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A NAVAL HISTORY
OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
by
GARDNER W.  ALLEN
Boston, Houghton, 1913
 
 
http://www.americanrevolution.org/navindex.html 

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


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