Authors: Harlow Giles Unger
French mobs and
intellectual interests of
Lafayette and, xix, xx, xxi
Lafayette’s first meeting with
Lafayette’s reunion with
melancholia of
misreading of French character by
as president
retirement of
as secretary of state
toast to Lafayette
as Virginia governor
Virginia tobacco trade and
on Washington’s heroic deportment
Joan of Arc
Jones, John Paul
Joseph, czar of Russia
Joseph II, king of Germany and Holy Roman emperor
Joséphine, empress of France
Kalb, “Baron” Johann de
death of
monument to
as Washington loyalist
Kayenlaha (Lafayette ward)
Kayewla (Lafayette’s Indian name)
Knox, Henry, xix
André court-martial and
Lafayette and
Society of the Cincinnati and
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz
Kramer, Lloyd, xx–xxi, xxii
La Colombe, Chevalier Morel de
Lafayette, Adrienne Noailles de (wife)
American circle of
background and youth of
betrothal of
business sense of
in Chavaniac
courage of, xviii
daughters of
death and grave of
family life at La Grange and
father’s remarriage and
flight to America, plan of
health decline of
hospitality of
imprisonment in Olmütz, xviii
imprisonment in Paris
Jacobin arrest of
kindness of
on Lafayette’s Assembly speech
Lafayette’s dependence on
Lafayette’s devotion to, xxii
Lafayette’s letters to
as Lafayette’s political ally
Lafayette’s popularity and
Lafayette’s reunion with (1779)
Lafayette’s tribute to
memoir by, xx
Monroe’s aid to
Morris’s financial aid to
Napoléon’s negotiations with
parental warmth of
political skills of
pregnancies of
Roman Catholic piety of
royal functions and
saving of family fortune by, xviii
social causes of
son’s birth and
son’s safety and
Washington and
wealth of
wedding of
as young wife
Lafayette, Anastasie (daughter), xx
birth of
imprisonment in Olmütz, xviii
Jacobin arrest of
marriage of
note to Washington by
Lafayette, George-Washington (son)
birth of
in Chamber of Deputies
descendants of
escape to America, xviii
father’s death and
father’s liberal salons and
marriage of
military service by
return from America
tour of America (1824)
La Fayette, Gilbert de Motier, II (ancestor)
La Fayette, Gilbert de Motier, III (ancestor)
La Fayette, Gilbert du Motier, IV (father)
Lafayette, Henriette (daughter)
Lafayette, James Armistead (freed slave)
La Fayette, Marie-Louis-Julie La Rivière (mother)
Lafayette, marquis de (Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette)
accomplishments of, xvii–xviii
Adams, John Quincy, eulogy of, xvii
agricultural interests of
American farewell tour (1784)
American government’s financial gifts to
as American hero
American lands of
as American liaison to French court
American Revolution role.
See
American Revolution
American sites named for, xix
American ties, xvii, xviii–xix
American trade negotiations
American triumphal tour by (1824), xxii–xxiii
American vs. French veneration of, xix
as America’s first ambassador-at-large
on Arnold’s treason
as Auvergne assembly delegate
awards and honors
biased biographies of, xix, xxi bibliography of, xxi birth of
birth of son to
broken leg of,
333
celebrity of
in Chamber of Deputies
children of
chronology of life, xiii–xvi
compassion of, xxii
“Conqueror of Cornwallis,”
death of
debts of
descendants of
as devoted husband and father, xxii
diplomacy by, xviii
English language facility of
Enlightenment as influence on
exile of, xviii
failing health of
failure of republican dream of
family background and youth of
Fête de la Fédération
and
flight from Jacobin France by
Freemasonry and
French citizenship restoration to
French military ranks of
French Revolution (1789) and, xviii
French Revolution (1830) and
funeral and grave of
grandchildren of
grandmother’s upbringing of
as Hero of Two Worlds
honesty of, xxi hospitality of
idealized portraits of
last days of
last political appearance of
leadership in early revolution
liberal salons of
long lifespan of, xix–xx
marriage of.
See
Lafayette, Adrienne Noailles de
maturation of
Mémoires
of, xx
Mill’s characterization of, xxi–xxii
as orphan
“Our Marquis” sobriquet
personal qualities of, xxii
popularity in France
principles of, xvii–xviii, xxii
in provincial assembly
Prussian/Austrian imprisonment of, xviii
rejection of military power
rejection of Napoleon’s awards
rejection of political power
relations with key Americans.
See individual names
renunciation of noble title
return to France by (1779)
return to France by (1782)
return to France by (1799)
return to private life by (1791)
sculpted bust of
seen as traitor, xviii, xix
source materials on, xx–xxi
as spanning Old and New World
Washington as “adoptive father” to
Washington’s death and
wealth of, xvii, xviii
Yorktown victory
Lafayette, Virginie de (daughter)
on brother’s return
as father’s hostess
imprisonment in Olmütz, xviii
Jacobin terror and
marriage of,
333
mother’s biography by, xviii,
333
on mother’s death
naming of
Lafayette family name
Lafayette Fund
Lafayette Guards
“Lafayette March” (music)
Lafayette-Washington correspondence
on American-British peace treaty
on American independence
on American Revolution
on birth of Lafayette’s son
on Conway Cabal
on French-American undeclared war
on French revolutionary excesses
gift exchanges
on Lafayette’s third child
on Prussian maneuvers
on return of Lafayette’s son
1779 farewells
1784 farewells
on U.S. lands policy
on Washington’s celebrity in Europe
on Washington’s presidency
La Grange
Lafayette family life at
Lafayette’s descendants at
Lafayette’s routine at
Louis-Philippe’s police surveillance of
profitability of
Prussian commandeering of
return to Lafayette
La Grange Township, Fla.
Lamarque, Maximilien
land ownership
La Rivière, comte de (maternal grandfather)
La Rochefoucault, duc de
Lasteyrie du Saillant, marquis de,
333
La Tour-Maubourg, César de
La Tour-Maubourg, Charles de
La Tour-Maubourg, Victor
Laurens, Henry
British imprisonment of
British release of
as president of Congress
Treaty of Paris signing
Yorktown battle and
Laurens, John
death in battle
mission for French aid
Yorktown surrender and
Lavasseur, August
Ledyard, John
Lee, Arthur
Lee, Charles
Lee, Henry (“Light-Horse Harry”)
Lee, Richard Henry,
33
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles
Levasseur, René
Liancourt, duc de
liberty
French arousal for
French mob misunderstanding of
Lafayette championship of, xvii, xviii,
333
National Assembly misreading of
Lincoln, Benjamin
Cornwallis’s sword surrender to
Livingston, Robert
Locke, John
Long Island, battle of
Louis XIII, king of France
Louis XIV, king of France
Louis XV, king of France
Louis XVI, king of France
American Revolution and
Assembly of Notables and
assumption of throne by
concessions made by
Estates General and
execution of
ferme
retention by
Festival of Peace and
Fête de la Fédération
and
fiscal crisis/reform proposals and
flight attempt
forced abdication by
French Revolution outbreak and
Lafayette ties with, xviii, xix
mob mockery of
National Assembly and
political ineptitude of
public distrust of
transfer to Paris of
Louis XVII, king of France
Louis XVIII, king of France
as comte de Provence
death of
plot against
Louis, Antoine
Louis-Charles de France
Louisiana Purchase
Louis-Philippe I, king of the French
as duc d’Orléans
forced abdication of
mourning for Lafayette banned by
pear and puppet caricatures of
repressive policies of
Lovell, James
Luckner, Nicolas
Lyon
Madison, Dolley
Madison, James
Lafayette and, xix, xx, xxi
Magdeburg prison
Marat, Jean-Paul
assassination of
Marbois, Ambassador de
Maria Theresa, empress of Austria
Marie-Antoinette, queen of France
birth of dauphin
execution of
faux peasant hamlet of
Fête de la Fédération
and
fêtes and spending by
flight attempt by
French Revolution and
imprisonment of
Lafayette ties with, xviii, xix
pamphlet attacks on
public dislike of
religious schism and
resistance to reforms by
Marie-Louise, empress of France
Marion, Francis (“Swamp Fox”)
“Marseillaise, La” (anthem)
Marshall, John
Maryland
Lafayette as honorary citizen
Masonic lodges.
See
Freemasonry Massachusetts militia
Maurepas, comte de, 616
Mesmer, Friedrich Anton
Mexico
Mifflin, Thomas
militia.
See
citizen soldiers
Mill, John Stuart, xxi–xxii
Minden, battle of
Mirabeau, comte de
mobs (French)
anti-Lafayette
anti-Robespierre
anti–royal family
as barrier to constitutional republicanism
Bastille seizure by
bloodthirsty violence of
food riots
Lafayette’s control of
Lamarque funeral riots
looting by
march on Versailles
misinterpretation of rights and liberty by
National Assembly terrorization by
Parisian anarchy and
rabble-rousers and
Revolution of 1830
riots against Charles X
riots in French provinces
royalist retributions
monarchism.
See
constitutional monarchy; European monarchs
monarchy, French
Lafayette speeches against
Lafayette ties with, xviii, xix
radicals’ abolishment of
restoration of, xx
revolutionary overthrow advocates
Monmouth, battle of
Monroe, James
aid to Lafayette family by, xviii
Era of Good Feeling and
Lafayette and, xix, xx
Lafayette’s American visit and
Lafayette’s financial aid to
Monroe Doctrine
Monticello
British looting of
Moravian Community
Morgan, Daniel
Morgan’s Raiders
Morris, Gouverneur
Adrienne’s imprisonment and
on Estates General
on French revolutionary army
Lafayette and, xx
on Lafayette family’s plight
Lafayette imprisonment and
loans to Lafayette family by
on Louis XVI’s execution
on march on Versailles
on National Assembly
on Parisian anarchy
on Parisian mob savagery
on Parisian oratory
pessimism on French republicanism
on spread of revolution
Morris, Robert
Morristown, N.J.
Motier, Gilbert du.
See
Lafayette, marquis de
Motier, Pons (Lafayette ancestor)
Moultrie, William
Mount Vernon, xviii
Lafayette’s invitation to
Lafayette’s purchases for
Lafayette’s visits to
portrait of Lafayette children at
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel
Nantucket whalers
Napoléon I (Bonaparte), emperor of France
abdication of, xx
Adrienne’s audience with
coup against Directory
crowning as emperor
downfall of
European coalitions against
at
Fête de la Fédération
final defeat of
as First Consul
Hundred Days of
Lafayette and
Lafayettes’ release from Olmütz and
Louisiana Territory sale by
military conquests
Washington memorial service held by
Napoléon II, king of Rome