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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41John 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.
42Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to the American Commissioners, 3 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
, 680; Dull, French Navy, 118–20.
43The 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,
44From 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...
45Dumas to the American Commissioners, 31 July 1778 (Franklin Papers)
..., from Paris about the operations of the French navy and from London reporting the arrival...
46Intelligence from Toulon and Other Places, 3 August 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 352–5, provides information on French ship...
47From 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.”...
48John 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...
49John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 8 September 1778 (Adams Papers)
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51Abigail 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...
52The American Commissioners to Sartine, 12[–15] October 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Two British frigates captured by the French: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
53John Langdon to the Commissioners, 21 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
...principal agent for the company that supplied masts to the French Navy.
54John 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...
55Edmé Jacques Genet to John Adams: A Translation, 29 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
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56Intelligence 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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58To 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,
59The American Commissioners to Sartine, 25 December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
110n), and his letter offered to provide the French navy with masts:
60The 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...