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Elizabeth S. Kite
ELIZABETH SARAH KITE (1864-1954) was born to a Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1864. She attended a Quaker boarding school in West Chester, Pennsylvania and then studied abroad for s...view moreELIZABETH SARAH KITE (1864-1954) was born to a Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1864. She attended a Quaker boarding school in West Chester, Pennsylvania and then studied abroad for six years, during which time she converted to Catholicism. When she returned to the United States, Kite taught in private schools in three different states. During this time, she began researching Franco-American topics and published Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence in 1917. A dozen years later she wrote L’Enfant and Washington, and in 1931, Correspondence of General Washington and Compte de Grasse was published. Two years later Kite wrote Lebègue Duportail, Comdt. of Engineers, 1777-1783. In 1934, she wrote Lafayette and His Companions in the Victorie, followed by The Catholic Part in the Making of America two years later. Kite was instrumental in placing photostats of documents from the French Revolution in the Library of Congress, for which she was awarded the Légion d’honneur in the grade of Chevalier. Kite died in Wilmington, Delaware on 6 January 1954.
LYTLE BROWN (1872-1951) was a U.S. Army officer who fought in the Spanish-American War and participated in the Mexican Expedition of 1916. He was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal and later served as Chief of Engineers from 1929-1933.view less
Books by Elizabeth S. Kite
Brigadier-General Louis Lebegue Duportail, Commandant of Engineers in the Continental Army, 1777-1783