[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Lettre signée par Heman Bowmar et deux autres citoyens de Versailles. Versailles, 13 mai 1825 1 p. in-4, filigrané “Amies/Philada3
Estimation :
500 / 800
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE : “BARBACUE" [sic] À VERSAILLES. LE GÉNÉRAL EST INVITÉ TO “A BARBACUE TO BE PREPARED ON THE GREEN IN THE SUBURBS OF VERSAILLES" “Our Citizens anxious to see the man of whom they have heard so much, will hasten to meet you... We therefore hope that you, with your suite, will gratify us in passing thro’ our Village and partaking of a Barbacue to be prepared on the Green in the suberbs [sic] of Versailles", signé par Herman Bowmar, John McKinney, Jr., et P. Butler, AVEC UNE APOSTILLE AUTOGRAPHE DE LAFAYETTE : “invitation de la ville de versailles -Kentucky" The first signatory, Herman Bowmar of Woodford (1769-1855), was a prominent Kentucky pioneer and veteran of three campaigns during the Northwest Indian War of the 1790s, including the final decisive Battle of Fallen Timbers fought under “Mad" Anthony Wayne. “We set out on Saturday, the 14th of May, from Frankfort, and travelling almost without stopping, till we reached Lexington, which we entered on Monday, about the middle of the day. On the way, we visited the pretty little town of Versailles, where we remained some hours, to attend a public dinner, given by the citizens of the town and the surrounding country" (Levasseur, Lafayette in America, ii, p. 167).
