11To 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...
12The 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,
13Memoir and Supplemental Observations, [before 18 June and before 3 July 1777?] (Franklin Papers)
, 448–69; Dull, French Navy, pp. 83–6.
14The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 12 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 77–8; Clark,
15The American Commissioners to Henry Johnson, 28 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 78–80.
16William 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.
17Conrad-Alexandre Gérard to the American Commissioners, 5 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...1 (Philadelphia, 1982), pp. 29–32, and French Navy, pp. 83–101.
18The 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.
19The 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.
20A 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.