1To Thomas Jefferson from C. W. F. Dumas, 31 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The Hague, 31 Dec. 1791 . The great powers of Europe are in chaos because of the impact of the French and Polish Revolutions. They fear and hate each other and dread “ l’exemple que la nation françoise a donné aux autres .” Lafayette goes from Paris to Metz to raise men and supplies from the emigrés, beginning with Ettenheim.—The embassy must be sold because its physical condition is...