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Give Me a Fast Ship

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by Tim McGrath


  Cullam, David, 219–20, 225–26

  Cunningham, Captain, 314

  Custis, John Parke, 139

  Dale, Richard, 85–86, 109, 180, 287, 292, 294, 295, 300, 302–3, 306–8, 311, 313, 342, 343, 375, 376, 415, 419, 422

  Dandridge, Dorothea (Mrs. Patrick Henry), 28, 89, 341

  Dangle, John, 228

  Dartmouth, 3

  Dartmouth, Lord, 36, 56, 103

  David, John, 164

  Deane (see also Hague), 178, 187, 236, 237, 256, 257, 262, 264, 282, 328, 344, 345, 362, 363, 376, 377, 382, 383, 386, 390, 391, 419

  Deane, Silas, 19, 21, 22, 26, 101, 123, 125, 136, 141, 149, 153, 158, 159, 187, 193, 194, 199, 247, 253, 256, 285, 391, 422

  Decatur, Stephen, Jr., 418

  Decatur, Stephen, Sr., 398

  Declaration of Independence, 83–84, 101, 173, 320

  Defence, 134

  Degge, James, 301, 333, 334, 346, 349

  Delaware, 99, 104, 107, 124, 132, 164, 166–68, 269–70, 349, 403

  Delaware Bay, 57, 60, 80, 103, 105, 127, 232, 261, 362, 363, 412

  Delaware Capes, 58, 70, 80, 90, 107, 124, 165, 187, 363, 375, 398, 401

  Delaware River, 32, 33, 36, 38–39, 59, 68, 71–75, 101, 105–9, 124–26, 165, 168, 169, 188–92, 317, 325, 340, 386

  Deserters, 33, 39–40, 71, 113, 124, 162, 171, 257, 289, 290, 313, 340, 361, 397

  Deshon, John, 236–37, 257, 259–60, 262, 348–49

  Diamond, 110–12, 118

  Dickinson, John, 8–9, 254

  Digby, Robert, 380, 386, 401, 403, 408

  Digges, Thomas, 255, 271, 315–16, 339, 372

  Diligent, 12, 261, 274, 275

  Disease, 56, 57, 75, 129, 144, 148, 217, 288, 321, 322, 324, 328, 340, 390–92

  Dobbs, Lieutenant, 228, 229

  Dolphin, 140, 141, 153–55, 157, 162, 178, 179, 402

  Dominica, 320, 389

  Dorsius, John, 172

  Douglass, 362

  Dowman, Francis, 166–67, 169

  Dragon, 319

  Drake, 221, 227–31, 265, 266, 271

  Druid, 177, 178

  Duc de Duras, 267, 268, 283

  Duc de Lauzon, 407–12, 414–15

  Duc de Penthièvre, 284

  Duggan, Patrick, 357

  Dumas, Charles-Guillaume-Frédéric, 312

  Dunkirk, 120–21, 123, 136, 153, 158–59, 372, 373

  Dunlop, Lieutenant, 245

  Dunmore, Lord John Murray, 18, 19, 21, 34–35, 37, 46, 48, 58, 60, 64, 66, 70, 77, 85, 96, 121

  Durham boats, 107

  Eagle, 94, 112–13, 116, 117, 323

  Eastern Navy Board, 142, 194, 234, 236, 237, 242, 256, 257, 259, 262, 317, 329, 345, 348, 371, 377

  Eden, William, 137, 139, 140

  Edward, 58, 64, 66, 68, 71, 95, 106, 256

  Edwards, Richard, 338, 360

  Edwards, Sampson, 360–61, 364–66, 368, 370

  Effingham, 98, 100, 109, 132, 166, 167, 169, 170, 188, 193

  Egmont, 359

  Eleanor, 3

  Ellery, William, 85, 257–58, 320, 345, 348, 397, 415, 422

  Elwood, Thomas, 406, 411

  Emerald, 202, 203

  l’Émeraude, 393, 394

  Empress of China, 414

  Endymion, 359

  English Channel, 123, 135, 136, 140, 155, 179, 269, 316

  Enterprize, 200

  Estaing, Charles-Henri d’, 185, 187, 217, 232–36, 237, 243, 246, 320–21

  Ethiopian Regiment, 18, 34, 35

  Experiment, 103, 111, 112, 168, 191–93, 238–41, 334, 337–38

  Fair American, 207, 210, 212, 386, 387

  Falcon, 9

  Falconer, Nathaniel, 26, 27

  Falconiere, Panatiere de, 127, 171

  Falmouth, Massachusetts, 14, 23–24, 35, 273

  Fanning, Nathaniel, 268, 285, 289, 290, 293, 296, 297, 299, 301–4, 308–10, 333, 334, 337, 342, 343, 421

  Fanning, Simon, 214

  Fanny, 255

  Fanshawe, Robert, 209, 244

  Faroe Islands, 123

  Farragut, David, 375

  Fatheringham, Patrick, 145

  Field, Isaac, 113

  Fielding, Charles, 111, 112

  Finch, William C., 177, 178

  First Continental Congress, 5–6

  Firth of Forth, 290

  Firth of Solway, 220, 224, 226

  Fisher, Henry, 39, 58, 59, 71, 103, 104, 109, 126, 345, 422

  Flamborough Head, Battle of, 292–308, 313, 320, 365, 415

  Fletcher, Patrick, 349, 370

  Fleury, Francis Louis de, 168, 188

  Flora, 114, 115, 146, 147, 174

  Floridablanca, Conde de, 198, 199

  Fly, 27, 47, 52, 99, 126, 127, 168, 234

  Fogland Ferry, 244

  Ford, John, 238, 240, 241

  Ford, William, 180

  Fordham, Richard, 128, 209

  Fort Clinton, 173

  Fort Island, 105, 109, 124, 125, 126

  Fort Johnson, 322, 324

  Fort Jones, 84

  Fort Lee, 102

  Fort McHenry, 168

  Fort Mercer, 168, 169

  Fort Mifflin, 166, 168–69, 188, 243, 420

  Fort Montague, 52–54, 206

  Fort Montgomery, 173

  Fort Moultrie, 322, 324–27

  Fort Nassau, 52, 53, 55, 205–7

  Fort St. George, 273, 275–79, 281

  Fort Sullivan, 84

  Fort Washington, 102

  Forten, James, 398–99, 421

  Forten Prison, England, 219, 248, 268, 271, 372

  Fowey, 18

  Fowler, William M., Jr., 376

  Fox, 144–48, 174

  Francis, Turbutt, 73

  Franklin, 51, 235

  Franklin, Benjamin, 5, 6, 16, 49, 72, 88, 89, 92, 138, 141, 153, 157–59, 187, 201, 247, 249, 256, 283, 285, 287, 288, 311, 312, 314, 346, 371, 422, 424

  Bancroft’s spying and, 137–38

  Barry and, 355, 356, 384–86

  Conyngham and, 122–23, 136, 255, 271, 272, 315, 316, 339, 356, 373, 399–400

  Declaration of Independence and, 84

  Jones and, 185–86, 265–68, 283, 287, 288, 296, 311, 312, 314, 335–37, 341–44, 352, 356, 381

  mission to France, 100–2, 106, 122–23, 193, 197

  peace negotiations and, 95, 405

  Franklin, William Temple, 101–2, 182, 399

  Frazer, Andrew, 121, 159

  Frazer, John Gizzard, 176, 182

  French and Indian Wars, 13, 32, 48, 99, 120–21, 152, 157, 184, 256, 278, 330

  Friendship, 155, 156, 328

  Gadsden, Christopher, 4, 8, 17, 19, 22, 84, 324, 327

  Gage, Thomas, 7, 9, 12, 21, 37, 141

  Galatea, 127, 249, 278

  Galatheau, Monsieur de, 356, 359, 385

  Galloway, Joseph, 49, 166, 328

  Gambier, James, 218, 232, 244, 254

  Gardner, Henry, 302

  Gardner, Nicholas, 392–93

  Gardner, Shubael, 380, 403, 406, 409, 410, 413

  Gaspee, 16, 68, 111, 112, 164, 264, 412

  Gates, Horatio, 170–71, 181, 235, 278, 350

  Gayton, 207

  Gayton, Clark, 99–100

  Geagan, Joseph, 405

  General Gates, 235

  General Lincoln, 325, 367

  General Monk (see also General Washington), 376, 386–88, 396

  General Moultrie, 207, 210, 212, 213

  General Washington (see also General Monk), 319, 376, 386–88, 396, 405, 406, 415

  George, 106, 118


  George III, King of England, 1, 5, 8, 36, 50, 84, 95, 99, 137, 141, 153, 157, 158, 197, 217, 250, 253, 268, 273, 307, 321, 328, 350, 372, 380, 391, 412, 413

  Georgia Packet, 124

  Gérard, Conrad, 317, 318

  Germain, Lord (Viscount George Sackville), 14, 36–37, 244, 322

  Germantown, Battle of, 168, 181

  Gerry, Elbridge, 8, 25

  Ghent, Willem Joseph van, 219

  Gibbs, Widow, 72–75

  Gibraltar, 200

  Gibraltar fleet, 182

  Gillon, Alexander, 401

  Gironde River, 197

  Glasgow, 60–65, 67–68, 79, 111, 112, 164, 175

  Gleghorn, Isabella, 139, 140

  Glover, Henry, 107

  Glover, John, 12, 13, 95

  Glover, John Junior, 13

  Gould, James, 206

  Governor’s Island, 94

  Governour Tonyn, 204

  Graaf, Johannes de, 91, 389

  Gracieux, 198, 199, 201

  Graeme, Alexander, 80–82

  Graf, Johannes de, 105

  Grand Bahama Island, 52

  Grand Banks, 195

  Grande Terre, 402

  Grande Ville, 287, 289

  Grand Union flag, 28

  Grannis, John, 119

  Grantham, Lord, 198

  Grappling hooks, 45

  Grasse, François Joseph Paul de, 376, 383, 389, 404

  Grasshopper, 177

  Graves, Samuel, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 23, 36–37, 389, 404

  Great Banks, 144

  Greathead, Craister, 91, 105

  Green, Ezra, 176, 221, 222, 224, 227

  Green, George, 365

  Green, Henry, 147

  Green, John, 236, 385, 407–11, 414

  Green, William, 39

  Greene, Nathanael, 12

  Gregory, Stephen, 269–70

  Grenada, 320

  Grenville, 234

  Grey, Charles, 243–44

  Greyhound, 158–60

  Grinnell, Thomas, 98

  Grinnell, William, 151

  Guadeloupe, 389, 402

  Guichen, Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, Comte de, 340, 344

  Gunnison, John, 297, 300, 302–3, 310

  Gunpowder, 12, 17, 46, 51, 52, 55, 56, 58, 80, 81

  Gurley, Captain, 220–21

  Hacker, Hoysted, 32, 45, 48, 90, 99, 113, 114, 215, 235, 236, 258, 260–61, 274, 279, 322, 325, 328, 348, 349, 358, 366–68, 370, 391, 419

  Hackett brothers, 132

  Hackett, William, 400

  Hague (see also Deane), 392, 401, 402, 414

  Haiti, 270, 362–63, 407

  Hale, Nathan, 137

  Halifax, 328

  Halifax, Nova Scotia, 273

  Hall, Elijah, 176, 222, 224

  Hallock, Henry, 45, 56, 57, 79, 80

  Hallock, William, 48, 99, 105

  Hamilton, Alexander, 165

  Hamilton, William, 277, 304, 313

  Hamond, Andrew Snape, 57–60, 64, 70–75, 91, 105, 107–9, 165, 170, 190, 192, 232, 238, 325, 327, 363, 419

  Hampden, 90, 99, 100, 117, 274, 279

  Hancock (see also Iris), 98, 109, 116, 125, 133, 142–47, 164, 171, 173–74, 234, 235, 250, 350, 351, 375

  Hancock, John, 6, 21, 24, 71, 72, 75, 79, 90, 104, 105, 107–9, 117, 118, 122, 133, 141, 142, 151, 152, 165, 236, 249, 394, 423, 424

  Hancock, John (seaman), 82

  Hannah, 13–14, 17, 34

  Hannibal, 373, 399

  Harding, Seth, 254, 256, 257, 261–62, 269, 317–18, 339–40, 351, 361–63, 375, 395, 407

  Hardy, Joseph, 200, 333, 340

  Hardy, Sir Charles, 288

  Hartley, David, 255

  Hawk, 244–45

  Hawke, 57

  Hazard, 274, 279

  Hazard, John, 97, 142

  court-martial of, 70

  Glasgow, battle with, 63, 68, 69–70

  leadership style of, 48

  Hazard, Stanton, 319

  Hazelwood, John, 165–66, 168, 169, 189

  Head of Elk, 165, 397

  Heath, Robert, 316

  Hele, Christopher, 254–55

  Henderson, Captain, 119

  Henry, Patrick, 18, 28, 89

  Hervey, Lord, 378

  Hessian mercenaries, 107, 141, 160, 166, 168, 190, 322, 323

  Hewes, Joseph, 17, 25, 28, 68, 89, 92, 113, 181–82, 218

  Hind, 419

  Hinman, Elisha, 75, 76, 79, 95, 99, 116, 177, 178, 214, 319, 395

  Hispaniola, 362

  Hodge, John, 99

  Hodge, William, 123, 136, 158–59, 162, 199, 201, 247

  Hog Island Channel, 325

  Holden, Jeremiah, 180

  Hole-in-the-Wall, 52

  Holme’s Hole, 244

  Honoria Sophia, 201

  Hook, Philip, 323

  Hook ’em Snivey, 388

  Hope, 200

  Hopkins, Esek, 16, 48, 109, 113, 114, 139, 150, 152, 208, 243, 259, 274, 341, 398, 420–21

  background of, 31–32

  cabin of, 42

  captured guns of, 67–69, 75, 79, 84

  command of fleet, 28, 31, 33–36, 45–47, 125, 265

  crew unhappy with, 67–68

  Diamond incident and, 110–12, 118

  dispatches to Congress, 66–67

  Glasgow, battle with, 61–64, 67, 68, 79, 111, 112

  Jones and, 116–17

  ordered before Congress, 79, 83–85

  orders and directions to, 35–38, 46–47, 79

  rank of, 31

  reputation of, 78–79, 84–85, 110

  son wounded, 62

  suspended from command, 118

  voyage to Bahamas, 52–57, 67

  Hopkins, Esek, Jr., 116

  Hopkins, John, 26, 48, 61–62, 67, 76, 99, 215, 258–62

  Hopkins, Samuel, 110, 112

  Hopkins, Stephen, 15–18, 21, 25–27, 31, 79

  Hopkinson, Francis, 188, 189

  Hore, Thomas, 129, 172

  Hornet, 27, 30, 39, 47, 48, 52, 59, 79, 80, 103, 104, 109, 126, 168

  Hotham, 254

  How, Jane, 125–26

  Howe, Lord Richard “Black Dick,” 78, 94, 95, 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, 143, 147, 165, 167–68, 170, 171, 187, 193, 218, 232–34, 243, 397

  Howe, Tyringham, 60–64, 164

  Howe, William, 21, 34, 37, 76, 95, 102, 104, 105, 107, 110, 165, 168, 170, 171, 193, 218, 232, 268, 397

  Hudson, Charles, 80, 81

  Hudson River, 19, 95

  Huger, Isaac, 327

  Humphreys, John, 26, 27

  Humphreys, Joshua, 132, 319

  Huntington, Samuel, 374, 414

  Hussar, 220–21, 224

  Hutchinson, Thomas, 3, 151

  Hyder Ally, 387–88, 396

  Hynson, Joseph, 138–41

  Île Madame, 97

  Impertinent, 319

  Impressments, 133, 134, 257, 351, 362

  Increase, 419

  Independence, 99, 185, 187, 215

  l’Indien (see also South Carolina), 184, 185, 217, 218, 230, 265, 266, 287, 400

  Industrious Bee, 235

  Insurance rates, 137, 157

  Invincible, 182

  Iris (see also Hancock), 147, 363, 375–76

  Irish Sea, 153–55, 158, 224

  Irving, Thomas, 56

  Irwin, Mathew, 254

  Isis, 397

  Isle of Man, 220

  Izzard, Ralph, 335

  Jamaica, 99–100, 130

  Jamaica Fleet, 263, 322, 359, 378, 404


  James River, 77

  Jaquays, Nathan, 181

  Jay, John, 253, 254, 317, 318, 321, 405

  Jeacocks, Jesse, 237, 241–42

  Jefferson, Thomas, 6, 21, 85, 89, 417

  Declaration of Independence and, 84

  Jersey, 319, 399, 421

  John, 87, 114–15

  Johnson, Henry, 155, 157, 158, 178–80, 287

  Johnson, Nathan, 396

  Johnson, Robert, 129

  Johnson, Samuel, 106

  Johnson, Thomas, 133–34

  Johnson, William, 123

  Johnson Island, 322

  Jones, Ichabod, 10–11

  Jones, John Paul, 53, 59, 83, 85, 119, 136, 142, 148, 215, 247, 261, 271, 282, 329, 378, 391, 415, 416, 418, 419

  Adams and, 265–67, 286, 306, 312

  America and, 374, 375, 377, 381–82, 400

  background of, 28, 86–89

  Barry and, 377, 381

  burial of, 423

  on Captains List, 99, 152, 185, 374

  command of Alfred, 100

  command of Alliance, 313–14, 316, 333–37, 340–41

  command of America, angling for, 352, 361

  command of Ariel, 342–44, 347, 351–52, 417

  command of Bonhomme Richard, 268, 283–310, 337

  command of Providence, 70, 90, 204

  command of Ranger, 152, 176, 181–82, 184–85, 187, 188, 217–31, 287, 310

  commission of, 29

  connection with men, 220

  Conyngham and, 316, 334

  corrected commission of, 141

  correspondence of, 92, 100, 113, 117, 181–82, 381

  courage of, 182, 228, 303

  crew grumbling about, 113–14, 117

  death of, 417

  declines commands, 48

  Drake, encounter with, 227–31, 265

  Eagle, seizure of, 113, 116, 117

  Franklin and, 185–86, 265–68, 283, 287, 288, 296, 311, 312, 314, 335–37, 341–44, 352, 356, 381

  funeral of, 423

  Glasgow, battle with, 62, 63, 68

  gunnery exercises directed by, 43–44

  Hopkins and, 116–17

  as ladies’ man, 151, 153, 176, 185, 186, 265, 286, 287, 336, 341, 342, 355

  Lafayette and, 283, 381

  Landais and, 285, 286, 289–90, 309, 311, 312, 335–37, 340–41, 346, 352, 420

  map of cruises in British Isles (1778-1779), 231

  Maxwell affair and, 87–88, 219

  McNeill and, 116, 153, 381

  Morris and, 90, 92, 117, 152, 381, 400–2

  mutinous crew and, 219–20, 223, 227, 287, 334–35

  Nicholson and, 361, 375–76

  Nova Scotia, voyage to, 97–98, 112–15

  in Paris, 185–86, 265, 266, 335–37

  Phillis Wheatley and, 151–52

  physical appearance of, 86, 98

  as rear admiral, 417

 

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