"Lafayette Ball", 1825

Item — Box: 186

Identifier: Item 3

Scope and Contents

Small decorative napkin embroidered on the occasion of a ball in the honor of Lafayette which took place in Cincinatti in May 1825. Adorned with a portrait of Lafayette, laurels and roses. Among the managers, of whom a list is printed here, were: The Hon. Jacob Burnet (Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and future U.S. Senator), Gen. and U.S. Senator William Henry Harrisson (future U.S. President), as well as Mrs. Findlay, Lytle, Piatt, Macfarland, Oliver, Neville, Kilgour, Symmes, Febiger, Este, Rogers, Woodruff, Irwin, Foster, Hatch, Worthington, and Macalister.

Dates

1825

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.

Extent

49.6 cubic feet. (49.6 cubic feet.)

Physical Storage Information

Box: 186 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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