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A NAVAL HISTORY
OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
by
GARDNER W. ALLEN
Boston, Houghton, 1913

CONTENTS

I. The Opening of Hostilities, 1775

II. Naval Administration And Organization

III. Washington's Fleet, 1775 and 1776 .

IV. The New Providence Expedition, 1776

V. Other Events on the Sea 1776

VI. Lake Champlain 1776

VII. Naval Operations in 1777

VIII. Foreign Relations 1777

IX. Naval Operations in 1778

X. European Waters in 1778

XI. Naval Operations in 1779

XII. The Penobscot Expedition 1779

XIII. A Cruise Around the British Isles 1779

XIV. Naval Operations in 1780

XV. European Waters in 1780

XVI. Naval Operations in 1781

XVII. The End of the War, 1782 and 1783

XVIII. Naval Prisoners

XIX. Naval Conditions of the Revolution

Appendix
I. Sources of Information
II. Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies
III. Instructions to Commanders of Privateers
IV. A Proclamation
V. Vessels in the Continental Service
VI. Officers in the Continental Navy and Marine Corps
VII. Continental Privateers
VIII. Concordat


Links to Related Websites

Journal of John Paul Jones

American War of Independence at Sea

His Majesty's Frigate Richmond

Royal Navy Articles of War 1757

Seaman's Secrets 1657

The Alfred

U.S. Navy History Page

The Schooner Sultana

The Siege of Penobscot

Merchant Mariners in the Revolutionary War

HMS Gaspee

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