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==Early career==
Born in [[Metz]], where his father was director of the local mint, Barbé-Marbois tutored the children of the [[Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries|Marquis de Castries]]. In 1779 he was made secretary of the French legation to the United States. In 1780, Barbé-Marbois sent a questionnaire to the governors of all
Barbé-Marbois was elected a Foreign Honorary Member to both the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> and the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref name=aps>{{ cite journal|title=The Early French Members of the American Philosophical Society |author=J. G. Rosengarten |journal= [[American Philosophical Society#Publications|Transactions of the American Philosophical Society]] |year=1907 |volume=46 |issue=185 |page=87 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/983442?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents |accessdate=3 September 2015}}</ref> in 1781. When the minister [[Chevalier de la Luzerne]] returned to France in 1783, Barbé-Marbois remained in America as chargé d'affaires in 1784. That year he married Elizabeth Moore (1765-1834), the daughter of [[William Moore (statesman)|William Moore]], former governor of [[Pennsylvania]].
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