Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Be it remembered, That on the sixth day of November, in the fifty-fourthyear of the independence of the United States of America, A. D.1829, Carey and Lea, of the said district, have deposited in this Officethe title of a Book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors in thewords following, to wit:
“Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825; or Journal of a Voyage tothe United States: by A. Levasseur, Secretary to General Lafayetteduring his journey. Translated by John D. Godman, M. D.”
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled“An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies ofmaps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copiesduring the times therein mentioned.” And also to the act, entitled, “Anact supplementary to an act, entitled, ‘An act for the encouragementof learning, by securing the copies of the maps, charts, and books, to theauthors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,’and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving,and etching historical and other prints.”
| Chapter I. | |
| P. | |
|---|---|
| Maryland Cattle Show—Indian Deputation introduced to Gen. Lafayette—President’s Message—Extraordinary honours paid to the Nation’s Guest—National recompense presented by Congress | 9 |
| Chapter II. | |
| Election of the President—Public character of the President—Public Officers—Congress—Grand public dinner on the 1st of January | 22 |
| Chapter III. | |
| Departure from Washington—American Feelings—Sea-Lion—Family of Free Negroes—Raleigh—Fayetteville—North Carolina | 29 |
| Chapter IV. | |