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LAFAYETTE,
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
[Toast 11] Document autographe signé
Frankfort, Kentucky, [14 mai 1825]
5 lignes
TOAST PRONONCÉ À FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE, A LA TROISIEME PERSONNE
TOAST IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY. LAFAYETTE’S COPY, IN
THE THIRD PERSON
“Lafayette’s toast at the Frankfort dinner
Kentucky and his seat of government :
May the gallant and patriotic Kentuckians for ever unite in the enjoyment
of the principles for which we have fought and of the blessings to which
their industry, their valor and their republican spirit give them a triple
right”
“The next day, at four o’clock in the afternoon, the General
made his entrance into Frankfort, the seat of the government
of Kentucky. The entertainments given on this occasion by
the inhabitants of the town, to which were joined those of
the neighbouring counties, were very brilliant, and strongly
impressed with that ardent and patriotic character which
distinguishes all the states of the Union, but which, among
the Kentuckians, is more manifest, and expressed with all the
energy of a young people, enthusiastic in the cause of liberty.
After having traversed the principal streets of Frankfort, we
arrived in the center of the town, where we stopped in front
of a triumphal arch, under which the Governor waited for the
guest of the nation ; the sound of a cannon, discharged from
a neighbouring hill overlooked all the neighbouhood, arrested
the acclamations of the people, when the Governor advanced
in the midst of a profoundly silent and attentive crowd”
(Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, p. 166)
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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Anonyme
[Kentucky], avant le 7 mai 1825
4 pp. in-4
INVITATION D’UN CITOYEN DU KENTUCKY : “THE ELDEST
DAUGHTER OF THE WILDERNESS OF THE WEST, OPENS
HER ARMS TO RECEIVE YOU”
“Kentucky Sir, the eldest daughter of the Wilderness of the West,
opens her Arms to receive you. She presents you her heart, naked
and sincere ; Upon it by the finger of Nature is traced, Gratitude and
Affection, for Lafayette, the Friend of America and of Man. Enter Sir, We
intreat you, and behold some of the fruits of your glorious labors for our
Country. Our numerous population ; our Smiling fields ; and the tokens
of happiness which spring from honest industry”
This appears, from its opening reference to “Your arrival in
the United States”, to date from early in Lafayette’s visit. But,
being undated, we have assigned that position, prior to the
Shelbyville invitation of 7 May 1825.
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