Aimé-Ambroise-Joseph Feutry (1720–1789) was a French lawyer, writer, and engineer. Born in

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, Aimé initially pursued law before abandoning his career to become a writer in the early 1750s. From the success of his literary and poetic works he funded his tertiary occupation: developing military technology. His renown in the literary world brought him into the elite social circles of Passy, where he encountered

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, to whom he would write to frequently. Feutry thereby adopted Franklin’s cause of

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, composing verse in praise of the man and his mission. He was elected as a member to the

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in 1786.

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1720 births 1789 deaths French poets Members of the American Philosophical Society {{France-poet-stub