Contents

THE JEFFERSONIAN GUNBOATS IN SERVICE, 1804-1825
by Spencer Tucker

A MEANS TO AN END: GUNBOATS AND THOMAS JEFFERSON'S THEORY OF DEFENSE
by Gene A. Smith

LOTHROP AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

"THE SHIP WITHOUT LIBERTY": MUTINY AND THE CLIPPER CONTEST
by Steven H. Park

THE PLATTSBURG MUTINY, 1816
by Fred Hopkins

PILOTS AND PILOTAGE IN NORTH CAROLINA TO THE CIVIL WAR
by Alan D. Watson

NEWS
BOOK REVIEWS