APPENDIX C
A LIST OF ARMED VESSELS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION[666]
PRINCIPAL FLEET OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
| Rig. | Name. | No. of guns. | Period of Service. | |
| 1 | ship | Alfred | 24 | 1775-1778 |
| 2 | ship | Columbus | 20 | 1775-1778 |
| 3 | brig | Andrew Doria | 14 | 1775-1777 |
| 4 | brig | Cabot | 14 | 1775-1777 |
| 5 | sloop | Providence | 14 | 1775-1779 |
| 6 | sloop | Hornet | 10 | 1775-1777 |
| 7 | schooner | Wasp | 8 | 1775-1777 |
| 8 | schooner | Fly | 8 | 1775-1777 |
| 9 | brig | Lexington | 16 | 1776-1777 |
| 10 | brig | Reprisal | 16 | 1776-1777 |
| 11 | brig | Hampden | 14 | 1776-1777 |
| 12 | sloop | Independence | 10 | 1776-1778 |
| 13 | sloop | Sachem | 10 | 1776-1777 |
| 14 | sloop | Mosquito | 4 | 1776-1777 |
| 15 | frigate | Raleigh | 32 | 1777-1778 |
| 16 | frigate | Hancock | 32 | 1777 |
| 17 | frigate | Warren | 32 | 1777-1779 |
| 18 | frigate | Washington | 32 | 1777-1778 |
| 19 | frigate | Randolph | 32 | 1777-1778 |
| 20 | frigate | Providence | 28 | 1777-1780 |
| 21 | frigate | Trumbull | 28 | 1777-1781 |
| 22 | frigate | Congress | 28 | 1777 |
| 23 | frigate | Virginia | 28 | 1777-1778 |
| 24 | frigate | Effingham | 28 | 1777-1778 |
| 25 | frigate | Boston | 24 | 1777-1780 |
| 26 | frigate | Montgomery | 24 | 1777 |
| 27 | frigate | Delaware | 24 | 1777 |
| 28 | ship | Ranger | 18 | 1777-1780 |
| 29 | brigantine | Resistance | 10 | 1777-1778 |
| 30 | sloop | Surprise | — | 1777 |
| 31 | frigate | Alliance | 32 | 1778-1785 |
| 32 | ship | General Gates | 18 | 1778-1779 |
| 33 | brigantine | Retaliation | — | 1778 |
| 34 | galley | Pigot | 8 | 1778 |
| 35 | frigate | Confederacy | 32 | 1779-1781 |
| 36 | sloop | Argo | 12 | 1779 |
| 37 | brig | Diligent | 12 | 1779 |
| 38 | ship | Saratoga | 18 | 1780-1781 |
| 39 | ship of the line | America | 74 | 1782 |
| 40 | ship | Washington | 20 | 1782-1784 |
| 41 | ship | Duc de Lauzun | 20 | 1782-1783 |
| 42 | frigate | Bourbon | 36 | 1783 |
| FLEET FITTED OUT IN FRANCE | ||||
| 1 | ship | Bon Homme Richard | 42 | 1779 |
| 2 | ship | Indian | 40 | 1777 |
| 3 | frigate | Deane or Hague | 32 | 1777-1783 |
| 4 | frigate | Queen of France | 28 | 1777-1780 |
| 5 | ship | Pallas | 30 | 1779 |
| 6 | ship | Ariel | 20 | 1780-1781 |
| 7 | cutter | Cerf | 18 | 1779 |
| 8 | cutter | Revenge | 14 | 1777-1779 |
| 9 | brig | Vengeance | 12 | 1779 |
| 10 | cutter | Dolphin | 10 | 1777 |
| 11 | lugger | Surprise | 10 | 1777 |
| POLLOCK’S FLEET | ||||
| 1 | ship | Morris | 24 | 1778-1779 |
| 2 | sloop | West Florida | — | 1779-1780 |
| 3 | schooner | —— | — | 1779 |
| WASHINGTON’S FLEET | ||||
| 1 | schooner | Hannah | — | 1775 |
| 2 | schooner | Lynch | — | 1775-1776 |
| 3 | schooner | Franklin | — | 1775-1776 |
| 4 | schooner | Lee | 4 | 1775-1776 |
| 5 | schooner | Harrison | — | 1775-1776 |
| 6 | schooner | Warren | — | 1775-1776 |
| 7 | brigantine | Washington | 10 | 1775-1776 |
| 8 | schooner | Hancock | — | 1776 |
| 9 | sloop | Gen’l Schuyler | — | 1776 |
| 10 | sloop | Gen’l Mifflin | — | 1776 |
| 11 | galley | Lady Washington | — | 1776-1777 |
| ARNOLD’S FLEET[667] | ||||
| 1 | sloop | Enterprise | 12 | 1776 |
| 2 | schooner | Royal Savage | 12 | 1776 |
| 3 | schooner | Revenge | 8 | 1776 |
| 4 | schooner | Liberty | 8 | 1776 |
| 5 | gondola | New Haven | 3 | 1776 |
| 6 | gondola | Providence | 3 | 1776 |
| 7 | gondola | Boston | 3 | 1776 |
| 8 | gondola | Spitfire | 3 | 1776 |
| 9 | gondola | Philadelphia | 3 | 1776 |
| 10 | gondola | Connecticut | 3 | 1776 |
| 11 | gondola | Jersey | 3 | 1776 |
| 12 | gondola | New York | 3 | 1776 |
| 13 | galley | Lee | 6 | 1776 |
| 14 | galley | Trumbull | 8 | 1776 |
| 15 | galley | Congress | 8 | 1776 |
| 16 | galley | Washington | 8 | 1776 |
| 17 | galley | Gates | 8 | 1776 |
FOOTNOTES:
[666] The term “Period of Service” is used in a somewhat general sense. The dates are close approximations. Among the vessels used by the Naval Department as packets, merchantmen, or scout-ships are the following: “Despatch,” “Georgia Packet,” “Phœnix,” “Mercury,” “Baltimore,” “Enterprise,” and “Fame.”
[667] Several of Arnold’s vessels were employed on the Lakes in 1775.
INDEX
- Abaco, Island of, [58].
- Abercrombie, Lieutenant-Colonel, [414].
- “Accomac,” the, [406], [411].
- Accounts, Naval, settling of, [70], [196], [225], [227-228], [246-247], [303-304], [440].
- “Active,” the, [335] and note, [349], [352].
- Adams, John, early naval services, [32], [36-41], [46], [48], [51], [82-83], [86], [97], [98] and note, [135];
- in France, [161], [254-255], [257], [276], [292];
- and Massachusetts naval affairs, [321], [324].
- Adams, Samuel, naval services, [83], [86], [89] and note;
- administrative views, [186], [211], [215], [225];
- and Penobscot expedition, [349].
- “Admiral Duff,” the, [345].
- “Admiral Keppel,” the, [369].
- Admiralty Courts,
- of Continental Congress, [48-49], [67-68], [203], [233], [478];
- of Massachusetts, [68], [148], [322-323], [327-328];
- of Connecticut, [365], [474];
- of Pennsylvania, [148], [391-392];
- in France, [266-267], [282-283];
- of Virginia, [403-405];
- of South Carolina, [423-424];
- of Maryland, [444], [474];
- of North Carolina, [459];
- of Georgia, [462];
- of Rhode Island, [467-468], [474];
- of New York, [476];
- of New Hampshire, [476-477];
- of New Jersey, [477-478].
- “Adventure,” the brig, [397], [406].
- “Adventure,” the schooner, [397].
- Africa, [173], [176], [279-280].
- Agent of Marine, appointment of, [218-226];
- office of, [226-228];
- legislation under, [282-235];
- movement of fleet under, [235-240];
- recommendations of, [240-244];
- last work of, [244-250], [257], [302], [394].
- “Albany,” the, [350].
- Alexander, Charles, [123].
- “Alfred,” the, [52], [55], [57], [59], [97], [133], [158], [175], [281].
- “Alliance,” the, [122], [204], [206], [220], [231], [235], [236-238], [248-250], [295-300], [302].
- “Amelia,” the, [442].
- “America,” the, [111], [122], [145], [204], [219-220], [235], [247].
- “American Congress,” the, [398].
- “American Turtle,” the, [364].
- Amsterdam, [264], [311], [436-437].
- “Andrew Doria,” the, [52], [57], [59].
- Annapolis, [442], [446].
- “Annapolis,” the, [442].
- Antigua, [306-307], [344].
- Appeals in prize cases, [49], [68], [327], [365-366], [391], [404-405], [475], [477].
- Appointments, in Continental navy, [52-55], [105-107], [108-109], [119], [124-125], [160], [257-260], [309].
- “Ariadne,” the, [408].
- “Ariel,” the, [300].
- “Argo,” the, [469-470].
- Arnold, Benedict, [73-78], [414], [415], [446].
- “Arnold,” the, [376], [379], [385].
- Arnold and Phillips, raid of, [408], [413-415], [446].
- Arnold’s fleet, [71-78], [475].
- Articles of Confederation, [197], [200-202], [417], [434-435].
- “Atalanta,” the, [206].
- “Augusta,” the, [385].
- “Aurora,” the, [468].
- Aylett, William, [405].
- Azores, the, [368].
- Bagaduce, Maine, [348-351].
- Bahamas, the, [58], [328], [438].
- “Baille,” the, [236].
- Baltimore, [51], [56], [57], [93], [99], [102], [168], [249], [331], [442], [443], [475].
- “Baltimore,” the, [442].
- Baltimore Committee of Observation, [93], [442].
- Barbadoes, the, [176], [431].
- Barclay, Thomas, [302-303].
- Barney, Joshua, [248-249], [394].
- Barnwell, John, [418], [459].
- Barron, James, [397], [402], [407], [416].
- Barron, Richard, [397], [407].
- Barry, John, [109] note, [206], [236-238], [302].
- Bartlett, Josiah, [86].
- “Batchelor,” the, [169].
- Battle of the Barges, [449-451].
- Beaufort, S. C., [423], [428].
- “Beaufort,” the, [428].
- Belfast, [293].
- “Bellona,” the, [459].
- Bergen, [304].
- “Berkenbosch,” the, [273].
- Bermudas, the, [156], [167], [171], [173], [180], [206], [236], [328], [342], [457], [465].
- “Betsey,” the, [419].
- Beverly, Mass., [63].
- Bilbao, [256], [331].
- Biddle, Nicholas, [54], [57], [120], [123], [430].
- Biddle, Owen, [373].
- Bingham, William, [266], [305-306].
- “Bishop Landaff,” the, [471-472].
- Blackburn, John, [454].
- “Black Duck,” the, [389].
- “Black Prince,” the privateer, [260-261].
- “Black Prince,” the ship, [52].
- “Black Princess,” the, [260-261].
- Blake, Edward, [420], [425].
- Bland, Theodoric, [222], [223].
- Blewer, Joseph, [382].
- “Blonde,” the, [350].
- Board of Admiralty, appointment, [181-188];
- duties, [188-189];
- pay, [189-190];
- selection, [190-194];
- legislative work, [194-203];
- movement of fleet under, [203-208];
- discontinuance, [208-209], [219-222], [227-229].
- Board of Treasury, Continental, [184], [188], [205], [247], [249], [250].
- Board of War, Continental, [184], [187].
- Board of War, Massachusetts, [329-332], [335-337], [343], [345], [348], [351].
- “Bolton,” the, [59].
- “Bon Homme Richard,” the, [163], [258], [295-298].
- Bordeaux, [256], [276], [292], [436].
- Bordentown, [97], [99], [102], [387].
- Boston, [63], [93], [94], [113], [114], [139], [140], [148], [154], [168], [172], [203], [206], [247], [248], [328], [352], [353], [361].
- “Boston,” the, [91], [158], [204], [207], [292], [344], [390], [433], [434].
- Boston Bay, [156].
- Boucher, John Henry, [402], [444].
- Boulogne, [262].
- Bounties, [46], [128], [146], [198], [403], [410], [411], [432], [443].
- “Bourbon,” the, [92], [122], [204], [235], [240].
- Bowen, Oliver, [459], [460], [461].
- Boys, Captain, [395].
- Braddock, Captain, of Georgia navy, [461].
- Bradford, John, [69], [94], [95].
- Bradford, William, [382], [387].
- Brest, [256].
- “Bricole,” the, [433], [434].
- “Britannia,” the, [357].
- British fleet on Lake Champlain, [76].
- Brooke, Walter, [402].
- Broughton, Nicholson, [33], [61-63], [66].
- Brown, John, [227], [231].
- Bryan, George, [190].
- “Bulloch,” the, [461].
- Burdon, George, [293].
- Burgoyne, General, [77], [384].
- Bushnell, David, [363-364].
- Buzzard’s Bay, [339].
- “Cabot,” the, [52], [57], [58], [59], [158], [175].
- Cadiz, [261].
- Cadrigal, General, [438].
- Caldwell, Thomas, [378].
- Calvert, Captain, [308].
- Canada, [72], [151], [173].
- “Camden,” the, [475].
- “Camilla,” the, [350].
- Campbell, Captain, [461].
- Campbell, Lord William, [419-420].
- Cape Cod, [279].
- Cape Fear, [156], [165], [452].
- Cape Francois, [207], [237], [305], [331], [460].
- Captures, Continental, legislation concerning, [49-50], [126-127], [200-201], [232-234].
- See Prizes.
- Carleton, Sir Guy, [76], [77].
- Carmichael, William, [260].
- Castine, Maine, [348].
- Caswell, Governor, [458].
- “Caswell,” the, [406], [456], [458], [459].
- Catherine II. of Russia, [274].
- Champlain, Lake, [72-78], [475].
- Champlin, George, [165].
- “Chance,” the, [169].
- Charleston, S. C., [154], [156], [166], [167], [369], [419-423], [425], [427], [432-434].
- Chase, Samuel, [51], [82], [86].
- Chatham, Conn., [92], [204].
- “Chatham,” the, [390].
- Chaumont, Ray de, [296].
- “Cherokee,” the, [419], [420].
- “Chester,” the, [442], [444].
- Chew, Samuel, [165].
- Chickahominy shipyard, [400], [401], [413], [414].
- Clinton, General Henry, [408], [445].
- Clouston, John, [332], [343].
- Cochran, Robert, [421-422], [427].
- Coit, William, [359], [368] note.
- Collier, Sir George, [350].
- “Columbus,” the, [52], [57], [59], [133], [175].
- “Comet,” the galley, [461].
- “Comet,” the schooner, [421].
- “Commerce,” the, [419].
- Commerce, American, [241].
- Commercial agents of Congress, [105], [253], [256-257], [305-311].
- Commercial Committee of Congress, [160], [162], [257], [307].
- Commissary-General of Issues, [204].
- Commissary-General of Prisoners, [96], [116], [209], [222].
- Commissary-General of Purchases, [116].
- Commissioners at Paris, [105], [116], [254];
- work of, [255-294].
- Commissions for Continental Navy, [50], [109], [188], [197], [199-200], [258];
- for privateers, [127], [200], [260-261], [321];
- for Massachusetts navy, [201];
- for Pennsylvania navy, [374].
- Committee of Foreign Affairs, [160], [162], [255], [277-280].
- Committee of Secret Correspondence, [162], [255], [258], [260], [276], [283], [305].
- “Confederacy,” the, [112], [122], [204], [207-208], [306], [390].
- “Confederate,” the, [208].
- “Congress,” the frigate, [92].
- “Congress,” the galley, [461].
- Connecticut Council, [354], [355], [366].
- Connecticut Council of Safety, [75], [95], [354-363], [369], [371].
- Connecticut Gazette, [359], [362].
- Connecticut General Assembly, [354], [355], [358], [360], [361], [363-367], [371-372].
- Connecticut, Governor of, [75], [92], [95], [354-364], [369], [371].
- Connecticut House of Representatives, [354], [366].
- Connecticut Journal, [362].
- Connecticut Navy, [315];
- beginning of, [355-360];
- administration of, [360-363];
- regulations of, [361], [366-367];
- vessels, [355-360], [367-370];
- end of, [369-370].
- Connecticut, warfare of armed boats, [370-372].
- “Conqueror,” the, [442], [444].
- Consular bureau, [139-140].
- Continental agents, [95], [103], [105], [257], [305], [307].
- Continental Congress, movement for a navy in, [34-38], [81-84];
- legislation respecting navy, [37-38], [41-51], [84-85], [105-107], [109], [119-133], [145-146], [154], [196-203], [228-235], [245-250], [259], [261-263];
- legislation respecting Naval Department, [37-38], [86-88], [93-94], [96-98], [101-103], [109], [113], [187-193], [195-196], [208-209], [216-224], [301-304];
- prepares a fleet on Lakes, [71-73];
- and prize courts, [48-50], [67-69], [203], [327], [365], [391], [404], [467], [477-478];
- action respecting Esek Hopkins, [133-138];
- action respecting consuls, [140];
- ignorance of navy, [182-183];
- establishes administrative boards, [184], [212];
- factions of, [186], [210-216];
- refuses to increase navy, [240-244];
- ends navy, [245];
- relations with Oliver Pollock, [307-311]; 315, [322], [333], [357], [385], [392], [402], [405], [409], [412], [417], [418], [421], [437], [438], [443], [447], [460], [465], [469], [472], [473], [475].
- Continental Navy, movements for a, [32-42], [80-85];
- executive organs of, [38-41], [60], [86-90], [93-103], [187-196], [216-218], [223-228], [252-257], [302-307];
- rules of, [43-48];
- legislation respecting, [42-51], [85-86], [121-133], [196-201], [228-230], [232-234];
- vessels of, [51-52], [90-93], [110-112], [114], [121-123], [156-158], [203-205], [219-220], [235], [247-249], [261-266], [281], [306], [315], [344], [349], [388], [394], [433], [434], [465], [469-470];
- officers of, [51-55], [105-110], [117], [123-126], [128-129], [133-139], [158-160], [165], [258-260];
- expeditions of, [55-60], [168-169], [171-173], [205-208], [236-239], [283-284], [286-300], [302], [308-311];
- uniform of, [117-118];
- conditions of, [141-160];
- general movements of, [161-180], [276-280];
- recommendations for increase of, [239-243];
- end of, [244-251];
- breaches of neutrality by, [273-274], [284-292], [375], [427], [444], [447].
- Contraband, [200], [232].
- “Convention,” the, [377], [385], [388], [389].
- Conyngham, Gustavus, [173], [179], [258], [260], [268], [273], [287], [290].
- Cook, Captain James, [258], [275] note.
- Cook, George, [444], [449].
- Cooke, Nicholas, [463], [465].
- “Cormorant,” the, [244], [415-416].
- Cornwallis, surrender of, [239], [240].
- Coromandel Coast, [170], [279].
- Coruña, [256], [438].
- Cottineau, Captain, [297].
- Coulthard, Captain, [206].
- “Countess of Scarborough,” the, [164], [296-297].
- Courts-martial and courts of inquiry, in Continental navy, [44-45], [109], [131-139], [198-199], [228-232], [298-299], [300];
- in Connecticut navy, [366];
- in Pennsylvania navy, [375], [386-387].
- Court of appeals for trial of prize cases, [203].
- Crane, Stephen, [84].
- “Crane,” the, [360], [369].
- Crawford, John, [231].
- Cregier, Thomas, [472].
- Cropper, John, [450].
- Cross, Stephen, [336].
- Cushing, Nathan, [323].
- Cushing, Thomas, [328].
- Dale, Richard, [258].
- Dalton, John, [398].
- Danish government, [304].
- Dartmouth, Mass., [325], [339].
- Davidson, Samuel, [378-379].
- Davis, Caleb, [337], [338].
- Davis, James, [453-454].
- Dawson, George, [238].
- Deane, Silas, [37], [38], [51-52], [54], [82], [86], [148], [154];
- in France, [254], [258-260], [266], [276-278], [282], [292].
- “Deane,” the, [171], [203], [220], [231], [232], [235], [236], [262], [263], [306], [344], [352], [390].
- “Defence,” the barge, [448].
- “Defence,” the schooner, [420], [421].
- “Defence,” the ship, of the Connecticut navy, [359], [368], [369], [370].
- “Defence,” the ship, of the Maryland navy, [441], [442], [449].
- “Defence,” the sloop, [339].
- Delaware, [315].
- “Delaware,” the frigate, [93].
- “Delaware,” the schooner, [377], [385].
- Deshon, John, [98], [99], [113], [196], [355], [357].
- D’Estaing, Count, [116], [139], [167].
- Devil’s Island, [449].
- Dewey, Admiral, [179].
- “Diamond,” the, [468].
- “Dickinson,” the, [386], [387].
- “Diligence,” the, [406], [411].
- “Diligent,” the brig, [349].
- “Diligent,” the schooner, [320].
- “Dolphin,” the cutter, [262], [281], [287], [289].
- “Dolphin,” the schooner, [442], [444].
- Douglass, William, [72].
- Dover, England, [262].
- “Dragon,” the, [406], [411].
- “Drake,” the, [164], [293].
- Drayton, William Henry, [421].
- Duane, James, [223].
- “Duc de Lauzun,” the, [235], [237], [248], [303].
- Dunkirk, [256], [260], [287], [290], [437].
- Dunmore, Lord, [56], [396], [453].
- “Duras,” the, [295].
- Dutch government, [273].
- Dyer, Eliphalet, [82].
- “Eagle,” the British ship, [364].
- “Eagle,” the, of the South Carolina navy, [430].
- Eastern Coast, the, [320], [338], [339], [343], [344], [353].
- East Haddam, Conn., [360].
- Edenton, N. C., [93], [452], [455], [458].
- “Effingham,” the frigate, [92], [388].
- “Effingham,” the galley, [386].
- Ellery, William, [90], [182], [191-194], [196], [208].
- Elliot, Samuel, [361], [362] and note.
- Ellis, Richard, [458-459].
- Ellsworth, Oliver, [222], [355].
- “Enterprise,” the ship, [76].
- “Enterprise,” the sloop, [72].
- Executive Departments of Congress, [107].
- Executive system, defects of, [210-214].
- Factions, in Congress, [186], [210-216].
- “Fair American,” the, [430].
- “Falcon,” the, [339].
- Falconer, Nathaniel, [101].
- “Fame,” the, [306-307].
- “Fearnaught,” the, [448].
- Ferrol, [291].
- Fisk, John, [328], [332], [343].
- Flags, [55], [120], [275-276], [327], [377].
- Florida, [167], [173], [175], [461].
- Floyd, William, [191].
- “Fly,” the, of Continental navy, [56], [57], [158].
- “Fly,” the, of Virginia navy, [416].
- “Flying Fish,” the, [451].
- Forbes, James, [191], [192].
- Ford, Samuel, [386].
- Foreign Office of Congress, [160], [255].
- Fort Mercer, [385].
- Fort Mifflin, [385].
- Forton prison, [267], [270].
- “Fowey,” the, [396].
- “Fox,” the, [163].
- Franklin, Benjamin, [83], [378];
- in France, [254-256], [261], [262], [265-274], [282-284], [295], [296], [298-303].
- “Franklin,” the galley, [54], [390].
- “Franklin,” the schooner, [63], [64].
- “Freedom,” the, [325], [332], [343], [352].
- French fleet, [139], [166-167], [205], [207], [242], [247-248], [263], [276], [294], [344], [371], [389], [413].
- French government, [263], [265], [273], [282-289], [294], [295], [298].
- Gadsden, Christopher, [38], [39], [82], [83], [86].
- “Gallatea,” the, [350].
- Galvez, governor of Louisiana, [307-311].
- Gates, General Horatio, [74], [470].
- “General Gates,” the, [122], [165], [173], [306].
- “General Greene,” the, [390-391].
- “General Mifflin,” the, [70].
- “General Monk,” the, [393], [394].
- “General Moultrie,” the, [430], [431], [433], [434].
- “General Putnam,” the, [70], [472], [473], [474].
- “General Schuyler,” the, [70], [472], [473], [474].
- Genoa, State of, [260].
- Georgetown, S. C., [422], [426], [434].
- Georgia Committee of Safety, [460].
- Georgia Navy, [315], [459-462].
- Georgia Provincial Congress, [459], [460].
- Gerard, French minister to United States, [119], [140], [161], [166].
- Germaine, Lord George, [457].
- Gerry, Elbridge, [321], [323].
- Ghent, [436].
- Gibraltar, [268].
- Gillon, Alexander, [435-440].
- Glasgow, [276], [278].
- “Glasgow,” the, [59], [133], [186].
- “Gloucester,” the, [265].
- Glover, John, [62], [63].
- Goldsborough, Robert, [447].
- “Good Intent,” the, [274].
- Gosport navy-yard, [93], [400], [408].
- Goodrich, a Tory privateersman, [165].
- Grannis, John, [136].
- Grason, Thomas, [443].
- Great Bridge, Va., [396].
- Green, John, [258], [263].
- “Greyhound,” the, [350].
- Grimes, John, [466].
- Griswold, William, [356].
- Groton, Conn., [371].
- Guadaloupe, [331].
- Guerard, Benjamin, [434].
- “Guilford,” the, [367], [370].
- Gwinnett, Button, [461].
- Habersham, Joseph, [459].
- “Hague,” the, [236], [248].
- Halifax, [156], [167], [465].
- Hall, Captain, [430].
- Hall, Giles, [355], [357].
- Hallet, Allen, [345].
- Hamilton, Alexander, [211], [213], [217-218].
- “Hampden,” the brig, [175].
- “Hampden,” the ship, [349], [476].
- Hampstead, Joshua, [452], [453].
- Hampton, Va., [396], [402], [412].
- Hancock, John, [86], [89], [353], [472].
- “Hancock,” the frigate, [91], [158], [239], [344].
- “Hancock,” the galley, [390].
- “Hancock,” the schooner, [63].
- Handy, Joseph, [450].
- Handy, Levin, [450].
- “Hannah,” the, a merchantman, [475].
- “Hannah,” the, of Washington’s fleet, [33], [61], [62].
- Haraden, Jonathan, [343].
- Harding, Seth, [207], [359].
- Hardy, Captain, [461].
- Harris, Captain, [407].
- Harrison, Benjamin, [413].
- Harrison, William Hanson, [447].
- “Harrison,” the, of Virginia navy, [416].
- “Harrison,” the, of Washington’s fleet, [63], [65].
- Harrison and Van Bibber, [443].
- Hartford, Conn., [355].
- Hartford Courant, [362].
- Hartley, David, [269].
- Hatcher, Captain, [461].
- Havana, [237], [305], [309], [311], [435], [438].
- “Hawk,” the, [59].
- Hayden, Uriah, [359].
- “Hazard,” the, [335], [342], [349], [352].
- Hazelwood, John, [376], [380], [384], [385], [386], [388].
- Heath, General, [116].
- Henry, Patrick, [211].
- “Henry,” the, [411].
- Hewes, Joseph, [38], [41], [86], [90], [454].
- “Hibernia,” the, [168], [169].
- Hill, Whitmill, [193].
- “Hinchinbrooke,” the, [461].
- Hispaniola, [175], [305], [457], [460].
- Hodge, William, [262], [291].
- Holker, John, [140], [205].
- “Holker,” the, [391].
- Hollingsworth, Jesse, [442].
- “Honor,” the, [368].
- Hopkins, Daniel, [208].
- Hopkins, Esek, [53-60], [91], [105], [116], [125], [133-139], [185], [419].
- Hopkins, J. B., [53], [54], [168].
- Hopkins, Stephen, [38], [39-40], [53], [81], [82], [86], [90], [91], [92], [119].
- Hopkinson, Francis, [96-97].
- “Hornet,” the brig, [428].
- “Hornet,” the galley, [461].
- “Hornet,” the sloop, [55], [56], [57].
- Hosmer, Titus, [203].
- Houston, John, [86].
- Howe, General William, [77], [384].
- Howe, Lord Richard, [120].
- Howe, Tyringham, [59].
- “Hudson,” the, [475].
- Huntington, Benjamin, [356], [359].
- Huntington, Daniel, [193].
- “Hussar,” the, [353].
- “Hyder Ally,” the, [394], [395].
- Impressment of seamen, [146].
- “Independence,” the brigantine, [325], [352].
- “Independence,” the galley, [442].
- “Independence,” the sloop, [281].
- “Indian,” the, [264], [304], [436].
- “Industry,” the, [389].
- Ingraham, Edward, [453].
- Ioor, Joseph, [431].
- Ipswich, Mass., [322], [328].
- “Iris,” the, [238].
- Isle of Pines, [431].
- “Jackall,” the, [236].
- Jamaica, [156], [175], [345].
- “Jane,” the, [407].
- “Jason,” the, [169], [171].
- Jay, John, [185], [186], [211], [219], [261].
- Jefferson, Thomas, [303], [405], [409], [413].
- “Jefferson,” the, [407], [411], [414].
- “Jemmy and Sallie,” the, [430].
- Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, [193], [221].
- Jersey, island of, [440].
- “John,” the, [169].
- “John,” the, [430].
- “Johnson,” the, [442].
- Jones, John Paul, [54], [55], [106], [125], [164], [173-176], [179], [183], [207];
- in Europe, [258], [270-271], [273], [292-300], [303], [304], [449].
- Josiah, James, [120], [123].
- Joyner, John, [418], [435], [439], [459].
- “Judith,” the, [429].
- “Katy,” the, [55], [464], [465].
- Kidd, Captain, commander of a British vessel, [450].
- Kingston, Mass., [325].
- “King Tammany,” the, [452].
- Knox, Henry, [53].
- “Lady Washington,” the, [71].
- Lafayette, [161], [295], [446].
- Lake Champlain, battle of, [77].
- Landais, Peter, [199], [258], [259], [294-300].
- Langdon, John, [37], [38], [91], [95], [106].
- Langdon, Timothy, [323].
- Laurens, Henry, [89], [311].
- Laurens, John, [437].
- “L’Aventure,” [433].
- Lawrence, John, [387].
- Lebanon, Conn., [355].
- Ledyard, William, [371].
- Lee, Arthur, [186], [211], [254], [280], [282], [300].
- Lee, R. H., [38], [83], [86], [89], [93], [186], [211], [215], [256].
- Lee, William, [186], [211], [256].
- “Lee,” the galley, [461].
- “Lee,” the schooner, [63], [65].
- Leghorn, [277].
- Lemprière, Clement, [419].
- Lewis, Francis, [86], [90], [191-194], [196], [208], [475].
- “Lexington,” the, [281], [287], [289], [291].
- “Liberty,” the armed boat, [397], [415], [416], [417].
- “Liberty,” the brig, [397], [407].
- Lilly, Thomas, [397].
- Little, George, [353].
- Liverpool, [206], [278].
- “Liverpool,” the, [384].
- Livingston, Musco, [119].
- Livingston, William, [119], [477-478].
- Logie, Commander, [236].
- Long Island, [70], [368], [370], [474].
- L’Orient, [237], [256], [286], [299], [300]. [302].
- Louis XVI., [202], [294], [436].
- Lovell, Solomon, [350].
- “Loyalist,” the, [415], [416].
- Loyalists, [338], [348], [370], [448].
- Luxembourg, Chevalier, [436], [439-440].
- Luzerne, French minister to United States, [248].
- “Lydia,” the, [389].
- “Lynch,” the, [63], [64].
- Lyon, Samuel, [386].
- McClehany, William, [231].
- McDougall, Alexander, [213], [217-218], [224].
- McKean, Thomas, [222].
- Macpherson, John, [119].
- McQueen, John, [435].
- Machias, Maine, [320], [339].
- “Machias Liberty,” the, [320].
- Madeira, [237].
- Madison, James, [192].
- “Magnifique,” the, [247].
- Mahan, A. T., [78], [143].
- Manchac, [309].
- Manly, John, [64], [65], [123], [163], [236].
- Marblehead, Mass., [62], [63], [149].
- “Margaretta,” the, [339].
- “Maria,” the, [169].
- Marine Committee, appointment of, [80-87];
- offices of, [87];
- chairmen, [88-90];
- agents of, [90-103], [105-115];
- work of, [105-140];
- conditions of the naval service under, [141-160];
- general movements of its fleet, [161-180];
- defects of, [181-186];
- superseded, [187]; 69, [70], [247], [279], [349].
- Marines, Continental, [43] and note, [51], [58], [117-118], [123], [129], [131], [136], [158-159], [197], [207], [229-230];
- of Massachusetts, [326];
- of Connecticut, [357], [358];
- of Pennsylvania, [376], [377], [392];
- of Virginia, [397], [398], [410], [411];
- of South Carolina, [420], [422], [427], [430], [440];
- of Maryland, [441], [445], [447];
- of North Carolina, [452].
- “Mars,” the, [201], [273], [338], [343], [344].
- Martha’s Vineyard, [339].
- Martin, Joshua, [457].
- Martinique, [204], [266], [305], [331], [353], [407], [443], [457].
- Maryland commissioners for defense of Chesapeake bay, [447].
- Maryland Committee of Safety, [441], [442].
- Maryland, Governor of, [443].
- Maryland Governor and Council, [441], [445], [446], [447], [448].
- Maryland Legislature, [445], [447], [448], [451].
- Maryland Navy, [122], [315], [402], [415], [441-451].
- Maryland Provincial Convention, [441], [442], [443], [444].
- Mason, George, [398].
- “Massachusetts,” the, [325], [332], [343].
- Massachusetts Agent of the Commonwealth, [337], [338].
- Massachusetts admiralty courts, [68], [69], [322-323], [327].
- Massachusetts Board of War, [329-332], [335], [336], [337], [343], [345], [348], [351].
- Massachusetts Commissary-General, [338], [353].
- Massachusetts Committee of Foreign Affairs, [343].
- Massachusetts Committee of Safety, [319].
- Massachusetts Constitution, [337].
- Massachusetts Council, [37], [319], [320], [322], [323], [324], [341], [347], [351], [422].
- Massachusetts General Court, [319], [321], [323-326], [329], [332-336], [338], [339], [341].
- Massachusetts, Governor of, [337], [338], [353].
- Massachusetts House of Representatives, [319], [321], [324], [347], [351].
- Massachusetts Navy, [151], [201], [275], [315-353], [470];
- beginnings of, [318-328];
- documents respecting, [328-329], [332-333], [334-337], [345-347];
- administration of, [329-332], [337-338];
- regulations respecting, [325-327], [333-335];
- vessels of, [325], [331], [335-339], [341-344], [352-353];
- expeditions of, [332-333], [341-353];
- end of, [353].
- Massachusetts Provincial Congress, [318], [319].
- Massachusetts trading vessels, [330-331].
- Matthews and Collier, raid of, [408].
- Mauritius, [179], [279].
- Maxwell, James, [401], [409], [413].
- “Medea,” the, [352].
- “Mercury,” the, [311].
- “Merlin,” the, [385].
- Middletown, Conn., [355], [359].
- Mifflin, Samuel, [380].
- Mifflin, Thomas, [192].
- “Mifflin,” the, [367].
- “Milford,” the cartel-ship, [270].
- “Milford,” the frigate, [344].
- Milligan, Captain, [461].
- Mill prison, [267], [268], [270].
- “Minerva,” the merchantman, [475].
- “Minerva,” the, of the Connecticut navy, [356], [357], [358].
- Mississippi, the, [175], [307-311], [430].
- Mobile, expedition against, [166], [311].
- “Molly,” the, [122].
- “Montague,” the, [120], [165].
- Montgomery, General, [458].
- Montgomery, James, [390].
- “Montgomery,” the frigate, [92].
- “Montgomery,” the ship, [71], [472-475].
- “Montgomery,” the sloop, [376], [379], [380], [385], [386].
- Moore, Lieutenant, [339].
- Moravian mission, [274].
- Morgan, Captain, [430].
- Morris, Gouverneur, [211], [214].
- Morris, Robert, [86], [90], [173-176], [182] and note, [211];
- agent of marine, [218-251], [256], [257], [302], [394];
- and the Pennsylvania navy, [376], [378], [394].
- Morris, Thomas, [256].
- “Morris,” the, [308-309].
- “Mosquito,” the, [407].
- Moylan, Stephen, [62], [63].
- Mud Island, [384].
- “Nancy,” the, [65], [236].
- Nantes, [256], [262], [266], [284], [286], [331], [369].
- Nantucket, [279], [328], [342], [465].
- Nassau, New Providence, [58], [173], [419].
- “Nautilus,” the, [350].
- Naval administration in the states, in general, [315-318].
- Naval Agents, of Washington, [62-63], [69-70];
- of Congress, [90-96], [103], [105-107], [110], [116], [117], [150], [189], [195], [196], [221], [227], [247], [256-257], [263-264], [266], [303-311];
- of Massachusetts, [327], [329];
- of Connecticut, [361-363];
- of Virginia, [401];
- of South Carolina, [426];
- of Maryland, [442-443];
- of North Carolina, [458-459].
- Naval Committee, appointment of, [35-39];
- quarters of, [39];
- description of, [39-40];
- active life of, [40-41];
- legislative work, [42-51];
- prepares a fleet, [51-56];
- appoints officers, [52-55];
- orders of, [56];
- summary of work, [60];
- its successor, [87];
- settling of its accounts, [246-247].
- Naval Office at Paris, origin of, [252-253];
- duties and work, [253-254], [257-304];
- personnel of, [254-255];
- headquarters of, [255];
- agents of, [256-257];
- movements of the fleet under, [286-300].
- Naval operations, [161-180].
- Naval stations, Continental, [154-155];
- British, [155-156].
- Navy Board at Boston, origin of, [97-103];
- duties of, [105-116], [164-165];
- abolition of, [221], [223], [227];
- 145, [168], [171], [176], [178], [182], [189], [191], [195], [196], [197], [247], [349], [469].
- Navy Board at Philadelphia, origin of, [96-97], [99-103];
- duties of, [105-116];
- abolition of, [221], [223], [227];
- 145, [189], [195], [196], [197], [247].
- Navy of the American Revolution. See Continental Navy, Massachusetts Navy, Connecticut Navy, etc.
- Nesbit, J. M., [95].
- Neutral rights, [200], [253], [266], [271-274], [281-292].
- New Bedford, Mass., [339].
- Newbern, N. C., [93], [452], [453], [455], [457], [459].
- Newburyport, Mass., [62], [91], [320], [328], [336].
- Newfoundland, [164], [167], [169];
- Grand Banks of, [166], [170], [236];
- fisheries of, [180], [276], [291-292].
- New Hampshire Navy, [315], [349], [476-477].
- New Haven, Conn., [73], [355], [360], [362].
- New Jersey, [315], [477-478].
- New Jersey Provincial Congress, [477].
- New London, Conn., [92], [93], [95], [116], [165], [196], [236], [355], [357], [359], [362], [363], [371].
- New Orleans, [160], [307-309].
- New Providence Expedition, [55-60], [133].
- New York, city of, [52], [69], [70], [75], [93], [154], [155], [206], [207], [239], [247], [364], [368], [471], [473].
- Newport, R. I., [99], [194], [371].
- New York Committee of Safety, [70], [472], [474], [475].
- New York Convention, [96].
- New York, Governor of, [476].
- New York Marine Committee, [471], [472].
- New York Navy, [70-71], [315], [471-476].
- New York Provincial Congress, [71], [72], [471], [472].
- New York Secret Committee, [475].
- Nichols, Samuel, [58], [123].
- Nicholson, James, [123], [124], [125] note, [206], [238-239], [441], [444], [446], [449].
- Nicholson, Samuel, [236], [258], [262], [263].
- Niles, Robert, [357], [370].
- Niles, Samuel, [356], [357].
- Nixon, John, [52], [95], [96], [97], [376], [378].
- “Noble,” the, [407].
- “North,” the, [350].
- North Carolina Council of Safety, [451], [452].
- North Carolina Naval Commissioners, [451-454].
- North Carolina Navy, [315], [451-459].
- North Carolina Provincial Congress, [452], [456].
- North Yarmouth, Maine, [322].
- Norwich, Conn., [92], [355], [356], [359], [360], [372].
- “Notre Dame,” the, [428-431], [433], [434], [435].
- O’Brian, Jeremiah, [320].
- Ocracoke Inlet, [155], [400], [406], [452], [454-459].
- Officers, in Continental navy, [45-46], [50], [109], [123];
- in Massachusetts navy, [333];
- in Connecticut navy, [357];
- in Pennsylvania navy, [374];
- in Virginia navy, [397], [401];
- in North Carolina navy, [452];
- in Rhode Island navy, [464].
- “Oliver Cromwell,” the, of the Connecticut navy, [359], [368-370].
- “Oliver Cromwell,” the, of the Virginia navy, [415].
- Olney, Joseph, [168].
- Olney, Richard, [471].
- “Orpheus,” the, [208].
- Osbornes, Va., engagement at, [414].
- Ossabaw Island, [461].
- “Otter,” the, [350], [449].
- “Oxford,” the, [265].
- Paca, William, [203], [447].
- Paine, R. T., [82].
- Palfrey, William, [302].
- “Pallas,” the, [296].
- Palmer, Joseph, [324].
- Parsons, Alston and Company, [305].
- “Patriot,” the armed boat, [397].
- “Patriot,” the schooner, [416].
- Pay, in Continental navy, [46], [50-51], [128], [145-146], [198];
- in Massachusetts navy, [325-326], [333];
- in Connecticut navy, [357], [361], [366-367];
- in Pennsylvania navy, [380-381];
- in Virginia navy, [397], [403], [411], [416];
- in South Carolina navy, [422], [432];
- in Maryland navy, [441], [443], [445];
- in North Carolina navy, [452].
- “Peggy,” the, [423].
- Pendleton, Captain, [459].
- Pennell, Joseph, [227], [246], [247], [250].
- Pennsylvania commissioners for defense of the Delaware, [393-395].
- Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, [373-381], [391].
- Pennsylvania Council of Safety, [378-381].
- Pennsylvania Convention, [378].
- Pennsylvania General Assembly, [389], [391-394].
- Pennsylvania Navy, [123], [315], [373-395];
- beginnings of, [373-380];
- rules and regulations, [375];
- commodores, [378-379];
- pay, [380-381];
- navy board, [381-383];
- in 1777 and 1778, [383-389];
- in 1779, [390-391];
- prize courts, [391-392];
- in 1782, [393-395].
- Pennsylvania Navy Board, [377], [381-383], [385], [387-389].
- Pennsylvania Provincial Conference of Committees, [379].
- Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, [378], [382], [383], [387-392], [394], [395].
- “Pennsylvania Farmer,” the, [452-454].
- Penobscot Expedition, [337], [347-352], [476].
- Pensacola, [175], [308], [311].
- Pensions, [46], [129-131], [366], [381], [392], [410], [447].
- Philadelphia, [39], [73], [92], [93], [94], [99], [102], [115], [140], [154], [166], [171], [196], [235], [238], [247], [311], [360], [373], [383], [384], [385], [389], [393], [413], [437-440], [465].
- “Phœnix,” the, [408].
- Pickering, Timothy, [323].
- Pickles, William, [309-311].
- Piercy, Thomas, [297].
- “Pigot,” the, [469], [470].
- Pinckney, Colonel, [423].
- “Plater,” the, [442].
- Plymouth, Mass., [63], [64], [98], [322].
- “Polacre,” the, [433].
- Pollock, Oliver, [160], [307-310].
- “Polly,” the, [430], [431].
- Pontchartrain, Lake, [309], [310].
- Porto Rico, [237].
- Portsmouth, N. H., [64], [91], [93], [106], [111], [116], [122], [169], [196], [204], [476].
- Portsmouth, Va., [400].
- Portuguese government, [273].
- Poughkeepsie, N. Y., [92], [96], [166].
- Pray, Captain, [460].
- President of the Continental Congress, [89], [118], [188], [257], [301].
- Prince Edward Island, [66].
- “Prince Frederick,” the, [169].
- “Prince of Wales,” the, [430].
- Prisons, naval, [150-151], [267].
- Prisoners, naval, [151], [188], [209], [222], [227], [245], [261], [267-272], [281], [341].
- Privateers and Privateering, Continental, [49-50], [112], [119], [127-128], [136], [146-148], [201], [306], [308];
- in Europe, [260-261], [281];
- English, [151], [164], [165], [345-347], [411], [429], [445], [446], [449-451];
- Massachusetts, [148-149], [320-323], [327], [339-341], [344-347], [349];
- Connecticut, [148], [364-365];
- Pennsylvania, [148], [382], [390], [392-393];
- Virginia, [148], [405];
- South Carolina, [427], [428], [429];
- Maryland, [148], [443], [444];
- North Carolina, [459];
- Rhode Island, [146], [148], [467-468];
- New York, [475];
- New Hampshire, [476].
- Prize Agents, Continental, [93-95], [103], [110], [195-196], [226-227], [247], [303-304];
- of Massachusetts navy, [327];
- of Connecticut navy, [363];
- of New York navy, [474].
- Prizes of Continental navy, [59], [163-164], [165], [168-169], [172-173], [177-178], [206], [236], [237], [267], [273], [281-288], [293], [296-297], [308], [311];
- of Washington’s fleet, [62], [64-71];
- of Massachusetts navy, [332-333], [335], [343-347], [353];
- of Connecticut navy, [357], [361], [368-369];
- of Pennsylvania navy, [385], [391], [394];
- of Virginia navy, [407];
- of South Carolina navy, [418-419], [429-430], [431], [438-439];
- of Maryland navy, [449];
- of Georgia navy, [461];
- of Rhode Island navy, [464];
- of New York navy, [474].
- Prizes, sharing of, in Continental navy, [43], [46], [49-50], [51], [127], [129-130], [232-234];
- in Washington’s fleet, [62];
- in Massachusetts navy, [326], [333];
- in Connecticut navy, [361], [366];
- in Pennsylvania navy, [381];
- in South Carolina navy, [427-428], [436], [439-440];
- in Maryland navy, [443], [448];
- in Rhode Island navy, [468];
- in New York navy, [473].
- Pritchard, Paul, [427].
- Promotions in the Continental navy, [123-125].
- “Prosper,” the, [421].
- “Protector,” the barge, [450].
- “Protector,” the ship, of the Massachusetts navy, [201], [336], [344], [345], [353].
- “Protector,” the ship, of the Virginia navy, [406].
- Providence, R. I., [91], [93], [95], [98], [113], [135], [136], [148], [360], [468].
- “Providence,” the frigate, [91], [172], [204], [207], [292], [433], [468].
- “Providence,” the sloop, [55], [57], [59], [173], [175], [349], [465].
- Prussian government, [177].
- “Putnam,” the, [377], [385].
- “Queen of France,” the, [169], [171], [172], [204], [207], [263], [433].
- Quincy, Joseph, [32].
- “Raisonnable,” the, [350].
- “Raleigh,” the brig, [408].
- “Raleigh,” the frigate, [91], [281].
- Randall, Thomas, [472].
- Randolph, Peyton, [82], [119].
- “Randolph,” the, [92], [430].
- “Ranger,” the galley, [387].
- “Ranger,” the ship, [106], [168], [169], [171], [172], [292-293], [433], [434].
- Rank, naval, [123-126], [197], [257-258], [422].
- Rathburn, John P., [172].
- Rations in Continental navy, [128-129];
- in Massachusetts navy, [333];
- in Maryland navy, [447].
- “Rattlesnake,” the, [426].
- Read, George, [86].
- Read, James, [101], [196], [226], [250].
- Read, Thomas, [123], [374], [376], [378].
- “Rebecca,” the, a merchantman, [308].
- “Rebecca,” the sloop, [461].
- Recaptures, [50], [232], [322-323].
- Red Bank, [373], [384].
- Reed, Joseph, [391].
- “Renown,” the, [414].
- “Reprisal,” the, a privateer, [308].
- “Reprisal,” the sloop, [262], [269], [281], [283], [284], [286], [287], [291].
- “Republic,” the, [325], [331].
- “Resistance,” the, [165].
- “Resolution,” the, [442].
- “Revenge,” the brig, [345].
- “Revenge,” the cutter, [262], [281], [290], [291].
- Revere, Paul, [350].
- Rhode Island Committee of Safety, [463], [464], [466], [467].
- Rhode Island Council of War, [138-139], [467], [468], [469].
- Rhode Island General Assembly, [80], [463-470].
- Rhode Island, Governor of, [465-467].
- Rhode Island Inferior Court of Common Pleas, [138].
- Rhode Island instructions to the Continental Congress, [33], [80-85].
- Rhode Island Navy, [80], [315], [463-471].
- “Richmond,” the, [416].
- Richmond, Va., [401], [414], [447].
- “Rising Empire,” the, [325], [338].
- Roach, John, [106], [107].
- Robertson, William, [435].
- Rodgers, William, [472], [473].
- “Roebuck,” the, [208], [352], [384].
- Rogers, Josias, [394].
- “Rose,” the, [80], [463], [464].
- Ross, Elizabeth, [377].
- Ross, John, [256].
- “Rover,” the, [470], [471].
- “Royal Charlotte,” the, [430].
- Rules and Regulations, of Continental navy, [43-48], [109], [110], [202-203], [231];
- of British navy, [47-48], [202];
- of Massachusetts navy, [333-335];
- of Connecticut navy, [361], [366];
- of Pennsylvania navy, [374], [375], [391];
- of South Carolina navy, [422];
- of Maryland navy, [447];
- of New York navy, [472].
- Rush, Benjamin, [374].
- Russian navy, [304].
- Rutledge, Edward, [36].
- Rutledge, John, [82], [119], [424], [429], [430].
- St. Augustine, Fla., [156], [419], [429], [430].
- St. Christopher, island of, [175].
- St. Eustatius, island of, [237], [305], [306], [331], [457].
- St. Mary’s Isle, [293].
- St. Thomas, island of, [335].
- Salem, Mass., [62], [149], [320], [328].
- Salisbury, Mass., [91], [325].
- “Sally,” the, [389].
- Salter, Titus, [476].
- Saltonstall, Dudley, [54], [57], [133], [350], [352].
- Saltonstall, Gilbert, [206].
- Saltonstall, Gurdon, [154].
- Salvage, [50], [201], [232], [323].
- Samson, Simeon, [343].
- Sandy Hook, [370], [390], [474].
- “Saratoga,” the, [122], [204], [208].
- Sartine, French minister of marine, [274], [278], [296].
- Savage, P. H., [330].
- Savannah, [156], [167], [418], [459].
- Saybrook, Conn., [74], [359].
- Schuyler, General, [71-74], [116], [213].
- “Schuyler,” the, [367].
- Schweighauser, a commercial agent in France, [256].
- Seal of the Naval Department, [199], [209], [222].
- Seamen in Continental navy, difficulties of enlistment, [144-147];
- numbers, [158-159].
- Searle, James, [101].
- Sears, Isaac, [358].
- Secretary of Congress, [140], [209], [222].
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs, [214], [255].
- Secretary of Marine, [208-209], [214-218], [221], [224], [229].
- Secretary of War, [216].
- Secret Committee of Congress, [162].
- Selkirk, Earl of, [293].
- Selman, John, [63], [66].
- “Serapis,” the, [163], [164], [296], [297].
- Seymour, Stephen, [426].
- Seymour, Thomas, [380].
- “Shark,” the, [360], [369].
- Shaw, Jr., Nathaniel, [95], [355], [362-363].
- Sheridan, Patrick, [231].
- Sherman, Roger, [221], [355].
- “Sibylle,” the, [237].
- Simpson, Thomas, [168], [172].
- Skimmer, John, [120], [165].
- Smith, James, [72], [471], [472].
- Smith, Meriwether, [220], [221].
- Smith, William, [101].
- “Somerset,” the, [448].
- “South Carolina,” the, [436-440].
- South Carolina Council of Safety, [418-421].
- South Carolina, Governor of, [432], [434].
- South Carolina House of Representatives, [432], [434].
- South Carolina Legislature, [423-428].
- South Carolina Navy, [173], [275], [315], [418-440];
- beginnings of, [418-424];
- operations of, [418-421], [428-434], [437-440];
- navy board, [424-428];
- ordinances of 1777 and 1778, [427-428];
- privateers, [428-429];
- Gillon and the “South Carolina,” [435-440].
- South Carolina Navy Board, [424-428].
- South Carolina, President of, [423-425], [427], [429], [430].
- South Carolina Privy Council, [423], [425], [430].
- South Carolina Provincial Congress, [420-422].
- South Quay, Va., [400], [406], [455], [456].
- Spanish-American War, [179].
- Spanish fleet, [166], [173], [242].
- Spanish government, [219], [273], [282], [308].
- “Speedwell,” the, [389].
- “Spitfire,” the, [466].
- “Spy,” the, [356], [357], [368], [370].
- State Navies, [152-153], [160];
- in general, [315-318];
- in particular, [318-478].
- See Massachusetts navy, Connecticut navy, etc.
- Stonington, Conn., [357].
- Stormont, Lord, [269-270], [284-289].
- Stranger, Captain, [345].
- Submarine invention, [363-364].
- Subsistence money, [128], [198].
- Suffolk, Va., [455-456].
- Sullivan, Captain, [430].
- Sullivan, General, [469], [470].
- Sullivan, James, [321], [323].
- Superintendant of Finance, [216], [219], [224], [227].
- “Surprise,” the, [262], [281], [287].
- Swanzey, Mass., [325].
- Swedish Court, [273].
- “Sylph,” the, [309].
- Talbot, Silas, [469-470].
- “Tamar,” the, [419-420].
- “Tartar,” the, of the Massachusetts navy, [339], [353].
- “Tartar,” the, of the Virginia navy, [406].
- Taylor, Richard, [397], [407].
- “Tempest,” the, [406-407], [411], [414].
- Ternay, Chevalier de, [207].
- “Terrible,” the, [448].
- Texel, the, Holland, [204], [271], [297-298], [437].
- “Thetis,” the, [407], [411].
- Thompson, Thomas, [133].
- Tilghman, Walter, [447].
- Tillinghast, Daniel, [95].
- Tories, [338], [348], [370], [448].
- Travis, Edward, [397].
- “Trepassey,” the, [206].
- “Trimmer,” the, [393].
- “Truite,” the, [433], [434].
- Trumbull, Jonathan, [92], [95], [354], [355].
- “Trumbull,” the, [92], [113], [204], [206], [220], [235], [238-239].
- Tucker, Samuel, [292].
- Tufts, Simon, [420-421].
- Turner, George, [227].
- Turpin, Joseph, [421].
- “Tyrannicide,” the, [325], [328], [342], [343], [345], [349], [352].
- Uniforms, of Continental navy, [117-118];
- of Massachusetts navy, [327];
- of Pennsylvania marines, [377];
- of Maryland marines, [441].
- Varnum, J. M., [223].
- Vergennes, French minister, [261], [284], [285], [289], [291].
- Vernon, William, [98-99], [113], [182].
- “Victory,” the, [87].
- “Virginia,” the frigate, [93], [124].
- “Virginia,” the ship, of the Royal navy, [350].
- “Virginia,” the ship, of the Virginia navy, [407].
- Virginia Board of Trade, [409].
- Virginia Board of War, [409].
- Virginia commissioners for defence of Chesapeake bay, [415-416].
- Virginia Commissioner of Navy, [409], [415].
- Virginia Committee of Safety, [396-398].
- Virginia General Assembly, [401-404], [408-411], [415].
- Virginia Governor and Council, [399], [401], [403], [411].
- Virginia Naval Commissioner, [409].
- Virginia naval magazines, [401].
- Virginia Navy, [152], [315], [396-417], [429], [446-447], [449], [450], [456-458];
- beginnings of, [396-403];
- navy board, [398-403];
- admiralty courts, [403-405];
- vessels, [397-398], [405-408], [414-417];
- raids, [408], [413-415];
- later legislation, [408-413], [415-416];
- end of navy, [416-417].
- Virginia Navy Board, [398-403], [405], [408], [409], [424].
- Virginia navy-yards, [400], [408], [414].
- Virginia Provincial Convention, [396], [398], [403].
- Wallace, James, [463].
- Ward, Artemas, [69], [351].
- Ward, Samuel, [81], [83].
- Waring, Thomas, [190-191].
- Warner, Seth, [74].
- Warren, James, [51], [98], [112], [330].
- “Warren,” the frigate, [92], [119], [136], [168], [171], [349], [468].
- “Warren,” the schooner, [63].
- Warwick, Va., [401], [414].
- Washington, George, [33], [37], [42], [48], [73], [116], [154], [166], [167], [204], [211], [362], [388], [422], [446], [468], [473];
- fleets of, [61-71];
- on failure of navy, [184-186];
- on committees of Congress, [213].
- “Washington,” the, of the Continental navy (frigate), [92], [388].
- “Washington,” the, of the Continental navy (ship), [235], [248-249], [393-396].
- “Washington,” the, of the Georgia navy, [460-461].
- “Washington,” the, of the North Carolina navy, [452-454].
- “Washington,” the, of the Rhode Island navy (galley), [466].
- “Washington,” the, of the Rhode Island navy (sloop), [464], [465].
- “Washington,” the, of the Virginia navy, [406], [456].
- “Washington,” the, of Washington’s fleet, [63], [65].
- “Wasp,” the, [55], [57], [158].
- Waterford, Conn., [370].
- Waterbury, David, [77], [358].
- “Watt,” the, [206-207].
- Weaver, Lieutenant, [58].
- Webb, William, [377].
- “West Florida,” the, [310-311].
- West Indies, the, [80], [151], [161], [165], [167], [169], [173], [175], [179], [207], [236], [237], [242], [283], [305-307], [335], [342], [358], [368-369], [406], [424], [429], [430], [449], [452].
- Wethersfield, Conn., [355], [356].
- “Weymouth,” the, [368].
- Whaley, Commodore, [450].
- Whaling fleets, [151], [170], [268], [278-279].
- Wharton, John, [96], [97], [101], [196], [374], [387].
- Whipple, Abraham, [54-55], [57], [80], [133], [172], [433], [464-465].
- Whipple, William, [89], [90], [105-106], [190], [211].
- White, Robert, [373].
- “Whiting,” the, [360], [369].
- Whiting, Thomas, [260].
- Wickes, Lambert, [173], [179], [262], [269], [287-291].
- Williams, Jonathan, [256].
- Williams, J. F., [345].
- Williamsburg, Va., [93], [398].
- Willing, Captain, [308].
- Wilson, Willis, [458].
- Wilmington, N. C., [93], [434].
- Winder, William, [101], [196].
- “Winthrop,” the, [339], [353].
- “Wolodimer,” the, [304].
- Woodford, Thomas, [193].
- Wynkoop, Jacobus, [72], [74].
- Wythe, George, [203].
- “Yarmouth,” the, [431].
- “York,” the, [416].
- Yorktown, siege of, [415], [446].
- Young, John, [208].
- Zubly, John J., [82].