The Navy of the American Revolution : $b Its administration, its policy, and its achievementsPaullin, Charles Oscar
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The Navy of the American Revolution : $b Its administration, its policy, and its achievements
Paullin, Charles Oscar
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations; United States. Navy -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Lossing, B. J. Field-Book of the American Revolution. 2 vols.
New York, 1851-52.
Slight naval information.
Maclay, E. S. History of the United States Navy. 2 vols. New
York, 1894.
Narrative of the Continental navy somewhat popular.
Massachusetts Historical Society Collections. Boston, 1806-.
Brief references to the Continental navy.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 1865.
Boston.
Contains a list of prisoners confined at Mill prison,
Plymouth, during the Revolution.
New Hampshire Gazette for 1775-1783. Portsmouth.
Contains information concerning the Continental vessels which
were built in New Hampshire, or which arrived at Portsmouth.
New London County Historical Society, Records and Papers.
Volume I. New London, 1890-94.
Gives a most excellent account of the fight between the
Continental frigate “Trumbull” and the Liverpool privateer
“Watt.”
Outlook, January 3, 1903. Tragedy of the Lost Commission by
James Barnes.
A brief, but excellent, account of the exploits of Captain
Gustavus Conyngham.
Pennsylvania Archives, 1st Ser. 12 vols. Philadelphia, 1852-56.
Of special value for the movements of the Continental vessels
in the Delaware river and bay.
Pennsylvania Packet for 1775-1783. Philadelphia.
Valuable for the movements of the Continental vessels and
the Pennsylvania privateers. The prizes which were sent into
Philadelphia are advertised in its columns.
Providence Gazette for 1775-1783. Providence.
Valuable for Continental vessels in 1775 and 1776. Contains
names of prizes.
Rhode Island Historical Society Publications, VIII. Providence,
1900. Papers of William Vernon and the Navy Board.
A valuable source of information for the work of the Navy
Board at Boston. A number of important letters and documents
are printed.
Root, M. P. Chapter Sketches of Connecticut Daughters of the
American Revolution. New Haven, 1901.
Contains the best account of the life of Nathaniel Shaw, jr.,
naval agent at New London.
Royal Navy, List of. New York, 1782.
Sands, R. Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones. New York,
1830.
Valuable reprints.
Scribner’s Magazine for 1898. New York. John Paul Jones in the
American Revolution, by Captain A. T. Mahan.
Contains a technical account of the fight between the “Bon
Homme Richard” and the “Serapis.”
Sheppard, J. H. Commodore Samuel Tucker. Boston, 1868.
A good account of Tucker’s life. Reprints the best of the
Tucker papers found in the Harvard Library.
Sherburne, J. H. Life of John Paul Jones. New York, 1825, 1851.
A fair account.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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