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Title: The Life of La Fayette, the Knight of Liberty in Two Worlds and Two Centuries

Author: Lydia Hoyt Farmer

Release date: July 31, 2017 [eBook #55234]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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La Fayette

La Fayette
[FROM THE PORTRAIT GALLERY OF EMINENT MEN AND WOMEN.]

THE
LIFE OF LA FAYETTE

THE KNIGHT OF LIBERTY IN TWO WORLDS AND
TWO CENTURIES.
BY
LYDIA HOYT FARMER,
AUTHOR OF “THE BOYS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS RULERS,” “GIRLS’ BOOK
OF FAMOUS QUEENS,” “A STORY BOOK OF SCIENCE,” “THE
PRINCE OF THE FLAMING STAR,” ETC.
NEW YORK:
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.,
13 Astor Place.
Copyright,
By Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
1888.
Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston.
DEDICATED
TO
My Husband.