{"id":73458,"date":"2026-06-29T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=73458"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:51:02","slug":"archives-america-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/archives-america-250\/","title":{"rendered":"For America 250, Here\u2019s a Sampling of Cornell\u2019s Historic Holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The University\u2019s Revolutionary-era collections include decorative Declarations and a child\u2019s letter to Gen. George Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The University Library\u2019s holdings tied to the founding of the USA are as varied as they are historic. There\u2019s a colorfully embroidered ribbon depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a hand-forged English bayonet\u2014excavated from the Saratoga battlefield where the Continental Army marked a key victory against the British\u2014that still looks formidable, despite its patina of rust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A carefully preserved letter, addressed to Gen. George Washington and dated June 18, 1784, contains a plea from the six-year-old daughter of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French general who fought with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. She misses her \u201cpapa,\u201d she writes in a delicate hand, and hopes he\u2019ll come home soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cNot only are many of the well-known Founding Fathers represented,\u201d University Archivist Evan Earle \u201902, MS \u201914, says of Cornell\u2019s holdings related to the Revolutionary War era, \u201cbut also lesser-known figures who had involvement in the dawn of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Earle explains, it was natural that the University should amass such materials, given the academic leanings of founding president Andrew Dickson White.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A.jpg\" alt=\"a life mask of the Marquis de La Fayette, created in 1785\u201386 by Jean-Antoine Houdon\" class=\"wp-image-73465 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A.jpg 549w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A-316x316.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/lifemask_crop-A-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><figcaption>The collections include this life mask of the Marquis de Lafayette, created in 1785\u201386.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Says Earle: \u201cWhite\u2019s understanding that we needed to be teaching American history, coupled with his passion for collecting, meant that building the Cornell Library holdings in this area was a focus of his since the earliest days of the University.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of these items\u2014collected by White and others\u2014are rarely on exhibit, but some can be browsed online, and they\u2019re available to researchers. Not all date from the nation\u2019s founding, but rather reflect on it from various periods in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Not only are many of the well-known Founding Fathers represented, but also lesser-known figures who had involvement in the dawn of the United States.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Evan Earle \u201902, MS \u201914<\/strong>, University archivist <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.cornell.edu\/collections\/politicalamericana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Douglas Collection of Political Americana<\/a> includes some 5,500 items of campaign memorabilia and commemorative items from 1789\u20131960\u2014such as a towel from the 1876 centennial year, imprinted with the full text of the Declaration of Independence and embellished with an elaborate border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cornell Lafayette Collection (featured in <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.library.cornell.edu\/lafayette\">an online exhibit<\/a> of materials shown in Kroch Library in 2007\u201308) is a massive collection on the famed military officer\u2014a key figure in both the American and French revolutions\u2014that includes his own sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-1024x389.jpg\" alt=\"an embroidered ribbon, approximately eight inches wide, depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence, circa 1876 and created for the occasion of the centennial\" class=\"wp-image-73470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-1024x389.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-1536x584.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-2048x779.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-1264x481.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-632x240.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-316x120.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-400x152.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-200x76.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/superwide_2214RB0293_001-A-100x38.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An embroidered ribbon from 1876 depicts the signing of the Declaration of Independence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The University Library also holds a collection of assorted correspondence from Washington, Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin, including a draft of a letter from Franklin to Washington, then U.S. president, in which he offers his opinion of the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cornell even possesses a lock of hair from a Founding Father: John Adams, the nation\u2019s second president. It\u2019s part of the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archives.library.cornell.edu\/repositories\/2\/resources\/1523\">Johnson family papers<\/a>, donated by descendants of Adams\u2019s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this summer, in honor of the nation\u2019s semiquincentennial, Kroch Library is launching an exhibit titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/washington-collection-featured-library-exhibit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America at 250: Focus on George Washington<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>Cornell even possesses a lock of hair from a Founding Father: John Adams, the nation\u2019s second president.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Housed in the library\u2019s rotunda through January 2027, it offers a tour through the Founding Father\u2019s life via a selection of historical manuscripts, political ephemera, and publications of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured items include a young Washington\u2019s early drawings as a student and teenage land surveyor; his executive orders during the Revolutionary War; and writings such as a draft of his farewell address to the American people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0d31c85ec3360c346097ecb8af450af2\"><blockquote><p>(Big) Red, White &amp; Blue: America 250 from the Archives<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-1024x525.jpg\" alt=\"a hand-forged English bayonet, a model known as the \u201cBrown Bess,\u201d excavated at the site of the Battle of Saratoga, NY, circa 1777\" class=\"wp-image-73466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-1536x787.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-1264x648.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-632x324.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-316x162.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-400x205.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-200x103.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A-100x51.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/REX029_032-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">A hand-forged English bayonet excavated at the site of the 1777 Battles of Saratoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"several full color ribbons depicting George Washington and marking the 1876 centennial of the Declaration of Independence and the 1889 centennial of Washington's first inauguration\" class=\"wp-image-73463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-1536x1195.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-1264x984.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-632x492.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-316x246.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-400x311.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-200x156.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A-100x78.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC_6950-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Ribbons marking the centennial of the Declaration of Independence and Washington\u2019s first inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-1024x850.jpg\" alt=\"drawing of a chain and poles from George Washington's notebooks when he was a student learning land surveying in Virginia, circa 1746\" class=\"wp-image-73468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-1024x850.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-1536x1275.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-1264x1049.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-632x525.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-316x262.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-400x332.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-200x166.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A-100x83.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2011_0057-1-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">A teenaged Washington sketched land-surveying tools in 1746.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-1024x878.jpg\" alt=\"a towel printed with the full text of the Declaration of Independence, signatures of the signers, coats of arms of the original 13 states, and a decorative border, created for the occasion of the Declaration's centennial, 1876\" class=\"wp-image-73462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-1264x1084.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-632x542.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-316x271.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-400x343.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-200x172.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A-100x86.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/8998f2db-8470-4ecc-91ab-652f6692812e_size4-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">The Declaration\u2019s full text and signatures decorate a centennial towel, framed by the coats of arms of the original 13 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-1024x822.jpg\" alt=\"letter from Anastasie Louise Pauline de Lafayette to General George Washington, circa 1784\" class=\"wp-image-73469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-1536x1234.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-1264x1015.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-632x508.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-316x254.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-400x321.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-200x161.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/RMC2018_0292-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Young Anastasie Louise Pauline de Lafayette\u2019s 1784 letter to Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Washington-Textile-A.jpg\" alt=\"a textile printed with &quot;The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man&quot; and depicting George Washington with 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