LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Document manuscrit, copie d’un document signé par David Lenox [Philadelphie], s. d. 2 pp. in-folio, avec la mention “(copy") en haut à gauche
Estimation :
300 / 500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. ADRESSE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES CINCINNATI DE PENNSYLVANIE “Adress of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania [which] hail with heartfelt welcome your auspicious return to the United States to whose freedom and happiness the flower of your youth and the friendship of your life have been unceasingly devoted and to whose glorious attainment of National Sovereignty and Independance your valor and virtue were eminently conducive"... Major David Lenox (1753-1828) entered Philadelphia City Troop March, 1777, served as private in the campaign of August, 1777-1779, and 1780-1781 in New Jersey, was First Lieutenant 1794-1796. He became well known in the banking and finance sectors. When Stephen Girard, then the wealthiest man in America, bought controlling shares in the Bank of America, he appointed David Lenox a trustee. A year later he was appointed President of the Philadelphia Bank.
