77 / 239
76
158
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Document signé par Joshua Prentiss, Town Clerk
Marblehead, 9 août 1824
1 p. in-folio
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : INVITATION DE MARBLEHEAD
FAITE AU “VETERAN SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION”
Promulgation officielle faite à Lafayette, attestée par Joshua
Prentiss, Town Clerk, de la résolution passée par les habitants
de ville de Marblehead (Massachusetts) invitant le “General
Lafayette the Gallant Volunteer, whose Sword and purse so
materially aided Our Fathers of the Revolution, in establishing
the independence of the United States”, créant un comité pour
organiser recevoir “this distinguished friend of America”, et
préparant un bataillon d’artillerie pour accueillir “this Veteran
Soldier of the Revolution”
Joshua Prentiss (1745-1837), signatory of this Resolution, was
a Marblehead merchant and owner of several fishing boats,
serving as Inspector of the Port of Marblehead from 1804 to
1829.
“At Marblehead I was aroused from the profound reverie into
which the circumstances at Concord had plunged me, by the
sound of cannon, and the shouts of the people, who rushed
to meet Lafayette. Brilliant preparations had been made to
receive him, although it was known that he could only stop for
breakfast. In ascending Washington Hill, we were met by the
pupils of eleven public and twenty private schools... There were
nine hundred children of both sexes. A deputation, formed by
a representative from each class, approached the carriage,
and presented an address to Lafayette, in which the children
expressed to him their gratitude for the services he had rendered
their parents” (Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, I, p. 71).
200 / 300
€
159
[
LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Lettre autographe signée de James Pleasants
Richmond, Virginie, 10 août 1824
2 pp. in-4, suscription “General Lafayette New York” au verso du
dernier feuillet, en haut à gauche mention autographe de Lafayette :
“answrd”
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE, ALORS À NEW YORK, DE
L’INVITATION ÉCRITE PAR LE GOUVERNEUR DE LA VIRGINIE
LUI DEMANDANT DE SE RENDRE À YORKTOWN LE 19
OCTOBRE POUR FÊTER : “THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
SURRENDER OF THAT PLACE OF THE BRITISH ARMY”
“to attend the celebration of the Anniversary of the surrender of
that Place of the British Army to the combined Armies of America
and France [and assuring him that with his name is associated
in the minds of fellow citizens] every recollection that is dear
to them, of the war of the Revolution, of the blessings under
free governments of their own choice, in the establishment of
which you acted so conspicuous a part ; and of the uniformity
beauty and consistency of your character, bottomed on a just
regard to their rights of mankind and endeavours to secure to
them the blessings of national liberty [he also encloses] certain
resolution entered into by the Volunteer Companies of the
Borough of Norfolk and city of Richmond”
(ces résolutions du 19 juillet figurent au lot 154)
The writer of this letter, James Pleasants (1769-1836), served
as Governor of Virginia from 1822 to 1825, being succeeded
by the future President John Tyler : for the celebrations at
Yorktown, see the
Resolutions of the Virginia Volunteers
passed on 19 July 1824, above.
On rappellera que les articles de la capitulation de Yorktown
furent rédigés par le colonel John Laurens et le vicomte de
Noailles.
500 / 800
€
160
[
LAFAYETTE,
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]
Document signé par Edward George Washington Butler
Washington, 11 août 1824
1 p. in-4, papier filigrané “S&A Butler/ US”
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : L’ORDRE DONNÉ AUX
DIFFÉRENTES TROUPES DE RENDRE LES HONNEURS LES
PLUS ÉLEVÉS AU GÉNÉRAL FRANÇAIS
“The President of the United States directs that General
Lafayette, when he arrives in this Country, be received at all
Military Posts, with the honors due to the highest military rank
in our service”
Edward George Washington Butler (1800-1888), whose
signature certifies this official promulgation, was son of Colonel
Edward Butler, one of the ‘Five Fighting Butlers’ of Revolutionary
War fame, becoming a ward of General Andrew Jackson on
his father’s death. He was at this time Acting Assistant to the
Adjutant General, Eastern and Western Department.
300 / 500
€