Papers, 1786.

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Papers, 1786.

Photocopies of dinner invitations to John McQueen from D'Estaing and Lafayette and a request for information on the value and title of General Oglethorpe's possessions in North America.

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

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Oglethorpe, James Edward, 1696-1785

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James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) was an English statesman and soldier who served as a member of Parliament for thirty-two years. His interest in penal reform coupled with his humanitarian bent and support for imperial expansion led him to conceive of and establish the American colony of Georgia, where newly freed and unemployed debtors from England were to be sent. In addition to his political and philanthropic interests, Oglethorpe was active in the military, attaining the rank of General an...

McQueen, John, 1943-

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Basket maker. From the description of Reminiscences of John McQueen : oral history, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158474 Resident of Savannah, Ga. (?) From the description of Papers, 1786. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41395596 ...

Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794

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French naval officer. From the description of Charles Henri, comte d'Estaing papers, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010000 French naval commander. From the description of Letter, 1778 Sept. 19, Boston Harbor, to John Avery. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 173844565 Charles-Henri, Comte d'Estaing (1729-1794) was a Vice-Admiral of France, Lieutenant General of the Armies of the King, Commander-in-Chief of his most Christian Majesty's Forces...