^Preamble to Treaty of Alliance. "particularly in case Great Britain in Resentment of that connection and of the good correspondence which is the object of the [Treaty of Amity and Commerce], should break the Peace with France, either by direct hostilities, or by hindering her commerce and navigation, in a manner contrary to the Rights of Nations, and the Peace subsisting between the two Crowns."
^"Treaties of Alliance". National Museum of American History (dalam bahasa Inggris). 2018-05-24. Diakses tanggal 2021-02-07.
Bacaan selanjutnya
Hoffman, Ronald; Albert, Peter J., eds. Diplomacy and Revolution : the Franco–American Alliance of 1778 (Charlottesville: Univ. Press of Virginia, 1981); ISBN978-0-8139-0864-9.
Ross, Maurice. Louis XVI, Forgotten Founding Father, with a survey of the Franco–American Alliance of the Revolutionary period (New York: Vantage Press, 1976); ISBN978-0-533-02333-2.
Corwin, Edward Samuel. French Policy and the American Alliance of 1778 (New York: B. Franklin, 1970).