In ordering this homage to be paid to the memory of one so eminent in the field, so wise in council, so endeared in private life, and so well and favorably known to both hemisphere...
His services and sacrifices constitute a part of our Revolutionary history, and his memory will be second only to that of Washington in the ...
Lafayette was a citizen of France, but he was the distinguished friend of the United States.
In his own country and in ours he was the zealous and uniform friend and advocate of rational liberty.
He therefore orders that the same honors be rendered upon this occasion at the different military and naval stations as were observed upon t...
In early life he embarked in that contest which secured freedom and independence to our country.
I transmit to the House of Representatives, for their consideration, a memorial from the granddaughters of the Count de Rochambeau, together...
To avoid misrepresentation I herewith transmit a copy of the paper in question, which was the only communication made to Mr. Stevenson on th...
The expenses of the agency have been defrayed out of the contingent fund for foreign intercourse.
I appointed Mr. Edmund Roberts a special agent of this Government for the purpose of visiting those seas and concluding such commercial conv...
The reports and papers in relation to these removals are herewith transmitted to the Senate