. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. Comnnodore Esek a French engraving of the portrait by Wiainson. THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY. The First Naval Flags. tcommercial. And that is to say that theEnglish, even in their dealings with their owncolonies, were animated solely by greed. The stamp act ; the levy-ing of taxes on inter-colonial commerce ;the imposition ofduties on glass,pasteboard, painterscolors, and tea, tobe collected on thearrival of the articlesin the colonies ;worse yet, the em-powering of naval officers to enforce the actsof trade and n
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. Comnnodore Esek a French engraving of the portrait by Wiainson. THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY. The First Naval Flags. tcommercial. And that is to say that theEnglish, even in their dealings with their owncolonies, were animated solely by greed. The stamp act ; the levy-ing of taxes on inter-colonial commerce ;the imposition ofduties on glass,pasteboard, painterscolors, and tea, tobe collected on thearrival of the articlesin the colonies ;worse yet, the em-powering of naval officers to enforce the actsof trade and navigation, grew out of thespirit of trade which always aims to get thebest of the bargain, regardless of right. It was through this empowering of navalofficers to enforce the acts of trade and navi-gation that the first sea-fight of the Revolu-tion occurred. A vessel of war—presumablya ship—had been stationed in the waters ofRhode Island, with a schooner of 102 tons bur-den, called the Gaspe, armed with six three-pounders, to serve as a tender. The Gaspewas under the command of Lieut. WilliamDuddingstone, Duddingstone was particu-larly offensive in his treatment o
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