strangely enough , the answer to move out the ants
is here..
"He returned to France after his popular tour of the States, working in the political arena. He spent some $200,000 or more of his fortune in support of the colonies in the Revolution. He eventually was paid by Congress for "services rendered" during the war. He was given two checks. One for $120,000 and one for $80,000. (The larger check of the two is in the collection of the Valley Forge Historical Society). He was also given lands in 1803 (in Louisiana) which did not see an income until almost twelve years later."
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/lafayette.html "A third quotation comes from a letter of April 5th, 1783 responding to to LaFayette's proposal that they jointly purchase a plantation which they can use as an experiment in freeing slaves.
The scheme, my dear Marquis, which you propose as a precedent to encourage the emancipation of the black people in this country from that state of bondage in which they are held, is a striking evidence of the benevolence of your heart. I shall be happy to join you in so laudable a work, but will defer going into a detail of the business till I have the pleasure of seeing you."
http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/1770s/pexpandcritevid.html "
Although this quotation is accurate, in fact, Washington never joined the project that LaFayette faithfully executed. (For more information about LaFayette's plantation at Cayenne, see the Lafayette and Slavery online exhibit hosted by the Department of Special Collections of Lafayette State University.)"
Cayenne !!!!