George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to SeaMcGraw Hill Professional, 18. maj 2008 - 320 strani
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3 Noddles Island | 17 |
4 Machias Sons of Liberty | 26 |
5 The amiable generous and Brave George Washington Esquire | 37 |
6 New Lords New Laws | 46 |
7 We Have the Utmost Reason to Expect Any Attack | 53 |
8 The Congressional Navy Cabal | 62 |
20 Lees Autumn Cruise | 177 |
21 The blundering Captn Coit | 186 |
22 Convoys and Cruisers | 198 |
23 Hard gales and Squally | 207 |
24 Universal joy ran through the whole | 216 |
25 His people are contentd | 227 |
26 And a Privateering we will go my Boys | 235 |
27 A New Army | 244 |
9 Our Weakness the Enemys Strength at Sea | 76 |
10 George Washingtons Secret Navy | 85 |
11 Hannah Puts to Sea | 93 |
12 Dolphin and Industry | 101 |
13 Building and Equipping an American Fleet | 110 |
14 Marblehead Boats at Beverly | 119 |
15 Not a Moment of Time be lost | 126 |
16 The Empire Strikes Back | 136 |
17 Hancock and Franklin | 148 |
18 Congress Pays a Visit | 156 |
19 For Gods Sake hurry off the Vessels | 168 |
28 A New Year | 256 |
29 A New Fleet | 268 |
30 Commodore of the Fleet | 280 |
31 A Stroke well aimd | 290 |
32 It is with the greatest pleasure I inform you | 301 |
Washington Rides South | 313 |
Acknowledgments | 331 |
Endnotes | 333 |
Bibliography | 368 |
Index | 374 |
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George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea James Nelson Predogled ni na voljo - 2008 |
George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea James Nelson Predogled ni na voljo - 2009 |
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Stran 84 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Stran 40 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Stran 244 - Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.
Stran 38 - I was struck with General Washington. You had prepared me to entertain a favorable opinion of him, but I thought the half was not told me. Dignity with ease and complacency, the gentleman and soldier, look agreeably blended in him. Modesty marks every line and feature of his face.
Stran 62 - We ought to have had in our hands, a month ago, the whole legislative, executive, and judicial of the whole continent, and have completely modeled a constitution ; to have raised a naval power and opened all our ports wide...
Stran 47 - Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me in this appointment, yet, I feel great distress from a consciousness, that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust...
Stran 14 - a perfect original, a good scholar and soldier, and an odd genius, full of fire and passion, and but little good manners ; a great sloven, wretchedly profane, and a great admirer of dogs, of which he had two at dinner with him.
Stran 74 - Colonies ; and, therefore, instruct their delegates to use their whole influence, at the ensuing Congress, for building, at the Continental expense, a fleet of sufficient force for the protection of these Colonies, and for employing them in such manner and places, as will most annoy our enemies, and contribute to the common defence of these Colonies...