THE NAVY OF VIRGINIA
Almon’s Remembrancer for 1779 and 1781. London.
Contains original material for the raids into Virginia of Matthews and Collier, and of Arnold and Phillips.
Calendar of Virginia State Papers. 10 vols. Richmond, 1875-92.
Volumes I-III throw light upon the years 1780-1783. Volume VIII, pages 75-240, prints the Journals of the Committee of Safety of Virginia, February 7 to July 5, 1776.
Force, Peter. American Archives. 9 vols. Folio. Washington, 1837-53.
Prints important state records.
Ford, W. C. Writings of Jefferson. 10 vols. New York and London, 1892-99.
Of value for Jefferson’s naval services while governor of Virginia.
Hening’s Statutes of Virginia. 13 vols. Philadelphia and New York, 1823.
A most important source for naval legislation and administration in Virginia.
Lull, E. P. History of the United States Navy yard at Gosport, Virginia. Washington, 1874.
Gives the early history of the navy yard at Norfolk.
Maryland Archives, 21 vols. Baltimore, 1883-1901.
Contains information about Commodore Boucher of the Virginia navy.
North Carolina Records. 18 vols. Raleigh, 1886-1900.
Contains information upon the raid of Matthews and Collier.
Rowland, K. M. George Mason. 2 vols. New York, 1892.
Volume I is valuable for Virginia’s “Potomac river fleet.”
Southern Literary Messenger for 1857. Richmond.
Contains a series of valuable articles entitled the “Virginia Navy of the Revolution.” A good account of the Virginia navy. Somewhat extravagant in tone. Popular rather than scientific.
Virginia Archives, Richmond. Letter Book of Governor Thomas Jefferson; Letter Book of Governor Benjamin Harrison. MSS.
Contain bits of naval information.
Virginia Archives, Richmond. Journals of the Virginia Navy Board. MSS.
A valuable source for both the civil and military history of the navy.
Virginia Archives, Richmond. Virginia State Navy Papers. 2 vols. MSS.
An important original source. Contains much information relative to the different vessels of the navy.
Virginia Gazette for 1775-1779. Williamsburg.
Not complete files. Those in the Library of the Virginia Historical Society may be supplemented by those in the Virginia State Library. Of some value for the cruises of the Virginia fleet.
Virginia Historical Register. 6 vols. Richmond, 1848-53.
Contains some important bits of naval information.