The story of Marquis de Lafayette
French officer who fought in the American Revolution, commanded the Paris militia in 1789 and sent the key of the Bastille to Washington.
Marquis de Lafayette. French officer who fought in the American Revolution, commanded the Paris militia in 1789 and sent the key of the Bastille to Washington.
1789
Jul 1789: Marquis de Lafayette acquired Key to the Bastille.
The editors write “supposedly” of how the key came to him.
11 Jul 1789: Marquis de Lafayette authored Lafayette’s draft declaration of rights (1789).
Lafayette presented a draft declaration of rights to the National Assembly on 11 July 1789.
Marquis de Lafayette appears in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
Marquis de Lafayette, involved in the Estates-General of 1789.
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