The Life and Services of Benj. Franklin; With Some of the Proverbs of Poor Richard, and a Catalogue of the Benj. Franklin Pattern of Sterling Silver Tableware (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...as a national testimonial, he was presented two hundred thousand dollars, appropriated by a unanimous vote of all parties. La Fayette returned to France on the United States frigate "Brandywine," arriving at Havre on the fifth of October, 1825. His journey to La Grange was marked by popular ovations in spite of attempted repression by the Government, which was ever watchful for incipient revolution. The years immediately following his return from America were passed quietly at La Grange, his influence being continually manifest, however, through his advice, which was constantly sought by leaders of the Assembly. He was journeying to visit his son at Chavaniac when the forebodings of the revolution of 1830, previously noted, reached Auvergne, and his modest excursion was changed to a triumphal march by the people, who instinctively looked to him for delivery from despotism. After his efficient service on this occasion, and his final relinquishment of the command of the National Guard, he served again in the Chamber of Deputies, and retained a measure of activity until his death at Paris on the twentieth of May, 1834. He was buried beside his wife in the Picpus cemetery which she had helped to establish as a resting place for the martyrs of the Reign of Terror, and his funeral was an imposing testimonial of the universal appreciation of his character. Ministers, deputies, government officials, educational and philanthropic bodies, and his beloved National Guard, made up a vast procession which followed his remains, while the church bells of France and all surrounding countries where liberty was established in any degree, tolled throughout the day. In America Congress and the people, on learning of his death, adopted a badge of mourning, and the same...