1To George Washington from Jean-Baptiste-Lazare Théveneau de Francy, 10 May 1778 (Washington Papers)
...ejected from the navy. He served in the French navy after the war and returned to America in...
2To George Washington from Brigadier General Duportail, 27 January 1779 (Washington Papers)
...’Estaing in the fall of 1778 about the French navy’s efforts to fortify parts of Boston Harbor...
3To George Washington from Philip Schuyler, 18 November 1779 (Washington Papers)
...fall 1779. De Grasse had entered the French navy in 1740 and rose to lieutenant commander...
4To George Washington from William Gordon, 29 February 1780–1 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
The French Navy and American Independence: A Study of Arms and Diplomacy,...
5To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 2 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
6To George Washington from Colonel Elias Dayton, 11 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
...continue until Graves gives a good account of the french navy which they say he will very soon...
7To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 29 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
8To George Washington from the Massachusetts Council, 31 July 1780 (Washington Papers)
...(later marquis du Fort; 1744–1813), joined the French navy as a
9To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 7 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
10To George Washington from James Bowdoin, 17 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
11To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 19 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
12To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 21 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
...known as La Motte-Picquet (1720–1791), entered the French navy in 1735 and by 1762 had risen to
13To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 31 August 1780 (Washington Papers)
...stationed at Newport, and with the French navy under Ternay just offshore, the...
14To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 30 September 1780 (Washington Papers)
...baron de Monteil (1725–1787), entered the French navy in 1741 and attained the rank of...
15To George Washington from Colonel Stephen Moylan, 7 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
16To George Washington from Captain Destouches, 15 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
...“an officer in high estimation among all ranks of the French navy.”
17To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 16 December 1780 (Washington Papers)
...expect News from My friend The New Minister of the french Navy,
18To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 10 January 1781 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
19To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 8 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
Dull, French Navy
20To George Washington from Major General Steuben, 18 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
..., comte de Tilly (1733–1812), entered the French navy in 1750 and was named a chevalier of the...
21To George Washington from Major General Lafayette, 23 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
...of Captain La Touche-Tréville, became a captain in the French navy in 1757 and a
22To George Washington from Lieutenant General Rochambeau, 27 February 1781 (Washington Papers)
...comte de La Pérouse (d. 1788) joined the French navy as a cadet in 1756. Named a chevalier...
23To George Washington from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 9 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
...Boat the only son of the Minister of the French Navy, whom I’ll take out to speak if...
24To George Washington from Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 23 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
...long time Venture down. An officer of the french Navy Bore down to them from York, and...
25To George Washington from William Fitzhugh, 6 January 1782 (Washington Papers)
...were on Board the Magnanime a ship of the French Navy When the Fleet Sail’d from the Bay of...
26To George Washington from Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 17 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
...assure the possession of that harbour to the french navy now there, and that may arrive in...