A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . s held at Greensboro in 1814. 31. Visit of General Lafayette.—An interestingevent of this period was the visit of General Lafayette tothe State in 1825, in accordance with an invitation of thelegislature of 1824. Having participated in the celebrationat Boston of the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June,the General and his suite came to Vermont, entering theState at Windsor, Jun
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . s held at Greensboro in 1814. 31. Visit of General Lafayette.—An interestingevent of this period was the visit of General Lafayette tothe State in 1825, in accordance with an invitation of thelegislature of 1824. Having participated in the celebrationat Boston of the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June,the General and his suite came to Vermont, entering theState at Windsor, June 28, where he was met by the Gov-ernors staff. Addresses of welcome were given at greatmeetings of the Revolutionary soldiers at Windsor, Wood- 254 History of Vermont stock, Royalton, Randolph, Montpelier and Burlington,where he laid the corner stone of the south buildingof the University of Vermont, and where a receptionwas prepared by Governor Van Ness. The gatheringsof old soldiers, the review of the struggle for independence,and the presence of the most popular hero among the Euro-pean auxiliaries of the rising republic, tended strongly toenlarge the view and to nourish the patriotism of our The minuet of our grandparents 32. Imprisonment for Debt.—One incident connectedwith the visit of General Lafayette must not be William Barton, who, as Lieutenant-Colonel ofmilitia, with a few men had captured the British GeneralPrescott in July, 1777, near Newport, R. L, had becomeinvolved in debt in Vermont, and in consequence had beenkept in jail at Danville for thirteen years. General Lafayettelearned of the condition of his friend and paid the debt,enabling General Barton to return to his family in RhodeIsland. Imprisonment for debt, akin in its spirit to some of thepunishments already mentioned as having passed away, wasabolished in 1838. Social Conditions 265 33. Matches.—The history of this period would notbe complete without notice of the Introdu
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