1To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 13 February 1776 (Jay Papers)
...-Commander; A General Idea of the Armament of the French Navy; With Some Practical...
The French navy was far from ready. The British, nevertheless, were... .... Dull,French Navy...
3The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret Correspondence, 17[–22] January 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...were actually being made were less impressive; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 63–4.
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5From Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, 4[–28] October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...partly because mortality from the illness was increasing: Dull, French Navy, pp. 164–5.
6To John Jay from William Carmichael, 25 May 1780 (Jay Papers)
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7To John Jay from William Carmichael, 14 August 1780 (Jay Papers)
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9To John Jay from Silas Deane, 16 October 1780 (Jay Papers)
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10Continental Congress to the American Peace Commissioners: Two Commissions, [15 June 1781] (Franklin Papers)
, pp. 325–8; Dull, French Navy, pp. 214–15. See also Vergennes to