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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Copie manuscrite sans doute de la main de Levasseur d’une
lettre au commodore Morris, et trois autres lettres (3)
La Grange, 25 octobre 1828
1 p. in-4
COPIE D’UNE LETTRE DE LAFAYETTE AU COMMODORE
MORRIS, PATRON DE LA FRÉGATE
BRANDYWINE,
QUI
RACCOMPAGNA LE GÉNÉRAL EN FRANCE
“our beloved commodore to whom we are all under great obligation,
they for high nautical lessons and glorious exemples, and for his so
very kind and incessant attention on me on board the
Brandywine
”
2. L.a.s. de John Murphy, gouverneur de l’Alabama, à Lafayette :
“permit me to introduce to you an acquintance, Mr Adams Lewett”,
1
p. in-4,
Clarje County, State of Alabama, s.d [mais c.1830]
3. L.a.s. de Christopher Hughes à Lafayette : “One of the sons of
Fouché, born Otrante, who is in the service here in the country, will
take this to Paris, the last time I wrote to you it was by the Prince of
Moskowa that you got my letter”...,
12 pp. in-8,
Stockholm, 28 juillet
1830
4. Fragment d’une l.a. du marquis de Lafayette à un destinataire non
identifié “our correspondance has been for a long while confined to
some introductory letters”...
1/2 pp. in-4
Le commodore Charles Morris (1784-1856), l’un des plus
célèbres officiers de marine américains du XIX
e
siècle, était
capitaine du
Brandywine
qui atterrit le 3 octobre 1825 au
Havre avec Lafayette à son bord. La deuxième lettre est écrite
par John Murphy (1756-1841) qui fut gouverneur de l’Alabama
de 1825 à 1829. La troisième a pour auteur Christopher Hughs
(1786-1849), diplomate chargé d’affaire en Suède. Il était
beau-frère du colonel George Armistead et ami intime de John
Quincy Adams.
RÉFÉRENCE : aucune mention de la lettre autographe de Lafayette au
commodore Morris ne se trouve dans Gottschalk
300 / 500
€
298
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Lettre autographe signée de William Pope Duval ; pièce
autographe signée d’Alex Bellamy (2)
Tallahasee, 10 janvier 1826
3 pp. in-4
LAFAYETTE ET LA FLORIDE : LE NOUVEAU PROPRIÉTAIRE
DE TERRES EN FLORIDE EST INVITÉ PAR LE GOUVERNEUR
WILLIAM POPE DUVAL À S’Y INSTALLER
“the enclose resolution of the Legislation Council of Florida (...) where is
the American (...) who has not learnt at some time to cherish the name
of Lafayette, where is the American to whom that name is not familiar
? (...) an additional gratification arises to me from the identification of
Lafayette and his amiable family (...) rest assured that we should receive
you with open arms, as our fellow citizen, our neighbour,and our friend”
2. Le Président du “Legislative Council”, Alex Bellamy, invite Lafayette à
s’établir en Floride : “to establish his permanent residence in the United
States, and that Florida may be honored as such residence”,
1 p. in-4
,
11 décembre 1825
William Pope Duval (1784-1854) was the first civilian governor
of Florida Territory, succeeding Andrew Jackson who had been
Military Governor. In his governorship (1822-1834), he divided
Florida into four territories, established the local court system,
and chose Tallahassee as the territory’s capital because of its
central location. He had been appointed by President James
Monroe as the first non military governor of Florida. Duval
county in Florida is named after him.
1 000 / 1 500
€
299
COOPER
, James Fenimore
L.a.s. à Gilbert de Motier, marquis de Lafayette
Williamsburg, [1826]
1 p. 1/2 in-8
“I have called five or six times since you get out of the lieux (?), to
express my sympathy but always without success. This morning, Mr
Breevort of New York, who addressed a memorial to your kind care
in the case of Mr Grecie desired me to accompany him to the rue
d’Anjou, in order simply to inquire what course you had been keen
to take. If you can see us, for two minutes this morning, or will say
when you can see us, you will oblige us. We are at my room, rue Saint
Florentin, n° 13 (…) if you will, in any manner the most convenient to
yourself, say wether you have done any thing with the memorial, you
will oblige your very sincerely and respectfully”.
In 1824, General de Lafayette arrived from France as the
nation’s guest aboard the
Cadmus
at Castle Garden in New
York City. Cooper witnessed his arrival and later was one of
the Active Committee of Welcome and Entertainment. In
1826, Cooper moved his family to Europe, where he sought
to gain more income from his books as well as provide better
education for his children. While overseas, he continued to
write. His books published in Paris include
The Red Rover
and
The Water Witch
, two of his many sea stories. During his time
in Paris, the Cooper family was seen as the center of the small
American expatriate community. During this time he developed
friendships with the painter Samuel Morse and Lafayette.
2 000 / 3 000
€