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[
LAFAYETTE,
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre autographe signée par Samuel A. Barker
McConnelsville, Ohio 15 avril 1825
2 pp. in-4
LE FILS D’UN VÉTÉRAN DE LAFAYETTE DEMANDE UNE
PENSION POUR SA MÈRE AU NOM DE SON PÈRE “[WHO]
ASSISTED IN STORMING THE BRITISH BATTERIES NEAR
YORKTOWN”
Demande une lettre à Lafayette, unique témoin vivant : “nor is there
a person living within our knowledge who was acquainted with my
Father in the Army except yourself. While young I recollect to have
heard my Father state that he & his Company assisted in storming the
British Batteries near York Town”
ACaptain Samuel A. Barker is indeed on record as commanding
a light infantry company serving under Lafayette at Yorktown.
200 / 300
€
225
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre signée par les citoyens d’Augusta, Gardiner et Hallowell.
Maine, 19 avril 1825
2 pp. in-4
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE
Les citoyens d’Augusta, Gardiner et Hallowell, invitent Lafayette à visiter
“these contiguous towns of Hallowell Augusta & Gardiner in the state
of Maine (...) situated in a line upon the Kennebec & about fifty seven
miles in a Northeastern direction from Portland – the present seat of
our government (...) A few of your contemporaries in army, during our
perilous conflict for liberty, still survive among us (...) Here you may see
the children of departed patriots, who have read with enthusiasm the
story of your generous efforts and sacrifices for our beloved country ;
and who dwell with inexpressible delight upon your name”, signé par
trois citoyens d’Augusta et Gardiner, et par onze de Hallowell
Lafayette visited Augusta on 23 April which was to become
state capital of Maine in 1827 :
“As we approached Augusta, two steam boats, crowded with a great
many citizens of that town, came to meet us, and saluted General
Lafayette with three cheers, and the discharge of artillery. We answered
them by the patriotic air of Yankee Doodle, and by three rounds of our
guns. They joining us we descended the river together, each forcing the
steam in rivalry of speed. There was something frightful in this contest ;
the three roaring vessels seemed to fly in the midst of thick black clouds
of smoke, which prevented us from seeing each other... The general,
forced to adhere vigorously to his calculations for travelling, had at first
resolved to pass but one day at Augusta ; but it was impossible for
him to resist the earnest solicitations of the inhabitants to remain two
days, that the greater part of the preparations made for him should
not become useless. He yielded, and the entertainments they gave
him were so multiplied, that for the first time since the commencement
of this prodigious journey, he suffered a fatigue which caused us
momentary inquietude” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, pp. 65-66).
200 / 300
€
226
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Document signé par William Russel Forster et Morgan Neville
Cincinnati, 11 mai 1825
1 p. in-4, papier filigrané “Amies Philada”
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. IL EST ADMIS DANS LA
“CINCINNATI MASONIC LODGE”. TRÈS BEAU DOCUMENT.
LAFAYETTE’S COPY. HE IS ACCEPTED INTO THE
“CINCINNATI
MASONIC
LODGE.”
OUTSTANDING
DOCUMENT
Promulgation officilelle signée par le secretaire, transmise à Lafayette,
d’une Résolution prise par la
Cincinnati Masonic Lodge
faisant de lui un
membre à vie, certifié de la main de William Russell Foster,
Secretary
pro tem
, et signé par Morgan Neville,
Worshipful Master.
“On the 19
th
of May, at 10 o’clock in the morning, we arrived on the
left bank of the Ohio. The first object that attracted my view on the
side, and almost opposite to us, was the handsome city of Cincinnati,
majestically covering a large amphitheatre, at the foot of which, the
river, upwards of half a mile in width, flows peaceably” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, p. 172).
The reception afforded Lafayette in Cincinnati was especially
lavish, his principle host being the future President, William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841 ; 9
th
President) : “After some
moments devoted to official introductions, and reciprocal
felicitations, the general returned his thanks to General
Harrison, and we proceeded with a numerous train of free
masons to the masonic hall, where many lodges had met to
receive the nation’s guest, and offer fraternal congratulations
upon his arrival in the state of Ohio” (p. 173).
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