his mother, a spanish lady named gilette de bsalgues/b, died when he was a child. his uncle and guardian, the marquis of florian, who had married a niece of voltaire, introduced him at ferney and in 1768 he became page at anet in the ...
He became "the equivalent of mayor-plus-judge in Marysville; he also became wealthy through real estate speculation and fees. emerging as a colorful and controversial character in the unsettled days of the little community, ...
