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Chief sources for Chapter II, in addition to those for Chapter I, are, for the commerce of the Golden Rock, Boxer; for van Bibber, Maryland Archives.
1 SAID TO BE RICHEST ISLAND IN THE WORLD: Miller, 591.
2 BURKE’S SPEECH, “IT WAS DIFFERENT”: GB Parl, XXII, 220-21.
3 49,000 POUNDS OF GUNPOWDER: Jameson, 688.
4 ON A SINGLE DAY—FOUR SHIPS: q. Schulte, 35, nn. 36 and 37.
5 YORKE, “THE AMERICANS WOULD HAVE HAD TO ABANDON”: q. ibid., 36-7.
CHAPTER III BEGGARS OF THE SEA—THE DUTCH ASCENDANCY
For general Dutch history of the 16th and 17th centuries: Blok, Davies, Haley, Schama. For Dutch ascendancy and expansion of trade: in addition to the above, Boxer, Blok. For revolt of the Netherlands: in addition to the general histories, especially Davies, Geyl, Motley, Blok, Part 3, Schama.
1 “THE COUNTRY WHERE I AM”: to Abigail, letters of September 14, 15, 1780, Adams, Book of Abigail and John.
2 GREATEST TRADING NATION IN THE WORLD: Boxer, 27, 69.
3 ADMIRAL DE RUYTER ASTONISHED A FRENCH OFFICER: Haley, 37.
4 10,000 SHIPS: Palmer, 138; Mahan, Influence, 96.
5 PITT, “SUGAR, EH?”: Mintz, 156.
6 “BUNCH OF BEGGARS”: Motley, I, 160.
7 COUNCIL OF BLOOD: Boxer, 9.
8 “ODIOUS PERSONAGE”: q. G. P. Gooch, History and Historians in the 19th Century, Boston, 1965, p. 387.
9 “IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO HOPE”: q. in a Memorial to the late Carl Friedrich by a Committee of the Department of Government, Harvard University, Harvard Gazette, February 7, 1986. This striking statement was a favorite of Professor Friedrich of Harvard and he liked to repeat it to his classes. The only published version the author has found is in slightly altered words in The Oxford Book of Quotations, p. 1489.
10 SIEGE OF LEYDEN: Motley, II, 363-582. (This and other major events of the revolt will be found in the several Dutch histories of the period.)
11 WILLIAM’S PROPOSAL TO OPEN THE DIKES: Davies, II, 10.
12 CHOSE THE UNIVERSITY: Davies, II, 15.
13 OATH OF ABJURATION: Geyl, 183; Davies, II, 100 ff.
14 COUNCILOR OF FRIESLAND EXPIRES ON TAKING OATH: Davies, II, 111.
15 HANDS ON A CRUCIFIX: see the picture by Ter Borch reproduced in Haley, 112-13.
16 ON PIERRE BAYLE: Palmer, 276.
17 “AN IDEAL SOCIETY”: Haley, 172.
CHAPTER IV “THE MADDEST IDEA IN THE WORLD”—AN AMERICAN NAVY
For origins of the American navy, sources are: Morison, Jones; Morison, History; and Bancroft, V, 410 ff. For Greathead correspondence: Schulte, Edler, and Clark. For the Continental Flag: Lorenz, Burch. For Baltimore Hero, the protests of Greathead, Colpoys, and Admiral Young, and de Graaff’s hearings by the West India Company: Melville, Schulte.
1 WASHINGTON’S CREATION OF THE NAVY: Morison, Jones, 35.
2 WASHINGTON ASKS FOR ARMED SHIP TO GO TO BERMUDA: Fitzpatrick, Writings, III, 386.
3 SAMUEL CHASE, “MADDEST IDEA IN THE WORLD”: October 7, 1775, Journals of Continental Congress, I—III, 485.
4 GEORGE WYTHE, “NO MARITIME POWER”: October 21, 1775, ibid., 500.
5 “YOU HAVE BEGUN TO BURN OUR TOWNS,” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TO WILLIAM STRAHAN, JULY 5, 1775: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, XXII, New Haven and London, 1982, p. 85.
6 ESEK HOPKINS, “A PACK OF DAMN FOOLS”: q. Morison, Jones, 34.
7 MARGARET MANNY RECEIVED 49 YARDS: the order for red-and-white-striped bunting survives in James Wharton’s Day Book, now in the State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; Lorenz, 58.
8 NEW FLAG RAISED BY JONES: Lorenz, 58.
9 FIGHT WITH THE GLASGOW: Morison, Jones, 47-52.
10 “AWAY CAME POOR GLASGOW”: q. Lorenz, 70.
11 CAPTAIN BIDDLE, “A MORE IMPRUDENT”: q. Morison, Jones, 52.
12 CAPTAIN ROBINSON’S SEALED ORDERS: Burch, 4; Melville, 59-60. For incident of salute, Melville, 71-3.
13 CAPTAIN ROBINSON DIPPED HIS FLAG: Hartog, 71.
14 RAVENÉ ORDERED TO RESPOND: Burch, 4; Melville, 61.
15 BIDDLE ORDERED TO SALUTE OTHER FORTS: Clark, 1210.
16 NAVAL REGULATIONS FOR ACTION AT SEA: Morison, Jones, 38.
CHAPTER V BUCCANEER—THE BALTIMORE HERO
See references for Chapter IV.
1 BALTIMORE HERO CAPTURES THE MAY: Hartog, 73; Maclay, 133; Schulte, 45.
2 CORRESPONDENCE ON BALTIMORE HERO OF GREATHEAD, YOUNG,