“ He sympathized deeply with the American struggle for independence, and in 1776 coöpeerated with Franklin and others in the publication of a work advocating the American cause, entitled Affaires de l'Angleterre et de l'Amérique. He early established in Paris a bureau for the collection and dissemination of facts and arguments in favor of Protestantism and liberty of conscience; and in later life he became president of a literary business association which involved him in financial ruin. ”