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)
French Navy and Amer. Independence
3From 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...
4From 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...
5From 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,...
6From 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....
7From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Barclay, 4 February 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...not able to sail again until Feb. 11: Dull, French Navy, pp. 259–62, 267.
8From Benjamin Franklin to John Barry, 24 January 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...to sail for Martinique, Cadiz, and India: Dull, French Navy, p. 263.
9The Committee of Secret Correspondence to William Bingham, 21 September[– 1 October 1776] (Franklin Papers)
...ready, but none was yet in active service: Dull, French Navy, pp. 52–3, 60–1.
10From Benjamin Franklin to William Carmichael, 31 March[–7 April 1780] (Franklin Papers)
per year: Dull, French Navy, p. 349.