Esek Hopkins

Commodore Esek Hopkins (April 26, 1718 – February 26, 1802) was the only Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. He was also an accomplished merchant captain and privateer.

Read more about Esek Hopkins:  Early Life and Career, Revolutionary War Service, After The Revolution and Legacy, Family

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    “What would the world be, once bereft
    Of wet and wildness? Let them be left,
    O let them be left, wildness and wet;
    Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.”
    —Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)