He married Louise de La Bidard Morini (died 1807), on August 25, 1777.

[2] In 1798, he went to Paris and published a journal, Le Haraut de la nation.

He was instrumental setting up the French Patriotic Society, and the start of political parties.

[5] He went to Savannah, where he worked with Claudius Bert de Majan, a veteran of Pulaski's Legion.

[8] He worked with General Jean-Charles Monnier in Ancona in 1801, and used for secret missions.