How did Thomas Jefferson assist the Marquis de Lafayette with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen?

Thomas Jefferson provided significant assistance to the Marquis de Lafayette during the early stages of the French Revolution by helping him compose the draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.123

Lafayette, who served as a leader of the liberal aristocrats, presented this collaborative draft to the National Assembly on July 11, 1789. The document was heavily influenced by Enlightenment thinkers and foreign models, including the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Jefferson had helped shape in the United States. Following its presentation, the draft underwent extensive revisions by a committee of deputies before being officially adopted in late August 1789.234