proofs of consistency and of principle, as well as of zeal in the cause of
rational liberty, which the life of this heroic and disinterested personage
affords. And if he shall appear in this hasty memoir, as the ardent,
undeviating, and sincere friend of civil freedom and of the rights of man,
it will be because he justly merits such a high character.

In the account of his reception by the people of this country, in various
places, during his present visit, it may be thought that we have been too
particular. It was promised, however, in the proposals for the volume, that
such relation would be given. It is believed that it will be found to be
interesting, and that it will be a satisfaction hereafter, to recur to it.
This account embraces the time which elapsed after he landed at New-York,
August 15, 1824, to the celebration of the capture of the Brittish [sic]
army at Yorktown, October 19. These statements were, copied principally
from the public newspapers; and it was thought to be unnecessary to give
credit for them, or to insert the usual marks of quotation.

_Boston, Nov_. 1, 1824.




TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introductory remarks

Birth and education of Lafayette