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lAFAyETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
Document signé par William Winston Seaton et contresigné
par Eramus J. Middleton
Washington, 5 septembre 1825
2 pp. in-folio
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. LA VILLE DE WASHINGTON
SALUE LE DÉPART DE LAFAYETTE : LE CÉRÉMONIAL DES
ADIEUX
Promulgation officielle transmise à Lafayette de la décision prise par
le “Board of Aldermen” présidé par Seaton et le “Board of Common
concils” ; ils vont, précédés par le maire de Washington, “wait upon
General Lafayette on Wednesday next at 12 O’Clock, at the Mansion
of the President to pay their respects to him previously to his departure
from the United States”. Seaton exprime les “deep regret which they,
in common with the American Peoples feel at his departures from its
shores... and of their fervent wish that he may long live to enjoy the
gratitude and benedictions of every friend of national liberty in every
Nation under Heaven”
William Winston Seaton (1785-1866) was an American
journalist. He served on the Washington Board of Alderman
from 1819 to 1831, and was elected Mayor of Washington in
1840. During his 10 years as mayor, Seaton was instrumental
in the development of the city’s public education system and
in numerous civic improvements, including telegraph and gas
lines as well as the construction of the first waterworks
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