I am, with much respect, your most obedient and humble servant,
JOHN ADAMS.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
Paris, April 8th, 1780.
Sir,
It will not be disagreeable to Congress to see a list of the naval losses of the English, since the commencement of the war.
Taken by the Americans and the French.
| Guns. | Guns. | ||
| Active, | 82 | Experiment, | 50 |
| Fox, 1st, | 20 | Montreal, | 32 |
| Fox, 2d, | 20 | Alert, cutter, | 14 |
| Lively, | 20 | Ceres, | 18 |
| Hellena, schooner, | 16 | Countess of Scarborough, | 42 |
| Ardent, | 64 | Liverpool, | 28 |
| Thorn, | 16 | Unicorn | 20 |
| Drake, | 20 | Ariel, | 16 |
| Minerva, | 32 | Folstone, cutter, | 6 |
| Serapis, | 44 | Holderness, destroyed, | 4 |