Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet (1761, Saint-Quentin – 1834,

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) was a French diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States. He studied law. When the

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broke out, he published pamphlets praising the event. He was a secretary in the Ministry of War, and then Executive Council. He was appointed ambassador to the

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, with orders to arrest

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. He wrote an essay about Franco-American relations and America itself (translated by W. Duane, 1797). He pressed the United States for repayment of the loans that had been made. Some of the letters that he wrote were intercepted and used to embarrass

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. He supported

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's ''coup d'etat'', and was made a

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, and then

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. In 1805, he was made a baron. He was dismissed during the

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in 1814.

Works

*''Coup d'oeil rapide sur l'etat actuel de nos rapports politiques avec les Etats Unis d'Amerique septentrionale'', 1797

References

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