by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 John Gorham Palfrey On Sunday Lafayette attended divine service at the Brattle Street Church. He sat in a pew formerly owned by John Hancock and then owned by...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 On August 28 Lafayette visited the immediately previous Governor of Massachusetts John Brooks at his home in Medford. Portrait of John Brooks by Gilbert Stuart circa...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 Here I have to discuss a chronology problem that I have been unable to solve. I call it the “Savin Hill Mystery”. . Lafayette’s secretary, Levasseur relates that on...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 On August 27 at 10:00 AM Lafayette accompanied by Governor Eustis and former Governor Brooks, “other revolutionary worthies, the New-York Deputation and the Mayor and...
by admin | Mar 2, 2024 | History, Uncategorized
This is part of a series on Lafayette’s visit to Massachusetts August 23, 1824 to September 3 1824 In the morning Lafayette met with delegations from Brown University and others. He then went to the Doric Hall of the State House where he shook hands with nearly two...
