Tag: Andrew Snape Hammond

Posted on March 24, 2022March 23, 2022

Hearty in the Cause: Defending Delaware Bay, Spring 1776

On June 30, 1775, the Pennsylvania General Assembly recognized the direct threat Philadelphia faced should the Royal Navy take control of the Delaware and acted to further strengthen their defenses with the creation of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety. By September this new committee implemented preliminary resolutions to inhibit the Royal Navy’s ability to reach […]

by Andrew Lyter

Posted on March 4, 2021March 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 captain, sailing for the Philadelphia firm of Willing and Morris in the ship Aurora, alongside his friend John Barry in Black Prince. After fighting had erupted around Boston, in May 1775 […]

by William H. J. Manthorpe, Jr.