When the French Revolution broke out, he published pamphlets praising the event.
He was appointed ambassador to the United States, with orders to arrest Edmond-Charles Genêt.
[1] He wrote an essay about Franco-American relations and America itself (translated by W. Duane, 1797).
He pressed the United States for repayment of the loans that had been made.
[4] He supported Napoleon's coup d'etat, and was made a prefect of Var, and then Gironde.