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Lafayette (Circular medal, goldened bronze, 28 mm), 1876

Item — Box: 187

Identifier: Item 87

Scope and Contents

O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: "Defender of American and French Liberty. Born 1757, Died 1834. Statue in New York Unveiled Sept. 6, 1876". The statue of "Lafayette arriving in America" was executed in 1872 by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and in 1876 was placed in Union square, New York. "Liberty enlightening the World," the colossal statue on Liberty Island, in New York Harbor, is also Bartholdi's work. White

Dates

1876

Creator

From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. (Person)
From the Collection: Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, marquise de, 1759-1807. (Person)
From the Collection: Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849. (Person)
From the Collection: Noailles de Tessé, Adrienne-Catherine, comtesse de, -1814. (Person)
From the Collection: Tessé, René Mans de Froullay, comte de, 1736-1814. (Person)
From the Collection: Beauchet, Philippe. (Person)
From the Collection: Hénin, Etiennette de Montconseil, princesse d\'. (Person)
From the Collection: Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. (Person)
From the Collection: Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828. (Person)
From the Collection: Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. (Person)
From the Collection: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. (Person)
From the Collection: Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832. (Person)
From the Collection: Owen, Robert, 1771-1858. (Person)
From the Collection: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. (Person)
From the Collection: Marshall, John, 1755-1835. (Person)
From the Collection: Madison, James, 1751-1836. (Person)
From the Collection: Adams, John, 1735-1826. (Person)
From the Collection: Monroe, James, 1758-1831. (Person)
From the Collection: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (Person)
From the Collection: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. (Person)
From the Collection: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. (Person)
From the Collection: Willard, Emma, 1787-1870. (Person)
From the Collection: Wright, Frances, 1795-1852. (Person)
From the Collection: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (Person)
From the Collection: Cadet de Gassicourt, C.-L. (Charles-Louis), 1769-1821. (Person)
From the Collection: Carnot, Lazare, 1753-1823. (Person)
From the Collection: France. Armée. Garde nationale (Paris) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Collection material mainly in French, with a few items in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted

Extent

49.6 cubic feet. (49.6 cubic feet.)

Physical Storage Information

Box: 187 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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