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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de].
Lettre signée par James Murray Forbes, Chairman, et William
Dana, secrétaire ; lettre signée par E. Morga, W. Dana,
J. Eichleburger, B. M. Springer, F. Coxe (2)
Buenos Aires, Franklin Hotel, 16 décembre 1824
2 pp. in-4
LA GLOIRE DE LAFAYETTE EN AMÉRIQUE DU SUD :
LOUANGES DÉMOCRATIQUES ADRESSÉES À LAFAYETTE
PAR LES AMÉRICAINS DE BUENOS AIRES. “THE SACRED
STAR OF LIBERTY HAS EXTENDED ITS RAYS TO ANOTHER
HEMISPHERE”
Promulgation officielle de la résolution passée “at a meeting of the
Citizens of the U.S. held at the Franklin Hotel”, félicitant Lafayette pour
son arrivée aux Étast-Unis et organisant un
committee
pour lui rendre
hommage signé par J.M. Forbes comme Chairman et William Dana
comme Secrétaire
2. Lettre signée par cinq citoyens américains de Buenos Aires adressée
à Lafayette : “On this auspicious day a Congress of the Provinces of
La Plata has assembled for the purpose of consolidating an union on
principles which, it is believed, are intended to be similar to those of our
own well tried institutions, and whilst the roar of cannon and the shouts
of the people proclaim in our ears a Nation determined to life free or
die, we view with pride the Standard of Our Country floating triumphant
where but a few years since, it was almost unknown : we see it now
assume the highest post of honour and (like a protecting Deity) waving
beside the banners of infant Republics, declaring to the World, that the
sacred Star of Liberty has extended its rays to another Hemisphere. This
glorious Standard, this rallying point of Freemen, you nobly assisted to
rear, sustained it in the desperate strife, and never left it until Victory had
crowned your hopes” ; ajoutant “our feeble voice to the acclamations
of the Millions who have welcomed your arrival on our native shore”,
signé par E. Morgan, W. Dana, J. Eickleburger, B.H. Springer et Francis
S. Coxe,
2 pp. in-
4, Buenos Ayres, 16 décembre 1824
The end of Spanish rule in South America is customarily dated
to 9 December 1824 (exactly a week before the date of this
letter), when the Royalist Army was finally defeated at the Battle
of Ayacucho. John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) was a famous
diplomat and lawyer, chargé d’affaires in Buenos Aires. He was
a friend of Monroe and a distant ancestor of vice-president
John Kerry. He was the uncle of the futur railroad magnate
John Murray Forbes (1813-1893). William Dana was the U.S.
Consul in Argentina.
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LAFAYETTE
, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
[Toast 9] Document autographe signé deux fois
Annapolis, [17 décembre 1824]
7 lignes
TOAST PRONONCÉ À ANNAPOLIS. EXEMPLAIRE DE
LAFAYETTE.
TOAST IN ANNAPOLIS. LAFAYETTE’S COPY
“Gal Lafayette’s toast.
Gal Lafayette rose and after having offered his more respected and
affectionate thanks for the honors and marks of kindness confered
upon him, he gave the following toast :
the state of Maryland and may be fulfilled all the patriotic wishes which
its respected representations on this day given me so honorable and
gratifying an opportunity to export”
“Another corps of militia had marched from Nottingham, which
is thirty miles from Annapolis. The storm had retarded its arrival,
but had not damped the zeal of the citizens. At Carrol’s Lane,
about two miles from the city, the general, notwithstanding the
remontrances that were made, descended from the carriage,
and with his head uncovered, returned thanks to the troops”
(Levasseur,
Lafayette in America
, II, p. 21)
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