and coordinator of history in of georgement washington university. he joined the u.s. navy. he graduated from harvard law school in 1970 in practice corporate banking law until he retired. afterwards, he went back and got a phd in history from george washington university. he teaches courses in early american history, constitutional history, military and naval history, and today he is going to offer you a paper. water everywhere istics of the 1975 1775-1776 campaign. professor long: is a pleasure to be here with you today. i m going to do this a little awkward. before dawn in 1775, john murray, the fourth earl of dunmore was forced by rebellious virginians to abandon the capital in williamsburg and flee with his family. he fled to the protection of the british royal navy. the chesapeake bay watershed, his territory, was critical to the war effort. the american revolution interrupted in april of 1775. virginia was the most populous and profitable of all the colonies in brit
comments by dr. glenn williams. our first paper is by tom long, who is an assistant professor and coordinator of history in the department of george washington university. he joined the u.s. navy. he graduated from harvard law school in 1970 in practice corporate banking law until he retired. afterwards, he went back and got a phd in history from george washington university. he teaches courses in early american history, constitutional history, military and naval history, and today he is going to offer you a paper. water, water everywhere logistics of the 1975 1775-1776 campaign. professor long: is a pleasure to be here with you today. i m going to do this a little awkward. before dawn in 1775, john murray, the fourth earl of dunmore was forced by rebellious virginians to abandon the capital in williamsburg and flee with his family. he fled to the protection of the british royal navy. the chesapeake bay watershed, his territory, was critical to the war effort. the americ
next on american history tv, from the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland, for historians discuss the challenges of naval logistics for the fledgling navy during the revolutionary war. the scholars detail how the american navy successfully cooperated with a much larger french navy to help defeat the british by 1781. this u.s. naval academy program is about one hour and 20 minutes. professor smith: good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here today. this is a session on naval logistics and the american revolution. my name is gene smith and i will be the chair. today we have three papers and comments by dr. glenn williams. our first paper is by tom long, who is an assistant professor and coordinator of history in the department of george washington university. he joined the u.s. navy. he graduated from harvard law school in 1970 in practice corporate banking law until he retired. afterwards, he went back and got a phd in history from george washington university
well, thank you very much indeed. now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and i ve given quite a number in the last week while i ve been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. but strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about something else entirely. i took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up central park west towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my eye i saw a bronze plaque on the wall, on the wall of a rather august looking building. it wasn t the second church of christ scientists, it s the spanish-portuguese synagogue. and i read the plaque, and i ve never seen that before. i normally try to keep my eyes open for historical things when i m in new york, but i hadn t actually seen this. i was quite struck by this because, of course i m quite familiar wi
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