Page 215. See note

50. Page 215. Name given to the Breton rebels. The émigrés had planned, in the so-called Quiberon expédition, an alliance with them in the hopes of conquering Brittany. This expédition had been defeated by Hoche on July 20 preceding.

51. Page 215. The treaty with Spain had been signed on July 22.

52. Page 216. This letter was printed by Pichot, Souvenirs intimes sur Talleyrand, pp. 212-213. See Préface.

53. Page 219. The celebrated William Cobbett had landed in Philadelphia in October, 1792, and at this time was just entering upon the most strenuous period of his sojourn in America, which came to an end in 1800. "Between the summer of 1794 and the year 1800 Cobbett published twenty pamphlets, of which more than half a million copies were sold." Lewis Melville, Life and Letters of William Cobbett in England and America, I, 108. Students of Cobbett's interesting career will appreciate Moreau's estimate of his character.

54. Page 229. François-Urbain Domergue (1745-1810), a noted grammarian of the period, membre de l'Institut, member of spécial commission for the revision of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie and author of many works on the French language.

55. Page 232. Charles-Malo-Françpis, comte de Lameth (1757-1832), and his brother, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, baron de Lameth (1760-1829), rendered services in the American Révolution which préserve their names from being forgotten by Americans. They were both associated during their exile in Hamburg with the duc d'Aiguillon in a commercial enterprise.

56. Page 232. Armand-Désiré-Vignerot-Duplessis Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon (1761-1800), deputy in the Estâtes General and member of the Constituante, was forced to seek shelter in England and afterwards in Hamburg, where he died in 1800.

57. Page 233. The future Louis Philippe, king of France, had sailed from Hamburg on September 24 and had just

reached Philadelphia. He was joined in February by his two brothers, duc de Montpensier and comte de Beaujolais. For their sojourn and travels in America, see G. N. Wright, Life and Times of Louis Philippe, pp. 294 ff.

58. Page 234. Possibly a référence to the learned Hungarian agriculturist, Ignace Mitterpacher.

59. Page 235. Champion's name occurs in the list of subscribers for both parts of Moreau's description of St. Domingo. In that of Description de la partie française, II, iii, he is described as "Sous-Chef des bureaux du Ministre de la Justice, a fans.

60. Page 240. See Introduction for a discussion of his relations with Moreau.

61. Page 244. Through some confusion in his notes, our author refers to a letter found at p. 395 of his manuscript, which, however, according to his own statement, he received on September 1 1 , where it has been inserted.

62. Page 244. This may hâve been a reply to the spirited attack upon the Spanish envoy by William Cobbett — an attack which led to the libel suit brought against the fîery Englishman by Yrujo. See E. Smith, William Cobbett, I, pp. 201 fî.

63. Page 246. For an interesting short sketch of the Scioto Land Company, see McMaster, Hist. of People of U. S.,

II, pp. 146 fî. For more extended study see E. C. Dawes, Scioto Company and its Purchases (Ohio Arch. and Hist. Pub.,