"Confederacy" (36 guns), Seth Harding, refitting at Martinico.
"Alliance" (36 guns), Paul Jones, in France.
"Bourbon" (36 guns), Thomas Read, on the stocks in Connecticut.
"Trumbull" (28 guns), James Nicholson, ready for sea in Connecticut.
"Deane" (28 guns), Sam'l Nicholson, on a cruise.
"Providence" (28 guns), Ab'm Whipple; "Boston" (28 guns), Sam'l Tucker; "Queen of France" (20 guns), I. Rathbourne; "Ranger" (18 guns), S. Sampson,—within the Bar at Charleston, S. C., to defend that harbor.
"Saratoga" (18 guns), J. Young, on the stocks at Philadelphia.
Cf. Sparks MSS., xlix. vol. iii.
[1254] See chap. vi.
[1255] The table on a later page shows that there were nearly 90,000 Continentals and militia on the rolls at different times during 1776; but it is not probable that 70,000 were in service at any single time, and the terms of service were short.—Ed.