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  reputation of, 110, 225, 230, 232, 310–12, 335–37, 343, 352, 374, 381

  in Russia, 417

  Selkirk, Lord and Lady and, 224–26, 229, 230, 232, 265

  Serapis, battle with, 292–308, 311, 337, 365

  Solebay, encounter with, 91–92, 97

  style of command, 97

  tomb of, 423

  turns Ranger over to Simpson, 265

  uniform and, 98, 176, 286

  Washington and, 265

  Whitehaven raid and, 221–24, 226, 230, 252, 265, 288

  yearns for promotion, 352, 361

  Jones, Mary, 86

  Jones, Whitehead, 396

  Jones, William, 89, 105

  Jordan, John, 285, 297, 308, 415

  Jordan, Thomas, 249

  Joseph, 136

  Josiah, James, 32, 33, 77, 78, 99, 106, 109, 124

  Joyner, John, 401

  Jump, Elizabeth, 139, 140

  Katencamp, Herman, 162, 198

  Katy, 16, 27

  Keen, Christiana, 188

  Kelly, Nicholas, 197–98

  Kelly, Robert, 136

  Kempthorne, Captain, 234

  Kendall, Joseph, 360, 366–68, 371, 383

  Keppel, Augustus, 265

  Kessler, John, 269, 270, 349, 361, 365, 366, 368, 370, 371, 384, 403, 406, 410, 421

  Kilby, John, 294–95, 298, 300, 303, 310, 333

  King, Lieutenant, 365, 368, 370

  King George, 87, 319

  Kingfisher, 80–82

  Kirkudbright, 219

  Kitty, 113, 190, 192

  Knies, Michael, 391, 397, 403

  Knyphausen, Wilhelm von, 190, 191

  Lafayette, Marquis de, 256, 257, 283, 284, 381, 383, 384, 392, 395

  Lake Champlain, 84, 95

  Landais, Pierre, 256, 257, 285, 286, 289–90, 294, 301–2, 309, 311–13, 315, 335–37, 340–42, 346, 348, 352, 355, 398, 400, 420

  Langdon, John, 14, 19, 22, 152, 176, 178, 274, 341, 381, 382, 400

  Languedoc, 233

  Laurens, Henry, 245, 256, 344, 345, 350

  Laurens, John, 233, 350–51, 353–55, 383

  Lawrence, Henry, 155, 156

  Layona, 373

  Leak, Lieutenant, 59

  Lee, 34, 235, 265

  Lee, Arthur, 123, 162, 186, 187, 199, 230, 247, 248, 256, 266, 267, 285, 335–37, 342, 346, 349, 351, 352, 374, 415, 422–23

  Lee, Charles, 103

  Lee, Ezra, 94

  Lee, Richard Henry, 1, 25, 247, 248, 256, 258

  Leeds, William, 234

  Leeward Islands, 119

  Leith, Scotland, 291

  Lewes, Delaware, 39, 47, 105, 126

  Lewis, Francis, 320, 344, 345, 361

  Lewis, John, 351, 358

  Lexington (see also Wild Duck), 58, 64, 66, 70–71, 74, 79–81, 85, 91, 95, 99, 105, 108–9, 123, 153–55, 162, 179–80, 189, 221, 238, 258, 287, 398, 405, 410

  Lexington, Battle of, 6, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18, 36, 68, 89, 215

  Liberty Island, 33, 37, 71, 105

  Liberty Tree, 141

  Lincoln, Abraham, 34

  Lincoln, Benjamin, 320, 322–29, 351

  Linn, Joseph, 147

  Linzee, John, 9–10

  Liverpool, 71–75, 79–82

  “Lobsterbacks,” 4, 84

  Loire River, 123, 186, 187

  Lord Chatham, 220

  Louis XVI, King of France, 96, 101, 122, 137, 158, 184, 187, 193, 197, 217, 257, 267, 284, 317, 336, 337, 352, 371, 381

  Lovell, Solomon, 274–81, 323

  Lowendahl, Charlotte-Marguerite de Bourbon, Madame La Comtesse de, 336, 341

  Lowndes, Rawlins, 214

  Loyalist, 246

  Lucy, 174

  Lukey, 246

  Lunt, Henry, 292, 295, 308

  Luzerne, Chevalier de la, 352, 400

  Lyon, 178

  Macgrath, James, 162

  Machias Liberty, 11, 19

  Machias settlers, 10–12, 14

  Maddock, John, 262

  Magnifique, 400, 401

  Manley, John, 34, 98, 99, 109, 116, 118, 142–47, 164, 171, 173–74, 234–36, 250, 256, 372, 375, 392, 402, 419

  Marchand, Henry, 319

  Marcus Hook, 72–73, 101

  Margaretta, 10–11

  Maria, 161, 423

  Markham, George, 408

  Marlborough, Duke of, 32

  Marquis de Lafayette, 355, 356, 359, 360, 370

  Mars, 359, 370, 377–78

  Martha, 196–97

  Martha’s Vineyard, 244, 261

  Martin, John, 398

  Martin, Joseph Plumb, 169

  Martinique, 96, 125, 127, 133, 153, 199, 202, 245, 246, 318, 339–40, 406

  Mary, 174–75, 205–7

  Massachusetts, 134

  Mather, Cotton, 151

  Mather, Samuel, 151

  Matthewman, Luke, 58, 189, 372, 396

  Maxwell, Mungo, 87–88, 219

  Mayflower, 289

  Mayrant, John, 306

  McDougall, John, 77

  McEllany, William, 357–59, 382

  McKenzie, James, 415

  McLean, Francis, 272–76, 278

  McNeill, Hector, 98, 99, 109, 116, 118, 142–48, 150, 152, 153, 164, 173–74, 194, 235, 236, 256, 381

  McPherson, John, 172

  Mease, Matthew, 294, 300

  Meijer, Jean, 219, 222, 223

  Mellish, 113

  Mercer, Hugh, 108

  Mercury, 144

  Mercury Packet, 344, 345

  Meredith, Reese, 102

  Merlin, 77

  Mermaid, 190, 192

  Mermaid (British frigate), 232

  Mifflin, Thomas, 103, 320

  Milford, 97, 115, 127, 134

  Mill Prison, England, 180, 183, 219, 248, 252, 255, 270–72, 287, 315, 319, 338, 339, 371–72, 378, 385, 407

  Miller, Nathan, 11

  Minerva, 359, 385

  Minutemen, 6, 10

  Mitchell, David, 398

  Mitchell, Henry, 377–78

  Molly, 68

  Monarch, 200

  Monck’s Corner, 327

  Monmouth, Battle of, 232

  Monsieur, 288, 289

  Montagu, George, 18

  Montagu, James, 4

  Montague, 235–36

  Montauk Point, 57

  Montgomery, 72, 74, 99, 132, 166, 167, 173

  Montgomery, Hugh, 80–82

  Montresor, John, 33, 105, 165–67, 190–91

  Moore, James, 10–11

  Moore, John, 277–78, 279

  Morgan, William, 403

  Morison, Samuel Eliot, 284

  Morris, Captain, 246

  Morris, Gouverneur, 139, 254, 389, 400, 401, 417

  Morris, Robert, 18, 26, 28, 33, 49, 71, 74, 90, 92, 95, 100, 102, 104–10, 116, 117, 124, 127, 133, 141, 149, 171, 173, 181, 188, 218, 237, 245, 254, 314, 320, 335, 341, 344, 347, 348, 374–77, 381–86, 388–95, 399–402, 406–8, 414–16, 419, 422

  Morristown, New Jersey, 321, 350

  Moultrie, William, 130

  Mowat, Henry, 14, 23–24, 98, 273, 275–79, 319

  Moylan, James, 267, 335, 342, 355, 385

  Mud Island, 33, 71

  Mull of Kintyre, 154

  Mull of Solway, 219

  Mullan, Peggy, 30

  Mullan, Robert, 25, 28, 30–31

  Mumford, Thomas, 392–95

  Murray, Alexander, 375, 376

  Mutinies, 128–29, 219–20, 223, 227, 287, 334–35, 340, 346, 350, 354, 356–59, 382, 393, 395, 405–6

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bsp; Nancy (British vessel), 34, 402

  Nancy (brigantine), 80–82, 243

  Nanny, 177

  Nantasket Road, 142, 143, 173, 237, 259, 262, 347, 370, 402

  Nantes, 106, 157, 171, 182, 184, 185, 187, 215, 268, 373

  Nantucket, Massachusetts, 380, 408

  Narragansett Bay, 16, 98, 111, 174, 233, 367

  Nassau-Siegen, Prince of, 266

  Nautilus, 60, 275

  Nautilus Island, 275–76, 281

  Naval Committee, 33, 35, 38

  Nelson, Horatio, 40, 50, 51, 265

  Nepotism, 26

  Nesbitt, James, 119

  Nesbitt, John Maxwell, 389

  Nesbitt, Jonathan, 338, 339, 373

  New Bedford, Massachusetts, 244, 257, 261

  New Breton, 100, 112

  New London, Connecticut, 64, 66–68, 215, 318, 392–95, 398

  New Providence, 52–56, 205, 222, 234, 259

  New York campaign, 94–95, 102, 103

  Newcastle, England, 291

  Newfoundland, 144, 145, 180, 263, 338, 353

  Newport, Rhode Island, 17, 21, 64, 68, 79, 96, 171, 243, 273, 412

  Nicholas, Samuel, 28, 31, 54, 55, 62–64

  Nicholson, James, 118, 123, 133, 138, 142, 278, 344, 345–46, 348–49, 390–91, 401

  Barry and, 374

  on Captains List, 98, 99, 134

  command of Trumbull, 319–20, 329–32, 373, 375–76

  command of Virginia, 164, 202–4

  death of, 419

  Jones and, 361, 375–76

  Watt, encounter with, 329–33, 375

  Nicholson, John, 103

  Nicholson, Samuel, 123, 138–40, 142, 153–55, 157, 158, 171, 178, 236, 257, 262, 264, 349, 356, 362, 390–92, 397, 418, 419

  Nicola, Louis, 17

  Nicolas, Sam, 46

  No Mans Land, 76

  Noailles, Viscount de, 350, 353, 354, 383

  Nöel, Nicholas, 194, 195, 197

  Norfolk, Virginia, 34, 35

  North, 275

  North, Lord Frederick, 5, 22, 36, 95, 109, 137, 140, 218, 232, 268, 321, 328

  North Channel, 224

  North Sea, 154, 160, 161

  Northampton, 160

  Notre Dame, 207, 210, 212

  Nova Scotia, 76, 92, 97–98, 100, 112, 134, 144, 146, 273, 338, 360, 370

  O’Brien, Jeremiah, 11–12

  Olive Branch Petition, 8

  Olney, James, 99

  Olney, Joseph, 134, 258–62

  O’Neille, Don Felix, 162

  Orpheus, 80–82, 363

  Orvilliers, Louis Guillouet d’, 65, 212, 266, 272, 288

  Osborne, George, 237, 241

  Overfalls, 80

  Oxford, 76–78

  Paine, Robert Treat, 118

  Paine, Thomas, 350, 353–55

  Pallas, 284, 290–92, 301, 308, 313

  Paoli Massacre, 189, 244

  Paris, Treaty of, 120

  Parke, Mathew, 32, 176, 187, 346, 355, 357, 358, 365–67, 393, 405–6

  Parker, Sir Peter, 84, 128

  Patience Island, 111

  Patty (London brig), 144

  Patty (merchantman), 161

  Patuxent River, 202, 420

  Paul, John, Senior, 86

  Peacock, 123–24, 135

  Pearl, 105, 108, 127

  Pearson, Richard, 292–307, 309, 311

  Pegasus, 159, 160

  Peggy Stewart, 4

  Pelham, Captain, 246

  Pendennis Castle, 252, 255

  Penfield, Nathaniel, 363

  Penmark Rocks, 342, 343

  Penn, William, 5

  Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, 31, 32, 38, 58, 71, 74, 103

  Pennsylvania Navy, 31, 39, 78, 189

  Penobscot, Maine, 265, 273–83, 312, 317, 320–22, 329, 367

  Perseus, 208

  Petitgrat, 97

  Philadelphia, 2, 3, 5–7, 15, 20, 21, 70–75, 89, 95–97, 99, 101–5, 107, 109, 124–26, 149, 164–67, 169, 170, 174, 181, 183, 187, 189, 193, 202, 208, 258, 328, 382, 394

  Philadelphia Brigade, 103

  Phipps, David, 237, 238, 241, 242

  Pickering, Timothy, 216

  Picquet, La Motte, 340

  Pierce, Benjamin, 365

  Pigot, 244–45, 318

  Pigot, Sir Robert, 233, 243, 244

  Pinder, John, 347

  Piscataqua River, 131, 177, 182, 400

  Pitcher, Jonathan, 174

  Pole, 262

  Polly (tea ship), 2

  Polly (timber ship), 10, 11

  Polly (South Carolina ship), 207, 212

  Polly (schooner), 235

  Pony Express, 38

  Pool, Fitch, 365, 371

  Poor Richard’s Almanac (Franklin), 268

  Port Judith, 215

  Port Penn, 58, 190, 191, 192

  Porter, David, 237

  Porter, Horace, 423–24

  Portigibaud, Chevalier de, 335

  Portland, 50

  Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 24, 131, 152, 153, 176, 238, 259, 270, 317, 381–82

  Potts, Richard, 371

  Powell, William, 367

  Powers, Pierce, 228

  Prévost, Augustine, 321

  Prince of Orange, 135, 137

  Princeton, Battle of, 107–8, 133, 141

  Prisoners, 78, 97, 109–10, 113, 114, 117, 118, 125, 145, 155, 161, 229, 230, 245, 266, 290, 300, 302, 304, 308, 311, 313, 323, 338, 350–52, 359, 360, 370, 375, 377, 404–5

  Pritchard, Samuel, 365

  Providence (sloop), 27, 28, 48, 53, 60, 63, 65, 70, 75, 79, 90, 91, 97–100, 111–14, 117, 174–75, 204–7, 257–58, 260–261, 274, 280, 367

  Providence (frigate), 99, 111, 125, 128, 133, 171, 174, 256, 260, 263–64, 266, 322, 323, 328

  Proving of guns, 132

  Pulaski, Casimir, 321

  Purcell, Sarah, 176

  Putnam, Israel, 94, 104

  Quasi-War, 418, 420, 423

  Quebec, 386

  Queen Charlotte, 329

  Queen of France, 236, 256, 258–60, 263, 322, 324, 325

  Quémy, Louis-Alexandre de, 393–95

  Quiberon Bay, 106, 123, 187

  Quincy Bay, 194

  Racehorse, 50, 51, 105

  Rainbow, 146–47, 174

  Raisonable, 278

  Raleigh, 98, 131–32, 147–48, 164, 176–78, 214–15, 235–37, 256, 323, 349

  Raleigh, Sir Walter, 237

  Ramillies, 404

  Ramsdell, John, 380, 408

  Randolph, 98, 99, 102–4, 106, 109, 118, 124–30, 145, 150, 171–73, 184, 204, 207–13, 215, 249, 308, 332

  Ranger, 148, 152, 176, 184, 186, 199, 215, 258–59, 263–65, 287, 310, 322, 323, 328, 381, 421

  Rathbun, John Peck, 113–16, 174–76, 204–5, 207, 208, 215, 234, 257–58, 260–63, 322, 324, 328, 378–79

  Rathbun, Mary, 379

  Read, Captain, 73, 74

  Read, Joseph, 89

  Read, Mrs. Thomas, 193, 374

  Read, Thomas, 98, 100, 103, 109, 164–66, 169, 170, 193, 254, 374, 375

  Rebellion Road, 171, 209, 322, 323

  Recovery, 378

  Reedy Island, 46, 58, 126, 190–92, 284, 362

  Regulator, 397

  Reprisal, 68, 71, 72, 79–81, 83, 96, 99, 100–2, 106, 123, 153–57, 162, 179–81, 221

  Resistance, 234, 236, 237

  Revenge, 160–63, 198–201, 221, 245–47, 245–49, 253, 339, 373, 399

  Revere, Paul, 1, 3, 6, 274, 277, 278, 280

  Rhode Island Resolution, 20

  Richmo
nd, 202, 203

  Ricot, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, 284, 291, 309

  Rittenhouse, David, 103

  Robinson, Alexander, 213

  Robinson, Isaiah, 95, 99, 105

  Robinson, James, 99

  Robinson, John, 234

  Robinson, Robert, 286, 287

  Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste, 344, 345, 376

  Rochefort, 140

  Rodney, George Brydges, 340, 389

  Rodney, Sarah, 422

  Roebuck, 59, 64, 70–75, 79, 80, 103–5, 107, 125, 146, 167, 168, 189, 190, 232, 292, 325, 327, 363

  Rogers, Josiah, 387, 388

  Romney, 290

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 424

  Rose, 16, 20, 95, 191, 421

  Rose Island, 54

  Ross, Betsy, 150

  Ross, John, 219

  Rotch, Francis, 3

  Royal Louis, 398

  Rules of the Regulations of the Navy of the United Colonies (Adams), 26

  Rush, Benjamin, 32, 255

  Rutledge, Edward, 15, 19, 95

  Rutledge, John, 150, 171, 207, 322, 323, 327

  Sachem, 68, 95, 99

  St. Augustine, 55, 362

  St. Eustatius, 105, 246, 270, 389

  St. George’s Channel, 219

  St. John, 55

  St. Lawrence River, 84

  St. Lucia, 246

  St. Mary’s Isle, 224, 225

  Saintes, Battle of the, 389, 405, 408

  Sakonnet River, 244

  Sally (see also Columbus), 26, 120

  Salter, Titus, 279

  Saltonstall, Dudley, 26, 32, 45, 47–48, 62, 68, 70, 75, 79, 83–85, 98, 133, 142, 260, 274–82, 319, 323, 329, 341

  Saltonstall, Gilbert, 329–33

  Sandwich, 251–52

  Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 36–37, 50, 127, 157, 218, 230, 233, 244, 310, 314, 321

  Sandy Hook, 84, 85, 102, 174, 205, 246, 261, 322

  Santo Domingo, 51, 197, 344

  Saratoga, 319, 328, 329, 344, 345, 361–64, 376, 416

  Saratoga, Battle of, 170, 181–84, 237

  Sartine, Antoine de, 265, 267, 283, 284, 286, 287, 312, 313, 337, 341, 343

  Saunders, Robert, 115, 117

  Savannah, Georgia, 37, 320–21

  Scarborough, England, 292, 293, 297

  Schuyler, 78

  Scottish Highlanders, 21, 76–77

  Scurvy, 148, 288, 321

  Sea-Captains Club, 120

  Sea Nymph, 92

  Seaford, 49

  Seagrove, James, 407

  Second Anglo-Dutch War, 219

  Second Continental Congress, 7–9, 14–27

  Selkirk, Earl of, 219, 224–26, 230, 232, 265

  Selkirk, Lady, 226, 229, 230

  Serapis, 292–313, 332, 342

  Sewall, Samuel, 2

  Seymour, Charles, 62

  Shark, 96

  Shaw, Samuel, 172

  Sheepscott River, 147

  Shelden, Patrick, 357–59, 382

 

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