Jeffrey M. Enright AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SURVEY OF A JEFFERSONIAN GUNBOAT. (Under the direction of Dr. Lawrence E. Babits) Program in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology, May 1999.

The purpose of this thesis is to provide a brief history of the Jeffersonian gunboat program and examine the physical remains of one vessel. This thesis archaeologically documents one gunboat and provides historical background and previously unknown construction details. Most importantly, was the St. Leonard's Creek Vessel Dl a Jeffersonian gunboat? This thesis addresses questions and hypotheses necessary to demonstrate identification of Vessel Dl by eliminating all other possibilities leaving only a Jeffersonian gunboat. As this thesis identifies the vessel, it becomes entwined with the