Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848). President of the United States (1825-1829). Oration on the Life and Character of Lafayette. Washington (DC): Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835, first edition, with tipped in page at front, inscribed Nathaniel P. Tallmadge from John Quincy Adams. Tallmadge was a US Senator from New York. 8vo, original green calf binding with gilt borders, gilt title and decorative devices on spine, small library number on spine, and library stamps on front endpapers and title page. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) came to America to help in the cause of the revolt of the colonies from their motherland. He became as an adopted son to the "Father of the Country," and an honorary citizen to the people of the nation. He returned to France after the war, and helped write the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen." He tried to be the voice of moderation, but ran afoul the more radical revolutionaries in France, who ordered his arrest. He fled France, only to be arrested and imprisoned in the Netherlands. After Napoleon secured his release, he returned to France, but would not support the Bonaparte regime. Lafayette was invited to return to the United States by James Monroe in 1824, in part in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the nation. He did, traveling to all states then part of the Union (24 in all) between July 1824 and September 1825, receiving a hero's welcome wherever he went. By the time he left, Adams had become President, and he ordered a warship to take the French hero home. Lafayette died in May 1834, of complications from a bout of pneumonia a couple months earlier. Adams, having crossed paths with the General throughout his political life, both in America and in France, was asked to give this Oration on December 31, 1834 to both houses of Congress. Condition: Good copy only: original green calf binding, chipped at head and foot of spine, small library number on spine, front board just holding on, and library stamps on front eps and title page. Text block itself clean. One loose signature, but still holding.
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848). President of the United States (1825-1829). Oration on the Life and Character of Lafayette. Washington (DC): Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835, first edition, with tipped in page at front, inscribed Nathaniel P. Tallmadge from John Quincy Adams. Tallmadge was a US Senator from New York. 8vo, original green calf binding with gilt borders, gilt title and decorative devices on spine, small library number on spine, and library stamps on front endpapers and title page. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) came to America to help in the cause of the revolt of the colonies from their motherland. He became as an adopted son to the "Father of the Country," and an honorary citizen to the people of the nation. He returned to France after the war, and helped write the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen." He tried to be the voice of moderation, but ran afoul the more radical revolutionaries in France, who ordered his arrest. He fled France, only to be arrested and imprisoned in the Netherlands. After Napoleon secured his release, he returned to France, but would not support the Bonaparte regime. Lafayette was invited to return to the United States by James Monroe in 1824, in part in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the nation. He did, traveling to all states then part of the Union (24 in all) between July 1824 and September 1825, receiving a hero's welcome wherever he went. By the time he left, Adams had become President, and he ordered a warship to take the French hero home. Lafayette died in May 1834, of complications from a bout of pneumonia a couple months earlier. Adams, having crossed paths with the General throughout his political life, both in America and in France, was asked to give this Oration on December 31, 1834 to both houses of Congress. Condition: Good copy only: original green calf binding, chipped at head and foot of spine, small library number on spine, front board just holding on, and library stamps on front eps and title page. Text block itself clean. One loose signature, but still holding.
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