The Navy of the American Revolution

by Charles Oscar Paullin

Throws light on the naval history of 1775.

Force, Peter. American Archives. 9 vols. Folio. Washington, 1837-53.

Prints important South Carolina official records, notably the early journals of the South Carolina Navy Board. The manuscript journals of the South Carolina Navy-Board are in the New York State Library at Albany.

Gazette of State of South Carolina for 1776-1779. Charleston.

Files for part of the period at Charleston. Valuable for the cruises of the naval vessels.

Gibbes, R. W. Documentary History of the American Revolution. 3 vols. New York, 1853-57.

Contains some naval information.

McCrady, Edward, History of South Carolina in the Revolution. 2 vols. New York and London, 1901-02.

Of value for 1775 and for a history of the “South Carolina.”

Moultrie, William. Memoirs of the American Revolution. 2 vols. New York, 1802.