Lafayette reached Paris in February 1779 where he was placed under house arrest for eight days for disobeying the king by going to America. This was merely face-saving by Louis XVI; Lafayette was given a hero's welcome and was soon invited to hunt with the king.Leepson, pp. 67–68. The American envoy was ill, so Benjamin Franklin's grandson William Temple Franklin presented Lafayette with the gold-encrusted sword commissioned by the Continental Congress.Clary, p. 243.
Lafayette reached Paris in February 1779 where he was placed under house arrest for eight days for disobeying the king by going to America This was merely face-saving by Louis XVI; Lafayette was given a hero's welcome and was soon invited to hunt with the king.Leepson, pp. 67–68. The American envoy was ill, so Benjamin Franklin's grandson William Temple Franklin presented Lafayette with the gold-encrusted sword commissioned by the Continental Congress.Clary, p. 243.