From — Chondeville
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Bourges, January 2, 1779, in French: I want to warn you
against a certain Leralle who has just gone bankrupt for more
than 60,000 francs and has sneaked off to Paris to implore
your protection. He is a perfect scoundrel who owes money
to everybody here and especially to me. He has debauched a
young man of good family, baron de Bussiere, whom he is
now pressing to marry his daughter and run off to the West
Indies under your sponsorship. The young man’s parents, in
despair, hope you can locate him and send him back: he is
short and pock-marked. If you could help me recover the ten
louis I lent Leralle on the eve of his flight, everybody here
would be most grateful. That man is a smooth talker and has
the soul of a lackey. Everything I have stated here can be
proved.>
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