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1. NAMUHE_150816_001.JPG: Lafayette The friend of our fathers will always be welcome to the hearts of their children. Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), the French nobleman who came and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, visited Annapolis on five occasions. His last visit was part of his one-year tour of the United States, August 24, 1824 to September 7, 1825, during which he visited all 24 states and the principal cities. On Friday, December 17, 1824, he was met at Governor's Bridge over the Patuxent River and escorted into Annapolis by Captain Sellman's troop of horse. He was greeted at the Maryland State House at 3:00pm by the Governor, other dignitaries, and a group of young women, all dressed in white, evergreen wreaths on their heads, and holding banners emblazoned with: "Lafayette, the friend of our fathers will always be welcome to the hearts of their children." He was given military honors at Fort Severn and was a guest for four nights in the Governor's house which was located where Dahlgren Hall is today. There were dinners and balls in the State House and in the Great Hall at St. John's College. He reviewed the Maryland militia on the college green. He dined with Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the surviving Maryland signer of the Declaration of Independence. The menu included diamondback terrapin, then a Maryland specialty. Lafayette departed Annapolis on Tuesday, December 31.
2. NAMUHE_150816_008.JPG: Frigate L'Hermione Ship model courtesy of the Association Hermione-Lafayette, Rochefort, France, 2015 Launched in 1779, the ship departed Rochefort on March 20, 1780, with Lafayette aboard, and arrived at Boston on April 27. Lafayette reported to General Rochambeau at Newport, RI, in July. He eventually continued south to command troops in Maryland and Virginia, concluding in the campaign against Yorktown in October 1781.
3. NAMUHE_150816_015.JPG: Alliance Frigate of 1778, watercolor by unknown artist (18th C) The frigate Alliance, Continental Navy, carried the Marquis de Lafayette across the Atlantic twice. After being wounded in the Battle of Brandywine, he returned home to France on Alliance to mend in early 1779. He came back to the United States aboard the frigate l'Hermione in the spring of 1780. After the Battle of Yorktown, he returned to France in early 1782, again aboard Alliance.
4. NAMUHE_150816_021.JPG: Lafayette Commemorative Lusterware Pitcher The image here honors Lafayette's skillful maneuvering at Yorktown, Virginia, that helped to defeat General Cornwallis and earn his surrender on October 19, 1781. Over 8,000 French regulars and 29 French warships served with General George Washington and the American forces.
5. NAMUHE_150816_043.JPG: Lafayette Commemorative Staffordshire Bowl It shows the arrival of General Lafayette at New York on August 16, 1824, for his grand visit to the United States. He toured all 24 states, all the principal cities, including Annapolis, and was guest at the White House of two Presidents, James Monroe in 1824 and John Quincy Adams in 1825.
6. NAMUHE_150816_046.JPG: Lafayette Letter to Captain Joshua Barney, October 28, 1799 Marquis de Lafayette writes from his home, La Grange, to Barney, who was serving in the French Navy and was then in Paris, offering assistance to a "fellow American" who had imitated his adventure by coming to France during its Revolution, serving for the cause of liberty, and "gloriously supporting the flag of the United States and the republican colors of France."
7. NAMUHE_150816_064.JPG: Lafayette Letter with Washington Seal, October 28, 1833 The letter is an inquiry about a colonel from Mexico, but it is shown for the bright red wax seal that includes an image of his great friend George Washington.
8. NAMUHE_150816_072.JPG: Lafayette Commemorative Royal Meissen Vase This magnificent vase dramatizes a meeting of General George Washington and the young French volunteer officer, Lafayette, before a grand military formation. The two actually met for the first time at a dinner party in Philadelphia.
9. NAMUHE_150816_098.JPG: A French Port by Claude Joseph Vernet, 1758
10. NAMUHE_150816_106.JPG: Commodore Charles Morris by Sarah E. Smith (20th C) Commodore Morris commanded USS Brandywine, named for the battle in which Lafayette was wounded. He carried Lafayette home to France in 1825, after his last visit to America. They became good friends and Lafayette invited Morris to his home, the Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau, where the Dutch-French artist Ary Sheffer did a portrait of Morris.
11. NAMUHE_150816_110.JPG: Mrs. James Lawrence nee Juliette Montaudevert by unknown artist (19th C.) Juliette or Julia was he daughter of a French sea merchant who was lost in a shipwreck in 1791 and an American mother. She married Lieutenant James Lawrence (1781-1813). He was famous for his dying last words, "Don't give up the ship" after being mortally wounded while in command of USS Chesapeake, in battle with HMS Shannon, June 1, 1813.
12. NAMUHE_150816_115.JPG: French Midshipman by Pierre-Marc-Bassompiere Gaston
13. NAMUHE_150816_126.JPG: Commodore Joshua Barney by D.J. Bordeaux (19th C.) Barney served in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812 commanding privateers and naval ships. In between, he was an "American Lafayette" and served in the French Navy during the wars of France's Revolution.
14. NAMUHE_150816_131.JPG: Commodore John Paul Jones Superintending the Construction of America (1781-1792) by William Gilkerson, 1982 America, 74 guns, was the largest warship built in the United States during the Revolution. She was built at John Langdon's shipyard, Kittery, Maine, and launched on November 5, 1782. Jones, who had hoped to command her, was disappointed when she was instead given to France to replace a French Navy ship lost at Boston. In compensation, he was permitted to join the French fleet in the West Indies to study fleet maneuvers.
15. NAMUHE_150816_140.JPG: Admiral Francois-Joseph-Paul Count de Grasse by Mathilde M. Leisenring after Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse Admiral DeGrasse commanded the French naval fleet that arrived in the nick-of-time to turn back the British forces under Admiral Thomas Graves and to block the relief they carried for General Cornwallis. De Grasse's win in the Battle of the Chesapeake Capes made possible the victory by Washington and Lafayette at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
16. NAMUHE_150816_146.JPG: President George Washington by Alvin Clark after Gilbert Stuart Lafayette was so fond of Washington, his American commanding officer, that he made two visits to the United States, first to visit him and then to honor him. Lafayette used an image of Washington on his wax seal for letters.
17. NAMUHE_150816_154.JPG: Ariel, John Paul Jones in a Storm in the Bay of Biscay by William Gilkerson, 1982 Using superior ship handling in very adverse weather conditions, Jones eventually escaped the coast of France and delivered 437 barrels of gunpowder, 146 chests of arms, shot, lead, medicines, and important dispatches to Philadelphia in February 1781.
18. NAMUHE_150816_159.JPG: Commodore John Paul Jones by Cecelia Beaux, 1906 Among the few woman artists represented in the collection here, Cecilia Beaux was noted for excellent portraits of high society men and women. This is her only known historical subject. The head is based on Houdon's sculptured bust of Jones, and the uniform is based on the regulations of the Marine Committee of the Continental Congress.
19. NAMUHE_150816_170.JPG: Action Between His Majesty's Serapis, Captain Richard Pearson, and the Bonhomme Richard, Paul Jones (September 23, 1779) by Lieutenant William Elliott, RN, 1789 All the contemporary paintings of this battle were done by British artists. This particular view was done by an amateur artist who served in the Royal Navy. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1789.
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