...with a slightly smaller number the following day: Dull, French Navy, 120–2; W.M. James,
2The 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...
3The American Commissioners to Sartine, 25 December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
110n), and his letter offered to provide the French navy with masts:
4The American Commissioners to Sartine, 12[–15] October 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Two British frigates captured by the French: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
5The Franco-American Treaty of Alliance, 6 February 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...time be a party to the treaties; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 94–101.
6The 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.
French Navy and Amer. Independence
8The 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.
...Boux had achieved an eminence in the French navy remarkable for one who was not of noble birth...
10The American Commissioners to Henry Johnson, 28 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 78–80.