As representatives of the Mainz National Convention, he and Adam Lux had been sent to Paris to apply for Mainz – which was unable to exist as an independent state – to become a part of the French Republic.
Ca reprezentanți ai Convenției Naționale, el și Adam Lux fuseseră trimiși la Paris să ceară ca Mainzul – care nu putea exista ca stat independent – să fie primit ca parte a Republicii Franceze.