Tim McGrath standing by the ocean

Tim McGrath is writing a book about John Barry. He has given presentations on the commodore at the Independence Seaport Museum Library, at the Bayshore Discovery Project, and on board the schooner A. J. Meerwald, New Jersey's official tall ship, while en route to Philadelphia.

Articles by Tim McGrath

Nicholas Biddle, by James Peale, after Charles Willson Peale

'I Fear Nothing'

By Tim McGrath
August 2015
One of the youngest and one of the boldest: The exploits of Revolutionary War Captain Nicholas Biddle set a template for future officers.