[LAFAYETTE, Gilbert du Motier, marquis de] Lettre autographe signée par Samuel A. Ruddock New York, 12 juillet 1825 2 pp. in-4
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EXEMPLAIRE DE LAFAYETTE. MAGNIFIQUE LETTRE D’UN VÉTÉRAN DE BUNKER HILL : “ACCEPT SIR, THE HUMBLE BREATHING OF ONE WHO SAW BUNKERS HILL BATTLE" “You having chosen to live like Cincinnatus, and Washington, rather than like Alexander, Caesar, and Buonapart, has endeared you to freemen, who appreciate your services in the cause of liberty, the last of which was your laying the Corner Stone of her monument on Breeds Hill in honor of those Worthies who bled for a nations freedom. Accept Sir, the humble breathing of one who saw Bunkers hill Battle" ; il lui rappelle “the old cradle of Liberty, Fanuel Hall, where Warren, Hancock, Adams, any my father, spake those soul stirring words, that roused a nations power", avec une note autographe de Levasseur “pearl street corner of broad street" John Ruddock was the Boston Justice who in 1770 ordered that the Tory sympathiser and customs agent Ebenezer Richardson should be arrested and sent to Faneuil Hall for the killing of twelve-year-old Christopher Snider, “first martyr of the American Revolution". For another letter by his son, see the following item.
