A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

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worm-eaten table, formed the whole furniture of each apartment. The cells were eight or ten paces deep, and six or
eight wide; and when it rained, the water flowed through
the loop-holes, and off the walls, in such quantities, that they
would sometimes awake in the morning, wet to the skin;
When the sun did not shine, which happened very frequently in this wet country, the prisoners remained almost in
total darkness during the whole day.*
After three different attestations on the part of physicians,
pointing out the indispensable necessity of fresh air for Lafayette, he was permitted to walk in the fortress.
His sufferings, indeed, proved almost beyond his strength.
The want of air and decent food, and the Joathsome dampness and filth of his dungeon, brought him more than once
to the borders of the grave. His frame was wasted by
diseases, of which. for a long period, not the slightest notice
was taken; and, on one occasion, he was reduced so low,
that his hair fell from him entirely by the excess of his sufferings. At the same time, his estates in France were confiscated, his wife cast into prison, and Fayetteisme, as adherence to the constitution was called, was punished with
death.t
But his friends were not inactive. In June, 1794, they
prevailed on Dr. Erick Bollman, whose adventurous
and philanthropic spirit easily led him to engage in the
affairs of Lafayette, to proceed to Germany, ascertain what
had been the fate of the unfortunate patriot, and, if he were
still alive, to endeavourto procure his escape. By great
address and courage, he affected the escape of count Narbonne from France, after the horrible massacres of the tenth
of August, 1792, and succeeded in conveying him safely to
England. In 1793, he had made an unsuccessful attempt to
procure the liberation of Lafayette, by presenting a memorial to the king of Prussia, which was rejected.
* Mem. of Lafayette, pp. 127 —8, 9.
f North American Review, No. 46, p. 165.
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