Earlier histories told the Revolution at sea from the quarterdeck; Paullin tells it from the committee room. He traces the Naval Committee, the Marine Committee, the navy boards, the Board of Admiralty and the Agent of Marine, the naval work of American envoys in Europe, Washington’s and Arnold’s improvised fleets, and the separate navies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and the other states.
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