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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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11 | Brus, ——, chevalier de | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Chevalier de Brus, 6 May … | 1777-05-06 | ...June 1 Bruslé, a surgeon in the French navy, inquires from Paris whether Franklin is... |
12 | American Commissioners | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de | The American Commissioners to the Comte de Vergennes, 7 … | 1777-05-07 | ...ordered its patrols to give protection on demand. Dull, French Navy, pp. 64–5, 70–1; Stevens, |
13 | Franklin, Benjamin | Memoir and Supplemental Observations, [before 18 June … | ≈1777-06-18 | , 448–69; Dull, French Navy, pp. 83–6. | |
14 | American Commissioners | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de | The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 12 August 1777 | 1777-08-12 | Dull, French Navy, pp. 77–8; Clark, |
15 | American Commissioners | Johnson, Henry | The American Commissioners to Henry Johnson, 28 August … | 1777-08-28 | Dull, French Navy, pp. 78–80. |
16 | Bingham, William | American Commissioners | William Bingham to the American Commissioners, 28 … | ≈1777-11-28 | ...join the Franco-American alliance the following spring. Dull, French Navy, pp. 81, 94–5. |
17 | Gérard, Conrad-Alexandre | American Commissioners | Conrad-Alexandre Gérard to the American Commissioners … | 1777-12-05 | ...1 (Philadelphia, 1982), pp. 29–32, and French Navy, pp. 83–101. |
18 | American Commissioners | Committee for Foreign Affairs | The American Commissioners to the Committee for Foreign … | 1777-12-18 | ...to take any action until her fleets returned: Dull, French Navy, pp. 100, 102. |
19 | American Commissioners | The American Commissioners’ Interview on January 8 with … | ≈1778-01-01 | For the background of this decision see Dull, French Navy, pp. 94–100. | |
20 | Franklin, Benjamin | A Proposed Article for the Treaty of Alliance with … | ≈1778-01-08 | ...event of an Austro-Prussian war over Bavaria. Dull, French Navy, p. 113. | |
21 | Kéralio, Agathon Guynement, chevalier de | American Commissioners | Intelligence from Brest, 12 January 1778 | 1778-01-12 | , Feb. 1; Dull, French Navy, pp. 96 n, 102 n....Deane and his dispatches: Dull, French Navy,... |
22 | Argenson, Marc-René, marquis d’ | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Marquis d’Argenson, 24 … | 1778-01-24 | ...been a former auxiliary officer in the French navy. He specialized in Anglo-French trade and... |
23 | Gérard, Conrad-Alexandre | The Franco-American Treaty of Alliance, 6 February 1778 | 1778-02-06 | ...time be a party to the treaties; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 94–101. | |
24 | Franklin, Benjamin | Lee, Arthur | Franklin and Silas Deane to Arthur Lee, 26 February … | 1778-02-26 | ’s 26: Dull, French Navy, p. 356. |
25 | Melfort, Marie de Berenger, duchesse douairière de | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Duchesse de Melfort, 26 … | 1778-02-26 | ...a chevalier de St.-Louis and a captain in the French navy by the time he died in 1779: |
26 | Bertier, Joseph-Etienne | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph-Etienne Bertier, 3 … | 1778-03-03 | ...has been through eighteen campaigns as a surgeon in the French navy. |
27 | Gérard, Conrad-Alexandre | American Commissioners | Gérard to the American Commissioners, 17 March 1778 | 1778-03-17 | ...French Ambassador was ordered home from London. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 103–5. |
28 | Louitz, ––, comte de | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Louitz(?), 21 … | 1778-03-21 | ...ship now that his two brothers are in the French navy. He can leave in a fortnight if Franklin... |
29 | Montécot, —— | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from [ ——— Montécot], 26 March … | 1778-03-26 | ...Monttessuy, a Parisian banker who supplies the French navy with wood, sailcloth, rope, and tar... |
30 | La Rochefoucauld, Louis-Alexandre, duc de La … | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from the Duc de La Rochefoucauld … | 1778-03-27 | ...Breton ports to stimulate British fears of invasion: Dull, French Navy, p. 112 n. |
31 | Jones, John Paul | American Commissioners | John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners, 4 April … | 1778-04-04 | ...She was new, and of only 26 guns: Dull, French Navy, p. 357. |
32 | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de | First Joint Commission at Paris | The Comte de Vergennes to the Commissioners: A … | 1778-04-15 | French Navy and Amer. Independence |
33 | Deane, Simeon | First Joint Commission at Paris | Simeon Deane to the Commissioners, 16 April 1778 | 1778-04-16 | French Navy and Amer. Independence |
34 | Jones, John Paul | First Joint Commission at Paris | John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 9 May 1778 | 1778-05-09 | French Navy and Amer. Independence |
35 | Francy, Jean-Baptiste-Lazare Théveneau de | Washington, George | To George Washington from Jean-Baptiste-Lazare … | 1778-05-10 | ...ejected from the navy. He served in the French navy after the war and returned to America in... |
36 | Salvator, Antoine | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Antoine Salvator, 16 June … | 1778-06-16 | ...Spanish treasure fleet; for its eventual arrival see Dull, French Navy, p. 127 n. |
37 | Coffyn, Francis | First Joint Commission at Paris | Francis Coffyn to the Commissioners, 19 June 1778 | 1778-06-19 | French Navy and Amer. Independence |
38 | Bondfield, John | American Commissioners | John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 23 June … | 1778-06-23 | ...what Britain would offer Spain to remain neutral: Dull, French Navy, p. 114. |
39 | Genet, Edme-Jacques | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from Genet, 24 June 1778 | 1778-06-24 | ...the next day the others were captured. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 118–19; William M. James, |
40 | Bondfield, John | First Joint Commission at Paris | John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 27 June 1778 | 1778-06-27 | French Navy and Amer. Independence |