[366] Bigelow’s Franklin, VII, 97-98, Franklin to Jonathan Williams, June 27, 1780.

[367] Wharton, Diplomatic Correspondence, III, 535.

[368] Force Transcripts, Library of Congress, 137, 3, p. 313.

[369] Journals of Continental Congress, November 4, 1780; July 10, 1781.

[370] Force Transcripts, Library of Congress, 137, 1, p. 463, Instructions to Barclay.

[371] Journals of Continental Congress, November 18, 1782; Force Transcripts, 137, p. 55, Instructions to Barclay.

[372] Journals of Congress, November 1, 1783; C. H. Lincoln, Calendar of John Paul Jones Manuscripts, 188, Franklin to Jones, December 17, 1783.

[373] Records and Papers of Continental Congress, 90, p. 9.

[374] Ibid., 90, pp. 21, 27.

[375] Force Transcripts, Library of Congress, 137, 1, p. 357.