"Count Volney author of "THE RUINS OF EMPIRES" translator Joel Barlow (1750-1812) himself was an American statesman well known for drafting the Islam-appeasing Treaty of Tripoli, in which it was written that "the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion" ([TREATY OF TRIPOLI 8 Stat 154]).

"Count Volney author of "THE RUINS OF EMPIRES" translator Joel Barlow (1750-1812) himself was an American statesman well known for drafting the Islam-appeasing Treaty of Tripoli, in which it was written that "the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion" ([TREATY OF TRIPOLI 8 Stat 154]).