, and the secretary
of chapter of Georgia” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, pp. 58-62).
200 / 300
€