#Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette

[misfitmiska]

Gilbert: Surprisingly Supportive Straight Friend since 1777.

Paraphrased from chapter 10 of Merited Partiality by @clear-as-starlight

[livelaughlovelams]

Laurens: did you hear Washington calls you by your full name now if you mess up?

Hamilton: dang he really is becoming our father figure

Washington: JOHN JOHANIEL LAURENS GET BACK TO WORK

Laurens: I don't think that's even my name

Hamilton: it is now

LaFayette: Hey guys what are you talking about? :D

Washington: YOU TOO M- MAR- MAH... MHSJSJJSJS.. *looks at records* mar- *chokes* NEVERMIND THAT RULE IS NO LONGER IN USE, NOW DO YOUR DAMN JOBS.

[yourfavoriteworksatmcdonalds]

ok emm ik i just submitted one the other day but perhaps marquis de la fayette? (the historical one not the musical one🙏🙏)

marquis de la fayette works at mcdonalds!

(this applies to everyone btw: please submit as much as you'd like i have a blast doing these !! -mod)

[tobysbliss]

im watching hamilton & it was on right hand man

hearing “marquis de lafayette” made me remember that i was so hyperfixated on hamilton in late 2020-the first half of 2021 i had lafayette’s full name memorized

his full full name

[verilyproductions]

Facts about Lafayette that prove he’s a legend

First of all, his full name is: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette

Bro was LOADED! He was the richest orphan in France. Pretty much all his relatives died, leaving him with 120,000 livres as an income.

In 1777 Lafayette asked Loui XVI if he could go fight for freedom in America, the king said no but Lafayette went anyway, he was 19 at the time! He had to leave the country illegally the some accounts say that he dressed as a pregnant woman to do so. (But this could just be a rumour)

He was shot in the leg during battle (still in 1777) and didn’t notice until AFTER the battle! Washington has to forcibly send him home, but he did this with orders for the doctor to ‘treat him like a (Washington’s) son’.

After the Battle of Monmouth Laf sat with George Washington under a tree and the two fell asleep.

He named his only son after George Washington.

Lafayette gifted young John Quincy Adams an Alligator. This is the reason there has been an alligator in the White House bathroom. It had been given to Lafayette by an admirer and he gifted it on since he couldn’t take it to France with him.

He was nicknamed ‘The Hero Of Two Worlds’ because he fought for American and French freedom.

[hamiltrash-thoughts]

Thank God Laffy Taffy introduced himself as "Lafayette" in "Aaron Burr, sir". Because imagine how tf would be if he said his full name like the others.

Lafayette: Oui oui, mon ami, je m'appelle Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette!!

Laurens:

Mulligan:

Burr:

Hamilton:

The whole bar:

Lafayette: ... The Lancelot of... the revolutionary set...?

Mulligan: Is it my turn now or what?

[nordleuchten]

A Guide to La Fayette’s Papers: Code

La Fayette was never one to write too much in code, but we see two episodes during his life where he relied on partially encoding his messages. The first one was in 1782 when he had just returned to France and his letters to Washington had to make the long (and potentially dangerous) journey across the ocean. His last letter in America was written on December 21, 1781, just off Boston, and does not use any code. His first letter back in France was written on January 18, 1782, in L’Orient. Both letters contain words that he would translate into ciphers in later letters. The first coded letter to Washington was written on March 30, 1782.

In a third letter, written between January 18 and March 30, 1782, La Fayette wrote:

the Next time I write to Your Excellency it Will Be in Cyphers and More particular.

“To George Washington from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 30 January 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/99-01-02-07755. [This is an Early Access document from The Papers of George Washington. It is not an authoritative final version.] (04/13/2024)

Most editors have translated La Fayette’s codes and printed the text as it should be read, either with the ciphers written next to it, or without it or any other mentioning that code was used in the letter. To make this list, I relied mainly on the book The Letters of Lafayette to Washington, 1777-1799, edited by Louis Gottschalk (second printing, edited and revised by Louis Gottschalk and Shirley A. Bill, 1971) because here the cipher as well as the translation are printed side by side and this saved me a lot of going back and forth. When reading La Fayette’s correspondence, you actually do not really need to know his code, because, as I said, he seldomly wrote in code and his editors already did the translation for us. BUT – maybe you desire a deeper understanding of his writings, maybe you find an unpublished letter somewhere in an archive that uses code, maybe you want to up your roleplay and sound more like La Fayette – or maybe code is just your thing! If any of this applies, this post is for you.

The code La Fayette and Washington used in 1782 looks as follows:

We see La Fayette rely on code a second time in 1785 when he was discussing matters of religious tolerance in France (a matter dear to his heart) with Washington. The ciphers employed this time were a little different:

[nerdeel]

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette

hes me i am him

[tricornonthecob]

I'm so thirsty

LK 122: Friends in Versailles Places

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oooh another ep where the whole animation budget is spent on fashionable ho's! Honestly, palate-cleanser.

Do they bone?

Well, at least everyone here's gonna get some action tonight.

oh my GOD they ARE gonna bone! Good for them.

Hey now, that's Benji's dick you're insulting

oooh its the Laffy Taffy episode!

Ain't shit to do in Philly today, huh, Henri?

Man's absolutely GLISTENING he must moisturize.

AND he brought an entire entourage, damn.

he's the top agent in this outfit, and he's open for contracting!

How does he fucken know, do the French have receptors in their brains to detect Frenchie Pheromones.

whatever Lafayette was expecting, it was not for a feral raccoon child to immediately imprint on him.

Do they bone? Wow I am entirely too invested in the sex lives of the extras.

Henri Richard Maurice Dutoit LeFevbre, orphan.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette.

Gilbert Fontaine de la Tour Dauterive, the Man of the House

Okie dokie, Jober La Fayette!

Okay but how thrilling is it for Henri, a poor orphan peasant, to be on first-name basis with a fucking marquis within thirty seconds of meeting him.

Undercover whig Lady No-name Phillips is keeping tabs on her daughter.

Can't keep her daughter from flirting with an penniless orphan rebel yank, though.

Moses I know we're all impatient for our otp to be canon but you can't hurry slowburn.

This wasn't in the itinerary!

oh my goddddd do the yawn/stretch/hug thing, James, do it nowwwww

Lafayette is not impressed.

I love how Lafayette keeps politely reminding everyone here he's trying to get to Congress, meanwhile none of these agents can read a room.

"And this is Sarah! :) .... and James."

*deep inhale*

The Baron of Kalb. But I fucking love Bear on the Cob.

Also, calm down, Sarah.

ahhh, the banter.

He's trying so hard.

[livelaughlovelams]

LAFAYETTE, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

Text: can't believe Lafayette would chop off all his hair. WHAT!? Marquis, I'll never forgive you. Your actions have an effect on others. So we can't share hair ribbons anymore? No cute updos? It's just Laurens and I alone. We're depressed.

HAHHA I LOVE IT-

[venicepearl]

Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette (2 November 1759 – 25 December 1807), was a French marchioness. She was the daughter of Jean de Noailles and Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau, and married Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.

[nyxofthenight11]

If you want to watch Hamilton but you don’t have Disney+ and don’t have money to buy tickets here’s a summary:

Hamilton’s an orphan and becomes friends with John Laurens (his lover), Lafayette (French man. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier De La Fayette), Hercules Mulligan (man whore), and Aaron Burr (the other orphan). Hamilton gets married, does stupid shit. Hamilton has a son (Philip). Burr hates Hamilton now. Thomas Jefferson came home. No Burrs allowed in the room where it happened. Hamilton cheats and writes a book about it. The Schuyler sisters slay. Philip organizes an orgy, gets into a fight, and dies in one song. Hamilton does more stupid shit and dies

[withinycu]

Starter Call for Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette​

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Hornblower AND WHO, though? (Or is it Hornblower and what?)

The title is a bit of a place holder as I don't have a proper name for the story yet. The idea was developed together with the wonderful @nordleuchten, who was just as distraught over Bush's death in the novels as I.

But, see, they never recovered any body(-parts) that were identfiably Bush... The story is set in 1824. Hornblower, a national hero, is trying to convince himself that the domestic idyll of having a wife, a son and a vast estate is all a man needs, but secretly suffers from severe nostalgia for his old days at sea.

Then one day, a curious letter arrives...:

Admiral Hornblower Smallbridge, Kent Grande-Bretagne.

My Dear Sir,

It is with some reservation I send to you this missive, for we have not been introduced to another, nor were we ever acquainted in another way, yet I am compelled to write to you following an incident in Le Havre—: at the harbour, I was approached by a sailor, a one-legged fellow who spoke French with an accent. At first, I was certain he would ask me for money, but he did not, though he appeared to be in some state of destitution and quite drunk: “Sir”, he pled with me, “Sir: from your dress, I can tell you are a man of import in this country, and thus beg your aid: I am but a poor sailor, and cannot write, and neither can I go home for the lack of funds that will not even allow me to send a letter: I have four poor sisters at home, and an ailing mother: will you please write to the good Admiral Hornblower of his Britannic Majesty’s Navy for me, with whom I served? He shall remember his old shipmate, and surely aid me, once he knows of my situation. He resides at Smallbridge in Kent, and shall no doubt accept the word of a gentleman such as you are.” I, moved by his speech and the destitution of the man, and no doubt his poor siblings and mother, asked him which name I was to give, but he was gone within an instant, only thanking me greatly, before disappearing from view amongst the alleyways.  

I have long thought on it, not wishing to accost a stranger with what might be but a mere trifle; yet those blue eyes seemed to haunt me until I put my pen to paper, and wrote this letter to you.

I am, etc. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette.

Thinking instantly that the man described can only be Bush (but how did he end up in this situation? He's supposed to be dead after all), Hornblower travels to Le Havre, who indeed finds Bush alive, and rather well; it appears that Bush had been rescued and returned to England by fishermen. Since at the time his demise had already been widely reported, Bush became an asset for the government as a spy, a position Bush only took on because the increased pay offered to him as compared to the Navy meant he could more efficiently care for his mother and sisters.

Bush admits to having tried to lure Hornblower over to France via La Fayette because he needs his help: the British government has received news that several British individuals are planning on kidnapping the Marquis on his way to his tour of the US as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of American independence.

The people behind the kidnapping are Irish nationalists who intend to stir up trouble between America and Britain by kidnapping La Fayette using a ship sailing under the British flag, their idea being that perhaps Irish nationalism will be received with greater political interest, credence and perhaps even support (especially from France; they have not forgotten 1798 yet) abroad if there is a rift between the US and UK. They also plan on maybe using La Fayette as a hostage to negotiate arms deliveries.

The head of the group of people Bush and Hornblower are up against is Lucy Anne FitzGerald, historically staunchly true to her brother's, the famed Lord Edward FitzGerald's, (political) legacy, who, rather inconveniently for Bush and Hornblower, was married to the Royal Navy captain Thomas Foley, so the threat is sort-of coming from within.

They are joined on their mission by Hornblower's son Richard, who has followed his famous, but largely absent, father as a stowaway.

The people Hornblower perceives as antagonists are not meant to be portrayed in a negative way, on the contrary; Hornblower and Bush are set up against people with good intentions and reasons Hornblower might, in other circumstances even understand or even sympathise with to a certain extent.

I always found that Hornblower's antagonists are a tad shallow, from Barry McCool to the infamous "Wolfe" of the TV series, I thought the topic of 1798, or the fight for Irish independence could be dealt with with much greater nuance.

And, I think it would be interesting to set the oh-so-moral and correct Hornblower up against (gasp!) a lady.

While I have the faint outlinings of an ending in mind, I haven't fully planned it yet; the idea is however that there isn't a clear triumph or victory for one or the other side; the journey is what matters, a journey on which the newly resurrected friendship of Bush and Hornblower is put to the test, and Hornblower and his son grow closer over the mutual adventure.

Thank you for the ask! :)

[theworstfoundingfathers]

Who is the worst? Round 1: Edmund Randolph vs Marquis de Lafayette

Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, and the 7th Governor of Virginia. As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was appointed the first United States Attorney General by George Washington and subsequently served as the second Secretary of State during the Washington administration.

A scandal involving an intercepted French message led to Randolph's resignation as Secretary of State in August 1795. Randolph had been tasked with maintaining friendly relations with France. The British Navy had intercepted correspondence from the French minister Joseph Fauchet to his superiors and turned it over to Washington, who was dismayed that the letters reflected contempt for the United States and that Randolph had been primarily responsible. The letters implied that Randolph had exposed the inner debates in the cabinet to France and had told it that the administration was hostile to the country. At the very least, Elkins and McKitrick conclude, there "was something here profoundly disreputable to the government's good faith and character."

While residing in Pennsylvania, the 6-month residency deadline for [his slaves] approached. Attorney General Edmund Randolph's slaves had obtained their freedom under the 1780 law, and Randolph was advising Washington (through Lear's letters) on how to prevent the eight [slaves] from similarly obtaining theirs.

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat, freemason and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the siege of Yorktown. After returning to France, he was a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. He has been considered a national hero in both countries.

After the storming of the Bastille, he was appointed commander-in-chief of France's National Guard and tried to steer a middle course through the years of revolution. In August 1792, radical factions ordered his arrest, and he fled into the Austrian Netherlands. He was captured by Austrian troops and spent more than five years in prison.