by Tim McGrath
Delaware River Estuary, etc. (Rare G 3832 .D4 P5 1794): Joshua Fisher.
Cape Sable to Cape Hatteras (G 3321 .P5 1882 US) U.S. Coast Guard Geodetic Survey.
The Island of Cuba (Rare G 4920 1775 .J4): Thomas Jefferys.
Penobscot Bay, Maine (G 3732 P.5 1887 US).
West Indies Maps to 1800 (Rare G 4390 1762 .A2).
National Charts—Caribbean Area (Rare G 4901 .P5 1824 >B5): Edmund Blunt.
National Geographic Family Reference Atlas of the World. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2002.
The N. American Pilot for Newfoundland, etc. (Rare Bk. G 1106 N6 1788 Vol. 1): Thomas Jefferys.
Mud Island with the Operations for Reducing It: Dickey, Weissman, Chandler, Hoyt (copy).
An Accurate Map of the West Indies with the Adjacent Coast (ca. 1762): ISM, copy.
Coast Chart No. 124, Delaware Entrance (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey): William Duffield, Superintendent, ca. 1895.
INDEX
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Abaco Island, 52, 57, 205, 206
Acetus, 327
Active, 113, 274
Adams, Abigail, 12, 15, 67, 75, 193, 312, 338–39, 346
Adams, John, 4, 67, 75, 79, 89, 118, 142, 165, 174, 215, 256, 287, 380, 392, 396, 414, 416, 420
Articles of War by, 51–52, 358
birth of navy and, 7, 8, 15, 17–23, 25, 27–29
Declaration of Independence and, 84
at First Continental Congress, 5–6
Hopkins, defense of, 85
Jones and, 265–67, 286, 306, 312
mission to France, 193–97, 285
peace negotiations and, 95, 405, 406
Rules of the Regulations of the Navy of the United Colonies by, 26
at Second Continental Congress, 7–9, 15, 18–20
Adams, John Quincy, 194–97
Adams, Samuel, 1, 3, 5, 162, 234, 256
Addison, Joseph, 89
Admiral Barrington, 246
Adventure, 359, 370–71
African American sailors, 71, 396–99
Age of Enlightenment, 51
Agincourt, Battle of, 12
Alarm, 408–11
Albany, 275
Alert, 179–80, 190–92, 355
Alexander, Charles, 73, 74, 79, 99, 103, 104, 107, 166, 167
Alfred (see also Black Prince), 27–29, 32, 33, 42, 43, 45, 47, 56, 57, 60–63, 65, 69, 75, 99, 102, 112–17, 177–78, 214, 215, 236, 319
“Allen, Richard,” 159, 161
Alliance, 256, 257, 283–87, 289–91, 294, 297, 301–2, 306, 308, 309, 316, 328, 333–37, 340–41, 345, 346, 348–61, 364–71, 376, 377, 381, 382–86, 390, 392–95, 397, 401, 403–13, 415, 417, 418, 421
America, 270, 317, 344, 345, 374, 377, 381, 400, 423
American, 317
American Crisis, The (Paine), 350
American Philosophical Society, 5
Amherst, Lord, 328
Amphion, 398–99, 421
Amphitrite, 152
André, John, 137
Andrew Doria, 27, 32, 33, 39–40, 43–46, 54, 56, 57, 60, 61, 63, 65, 69, 75–79, 90, 96–97, 99, 104–6, 168, 174, 204, 389
Andromeda, 232, 268
Angelica, 268
Antigua, 119, 120
Arbuthnot, Marriot, 321–28, 333
Arden, Samuel, 364
Arethusa, 263
Argo, 318, 319, 420
Argout, Comte d’, 96
Ariadne, 214
Arichat, 97, 98
Ariel, 342–43, 347, 351–52, 417
Arnold, Benedict, 84, 95, 133, 142, 171, 320, 350, 392, 394, 398
Articles of Confederation, 352
Articles of War, 51–52, 128, 129, 196, 358
Ashley River, 322, 324
Asia, 18, 243
Atalanta, 360–61, 364–71
Augusta, 168
Austin, Cato, 398
Austin, Isaac, 150, 348
Austin, William, 149, 166, 188, 193, 348, 394, 395
Babbidge, James, 56
Bache, Benjamin Franklin, 101–2
Bache, Richard, 72
Bacon, Francis, 6
Bagaduce Peninsula, 272–73, 275–81
Bahama Islands, 46, 52–56
Bailey, Benjamin, 160–61
Bailey, Jacob, 23, 24
Baille, 402, 403
Bainbridge, William, 424
Baker, Elizabeth, 150, 173, 208, 214, 421–22
Baker, Richard, 150
Ball, Isaac, 396, 397
Baltic fleet, 292, 293, 301, 309
Baltic Sea, 153
Bancroft, Edward, 137–38, 185, 266, 335
Bank of North America, 386, 402
Banks, Sir Joseph, 51
Barbary pirates, 415, 417–19
Barclay, Thomas, 385, 405
Barkley, Andrew, 273
Barnes, John S., 424
Barnes, William, 128, 210, 211
Barney, Joshua, 30, 48, 81, 95, 202–4, 333, 344, 371–72, 386–89, 396, 405, 406, 415, 420
Barron, William, 194, 197
Barry, John, 2, 27, 38, 61, 68, 72, 90, 95, 99–101, 103, 105, 109, 119, 132, 136, 142, 164–70, 180, 215, 220, 284, 320, 329, 400, 419, 423, 424
Atalanta/Trepassey, encounter with, 364–70
on Captains List, 98
command of Alliance, 346, 347, 348–61, 364–71, 382–86, 390, 392–95, 403–23, 418, 425, 427
command of Asia, 418
command of Lexington, 58–60, 64, 66, 74, 79–83, 91, 258, 287, 410
command of Raleigh, 236–43
Dale and, 85–86
death of, 418
Delaware River barges and, 188–92
encounter with Wallace, 191–93
Franklin and, 355, 356, 384–86
Hopkinson’s charges against, 188, 189
Jones and, 377, 381
Lafayette and, 384
Landais’ court-martial and, 349
marriage of, 149–50
mutinous crew and, 354, 356–59, 382, 395, 405–6
Nicholson and, 374, 377
postwar years, 416, 417–18
as privateer, 256, 269–70, 317, 319, 344, 348, 403
pursued by Hamond, 70–71
Unicorn/Experiment, encounter with, 238–43
Washington and, 192, 242
wounded, 366–67, 377
Barry, Sarah Austin, 149–50, 188, 193, 348, 371, 377, 382, 394, 418
Bartlett, Josiah, 59
Bay of Biscay, 123, 153–55, 182, 286, 334, 342, 346, 354, 357
Bazely, Henry, 398
Bazely, John, 179–80, 398–99, 421
Beach, John, 123–24, 135, 199, 201
Beatty, John, 253
Beaver, 3
Bedford, Gunning, 344
Belle Isle, 154, 354
Bellecombe, Monsieur de, 362–63
Bellew, Henry, 71–75, 80
Bellew, Mrs. Henry, 72, 75, 80
Benezet, Anthony, 398
Betsey (British tender), 71, 73
Betsey (Philadelphia merchantman), 415
Betsy, 88, 101
Biddle, Charles, 29, 49, 68, 72–74, 78, 99–100, 130, 208, 214, 418
Biddle, Edward, 26
Biddle, James, 47, 76, 130
Biddle, Lydia, 40, 45, 46, 50, 51, 67
Biddle, Mary Scull, 49
Biddle, Nicholas, 26, 32, 5
9, 67, 83, 90, 99, 105, 109–10, 113, 136, 220, 249, 258, 324, 421–22
on Arctic expedition, 50–51
background of, 48, 49
on Captains List, 98
capture of British troops, 76–78
careening of Andrew Doria, 69
command of Andrew Doria, 33, 39–40, 43–46, 56, 57, 60, 75, 76, 96–97
command of Randolph, 102–4, 106, 118, 124, 125–30, 145, 171–73, 204, 207–13
death of, 211, 214
Elizabeth Baker and, 150–51
Glasgow, battle with, 61–63, 68
mutineers and, 128–29
reputation of, 78, 79, 110, 209
in Royal Navy, 49–50, 116
Yarmouth, encounter with, 209–13
Biddle, William, 49
Bill, David, 331
Bingham, William, 96, 245, 246, 340
Black Prince (see also Alfred), 18, 26, 27, 102, 161
Bladensburg, Battle of, 420
Blake, John, 213
Blenheim, Battle of, 32
“Blue Hens,” 108
Board of Admiralty, 320, 329, 344–46, 361, 371
Boger, Richard, 58, 64, 66, 72, 106
Bolton, 57
Bonetta, 394
Bonhomme Richard, 268, 283–310, 330, 332, 337, 342, 346, 355, 365, 416, 417, 422
Boston, 98, 109, 116, 133, 142–47, 164, 171, 193–97, 229, 235, 256, 260, 262, 264, 322, 328, 398
Boston, siege of, 34, 84
Boston Massacre, 4, 151, 204
Boston Tea Party, 3–4, 51, 205
Bouchier, John, 178
Boudinot, Elias, 401
Bourbon, 345, 377, 414, 419
Bourdeau, Bartholomew, 213
Bowyer, George, 154–57
Bradford, John, 176, 236
Brandywine Creek, Battle of, 165, 181
Brandywine River, 104
Le Bretagne, 218
Brewer, David, 365
Brisbane, John, 146, 147
British Admiralty, 4, 9, 26, 37, 96, 136, 147, 159, 180, 230, 233, 266, 273, 290, 307
“British Grenadiers, The” (song), 28, 30
British Parliament, 1, 2, 5, 6, 21
Broadhaven Bay, 161
Brock, Thomas, 380, 403, 408
Brooke, Lawrence, 285, 293, 297, 298, 308, 313
Broughton, Nicholas, 13
Brown, Francis, 178–80
Brown, John, 143, 176, 188, 320, 348–49, 352, 377, 381, 382, 389, 390, 394, 395, 400, 403, 407, 409, 411, 416
Brown, Philip, 275
Brown, Scipio, 398
Brown, William, 396, 397
Browne, Lieutenant, 145
Browne, Montford, 53–56
Bruce, James, 1
Bruce, Mrs. James, 1
Brune, 284
Brussels, Joseph (Giusseppe Broricellia), 285, 295, 298, 308, 415, 422
Bull, Captain, 251–52
Bunker, Uriah, 380
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 8, 15
Buono Compagnia, 355, 371
Burbank, John, 300
Burden, Captain, 227–29
Burford, 154–57
Burgoyne, John “Gentleman Johnny,” 14, 76, 95, 113, 165, 170, 171, 181–84
Burke, Edmund, 36, 389
Burke, William, 234–35, 321
Burr, John, 97, 115
Bushnell, David, 92–94, 189
Bushnell, Ezra, 94
Buzzard’s Bay, 9, 244
Byron, John, 232
Cabot, 27, 32, 33, 48, 53, 60–62, 65, 67–68, 75, 77, 78, 95, 99, 134, 398
Cadwalader, John, 103, 104, 107, 108
Caldwell, Benjamin, 203, 204
Camden, Battle of, 350
Camel, 177, 178
Camilla, 127
Canceaux, 14, 23
Canso, 97, 114
Cap François, 362–63, 407
Cape Ann, 143
Cape Breton, 113
Cape Clear, 154, 289, 378
Cape Henlopen, 38, 45, 47, 57, 64, 70, 80, 104, 109, 126, 340, 345, 362, 412
Cape Henry, 203, 258
Cape May, 38, 59, 80, 81
Cape Sable, 97, 114, 146
Captains List, 98–99, 112, 117, 124, 134, 152, 185, 234, 319, 374
Carcass, 50, 51
Carew, John, 213
Carlyle, Thomas, 417
Carmichael, William, 253
Carpenter’s Island, 166
Carrickfergus, Ireland, 221, 227
Carter, Elizabeth, 138–40
Carteret, Peter, 177, 178
Carysfort, 208, 209, 244
Casco Bay, 23, 24
Catherine, tsarina of Russia, 417
Cato (Addison), 89
Centurion, 111
Cerberus, 76, 78, 79, 96, 109, 124
Ceres, 136, 214
Cerf, 284, 289, 290
Chambers, William, 207
Chamillard, Colonel de, 293, 294, 297
Chapman, John, 96
Charles III, King of Spain, 317
Charleston, South Carolina, 4, 84, 130, 145, 150, 171, 204, 205, 208, 321–28, 348, 350, 367, 389, 419
Charlestown, 328
Charming Peggy, 26, 120–22
Chartres, Louis Philippe Joseph de, 265, 266
Chase, Samuel, 15–17, 19–21, 25, 103, 396
Chatham, Earl of, 233
Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray de, 185, 187, 266–67, 287, 335, 336
Chaumont, Madame de, 186, 266–68, 286, 336
Chesapeake Bay, 48, 66, 164, 165, 202
Chew, Samuel, 234, 235
Churchill, Charles, 37
Churchill, Winston, 32
Cicero, 386
Civil War, 244, 375
Clarkson, Matthew, 237
Clinton, Sir Henry, 84, 193, 218, 232, 243, 244, 321–22, 324–28, 348, 383, 389
Coffin, Gideon, 380
Coggerhale, Caleb, 380
Collier, Sir George, 146–47, 171, 250, 252, 254, 255, 261, 278–81, 321, 338
Collins, James, 270
Columbus (see also Sally), 26, 27, 33, 48, 57, 60, 63, 65, 75, 79, 95, 120, 215, 235, 367
Committee for Tarring and Feathering, 2
Committee of Secret Correspondence, 100
Concord, Battle of, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18, 36, 68, 89, 215, 405
Confederacy, 256, 257, 261, 262, 269, 317–18, 328, 339–40, 344, 345, 361–63, 376, 407
Confederate, 363
Congress, 98, 132, 173
Connelly, John, 180
Constellation, 420
Constitution, 132, 418, 420
Constitution of the United States, 418
Continental Army, 7, 78, 84, 107, 124, 130, 189, 257, 280
Continental Congresses (see First Continental Congress; Second Continental Congress)
Continental Marine Committee, 61, 79, 83–85, 89, 92, 99, 103, 104, 115, 117, 118, 125, 127, 133, 141, 142, 152, 164, 170, 176–77, 189, 193, 202, 213, 215, 234, 236, 247, 248, 253, 257–60, 262, 320
Continental Marine Corps, 27–28, 30
Continental Navy
Adams’ work for, 7, 8, 15, 17–23, 25, 27–29
African American sailors in, 71, 396–99
Articles of War, 51–52, 128, 129, 196, 358
birth of, 22
burning and sinking of ships, 169–70
Captains List, 98–99, 112, 117, 124, 134, 152, 185, 234, 319, 374
captains of (see specific captains)
centralization of management of, 320
circumnavigation of Ireland by, 153–57
Dela
ware, first battle for, 71–75
departs from Philadelphia, 32–33
deserters, 33, 39–40, 71, 113, 124, 162, 171, 289, 290, 313, 340, 361
disease and, 56, 57, 75, 129, 144, 148, 217, 288, 340, 390–92
dismantling of, 414–15
first act of, 28
first Royal Navy ship taken by, 57
first ships, 26–27
food aboard ship, 41–42
Jones’ suggestions for improving, 141
mutiny, 128–29, 219–20, 223, 227, 287, 334–35, 340, 346, 350, 354, 356–59, 382, 393, 395, 405–6
pay scales, 71, 76, 79, 98, 100
rank aboard ship, 42
recruitment, 31, 32
ropes aboard ship, 40–41
sailors, 40–43
shipbuilding by, 99, 102, 104, 130–32, 173
ships of (see specific ships)
supplies, 32
uniforms of, 98, 286
weapons of, 43–45
Conyngham, Anne Hockley, 120, 251–54, 338–39, 373, 423
Conyngham, Daniel, 120
Conyngham, David, 338
Conyngham, Gustavus, 26–27, 118, 157, 218, 285, 311, 378, 391
background of, 119–20
captain’s commission of, 399–400, 422–23, 424
Charming Peggy mission, 120–22
command of Revenge, 158–63, 245–49, 253
command of Surprise, 124, 135–36, 253
death of, 423
escape attempts by, 270–72, 315–16, 320, 372–73
Franklin and, 122–23, 136, 255, 271, 272, 315, 316, 339, 356, 373, 399–400
Jones and, 316, 334
letter to wife, 251
physical appearance of, 120
as prisoner, 136, 137, 153, 249–52, 255, 266, 270–72, 288, 338, 339, 372
as privateer, 248–49
reputation of, 161–62, 247, 248
Spain and, 197–201
support for, 252–55
Washington and, 255
West Indies cruise, 245–47
wife of, 252–54, 338–39
Conyngham, Redmond, 119, 120
Cooper, Samuel, 142
Cooper River, 322, 325
Coram, James, 302
Cornwallis, Lord Charles, 76, 107, 108, 166, 171, 187, 328, 350, 376, 389
Cottineau de Kerloguen, Brûlot de, 284, 291, 294, 309, 311, 313
Cotton, Charles, 408, 411
Coulthard, John, 329–32
Countess of Scarborough, 292, 293, 301, 309, 312, 313
Craik, William, 86, 88, 219, 225
Crawford, 76–78
Crawford, John, 354, 356–59, 382
Crécy, Battle of, 12
Crisis Extraordinary, The (Paine), 350
Crown, 419
Crowninshield, Benjamin, 144