1. Writing Virginia governor Thomas Jefferson in French from Philadelphia on 13 April, French minister La Luzerne noted that his letter would be delivered by Ensign Camus. La Luzerne explained that Captain Destouches had assigned Camus a brig with fourteen cannons and ordered him to arm another vessel with ten cannons. La Luzerne then urged Jefferson to help Camus obtain sailors since Destouches would find both ships useful (Jefferson Papers description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 45 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends , 5:433–34; see also Destouches to GW, 25 Feb., n.2).

2. GW subsequently sought to assist Camus (see GW to George Weedon, 12 Oct., CSmH).

Camus appears to have known Major General Lafayette and Lafayette’s relative Colonel Noailles (see Lafayette to Noailles, 22 May, in Lafayette Papers description begins Stanley J. Idzerda et al., eds. Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790. 5 vols. Ithaca, N.Y., 1977-83. description ends , 4:121–25).