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.
21Intelligence from Brest, 12 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
, Feb. 1; Dull, French Navy, pp. 96 n, 102 n....Deane and his dispatches: Dull, French Navy,...
22To 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...
23The Franco-American Treaty of Alliance, 6 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...time be a party to the treaties; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 94–101.
24Franklin and Silas Deane to Arthur Lee, 26 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
’s 26: Dull, French Navy, p. 356.
25To 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:
26To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph-Etienne Bertier, 3 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...has been through eighteen campaigns as a surgeon in the French navy.
27Gérard to the American Commissioners, 17 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...French Ambassador was ordered home from London. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 103–5.
28To 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...
29To Benjamin Franklin from [ ——— Montécot], 26 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...Monttessuy, a Parisian banker who supplies the French navy with wood, sailcloth, rope, and tar...
30To 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.
31John 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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33Simeon Deane to the Commissioners, 16 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
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34John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 9 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
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35To 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...
36To 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.
37Francis Coffyn to the Commissioners, 19 June 1778 (Adams Papers)
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38John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 23 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...what Britain would offer Spain to remain neutral: Dull, French Navy, p. 114.
39To 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,
40John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 27 June 1778 (Adams Papers)
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