Memoirs of General Lafayette : with an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United State
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
English
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MEMOIRS OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE
WITH AN ACCOUNT
OF HIS
VISIT TO AMERICA,
AND OF HIS RECEPTION BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES;
FROM HIS ARRIVAL, AUGUST 15TH,
TO THE
CELEBRATION AT YORKTOWN,
OCTOBER 19TH, 1824
by Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier,
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
[Illustration: Lafayette]
_DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS--To wit_:
_District Clerk's Office_.
Be it remembered, that on the 2d day of November, A.D. 1824, in the
forty-ninth year of the independence of the United States of America, E.G.
House, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a
book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to
wit--Memoirs of General Lafayette, with an account of his visit to America;
and of his reception by the people, of the United States, from his arrival,
Aug. 15. to the celebration at Yorktown, Oct 19, 1824.
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States entitled, "an
act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps,
charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the
times therein mentioned:" and also to an act entitled "an act supplementary
to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing
the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of
such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits
thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical, and
other prints."
JNO. W. DAVIS, _Clerk of the Dist. of Mass_.
ADVERTISEMENT,
BY THE EDITOR.
* * * * *
It is a poor apology to offer for any defect or omission in a work intended
for the information of the public, that it was prepared in haste. Yet in
the present case it can be offered with truth. The Editor of this volume
knew nothing of the plan, until it had been some time proposed, and many
subscribers obtained. The gentleman by whom it was first intended to have
been prepared, was suddenly taken away, without writing, or even collecting
any thing for the volume. It was undertaken with reluctance, as it was
known the public would he impatient for the work, and as the publisher was
also desirous it should be prepared in a few weeks. It is only fifty days
since the task was begun. It is believed, however, that several documents,
not yet published, will be found in this volume; and that many events and
incidents are preserved, which would otherwise have been lost to the
public.
Everything relating to the life and character of this extraordinary man, is
certainly worthy of remembrance by the benevolent and intelligent through
the civilized world, and especially by Americans, to whom he has rendered
the most essential services. The endeavour has been to avoid panegyric;
though in this case, a plain statement of facts may be construed, by those
ignorant of the life of Lafayette, into a disposition to bestow extravagant
praise.
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