[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Lettre autographe, sans doute par Jacob Schnebly, secrétaire du comité Hagerstown, 15 septembre 1824 2 pp. in-4, avec la suscription au dernier feuillet :“General Lafayette"
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200 / 300
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Invendu
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : INVITATION DU COMTÉ DE WASHINGTON (MARYLAND) AU : “CHAMPION OF LIBERTY IN BOTH HEMISPHERES, THE EARLY AND STRONG ADVOCATE OF AMERICA" Lettre écrite par les citoyens du comté de Washington, Maryland, s’adressant à Lafayette : “The spontaneous burst of grateful enthusiasm which has been elicited by your recent return to the United States, is without parallel in the history of any modern people ; It is not confined to our populous Cities, but has diffused itself to the utmost borders of our Country" ; ils l’invitent à leur rendre visite : “Altho we cannot compete with our brethren of the great commercial Cities on the seaboard, in the reception we shall give you ; yet so far as the pure incense of grateful hearts, and the frank and cordial hospitality of republican manners, can supply the deficiency of pomp and splendour, we dare affirm there shall be nothing wanting" ; et ils rendent hommage au “Champion of liberty in both hemispheres, the early and strong advocate of America, and the bosom friend of the illustrious father of our Country", signé au nom de Otho H. Williams, Frisby Tilghman, John Buchanan, William Price et V.W. Randall With a news clipping from the Maryland Herald, recording the Resolution passed at Hagerstown. The Secretary of the meeting was Jacob Schnebly, who is no doubt the scribe of this letter.
