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Excerpt from In Memory of Amelie and Melanie Degrasse: Daughters of Count Degrasse, the Restoration of Their Tomb
I have the honor to address you, as the representatives of the Count degrasse, the companion in - arms and friend of \vashington. At the close of the Century you visit our shores, to unite with the President and citizens of our wide spreading Republic, in the Centennial Celebration of the victory of Yorktown, in which your ancestor bore a conspicuous and honored part. I beg most respectfully to tender to you the assur ance of the great pleasure felt by the people of Charleston in your visit at this time to America, and trust it will serve to perpetuate the bonds of amity so long existing between France and the United States. It is known to you that the son of Admiral Count degrasse resided for some time in Charleston, and that the remains of two of his sisters repose in the Cemetery of St. Mary's Church, in our city. It will interest you to learn that it is the inten tion of the ladies of Charleston to specially honor the Centennial day you will celebrate in Virginia, on the 19th, by decorating their tomb with ?oral offerings from the private gardens of our citizens. In recognition of the gallant services of the father one hundred years ago, and of affection for the memory of his children. Whose brief residence among us and early death are now recalled with mingled pleasure and regret. It may be your desire to visit Charleston, as the city where the son of the Admiral Count degrasse once lived, and where the Demoiselles Amelie and Melanie degrasse died, as I have mentioned. I express the feelings of our people when I indulge the hope that you will make it convenient to come to Charleston, and it affords me pleasure to invite you to do so as the guests of this municipality.
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