... moves on to Philadelphia, hoping to find assistance from another acquaintance of Edme Mentelle's, but finds the door shut in his face. This was probably because that acquaintance had heard of a letter the wife of French revolutionary Jacques-Pierre Brissot wrote her brother in Philadelphia...

... François Antoine French Grant 1795 Saugrain Antoine Edme Mentelle Waldemar Mentelle Charlotte Mentelle French Revolution Manon Roland Jacques-Pierre Brissot Maximilien Robespierre Gallipolis Once Waldemar went to America, Charlotte grew in his mother’s esteem. On April 23, 1790, Edme wrote...