topic:"United States. - Navy - History" found 3 records - Research Collections

Commodore John Barry

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Author: Reilly, R. M.

Date of Publication: 1906

/ by R. M. Reilly, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Barry, John, 1745-1803. United States.--Navy--History--18th century. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [126]-140 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series

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Responsibility: by R. M. Reilly, Esq.

Author: Reilly, R. M.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: [126]-140 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 4

Subjects: Barry, John, - 1745-1803.; United States. - Navy - History - 18th century.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 4 (1906), p. 126-140Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10

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Liberty on the waterfront : American maritime culture in the Age of Revolution

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Author: Gilje, Paul A.,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 305.9 G474

Responsibility: Paul A. Gilje.

ISBN: 0812237560 (alk. paper); 9780812237566 (alk. paper)

Author: Gilje, Paul A.,

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: xiv, 344 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Early American studies

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-323) and index.

Contents: The sweets of liberty -- The maid I left behind me -- A sailor ever loves to be in motion -- The sons of Neptune -- Brave Republicans of the ocean -- Free trade and sailors' rights -- Proper objects of Christian compassion -- The ark of the liberties of the world -- Epilogue.

Summary: "Life aboard warships, merchantmen, and whalers, as well as the interactions of mariners and others on shore, is recreated in absorbing detail. Describing the important contributions of sailors to the resistance movement against Great Britain and their experiences during the Revolutionary War, Gilje demonstrates that, while sailors recognized the ideals of the Revolution, their idea of liberty was far more individual in nature-often expressed through hard drinking and womanizing or joining a ship of their choice..... Gilje continues the story into the post-Revolutionary world highlighted by the Quasi War with France, the confrontation with the Barbary Pirates, and the War of 1812." [from the publisher]

Subjects: United States. - Navy - History; Sailors - United States; Seafaring life - United States; United States - History, Naval - 18th century.; United States - History, Naval - 19th century.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 305.9 G474

The Naval war of 1812. a documentary history

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Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 973.525 N318

Responsibility: William S. Dudley, editor, Michael J. Crawford, associate editor ; with a foreword by John D.H. Kane, Jr.

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: Naval Historical Center, Dept. of Navy,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: 714 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Chapters: The Maritime Causes of The War - 1805-1812/ Naval Operations in the Atlantic Theater,January to August 1812/ The Northern Lakes Theater,June to December 1812/ The Gulf Coast Theater, February to December 1812/ The Atlantic Theater, September to December 1812.

Summary: This volume is presented as the first of a three-volume documentary history of the United States Navy in the War of 1812. As such, it contains selected documents which display the flavor and substance of maritime warfare between the United States and Great Britain during the period 1812 1815. We have drawn heavily on naval records held by the National Archives and Records Service. To these we have added others reflecting a variety of viewpoints: the plans and reports of British naval officers who engaged our forces, newspaper columns of the day, statements of civilian officials who were charged with direction of the war, and the papers of private citizens who chose to go to war for personal profit though at great risk. The substance of this book is the life of the navy. It includes documents on such diverse subjects as the causes of the war from a maritime perspective, the navy's preparedness for operations. the recruitment of seamen and marines, the construction and filling out of ships. the treatment of sick and wounded men , questions of insubordination, incompetence , and jealousy among officers and men. matters relating to the supply of food, drink, clothing, armaments, and spars for navy crews and ships, the operations of privateers, as well as navy warships, and the plight of men held as prisoners of war. In short , these pages will show the American navy as a human institution, with all the nobility and frailty that phrase implies. [from the Preface]

Subjects: United States. - Navy - History; United States - History - War of 1812 - Naval operations - Sources.

Additional Author: Dudley, William S.; Crawford, Michael J.

Additional Corporate Author: Naval Historical Center (U.S.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.525 N318

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