Willert, P. F.: Mirabeau. London: 1898.—This discusses Mirabeau’s efforts to strengthen the position of the Monarchy in the debate on the right of making peace and war.
Segur, le Comte de: Politiques des Tous les Cabinets de L’Europe, pendant les règnes de Louis XV et de Louis XVI. Paris: 1802.—Volume II devotes some space to a discussion of the family compact in the National Assembly.
De Jonge, J. C.: Geschiedenis van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen. Haarlem: 1862.—Volume V discusses briefly the part taken by the Dutch fleet in the English naval preparations.
Clowes, William Laird: The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Boston and London: 1899.—Volume IV discusses the Nootka armament.
—— Gazette de Leide, ou Nouvelles Extraordinaires de Divers Endroits. Année 1790.—This gives newspaper comments on the dispute and the negotiation; also statistics regarding the growth of the armaments.
Stanhope: Life of the Right Honorable William Pitt. London: 1861-62.—This mentions the mission of Hugh Elliot to France.
Adams, E. D.: The Influence of Grenville on Pitt’s Foreign Policy, 1787-1798. Washington: 1904.—This discusses the mission of Miles and Elliot.
Desdevises du Dezert: L’Espagne de l’Ancien Régime. Paris: 1897.—This gives an excellent study of the Spanish Government and institutions.
Tratchevsky: L’Espagne à l’Epoque de la Révolution Française, published in Revue Historique, XXXI.—This only mentions the dispute, but is valuable as giving an insight into the workings of the Spanish Government.