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...
11The American Commissioners to the Comte de Vergennes, 7 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...ordered its patrols to give protection on demand. Dull, French Navy, pp. 64–5, 70–1; Stevens,
12Memoir and Supplemental Observations, [before 18 June and before 3 July 1777?] (Franklin Papers)
, 448–69; Dull, French Navy, pp. 83–6.
13The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 12 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 77–8; Clark,
14The American Commissioners to Henry Johnson, 28 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 78–80.
15William Bingham to the American Commissioners, 28 November 1777[–4 December 1777] (Franklin Papers)
...join the Franco-American alliance the following spring. Dull, French Navy, pp. 81, 94–5.
16Conrad-Alexandre Gérard to the American Commissioners, 5 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...1 (Philadelphia, 1982), pp. 29–32, and French Navy, pp. 83–101.
17The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign Affairs, 18 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...to take any action until her fleets returned: Dull, French Navy, pp. 100, 102.
18The American Commissioners’ Interview on January 8 with Gérard: Four Documents, 1778 (Franklin Papers)
For the background of this decision see Dull, French Navy, pp. 94–100.
19A Proposed Article for the Treaty of Alliance with France, [on or before 27 January 1778] (Franklin Papers)
...event of an Austro-Prussian war over Bavaria. Dull, French Navy, p. 113.
20Intelligence from Brest, 12 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
, Feb. 1; Dull, French Navy, pp. 96 n, 102 n....Deane and his dispatches: Dull, French Navy,...
21To Benjamin Franklin from the Marquis d’Argenson, 24 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...been a former auxiliary officer in the French navy. He specialized in Anglo-French trade and...
22The Franco-American Treaty of Alliance, 6 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...time be a party to the treaties; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 94–101.
23Franklin and Silas Deane to Arthur Lee, 26 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
’s 26: Dull, French Navy, p. 356.
24To Benjamin Franklin from the Duchesse de Melfort, 26 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...a chevalier de St.-Louis and a captain in the French navy by the time he died in 1779:
25To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph-Etienne Bertier, 3 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...has been through eighteen campaigns as a surgeon in the French navy.
26Gérard to the American Commissioners, 17 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...French Ambassador was ordered home from London. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 103–5.
27To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Louitz(?), 21 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...ship now that his two brothers are in the French navy. He can leave in a fortnight if Franklin...
28To Benjamin Franklin from [ ——— Montécot], 26 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...Monttessuy, a Parisian banker who supplies the French navy with wood, sailcloth, rope, and tar...
29To Benjamin Franklin from the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 27 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...Breton ports to stimulate British fears of invasion: Dull, French Navy, p. 112 n.
30John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners, 4 April 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...She was new, and of only 26 guns: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
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32Simeon Deane to the Commissioners, 16 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
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33John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 9 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
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34To George Washington from Jean-Baptiste-Lazare Théveneau de Francy, 10 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
...ejected from the navy. He served in the French navy after the war and returned to America in...
35To Benjamin Franklin from Antoine Salvator, 16 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...Spanish treasure fleet; for its eventual arrival see Dull, French Navy, p. 127 n.
36Francis Coffyn to the Commissioners, 19 June 1778 (Adams Papers)
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37John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 23 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...what Britain would offer Spain to remain neutral: Dull, French Navy, p. 114.
38To Benjamin Franklin from Genet, 24 June 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...the next day the others were captured. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 118–19; William M. James,
39John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 27 June 1778 (Adams Papers)
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40John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 27 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...no official declaration of war was ever issued. Dull, French Navy, pp. 119–20.
41Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to the American Commissioners, 3 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
, 680; Dull, French Navy, 118–20.
42The American Commissioners to the President of Congress, 20 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...with a slightly smaller number the following day: Dull, French Navy, 120–2; W.M. James,
43From Benjamin Franklin to James Lovell, 22 July 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...from the 1777 expedition against Portuguese Brazil: Dull, French Navy, pp. 63, 75, 127 n...
44Dumas to the American Commissioners, 31 July 1778 (Franklin Papers)
..., from Paris about the operations of the French navy and from London reporting the arrival...
45Intelligence from Toulon and Other Places, 3 August 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 352–5, provides information on French ship...
46From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, 8 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
...FLEET, which has blocked up the principal part of the French Navy assembled at Brest.”...
47John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 29 August 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
The failure of the French navy to provide convoy protection from port of departure to port...
48John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 8 September 1778 (Adams Papers)
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50Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 29 September 1778 (Adams Papers)
We have here a large portion of the French Navy. I never wanted to speak the language half so...