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Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

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Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers

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Slavery and Abolition

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Title
Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin.
Names
Martin, John Blennerhassett (1797-1857) (Artist)
Collection

Miscellaneous American Letters and Papers

Slavery and Abolition

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1784-11-21
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc MG 76
Shelf locator: Sc MG 76, Box 9
Topics
African Americans
African Americans -- History
African Americans -- Social conditions
Slavery
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Slavery -- United States
African-American soldiers
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Documents
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19971708
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 95141390-c6cf-012f-3853-58d385a7bc34
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The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1784: Created
  • 1797: Creator Born
  • 1857: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2020: Found by you!
  • 2021

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1784. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-c93f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 31, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-c93f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1784). Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-c93f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lafayette, James Armistead - Facsimile of the Marquis de Lafayette's original certificate commending James Armistead Lafayette for his revolutionary war service with portrait after John B. Martin.