UNITED STATES HISTORY and miscellaneous. 18th century, mainl - Lot 62

UNITED STATES HISTORY and miscellaneous. 18th century, mainly. - Set of 9 pieces, 7 printed and 2 lithographed. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Décret [...] du 17 février 1793, l'an second de la République française. Admitting JOËL BARLOW to the title and rights of French citizen. Marseille, de l'imprimerie de Rochebrun et Mazet, [1793]. In-4, 2-(2 blanks) pp. The American poet Joel Barlow (1754-1812), who fought under Washington in the American Revolutionary War, came to England and France in 1788 as an agent for the Ohio Company. During the Revolution, he befriended the Girondins and espoused their ideas, publishing a number of political texts, including a Lettre à la Convention (1792) in which he urged them to abolish royalty. This attitude earned him French citizenship. He was appointed US ambassador to France in 1811. - NATIONAL CONVENTION. Decree [...] of the 5th day of the 2d month of the second year [October 26, 1793]. Which exempts from the law relating to the arrest of foreigners, the SPOUSES OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES of America. À Marseille, chez P. A. Favet, [1793]. In-4, 2-(2 blanks) pp. - LOUIS XVI. Réponse du roi au discours que lui a adressé M. de LA FAYETTE, au nom & à la tête des députations de toutes les Gardes nationales du royaume, le 13 juillet 1790. À Chaumont, de l'imprimerie de Bouchard, [1790]. 2 pp. in-4, a few old ink notes and sketches in the margins. This speech was delivered on the eve of the Fête de la Fédération, where the Marquis de La Fayette would be the first to take the oath. - Lithographed portrait of the Comte de LA PEROUSE, who fought in the Revolutionary War before leading his famous and tragic expedition. - Etc. Attached, a set of some twenty modern iconographic documents, mainly concerning the birth of the United States.