1The 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.
2Benjamin Harrison to Virginia Delegates, 18 May 1782 (Madison Papers)
...autumn of 1781, and dependence upon the French navy to deliver the matériel which Virginia was...