Note 156 — Chapter IV · THE WORK OF THE NAVY BOARDS AND THE MARINE COMMITTEE

Journals of Continental Congress, June 25, October 10, 1776; Scribner’s Magazine, XXIV, 29, Mahan, John Paul Jones in the Revolution, quotes a member of Congress writing to Jones probably in the fall of 1776: “You would be surprised to hear what a vast number of applications are continually making for officers of the new frigates, especially for the command.”