Sketch of the Life and Military Services of Gen. La Fayette, During the American Revolution: The Hero and Patriot, Who Abandoned His Home, His Family, His Rank, and a Princely Fortune, for the Sake of Fighting in the Cause of American Liberty

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Tm: gallant LA fayette - the champion of Liberty the friend of America-the associate and confidant of Wash ington the hero - the patriot - this nobleman of Heaven's make, is now among us. His arrival has been greeted with the honours due to genuine greatness. He is every where received with a welcome which flows warm from the heart cordial, sincere, enthusiastic. All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights are spectacled to see him. Even prattling infants, with an eager curiosity, inquire, Who is La Fayette? And what has he done to deserve such distin guished marks of honour? To satisfy all inquiries of this nature, whether from the young or old, is the object of the following Memoir, which may be relied on as genuine and authentic.

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