Naval History of the American Revolution Volumes 1 & 2 + Bonus


Naval History of the American Revolution
Volumes 1 & 2
By Gardner W. Allen, 1913
367 +385 pages, illustrated, indexed

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The Navy of the American Revolution
Its Administration, its Policy, and
its Achievements
By CHARLES OSCAR AULLIN, 1906
549 pages, indexed

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Naval History of the American Revolution



CONTENTS Volume 1
I. THE OPENING OF HOSTILITIES, 1775 . . 1
II. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANIZATION 20
III. WASHINGTON'S FLEET, 1775 AND 1776 . . 69
IV. THE NEW PROVIDENCE EXPEDITION, 1776 . 90
V. OTHER EVENTS ON THE SEA IN 1776 . . 132
VI. LAKE CHAMPLAIN, 1776 .... 161
VII. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1777 .... 185
VIII. FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1777 .... 252
IX. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1778 .... 291
X. EUROPEAN WATERS IN 1778 337
ILLUSTRATIONS

CONTENTS Volume 2
XI. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1779 . . . 367
XII. THE PENOBSCOT EXPEDITION, 1779 . . 419
XIII. A CRUISE AROUND THE BRITISH ISLES, 1779 439
XIV. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1780 ... 489
XV. EUROPEAN WATERS IN 1780 .... 623
XVI. NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1781 . . . 546
XVII. THE END OF THE WAR, 1782 AND 1783 . 679
XVIII. NAVAL PRISONERS 621
XIX. NAVAL CONDITIONS OF THE REVOLUTION . 659

APPENDIX
I. Sources of Information . . . 671
II. Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of
the United Colonies . . . 686
III. Instructions to Commanders of Privateers 695
IV. A Proclamation .... 699
V. Vessels in the Continental Service . 700
VI. Officers in the Continental Navy and Marine Corps 704
VII. Continental Privateers .... 715
VIII. Concordat 717
INDEX ... . 721

ILLUSTRATIONS


The Navy of the American Revolution

“Several narrative accounts of the navy of the American Revolution
have been written. These usually
form the introductory part of a history of the American Navy since
1789. The earliest of these accounts
is that of Thomas Clark, published in 1814, and probably the best
that of James Fenimore Cooper, first
printed in 1839. Later narratives are rather more popular than
Cooper's. Many sources of information,
which were not accessible to the earlier writers, and were not much
used by the later, were drawn upon
in the writing of this book. Moreover, the information that is here
presented is of a somewhat different
sort from that of previous writers; and the method of treatment is
new.

Later narratives are rather more popular than Cooper's. Many sources
of information, which were not
to the earlier writers, and were not much used by the later, were
drawn upon in the writing of this book.
Moreover, the information that is here presented is of a somewhat
different sort from that of previous
writers; and the methd of treatment is n
This book is written from the point of view of the naval
administrators; hitherto, historians have written
from the point of view of the naval officers. Their narratives treat
almost exclusively of the doings at sea,
the movements of armed vessels, and the details of sea fights. They
have the advantage of dealing primarily
with picturesque, and sometimes dramatic, events. Their accounts,
however, lack unity, since they consist
of a series of detached incidents.”

CONTENTS
THE CONTINENTAL NAVY
Chapter I.—The Naval Committee.
The need in 1775 for an army and for a navy 31
Chapter II.—The Fleets of Washington and Arnold.
Chapter III.—The Organization of the Marine Committee. The maritime
interests of New England 79
Chapter IV.—The Work of the Navy Boards and the Marine Committee. Lack
of system in the Naval Department of the Revolution 104
Chapter V.—The Conditions of the Continental Naval Service. The recent
revolution in navies and naval conditions 141
Chapter VI.—Movements of the Continental Fleet under the Marine
Committee. Work of the fleet of a non-military character 161
Chapter VII.—The Board of Admiralty. Defects of the Marine Committee
181
Chapter VIII.—The Secretary of Marine and the Agent of Marine.
Chapter IX.—Naval Duties of American Representatives in Foreign
Countries. Mutual interests of the United States and France 252
CHAPTER X – Naval Duties of American Representatives in Foreign
Countries
Chapter XI.—The Navy of Massachusetts. The state craft 315
Chapter XII.—The Navy of Connecticut. The Revolutionary government of
Connecticut . 354
Chapter XIII.—The Navy of Pennsylvania. Objects of naval enterprise in
Pennsylvania 373
Chapter XIV.—The Navy of Virginia. Lord Dunmore's movements in
Virginia, 1775 396
Chapter XV.—The Navy of South Carolina. First naval enterprises of
South Carolina 418
Chapter XVI.—The Minor Navies of the Southern States. Organs of naval
administration in Maryland 441
Chapter XVII.—The Minor Navies of the Northern States. British
depredations in Rhode Island, 1775 463
APPENDICES
A bibliography 481
A list of commissioned officers in the Continental Navy 506
A list of commissioned officers in the Continental Marine Corps 512
A list of armed vessels 516
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