 In Boston, he taught French for a time and lived in lodgings over what is now the Union Oyster House, Boston's oldest restaurant.During his time in the United States, Louis Philippe met with American politicians and people of high society, including George Clinton, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington.His visit to Cape Cod in 1797 coincided with the division of the town of Eastham into two towns, one of which took the name of Orleans, possibly in his honour.