1The American Commissioners to the Comte de Vergennes, 7 May 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...ordered its patrols to give protection on demand. Dull, French Navy, pp. 64–5, 70–1; Stevens,
2The American Commissioners to Vergennes, 12 August 1777 (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 77–8; Clark,
3The 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...