 | American Oriental Society - 1851 - 732 pages
...the United States, to join the American army ; and, being unacquainted with the English language, he was making inquiries for some young man who could...arrangement was made with him accordingly. We recollect to have heard Mr. Du Ponceau say, that at that time, though he had never been out of France, he understood... | |
 | Mary Orne Pickering - 1887 - 564 pages
...unacquainted with the English language, he was making 1 The Boston Courier, semi- weekly, for April 8, 1844. inquiries for some young man who could speak English...arrangement was made with him accordingly. We recollect to have heard Mr. Du Ponceau say that at that time, though he had never been out of France, he understood... | |
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... he was a Protestant, and worshipped at one of the Presbyterian churches in Philadelphia. It happened about this period of his life, that the wellknown Baron Steuben arrived in Paris on his way to the United States, to join the American army ; and,... 