La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt's Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique, fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt was a French social reformer who was forced to flee to England in 1792 due to his support of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution. Arriving in America in 1794, La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt toured the northern United States and Canada for several years before leaving for Hamburg in 1797 and returning to France in 1799. This work focuses on the economic and social conditions of the United States and Canada. The author is perhaps best remembered for his quote about the storming of the Bastille. When King Louis XVI stated that the fall of the Bastille was “a revolt,” La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt corrected him “No, Sir, it is a revolution.”
The map reproduced here shows the United States east of the Mississippi River.
Bequest of Duncan Payne, class of 1963.
François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747-1827).
Voyage dans les États-Unis d'Amérique, fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797.
Paris: Du Pont [etc.] l'an VII de la République [1799].
Lehigh University Catalog Record: https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/261052
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