1894.] O07 [Rosengarten. 



■ In Scharf and Westcott's Eistory of Philadelphia, Vol. i, p. 414, there is 

 a record of the visit on August 30, 1781, of Washington and Rochambeau. 

 They were received by the Light Horse and escorted to the city tavern and 

 thence to the house of Robert Morris, on Market street, between Fifth and 

 Sixth. At three o'clock they proceeded to the State House, and paid 

 their respects to Congress, after which they returned to Mr. Morris', 

 where they dined in company with Samuel Huntingdon, the President of 

 Congress, Gens. Knox, 3Ioultrie and other distinguished officers. In the 

 evening the city was illuminated. 



Mr. Westcott, in his History of Philadelphia, says that they dined with 

 the President of Congress [of the State ?], Thomas 3IcKean. In the after- 

 noon the vessels in the Delaware displayed their flags and fired salutes. 

 On September 3 and 4, the "French Army marched through the city. 

 Their route was down Front and Second street, and past the State House, 

 where Thomas McKean, as President of the United States, being Chief 

 Officer of Congress, dressed in black velvet, and sword by his side, his 

 head covered, reviewed them, receiving the honors due to a sovereign. On 

 his left were Washington and Rochambeau, uncovered, and on his right the 

 Chevalier de la Luzerne, the French Minister. After the ceremonies, 

 President McKean sent a formal letter to Count Rochambeau, expressing 

 the satisfaction of himself and of Congress at the brilliant appearance and 

 exact discipline of the several corps. 



The regiment Soissonais was exercised on the commons on September 

 4, in the presence of Congress, the French Minister and the Generals, and 

 20,000 spectators. The regiment had four field pieces, and went through 

 all the evolutions of a skirmish, to the delight and satisfaction of the vast 

 crowd. On July 15, 1783, Washington and Rochambeau attended the 

 f§te given by the French Minister at his residence in Philadelphia to 1500 

 guests, in honor of the birthday of the Dauphin of France. His house 

 was near Sixth and Chestnut streets, where in the evening there were fire- 

 works on the large lot on Chestnut street opposite the Minister's residence. 

 , 3Ir. Gerard was elected a member of the Philosophical Society in 1779, 

 following other illustrious Frenchmen on its rolls, Condorcet, Daubenton, 

 Barbeu Dubourg, Le Roux, Reynall, Lavoisier, Rozier, and in turn fol- 

 lowed by Luzerne, Marbois, La Fayette, Chastellux, Vergennes, Guichen, 

 Rochefoucauld, Cabanis, Brissot de Warville, Du Pont de Nemours, and 

 all of tliese have made their mark on both sides the ocean. Thus the 

 Philosophical Society began its admirable method of recognition of those 

 who have rendered great public service both in the old world and in the 

 new. 



Washington and La Fayette reached Williamsburg September 14, and 

 found there La Fayette strongly posted. Barras brought the siege guns 

 by water, and then took Viomesnil and his troops from Annapolis to 

 Jamestown, where the whole army was united by September 26. On the 

 28th the siege of Yorktown was begun, de Grasse landing 600 men from 

 his fleet to assist the land operations. The American Army was on the 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXIII. 146. 3 T. PRINTED JAN. 15, 1805. 



