Chapter XXXI, Volume III, and Chapter I, Volume IV, are important sources for the engagements of Continental vessels with vessels of the Royal Navy. Scientific treatment. Some sources have been used which are not accessible in America. The most important contribution to the history of the Continental navy since Cooper’s naval history, written in 1839. Connecticut Colonial Records for 1775-1776; Connecticut State Records for 1776-1780. Hartford, 1890, 1894-95. Contains references to the Continental vessels built in Connecticut. Connecticut Gazette for 1775-1783. New London. Contains important bits of information relating to the movements of the Continental vessels. Connecticut Historical Society Collections, vol. VIII. Hartford, 1901. Contains rolls of the Connecticut companies who served in the navy on Lake Champlain. Continental Congress, Journals of, for 1775-1788. 13 vols. Philadelphia, 1777-88. The most valuable and extensive source for the history of naval legislation and administration during the Revolution. The edition of W. C. Ford, now being published by the Library of Congress, supersedes previous editions. Continental Congress, Secret Journals, for 1775-1788. 4 vols. Boston, 1821. Contributes some information on the work of naval agents abroad. Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser for 1776-1783. Boston. Supplements the information found in the Boston Gazette. Cooper, James Fenimore. History of the Navy of the United States of America. London, 1839. Several editions of this work have been issued. The first part treats of the Continental navy. This varies little in the different editions. Clear and interesting style. The most satisfactory account of the engagements of the Continental navy. Treats of its fights with merchantmen and privateers, as well as with the vessels of the Royal Navy. More complete than Clowes, but not so scientific. Deane Papers. Collections of the New York Historical Society. 5 vols. New York, 1886-90. Valuable for the naval services of Silas Deane in France. Emmons, Lieutenant G. F. Navy of the United States. Washington, 1853. Names of the Continental vessels and their prizes arranged in tables. Treatment statistical. Valuable, but far from complete. Privateers of the Revolution similarly treated. Field, Edward. Esek Hopkins. Providence, 1898. Valuable. Prints many important Hopkins papers. Field, Edward. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 3 vols. Boston and Syracuse. Contains some additional information relating to the early life of Esek Hopkins.