. Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, March 1, 1909, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, May 10, 1909, the Site and Relic Society of Germantown, May 20, 1910, the City History Society of Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1911. nd the dinner to Richard Rush, foreight years envoy to Great Britain. On the 25th of July Lafayette set out forWilmington, and M. Levasseur, in looking backover the nine days in Philadelphia, thus re-fers to it: The week we had just spent inPhiladelphia, as it were in his own family, hadentirely compose
. Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825; an address delivered before the Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, March 1, 1909, the Pennsylvania Historical Society, May 10, 1909, the Site and Relic Society of Germantown, May 20, 1910, the City History Society of Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1911. nd the dinner to Richard Rush, foreight years envoy to Great Britain. On the 25th of July Lafayette set out forWilmington, and M. Levasseur, in looking backover the nine days in Philadelphia, thus re-fers to it: The week we had just spent inPhiladelphia, as it were in his own family, hadentirely composed the fatigue of the General,and although the heat continued excessive, weundertook our journey to Wilmington to visitthe Battle-field of Brandywine. This accom-plished, the party moved on to Washington, andwere received by President Adams, who thenoccupied the White House. After a tour ofVirginia and farewell dinner with the three ex-Presidents—Jefferson, Madison and Monroe—at Monticello, he was tendered a great publicdinner in Washington on September 6th, hisbirthday. Lafayette started the next day forFrance, embarking on the frigate Brandywine,which had been newly launched. Sailing downthe Potomac, they entered the Chesapeake underfull sail, as a beautiful rainbow spanned the bay. ^ I is TO GERMANTOWN 49 with one arm seeming to rest on the Virginiacoast and the other on the Maryland was repeated a phenomenon which hadgreeted Lafayette on his arrival in the harborof New York, and which has been noted as ahappy omen of his visit. After a voyage not without some diffi-culties, Lafayette reached France in twenty-fourdays and was soon at his beloved La for nine years he lived the peaceful, happylife of a country gentleman, broken only bythe Revolution of July, 1830, when he againassumed command of the National Guards, es-tablished order in Paris, and was instrumentalin placing Louis Philippe on the throne ofFrance. This public service ended, he againret
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