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Just before leaving Washington, to return to France, he obtained from the government there, in 1818, means to continue his " Economical School " in New York, for the children of the impoverished refugees from St. Domingo, and even to help some of them to return to France. He himself went there, and after a short stay 181 FRENCH COLONISTS AND EXILES in Paris again returned temporarily to Wash ington, to complete his negotiations with the government of the United States. Finally recalled to Franc...e, he found his friends, among them Chateaubriand, in the govern ment, and later on he became a minister of state under Louis Philippe. Living until 1857, he was always fond of dwelling on his American life, as exile, and as minister. His active participation in the relief of his country men in exile here was without regard to dif ferences of political opinions, and his name figures with honor in the writings of Chateau briand and Lamartine, as that of a Frenchman who, both as a private citizen and as a minister, appreciated this country and its welcome.
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