Editing Esek Hopkins (section)

==Further reading==
* Charles H. Miller, ''Admiral Number One, some incidents in the life of Esek Hopkins, 1718–1802 First Admiral of the Continental Navy''. The William-Frederick Press, 1962
* James C. Bradford, ''Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders'', (Annapolis, Maryland: U.S. Naval Institute, 1997)
* {{cite book |last=Drake |first=Francis Samuel |title=Memorials of the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts |publisher=Boston, John Wilson and Son |year=1873 |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialsofsocie00mass/page/n7}}
* Sheldon S. Cohen, ''Commodore Abraham Whipple of the Continental Navy'' (Gainesville; University Press of Florida, 2010)
* Craig L. Symonds, ''The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy'' (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001)
* Kenneth J. Hagan, ''In Peace and War'' (Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008)
* Edward L. Beach Captain, ''The United States Navy: 200 Years'' (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1986)
* ''The Complete Book of U.S. Naval Power'' (Publications International, Ltd.,1991)