Notes for speech by Lafayette - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC04999
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1825
Title	Notes for speech by Lafayette
Date	ca. 1825
Author	Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834)
Document Type	Government document
Content Description	Expresses his gratitude to members of "both houses" of the Pennsylvania legislature for their "kind welcome." Undated notes for a speech possibly given in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 31 January or 1 February 1825.
Subjects	Revolutionary War General Government and Civics Entertaining and Hospitality France
People	Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834) Lafayette, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834)
Theme	Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide [struck: Gnl Lafayette's toast] Gen. La Fayette, [illegible] After Having Expressed to the Members of Both Houses the Grateful Sense He Had of their kind welcome, [struck: He] gave the following toast - The State of Pennsylvania, first founded on the Basis of Justice and Philanthropy, now governed by Universal Suffrage on the unalloyed principal of Equal Rights. May it long preserve those dignified and fruitful Blessings!