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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
[Toast 21] Document autographe signé
Burlington [Vermont], 28 juin 1825
12 lignes
TOAST PRONONCÉ À BURLINGTON ET À LA MÉMOIRE D’ETHAN ALLEN,
FONDATEUR DE L’ÉTAT DU VERMONT. EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE.
TOAST MADE IN BURLINGTON IN THE MEMORY OF ETHAN ALLEN, FOUNDER OF
THE STATE OF VERMONT. LAFAYETTE’S COPY
“Gal Lafayette’s toast at Burlington
Gal Lafayette rose and having expressed his thanks for the toast, for the manner it had been
introduced and the applause with which it has been received, gave the following sentiment :
The town of Burlington. May the holy alliance of agriculture, manufacturing industry and
commerce render the influence of the republican institutions and her fortunate situation more
and more insure her prosperity and happiness”.
Gal Lafayette being asked for a volunteer toast gave the following :
To the memory of Ethan Allen, and his early companions, the old green mountains boys”
Ethan Allen (1738-1789) was a farmer, writer, American Revolutionary War hero, and
politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont, and
for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War along
with Benedict Arnold.
“On the morning of the 28
th
, we arrived at Burlington, the beautiful situation of which,
on the delightful shores at Lake Champlain, excited our admiration. Whilst we were
viewing, with pleasure and astonishment, the beauties of nature spread before us, we
heard the thunder of artillery, and an instant afterwards saw advancing towards us a
body of militia, preceded by a crowd of citizens, who hastened in front of the national
hotel” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, p. 212)
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