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[LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Lettre autographe signée de Joseph Reed, Secretary of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphie 23 juillet 1825
1 p. in-4
LA FIN DU
FAREWELL TOUR.
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. “DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS CONFERRED ON
MAJOR GENERAL LAFAYETTE”
“At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (...) it was unanimously
resolved that (...) on 28
th
Day of the present month (...) the Degree of Doctor of Laws be conferred
on Major General Lafayette, in consideration of his eminent talents and distinguished services”
Lafayette had written to Joseph Reed, Jr., from New York, the previous September,
looking forward to meeting him (Gottschalk,
Guide
, p.187).
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