St-Saphorin, François Pesme de (b. 1668)
François Pesme de St-Saphorin, a nobleman of the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, born 1668, of a prominent family of Geneva, who as the Swiss ambassador to Holland played a prominent part in the negotiations concerning the deportation of Bernese Mennonites to America in 1710.
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| Author(s) | Christian Neff |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1959 |
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