Author: Grace Ellery Channing

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-17

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9781331655350

Excerpt from War Letters of Edmond Genet: The First American Aviator Killed Flying the Stars and Stripes The Genets are descended from Edme Charles Genet, who was secretary and interpreter to the Comte de Provence (subsequently Louis XVIII) and who died in 1780. Edme Charles, having lived long in England, became in France an author ity on English affairs and was a publicist of some importance. His numerous works consist of his torical essays, memoirs, and letters about the British constitution, British politics, and current events in England. Two of his children became dis tinguished, the first, Edmond C., was the famous, not to say notorious, Citizen Genet, whom the Revel utionary government in France sent as am bassador to the United States m 1792, and whose ln discretions led to his recall. He never returned to France, but settled at Albany, and subsequently married the daughter of Governor Clinton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.