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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre signée par Heman Bowmar et deux autres citoyens de Versailles.
Versailles, 13 mai 1825
1 p. in-4, filigrané “Amies/Philada3
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : “BARBACUE” [sic] À VERSAILLES. LE GÉNÉRAL EST
INVITÉ TO “A BARBACUE TO BE PREPARED ON THE GREEN IN THE SUBURBS OF
VERSAILLES”
“Our Citizens anxious to see the man of whom they have heard so much, will hasten to meet
you... We therefore hope that you, with your suite, will gratify us in passing thro’ our Village and
partaking of a Barbacue to be prepared on the Green in the suberbs [sic] of Versailles”, signé par
Herman Bowmar, John McKinney, Jr., et P. Butler, AVEC UNE APOSTILLE AUTOGRAPHE DE
LAFAYETTE :
“invitation de la ville de versailles – Kentucky”
The first signatory, Herman Bowmar of Woodford (1769-1855), was a prominent
Kentucky pioneer and veteran of three campaigns during the Northwest Indian War
of the 1790s, including the final decisive Battle of Fallen Timbers fought under “Mad”
Anthony Wayne.
“We set out on Saturday, the 14
th
of May, from Frankfort, and travelling almost without stopping,
till we reached Lexington, which we entered on Monday, about the middle of the day. On the way,
we visited the pretty little town of Versailles, where we remained some hours, to attend a public
dinner, given by the citizens of the town and the surrounding country” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in
America
, ii, p. 167).
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