New school history of the United States . e of * The flag was adopted by the army, in 1776, on the rejection of the petition ofthe Continental Congress, and the reception of the kings address. ARRIVAL OF LAFAYETTE, 121 the war. They were warmly received, and met with markedencouragement. A subsidy and other supphes were vessels vv^erewelcomed into Frenchand Spanish ports. Anopen alliance was post-poned, but numerous fa-cilities were accorded,and a strong feeling infavor of the Americanpatriots was for employ-ment in America be-came so frequent as toprove
New school history of the United States . e of * The flag was adopted by the army, in 1776, on the rejection of the petition ofthe Continental Congress, and the reception of the kings address. ARRIVAL OF LAFAYETTE, 121 the war. They were warmly received, and met with markedencouragement. A subsidy and other supphes were vessels vv^erewelcomed into Frenchand Spanish ports. Anopen alliance was post-poned, but numerous fa-cilities were accorded,and a strong feeling infavor of the Americanpatriots was for employ-ment in America be-came so frequent as toprove annoying. Theyoung Marquis De La-fayette,* not yet twen-ty-one years of age, ten-dered his services. Hisfamily, the British ambas-sador, and the French king opposed his departurebought the Duke of Kingstons yacht, crossed the Atlantic,arrived at Charleston, was welcomed by Washington as a mem-ber of his staff, and appointed a Major-General. BaronDeKalbf and other officers attended him. 52. About the same time also came Count Casimir Pu-. LAFAYETTE. He * Marie Jean Paul Roche Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette (1757-1834) wasvery prominent in three revolutions: the American Revolution, the first FrenchRevolution, and the revolution in France in July, 1830. He belonged to one of theoldest, noblest, and wealthiest families of France. He reached America in April,1777. He revisited America in 1784, on the invitation of Washington ; and in 1824,on the invitation of Congress. He was appointed commander-in-chief of theNational Guards of Paris two days after the fall of the Bastile ; and again, fortyyears afterwards. He was a prisoner of the Austrians at OlmUtz, 1792-1797. Hewas almost rescued from captivity by Dr. Bollmann and a young Carolinian namedHuger. He was the means of placing Louis Philippe on the French throne in 1830. + John, Baron DeKalb (1732-1780), was a native of Alsace, and was a French Briga-dier-Genera). He had been sent to America as a secret agent in 122 H
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