Jean Charles Pierre Lenoir was a French lawyer who headed the Paris police in the period immediately before the French Revolution of 1789-99. He had broad responsibility for maintaining public order, reducing dirt and disease and ensuring that the population received adequate supplies of food. He introduced many reforms into the administration of the city.
Passy, July 22. 1780. Monsieur, Le Capt. Robinson au Service des Etats Unis que J’ai l’honneur de vous presenter a besoin de l’autorité de votre Excellence pour recouvrer un Négre…
Passy, Aug. 19. 1781 Sir, In October last, there came to me a Person who call’d himself Thierry de Lavau, a Frenchman, representing that he had lived some Years in…