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LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 33] Document autographe New Hampshire, 8 juin 1824 6 lignes

Estimation : 1500 / 2000
Adjudication : Invendu
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ASSEMBLÉE MAÇONIQUE : COMME DANS TOUS SES TOASTS, LAFAYETTE PARLE ICI À LA TROISIÈME PERSONNE. MASONIC ASSEMBLY : AS IN ALL HIS TOASTS, LAFAYETTE SPEAKS IN THE THIRD PERSON “Toast. After having expressed his grateful and brotherly acknowledgments, he gave the following toast : Liberty, Equality, Philanthropy, the true Masonic creed. May we, by the practice of these principles, ever deserve the esteem of the friends, the animadversion of the enemies of mankind". “In the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, June 8, 1824, R. W. Hubbard offered resolutions respecting General Lafayette, which were adopted unanimously" (Robert D. Ward, An Account of Lafayette’s visit to Virginia, pp. 356)
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