1The American Commissioners to the Committee of Secret Correspondence, 17[–22] January 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...were actually being made were less impressive; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 63–4.
2To John Jay from William Carmichael, 25 May 1780 (Jay Papers)
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3To John Jay from William Carmichael, 14 August 1780 (Jay Papers)
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4Continental Congress to the American Peace Commissioners: Two Commissions, [15 June 1781] (Franklin Papers)
, pp. 325–8; Dull, French Navy, pp. 214–15. See also Vergennes to
5To John Jay from Silas Deane, 16 October 1780 (Jay Papers)
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The French navy was far from ready. The British, nevertheless, were... .... Dull,French Navy...
7From Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, 4[–28] October 1779 (Franklin Papers)
...partly because mortality from the illness was increasing: Dull, French Navy, pp. 164–5.
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9Lafayette to the American Peace Commissioners, 21 November 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...the Spanish court, while Lafayette traveled by sea: Dull, French Navy, pp. 317–18, 324; Idzerda,
10To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 13 February 1776 (Jay Papers)
...-Commander; A General Idea of the Armament of the French Navy; With Some Practical...