[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Copie d’une décision de la Grande Chambre maçonnique du Maine Portland, 13 janvier 1825 1 p. in-4
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : NEUF FRÈRES DE LA GRANDE LOGE DU MAINE DÉSIGNÉS POUR HONORER LAFAYETTE ET LOUER “HIS GREAT AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY" Promulgation offcielle adressée à Lafayette et passée à l’Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Maine, désignant cinq frères destinés à présenter une adresse à Lafayette : “expressive of the high sense entertained by this Grand Lodge of his great and distinguished Services in the cause of humanity", certifiée par William Lord, General Secretary Lafayette was received by the Freemasons of Portland (Maine) during the course of his rapid traversal of New Hampshire, on 25 May 1825 : “From the senate chamber the general went to the house of Mr Daniel Cobb, which had been prepared for him. He was there waited upon by a great number of deputations, who offered him the greetings of the neighbouring towns and villages. The grand officers of the masonic lodge of Portland wre also there (Levasseur, Lafayette in America, II, p. 211).
