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CRAFTS
, Hon. William
[Imprimé]. Adress of the students of the philosophical and
classical seminary of Charleston to General Lafayette
Charleston, 14-17 mars 1825
1 p. in-4
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. POÈME IMPRIMÉ POUR LUI
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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre autographe signée par Peter F. Jaillet
Milledgeville, 18 avril 1825
2 pp. 1/2 in-4, adresse au verso du second feuillet (“Paid General
Lafayette Boston. Massachusetts mail”)
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. CHALEUREUSE LETTRE
REMERCIANT LAFAYETTE ET LEVASSEUR DE LEUR VISITE
DANS “OUR MASONIC TEMPLES & SANCTUARIES”
“We wish to deposit then in the Archives & sacred deposits of our
Chapter & Lodges to serve as a memento of the honor you & your highly
esteemed companions have done us in gracing by your presence, our
Masonic Temples & Sanctuaries”
Lafayette had visited Milledgeville earlier that month, on March
27, establishing an especial rapport. Milledgevile was the
capital of the state of Georgia :
“We arrived on the 2d of March, on the banks of little river Oconee,
near to which Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia, is built. This town,
which, from the dispersion of its houses, and the multitude and
extent of its beautiful gardens, rather resembles a fine village than
a city, containing a population of two thousand five hundred souls,
among whom General Lafayette was received as a father and friend...
After the official presentation in the state house, where the general
was addressed by an American citizen of French descent, Mr Jaillet,
mayor of Milledgeville ; after the visit which we made to the lodge of
our masonic brethren, and the review of all the militia of the county, we
dined with Governor Troup... Affected almost to tears with the kindness
evinced towards him, the general completely forgot that Georgia was a
new acquaintance” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II. p. 67).
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[Imprimé]
.
Song composed by a gentleman of Alexandria, and
sung at a Masonic Dinner, given in that place, on the 21
st
Feb.
1825, to the illustrious veteran General Lafayette
[Washington], [21 février 1825]
1 p. in-8
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. CHANSON MAÇONNIQUE
D’UNE LOGE DE WASHINGTON
“Hail to the chief whom the world is admiring”...
On February 21, 1825, Lafayette was still in Washington waiting
for a soon departure towards South Carolina : “On the 23
rd
of
February, at nine o’clock in the evening, he embarked upon the
Potomac” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, p. 30)
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