#anastasie de la fayette

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Ah, Tumblr. Why would they hide my question from you🥲? Here is the rather long question that I wanted to ask.

I've been wondering about Lafayette's interactions with his in-laws—not the Noailles, but his children's. What did he think about his sons-in-law? Did they get along? How did the marriages take place, or anything related to them?

I'm currently in the very long process of writing a novel about Adrienne, now entering the French Revolution, still having a long way to go before any of the Lafayette kids get married. But my God, the French Revolution is stressful as hell to write☹️. I just want my girl to get some rest… And so, I guess I just want to skip ahead to the lighthearted part. While Adrienne’s thoughts and interactions are pretty much all in Virginie’s book, and maybe some in her sister’s memoirs, Mister Lafayette’s is a bit confusing for me because he has so much information from all different sources. (Which brings me to my next question: What book do you recommend for referencing information about Gilbert? It’s too stressful to always go from one source to another for him.😭)

The information on this blog has been immensely helpful! I would have been lost as to where to find the sources that I needed. hope you have a good day, and hold on to your historical passion! 👍☺️

Dear @daydream-247,

first of all, that sounds like a very interesting project! When you come around to publishing something, I would absolutely love to read it! And thank you for your kind word, it is always nice to hear that other people can take something away from what I post and are not annoyed by me. :-)

As to the partners of his children, La Fayette had a very good relationship with all of them. I am actually quite happy that you asked about that part of the family, since this topic is quite dear to my heart. I think there is not enough talk about that – as it is with so many things in La Fayette’s life that have nothing to do with Revolutions and America. The La Fayette’s and their family and friends were so tight nit, so intimate and loving. La Fayette – and also Adrienne, while she was still alive, loved being grand-parents and in La Fayette’s case later great-grandparents. While their children were able to go their own ways in live, they and their families always remained very close to their parents. The children’s marriages were happy ones – not without personal tragedy of course, but they all weathered the challenges thrown at them. To the best of my knowledge, there were no affairs, mistresses, and betrayals in that generation.

But enough of me being fascinated by family dynamics, lets us get to your question! La Fayette wrote on December 1, 1802 to James Madison:

I Live in an Agreable place, About forty Miles from paris. My Children are With me. Georges Has Married the daughter of Tracy whom Mr. Jefferson Has known in the Constituent Assembly and Who is One of His Warmest Admirers. My Elder daughter is the Wife of Charles La tour Maubourg the Youngest Brother of My Olmutz Companion and Has two Lovely Little Girls. My daughter in Law is Within a few Months to Encrease Our family. Georges is Now at turin Where the 11th Rgt of Huzzards Has its Quarters. Virginia, My Younger daughter, will, I think, Be Married Before Long.

“To James Madison from Lafayette, 1 December 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-04-02-0176. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 4, 8 October 1802 – 15 May 1803, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Susan Holbrook Perdue, and Ellen J. Barber. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 166–170.] (01/25/2024)

La Fayette was right concerning Virginie. She married on April 20, 1803. She would probably have married sooner, but La Fayette slipped on the icy pavement that winter and broke his femur close to the hip bone – an injury that is no laughing matter, neither in the 21st nor in the early 19th century. The wedding was postponed, giving La Fayette time to recover.

Let us now have a closer look at the marriages and resulting families of each of Adrienne’s and La Fayette’s children. Anastasie, their oldest surviving child, was the first one to marry. She married Juste-Charles de Faÿ de la Tour-Maubourg. Charles was the younger brother of Marie-Charles-César de Faÿ, comte de la Tour-Maubourg. César was one of La Fayette’s dearest friends. Do you remember this heartbreaking letter La Fayette wrote after Adrienne’s death? That letter was addressed to César, and I have never again seen La Fayette lay his soul and emotions so open – not even in front of Washington.

Charles was for a very, very short time imprisoned as well but quickly freed. After all the prisoners of Olmütz were set free, they settled at Wittmold and were reunited with their respected families. It was there that Anastasie met – or at least fell in love with, Charles. They were married on Mai 8, 1798 in the private chapel in Wittmold by the Abbé Luchet (and oh this blasted certificate of marriage! One day, one day …) They soon started their own family, and it was here that tragedy struck. While both of their twin daughters survived the birth, one died only a few weeks later. Sadly, the little girl is often forgotten and not at all mentioned when La Fayette’s grandchildren are discussed. I will not say much about the grandchildren here in general because firstly, this post would get even longer than it already is (I am so sorry!) and secondly, I have a post in the making going through all of the grandchildren and possible some great-grandchildren – including the ones that died young or were stillborn/miscarried. I feel they should not be left out. Anastasie lost at least two, if not more children and Georges lost at least one daughter. So, different topic for a different post if you do not mind.

What is interesting about Anastasie’s marriage – especially her Noailles relatives appeared to be less than enthusiastic about the match. Anastasie’s aunt, the Marquise de Montague wrote in her own memoirs:

Frau von La Fayette fand die Parthie nicht allein sehr angemessen, sondern auch wie man damals das Recht hatte zu hoffen, sehr vortheilhaft. Der General war von ganzem Herzen damit einverstanden. In Witmold aber schrie man laut dagegen, wie nur das Projekt zur Sprache kam. Herr von Mun behauptete nur bei den Wilden Amerika‘s könne man sich so verheirathen, und Frau von Tessé bestand darauf, man hätte seit Adam und Eva nichts Gleiches gesehen. Die Sarkasmen nüßten Nichts, Frau von La Fayette hielt sich fest, und als Alles unwiderruflich entschieden war, sah man, wie sich die Unzufriedenheit der Frau von Tessé in eine zärtliche und liebenswürdige Sorgsamkeit auflöste.

Marquise of Montague, Anna Pauline Dominika von Noailles, Marquise von Montague – Ein Lebensbild, Münster, Aschendorff, 1871, p. 204.

My translation:

Madame de La Fayette not only thought the match very appropriate, but also, as one had the right to hope at the time, very advantageous. The General was wholeheartedly in favour of it. In Witmold, however, they protested loudly against it as soon as the project was brought up. Mr von Mun [I have no idea who he was] claimed that only among the savages of America one could marry in this way, and Madame de Tessé insisted that nothing like it had been seen since Adam and Eve. The sarcasm was of no avail, Madame La Fayette held her ground, and when everything was irrevocably decided, Mademe de Tessé’s dissatisfaction dissolved into a tender and amiable diligence.

As you see, Adrienne’s and La Fayette’s primary concern was the happiness of their daughter. La Fayette wrote on May 20, 1798 to George Washington:

We Have spent the winter in Holstein, on danish territory, in a Hired Country Seat about Sixty English miles from Hamburgh—My friend Latour Maubourg and His family were with us—we had visits from france and other Countries—(…). Here My eldest daughter Anastasie was Married to Charles Maubourg my friends’ Youngest Brother.

“To George Washington from Lafayette, 20 May 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-02-02-0213. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 2, 2 January 1798 – 15 September 1798, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 282–285.] (01/25/2024)

I am honestly not quite sure what the problem here was. Since the Noailles part of the family voiced their criticism, the problem seems to lay primarily with Charles. The critics very much still belonged to the “arranged-marriage-for the advancement-of-the-family” generation and I suppose that was the issue. The marriage was not arranged and both the La Fayette’s and the La Tour-Maubourg’s were “ruined” during the French Revolution. There was not much for both parties to expect – beside a happy marriage based on mutual love and affection.

La Fayette at once started to include his new son-in-law in his letter:

My wife, my daughters, my Son in law Beg the tender Homage of their Affection, Gratitude and Respect to Be presented to you, my dear General, and to Mrs Washington (…)

“To George Washington from Lafayette, 20 May 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-02-02-0213. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 2, 2 January 1798 – 15 September 1798, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 282–285.] (01/25/2024)

The next one to marry was Georges. He married Françoise Émilie Destutt de Tracy. Just like with his older sister’s husband, there was already a connection between La Fayette and his new in-laws. Émilie’s father, Antoine Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy, was one of La Fayette’s oldest friends. They became friends prior to the French Revolution and both later served in the Chambre des Deputes and had similar political views, they both opposed Napoléon’s rise to power.

Based on his writings alone, Émilie might have been La Fayette’s favourite. He wrote to Thomas Jefferson on January 20, 1802:

My Son Has Returned to His Regiment in Italy—I Expect Him in the Spring, and probably to Marry a Very Amiable daughter to the Senator tracy Whom You Have known as a patriot Member of the Constituent Assembly

“To Thomas Jefferson from Lafayette, 30 January 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-36-02-0305. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 36, 1 December 1801–3 March 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 480–481.] (01/25/2024)

He reported on November 1, 1802, again to Thomas Jefferson:

With me they Now Are Retired into the State of Rural Life Where I am fixed Among the Comforts of An United Loving family—it Has Been, Encreased, as I Did in time inform You, By the Happy Acquisition of an Amiable Daughter in Law (…)

“To Thomas Jefferson from Lafayette, 1 November 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-38-02-0551. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 38, 1 July–12 November 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, pp. 616–617.] (01/25/2024)

He wrote on August 18, 1800 to his friend Masclet:

My whole family is now collected at this place, where my aunt had been for many years despairing ever to see us. It has been also for me a great satisfaction to present to her my beloved daughter-in-law Emilie Tracy, now the wife of the happy George, and in whom I find every amiable quality my heart could wish for. I intend conducting the young couple back to Auteuil towards the middle of Fructidor, my return there being hastened by the news of the intended journey wherein General Fitzpatrick and Charles Fox are to meet at Paris.

Jules Germain Cloquet, Recollections of the Private Life of General Lafayette, Baldwin and Cradock, London, 1835, p. 110.

Here is what La Fayette wrote about Émilie to Thomas Jefferson on February 21, 1825, right after the death of her mother:

We intend to Come again from Boston to Newyork, Philadelphia, Washington and to pay you a Visit at Monticello Before we Embark By the Middle of August for france Where We Are Recalled, Sooner than We Expected, By the most lamentable death of mde de tracy george’s Mother in law. I Have urged My Son to Return immediately But His generous wife, who is a tender daughter to me, Had on the first moment of the loss, adjured Him not to leave me, and it is a Great Motive for Me to Make as much Haste As We Can With propriety do it.

“To Thomas Jefferson from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 21 February 1825,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/98-01-02-4986. [This is an Early Access document from The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series. It is not an authoritative final version.] (01/25/2024)

La Fayette wrote much about Émilie and all that he wrote was very positive. What he wrote about his sons-in-law was different – not to say that there was less affection, but it was, at least on paper, expressed differently. Now, why was that? It could be for personal reasons, La Fayette simply “clicked” better with Émilie. It could be because Émilie spend much more time with and around La Fayette than his sons-in-law did. It could be because, by social convention, you would and could write differently about your daughter-in-law then about your sons-in-law. Lastly, and that is just a hunch of mine, Émilie, as a woman, was the one to bear the children. For La Fayette children were definitely in the female domain – not because he necessarily thought that childbirth should be a women’s only purpose but because I think he understood and valued that the birth of a child was the result of a great deal of pain and work on the women’s side and a, while biological important, negatable part on the man’s part. In short, I like to imagine that the thanked and valued Émilie for her hard work in making him a grandfather.

La Fayette addressed and described Émilie as his daughter, he wrote about having “three daughters” (to James Madison, August 28, 1826). While the same sentiment was definitely present in the relationships with his sons-in-law, I think he never put it quite that distinctly to paper. But enough about Émilie, let us move on to the last couple.

As I have already mentioned Virginie married Louis de Lasteyrie du Saillant, Marquis de Lasteyrie on April 20, 1803. I believe that Louis was a nephew of a friend of La Fayette but I would need to check that again. Louis died quite young, aged 46 in 1826 and he was buried on the ground reserved for the La Fayette family on the Picpus Cemetery. He was buried there after Adrienne and before La Fayette.

Things were looking pretty good on the domestic front for La Fayette. Within five years, all of his children were happily married and two of them had already little families of their own. What was probably most important, despite her failing health, Adrienne saw all three of her surviving children marry.

In letters to his friends, particular to Thomas Jefferson, La Fayette never forgot to give updates not only about himself but also about his children and their families. He often asked for them to be remembered to people just like he wanted to be remembered. He gave also updates on the military careers of his sons-in-law. Louis entered the Light Dragoons in 1804, leaving the army as a Colonel. Charles and George often served in closely related positions. They both realized that being attached to La Fayette would make advancement in the army difficult and so both of them left the army eventually. Neither of them seemed to hold any grudges.

That much in “short”. Now, as to books – the unsatisfactory answer is: It depends? Are you looking for a general overview, an overview about a specific topic, a political analyses, a character analysis, something critical, a personal account, something contemporary or something that was written much later, a collection of anecdotes to flesh out La Fayette’s character? There are sources for all of this, but they all serve different purposes.

I hope I could help you out and give you a starting point for your research. A chapter about the love lives of Anastasie, Georges and Virginie could definitely serve as a little cheer-up chapter between the French Revolution and Adrienne’s death – both for the readers and your characters. Happy writing and I hope you have/had a lovely day!

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Numbers 27, 28 and 29 for the ask game if you like. :-)

But if course! :-)

27. Favourite historical “ What if… ” ?

That's a tough one! I would be curious to see how history would have unfolded, had the Irish rebellion of 1798 succeeded.

28. Favourite “dream team” of specific era or the entire history?

I think I am going with Margaret (1728-1808) and Admiral Samuel Graves (1713-1787) here. They might not be quite so famous as other couples of their period, and the specific closer context they are mentioned in every now and then (the early stages of the American War of Independence, or rather, the period leading directly up to it), but I am awed by how staunchly, and unapologetically, they always supported each other, no matter if their spouse may have been in the wrong (cough, the fight with General and Mrs. Kemble-Gage, cough).

And I am touched by the fact that their love story appears to have been a genuine, and unconventional one; she was almost 40, involved in the social circle of Elizabeth Montagu, for whom the term Bluestocking was coined, and had never intended to get married both as a financial precaution and a personal statement towards contemporary society when she met him, presumably through his influential friend (and her distant relation), the Earl of Sandwich; he appears to have been rather shy around women from what I gather, and had been widowed two years prior. And somehow, the taciturn sea-officer and the outspoken, independently wealthy lady appear to have clicked rather instantly. They raised her orphaned niece together, and she followed him, when he was appointed Commander of the North American Station, to a place where they might see active service.

29. Great historical mystery you are interested in?

You know, I am still wondering about Anastasie de La Fayette's wedding certificate... :-)

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From Recollections of the Private Life if General Lafayette, by M. Jules Cloquet, M.D.

As soon as I [Jules Cloquet] perceived the imminent danger of Lafayette, I gave warning to his son, and at three o’clock in the morning his whole family and some of his most intimate friends had assembled in his chamber. The looks of all, the paleness of their countenances, the expression of their features, bore evident marks of that cruel anxiety which is felt better than described when we are on the eve of some great calamity. All observed a mournful silence, interrupted only at times by sighs and by the questions which they put to us in a low tone of voice on the state of the patient. The venerable rector of the church of the Assumption came to join in prayer with the family.

As daylight began to dawn upon the scene of suffering, all of us seemed aroused from one of those painful dreams the horror of which predominates even at the moment of our awaking, and forces us to doubt if we are not still asleep. But who can depict the heartrending scene which we witnessed when the fatal moment arrived? From every side burst forth the sobs of the bystanders, which had hitherto been checked by their religious respect and by their fear of disturbing the last moments of Lafayette. Piercing and stifled shrieks strongly expressed the grief to which every heart was a prey. George Lafayette, his eyes motionless and bathed in tears, remained for some time in a state of stupor, from which he recovered only to address to his father his adieux, that were scarcely audible through the sobs torn from him by despair. His wife endeavoured to sustain and aid him to support the blow which had smitten him, but, insensible to every other feeling than that of poignant anguish, he heeded not the consolations lavished on him by her tenderness. How noble was his grief! How deeply he felt his loss! And oh! how fervently had he prayed that his father's parting breath might still be spared, or that his spirit, as it hovered on the verge of eternity, might be joined by his own! The rest of the General's children, not less deeply affected, knelt around his bed, kissed his hands, bathed them with their tears, and clasped each other in a convulsive embrace, as if, in presence of Lafayette's inanimate remains, to draw still closer together the ties that bound them to each other.

Imagine your favorite historical figure whispering their thanks to the love/close friends in their final moments

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Anastasie, with her fresh complexion and charming air, was good, studious and courageous. She was a little too much lacking in self-confidence, but that is a fault which at her age has an appeal of its own. For the rest, she was the very incarnation of innocence, loving her mother tenderly, her father madly, and inheriting from him a delight in controversy.

A. Callet, Anne-Paule-Dominique de Noailles, marquise de Montagu 

Description of Anastasie at the time of her marriage to Juste-Charles de Faÿ de la Tour-Maubourg, 23 February 1798. It was a love match, supported by both her parents. When some of their friends in the ex-patriot community raised objections, as both bride and groom had little in the way of financial resources at the time, Adrienne stood firmly by Anastasie until everyone was behind the marriage.  

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NAME: Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette usually just goes by Adrienne 

SPECIES: human

ORIENTATION: demisexual, demiromantic

GENDER: female

APPEARANCE

A small, petite woman, with large dark eyes. 

face claim: Alicia Vikander 

RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY: Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau, Duchess of Noailles {mother}, Jean-Louis-Paul-François de Noailles, 5th Duke of Noailles {father}, Adrien Paul Louis de Noailles {older brother-deceased}, Anne Jeanne Baptiste Louise de Noailles {older sister}, Françoise Antoinette Louise de Noailles  {younger sister}, Anne Paule Dominique de Noailles {younger sister}, Angélique Françoise d'Assise Rosalie de Noailles {younger sister}, Louis Gabriel de Noailles {younger brother-deceased}

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette {husband}

CHILDREN: Henriette du Motier {daughter}, Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier {daughter}, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier {son}, Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier {daughter}

PERSONALITY

Adrienne is a woman of intense passions and convictions but who rarely lets those emotions show publicly. She is in that sense always aware of her station as a noblewoman. 

NEED TO KNOWS

On her husband- It’s very much unconditional love. Though I think some of that comes from the fact he was able to do much of what she herself would have liked to do had she not been a woman in 18th century France. That said their can definitely be a kind of immaturity to her feelings for her husband as she’s been both in love with and married to him since she was a young teenager. More on their dynamic here { X }

She can be just as intensely idealistic as her husband but in many ways lacks his impulsiveness. When she chooses to act she does so much more carefully and thoroughly. 

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Letters between G. Washington and Adrienne,  Marquise de Lafayette

I was comparing/contrasting AH’s correspondence with women that he was not related to and those of other prominent men (I’m going to do a brief series or something about that), and came across these letters between G. Washington and Adrienne, Lafayette’s wife. Two things immediately stood out: 1) the use of common phrases; 2) the soft diplomacy that both were expected to engage in.

This is quite long (so I’ve added the break), and I’m not going to discuss any parts, it’s just meant to be illustrative.  (my edits of) Letters between GW and Marie Adrienne, Marquise de Lafayette, (and one to Anastasie) click on links to see the entire letter on Founders. 

Adrienne to GW:

I seize with eagerness, the first moment, in which you enjoy the charms, of a peaceful retirement, and the Satisfaction to find yourself restored, to those, to whom you are dear, after So many dangers, and So much glory; to offer you my hommage, and my felicitations, on the glorious peace, obtained by your Labours, and your success. I have, sir, many rights to partake your Sentimens, on this occasion, and every one, is very precious to me. it is as a french as an american woman, as the wife of Mr De La fayette, that I feel the public joy, and the peculiar part, that General Washington must take in it. I cannot read, without being moved the circular Letter, that you have written, before your left publick affairs. I believe, that I should be as happy to See you as present, at mount–vernon as Ms de La fayette was to See you, at mon–moath, or yorktown. then, and during all the time of my anxiety for him, one of my greatest consolation, was to know, that he was with you. I was always, sensible how happy he was, to Learn at the School, of such a master, and above all, I felt whose charms he found, in the Sentimens of Such a friend. I judged, by my own experience of the Sufferings of mistress Washington during the war, and I feel, and partake the Sweets, of her present situation. I   entertain my self, in the hope, to see you both, in our Country, and to go and see you in america. I not think without a  great emotion, on the moment, in which I would find my self on a ground, So dear to us, for So many accounts. I cannot express, sir, the Smallest part of my Sentimens, nor only on account of my ignorance, of your Language, but because they could not be expressed, your name, is one of the first, that our Children Learn to Lisp, and we would yet, inspire them with the sentimens of our heart, for you, the name of George, and Virginie; Shall be a perpetual remembrance, of our            sentimens, for you, and your Country, and give them a peculiar right, to your benevolence. I beg you sir, in favour of their father, to have Some goodness for them, and I flatter myself that it is not necessary to intreat you that. it is in the confidence, that I come and I offer the assurance, and the hommage, of our gratitude, to you, requiring for my self, Some part in the sentimens, which our Little family, is honoured, with. I deserve it sir, by those of the highest esteem and regard, with which I am sir, your most humble, and very most obedient servant 26Dec1783, Adrienne to GW

GW to Adrienne:

Dear Madam, 

It is now, more than ever, I want words to express the sensibility & gratitude with which the honor of your felicitations of the 26th of Decr has inspired me. If my expression was equal to the feelings of my heart the homage I am about to render you, would appear in a more favourable point of view, than my most sanguine expectations will encourage me to hope for. I am more inclined therefore to rely upon the continuence of your indulgent sentiments of me, & that innate goodness for which you are remarked—than upon any merit I possess, or any assurances I could give of my sense of the obligation I am under for the honor you have conferred upon me by your correspondence.

Great as your claim is, as a French, or American woman; or as the wife of my amiable friend, to my affectionate regards; you have others to which the palm must be yielded. The charms of your person, & the beauties of your mind, have a more powerful operation—These Madam, have endeared you to me, & every thing which partakes of your nature will have a claim to my affections—George & Virginia (the offspring of your love), whose names do honor to my Country, & to myself, have a double claim & will be the objects of my vows.

From the clangor of arms & the bustle of a camp—freed from the cares of public employment, & the responsibility of Office—I am now enjoying domestic ease under the shadow of my own Vine, & my own Fig tree; & in a small Villa, with the implements of Husbandry & Lambkins around me, I expect to glide gently down the stream of life, ’till I am emtombed in the dreary mansions of my Fathers.

Mrs Washington is highly honored by your participations, & feels very sensibly the force of your polite invitation to Paris; but she is too far advanced in life, & is too much immersed in the care of her little progeny to cross the Atlantic. This my Dr Marchioness (indulge me with this freedom) is not the case with you. You have youth (& if you should not incline to bring your children, can leave them with all the advantages to Education)—and must have a curiosity to see the Country, young, rude & uncultivated as it is; for the liberties of which your husband has fought, bled, & acquired much glory—Where every body admires, every body loves him—Come them, let me entreat it, & call my Cottage your home; for your own doors do not open to you with more readiness, than mine wou’d. You will see the plain manner in which we live; & meet the rustic civility, & you shall taste the simplicity of rural life—It will diversify the Scene & may give you a higher relish for the gaieties of the Court, when you return to Versailles. In these wishes, & in most respectful compliments Mrs Washington joins me. With sentiments of strong attachment, & very great regard I have the honor to be Madam Your most obedt & much obliged Servt, 4April1784

Adrienne to GW:

if I ever had some right, to your indulgence, it’s certainly in this moment; in which I am in the very moment to separate me from mr De La fayette, who is going to see you. I must hope for this indulgence, because I am not in a situation to write tolerably, but I cannot help myself from thanking you, for the kind Letter which you honoured me with. the care of our children obliges me to stay here, and I believe that I could not be so good a mother if their father had not intreated me for. at Least sir I recommend my self to you for obtaining of him, his word to take me with him, at his first journey to america. you see what is my confidence in your Goodness. 18June1784

GW to Adrienne:

If my expression was equal to my sensibility, I should in more elegant language than I am Master of, declare to you my sense of the obligation I am under for the letter you did me the honor to write me by the Marqs de la Fayette, & thanks for this flattering instance of your regard. The pleasure I received in once more embracing my friend could only have been encreased by your presence, & that opportunity I should thereby have had of paying, in my own house, the homage of my respectful attachment to his better half. I have obtained a promise which the Marqs has ratified to Mrs Washington, that he will use his influence to bring you with him to this Country, whenever he shall visit it again. When the weight of so powerful an advocate is on our side, will you My Dr Marchioness deny us the pleasure of accompanying him to the shores of Columbia? In offering our mite, we can only assure you that endeavours shall not be wanting on our part to make this New World as agreeable to you as rural scenes & peaceful retirement are competent to. The Marquis returns to you with all the warmth & ardour of a newly inspired lover—We restore him to you in good health, crowned with wreaths of love & respect from every part of the Union. That his meeting with you, his family & friends, may be propitious, & as happy as your wishes can make it—that you may long live together revered & beloved—& that you may transmit to a numerous progeny the virtue which you both possess—is consonant with the vow & fervent wish of your devoted & most respectful Humble Servant 25Nov1784

GW to Anastasie: 

Permit me to thank my dear little correspondent for the favor of her letter of the 18th of June last, & to impress her with the idea of the pleasure I shall derive in a continuation of them. Her Papa is restored to her with all the good health, paternal affection & honors, her tender heart could wish.

He will carry a kiss to her from me, (which might be more agreeable from a pretty boy) & give her assurances of the affectionate regard with which I have the pleasure of being her well wisher, 25Nov1784

GW to Adrienne:

Of all the correspondencies with which I am honored, none has given me more pleasure than yours; none which I am more desireous of continuing, or more ambitious to deserve. What then my Dr Madam, must have been my mortification when, instead of receiving the letter you did me the honor to write to me on the 15th of April last year, in due time, it was not ’till sometime in the course of last month, that I received it at all, & the parcels with which you were pleased to accompany it. By mistake these parcels lay at Bordeaux a considerable time after they had arrived there, before it was discovered for whom they were intended, & then were sent by a Vessel which took a very circuitous voyage to the Country. I trouble you with this detail of matters by way of apology for what otherwise might appear a want of sensibility in me for your distinguished and valuable favors, than which nothing is, or can be more flattering & pleasing to my vanity. 

The tokens of regard with which Miss de la Fayette & my name-sake have honored the young folks of this family, will cement the friendship which seems to be rising in their tender breasts; & will encrease those flames of it which they have imbibed from their parents, to which nothing can add strength, but the endearments which flow from personal interviews, & the unreserved exchange of liberal sentiments. Will you not then Madam, afford them this opportunity? May we hope for it soon? If the assurances of the sincerest esteem & affection: if the varieties of uncultivated nature; the novelty of exchanging the gay & delightful scenes of Paris with which you are surrounded, for the rural amusements of a country in its infancy; if the warbling notes of the feathered songsters on our Lawns & Meads, can for a moment make you forget the melody of the Opera, & the pleasures of the Court—these, all invite you to give us this honour, & the opportunity of expressing to you personally, those sentiments of attachment & love with which you have inspired us.

The noon-tide of life is now passed with Mrs Washington & myself, and all we have to do is to spend the evening of our days in tranquillity, & glide gently down a stream which no human effort can ascend. We must therefore, however reluctantly it is done, forego the pleasures of such a visit as you kindly invite us to make. But the case with you, is far otherwise—Your days are in their me[r]idian brightness. In the natural order of things you have many years to come, in which you may endulge yourself in all the amusements which variety can afford, and different countries produce; & in receiving those testimonies of respect, which every one in the United States would wish to render you.

My Mother will receive the compliments you honor her with, as a flattering mark of your attention; & I shall have great pleasure in delivering them myself. My best wishes & vows are offered for you, & for the fruits of your love, & with every sentiment of respect & attachment I have the honor to be Madam, &c. &c. 10May1786

Adrienne to GW: 

...In this abyss of grief the idea of owing to the U.S. and to M. Washington—the life & liberty of M. Lafayette re-animates my heart with some hope. I hope every thing from the goodness of a people with whom he has set an example of that liberty of which he is now the victim—And shall I dare speak what I hope? I would ask of them, through you, an Envoy who shall go to reclaim him in the name of the Republic of the U.S. wheresoever he may be retained, and who may make, in their name with whatso[e]ver power he may be, the necessary engagements to emancipate him from his captivity, & carry him to their bosoms. If his wife & his Children could be comprised in this happy mission, it is easy to judge how sweet it would be to her and to them; but if this would retard or embarrass, in any degree, the progress or his success—we will defer the happiness of a reunion yet longer, and when we shall be near you we will bear the grief of seperation with more courage....8Oct1792

GW to Adrienne:

...But I have still to sympathize with you on the deprivation of the dearest of all your resources of happiness, in comparison with which, others vanish. I do it in all the sincerity of my friendship for him, and with ardent desires for his relief: in which sentiments I know that my fellow-citizens participate. The measures you were pleased to intimate in your letter are perhaps not exactly those which I could pursue, perhaps indeed not the most likely, under actual circumstances, to obtain our object. But be assured that I am not inattentive to his condition, nor contenting myself with inactive wishes for his liberation. My affection to his nation and to himself are unabated, and notwithstanding the line of separation which has been unfortunately drawn between them, I am confident that both have been led on by a pure love of liberty and a desire to secure public happiness: and I shall deem that among the most consoling moments of my life which should see them reunited in the end, as they were in the beginning, of their virtuous enterprize. 16Mar1793

Two more:

13June1793

5June1795

[msrandonstuff]

Have nothing to do, decided to answear this!

1. Favorite AmRev person?

Idk if I can choose just one, there were a lot of people that did amazing things back then.

2. Favorite major AmRev person?

I'll go with the classic here: George Washington

3. Favorite minor AmRev person?

I'll go here with any of the aides of Washington, but more specifically McHenry, Tilghman, Harisson and Meade. And John Paul Jones, that man was something.

4. Favorite AmRev british person?

I've never really studied that deeply about them, so I can't choose one here.

5. Favorite AmRev Continental/American person?

Hercules Mulligan. That man as a spy was incredible. And also our late Nathan Hale.

6. Favorite AmRev French person?

The marquis de Lafayette will take this title, with Rochambeau being really close behind.

7. Favorite AmRev person besides American, British, or French?

Tadeusz Kosciuszko! I've got no idea how to write his name down (this one was via google) but. Love him!

8. Favorite AmRev lady?

Idk, does Adrienne de Lafayette counts? If so, then she's my favorite for life. But if she doesn't, this title will go to Abigail Adams and Martha Washington.

9. Favorite AmRev gentleman?

Go check answears 2, 3, 5 and 6.

10. Favorite AmRev couple or ship?

Adrienne and Lafayette, definetly love these two. But here you can also add Hamliza, Martha and Washington and Abigail and John. What can I do, I love their relationships, your honor.

11. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you ship lams?

I'd give 7.5-8.0. No, I won't explain more.

12. Favorite song/shanty from the AmRev era?

idk the british grenadiers

13. Hardtack or firecakes?

No idea what neither of those are.

14. Favorite founding document?

I don't know... maybe the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, you know?.

15. Favorite letter? What year is it from and who is corresponding?

Add here every single letter between couples. The ones that aren't couples related (or at least that I remember rn) are:

“farewell, my most beloved General, it is not without emotion I tell you this last adieu before So long a Seperation. do’nt forget an absent friend and believe me for ever and ever with the highest Respect and tenderest affection der General Your most obed. Serv. and affectionate friend” – Lafayette to Washington; Boston 5th[–10] january 1779 (x)

“Nothing new.” – Thomas Jefferson to James Madison; [17–18 June 1792] (x)

“Tilghman, by this time, is I presume, one of those domestic things called a Husband—the rest of my family are in Statu quo wishing you to receive the homage of their respectful attachments” – George Washington to Marquis de Lafayette; 10th May 1783 (x)

“Paris the 18th june 1784 / Dear Washington, / I hope that papa whill come back Son here, I am verry sorry for the loss of him, but I am verry glade for you self. I wich you a werry good health and I am whith great respect, dear sir, your most obedient servent, / anastasie la fayette” From Anastasie de Lafayette to George Washington; 18th june 1784 (x). And also his answear to her (x)

16. Favorite quote?

idk, there's lot of famous one that I know, like "Whom can we trust know", but I don't remember much about them, really.

17. Favorite AmRev media?

I Made America. The best thing for life.

18. Favorite historical musical (in general)?

1776 and Hamilton: The Musical.

19. Favorite AmRev TV program?

Idk, some of those I haven't watched completly, but maybe John Adams hbo, George Washington miniseries 1984 and Turn: Washington's Spies.

20. Favorite AmRev book?

Idk.

21. A book you want?

Indispensible men.

22. Favorite biography?

I don't have a fav one :').

23. A biography you want?

The books about Lafayette written by Louis Gottschalk.

24. Favorite RevWar book?

25. Most interesting book you have found?

One that I'm gonna start reading as soon as possible: The Trial and Execution of Traitor George Washington.

26. Favorite unknown/lesser-known AmRev person/people?

Robert Townsend.

27. Favorite president (Washington to Monroe)?

I guess Washington. I disagree with lots of what he did, but I admire him for being able to do something with all the mess that it was.

28. Favorite Virginian?

G. Washington.

29. Continentals/Americans or British?

I don't have a side here.

30. Do you like King George III?

I mean, nothing against him, but also nothing in favor, you see...

31. Would you rather be at Valley Forge or a Privateer?

At Valley Forge (would probably die? yes. but eh).

32. Do you want to pet one of Charles Lee's dogs?

YES! NOW, PLEASE.

33. Would you buy Lafayette gloves?

I mean, right now? Probably, 'cause of the historical value. Then? Probably also yes, not gonna lie here lmao.

34. Would you call George Washington “his elctive magesty”?

Yeah, every now and then, but probably just to annoy him lol.

35. Bayonet or saber?

They're both AMAZING! But I think I'll go with bayonet 'cause I won't have to pass too much time to learn it.

36. Cavalry or marines?

Cavalry.

37. Opinions on Benedict Arnold?

Idk, I have way too many opinioms about him to be able to put in a simply post like this. But he's a confusing and gray character.

38. Favorite pet of Jefferson?

Probably Dick, the parrot (?).

39. Favorite Hamilton child?

John Church Hamilton. I don't care about what people might say about him, but he's really good!!!!!!

40. Which AmRev person do you want to punch the most?

All of them.

41. Which AmRev person do you want to spend the day the most with?

All of them.

42. Would you have sacrificed yourself to free Nathan Hale?

I'm so sorry, darling, but no.

43. An AmRev person you have the most conflicting feelings about?

Thomas Jefferson.

44. AmRev person you relate to the most?

Idk, probably a mixture between Lafayette, Hamilton and Laurens.

45. Favorite AmRev controversy/drama?

The whole Burr trial. That's something.

46. Which AmRev person would you want to hear sing?

Alexander Hamilton, for sure.

47. What AmRev person would you marry (or at least want to become best friends with)?

I'd love to become best friends with the Lafayettes, and maybe talk to Abigail too, she seems nice.

48. Most fun person to make fun of?

I mean, everyone? But I also do like calling Lafayette bald lmao.

49. Wig, hair powder, or natural?

Hair powder or natural! They're great!!

50. Best uniform in the RevWar?

Idk man, I really like all of them. I like the colors you know? They're all great!

Bonus!

1. Favorite non-AmRev president?

Idk, Quincy Adams?

2. Favorite non-AmRev historical era?

Brazil's history (every single part, I love the caos lol), world war one, and frev.

3. Favorite non-AmRev historical figure?

Probably Dom Pedro 1st and 2nd, but i don't remember any other names rn lmao, but that's life, I suppose.

AmRev ask game!

Just a silly little game I decided to make all based on AmRev! Enjoy and share as you please! You may repost with your answers or repost them as asks. Also feel free to add questions! <3

1. Favorite AmRev person? 2. Favorite major AmRev person? 3. Favorite minor AmRev person? 4. Favorite AmRev British person? 5. Favorite AmRev Continental/American person? 6. Favorite AmRev French person? 7. Favorite AmRev person besides American, British, or French? 8. Favorite AmRev lady? 9. Favorite AmRev gentleman? 10. Favorite AmRev couple or ship? 11. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you ship lams? 12. Favorite song/shanty from the AmRev era? 13. Hardtack or firecakes? 14. Favorite founding document? 15. Favorite letter? What year is it from and who is corresponding? 16. Favorite quote? 17. Favorite AmRev media? 18. Favorite historical musical (in general)? 19. Favorite AmRev TV program? 20. Favorite AmRev book? 21. A book you want? 22. Favorite biography? 23. A biography you want? 24. Favorite RevWar book? 25. Most interesting book you have found? 26. Favorite unknown/lesser-known AmRev person/people? 27. Favorite president (Washington to Monroe)? 28. Favorite Virginian? 29. Continental/Americans or British? 30. Do you like King George III? 31. Would you rather be at Valley Forge or a Privateer? 32. Do you want to pet one of Charles Lee’s dogs? 33. Would you buy Lafayette gloves? 34. Would you call George Washington “his elective majesty”? 35. Bayonet or saber? 36. Cavalry or Marines? 37. Opinions on Benedict Arnold? 38. Favorite pet of Jefferson? 39. Favorite Hamilton child? 40. Which AmRev person do you want to punch the most? 41. Which AmRev person do you want to spend a day with most? 42. Would you have sacrificed yourself to free Nathan Hale? 43. An AmRev person you have the most conflicting feelings about? 44. AmRev person you relate to the most? 45. Favorite AmRev controversy/drama? 46. Which AmRev person would you want to hear sing? 47. What AmRev person would you marry (or at least want to become best friends with)? 48. Most fun person to make fun of? 49. Wig, hair powder, or natural? 50. Best uniform in the RevWar?

Bonus!: 1. Favorite non-Amrev president? 2. Favorite non-AmRev historical era? 3. Favorite non-AmRev historical figure?

[ao3feed-hamliza]

The Founding Sisters: A New Begining

by lightandspark

Four lovely ladies, with different personalities but share the same thought in mind of having a peaceful life. However, when they meet, a friendship formed immediately but no one knew... their meeting could cause such stress as they all fell into a new enemy's clutches. But, they don't need no man to save them when they have each other as they each possess a strength. Follow the humorous tale of:

Eliza Schuyler Hamilton: A caring, sweet, precious, motherly, and bright young mother who is willing to risk her life to save those she cares about.

Adrienne de Lafayette: A witty, loving, kind, strong-willed, and adventrous woman who is ready to face all danger if it means to save her new-found friends and family.

Theodosia Prevost Burr: A gentle, intelligent, clever, silly, and creative lady as she is really fond of this new journey she stumbled upon with her new best friends who are very much became her sisters.

and

Dolley Madison: A friendly, child-like, clumsy, adoring, and curious young woman as her curiosity was the first thing that lend her three friends and herself in this new adventure.

Words: 2204, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Founding Sisters

Fandoms: Hamilton - Miranda

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Other

Characters: Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton, Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Dolley Madison, Adrienne de Lafayette, James Madison, Theodosia Prevost Burr, Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Martha Washington, John Laurens, Margaret "Peggy" Schuyler, Hercules Mulligan, Elizabeth Sanders Mulligan, Angelica Schuyler, Angelica Hamilton, Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton Jr., Theodosia Burr Alston, Georges Washington de La Fayette, Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier, John Payne Todd, Martha Jefferson Randolph

Relationships: Alexander Hamilton/Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, Adrienne de Lafayette/Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Aaron Burr/Theodosia Prevost Burr, Dolley Madison/James Madison, John Laurens & Margaret "Peggy" Schuyler, Thomas Jefferson & Angelica Schuyler, Hercules Mulligan/Elizabeth Sanders Mulligan, Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler & Adrienne de Lafayette & Theodosia Prevost Burr & Dolley Madison, George Washington/Martha Washington, Martha Washington & and the four girls, George Washington & the four girls

Additional Tags: Eliza Theodosia Adrienne and Dolley meet and INSTANT FRIENDSHIP, Washington is now done..., but he loves them so he manages, Martha Washington adores them, what could go wrong?, everything, These four lovely ladies fall into many traps as they wish they don't, go on crazy adventures, Solve mysteries and affairs, They always break something, A bone OR their husband OR George Washington, jEFFERSON IS NO HELP BUT WE LOVE HIM, Laurens is alive, Everyone Is Alive

source http://archiveofourown.org/works/14951738

[vague-blogging-history-blog]

A small selection of cute correspondance between George Washington and Adrienne de Noailles de Lafayette

'If my expression was equal to the feelings of my heart the homage I am about to render you, would appear in a more favourable point of view, than my most sanguine expectations will encourage me to hope for. I am more inclined therefore to rely upon the continuence of your indulgent sentiments of me, & that innate goodness for which you are remarked—than upon any merit I possess, or any assurances I could give of my sense of the obligation I am under for the honor you have conferred upon me by your correspondence.'

- George Washington to Adrienne de Lafayette, 1784

(a.k.a. I can't find words for how amazing I think you are, Adrienne, pls forgive me)

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'The charms of your person, & the beauties of your mind, have a more powerful operation—These Madam, have endeared you to me, & every thing which partakes of your nature will have a claim to my affections—George & Virginia (the offspring of your love), whose names do honor to my Country, & to myself, have a double claim & will be the objects of my vows.'

- George Washington to Adrienne de Lafayette, 1784

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'Mrs Washington is highly honored by your participations, & feels very sensibly the force of your polite invitation to Paris; but she is too far advanced in life, & is too much immersed in the care of her little progeny to cross the Atlantic. [...] Come them, let me entreat it, & call my Cottage your home; for your own doors do not open to you with more readiness, than mine wou’d.'

- George Washington to Adrienne de Lafayette, 1784

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'accept my hommages, sir, and present them for me, to mrs Washington could I have the pleasure to see you both soon in your own Country, or in the our, and to offer my self to you the assurance of the Sentiment of the warmest esteem and regard, with which I am sir, your most humble and very most obedient servant

noailles De la fayette'

-Adrienne de Lafayette to George Washington, 1784

Things that Adrienne does not capitalise; her greeting, the start of sentences, America, June, her own name. Things that Adrienne does capitalise; random words in the middle of sentences.

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'The pleasure I received in once more embracing my friend could only have been encreased by your presence, & that opportunity I should thereby have had of paying, in my own house, the homage of my respectful attachment to his better half.'

-George Washington to Adrienne de Lafayette, 1784

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'The Marquis returns to you with all the warmth & ardour of a newly inspired lover—We restore him to you in good health, crowned with wreaths of love & respect from every part of the Union. That his meeting with you, his family & friends, may be propitious, & as happy as your wishes can make it—that you may long live together revered & beloved—& that you may transmit to a numerous progeny the virtue which you both possess—is consonant with the vow & fervent wish of your devoted & most respectful Humble Servant

G: Washington'

- George Washington to Adrienne de Lafayette, 1784

'The warmth and ardour of a newly inspired lover' ;)

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'every mark of your kindness, is very precious to me, and amidst all my feelings at the marquis’s return, I received an additional joy, by the obliging Letter, he brought me from you.'

-Adrienne to Washington, 1785

In the same letter she mentions that her children sent Patsy Custis a knitting bag (which Adrienne spells 'neeting' god bless) and 'how happy should I be, to meet with mrs Washington, to recall together, all the circumstances of the war, every period of our anguish, and of your glory, and to see our children playing together. wishing for so happy a moment, anastasie and Georges beg Leave, to send to the two youngest, miss Custis a toilett and a doll that is two play things with which my daughter is more delighted since two months'

Lafayette's kids wanted to send Washington's kids gifts and be their friends how precious is that

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And finally my favourite,

'Of all the correspondencies with which I am honored, none has given me more pleasure than yours; none which I am more desireous of continuing, or more ambitious to deserve.'

- George Washington to Adrienne de Lafayette, 1786.

  In conclusion, Washington loved his pseudo-daughter-in-law almost as much as I love her.

[nordleuchten]

"I love to build castles of happiness and pleasure in France"

One of my absolute favourite letters is this one from La Fayette to his wife Adrienne from January 6, 1778. The army has just begun the encampment at Valley Forge and La Fayette longs for his wife, children, family, friends and home after he made the decision that he, at the current moment, can not in good conscious return to France. He is in a rather bleak mood and writes this rather long letter to his wife. This letter gives great insight not only into his feelings towards his wife and children, but also concerning his relationship with Washington, the state of the Revolution and his position within. He also takes the reader along his reasoning, allowing us to have a better understanding of what words like “honour” and “duty” meant for him personally. Since the letter is longer, allow me to present you some of my favourite passages:

The passages in the brackets are the ones taken out when the letters where published in La Fayette’s Memoirs.

What a date, my dearest, and what a country to be writing from in the month of January! My destiny is strange indeed. In a camp, in the middle of the woods, fifteen hundred leagues from you, I am confined by the winter (when I should have been with you two months ago – when, my dear, all my desires and even good sense obliged me to depart.

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Honestly, dear heart, do you think that it would not require very strong reasons to induce me to make this sacrifice? Everything tells me to depart, but honor has told me to remain (…)

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You must be aware that it is not for my pleasure that I remain buried in this wretched place, while every possible happiness awaits me in Paris, in the midst of all my friends, and in the arms of a charming wife whom I love more than ever. If you could see for a moment what is in my heart, I would have no need of excuses; and if my feelings affect you ever so little, I dare say that you will be content with the sentiments that I express.

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Take advantage of that to write to me, and even though your letter may well arrive long after I have left, write anyway, in case I may be so unfortunate as to be here still, to soften a bit the boredom and sorrow of my exile.)

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You should have received by now the letter I sent to you as soon as I heard of your delivery. How happy that event has made me, dear heart! I like to mention it to you in all my letters because I enjoy thinking about it constantly. What a pleasure it will be to embrace my two poor daughters, and have them ask their mother to forgive me. You must not believe that I am so insensitive, dear heart, and at the same time so ridiculous, that the sex of our new child has diminished in the slightest my joy at her birth. We have not become so decrepit that we shall need a miracle to have another child. That one absolutely has to be a boy. For the rest, if one must worry about the family name, I declare that I have decided to live long enough to bear it myself for many years, before I am obliged to bequeath it to another being.

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If those ladies do not understand the reasons that force me, despite myself, to remain here (from day to day), they must think me a very ridiculous person, especially since they are able to see my dear heart, that charming wife from whom I separate myself. But that same idea must impress them with a sense that (if I remain, if I sacrifice pleasure to boredom, happiness to sorrow, life in the most amiable company to the dreary life of a savage, if, in short, dear heart, I am far from you instead of being near) it is because I have overwhelming reasons for making that decision.

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Several general officers have brought their wives to camp, and I am very envious, not of their wives (who are rather dull), but of the pleasure they have in being able to see them.

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I love to build castles of happiness and pleasure in France. You are always a part of them, dear heart, and once we are reunited nothing will separate us again and prevent us from enjoying together both the sweetness of loving each other and the most delightful and tranquil felicity. Farewell, my heart, I truly wish that that arrangement could begin today.

*-*-*

Farewell, farewell, my very dear heart, love me always, and never forget for a moment the unhappy exile who thinks always of you with a new tenderness.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 1, December 7, 1776–March 30, 1778, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 222-226.

[sonofhistory]

can I get some information about all of Marquis De Lafayette's kid? Doesn't have to be deep detail, maybe just a couple facts about each of them

Henriette du Motier de Lafayette was born in 1776. There is barely anything of her because she died in 1778 at just the age of two while Lafayette was off fighting in America. 

Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier de La Fayette was born in 1777. Before her mother was to be arrested after her husband fled, Adrienne hid her in a cubboard upstairs. When they were going to take away her mother, she fled she her hiding place; being arrested with Adrienne de Lafayette. She spent two years in jail with her father, her mother and her younger sister. She ended up marrying Juste-Charles de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg and together they had two children- her husband like her father were both unable to enter France for a while after the Revolution and imprisonment. She died in 1863.

Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de Lafayette was the only son of his father the Marquis. He was born in 1779 and his name and godfather was George Washington. When his mother was to be arrested, he hid with his tutor Felix (he was fourteen at the time- in 1792) and went into hiding. In 1795 he was able to create a fake passport which he used to make his way to the United States. In America he studied at Harvard, lived for some time with Alexander Hamilton before making his home with none other than George Washington. One year after his family from freed from prison he himself made his way back to Europe at the age of nineteen in 1798. He was an exile of France and unable to return. In 1800, Georges entered the army and was wounded at the Battle Mincio. Later he was an aide de comp for General Grouchy. But Napoleon effected his army expirience greatly and didn’t allow him to rank higher as his fighting went on. 1807 he gave up his horse after Grouchy had been killed, risking his own life. The namesake Lafayette went with his father to America on his final visit and met Thomas Jefferson. He married Emilie de Tracy and they had three daughters and two sons. 

Marie Antoinette Virginie Motier de Lafayette was the youngest Lafayette child born in 1782. When Adrienne de Lafayette was nearly arrested she was sent off into the woods to farmers cottages for safety. She too joined her parents and elder sister in the Austrian prison. 

[splotchee-moved]

here have another personal design of  Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier de La Fayette 

what is it with this family and long ass names

[marquisdelaughingette]

paris ce 15 april 1785 sir, every mark of your kindness, is very precious to me, and amidst all my feelings at the marquis’s return, I received an additional joy, by the obliging Letter, he brought me from you. I hope that during this Late stay at mount vernon, where he was so happy, he has found an opportunity, in some of your conversations, about domestic Life, to mention his wife and his children, and speak to you of the Sentimens, of attachment and tender respect to you, that grows with them, and with which their mother is so strongly impressed. how happy should I be, to meet with mrs Washington, to recall together, all the circumstances of the war, every period of our anguish, and of your glory, and to see our children playing together. wishing for so happy a moment, anastasie and Georges beg Leave, to send to the two youngest, miss Custis a toilett and a doll that is two play things with which my daughter is more delighted since two months, she is in possession of that she hopes, that her remembrance being some time mingled, with their entertainements, she may obtain some part in their frienship, whose she is so desirous of. for the eldest miss Custis, we have so exalted an idea, of her reason and gravity, that we have only dared send to her a neeting bag, because she may with it, keep mrs Washington company, because I hear that she Likes this kind of work. we send master Georges also, an optick with different wiews; but we have been moved by a personal interest, making him this gift. I hope that Looking at it, he will become fond of travelling that his travels will conduct him, into france, and perhaps he may bring you and mrs Washington here. this idea is too delightful, to fix my mind upon it, without a founded hope. permit me only to Lament here that the marquis, could not obtain this favour, from you. at Least I hope to go my Self to america, at the marquis’s first journey. he is returned Loaded with every mark of kindness, and goodness, from all the united States, his heart is full of gratitude, and the mine partak it. I should be delighted to be a Witness of all this favours, but one of my greatest pleasure, would be to present to General Washington the hommage of the gratitude, and all the sentimens of the great affection and regard with which I have the honour, to be sir your most humble and very most obedient servant noailles de la fayette Should I dare, beg you to pay my respects to your mother, I will certainly receive, an additional pleasure, in america, to present my self in person my respectful hommage.

Letter from Adrienne, Marquise de Lafayette, to George Washington 15 April 1785 Adrienne being utterly adorable (the whole family - children included - are adorable) - and hoping that Gilbert remembered to tell Washington a bit about his family back home during his 1784 visit. She also poignantly speaks of hoping to travel to America herself to meet Washington - a desire she expressed many times to Gilbert’s American friends, but which would never be fulfilled. 

[ao3feed-lams]

What it Means to Live (I'm Dying Inside)

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by anonemones

ana: I still cant believe pip broke his phone & we had to suffer w/o him for like, almost a whole month pipin: it was more like 2 but;; yknow pipin: to be fair I was institutionalized for most of that pipin: the joys of being Fucked Up!! ana: oh oof gwash but smol: glad that’s not me frances: same willigan: same ana: same pipin: rUDE

Words: 3451, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Hamilton - Miranda

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Multi

Characters: Philip Hamilton, Frances Laurens, George Washington, Angelica Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton Jr., William Hamilton, Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier, William Mulligan (1780-1837), Theodosia Burr Alston, George Eacker, Alexander Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's Children, John Laurens, Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Hercules Mulligan, Aaron Burr, Georges Washington de La Fayette, Martha Washington, Martha Manning, Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, Angelica Schuyler, Margaret "Peggy" Schuyler, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Maria Reynolds, Samuel Seabury (1729-1796), Charles Lee, George III of the United Kingdom, Other(s)

Relationships: Philip Hamilton & Everyone, Theodosia Burr Alston & Philip Hamilton, Philip Hamilton (1782-1801) & Everyone, Alexander Hamilton & Philip Hamilton (1782-1801), Philip Hamilton (1782-1801) & Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, William Mulligan/Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton/Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens, Alexander Hamilton/Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton/John Laurens/Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette, Maria Reynolds/Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler, Adrienne de Lafayette/Elizabeth "Eliza" Schuyler

Additional Tags: Texting, Chatting & Messaging, Mental Health Issues, Mental Instability, Mental Institutions, Schizophrenia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive, Hallucinations, Delusions, Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Depression, References to Depression, Smoking, Support Groups, Nightmares, Dreams and Nightmares, Panic Attacks, Anxiety Attacks, Paranoia, so much paranoia, References to Illness, Established Relationship, Polyamory, Developing Relationship, Nonbinary Character, Nonbinary Marquis de Lafayette, Bisexual Alexander Hamilton, Bisexual Eliza Schuyler, Gay John Laurens, Pansexual Character, Polyamorous Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton References, Comfort, Lots of that, Fluff, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Humor, Fluff and Humor, Attempt at Humor, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Modern Era, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Tags Are Hard, Tags May Change

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[keykidpilipili]

@badromantics I have sunk into EVEN MORE rare pair hell:

Martha jr Jefferson, Susan Lewis Reynolds, Frances Laurens AND Theo jr Burr ALL CRUSHING ON ANASTASIE DE LA FAYETTE...

I SWEAR It makes sense in context!

[ohhthatssosarella]

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (Lafayette in the U.S.) was born on September 06, 1757 in Chavaniac, France. His parents were Michel Louis Christophe Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette [1731-1759] and Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière [1737-1770.]

In 1774 he married Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La Fayette [1759-1807]. Together they had four [4] children: Henriette du Motier [1775-1777], Anastasie Louise Pauline du Motier [1777-1863], Georges Washington Louis Gilbert du Motier [1779-1849] and Marie Antoinette Virginie du Motier [1782-1849].

Besides being a French aristocrat and military officer, Marquis de Lafayette was a politician, Estates General (Auvergne), Member of the National Assembly, a member of the Chamber of Representatives, and a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

He served in the French Army, Continental Army and National Guard (France). He served France from 1771-1777, the United States from 1777-1781, and France again from 1781-1792 and 1830. In the United States he was a Major General and in France he was a Lieutenant General.

In the American Revolutionary War he took part in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Gloucester, Valley Forge, Battle of Barren Hill, Battle of Rhode Island, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Green Spring, and the Siege of Yorktown. In the French Revolution he took part in The March on Versailles, Day of Daggers, and Champ de Mars massacre. He also took part in the War of the First Coalition and the July Revolution.

He died on May 20, 1834 (aged 76) in Paris, France. The cause if his death wad difficulties following pneumonia. He was laid to rest at Picpus Cemetery (under soil from Bunker Hill) in Paris, France.