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Dorothea Graham Jensen
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A Buss from Lafayette
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Lafayette met George III and Clinton
Here the rhyming version from my forthcoming book, Liberty-Loving Lafayette: They sent him off to England so that he would change his mind/Where he met King George and Clinton and was richly wined and dined.I included an end note about that: In an effort to change Lafayette’s mind about helping America in its fight for independence, his rich and powerful father-in-law, the Duc d’Ayen, sent him to visit England. As the Duc’s uncle was the French ambassador in London, Lafayette’s participation in the American war could cause personal and political embarrassment for the family. At any rate, while there, the young marquis was presented to King George III himself. He also went to the opera with General Henry Clinton, later the commander-in-chief of all British forces in America (from 1778 until 1782). (Lafayette was also the guest of honor at a ball given by Lord George Germain, British Secretary for the Colonies.)
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A Buss from Lafayette
His father-in-law, an extremely powerful aristocrat, had not wanted him to go to America, so sent Lafayette off to England, hoping to change his mind. During his brief visit there, Lafayette had met the English king, George the Third, as well as General Clinton, who later was the commander of all the British forces fighting against us in the War of Independence
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