. An account of the life of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Dumotier, Marquis de La Fayette : Major-General in the service of America and the noblest patriot of the French Revolution : with illustrations of the La Fayette pattern of sterling silver tableware . ar at the entrance to NewYork harbor, and he was compelled to again put to sea, leaving the British, whomhe so eagerly sought, safe in the inner harbor while he headed for Newport,Rhode Island, to cooperate with the troops under General Sullivan and othersthat Washington was preparing to despatch under La Fayette, for the reductionof
. An account of the life of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Dumotier, Marquis de La Fayette : Major-General in the service of America and the noblest patriot of the French Revolution : with illustrations of the La Fayette pattern of sterling silver tableware . ar at the entrance to NewYork harbor, and he was compelled to again put to sea, leaving the British, whomhe so eagerly sought, safe in the inner harbor while he headed for Newport,Rhode Island, to cooperate with the troops under General Sullivan and othersthat Washington was preparing to despatch under La Fayette, for the reductionof a strong garrison which the British held under General Pigot on the islands ofNarragansett Bay. The arrival of this fleet was a source of great joy and gratification to LaFayette. It represented before the world the alliance of the country of his birthand that of his adoption. He was a thorough and sincere American in this strug-gle for liberty, but this in no way displaced his innate patriotism, bred throughgenerations of soldiers and courtiers, and his heart warmed with a Frenchmanspride in the prowess and magnificence of his countrys tribute, while it opened inthankfulness for the timely help promised the American cause. His native rank 15 LAE4YETTE /^. P|lilflfe?P?f^^?^^^i^^^^pf and prestige, with his highstanding in the esteem of thearmy and Congress, markedhim providentially for an inter-nuncio between these two peo-ples united in a common causebut with fundamentally differ-ing sentiments and duty was made particularlypleasant by the fact that theComte dEstaing was his rela-tive and an Auvergnat whichwas taken advantage of, at therequest of General Washington,to assure the Admiral of the au-thenticity of the first dispatchesfrom the American camp byreference to family and provin-cial matters. La Fayette hadgood reason for his gratificationat the turn of affairs. He hadleft France in actual though re-gretful defiance of his honoredKings commands, to championa
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