 Thomas Paine spent much of the period of the French Revolution in Paris, and he was a good friend of the Condorcets—Grouchy’s command of English must have been part of the reason why he liked them, but also the couple and their friends favored an American style of republicanism and Paine’s knowledge and ideas were very useful in helping define what that meant. Paine played a key role in the founding of the journal Le Républicain, providing several pieces, which were almost certainly translated by Grouchy.