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William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.

William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr., is a former naval intelligence officer, government senior executive, and professor. He now researches, speaks, and writes on the naval heritage of Delaware. He is the author of two books, A Century of Service: The U.S. Navy on Cape Henlopen, Lewes, Delaware-1898-1996 (Cedar Tree Press, 2014) and American Naval Ships Named Delaware: Those Who Built Them and Sailed in Them (Delaware Heritage Commission).

Diplomacy, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Prisoners of War, Reviews February 13, 2023 February 13, 2023

Prisoners of the Bashaw

BOOK REVIEW: Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803–1805 by Frederick C. Leiner (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2022) As the dust…

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People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 8, 2021 March 5, 2021

Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 3: Continental Navy Commander

Thomas Read (1740-1788) began his seafaring career as a merchant captain, sailing for the Philadelphia firm of Willing and Morris in the ship Aurora,…

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People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 4, 2021 March 1, 2021

Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 2: Commodore in the Pennsylvania Navy

Thomas Read (1740-1788) of New Castle, Delaware, as we read in the first part of this series, began his seafaring career as a merchant…

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People, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) March 2, 2021 March 1, 2021

Thomas Read of Delaware, Part 1: The Creation of the Continental Navy

Thomas Read (1740-1788) was the middle son of the Read family of New Castle, Delaware. His older brother George was a delegate to the…

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Critical Thinking, Myths and Legends, Primary Sources, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) November 4, 2019 November 3, 2019

The Lewes Lighthouse Legend Re-examined and Re-interpreted

Those who write “local history” without documenting or citing their sources may as well be writing historical fiction. There may be some truth in…

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People, The War Years (1775-1783), War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) June 11, 2019 June 10, 2019

Jacob Jones: The Revolutionary Making of a Naval Hero

Today, Jacob Jones’s portrait as a naval officer hangs in the assembly room of the Old State House in Dover, Delaware. It honors his…

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People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) April 15, 2019 April 14, 2019

Johan Joachim Zubly: The Other Georgia Delegate

When reading the excellent JAR article “The Dark and Heroic Histories of Georgia’s Signers,” I happened to recall another Georgia delegate to the Second…

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