THE NAVY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Almon’s Remembrancer for 1778. London.
Valuable for an account of the British raid to the north of Philadelphia in May, 1778.
Bioren, Laws of Pennsylvania. 4 vols. Philadelphia, 1810.
Contains statutes relating to the establishment of prize courts.
Barney, Mary. Memoirs of Commodore Barney. Boston, 1832.
Of value for a history of the “Hyder Ally.”
Jameson, J. F. Essays in the Constitutional History of the United States. Baltimore, 1886.
Chapter I, Predecessor of the Supreme Court, gives an excellent account of the capture of the sloop “Active” by the brig “Convention.”
Pennsylvania Archives. 1st and 2nd Ser. 31 vols. Philadelphia and Harrisburg, 1852-90.
The most important source after the Colonial records. Volume I of the second series contains the minutes of the Pennsylvania Navy Board, a brief historical account of the navy, and a list of Pennsylvania privateers.
Pennsylvania Colonial Records. 16 vols. Philadelphia, 1852-53.
A source of great value for the history of the Pennsylvania navy.
Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser for 1775-1783. Philadelphia.
Supplements the Pennsylvania Packet.
Pennsylvania Packet for 1775-1783. Philadelphia.
Valuable for the prizes captured by Pennsylvania naval vessels and by privateers. Not printed while the British occupied Philadelphia.
Scharf and Westcott. History of Pennsylvania. 3 vols. Philadelphia, 1884.
Contains bits of naval information.
Wallace, J. W. Colonel William Bradford. Philadelphia, 1884.
Valuable for the naval campaigns around Philadelphia.