Lafayette (Circular medal, bronze, 21 mm), ?
Scope and Contents
O: Bust of Lafayette in redingote, facing right, with the legend: General Lafayette around the edge. R: the American seal (a bald eagle with its wings outstretched [or "displayed," in heraldic terms], holding a bundle of 13 arrows in its left talon referring to the 13 original states, and an olive branch, in its right talon, together symbolizing that the United States of America has "a strong desire for peace, but will always be ready for war.") Not listed by Olivier, date unknown. White
Dates
- ?
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.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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