Commodore Esek Hopkins 5 pages in this part of The Naval History of the United States.
Commodore Esek Hopkins people congregated on the streets, demanding reparation. The authorities sent a message to Capt. Reid, demanding that the man who fired the…
Commodore Esek Hopkins: Liberty And, receiving no response, the lookout gave the alarm, and the watch came tumbling up, just in time to be driven below or disarmed by the…
Commodore Esek Hopkins: Newport But the exploit was not to end here. With the high tide the next day, the hulk of the sloop floated away, and drifted ashore again on Goat…
Commodore Esek Hopkins: Gaspee This was the affair of the "Gaspee," - considered by many historians the virtual opening of the revolutionary struggle of the Colonies…
Commodore Esek Hopkins: Boston To almost every young American the story of the Boston tea-party is as familiar as his own name, - how the British Parliament levied a tax…
2026 Editor's Note: While Commodore Esek Hopkins led the Continental Navy's first major expedition to seize British gunpowder in Nassau in 1776, his subsequent disregard for orders and mistreatment of prisoners led to a landmark legal precedent. In 1777, ten of his officers petitioned Congress regarding his misconduct, including allegations that he tortured British prisoners of war . This case prompted the Continental Congress to pass the world's first whistleblower protection law on July 30, 1778, declaring it the duty of all persons in U.S. service to report misconduct. (Ed: GG 2026-08-04)
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