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...
2From Benjamin Franklin to Charles Lee, 19 February 1776 (Franklin Papers)
, 366; Dull, French Navy, pp. 27, 377; James H. Hutson, “...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 10 June[–2 July 1776] (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 6–9, 31–3, 36–7,...
4The Committee of Secret Correspondence to William Bingham, 21 September[– 1 October 1776] (Franklin Papers)
...ready, but none was yet in active service: Dull, French Navy, pp. 52–3, 60–1.
5From Benjamin Franklin to John Hancock, 8 [December] 1776 (Franklin Papers)
...the British naval preparations were much exaggerated; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 60–3, 75.
6Pay Book of the State Company of Artillery, [1777] (Hamilton Papers)
At a certain period the French navy consisted of 115 sail of the line from 1st to...
The French navy was far from ready. The British, nevertheless, were... .... Dull,French Navy...
8The 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.
...Boux had achieved an eminence in the French navy remarkable for one who was not of noble birth...
10To Benjamin Franklin from the Chevalier de Brus, 6 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...June 1 Bruslé, a surgeon in the French navy, inquires from Paris whether Franklin is...