From Ferdinand Antoine Louis Rosset to John Adams, 24 April 1794
From Ferdinand Antoine Louis Rosset
Philadelphia April 24th. 1794.
Sir
You told me the last time I had the honour to see you, that You had perused all the papers which I had taken the Liberty to send to you; If they are no more of any use to you, You will oblige me in giving them to the Bearer.1 I hope I shall have lost nothing in your Opinion by what I furnished you the Occasion to read; For my own part I shall always find myself happy that those papers have given me the means of being acquainted with a man whose life has been devoted to that true Liberty of which I was always so fond; & I shall neglect no Opportunity of Cultivating that acquaintance which is a pleasure and an honour for him who will constantly Subscribe himself / Sir / Your most obedient / and humble Servant
Ferdinand Rosset.
RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “Mr. Vice President Adams.”
1. Ferdinand Antoine Louis Rosset was a Lausanne-born aristocrat sentenced by the government of Bern, Switzerland, to serve 25 years in prison for lauding the French Revolution during a political banquet in July 1791. Rosset, who fled to the United States, wrote to JA on 11 April 1794 seeking aid (Adams Papers). JA enclosed Rosset’s account of his trial in his 11 May letter to Thomas Jefferson, below (, 28:71, 72).