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MEMOIRS

CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPTS

OF

GENERAL LAFAYETTE

By Lafayette

Published By His Family.


Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1837,

by William A. Duer,

In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.



Respectfully to collect and scrupulously to arrange the manuscripts of
which an irreparable misfortune has rendered them depositaries, have
been for the Family of General Lafayette the accomplishment of a sacred
duty.

To publish those manuscripts without any commentary, and place them,
unaltered, in the hands of the friends of Liberty, is a pious and solemn
homage which his children now offer with confidence to his memory.

GEORGE WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE.




ADVERTISEMENT

OF THE AMERICAN EDITOR.


It was the desire of the late General Lafayette, that this edition of
his Memoirs and Correspondence should be considered as a legacy of the
American people. His representatives have accordingly pursued a course
which they conceived the best adapted to give effect to his wishes, by
furnishing a separate edition for this country, without any reservation
for their own advantage, beyond the transfer of the copyright as an
indemnity for the expense and risk of publication.

In this edition are inserted some letters which will not appear in the
editions published in Paris and London. They contain details relating to
the American Revolution, and render the present edition more complete,
or, at least, more interesting to Americans. Although written during
the first residence of General Lafayette in America--when he was little
accustomed to write in the English language--the letters in question are
given exactly as they came from his pen--and as well as the others in
the collection written by him in that language are distinguished from
those translated from the French by having the word "Original" prefixed
to them.

It was intended that these letters should have been arranged among those
in the body of the work; in the order of their respective dates; but as
the latter have been stereotyped before the former had been transmitted
to the American editor, this design was rendered impracticable. They
have therefore from necessity been added in a supplemental form with the
marginal notes which seemed requisite for their explanation.

Columbia College, N. Y., July, 1837.



CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.



AMERICAN REVOLUTION.


  Notice by the Editors

  FIRST VOYAGE AND FIRST CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA--1777, 1778.

    Memoirs written by myself, until the year 1780

    FRAGMENTS EXTRACTED FROM VARIOUS MANUSCRIPTS

      A.--Departure for America in 1777

      B.--First Interview between General Washington
          and General Lafayette

      C.--On the Military commands during the Winter of 1778

      D.--Retreat of Barren Hill

      E.--Arrival of the French Fleet

      F.--Dissensions between the French Fleet
          and the American Army

    CORRESPONDENCE--1777, 1778:

      To the Duke d'Ayen. London, March 9, 1777

      To Madame de Lafayette. On board the Victory, May 30

      To Madame de Lafayette. Charlestown, June 19

      To Madame de Lafayette. Petersburg, July 17

      To Madame de Lafayette.--July 23

      To Madame de Lafayette. Philadelphia, Sept. 12

      To Madame de Lafayette.--Oct. 1

      To M. de Vergennes, Minister of Foreign affairs.
          Whitemarsh Camp, Oct. 24

      To Madame de Lafayette. Whitemarsh Camp, Oct. 29, and Nov. 6

      To General Washington. Haddonfeld, Nov. 26

      To the Duke d'Ayen. Camp Gulph, Pennsylvania, Dec. 16

      To General Washington. Camp, Dec. 30

      To General Washington. Head Quarters, Dec. 31

      To General Washington. Valley Forge, Dec. 31

      To Madame de Lafayette. Camp, near Valley Forge, Jan. 6, 1778

      To General Washington

      To Madame de Lafayette. York. Feb 3

      To General Washington. Hermingtown, Feb. 9

      To General Washington. Albany, Feb. 19

      To General Washington.--Feb. 23

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Head Quarters, March 10

      To Baron de Steuben. Albany, March 12

      Fragment of a Letter to the President of Congress.
          Albany, March 20

      To General Washington. Albany, March 25

      To Madame de Lafayette. Valley Forge Camp,
          in Pennsylvania, April 14

      To Madame de Lafayette. Germantown, April 28

      To General Washington. Valley Forge Camp, May 19

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Camp, May 17

      To the Marquis de Lafayette. (Instructions.)

      To Madame de Lafayette. Valley Forge Camp, June 16

      To the Marquis de Lafayette. (Instructions.)

      To General Washington. Ice Town, June 26

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Cranberry, June 26

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          White Plains, July 22

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Head Quarters, White Plains, July 27

      To General Washington. Providence, Aug. 6

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          White Plains, Aug. 10

      To General Washington. Camp before Newport, Aug. 25

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          White Plains, Sept.

      From General Washington to Major-General Sullivan.
          Head Quarters, White Plains, Sept. 1

      From General Washington to Major-General Greene.
          Head Quarters, White Plains, Sept. 1

      To General Washington. Tyverton, Sept. I

      To General Washington. Camp, near Bristol, Sept. 7

      To the Duke d'Ayen. Bristol, near Rhode Island, Sept. 11

      To Madame de Lafayette. Bristol, near Rhode Island, Sept. 13

      President Laurens to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Philadelphia, Sept. 13

      Marquis de Lafayette to President Laurens. Camp, Sept. 23

      To General Washington. Warren, Sept. 24

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Fredericksburg, Sept. 25

      To General Washington. Camp near Warren, Sept. 24

      To General Washington. Boston, Sept. 28

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Fishkill, Oct. 4

      Marquis de Lafayette to President Laurens.
          Philadelphia, Oct. 13

      President Laurens to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Philadelphia, Oct. 24

      To General Washington. Philadelphia, Oct. 24

      Lord Carlisle to M. de Lafayette Marquis de Lafayette

      To President Laurens. Philadelphia, Oct. 26

      Fragment of a Letter from the French Minister, M. Gerard,
          to Count de Vergennes.--October

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Philadelphia, Dec. 29

      From General Washington to General Franklin,
          American Minister in France. Philadelphia, Dec. 28

      To General Washington. Boston, January 5, 1779

      To General Washington. On board the Alliance,
          off Boston, January 11, 1779

  SECOND VOYAGE TO AMERICA, AND CAMPAIGNS OF 1780, 1781.

    HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF 1779, 1780, and 1781.

    CORRESPONDENCE--1779-1781

      To Count de Vergennes. Paris, February 24, 1779

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Camp at Middlebrook, March 8

      To M. de Vergennes, Paris, April 1, and April 26

      To the President of Congress. St. Jean de Angeli,
          near Rochefort, June 12

      To General Washington. St. Jean de Angeli,
          near Rochefort harbor, June 12

      To the Count de Vergennes. Havre, July 30

      To M. de Vergennes. Paris, August--

      Dr. Franklin to the Marquis de Lafayette. Fassy, August 24

      To Dr. Franklin. Havre, August 29

      Page From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          West Point, December 30

      To General Washington. Havre, October 7

      To M. de Vergennes. Versailles, Feb. 22, 1780

      To his Excellency General Washington.
          At the entrance of Boston harbor, April 27

      To M. de Vergennes. Waterburg, on the Boston road,
          from the Camp, May 6

      From General Washington. Morris Town, May--

      To the Count de Rochambeau. Philadelphia, May 19

      To General Washington. Camp at Preakness, July 4

      To MM. le Comte de Rochambeau and le Chevalier de Ternay.
          Camp before Dobb's Ferry, August 9

      From Count de Rochambeau to M. de Lafayette. Newport, August 12

      To MM. de Rochambeau and de Ternay. Camp, August 18

      To M. de Rochambeau. Camp, August 18

      From M. de Rochambeau. Newport, August 27

      To the Chevalier de la Luzerne. Robinson House,
          opposite West Point, Sept. 26

      To Madame de Tesse. Camp, on the right side of North River,
          near the Island of New York, October 4

      To General Washington. Light Camp, October 30

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          Head Quarters, October 30

      To General Washington. Light Camp, November 13

      To General Washington, Paramus, November 28

      To his Excellency General Washington. Philadelphia, Dec. 5

      From General Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette.
          New Windsor, December 14

      To M. de Vergennes. New Windsor, on the North River,
          January 30, 1781

      To Madame de Lafayette. New Windsor, on the North River,
          February 2

      To General Washington. Elk, March 8

     