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, Alphonsa
Lettre autographe signée à Georges Washington Lafayette ; et
24 autres lettres adressées au même (24)
Near Chester Town, Kent country, Maryland, 17 février 1835
ENSEMBLE DE LETTRES ADRESSÉES À GEORGES
WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE POUR L’ANNÉE 1835
L.a.s., “Permit me to have the honour of adressing you to a subject
of particular interest to me”..., elle lui demande des détails sur les
relations du Général de Lafayette avec son père, William Carmichaël
(c. 1739-1795), diplomate américain en poste à Paris et Madrid durant
la guerre d’Indépendance,
1 p. in-4
2. L.a.s. de Philip Stone, “the death of my much & valued friend,
your venerable Father”..,
1 p. in-4
, New York, 23 février 1835 3.
une autre lettre du même, “I rejoice of an opportunity of renewing a
correspondance”...,
1 p. in-4
, New York, 4 octobre, 1835
4. L.a.s. de William Berkeley, à propos de “Mr Peyton Randolph of
Witton Virginia active as a Volunteer Aid to Major General Lafayette
during his campaign in Virginia (...) until a few days before the surrender
of Yorktown”..., il demande une attestation de service à G. W. Lafayette
pour que le vieillard fasse valoir ses droits auprès du Congrès,
1 p. in-
4
, Prince Edward County, Virginia, mars 1835
5. L.a.s. de W. C. Rives, “Permit me to present to you one of my
countryman, Dr Farman, a gentleman of letters”...,
2 pp. in-4
, Castle-
Hill, Virginia, 25 mars 1835
6. Une autre lettres du même, “a distinguished countryman, Genl
Tallmadge from New York, being about to visit Europe”...,
2 pp. in-4
,
Castle-Hill, 5 mai 1835
7. L.a.s. de J. Allen, “After leaving you in 1831”...,
2 pp. in-4
, Nouvelle
Orléans, 28 mars 1835
8. L.a.s. de John Carroll Brent, “Having promised, on leaving the
United States”...,
1 p. in-8
, Paris, 10 avril 1835
9. L.a.s. du poète Nathanael Langdon Frotingham, “As it is almost nine
years since I last had the honor of being presented to you”...,
1 p. in-8
,
Boston, 10 avril 1835
10. L.a.s. de John P. King, difficilement lisible,
1 p. in-8
, Augusta, 20
avril 1835
11. L.a.s. de R. Riker, “I gladly recall myself to your recollection by
renewing your acquaintance with General James Tallmadge”..., New
York, 6 mai 1835 ; et une autre, du même, recommandant “Mr Thomas
Van Zandt, highly respectable citizen of the city of New York”,
2 pp.
in-4
, New York, 8 juin 1835
12. L.a.s. de J. Smith, “give me leave to remind you of the
acquaintance”...,
3 pp. in-4
, Londres, 19 mai 1835
13. L.a.s. de N. G. Upham, “I take the direct liberty to send a Copy of an
Eulogy delivered by direction of the Government of New Hampshire, in
memory of your honoured Father”,
1 p. in-4
, Coucora, New Hampshire,
18 juillet 1835 ;
14. Une autre lettre du même, “I do myself the honor to enclose herewith
by my friend M. Caphen”...,
2 pp. in-4
, Coucora, New Hampshire, 21
septembre 1835
15. L.a.s. de Francis Allyn, “I will not be ceremonious as to wait your
reply to my letter of 28 June last, but something growing out of the
present posture of affairs between our two countries”...,
1 p. in-4
, New
London, 19 juillet 1835
16. L.a.s. de Theodore Sedwick Jr, [en français], “Que de changements
depuis que je vous ai dit adieu”..., belle lettre politique sur la crise de
1835 dans les rapports entre les U.S.A. et la France, annotée par G. W.
Lafayette,
3 pp. in-4
, New York, 21 janvier 1835
17. L.s. de James Barron (1768-1851), officier de marine, “This letter
will be presented to you by my young friend Merrill M. Robinson”,
1 p.
in-4
, Philadelphie, 13 août 1835
18. L.a.s. d’Isaac N. Curhman, “some two years since, a stranger of
respectable appearance”...,
3 pp. in-folio
, Woodstock, 8 avril 1835
19. L.a.s. J. Manston Jr., “I have much pleasure in introducing to you
my friends Mr and Mrs Blodget”...,
1 p. in-4
, U. S. ship Brandywine,
Gibraltar, 13 novembre, 1835
20. L.a.s. de Daniel Webster (1782-1852), homme politique, “Among
your numerous Boston friends and acquaintances, you remember no
doubt Mr Appleton”...,
1 p. in-4
, Boston, 5 novembre 1835
21. L.a.s. d’Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848), homme politique, “My
excellent friend the Revd Dr Sprague (...) goes to Europe”...,
1 p. in-4
,
Albany, État de New York, 18 novembre 1835 ;
22. Une autre du même, “to introduce you to another American in the
person of Dr Thomas Spencer”..., Albany, État de New York, 4 déc. 1835
23. l.a.s. du Dr Sprague, “visitor Sprague (...) beg leave to present his
best respect to M. G. W. Lafayette”...,
2 pp. in-8
, Paris, 24 décembre
[1835-1836]
24. L.a.s. de S. S. Skinner, “I pray you my dear friend, ask Mme
Lafayette”..., 1er décembre 1835
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SPARKS
, Jared
Lettre autographe signée à Georges Washington Lafayette
Boston, 22 juillet 1836
1 p. in-4
LETTRE DE JARED SPARKS, AUTEUR DE “LA VIE DE
WASHINGTON”, PRÉSIDENT DE HARVARD, À GEORGES
WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE. IL LUI PRÉSENTE JOHN
FARRAR, PROFESSEUR D’HARVARD, ET SA FEMME,
AUTEUR D’UNE VIE DE LAFAYETTE
“I have great pleasure in making your acquaintance with Dr John
Farrar, a gentleman of eminence in the scientific world, and for many
years Professor of Philosophy in Harvard Univesity (...) Mrs Farrar is a
Lday who wrote the life of your Father”...
Jared Sparks (1789-1866) served as President of Harvard
University from 1849 to 1853. He was a keen bookcollector : his
valuable collection of manuscripts and papers went to Harvard
University, his private library and his maps to Cornell University.
John Farrar (1779-1853) graduated at Harvard in 1803 and in
1805 was appointed Greek tutor at Harvard. He was chosen
Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the
same institution in 1807. Elizabeth Farrar, his wife, published in
1831 the
The story of the Life of Lafayette, as told by a father
to his children.
300 / 500
€