Life of General Lafayette, with a critical estimate of his character and public acts;

Bayard Tuckerman

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• Lafayette
• France
• United States

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• Langue: English
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LOSANGELESLIFE
General Lafayette
CRITICAL ESTIMATE OF HISWITH A
CHARACTER AND PUBLIC ACTS
BY
BAYARD, TUCKERMAN
IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. I
LONDON
SEARLE, RIVINGTONSAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, &
Limited
Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.St. Dunstan's House,
1889T7?
PREFACE.
Original materials for a study of Lafayette's
character and public career exist in abundance.
The six volumes of correspondence and papers
published by his family give a full account of
political views, relations withhis thoughts,
public men and private affairs from his own
point of view. Mine, de Lafayette's and Mme.
de Lasteyrie's family biographies describe his
relations. Besides thisearly life and domestic
published matter, the Historical Societies and
private collections in America contain many
letters of Lafayette of a private nature which
afford much additional information.
hand, there is no lack of con-On the other
temporary testimony by friends, opponents, and
enemies. For the period of his first adoption
mentioned theof the American cause may be
diary, and letters ofDeane papers, the reports,
Ver-Franklin, the State papers and reports of
1564992IV PREFACE.
gennes, the Memoirs of Madame de Campan,
of Beaumarchais, the Diplomatic Correspond-
ence, the de Kalb papers in Knapp's Life of
de Kalb, Mme. de Lafayette's life of the Du-
chesse de Noailles, the Memoirs of the Comte
the reportsde Segur, of Lord Stormont, many
French memoirs, the correspondence Mira-of
beau and the Comte de la March, and collec-
tions of papers in the library of the State
Department at Washington and of Congress.
For his military career in America and com-
his thements on personal conduct there :
writings of Washington, Hamilton, Franklin,
Madison, Adams, the ordinary and secretJohn
journals of Congress, letters of Generals Greene,
Corre-Wayne, Knox, Sullivan, Steuben, the
spondence of the American Revolution by
Sparks, Niles's Principles and Acts of the Rev-
Diary, the Annual Register,olution, Moore's
British Blue Books, Walpole's Last Journals,
Historical Memoirs, the Correspond-Wraxall's
Generals Howe, Cormvallis,ence and Reports of
Clinton, and Carleton, Rivingston's Gazette,
Gentleman's Magazine, d'Estaing's reports, the