Category Archives: Pilots

The following list of 6 Pilots engaged for Continental service is compiled from the “Statement of claims which have been adjusted and allowed at the Treasury Department…on the 27th of March 1792” and published beginning page 387 in American State … Continue reading →

Earlier I wrote about a devious Revolutionary War plan centered on engaging two Delaware Bay pilots and one additional pilot capable of maneuvering through the “Chevaux de Freize” guarding the Delaware River and protecting Philadelphia and secreting to New York … Continue reading →

Two weeks ago I picked up the recently published book “The Cape May Navy” (2018) authored by Cape May area decoy maker and historian J. P. Hand and his West Coast collaborator Dr. Daniel P. Stites highlighting the contribution of … Continue reading →