1John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners, 4 April 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...She was new, and of only 26 guns: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
2John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 9 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
French Navy and Amer. Independence
3To Benjamin Franklin from John Paul Jones, 14 May 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...Jones’s squadron eventually contained three warships lent by the French navy, the frigate
4To Benjamin Franklin from John Paul Jones, 23 February 1780 (Franklin Papers)
, 262; Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
5John Paul Jones: Memorandum on Landais, 17 June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Landais’ services in the French Navy had been varied but considerably more modest than his claims...
6To Benjamin Franklin from John Paul Jones, 23 June 1780 (Franklin Papers)
...she did not serve thereafter with the French Navy. Instead, a former captain in the East India...
7To Benjamin Franklin from John Paul Jones, 23 March 1784 (Franklin Papers)
...Sartine, at that time, was minister of the French navy. Most of the letter concerned the sale...