In Paris, as wife of the American Minister during the Reign of Terror, she helped secure the release of Madame La Fayette, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette, when she learned of her imprisonment and threatened death by guillotine.
I Paris som hustru til den amerikanske minister under Terrorregimet, hjalp hun med til at sikre frigivelsen af Madame LaFayette, Marquis de La Fayettes hustru, da hun hørte om hendes fængsling og forestående henrettelse i guillotinen.