Financial reports of the LaFayette Committee, 1825-1826.

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Financial reports of the LaFayette Committee, 1825-1826.

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The General Assembly of Ala. passed a joint resolution that was approved 1824 Dec. 24, praising General Lafayette and inviting him to visit Ala. The resolution also authorized the governor to draw any sums necessary from the state treasury to finance the reception for Lafayette. A committee was formed to make preparations for Lafayette's 1825 visit. The committee spared little expense and eventually drew over $17,000 from the state treasury to finance the visit. This sum exceeded available revenues and caused an act to be approved 1826 Jan. 14 authorizing an additional $4,000 to be appropriated for the final settlement of accounts. This series consists of itemized receipts and disbursements of the committee and correspondence regarding the committee's accounts. Included are costs of transporting LaFayette from the state of Ga. to Montgomery and bills detailing entertainment expenses for receptions and activities held in Montgomery, Cahaba and Mobile. Items of special interest include costs to paint the state house at Cahaba and burial costs for a New Orleans musician who died during the festivities in Montgomery.

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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...

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