. The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800. t and Jos. Doyle wereengaged in mercantile business, removing toWilkes-Barre in 1804. Louis Lefevres inn seems to have been on eastside of river opposite Frenchtown, or else he hadtwo. Aubrey was a blacksmith, probably aFrenchman. There are no records by which onecan determine just how many French peoplelived at Asylum at its height, and there is no listof names of all settlers. There were a few birthsof which writer has no record except of John La-porte ; there were also a few deaths and one sui-cide, as related by Yankee sett
. The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800. t and Jos. Doyle wereengaged in mercantile business, removing toWilkes-Barre in 1804. Louis Lefevres inn seems to have been on eastside of river opposite Frenchtown, or else he hadtwo. Aubrey was a blacksmith, probably aFrenchman. There are no records by which onecan determine just how many French peoplelived at Asylum at its height, and there is no listof names of all settlers. There were a few birthsof which writer has no record except of John La-porte ; there were also a few deaths and one sui-cide, as related by Yankee settlers. It is not knownthat there are in existence any letters or papersbearing on Asylum, except those recorded in thisvolume, at the best all too meagre. Those whoreturned to France, or some of them, gave ac-counts of the Susquehanna Valley which laterattracted thither various French families whosedescendants still live in Bradford County ; notablyPiollet and Delpeuch. One of the most charming and picturesquecharacters at the time of the Dukes visit, was—56—. ^^^^^oc^ [This authentic portrait was obtained from the BibliothequeNationale, Rue de Richelieu, Paris, April, 1903. Aristide Aubert dupetit Thouars, familiarly called O^ V <Cj -^^ ?~^ born in 1760, was educated in the military school at Paris, and acaptain in the navy during the war with enthusiastic over Robinson Crusoe,and becoming interested in the fate of the miss-ing navigator, la Perouse, he fitted out an ex-pedition himself to find and rescue the lost ad-venturers, he and his brother selling their patri-mony for the purpose. It was an unfortunateundertaking : many of his crew were carried offby sickness ; his ship was seized by the Portu-guese, and he was imprisoned for some time. Onhis release he at once came to America, and wasinduced by M. de Noailles to go to Asylum. Like most of the refugees, he had arrived inthis country penniless, but Talon and de Noailles,doubtless attracted by his you
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