Life of General Lafayette: With a Critical Estimate of His Character and Public Acts, Volume 1

affairs American forces Ancien Régime army Arnold arrived Assembly attack Bailly became body-guards British camp campaign carriage cause character Colonel command commander-in-chief Comte de Broglie confidence Congress Cornwallis Count d'Estaing court courtiers crowd crown d'Ayen d'Estaing dear declared deputies despatched detachment duty enemy English enthusiasm Europe expedition favor fayette feelings fleet France Franklin French officers friends Gardes Françaises happy heart honor Hotel ington Kalb king king's Lafay Lafayette's Laurens letter liberty Lord Stormont Louis XVI Marquis de Lafayette ment military militia mind ministers National Guard Noailles nobility noble palace Paris passed patriotic Philadelphia pleasure political popularity position rank received reënforcements Revolution river Rochambeau royal Ségur sent soldiers soon States-General third estate thousand tion took troops Valley Forge Versailles vessel Vicomte de Noailles Virginia Washington wife wrote to Washington York Yorktown young