Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-99).
Note
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NHHC, viewed Dec. 9, 2021).
Contents
Introduction -- Prologue. The Navies of the American Revolution -- Chapter one. Creating a Navy 1797-1801 -- Chapter two. Building tradition 1801-1815 -- Chapter three. A career service -- Appendix A. Rates of pay of laborers in the principal U.S. Atlantic Ports in the 1820's -- Appendix B. Analysis of length of service of long-serving warrant officers in the Navy register of January 1836 -- Bibliography of cited works.
