last verse of the tenth chapter of the book of Esther, "For Mordecai the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed."

During Jefferson's first administration the French chargé d'affaires, who received for Napoleon the Louisiana purchase money of fifteen millions of dollars, was Louis André Pichon. He and his wife were Huguenots and during their residence in Washington, they attended Dr. Balch's church. The pastor baptized one of the Pichons's children. The next morning Monsieur Pichon handed Dr. Balch a note containing thirty dollars, the diplomat explaining in his broken English, that there were "ten for de leetle boy, ten for de madame and ten for mineself," and he mentioned that in France it was customary to pay for baptisms.

The defeat of Napoleon in his Russian campaign was celebrated in the District of Columbia in 1813, doubtless on account of the friendly relations that had long existed between the United States and the Muscovite Empire.136

In the Federal Republican and Commercial Gazette, Georgetown, (Col.) June 4th, 1813, the following notice was given:

136 For the diplomatic relations between America and Russia see Early Diplomatic Negotiations of the United States with Russia by John C. Hildt; Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1906.