I recently presented a lecture on this impressive gentleman. The Marquis was 16 years younger than ‘our’ William Sams (1741 – 1798).
They both were in South Carolina during the American Revolution, though I doubt they ever met.
March 18, 2025, marks the 200th Anniversary of the Marquis’s visit to Beaufort, South Carolina, during his Guest of the Nation tour from August 1824 to September 1825. See the Historic Beaufort Foundation website for the planned events to celebrate this occasion.
Below are my lecture slides, which present a short background on the Hero of Two Worlds.
They don’t tell the whole story on their own. Email me if you’re a DHF member, and we might rally a crew for an encore presentation.
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