11From John Adams to the President of the Congress, 3 August 1779 (Adams Papers)
French Navy and Amer. Independence
12From John Adams to Joseph Bradley Varnum, 5 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
..., Mr Marbois and twenty Officers of the French Navy “Your Country is about to become...
13John Adams to Abigail Adams Smith, 26 September 1802 (Adams Papers)
...sample ‘of oppressed humanity.’” The French navy relocated around 2,000 of the exiles...
14[1779 December 13. Monday.] (Adams Papers)
...Officers of the Fleet in all the Luxury of the French Navy.
15John Adams to Marquis de Castries, 9 December 1784 (Adams Papers)
The French Navy’s generally poor opinion of the quality of American masts...
French Navy and Amer. Independence
17John Adams to Samuel Osgood, 13 December 1784 (Adams Papers)
...in June 1784 “a plan to furnish the French navy with all kinds of construction wood, masts,...
18The 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,
19The American Commissioners to Sartine, 25 December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
110n), and his letter offered to provide the French navy with masts:
20The American Commissioners to Sartine, 12[–15] October 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Two British frigates captured by the French: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.