The Navy of the American Revolution

by Charles Oscar Paullin

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.