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

4. Letter concerning Lafayette's Louisiana lands

Description:
[Washington]
Attribution:
Jefferson, Thomas
Date:
March 30, 1804
Localisation Physique:
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
Localisation Physique:
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

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