Memoirs of General Lafayette

Memoirs of General Lafayette

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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.
It has been a source of much satisfaction to the Editor, to find so many
proofs of consistency and of principle, as well as of zeal in the cause of
rational liberty, which the life of this heroic and disinterested personage
affords. And if he shall appear in this hasty memoir, as the ardent,
undeviating, and sincere friend of civil freedom and of the rights of

man, it will be because he justly merits such a high character.
In the account of his reception by the people of this country,