Further Reading
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. PublicAffairs, 2021.
Icher, Julien P. “Celebrating Lafayette’s Farewell Tour.” The Lafayette Trail Inc., www.thelafayettetrail.org/.
“Lafayette in America.” The Siecle Podcast, from David H. Montgomery, 10 Jan. 2021, http://thesiecle.com/episode24/
Levasseur, Auguste, Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825: Journal of a Voyage to the United States. Translated by Alan R. Hoffman, Lafayette Press, 2006.
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. Trade Paper Press, 2002.
Vowel, Sarah. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Riverhead Books, 2015.
Selected Bibliography
The American Friends of Lafayette. “Timeline–1757 to Present.” The American Friends of Lafayette, 2016, https://friendsoflafayette.wildapricot.org/Timeline
– – –. “27 Reasons Why We Should Honor General Lafayette.” The American Friends of Lafayette, 2016, https://friendsoflafayette.wildapricot.org/27-Reasons
Auricchio, Laura. “Chapter 10: An ‘American’ Nobleman in Paris.” The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered, Vintage, 2015. Erenow.org, https://erenow.net/biographies/the-marquis-lafayette-reconsidered/12.php
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530
Duncan, Mike. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution. Public Affairs, 2021.
Icher, Julien P. “Celebrating Lafayette’s Farewell Tour.” The Lafayette Trail Inc., www.thelafayettetrail.org/.
– – –. “The Lafayette Trail: Mapping General Lafayette’s Farewell Tour in the United States.” American Battlefield Trust, 15 Dec. 2017, www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/lafayette-trail-mapping-general-lafayettes-farewell-tour-united-states-1824-1825.
National Park Service, “Lafayette and the Virginia Campaign 1781.” Yorktown Battlefield. 26 Feb. 2015 https://www.nps.gov/york/learn/historyculture/lafayette-and-the-virginia-campaign-1781.htm
Pellerito, Jordan. Marginalized Memories: Lafayette, American Others, and the Revolution’s Legacy. 2019. University of Missouri-Columbia, Master of Arts thesis. https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/73775
Unger, Harlow Giles. Lafayette. Trade Paper Press, 2002.
Vowel, Sarah. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Riverhead Books, 2015.
Bibliography for Connecticut Towns Visited by Lafayette in 1824
Bridgeport
“Advertisement: Washington Hotel.” Connecticut Courier, 26 Apr. 1826, vol XII, issue 622, p.3. Genealogybank.com.
“Advertisement: Washington Hotel and Traveler’s Home.” Connecticut Courier, 12 May 1824, vol. X, issue 520, p.1. Genealogybank.com.
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I., The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; pp.66-7.
Waldo, George C. Jr. History of Bridgeport and the Vicinity. Vol. I. S. J. Clarke Publishing, 1917.
Branford
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p.77
“Branford 1644–2019.” Blackstone Library, www.blackstonelibrary.org/branford375/.
Clinton
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 77
Jaffe, Eric. The King’s Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America. Scribner, 2010.
Schoelwer, Susan P., ed., and Connecticut Historical Society. Lions and Eagles and Bulls: Early American Tavern and Inn Signs. Princeton University Press, 2000; pp. 145, 215.
Cromwell (see: Middletown)
East Haven
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 77.
“East Haven Green Historic District.” Living Places: U.S. Neighborhoods from Historic to Contemporary, www.livingplaces.com/CT/New_Haven_County/East_Haven_Town/East_Haven_Green_Historic_District.html#google_vignette
Hughes, Sarah E. History of East Haven. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1908. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/historyeasthave00doddgoog
East Lyme
“Other Places of Interest: Southeastern Connecticut.” Battle of Groton Heights and Burning of New London, battleofgrotonheights.com/other-places-of-interest
Lappos, Jim and Michaelle Pearson. Hidden History of Old Lyme, Lyme & East Lyme. The History Press, 2020, p. 49.
Chendali, Olive Tubbs. East Lyme: Our Town and How It Grew. Mystic Publications, 1989.
Fairfield
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; pp. 65-6.
Fairfield Historic Districts Commission. Town of Fairfield Connecticut Historic Districts and Properties Handbook. 2020, p. 20. https://www.fairfieldct.org/filestorage/10736/12067/17051/20861/63890/2021_FHDC_HANDBOOK.pdf
“Samuel Rowland Esq. (1769 – 1837).” WikiTree, www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rowland-520.
Greenwich
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 63.
“Lafayette.” Greenwich Time (published as The Greenwich Graphic), 4 December 1897, p. 1. Newsbank.
“Lafayette.” Greenwich Time (published as The Greenwich Graphic), 27 May 1899, p. 1. Newsbank.
Guilford
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 77.
Griswold, Mary Hoadley. Yester-Years of Guilford. The Shore Line Times Publishing Company, 1938, p. 152. Internet Archives. https://archive.org/details/yesteryearsofgui00gris/page/152/mode/2up?q=Lafayette
“Reception at Guilford.” Connecticut Herald, 24 Aug. 1824, vol. XXI, issue 47, p.3. Genealogybank.com.
Steiner, Bernard Christian. A History of the Plantation of Menunkatuck and of the Original Town of Guilford, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Guilford and Madison. Self published, Baltimore, 1897, p. 214. Internet Archives. https://archive.org/details/historyofplantat00steiuoft
“Torrey Scranton (1756-1840).” WikiTree, www.wikitree.com/wiki/Scranton-206
Hartford
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; pp. 166-72.
“General La Fayette.” Hartford Courant, 7 Sept. 1824, vol LX, issue 3111, p.3. Genealogybank.com.
“Lafayette at Hartford, Connecticut in 1824.” Denver Colorado Mirror, 16 July 1876. Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, http://gunnhistoricalmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/Archive/FB8B6751-17F0-4F02-964C-737547301900
Jewett City
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 83.
Phillips, Daniel L. Griswold, a History: Being a History of the Town of Griswold, Connecticut, from the Earliest Times to the Entrance of Our Country into the World War in 1917. Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1929, pp. 155-158.
Madison
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 77.
“Document–Invitation to Lafayette Salute.” Connecticut Collections, ctcollections.org/index.php/Detail/objects/53897.
Platt, Phillip S., ed. Madison’s Heritage: Historical Sketches of Madison, Connecticut. Madison Historical Society, 1964.
Middletown (and Cromwell)
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; pp. 172-4.
“Gen. La Fayette.” American Sentinel, 8 Sept. 1824, vol. II, issue 89, p.3. Genealogybank.com.
Milford
Merriman, Hagar. The Autobiography of Aunt Hagar Merriman of New Haven, Conn. Stratford Historical Society, 2001.
New Haven
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; pp. 71-6.
“General La Fayette.” Connecticut Herald, 24 Aug. 1824, vol XXI, issue 47, p.3. Genealogybank.com.
Kane, Kathryn. “Transparencies for Celebratory Illuminations.” The Regency Redingote, 7 Sept. 2012, https://regencyredingote.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/transparencies-for-celebratory-illuminations/. Accessed 22 July 2023.
“La Fayette.” Connecticut Herald, 13 Aug. 1824, vol:XXI, issue 41, p.3. Genealogybank.com.
New London
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 80.
Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of New London, Connecticut, From the First Survey of the Coast in 1612, to 1852. New London County Historical Society, 2007.
Levasseur, Auguste, Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825: Journal of a Voyage to the United States. Translated by Alan R. Hoffman, Lafayette Press, 2006.
Norwalk
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 64.
Norwich
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 81.
“La Fayette.” Norwich Courier, 25 Aug. 1824, vol III, issue 21. p.3. Genealogybank.com.
Old Lyme
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 80.
“John McCurdy House.” Connecticut Irish-American Heritage Trail, www.ctirishhistory.org/website/publish/trail/inventoryDetail.php?192. Accessed 16 May 2023.
Old Saybrook
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 77.
Plainfield
“Easton Tavern Plaque.” History Pin, https://www.historypin.org/en/person/7673/explore/geo/45.445621,-47.265746,2/bounds/-81.443215,-152.031371,88.561355,57.499879/paging/1/pin/1173764.Accessed 14 Aug. 2023.
Partridge, Dennis. “Plainfield Connecticut History 1750-1799.” Connecticut Genealogy, connecticutgenealogy.com/windham/plainfield_connecticut_history_1750-1799.htm. Accessed 26 June 2023.
Stafford
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 166.
“News Item.” The Press, 31 Dec. 1885, p.2. Genealogybank.com.
Kraussmann, Rebecca Stocking. Stafford. Arcadia Publishing, 2019, p. 27.
Stamford
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 63.
United States Congress. “John Davenport (id: D000075).” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000075
Stratford
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; pp. 67-8.
Fowler, Alma Gay. “Early Stratford History.” 1 May 1978. Town of Stratford,https://www.stratfordct.gov/content/39836/57760/58929.aspx. Accessed 6 July 2023.
United States Congress. “David Plant (id: P000375).” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000375
Tolland
Cole, J. R. History of Tolland County, Connecticut, Including Its Early Settlement and Progress to the Present Time; A Description of Its Historic and Interesting Localities; Sketches of Its Towns and Villages; Portraits of Some of Its Prominent Men, and Biographies. Vol. 1. W. W. Preston and Company, New York, 1888. GoogleBooks, https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Tolland_County_Connecticut_In/GoFuNsz4UYgC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Vernon
Abbott, Ardis S. and Jean A. Luddy. Vernon and Historic Rockville. Arcadia Publishing, 1998, p.12.
“Historical Notes and Correspondence.” The Connecticut Magazine, vol. 6, pp. 369-370. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=fa1BAQAAMAAJ&rdid=book-fa1BAQAAMAAJ&rdot=1
Stanley, Gardner. History of Vernon and Rockville. Unpublished Manuscript held by Vernon Historical Society. The Tankerhoosen. https://tankerhoosen.info/documents/Stanley_History_Revised.pdf
Westport
Brandon, Edgar Ewing, ed. Lafayette, Guest of the Nation: a Contemporary Account of the Triumphal Tour of General Lafayette Through the United States in 1824-1825, as Reported by the Local Newspapers. Vol. I. The Oxford Historical Press, 1950. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015010694530; p. 64.
Westbrook
“G. C. Moore’s 90th Birthday Observed.” The Hartford Daily Courant, 20 Aug. 1921. Westbrook Historical Society.
Connecticut Lafayette Souvenirs
“The Coventry Glassworks 1815-1848.” The Museum of Connecticut Glass, www.glassmuseum.org/. Accessed 4 Sept. 2023.
Earp, Steve. “Pony Up the Cash.” 5 Aug. 2012, This Day in Pottery, thisdayinpotteryhistory.wordpress.com/tag/absalom-day/. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Lockhart, Bill, Beau Schriever, Bill Lindsey, and Carol Serr. Coventry Glass Works, 2014. Society for Historical Archaeology.sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/CoventryGlassWorks.pdf. Accessed 4 Sept. 2023.
Miller, Richard. “Norwalk (Connecticut) Slip-script Pottery, the Potters, and Related Ware.” The Chipstone Foundation, https://chipstone.org/article.php/737/Ceramics-in-America-2016/Norwalk-(Connecticut)-Slip-script-Pottery,-the-Potters,-and-Related-Ware. Accessed 3 Sept. 2023.
Winton, Andrew L. and Kate Barber Winton. Norwalk Potteries. Phoenix Publishing, 1981.
Connecticut Lafayette Trail 