Kościuszko: A BiographyGardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)
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Kościuszko: A Biography
Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)
Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817
effect on Savage Landor, 175;
letter to Russian ambassador, 176;
in Bath and Bristol, _ib_.;
departure from Bristol, 176, 177;
journey to United States, 177;
in Philadelphia, 177, 178;
Adams' letter to, 177;
friendship with Jefferson, 178, 180, 181, 188;
friendship with White family, 178-180;
letter to Mrs. White, 179;
returns to Philadelphia, 179;
Paul I's gift of money to, 180, 184, 185, 201;
financial dealings with Congress, 180;
visited by Orleans princes, 180;
his portrait of Jefferson, _ib_.;
Jefferson on, 181;
returns to Europe, 181-183;
will for the negroes, 181, 182;
nephews join legions, 183;
honours paid him in Bayonne, 183, 184;
in Paris, 184, 185;
repudiates oath to Paul I, 184, 185;
measures taken by partitioning powers against, 185;
presented with Sobieski's sword, 185, 186;
relations with legions, 186, 187;
relations with Napoleon I, 186-190;
withdraws from relations with French government, 187;
furthers interests of disbanded legionaries, 188;
his textbook on artillery, _ib_.;
friendship with Zeltners, 188, 190-192, 198, 199, 201;
his conditions for Poland's restoration, 190, 192;
life in France until Napoleon's fall, 190, 191;
Emilia Zeltner and, 190, 191, 198, 199, 201;
relations with Alexander I, 191, 201;
pleads for Poland with Alexander, 191-195, 197;
promise of Alexander to, 193;
sent for by Czartoryski, 193;
journey to Austria, 193, 194;
interview with Czartoryski, 194;
letter to Czartoryski, 195, 196;
fulfilment of his predictions regarding Poland, 196;
writes to Grey, _ib_.;
Grey's answer to, 196, 197;
retires from public life, 197;
last years, 197-201;
love of children and youth, 198;
love of poor, 198, 199, 201;
corresponds with Princess di Carignano, 199, 200;
correspondence with Jane Porter, 200;
interest in education, 200, 201;
death, 201;
last resting place, _ib_.;
the hill of, 201, 202;
Polish cult of, 202;
his refutation of _Finis Poloniæ_, 202, 203.
Kościuszko, Tekla,
relations with husband, 25;
character, 26;
death, 30
Krasinska, Franciszka, 200
Krushtzov, 162
Lafayette,
acquaintance with Kościuszko and Pulaski, 40
Landor, Walter Savage, Kościuszko and, 175
Laurens, 47
Lebrun, relations with Kościuszko, 90, 187
Lee, Harry, on Kościuszko, 49
Libiszewsld, 173-175, 177
Louis Philippe, visits Kościuszko, 180
Louis XVI,
recognizes United States, 38;
execution, 89, 90, 119
Lubomirska, Ludwika, and Kościuszko, 33-35. 51. 59. 163, 199
Madalinski, 96, 108, 109, 134, 142, 143
Marek. Father, 130
Marie, Empress of Russia, 172
McDougall, on Kościuszko, 41
Mickiewicz, Adam,
on patriotism, 23;
his poetry, 60;
his _Pan Tadeusz_, 70, 202
Mokronowski,
in Rising, 113, 150;
Kościuszko's letters to, 115, 122, 148
Montpensier, de, 180
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