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10 “ From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Reed ,” Founders Online , National Archives , accessed July 23 , 2020 . https :// founders . archives . gov / documents / Washington / 03-02-02-0563 .
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Charles Brinson Cross , A Navy for Virginia : A Colony ’ s Fleet in the Revolution ( Yorktown : The Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission , 1981 ), 2 – 12 .

12 “ Thomas Ludwell Lee to Richard Henry Lee ,” in Naval Documents 3 , 27 . 13 Miller , 99 .
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Fly ,” Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships , Naval History and Heritage Command , accessed June 28 , 2020 . https :// www . history . navy . mil / content / history / nhhc / re search / histories / ship-histories / danfs / f / fly . html ; Beck , The Letter Book of Esek Hopkins , 47 ; “ Hornet I ( Sloop ),” DANFS , NHHC , accessed June 28 , 2020 , https :// www . history . navy . mil / content / history / nhhc / research / histories / ship-histories / danfs / h / hornet-i . html .

15 McGrath , Give Me a Fast Ship , 47 .
16 “ Journal Prepared for the King of France by John Paul Jones ” in Naval Documents of the American Revolution . Vol . 4 ( Washington : US Government Printing Office , 1969 ), 133 ; Beck , 47 .
17 Beck , 47 ; “ Extract of a Letter from the Captain of Marines [ Samuel Nicholas ] on board the Ship Alfred , dated at New-London , April 10 , 1776 ,” in Naval Documents 4 , 748 – 49 .
18 Beck , 44 .
19 Ibid , 47 ; “ Extract of a Letter from the Captain of Marines ,” 749 ; “ Journal Prepared for the King of France ,” 133 – 34 .
20 Miller , 110 .
21 “ Extract of a Letter from the Captain of Marines ,” 749 ; “ Inventory of Stores & c taken at Fort Nassau ” in Naval Documents 4 , 711 ; Beck , 47 .
22 Ibid , 46 .
23 Ibid , 46 – 47 ; McGrath , Give Me a Fast Ship , 56 ; “ List of the People on Board the Andrew Doria from February 1776 ,” in Naval Documents 4 , 715 .
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25 McGrath , Give Me a Fast Ship , 57 ; “ Extract of a Letter from the Captain of Marines ,” 750 – 51 ; Beck , 48 .
26 “ Extract of a Letter from the Captain of Marines ,” 751 ; Clark , “ The Letters of Captain Nicholas Biddle ,” 386 ; McGrath , Give Me a Fast Ship , 62 .
27 Beck , 48 ; Clark , 382 ; McGrath , Give Me a Fast Ship , 62 – 64 . 146