8. The Comte de Lauraguais, also known as Duc de Brancas, was a prolific author, wit, and patron of letters and the theater; he had known Arthur Lee in London and was consequently distrusted by Silas Deane and his friends. See
Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Générale
;
Deane Papers, 1:201; 402; 38–39.