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.

Force, Peter. American Archives. 9 vols. Folio. Washington,
1837-53.

A source of very great very great value for naval history
during 1775 and 1776. Prints the chief public records
for these years, together with important letters and
miscellaneous papers.

Ford, W. C. Writings of George Washington. 14 vols. New York
and London, 1889-93.

One of the chief sources for the history of Washington’s
fleets.

Ford, W. C. Letters of William Lee. 3 vols. Brooklyn, 1891.

Valuable for the work of the commercial agents in France.

Goldsborough’s Naval Chronicle. Washington, 1824.

Griffin, M. I. J. Commodore John Barry. Philadelphia, 1903.

Especially valuable for the numerous documents which are
printed.

Hale, Edward Everett and Edward Everett, jr. Franklin in
France. 2 vols. Boston, 1887.

Prints many documents. Chapter XI, American Prisoners,