# The Navy of the American Revolution

Author: Paullin, Charles Oscar, 1869?-1944

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70320

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Navy+of+the+American+Revolution+Paullin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The history of the Continental navy covers a period of ten years, extending from 1775 to 1785. During this time the Continental Congress made many experiments in naval legislation and devised several organs of naval administration. The first of these organs, with whose origin and work this chapter is concerned, was the Naval Committee. It lasted for only a few months. Its lineal successors, each of which will be duly considered, were the Marine Committee, the Board of Admiralty, and the Agent of Marine. These four executive organs, for the most part, administered the Continental navy. Certain odds and ends of the naval business, however, fell to the commander-in-chief of the army and his...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Volume II contains a few items of naval information.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/32/index.md)
- [Chapter I:](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Volume I is valuable for Virginia’s “Potomac river fleet.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/53/index.md)
- [Chapter XXXI, Volume III, and Chapter I, Volume IV, are](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/37/index.md)
- [Volume V contains the legislation of Massachusetts with](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/45/index.md)
- [Volume I. New London, 1890-94.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/41/index.md)
- [Volume I of the second series contains the minutes of the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/52/index.md)
- [Volume I contains Morris’s description of an ideal secretary](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.—Naval Duties of American Representatives in Foreign](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.—The Secretary of Marine and the Agent of Marine.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Volume I contains a valuable letter of Jay’s relating to](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/40/index.md)
- [Volume I gives the best account of the Penobscot](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.—The Navy of Massachusetts.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.—The Board of Admiralty.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.—The Work of the Navy Boards and the Marine Committee.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.—The Navy of Virginia.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.—The Minor Navies of the Southern States.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.—The Navy of South Carolina.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—The Organization of the Marine Committee.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.—The Minor Navies of the Northern States.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.—The Navy of Pennsylvania.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.—The Fleets of Washington and Arnold.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.—The Naval Committee.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter XVI, Privateers from Dunkirk, and Chapter XVII,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.—Naval Duties of American Representatives in Foreign](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.—The Navy of Connecticut.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.—Movements of the Continental Fleet under the Marine](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.—The Conditions of the Continental Naval Service.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Volume II contains a description of Bushnell’s submarine](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/47/index.md)
- [Volume II has a reference to the voyage of the “Spy” to](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/50/index.md)
- [Volume VI contains a history of the Revolutionary navy by E.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/43/index.md)
- [part IV, I, 47-56; Boston Gazette, July 24, 1780; Gomer Williams,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Volume II gives some information in respect to the Georgia](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/54/index.md)
- [Volume II contains naval information of considerable value.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/55/index.md)
- [Chapter I, Predecessor of the Supreme Court, gives an](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/51/index.md)
- [Volume X contains Washington’s account of Bushnell’s](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/48/index.md)
- [Chapter I gives a good account of the Continental prize](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/39/index.md)
- [Volume IV contains an account of the naval battle at the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/44/index.md)
- [Volume I. New London, 1890-94.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-navy-of-the-american-revolution-70320/chapters/49/index.md)