References

Abigail Adams to John Adams, 27 May 1776 [Adams Family Correspondence 1:419]+

Peter Amiel: Oath of Allegiance to the United States, 23 June 1778 [Papers of John Adams 6:233]+

Hezekiah Ford to the Commissioners, 25 June 1778 [Papers of John Adams 6:235]+

Bidé de Chavagnes to John Adams: A Translation, 10 December 1781 [Papers of John Adams 12:124]+

To the President of Congress, 18 December 1781 [Papers of John Adams 12:149]+

From Gregory Clark and Others, 18 January 1782 [Papers of John Adams 12:195]+

To Benjamin Franklin, 20 February 1782 [Papers of John Adams 12:247]

To John Hodshon, 26 April 1782 [Papers of John Adams 12:463]+

Subentries

– A. Lee and [2 references]

– A. Lee's efforts to have convoy ships to America [2 references]

– Denmark returns prizes [2 references]

– Franklin grants Sartine's request to retain in France [5 references]

– Franklin orders to U.S. [1 reference]

– Izard on problems of [1 reference]

– J. Williams III requests information on sailing of [1 reference]

– JA acts as Franklin's agent to resolve disputes between Landais and crew of [9 references]

– JA advises Franklin on dispute over command [1 reference]

– JA and JQA board at St. Nazaire [1 reference]

– JA and dispute over command [2 references]

– JA on sailing of [1 reference]

– JA to send goods to America on [3 references]

– JA's disappointment at not returning to America on [3 references]

– James Warren Jr. wounded on [1 reference]

– Jenings comments on mission of [2 references]

– Jones and [2 references]

– Landais seizes command [3 references]

– W. T. Franklin to inquire about [1 reference]

– accounts of [1 reference]

– and JA's return from 1st European mission [3 references]

– and JA's trunk [3 references]

– and capture of English privateer [1 reference]

– and prisoner exchange [1 reference]

– arrival with dispatches relieves JA's fears [1 reference]

– arrives in France [1 reference]

– as part of Bonhomme Richard squadron [6 references]

– at battle between Bonhomme Richard and Serapis [4 references]

– attempted mutiny on [2 references]

– cabals [3 references]

– clothing allowance for midshipmen and petty officers of [4 references]

– compared with Confederacy [2 references]

– controversy over command [10 references]

– convoys ships to America [4 references]

– court of inquiry into Landais' conduct [2 references]

– described [1 reference]

– dispute over command of [4 references]

– feud between officers and captain [1 reference]

– fight between French and Amer. sailors [1 reference]

– grievances of crew [4 references]

– joined to John Paul Jones' squadron [2 references]

– mentioned [62 references]

– mutiny [3 references]

– news of arrival in France reaches Boston [1 reference]

– possibility of JA going to America on [3 references]

– recruitment of additional crew members for [6 references]

– religious services on [2 references]

– repair and refitting of, at Brest [5 references]

– return to America of [7 references]

– sails from America to France [7 references]

– sails from St. Nazaire to Lorient [1 reference]

– sends prizes to Norway [2 references]

– “finest frigate ever built in America” [1 reference]