[194] January 1, 1788.
[195] New York, April 29, 1790.
[196] June 18, 1788.
[197] March 17, 1790; August 11, 1790. The key is the one which gave access to the main entrance; those at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris opened the several towers.
[198] To this remarkable forecast of the Terror, and of the ruin of such great hopes, Jared Sparks, in his edition of the Writings, caused Washington to add a prophecy of Napoleon's rule, described as a "higher-toned despotism than the one which existed before." But this is one of the embellishments which Sparks, who prophesied à coup sûr, since he wrote after the events, thought he was free to introduce in the great man's letters.
[199] Paris, May 12, 1787. Washington papers, Library of Congress.
[200] Calais, April 3, 1789.
[201] Paris, July 31, 1789.
[202] "Rochambeau near Vendôme," April 11, 1790.
[203] Paris, May 12, 1787.