The Pennsylvania Navy, 1775–1781 : : The Defense of the Delaware / / John W. Jackson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Jackson, John W.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1974]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 1974
• Edition: Reprint 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (528 p.) :; 1 frontisp.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I War Threatens the Delaware Valley—177? -- II Building the Fleet—1775- -- III Organization—1775"-1776 -- IV The Roebuck Affair—1776 -- V Building and Rebuilding A Navy—1776 -- VI Trenton and Princeton—1776 -- VII The Navy Board—1776-1777 -- VIII Summer of Decision—1777 -- IX Preparations for the Assault—1777 -- X Fort Mercer and the Augusta—1777 -- XI Aftermath of Victory—1777 -- XII Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer—1777 -- XIII Navy in Eclipse—1778 -- XIV The General Greene—1779 -- XV Disbandment of the Navy—1779-1783 -- Appendix A: The Fleet -- Appendix B: Chevaux-de-frise -- Appendix C: Pay Scale of the State Navy -- Appendix D: Rules and Regulations for Administration of the Pennsylvania Navy -- Appendix E: Captain Robert Whyte (White) -- Appendix F: Howe's Strategy in the Delaware -- Appendix G -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index