Are printed in part in Force’s American Archives.
Massachusetts, Journals of the Third Provincial Convention, 1775.
Are printed in Force’s American Archives. The chief sources for the early civil history of the Massachusetts navy are the Journals of the Third Provincial Convention, Journals of the House, Records of the Council, and the Resolves of the General Court.
Massachusetts, Records of the General Court for 1775-1783. MSS.
Supplements the Journals and the Resolves.
Massachusetts Resolves, for 1775-1783.
Contemporaneous print. A most valuable source. Most of the naval legislation of Massachusetts was passed in the form of Resolves, and not Laws.
Massachusetts Revolutionary Archives, MSS.
A very extensive and valuable source. Many volumes contain material relating to the navy. Volumes XXXIX, XL, and XLIV have the greatest value. They contain the rolls of naval vessels, letters of officers, and miscellaneous papers. Volume CXLV has many documents relating to the Penobscot expedition. The Archives are rich in material relating to privateers. The Board of War Letters, Board of War Minutes, and Board of War Orders contain much naval material. An Index compiled by Justin Winsor affords a valuable key to the Archives.
Pickering and Upham’s Timothy Pickering. 4 vols. Boston, 1867, 1874.