HOPKINS, ESEK

1718–1802, American Revolutionary naval hero, b. Scituate, R.I.; brother of Stephen Hopkins. He commanded a privateer in the French and Indian War, and in Dec., 1775, he was appointed commander in chief of the newly established Continental navy. In 1776 he made a successful raid on New Providence in the Bahamas. After a dispute with the Continental Congress, he was suspended from command in 1777 and then dismissed from the service in 1778. Hopkins is known as the "first admiral of the American Navy."

See biography by E. Field (1898, repr. 1972).

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A Handbook of American Military History: From the Revolutionary War to the Present
Book by Jerry K. Sweeney; University of Nebraska Press, 2006
Subjects: United States--History, Military--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-1802). A merchant sea captain...vateer during the French and Indian War, Hopkins was named commo- dore of the fledgling...small merchant vessels for the command of Esek Hopkins. Humphreys was later appointed the first...
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The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799: General Index - Vol. 39
Book by John C. Fitzpatrick, David M. Matteson, George Washington; 1944
Subjects: United States--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, Washington Family
...November 22 17 163 1780, January 6 -- 358 HOPKINS, DAVID 1778, January 2 10 256 1779, February 1 14 66 1782, September 17 25 173 HOPKINS, ESEK 1776, April 14 4 476 -- -- 25 -- 521 HOPKINS, JOHN 1788, April 27 29 468 HOPKINS...
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The American Journal of Ambrose Serle, Secretary to Lord Howe, 1776-1778
Book by Edward H. Tatum, Ambrose Serle; The Huntington library, 1940
Subjects: New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, United States--History--Revolution
HOPKINS, ESEK: brother of Governor Stephen Hopkins; commander in chief of the American navy, 1775-78; dismissed...of congressional criticism of his management of the navy HOPKINS, STEPHEN: governor of Rhode Island at various times, 1755...
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The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799 - Vol. 5
Book by John C. Fitzpatrick; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1931
Subjects: United States--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783, Washington Family
...Holmes, Samuel, sailmaking detail, 80 . Hopkins, Esek, artillery for New York, 68 , 105 ; prizes, 161 , 190 . Hopkins, Mark, brigade major, 378 . Hopkins, Stephen, committee to confer with Washington...
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A Historical Guide to the U. S. Government
Book by George Thomas Kurian; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Administrative Agencies--United States--Encyclopedias, Executive Departments--United States--Encyclopedias, United States--Politics And Government--Encyclopedias
...Commission, 11 , 114 , 117 , 265 , 424 , 473 , 499 , 500 , 598 Hoover Dam, 419 , 495 Hoover Library, 401 Hopkins, Esek, 374 Hopkins, Harry, 77 , 535 Horizons, 603 Horner, Constance, 459 , 460 Hospital Survey and Construction Act of 1946...
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Fiery "Lover of Country": A Man of Explosive Temperament, South Carolina's Christopher Gadsden Willingly Endured Solitary Confinement Rather Than Forsake the Cause of American Independence
Magazine article by Thomas R. Eddlem; The New American, Vol. 21, April 18, 2005
Subjects: Gadsden, Christopher, Patriots--Biography
...emblazoned on it. Gadsdens flag first flew on December 20, 1775 over the flagship Alfred, skippered by Commodore Esek Hopkins, the new commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy. As 1775 drew to a close in South Carolina, patriots forced Governor...
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Historical Flags of the United States
Magazine article; Social Studies Review, Vol. 41, Spring 2002
...this flag. It was the national flag of England at the time of the American Revolution. The Gadsden flag. Commodore Esek Hopkins, the first Commander in Chief of the New Continental Fleet, first used this flag. When his ships put to sea for the...


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Watching Iraq
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 6, 2002
...horizontal alternating red and white stripes with the motto dont tread on me. The jack was first employed by commodore Esek Hopkins in the fall of 1775 as he readied the continental navy in the Delaware River. "His signal for the whole fleet to engage...
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Don't Tread on Me
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 14, 2009
Subjects: Cable News Network, Cable television broadcasting industry
...presented the flag to his state Legislature in Charleston, to be used by the Commander-in-Chief of the American Navy Esek Hopkins, who used it as his personal standard. Drowned out A group of rambunctious tea-party protesters shouted down a CNN...


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encyclopedia articles on: Hopkins Esek  - 3 results

 
 
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Hopkins, Esek
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOPKINS, ESEK 1718 1802, American Revolutionary naval...Scituate, R.I.; brother of Stephen Hopkins . He commanded a privateer in the French...then dismissed from the service in 1778. Hopkins is known as the "first admiral of the...
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Nicholson, James
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Revolution, Nicholson, appointed (1776) a captain in the Continental navy, was senior officer after the dismissal of Esek Hopkins in 1778. While awaiting the Virginia, his first command, Nicholson and his crew fought at the battle of Trenton...
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American Revolution
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Revolution. State navies and a somewhat irregular national navy had been of less importance than Revolutionary privateers. Esek Hopkins had led a raid in the Bahamas in 1776, John Barry won a name as a gallant commander, and John Paul Jones was one of...


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