[525] The names of the vessels not mentioned in the text, which were added during 1777, 1778, and 1779 were the brigs “Greyhound” and “Hampton” and the armed boats “Nicholson,” “Experiment,” “Fly,” and “Dolphin.” The names of several other vessels which were probably used in trade, occur during this period. Some of the ships are at times referred to as galleys.
[526] Files of Virginia Gazette; Journals of Virginia Convention, May 8, 1776; Virginia Historical Register I, 77; Calendar of Virginia State Papers, III, 365.
[527] Almon’s Remembrancer, 1779, 289-95, account given by British officers; Records of State of North Carolina, XIV, 85-86, 94-95. Some of the vessels destroyed at Gosport probably belonged to Congress.
[528] Hening, Statutes of Virginia, X, 15-18, 123.
[529] Ibid., 278, 291-92.
[530] Hening, IX, 537; X, 23-24, 217.
[531] Hening, X, 296-99.
[532] Hening, X, 379-86.
[533] Ford, Writings of Jefferson, II, 392.
[534] Ibid., 443-44.