occasioned by overheating himself while pursuing a stray animal.

Caleb Boutelle graduated at Harvard College in 1806, and studied medicine; he was a member of Massachusetts Medical Society. He established himself first at Belfast, Maine, in 1810, with his classmate, Joseph Green Coggswell, who at the same time began there the practice of law. Dr. Boutelle remained in Belfast some two years, and then removed to Lexington, Massachusetts. In 1812 he was a surgeon in the navy during the war with Great Britain, and was taken prisoner and carried to Gibraltar. He subsequently removed to Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died there in 1819. Trusted as a faithful and skilled physician, he was greatly respected, by all who knew him, as a man of high integrity, and beloved and lamented by his kindred and friends. He married Anne, daughter of General Goodwin of Plymouth, where she died at an advanced age. They had several children, among whom were Charles Otis, of the U. S. Coast Survey, and James Thacher, who graduated at Harvard College in 1867, received the degree of M. D. 1871, and was a member of Massachusetts Medical Society.

CHAPTER XIX.

LAFAYETTE.

THESE biographical reminiscences have thus far been confined almost exclusively to native-born men and their families. But there was one man of foreign birth, who took a part in our great Revolutionary struggle, so nobly disinterested, that he ought to hold in our memories and affections the place of an adopted son of America.

LAFAYETTE, born September 6, 1757, belonged to an ancient and noble stock. The original family name was Motier. Some of his male ancestors were remarkable for military ability, and some of the women for literary talents. His property and influence were increased by his marriage, at the age of eighteen, to a lady of the illustrious line of Noailles. His full name, incorporating several of his ancestors, was Marie-Paul-Joseph-Roch-YvesGilbert-Motier de la Fayette. The rank and affluence of his family gave him the fullest education, not only in classical and general literature, but in military tactics.

His mind, both by nature and cultivation, was imbued with a strong love of liberty. He learned early the situation of our country, and its purpose of revolution and independence. Writing subsequently to the president of the Continental Congress he says: "The moment I heard of America, I loved her; the moment I knew she was fighting for liberty, I burnt with a desire to bleed for her."

In the month of January, 1777, he reached our shores in a vessel purchased at his own expense, entered the American army, bought clothing and arms for the troops under General Moultrie of South Carolina, and advanced to Washington 60,000 francs for the public service. In July of the same year, although less than twenty years of age, he was commissioned by Congress a majorgeneral. At Brandywine, Valley Forge, Monmouth, and onward to his valiant and successful attack of the British redoubts at Yorktown, his deeds and his sacrifices were as noble as his generous promise in the outset.

Washington wrote of him to the president of Congress, October 13, 1778, as "an officer who unites to all the military fire of youth an uncommon maturity of judgment." He was honored and loved by his companions in arms, and lauded and sustained by Congress, that body on the 21st of October, 1778, passing a resolve, to cause "an elegant sword, with proper devices, to be presented in the name of the United States, to the