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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre autographe signée par William Tudor, Consul ; document signé par le
Commodore Isaac Hull (2)
Lima, 7 mars 1825
3 pp. in-4, papier filgrané “W Weatherley 1822”
BOLIVAR OFFRE UN TOAST AU GÉNÉRAL À BORD D’UNE FRÉGATE AMÉRICAINE
ANCRÉE DANS LE PORT DE CHORILLOS. EXEMPLAIRES DE LAFAYETTE
L.a.s par le Consul William Tudor à Lafayette, contenant la Résolution signée à bord de la frégate
United States
le jour de l’anniversaire de Washington et décrivant les toasts portés en son honneur
par Simon Bolivar : “After these resolutions were passed, the allusion to the Libertador, having
given him the opportunity, he rose, & proposed the health of General Lafayette, & accompanied
it with a speech eulogizing those long & faithful services which you had rendered to the great
cause of the rights of man” ; Bolivar espère le rencontrer en France, Lima, 7 mars 1825
2. Promulgation officielle signée William Tudor et Isaac Hull, adressée à Lafayette, de la résolution
passée en son honneur “At a meeting of American citizens convened on board the Frigate
United
States
on Washington’s birthday, when His Excellency General Bolivar and suite were present
(...) we can never forget that General Lafayette, was the first foreign officer, who nobly engaged
in our cause and thereby set an example for others to follow his steps, and to the world, that the
cause of Liberty is the cause of mankind... it gives an additional excitement to our feelings on
this occasion, that we are in a country which is successfully following our example, and that we
have been honoured with the presence of that distinguished Chief the Libertador, whose name
will stand prominent among the founders of nations”,
3 pp. in-4, papier filgrané
“W Weatherley
1822
”,
à bord de la Frégate
United State
s [au Port de Chorrillos], 22 février 1825.
Commodore Isaac Hull (1773-1843) was commander of the Pacific Squadron
operating out of South America. He is of course chiefly remembered as commander
of the
USS Constitution
(‘Old Ironsides’) in her action against
HMS Guerriere
during
the War of 1812. William Tudor (1779–1830) was a member of the
Massachusetts
Historical Society
and served as United States Consul in Peru from March 27, 1824
until May 15, 1827, and as Chargé d’Affaires at Rio de Janeiro from his appointment
on June 26, 1827 until his death there on March 9, 1830
5 000 / 8 000
€
Simon Bolivar