The evening times., 1896-09-28
WILLIAM A. CRAWFORD,
Secretary OF the Treasury.
SIGNED BY LAFAYETTE.

This is couutersigned by Joseph AnGer-
sou, Comptroller OF the Currency. and in
the lower Ieft-hand corner is printed the
name of Joseph Nourse, Register. Mr..
Nourse was the first Register OF the Treas
ury. the office not having been created
until 1921.
IndoIsed upon the back is the follow
ing: &" Recei we'd payment, January IL,
1925 and written in Il plain but firm
aud feminine hand is the signature La
fayette."
The record showing that the paper had
been properly dOcketed and 1iled reads:
office of District, and Department at
Washington. Pay Geo. W. Dashili, clerk,
Tn. I. Tucker, Treas. OF United States,
No. 4S16O, OF account r. Harmon, Au-
ditor Johu S. Dow, for the Register"
1t is thus shown that there were no less
than I6,l59 warrants drawn and paid
prior to the issuance Of this historic La
rayelte, and every one OF these is in posi-
ton where they can be had at u moments
notice.
ACcUmpa wing the warra mt and as part
OF the record is the original account upon
which it was drawn. Thisis very brief and
written upon small piece OF white paper
and signed by Lieut.. Washington, clerk Ut
accounts
A peculiar coincidence about this man is
that while having the same name as the
first President, he was not in any way re-
lated to him, yet during Washington's two
administ ratious. he utficiated as one OF his
private secretaries. Later he was made 4
clerk in the Treasury Department, and 1t
tell to his lot to draft the account which
was to pay Gen. Lafayette $500, 900. for
his military services in America.
PAYMENT MADE IN GOLD.
One peculiar circumstance about the war
raut is that La Fayette's full Maine is not
written anywhere in it his title being given
merely as General" In the receipt. so
as not to invalidate the paper, he has signed
simply his last name.
The payment of the sum Of money was
made 10 the great Frenchnan upon the Occa-
sion OF his second visit o America, aud was
in gold coin.
A reference to the historic old instrument
placed Mr. Thomas II. Ellis, of the deputy
AUDITORS office. under whose jurisdiction
these papers are retained. in i reminiscent
mood. Mr.. Ellis is eighty-two years OF
age but does not appear to have reached
the prescribed limit of three-score years and
ten. He has been i'll the department for
Years. and had an acquaintance with Lieut..
Washington. who knew OF the account.
..Of course l do not remember the cir
cumstance Of the payment of the S2Oo.oov.
but / have a very distinct recollection or
having seen Lafayette when lie was upon
second visit to this country he said.
THAT was nearly seventy-two years ago
and was then u schoolboy of ten years,
living in Richmond.
THE occasion of his coming was cele-
brated with even greater pomp and page
antry than the visit of Ii Hung Cbang. l
recall very distinctly it was on October
10. 1924. the forty-third anniversary C.
the hattie of Yorktown that grandencamp-
mept was begun upon the old battlefield and
a brilliant reception rendered to the na-
tion's distinguished guest.
GUEST OF VIRGINIA.
s.At the elaborate banquet given in his
houor nearly all the prominent officers OF
The government and many prominent men
of the Old Dominion were present.
at was upon that memorable occasion
that Calhoun proposed his famous toast
which for half a century afterward was
freely quoted Virginia; when asked FOR
her Jewels, like the mother of the Grichi
she points to her sons
LAFAYETTE wasinvited to Richmond to be-
come the guest of tie cit and OF virginia.
The celebration continued for several Gays
and great were the festivities and rejoice
ing. He was quartcrcd at the old Eagle
House. on Main street. betseen Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets. and in It's large
interior cou rt a grand hall was given In his
honor.
with hundreds Of other school boys
was lined up on the state House grounds,
which were gaily festooned, and Lafayette
passed do wn our line. As he did SO shook
his h and
1T is a fact not generally known that
unop that occasion, Edgar Allen Poe. then
Youngsters Of fifteen years, was ono OF the
guards Of Lafayette during his stay In
Richmond. He, at that time. lived in my
fathers family. and 1 recall how enyied
him. as he carried real muskct. while boys
of my size had TO content themselves by
sbouidcriug wooden guns.,s-,,.,rsrr
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