1. General Lafayette's words at the tomb of George Washington [Mount Vernon]

Date:

October 17, 1824

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 7 Folder 11

2. Martha Washington's recipe for "The finest lip salve in the world"

Description:

Copied out by Eleanor Parke Custis, adopted daughter of the Washingtons, for Natalie, Mathilde, Clementine, Oscar, and Edmond Lafayette

Date:

December 17, 1824

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 3 Folder 39

3. Letter to Monroe regarding what was to become the "Monroe Doctrine"

Attribution:

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Date:

January 11, 1824

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661

4. Letter concerning Lafayette's Louisiana lands

Description:

Written in Washington

Attribution:

Jefferson, Thomas

Date:

March 30, 1804

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 63 Folder 18

5. A page from "An Address of the young Ladies of the Lexington Female Academy" to Lafayette

Description:

The ornamental penmanship, embossed borders and pink ribbon make this an especially impressive example of the hundreds of letters and addresses presented to Lafayette in the course of his grand American Tour of 1824.

Attribution:

Lexington Female Academy

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 91 Folder 2

6. An Ode to Lafayette

Description:

Written by a Masonic brother "S. Woodworth" in New York, to be sung to the tune of "Hail to the Chief" at the grand Masonic Dinner, given by the Fraternity in the City of New York in honor of Gen. Lafayette

Attribution:

Woodworth, S.

Date:

ca. 1824-5

7. Letter from a poor woman hoping for financial aid from Lafayette

Description:

This is one of hundreds of such petitions received by Lafayette. [New York]

Date:

July 6, 1825

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 91

8. "A true copy of the constitution Doctor Smith proposes to present to the Sececa Nation and solicits the written approbation thereto of General La Fayette"

Description:

First page of a proposed constitution for the Seneca Nation, drafted by Dr. Job Smith, an "old soldier of the revolution" and "a Chief and Physician of the Seneca Nation of Indians." Accompanied by a letter and business card (front and back) from Smith. New York

Attribution:

Smith, Job

Date:

1825

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 83 Folder 5/6

9. Page 8 from a survey of Lafayette's land in Florida

Date:

1826

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 140 Folder 37

10. Letter to Lafayette concerning the "Aaron Burr" crisis

Attribution:

Jefferson, Thomas

Date:

July 14, 1807

Physical Location:

Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection, Collection 4661 Box 63 Folder 22