[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Document signé par Paul Willard, Clerc du Sénat Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 11 juin 1825 2 pp. in-4
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. INVITATION DU SÉNAT DU MASSACHUSETTS : “THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONVENE TO MEET HIM IN THE HALL OF THE HOUSES OF REPRESENTATIVES" Promulgation officielle, certifiée par le Clerk, transmise à Lafayette, de la résolution prise par la House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : “Resolved, That should the distinguished guest of the nation visit the Metropolis during the present session, the several branches of the Government will convene to meet him in the Hall of the House of Representatives and that His Excellency the Governor be requested to address him on the occasion, and to tender to him the hospitality of the Commonwealth". This reception took place on 16 June : “The day after our arrival, in accordance with an invitation that had been given him, the general went to the Capitol, where the new governor, Mr Lincoln, the senate, house of representatives, and civil authorities of Boston, had united to receive and compliment him. After we had taken our places in this assembly, the governor rose, and in the name of the state of Massachusetts, congratulated the guest of the nation on the happy termination of his long journey. As soon as the general had made his reply, the members of the two houses left their places, and crowded round him to offer him an individual expression of their feelings, and sincere congratulations were showered upon him from the galleries, which were filled with a great number of ladies anxious to see him once again" (Levasseur, Lafayette in America, II, pp. 201-202).
