The Naval History of the United States

Abbot's fighting history of the American navy — privateers and frigates, the Bon Homme Richard and the Constitution, told battle by battle with the smoke still in the rigging.

Capt. Manly

6 pages in this part of The Naval History of the United States.

Capt. Manly

N TREATING of the history of the navy during the war of the Revolution, we must always bear in mind the fact, that, during the greater part…

Capt. Manly: British

It was on the 19th of April, 1775, that the redoubtable Major Pitcairn and his corps of scarlet-coated British regulars shot down the…

Capt. Manly: Margaretta

As the sturdy young colonists stood on the deck listening to the stories of the newly arrived sailors, they could see floating lightly at…

Capt. Manly: Therefore

The defeated conspirators were vastly chagrined at the miscarriage of their plot; but, nothing daunted, they resolved to attempt to carry…

Capt. Manly: Congress

Broughton was ordered to intercept two brigs bound for Quebec with military stores. This he failed to do, but brought in ten other vessels…

Capt. Manly: Falcon

Manly's activity proved very harassing to the British, and the sloopof-war "Falcon" was sent out to capture the Yankee. She fell in with…

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