. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . BUST OP M. NECKKB. The legislatm*e of the state of Yirginia, in consideration ofthe services of Major-General the Marquis de Lafayette, hasresolved to place his bust in their capitol. This intention oferecting a monument to his virtues, and to the sentiments withwhich he has inspired them, in the country to which they are 2i4 MOUNT VERNON indebted for his birth, lias induced a hope that the city ofParis would consent to become the depository of a secondproof of their gratitude. Charged by
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . BUST OP M. NECKKB. The legislatm*e of the state of Yirginia, in consideration ofthe services of Major-General the Marquis de Lafayette, hasresolved to place his bust in their capitol. This intention oferecting a monument to his virtues, and to the sentiments withwhich he has inspired them, in the country to which they are 2i4 MOUNT VERNON indebted for his birth, lias induced a hope that the city ofParis would consent to become the depository of a secondproof of their gratitude. Charged by the state with tho. BUST OF LAFAYETTE. execution of this resolution, I have the honor to solicit thePrevot des MarcJiands and municipality of Paris to accept thebust of this brave officer, and give it a situation where it maycontinually awaken the admiration and witness the respect ofthe allies of France. Thos. [at Paris] llth September, 1786. Tlie Prevot soon received a letter from the Baron de Bre-teuil, minister and secretary of state for the department ofParis, informing him that the king, to whom the propositionhad been submitted, approved of the bust being erected in the city. The tember, ai (who was de Yille execute Pelle^ Mar cle w f nd the twot and din-to this he AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS 247
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