[19]. Among these was General Lallemand, who is too well known for me to eulogise him, and my two friends, my companions in arms, the brothers Peregnet, who for a long time followed in Europe by honourable persecutions, finally obtained in New York a safe asylum, where American hospitality has enabled them to obtain the means of living independently. The military academy which they have established upon the most extensive and liberal scale, already enjoys popular favour.
[20]. The wish of the Whitehallers is accomplished. The American Star is now at La Grange, placed with its oars and rudder under an elegant building which the general has had built expressly to shelter it, worthy of the recollections it represents.
[21]. Courrier Français.
[22]. The day of our arrival at Staten Island, whilst the general was receiving the congratulations of the people, from the balcony of the vice president’s house, a rainbow, one of whose limbs enveloped and tinged fort Lafayette with a thousand colours, appeared; the multitude, struck with the beauty and opportuneness of this circumstance, exclaimed, “that heaven was in unison with America in celebrating the happy arrival of the friend of the country.”
[23]. This present, which was received by General Lafayette a short time after his arrival at Paris, is a silver urn, of an antique form and beautifully engraved. It rests on a base of the same metal, three of the faces of which are ornamented with exquisite sculptures, representing the capitol at Washington; the visit of Lafayette to the tomb of Washington, and the arrival of the Brandywine at Havre. On the fourth face is inscribed, in relief, the offering of the young midshipmen to their paternal friend. This magnificent work was executed at Paris, under the direction of Mr. Barnet, the American consul, who replied to the confidence of the young seamen, with that zeal which he always displays, in every thing relating to the glory of his country, or the interests of his fellow-citizens.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.
- Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.