51The American Commissioners to Sartine, 12[–15] October 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Two British frigates captured by the French: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
52John Langdon to the Commissioners, 21 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
...principal agent for the company that supplied masts to the French Navy.
53John Langdon to the American Commissioners, 21 October 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...appropriate person that I will furnish the French navy with masts if someone in France will...
54Edmé Jacques Genet to John Adams: A Translation, 29 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
French Navy and Amer. Independence
55Intelligence from Havana and Other Places, 13 November 1778 (Franklin Papers)
, 92, later 108): Dull, French Navy, pp. 135, 353....to the West Indies: Dull, French Navy, pp....
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57To Benjamin Franklin from Horatio Gates, 4 December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...was the sixth of his name to serve in the French navy or galleys: G. Lacour-Gayet,
58The American Commissioners to Sartine, 25 December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
110n), and his letter offered to provide the French navy with masts:
59The American Commissioners to Vergennes, [before 9 January 1779]: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 125, 128–35, 362–3.Dull, French Navy, pp. 131–2, 137, 141. The final...
60Vergennes to the American Commissioners, 20 January 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...; it was impossible for the French navy to provide protection for individual ships...