Shipping and the American war 1775-83 : a study of British transport organization by Syrett, David

Table of Contents: “…The Growth of the Provision Problem, 1775-79 -- VIII. The Navy Board's Victuallers -- IX. The Navy Board's Transports -- X. …”
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Pepys : a biography by Ollard, Richard Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Beginnings -- Early life in London -- On the eve -- Restoration -- The Navy Board -- Style of life -- Licence and morality -- Taste and curiosity -- A very rising man -- The right hand of the navy -- Pepys, Sandwich and Coventry: the height of the war, 1666 -- The Dutch in the Medway -- Fire and brimstone -- Recriminations: the Brooke House Committee -- Secretary to the Admiralty -- Pepys and the sea officers -- Men and ships -- Prisoner of state -- Tangier -- The second secretaryship -- James II and the revolution -- Retirement -- Mens cujusque is est quisque.…”


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Hawkins of Plymouth ; a new history of Sir John Hawkins and of the other members of his family prominent in Tudor England by Williamson, James A. (James Alexander), 1886-1964

Table of Contents: “…The merchant adventurer -- The Atlantic -- Hawkins of Plymouth -- The first slaving voyage -- Lovell's voyage -- The third voyage: Plymouth to Sierra Leone -- The third voyage: the Spanish Main -- San Juan De Ulua -- The end of the adventure -- Sea power and liberty -- The narrow seas -- John Hawkins and Guerau De Spes -- Plymouth and the ocean -- The crucial years -- The Queen's ships -- The Tudor navy -- Hawkins and the navy board -- The first bargain -- The second bargain -- The first years of the war -- After the Armada -- The last voyage of Sir John Hawkins.…”


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Ashore and afloat : the British navy and the Halifax naval yard before 1820 by Gwyn, Julian, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Yard returns sent the Navy Board, 1780s -- Appendix 5. Orders for the night watch, 1785.…”
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Strangling the Confederacy : coastal operations of the American Civil War by Dougherty, Kevin

Table of Contents: “…The key Federals -- The key Confederates -- The blockage and the Navy Board -- THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. Hatteras Inlet; the pattern is formed -- Port Royal Sound: the triumph of the plan -- Fernandina and Jacksonville: the army is overextended -- Fort Pulaski: Rifled artillery's first breach of masonry -- THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. …”
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American war plans, 1890-1939 by Ross, Steven T.

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