THE NAVY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Almon’s Remembrancer for 1780. London.
Valuable for the naval defence of Charleston, 1779-1780.
Clowes, W. L. Royal Navy. 7 vols. Boston and London, 1897-1903.
Gives good accounts of the cruise of the “Randolph” in 1778, and the capture of the “South Carolina” in 1782.
Connecticut Gazette for 1782, New London.
Reports the capture of the Bahamas by the Spaniards and Commodore Gillon.
Cooper’s Statutes of South Carolina. 10 vols. Columbia, 1836-41.
Valuable for naval legislation.
Deane Papers. Collections of the New York Historical Society. 5 vols. New York, 1886-90.
Serviceable for Gillon’s movements in Europe.
Drayton, W. H. Memoirs of the American Revolution. 2 vols. Charleston, 1821.
Throws light on the naval history of 1775.
Force, Peter. American Archives. 9 vols. Folio. Washington, 1837-53.
Prints important South Carolina official records, notably the early journals of the South Carolina Navy Board. The manuscript journals of the South Carolina Navy-Board are in the New York State Library at Albany.
Gazette of State of South Carolina for 1776-1779. Charleston.
Files for part of the period at Charleston. Valuable for the cruises of the naval vessels.
Gibbes, R. W. Documentary History of the American Revolution. 3 vols. New York, 1853-57.
Contains some naval information.
McCrady, Edward, History of South Carolina in the Revolution. 2 vols. New York and London, 1901-02.
Of value for 1775 and for a history of the “South Carolina.”
Moultrie, William. Memoirs of the American Revolution. 2 vols. New York, 1802.
Of little value for naval history.
Poore’s Constitutions. Washington, 1877.
Contains the constitution of South Carolina of 1776.
Pennsylvania Packet for 1782. Philadelphia.
Contains valuable material for the movements of the “South Carolina” during 1782.
Ramsay, David. Revolution of South Carolina, Trenton, 1785.
Of slight value for naval history.
South Carolina and American General Gazette for 1776-1779. Charleston.
Files for part of the period at Charleston. Valuable for the cruises of the naval vessels.
South Carolina Archives, Columbia. Journals of General Assembly for 1776. MSS.
Of value for the civil history of the navy.
South Carolina Archives, Columbia. Journals of the House of Representatives for 1779-1780. MSS.
Throws light upon the naval history for 1779-1780.
South Carolina Archives, Columbia. Journals of the House of Representatives for 1783. MSS.
Valuable for the naval services of Commodore Gillon.
South Carolina Archives, Columbia. Miscellaneous Records A. MSS.
Contains some important naval records.
South Carolina Historical Society Collections. 3 vols. Charleston, 1857-59.
Reprints a part of the Journals of the South Carolina Committee of Safety.
South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. 2 vols. Charleston, 1900-01.
Prints two important letters of Commodore Gillon.
Wharton, Francis. Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence. 6 vols. Washington, 1889.
Contains a note upon Commodore Gillon.