[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Document signé par Dr. John Keemle, Jacob Strembeck, John Miller, John Mingle et Henry Huber [Philadelphie], s. d. 4 pp. in-folio
Estimation :
200 / 300
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. LETTRE D’OFFICIERS, VÉTÉRANS DE LA GUERRE D’INDÉPENDANCE “We, Sir, a section of the surviving Revolutionary Officers & soldiers who are no strangers to the perils & toils of the Revolution (...) we recall many Patriots whose graves have been watered with the tears of a gratefull nation (...) the most affectionate regards thus shewn to you, as the distinguished champion in the conflict for American Liberty, a most ardent attachment to the principles of teh Revolution" etc... Dr John Keemle (1753-1830) was a surgeon in the Virginian Continental Army, as Jacop Strembeck (1755-1841) who was Enseign. Both with John Mingle (1758-1842) have a Philadelphian origin.
