Chapter II: The Fleets of Washington and Arnold

Fitting out of the “Hannah” 61

Fitting out of Washington’s “Boston fleet” 62

Washington’s opinion of his commanders 64

Services rendered by Washington’s “Boston fleet” 65

Broughton and Selman’s raid on Prince Edward island 66

The disposition of Washington’s prizes 67

The delay in bringing them to trial 68

History of the fleet after the evacuation of Boston 69

Washington’s “New York fleet” 70

Beginning of the fleet on lakes Champlain and George 71

Its increase in the summer of 1776 72

The work of Benedict Arnold 73

The British fleet on the Lakes 76

The battle of Lake Champlain, October 11-13, 1776 77

Results of the naval campaign on the Lakes 77