138 / 239
137
252
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
[Toast 17] Document autographe signé
Kennebunk, 24 juin 1825
9 lignes
TOAST PRONONCÉ À KENNEBUNK. EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE.
TOAST IN KENNEBUNK. LAFAYETTE’S COPY
“Gal Lafayette toast at the Kennebunk dinner.
After having expressed his grateful acknowledgment, gal L.F. gave the following sentiment :
The town of Kennebunk, where the first tree fell on the day when the first gun of American and
Universal Liberty was fired at Lexington. May the glorious date be to Nourishing Kennebunk, a
pledge of overlasting and ever increasing Republican Prosperity and happiness.
Gal Lafayette being asked for a Volunteer toast said :
I rise from this chair so kindly so beautifully ornamented to propose you a toast to the Kennebunk
ladies”
“Although the general had a short time to devote to the citizens of Kennebunk, he
accepted the public dinner they had prepared for him, and took his seat on a chair
elegantly decorated with flowers by the ladies of the town (…) On leaving the table,
and before departing from the town, the general repaired to the house of one of the
principal citizens, M. Storer, where all the ladies were assembled to be introduced to
him”. (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, p. 210)
2 000 / 3 000
€
- Toast -
252