Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-30
VISIT OF LAFAYETTE.
PREPARATIONS THAT WE'RE MADE
FOR RECEIVING THIS GUEST.
Brought Up on tho Virginia and We'll
coined by the Governor. Executive
Council, Committee, and Others.
To he Edilor Of he Disnn,oh .

To he Editor Of ne Dispatch.
Quite full and very interesting &C
count OF Ia Fayette's visit to Richmond
and other points in Virginia in 1924, writ
ten by Mr.. II. A. Brock. was published in
the Standard of August %, 1879. To the
various contemporary papers given in that
account, the following will be an interest
ing addition:
" The favor of your company is respect
fully requested to dine with Maior-Gene-
raj La Fayette al the Eagle Hotel on the
day OF his arrival in this city.
The COMMITTEE or ARRANGEMENTS.
Richmond, October II. 1925"
This invitation Is printed in script type
on sheet (water-marked DANES sxl0
inches; the imprint being G54&lS4 inches:
The Committee of Arrangements il
written with the pen. The dinner was
served at p. NJ. on Tuesday, October
Goth.
PREPARING FoB THE RECEPTION.
." At meeting Of the general committee
| appointed 10 make arrangements for tho
reception OF General La Eayette at York,
| held at Nelson's house in York on Friday,
the 18th of October, 1924.
A competent number OF members being
present. Colonel Burwell Bassett was unani-
mOusly chosen chairman of the committee.
Resolrcd That Brigadier-General vii
liam H. Brodnax, Captain John I. Mason,
Colonel John g. JONES, Colonel William
Boiling, Lieutenant Robert G. Scott, Ben
iamin w. Leigh, and William French,
Esqrs., be added to this committee.
John /. Mason was then chosen secre-
tary TO the committee.
The following arrangements prepare
tory and subsequent 10 General La Fayette's
/ landing OF this place were then proposed,
considered. and adopted:
The steamboat Virginia. under the
| command Of Captain Jesse ID. Elliott. as
sisted bv Captain Lewis Warrington, of
the United States navy. will leave here on
Monday morning. the 18th instant. pro.
coed to the mouth Of York river, and there
| await the arrival of the steamboat Peters
burg, from which General La Fayctte and
his attendants will be received on board
the Virginia and conveyed TO this place.
The Chairman and any four Of the
committee whom he may designate will
take passage IN theiVirginia. meet the Gen
eTal at the mouth of the river and accom-
pany hun TO York.
RECEIVED BY TIE GOVERNOR.
1.-The place Of General La Fayette's land
/ ing will be designated 10y flag planted on
the beach, where no will be received by
the Governor and Executive Council of
! Virginia, the general committee of ar
rangement. the Chief Justice of the United
States. with the judiciary Of the Com
mOnwealth and Revolutionary officers and
/ soldiers attending. He will be conducted
TO the OaTouohe prepared for his use and
seated with the Governor of Virginia,
when the procession VIII commence;
| the general committee of arrange
mentS attended bv two marshal5,
leading the way; then General La tayctte's
/ barouche followed by his suite. the PresI-
dent of the United States the heads of de-
partments who may be present. the Chief
| Justice of the United States, the judiciary
of tho Commonwealth, the Executive Coun-
cll of State, the commissioners OF the navy,
the officers of the army and navy Of the
United States, and the invited guests in
carriages and on horses and Will advance
along the beach through double rows of
citizens on foot arranged on each side, who
will file IN from the right and left as the
prOcessio II advances 20 the house which
has been provided for the Generals ac-
cOmmOdatlOn.
A salute will b. fired on the Generals
| landing, and band Of music Will perform
| appropriate airs during the procession.
A gun Will he fired as the signal for
! forming the procession, at which time oil
| those who wish to unite will repair 10 the
/ beach. and persons arriving after the Tor
nation has been made will be arranged
under the direction Of a marshal on tho
! heights near the old church. and will not
be admitted into the ranks already
/ formed.
HoSORs FROM THE Troops.
1.-THE open ground in rear Of the Mar
cues. III front O! General La Fayettc's
quarters, Will be allotted, under the dlrec-
| ton of marshal, to the exclusive accOmO-
/ datiOn Of ladies.
lon the 18th between the hours Of II
| and o'clock gun will be fred as a signal
/ for forming q procession aS on tho pre-
/ cediug dav, beginning at General La
! Fayettc's quarters extend down the street
! beyond Vests House, and then turning 10
| the right in the direction of the Hampton
| road. The procession will advance down
! the road some distance, Will wheel TO the
/ left. and approach within few PAGES of the
| triumDhal arch erected at the Point of
! Rock. where it will halt, and the General
/ dISmounting and accompanied 10y the
| President. Governor, Chlet Justice, and
/ Revolutionary officers and soldiers. Will
| advance to the arch and receive military
| honors from the troops, under the COM
mand of MajOI-General Taylor, drawn up
| for that purpose.
The procession will then be dismissed,
| and from the Arch General La Fayette and
his attendants will be escorted to his quar-
| tiers by the military.
The following gentlemen were appoint
ed marshals with power TO select as many
assistants as they NAV deem necessary,
whose duty it Will be TO form the process
| sion and preserve order on the 18th and
| 18th Major John Goodall, CAPTAIN VIII
| liam Flnney. William McCandlish, Colonel
| {. Jones. Major John L. Parkham, Thomas
Nelson. Mann Page, Christopher Iompkins,
| Thomas X. Yeatman, Colonel William A.
| Christian, of Northampton. Colonel r..
| pascud. Scervant Jones, William p. Gusts,
| Major Robert Shield, Jr., and Seaton
Elliott.
INTRODUCED TO THE GENERAL.
"It is anticipated by the committee, II
IT COMFORTS with the convenience ana
wishes Of General La Fayette, that vlsi-
tors will be received by him and strangers
| introduced TO him on the evening OF the
| 18th. the morning and evening OF the 18TH,
and the morning of the goth.
Fireworks will be exhibited on the eve
ming OF the 18th and "A ball will probably
be given on the evening of the 10th;
=" HcSO,red. That the Chairman andSecre-
tory have one thousand copies OF these
resolutions printed for the use OF the COM
mlttee. DuRNEIL DAeshII'
Chairman Of the Committee of Arrange
ments.
''.Iohn T. Mason. Secretary.
"'These resolutions are printed on
sheet s1.xl25S inches, the imprint being
GslxlOZ inches including the signers.
ALEXANDER BROwN,
" Union Hill, June 9th.