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- Title
New Hampshire Helps Begin The U. S. Navy.
- Authors
SHERWIN, HARRY E.
- Abstract
The article discusses New Hampshire's contribution to the founding of the U.S. Navy, focusing on ships built in the state including the Raleigh, the Ranger, and the America. It particularly examines U.S. Navy founder John Paul Jones, commenting on his command of the ships the Ranger and the Bon Homme Richard as well as his conflict with the British ship the Serapis during the American Revolutionary War. Other topics include the importance of Portsmouth, New Hampshire as a ship-building city, the Marine Committee of the Continental Congress, and New Hampshire Governor John Langdon.
- Subjects
PORTSMOUTH (N.H.); NEW Hampshire; UNITED States; HISTORY of the United States Navy; JONES, John Paul, 1747-1792; LANGDON, John, 1741-1819; BON Homme Richard (Ship); NEW Hampshire state history; AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 -- Naval operations; AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; EIGHTEENTH century
- Publication
Historical New Hampshire, 1953, Vol 9, Issue 2, p2
- ISSN
0018-2508
- Publication type
Article