Lot n° 165

[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Document signé par William Richmond, Chairman, et Walter R. Danforth Providence, Rhode island, 20 août 1824 1 p. in-4

Estimation : 200 / 300
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : INVITATION DU CONSEIL MUNICIPAL ET DES CINCINATI DE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. “SERVICE HE RENDERED THIS COUNTRY IN THE GLOOMY SEASON OF HER REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE" Promulgation officielle et transmise à Lafayette, certifiée par le Chairman et le Secrétaire, de la résolution prise par “the Town Council of the Town of Providence and others, members of the Rhode Island-State Cincinnati, associated with them", chargeant le colonel Ephraim Bowen et Zachariah Allen (un industriel) d’accueillir Lafayette : “tender the affectionate regards of the citizens of this Town, who cherish a grateful recollection of the disinterested service he rendered this Country in the gloomy season of her Revolutionary struggle, and invite him to honour the Town of Providence with a visit"
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