11Gérard to the American Commissioners, 17 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...French Ambassador was ordered home from London. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 103–5.
12To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Louitz(?), 21 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...ship now that his two brothers are in the French navy. He can leave in a fortnight if Franklin...
13To Benjamin Franklin from [ ——— Montécot], 26 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...Monttessuy, a Parisian banker who supplies the French navy with wood, sailcloth, rope, and tar...
14To Benjamin Franklin from the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, 27 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...Breton ports to stimulate British fears of invasion: Dull, French Navy, p. 112 n.
15John Paul Jones to the American Commissioners, 4 April 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...She was new, and of only 26 guns: Dull, French Navy, p. 357.
16To Benjamin Franklin from Antoine Salvator, 16 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...Spanish treasure fleet; for its eventual arrival see Dull, French Navy, p. 127 n.
17John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 23 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...what Britain would offer Spain to remain neutral: Dull, French Navy, p. 114.
18To Benjamin Franklin from Genet, 24 June 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...the next day the others were captured. See Dull, French Navy, pp. 118–19; William M. James,
19John Bondfield to the American Commissioners, 27 June 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...no official declaration of war was ever issued. Dull, French Navy, pp. 119–20.
20Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric Dumas to the American Commissioners, 3 July 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
, 680; Dull, French Navy, 118–20.