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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The American States sent a bust of the Marquis de la Fayette to Paris, inaugurated on September 28 in the Hotel de Ville by the Mayor and Aldermen. The King's Attorney delivered a discourse praising his military virtues and role in American independence. The bust was crowned with laurel and oak branches and declared a citizen of Paris and Philadelphia.
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Whilst the Marquis de la Fayette thinks himself in obscurity in the mountains of Auvergne, the American States are not forgetful of what they owe him. They have lately sent to Paris, the bust of the young hero, which was on the 28th ult. inaugurated, in the Hotel de Ville, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the capital. The King's Attorney pronounced a discourse on the occasion expressive of the military virtue of the Marquis, and of that of the people who are chiefly indebted to him for their independence, if such it can be called. The bust was crowned with two branches, one of laurel, (the symbol of honour, conquest, and triumph) the other of oak, (the emblem of constancy and strength) interwoven and surrounding the head. The original was pronounced a citizen of Paris, and of Philadelphia, though, properly speaking, the name of citizen (civis) can only be given to a Philadelphian, and that of Bourgeois to a Frenchman, agreeably to the definition of Jean Jacques Rousseau, in his social contract.
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Paris
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28th Ult.
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bust inaugurated and crowned with laurel and oak branches; pronounced a citizen of paris and philadelphia.
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The American States sent the bust of the Marquis de la Fayette to Paris, inaugurated on the 28th ult. in the Hotel de Ville by the Mayor and Aldermen. The King's Attorney pronounced a discourse expressive of the Marquis's military virtue and the American people's indebtedness to him for their independence. The bust was crowned with laurel (symbol of honour, conquest, triumph) and oak (emblem of constancy and strength) branches. The original was pronounced a citizen of Paris and of Philadelphia, with a note on the term 'citizen' per Rousseau's social contract.