1From 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...
2To John Adams from Benjamin Franklin, 20 October 1780 (Adams Papers)
French Navy and Amer. Independence
3From 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, “...
4From 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....
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, 26 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
...to which Spain made important contributions) see Dull, French Navy, pp. 238–49, and for the...