| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 87.2

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Neptune's Militia: The Frigate South Carolina during the American Revolution. By James A. Lewis. (Kent: Kent State University Press, 1999. x, 235 pp. $39.00, isbn 0-87338-632-9.)

This book is a history of the frigate South Carolina and one of the epic naval and financial sagas of the American Revolution. The ship was built at Amsterdam by Jacques Boux in 1777–1778; due to a shortage of money, however, the title of the vessel was given to the French government. For several years, the ship lay idle at Amsterdam. In 1780 the French government gave control of the ship to the chevalier de Luxembourg, who then leased the frigate to Commodore Alexander Gillon of the South Carolina Navy. By borrowing considerable amounts of money from Dutch merchants, Gillon managed to make the vessel ready for a voyage to America. . . .

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