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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

He was in the biography I just finished a lot. Very neat!!

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Sarah Zureick-Brown's avatar

Yeah, I guess he and Washington were pretty tight.

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Charlotte Zureick's avatar

Yes and he really did try to get him to consider abolishing slavery.

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Barbara at Projectkin's avatar

Well, exactly! I'm just smitten with this story. Perhaps it's the idealism of this impressionable aristocrat playing soldier in someone else's war of independence. I know I had people along his journey, so I used the timeline project (Projectkin.org/timeline) to hold the story together as I dove in to find my people.

My American Friends of Lafayette have been incredibly helpful in centering me on the facts and dates. 🥰 What fun to meet them in all their cosplay finery. That's not something we get to see much out here in California. Even in Lafayette, California.

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