[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de]. Lettre autographe signée par William Tudor, Consul ; document signé par le Commodore Isaac Hull (2) Lima, 7 mars 1825 3 pp. in-4, papier filgrané “W Weatherley 1822"
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BOLIVAR OFFRE UN TOAST AU GÉNÉRAL À BORD D’UNE FRÉGATE AMÉRICAINE ANCRÉE DANS LE PORT DE CHORILLOS. EXEMPLAIRES DE LAFAYETTE L.a.s par le Consul William Tudor à Lafayette, contenant la Résolution signée à bord de la frégate United States le jour de l’anniversaire de Washington et décrivant les toasts portés en son honneur par Simon Bolivar : “After these resolutions were passed, the allusion to the Libertador, having given him the opportunity, he rose, & proposed the health of General Lafayette, & accompanied it with a speech eulogizing those long & faithful services which you had rendered to the great cause of the rights of man" ; Bolivar espère le rencontrer en France, Lima, 7 mars 1825 2. Promulgation officielle signée William Tudor et Isaac Hull, adressée à Lafayette, de la résolution passée en son honneur “At a meeting of American citizens convened on board the Frigate United States on Washington’s birthday, when His Excellency General Bolivar and suite were present (...) we can never forget that General Lafayette, was the first foreign officer, who nobly engaged in our cause and thereby set an example for others to follow his steps, and to the world, that the cause of Liberty is the cause of mankind... it gives an additional excitement to our feelings on this occasion, that we are in a country which is successfully following our example, and that we have been honoured with the presence of that distinguished Chief the Libertador, whose name will stand prominent among the founders of nations", 3 pp. in-4, papier filgrané “W Weatherley 1822", à bord de la FrégateUnited States [au Port de Chorrillos], 22 février 1825. Commodore Isaac Hull (1773-1843) was commander of the Pacific Squadron operating out of South America. He is of course chiefly remembered as commander of the USS Constitution ('Old Ironsides’) in her action against HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. William Tudor (1779-1830) was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and served as United States Consul in Peru from March 27, 1824 until May 15, 1827, and as Chargé d’Affaires at Rio de Janeiro from his appointment on June 26, 1827 until his death there on March 9, 1830
