Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
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George Washington met the nineteen-year-old Marquis de Lafayette on August 5, 1777, less than a week after the Continental Congress appointed the young Frenchman to be a volunteer Major General in the Continental Army. Lafayette was assigned to serve on Washington's staff.
The Frenchman now presenting himself to George Washington in the Colonial capital of Philadelphia was the 19-year-old Marquis de Lafayette, who was in America principally because he was...
Georges Washington Motier de Lafayette, the only son of the Marquis de Lafayette, lived with the Washingtons in Philadelphia and at Mount Vernon for two years during his father’s imprisonment. He had managed to escape France when the rest of his family was arrested during the French Revolution.
Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. He was named in honor of George Washington, under whom his father served in the Revolutionary War.
Jul 1, 2021 · George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette a historic partnership. LOCAL. The Founding Father and his protégé. Historic partnership set the course of a nation. David M. Zimmer....
The Marquis de Lafayette first meets George Washington on 5 August 1777. By Currier and Ives. General George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental Army, came to Philadelphia to brief Congress on military affairs. Lafayette met him at a dinner on 5 August 1777; according to Leepson, "the two men bonded almost immediately."
Jan 27, 2022 · The Marquis de Lafayette corresponded with the first seven U.S. presidents, but he devoted most of his parchment and ink to George Washington, who received hundreds of letters from his young protégé that today provide a real time glimpse into early American history.
