[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Document signé par Joshua Prentiss, Town Clerk Marblehead, 9 août 1824 1 p. in-folio
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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).
