1From Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, 11 May 1781 (Franklin Papers)
...(better known as La Motte-Picquet): Dull, French Navy, pp. 228–9; J. Franklin Jameson, “...
2To John Adams from Benjamin Franklin, 20 October 1780 (Adams Papers)
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3To John Adams from Joshua Johnson, 9 April 1782 (Adams Papers)
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4To John Adams from John Bondfield, 6 May 1780 (Adams Papers)
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5To John Adams from James Warren, 19 December 1780 (Adams Papers)
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6Bidé de Chavagnes to John Adams: A Translation, 10 December 1781 (Adams Papers)
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7To John Adams from Pierre Landais, 9 March 1779 (Adams Papers)
.... Landais had served in the French navy and had been a member of Bougainville’s...
8To John Adams from Jonathan Williams, 28 March 1779 (Adams Papers)
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9To John Adams from Joseph Gardoqui & Sons, 19 February 1780 (Adams Papers)
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10From Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, 3 April 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...fifty-five ships of the line ready: Dull, French Navy, p. 138n. At the moment a scathing...
11To John Adams from John Bondfield, 6 April 1781 (Adams Papers)
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12To John Adams from Arthur Lee, 4 December 1779 (Adams Papers)
...but privateers ignores the fact that the French navy outfitted and maintained the ships...
13To John Adams from Benjamin Guild, 3 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
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14Bidé de Chavagnes to John Adams: A Translation, 28 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
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15To John Adams from the Second Congregational Church of Newport, Rhode Island, 26 May 1783 (Adams Papers)
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16John Paul Jones to the Commissioners, 9 May 1778 (Adams Papers)
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18Intelligence 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....
19Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to the American Commissioners, 3 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
, 680; Dull, French Navy, 118–20.
20From Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, 26 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
...to which Spain made important contributions) see Dull, French Navy, pp. 238–49, and for the...
21To John Adams from Thomas Digges, 14 April 1780 (Adams Papers)
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22To John Adams from Thomas Digges, 26 December 1780 (Adams Papers)
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23To John Adams from James Warren, 24 June 1783 (Adams Papers)
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24To John Adams from Matthew Ridley, 21 October 1782 (Adams Papers)
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25To John Adams from Mercy Otis Warren, 24 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
...fleet’s presence curtailed any major offensive actions by the French navy (
26To John Adams from William Lee, 25 April 1780 (Adams Papers)
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27From Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, 7 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
...in the war as an ally of France: Dull, French Navy, pp. 114, 117, 126–7, 129–31,...
28To John Adams from Francis Dana, 7 January 1781 (Adams Papers)
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29C. W. F. Dumas to John Adams: A Translation, 15 February 1781 (Adams Papers)
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30To John Adams from Arthur Lee, 24 September 1779 (Adams Papers)
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31From Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, 5 October 1781 (Franklin Papers)
...and British fleets were maneuvering at sea: Dull, French Navy, p. 246; Rice and Brown, eds....
32Simeon Deane to the Commissioners, 16 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
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33Lafayette to the American Peace Commissioners, 21 November 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...the Spanish court, while Lafayette traveled by sea: Dull, French Navy, pp. 317–18, 324; Idzerda,
34Sartine to the American Commissioners, 11 February 1779 (Franklin Papers)
, p. 298; Dull, French Navy, p. 160.
35Gérard to the American Commissioners, 17 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...French Ambassador was ordered home from London. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 103–5.
36Conrad-Alexandre Gérard to the American Commissioners, 5 December 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...1 (Philadelphia, 1982), pp. 29–32, and French Navy, pp. 83–101.
37William 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.
38John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners, 4 April 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...She was new, and of only 26 guns: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
39Edmé Jacques Genet to John Adams: A Translation, 29 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
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40To John Adams from Francis Dana, 31 October – 1 November 1782 (Adams Papers)
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41To John Adams from Richard Henry Lee, 8 October 1779 (Adams Papers)
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42To John Adams from John Bondfield, 28 October 1780 (Adams Papers)
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43To John Adams from Nicolas Maurice Gellée, 11 October 1779 (Adams Papers)
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44To John Adams from Robert R. Livingston, 19 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
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45Committee of the Massachusetts General Court to John Adams and Francis Dana, 22 July 1780 (Adams Papers)
...Austin proposed that Massachusetts supply the French navy with masts in exchange for money...
46John Bondfield to the Commissioners, 27 June 1778 (Adams Papers)
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47Continental Congress to the American Peace Commissioners: Two Commissions, [15 June 1781] (Franklin Papers)
, pp. 325–8; Dull, French Navy, pp. 214–15. See also Vergennes to
48Intelligence from Brest, 12 January 1778 (Franklin Papers)
, Feb. 1; Dull, French Navy, pp. 96 n, 102 n....Deane and his dispatches: Dull, French Navy,...
49John 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...
50Vergennes to the American Commissioners, 20 January 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...; it was impossible for the French navy to provide protection for individual ships...