1To Benjamin Franklin from Frederick Augustus Hervey, Sir Patrick Bellew, and ——— French, [before 10 September 1779] (Franklin Papers)
...be revealed in time—he spoke of the French navy’s devastation, of the government’s growing...
2Intelligence 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....
3Intelligence from Madrid and Other Places, 9 November 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...comes from the major ports used by the French navy is somewhat more substantial. As usual, the...
4Intelligence from Paris and Other Places, 1 July 1780 (Franklin Papers)
, 70n; Dull, French Navy, p. 366; Jonathan R. Dull, “The French Navy and American Independence:...
5George Washington to George Clinton, 21 January 1781 (Hamilton Papers)
...concerning the seizure of wheat and flour intended for the French navy....the French navy in...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Dumas, 8 July 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...its return to the Texel on Aug. 16: Dull, French Navy, p. 291....: Dull, French Navy, pp. 281,...
7Intelligence from Amsterdam and Other Places, 1 March 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...8 the correspondent recounts a battle between a French navy cargo ship (“gabarre du Roi”) and...
...with a slightly smaller number the following day: Dull, French Navy, 120–2; W.M. James,
9From Benjamin Franklin to Robert Morris, 8 April 1782 (Franklin Papers)
The French navy was preparing convoys at Brest to transport reinforcements to India...
10From Benjamin Franklin to the Committee for Foreign Affairs, 26 May 1779 (Franklin Papers)
During 1779, the French navy cost some 150,000,000 ...been heavy: Dull, French Navy, pp. 345–50;...