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.