Allen, Gardner Weld
MPR

Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1927. 356 pp.

Contains an essay about Massachusetts privateers, and extracts from contemporary commission and bond records, and notices from contemporary newspapers.

Browne, William Hand (ed.)

Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of the Council of Safety January 1-March 20, 1777; Journal and Correspondence of the State Council March 20, 1777-March 28, 1778 Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1897. Volume 16.

Archives of Maryland: Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland April 1, 1778-October 26, 1779 Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1901. Volume 21.

Chestnutt, David R. (ed.)

The Papers of Henry Laurens: Jan. 5, 1776-Nov. 1, 1777, vol. 11. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 1988.

Clark, William Bell; Morgan, William James; Crawford, Michael (eds.)
NDAR

Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Washington: Naval Historical Center; GPO, 1964-, 11 volumes to 2006.

Contains contemporary records from provincial assemblies, committees of safety, the Continental Congress, letters, diaries journals, ships' logs, account books, and newspapers from American sources, as well as similar materials from British, French, Spanish, and other foreign archives, libraries, and museums. Illustrated with works of art, drawings, sketches, maps, and artifacts of the time. Indexed. Presented in chronological/geographic order. The cornerstone for beginning the study of American naval operations.

Linn, John B., and Eggle, William H. (eds.)

Pennsylvania Archives Second Series, Volume 1, Harrisburg: Benjamin Singerly, 1874.

Lincoln, Charles Henry (ed.)
NRAR

Naval Records of the American Revolution, 1775-1788, Washington: GPO, 1906. 549 pp.

Published by the U.S. Library of Congress. Contains extracts/summaries of letters concerning naval matters. The second half of the book is exclusively devoted to letter-of-marque bond extracts.

Dow, George Francis
AVCR

American Vessels Captured By the British During the Revolution and War of 1812: The Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911. 166pp.

Abstracts of cases in the Vice-Admiralty Court at Halifax. This contains many depositions used in the court cases. It was originally published as a series of articles in The Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol XLV, The Essex Institute, Salem, 1909 as “Records of the Vice Admiralty Court at Nova Scotia.” This version is online at
http://books.google.com/books?id=eBcRAAAAYAAJ

Tyson, George F., Jr.

Powder, Profits & Privateers: A Documentary History of the Virgin Islands During the Era of the American Revolution Virgin Islands Bureau of Libraries, Museums & Archaeological Services, Department of Conservation & Cultural Affairs. 1977. 114pp.

Contains document extracts relating to the Virgin Islands during the American Revolution.

Allen, Gardner Weld

A Naval History of the American Revolution, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913. 2 vols. (Reprinted 1962 by Russell & Russell; 1970 by Corner House)

Standard history of the Continental Navy, with mention of some privateer and state navy operations. Allen reprints extracts from many contemporary documents.

Biddle, Charles

Autobiography of Charles Biddle: Vice-president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1745-1821, Philadelphia: E. Claxton & Co, 1883

Autobiography of a participant in the privateer war and a brother of Nicholas Biddle.

Claghorn, Charles E.
NOAR

Naval Officers of the American Revolution: A Concise Biographical Dictionary, Metuchen, New Jersey: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1988.

An attempt to list all naval officers of the American Revolution. Despite a few obvious errors and very sketchy entries, the author is largely successful.

Clowes, William Laird
Clowes

The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. London: Chatham Publishing, 1996. 6vol.

Classic history of the Royal Navy. The chapter on the American Revolution is written by Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Coker, P. C., III

Charleston's Maritime Heritage 1670-1865: an illustrated history, Charleston: CokerCraft Press, 1987.

Sumptious and heavily illustrated history of Charleston and the sea.

Eller, Ernest M.

Naval Weapons of the American Revolution 1775-1783, Washington: American Defense Preparedness Association, 1976.

Emmons, George F.

Statistical History of the Navy of the United States, Washington: Gideon & Co., 1853.

Freneau, Philip

Some Account of the Capture of the Ship “Aurora”. New York: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels, 1899.

Hall, John E.

The American Law Journal and Miscellaneous Repertory, Vol 1, No. 1. Philadelphia: W. P. Farrand & Co., 1808

Howe, Octavius Thorndike

Beverly Privateers in the American Revolution. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son (The University Press), 1922

James, W. M.

The British Navy In Adversity: A Study of the War of American Independence, Cranbury, New Jersey: The Scholar's Bookshelf, 2005 reprint of 1926 edition.

McManemin, John A.

Captains of the Continental Navy. Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Ho-Ho-Kus Publishing Company, 1981

McManemin, John A.

Captains of the State Navies During the Revolutionary War. Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Ho-Ho-Kus Publishing Company, 1984

McManemin, John A.

Captains of the Privateers During the Revolutionary War. Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey: Ho-Ho-Kus Publishing Company, 1985

Middlebrook, Louis F.

History of Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution 1775-1783, Salem: The Essex Institute, 1925. 2v.

The naval history of all things pertaining to the colony of Connecticut in the Revolution. Excellent source.

Paullin, Charles Oscar

The Navy of the American Revolution, Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1906.

The history of naval administration of the Continental and state navies. Although dated in places Paullin is extremely useful regarding infrastructure and administration.

Patton, Robert H.

Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution, New York: Pantheon Books, 2008. 291pp.

Pennsylvania Court of Admiralty

Judgments in the Admiralty of Pennsylvania: In Four Suits, Brought as for Maritime Hypothecations. Also, the Case of Silas Talbot, Against the Brigs Achilles, Patty, and Hibernia, and of the Owners of the Hibernia Against Their Captain, John Angus : with an Appendix, Containing the Testimony Exhibited in the Admiralty in those Causes, Philadelphia, T. Dobson and T. Lang, 1789.

Petrie, Donald A.

The Prize Game: Lawful Looting on the High Seas in the Days of Fighting Sail, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1999.

A fascinating account of the legalities of prizes, raiders, and admiralty courts, illustrated by examples. Highly recommended.

Sheffield, William Paine

An Address Delivered by William P. Sheffield, before the Rhode Island Historical Society, in Providence, February 7th, A.D. 1882. With Notes. Newport: John P. Sanborne, 1883.

Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster

Captain Samuel Tucker (1747-1833) Continental Navy, Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1976.

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Suffolk Deeds, Liber XI. Boston: Rockwell & Churchill Press, 1900.

Toth, Charles W. (ed.)

The American Revolution and the West Indies, Port Washington, New York: Kennicat Press, 1975.

Treat, John Harvey

The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America, Containing More Than Fifteen Hundred Families in America. Salem: Salem Press, 1893.

United States Naval History Division, Department of the Navy

United States Naval History: A Bibliography, 6th ed. Washington: GPO, 1972

Van Powell, Nowland

The American Navies of the Revolutionary War, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974.

Paintings by Van Powell. Introduction by Richard B. Morris.

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“A List of the Americans Committed to Old Mill Prison Since the American War,” in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. XIX, Boston: The New England Historical-Genealogical Society, 1865, 213

American Journal And General Advertiser [Providence], 1780
Boston Gazette and the Country Journal, 1782
Connecticut Courant [Hartford], 1777-1779
Connecticut Journal [New Haven], 1779
Norwich Packet and the Weekly Advertiser, 1780
Independent Chronicle, and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], 1780-1783
London Gazette, 1781-1785
New Jersey Gazette [Burlington], 1779-1780
New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, 1778-1781
Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser [Philadelphia], 1779-1780
Pennsylvania Gazette, And Country Journal [Philadelphia], 1779-1780
Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 1780-1782
Salem Gazette, 1782

“West Jersey History Project-Battles and Skirmishes”
http://www.westjerseyhistory.org/books/battlesmunn/partthree.shtml