LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de [Toast 11] Document autographe signé Frankfort, Kentucky, [14 mai 1825] 5 lignes
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TOAST PRONONCÉ EXEMPLAIRE DE .KENTUCKY ,À FRANKFORT LAFAYETTE, A LA TROISIEME PERSONNE TOAST IN FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY. LAFAYETTE’S COPY, IN THE THIRD PERSON “Lafayette’s toast at the Frankfort dinner Kentucky and his seat of government : May the gallant and patriotic Kentuckians for ever unite in the enjoyment of the principles for which we have fought and of the blessings to which their industry, their valor and their republican spirit give them a triple right" “The next day, at four o’clock in the afternoon, the General made his entrance into Frankfort, the seat of the government of Kentucky. The entertainments given on this occasion by the inhabitants of the town, to which were joined those of the neighbouring counties, were very brilliant, and strongly impressed with that ardent and patriotic character which distinguishes all the states of the Union, but which, among the Kentuckians, is more manifest, and expressed with all the energy of a young people, enthusiastic in the cause of liberty. After having traversed the principal streets of Frankfort, we arrived in the center of the town, where we stopped in front of a triumphal arch, under which the Governor waited for the guest of the nation ; the sound of a cannon, discharged from a neighbouring hill overlooked all the neighbouhood, arrested the acclamations of the people, when the Governor advanced in the midst of a profoundly silent and attentive crowd" (Levasseur, Lafayette in America, II, p. 166)
