Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
Box — Container: SpC.2005.50.4. Lafayette.
Identifier: Box B00666
Scope and Contents
French aristocrat who served as a general under George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. On his return to France at the National Assembly he was appointed Commander-in-chief of the Paris militia of Garde nationale. The Garde national, a reaction to the violence leading up to the French Revolution, was militia set up in many French towns whose members came from the middle class and was separate from the French Army. As the French revolution spun out of control, Lafayette, who presented the first draft of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" at the National Assembly backed away. Declared an enemy of the state by France, he tried to return to the United States. Captured by the Austrians he spent five years in jail.
Toward the end of the French Revolution Lafayette's wife was imprisoned in France. Adrienne de Lafayette was released in January, 1795 with the aid of James Monroe's wife Elizabeth.
Dates
- 1955-2013
- Received: Date acquired: 06/21/2005
Extent
From the Collection: 8.00 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Private Title
600300
Creator
- From the Collection: McComas , Henry Clay, 1875- (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the McDaniel College Repository
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