1To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Kalm, 6 August 1749 (Franklin Papers)
...of the bureau of maps and plans of the French Navy, and in 1750–54 was one of the...
2To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 13 February 1776 (Jay Papers)
...-Commander; A General Idea of the Armament of the French Navy; With Some Practical...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Charles Lee, 19 February 1776 (Franklin Papers)
, 366; Dull, French Navy, pp. 27, 377; James H. Hutson, “...
4To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 10 June[–2 July 1776] (Franklin Papers)
Dull, French Navy, pp. 6–9, 31–3, 36–7,...
5The Committee of Secret Correspondence to William Bingham, 21 September[– 1 October 1776] (Franklin Papers)
...ready, but none was yet in active service: Dull, French Navy, pp. 52–3, 60–1.
6From Benjamin Franklin to John Hancock, 8 [December] 1776 (Franklin Papers)
...the British naval preparations were much exaggerated; see Dull, French Navy, pp. 60–3, 75.
7Pay Book of the State Company of Artillery, [1777] (Hamilton Papers)
At a certain period the French navy consisted of 115 sail of the line from 1st to...
The French navy was far from ready. The British, nevertheless, were... .... Dull,French Navy...
9The 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.
10Agreement between the American Commissioners and Jacques Boux, 12 February 1777 (Franklin Papers)
...Boux had achieved an eminence in the French navy remarkable for one who was not of noble birth...