1Continental 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
2Continental Congress Report on a Letter from Captain John Paul Jones, [4 December 1782] (Hamilton Papers)
..., had a long and distinguished career in the French navy. He had served with Comte de Grasse...