To George Washington from John Jay, 22 September 1794

From John Jay

22 Sept. 1794. Introduces "Monsr De la Rochefoucauld de Liancourt, who was President of the national assembly and a Duke and Peer of France."1

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1. François-Alexandre-Frédéric, Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (1747-1827) briefly presided over the Constituent Assembly in the summer of 1789. Both a democratic reformer and strong supporter of the French king, he emigrated to England in August 1792. He subsequently wrote Voyage dans les États-Unis d’Amérique, fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 (8 vols., Paris, 1799) about his visit to the United States.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: To George Washington from John Jay, 22 September 1794
Author: Jay, John
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 22 September 1794

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Cite as: “To George Washington from John Jay, 22 September 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-16-02-0484. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 16, 1 May–30 September 1794, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, p. 699.]

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