Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
Respectfully to collect and scrupulously to arrange the manuscripts of which an irreparable misfortune has rendered them depositaries, have been for the Family of General Lafayette the accomplishment of a sacred duty.
To publish those manuscripts without any commentary, and place them, unaltered, in the hands of the friends of Liberty, is a pious and solemn homage which his children now offer with confidence to his memory.
It was the desire of the late General Lafayette, that this edition of his Memoirs and Correspondence should be considered as a legacy of the American people. His representatives have accordingly pursued a course which they conceived the best adapted to give effect to his wishes, by furnishing a separate edition for this country, without any reservation for their own advantage, beyond the transfer of the copyright as an indemnity for the expense and risk of publication.
In this edition are inserted some letters which will not appear in the editions published in Paris and London. They contain details relating to the American Revolution, and render the present edition more complete, or, at least, more interesting to Americans. Although written during the first residence of General Lafayette in America—when he was little accustomed to write in the English language—the letters in question are given exactly as they came from his pen—and as well as the others in the collection written by him in that language are distinguished from those translated from the French by having the word Original prefixed to them.
It was intended that these letters should have been arranged among those in the body of the work; in the order of their respective dates; but as the latter have been stereotyped before the former had been transmitted to the American editor, this design was rendered impracticable. They have therefore from necessity been added in a supplemental form with the marginal notes which seemed requisite for their explanation.
Columbia College, N. Y., July, 1837.
marquis de Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette
MEMOIRS CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPTS OF GENERAL LAFAYETTE
GEORGE WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE.
ADVERTISEMENT OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
NOTICE BY THE EDITORS.
TO THE READER.~{1}
FIRST VOYAGE AND FIRST CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA 1777-1778.
"LAFAYETTE."
FRAGMENTS EXTRACTED FROM VARIOUS MANUSCRIPTS.~{1}
A. — DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA IN 1777.
D. — RETREAT OF BARREN-HILL.
E. — ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH FLEET.
F. — DISSENSIONS BETWEEN THE FRENCH FLEET AND THE AMERICAN ARMY.
CORRESPONDENCE. 1777—1778.
TO THE DUKE D'AYEN.~{1}
LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL.)
LAFAYETTE.
TO THE DUKE D'AYEN.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL)
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
Camp, near Valley-Forge, January 6th, 1778.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
York, February 3rd, 1778.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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LAFAYETTE.
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO BARON DE STEUBEN.
(ORIGINAL—A FRAGMENT.)
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
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LAFAYETTE.
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
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FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
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FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO MAJOR-GENERAL GREENE.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO THE DUKE D'AYEN.
LAFAYETTE,
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
PRESIDENT LAURENS TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.~{1}
RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS.
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE TO PRESIDENT LAURENS.
LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
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TO LORD CARLISLE.~{1}
LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE TO PRESIDENT LAURENS.
(ORIGINAL.)
LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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LORD CARLISLE TO M. DE LAFAYETTE.
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE TO PRESIDENT LAURENS.
(ORIGINAL.)
LAFAYETTE.
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING POST.
A. HAMILTON.
CORRESPONDENCE.
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TO M. DE VERGENNES.
TO M. DE VERGENNES.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES.
TO M. DE VERGENNES.
(ORIGINAL.)
B. FRANKLIN.
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FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL.)
TO M. DE VERGENNES.
Conclusion. 1st, I think it would be best to give me the corps.—2d,
(ORIGINAL.)
TO M. DE VERGENNES.
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO THE COUNT DE ROCHAMBEAU.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO MM. LE COMTE DE ROCHAMBEAU, AND LE CHEVALIER DE TERNAY.~{1}
FROM THE COUNT DE ROCHAMBEAU TO M. DE LAFAYETTE.
TO MM. DE ROCHAMBEAU AND DE TERNAY.
TO M. DE ROCHAMBEAU.
FROM M. DE ROCHAMBEAU.
TO THE CHEVALIER DE LA LUZERNE.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
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FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO M. DE VERGENNES.~{1}
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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FROM GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
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LAFAYETTE.
(ORIGINAL.)
NOTE FROM GENERAL ARNOLD TO CAPTAIN RAGEDALE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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EXTRACTS OF SEVERAL LETTERS TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL.)
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
TO M. DE VERGENNES.
TO M. DE MAUREPAS.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL.)
TO M. DE MAUREPAS.
TO M. DE VERGENNES.
TO MADAME DE LAFAYETTE.
THE MARQUIS DE SEGUR TO M. DE LAFAYETTE.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL.)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
(ORIGINAL.)
TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES.
TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.~{1}
(ORIGINAL)
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
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LAFAYETTE.
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II
TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES.
LAFAYETTE.