by Willis, Sam
Marine Committee ref1, ref2, ref3
marine insurance ref1
marital law, imposed ref1
maritime evacuations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
maritime language ref1
maritime rights, neutral nations ref1, ref2
maritime strength, impact of ref1
Marlborough, HMS ref1
Marseillais (French 64-gun) ref1
Martin, Josiah ref1
Martin, Thomas Byam ref1
Martinique ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Martinique, battle of, 1780 ref1, ref2
Martinique, battle of, 1781 ref1
Maryland State Navy ref1, ref2
Massachusetts
declared in state of rebellion ref1
fishermen’s uprising ref1
powder secured ref1
privateers and privateering ref1
Massachusetts Committee of Safety ref1
Massachusetts House of Representatives ref1
Massachusetts Provincial Congress ref1, ref2
Massachusetts State Navy ref1, ref2, ref3
Matthews, Admiral Thomas ref1
Maurepas, comte de ref1
Mazzei, Fillipo ref1, ref2
Mediterranean, the ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Melville, Herman ref1
mercantile power, military power undermined by ref1
merchant ships, British, lack of protection ref1
merchant ships, Washington arms ref1
Mercury ref1
Merlin, HMS ref1
Michigan, Lake ref1
Middleton, Charles ref1, ref2
military power, undermined by mercantile power ref1
Minorca ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Minorca, battle of ref1
Mississippi River ref1, ref2, ref3
Willing’s raid ref1
Mist, Jakob de ref1
Mobile, siege of ref1
Mohammed I, sultan of Morocco ref1, ref2, ref3
Mohawk Valley ref1
Moncrief, Captain James ref1
Monmouth, battle of ref1
Monmouth, HMS ref1
Monongahela River ref1n
Monroe, Lieutenant James ref1
Montagu, Captain George ref1
Montagu, HMS ref1, ref2
Montagu, Admiral John ref1, ref2
Boston blockade ref1
and Gaspee inquiry ref1
portrayal of rebels ref1
replaced ref1
Montgomery (American frigate) ref1, ref2
Montgomery, Brigadier General Richard ref1, ref2, ref3
Montmorin, comte de ref1
Montreal ref1
British fleet arrives at ref1
fall and evacuation of ref1, ref2
Montserrat ref1
Moonlight Battle, the ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
moral responsibility, and sea power ref1
Morocco ref1, ref2, ref3
Morris, Robert ref1
Morristown, New Jersey ref1, ref2
Motte-Picquet, comte de la ref1
Mowat, Lieutenant Henry ref1
Mystic River ref1
nails, shortages of ref1
Nancy (American brig) ref1n, ref2
Nantasket Roads ref1
Narragansett Bay ref1, ref2
engagement, August 1778 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Gaspee action ref1
Nassau, raid on, 1776 ref1
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich ref1
Nautilus, HMS ref1
naval administration ref1
Naval Documents of the American Revolution (US Naval History and Heritage Command) ref1
naval strategy ref1
naval surrender, practice ref1
naval war, difficulty of waging ref1
navies ref1
costs ref1, ref2
expectation of success ref1
internal diversity ref1
Navigation Acts ref1
Navy Board ref1, ref2
Navy Board of the Eastern Department ref1
Necker, Jacques ref1
Negapatam ref1
Nelson, Horatio ref1, ref2n, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Netherlands, the ref1
American gunpowder trade ref1, ref2
American trade ref1
blockade ref1
British declaration of war on ref1, ref2
Caribbean holdings ref1, ref2, ref3
isolation ref1
Jones in ref1
and League of Armed Neutrality ref1, ref2
loss of Cape of Good Hope ref1
loss of empire ref1, ref2
loss of St Eustatius ref1
maritime trade ref1n
mobilization ref1
shipbuilding ref1
support for America ref1
threat neutralized ref1
threat of ref1
treaty with America ref1
neutral nations, maritime rights ref1, ref2
Nevis ref1
New England ref1n
New England State Navy ref1
New Hampshire State Navy ref1, ref2
New Jersey, British withdrawal from ref1
New Jersey (American gondola) ref1
New Jersey Palisades ref1
New Jersey State Navy ref1n
New London, Connecticut
naval defence ref1
powder house raids ref1
New Orleans ref1, ref2
New York
anchoring ground ref1
arrival of British fleet off, 1776 ref1
British capture of ref1
d’Estaing’s blockade of ref1, ref2
evacuation of, 1783 ref1n, ref2
fireworks display ref1
harbour ref1
Howe immobilized in ref1
population ref1
Rodney’s arrival in ref1
vulnerability ref1
New York (American gondola) ref1
New York campaign
achievement ref1
American evacuation ref1
American evacuation from Long Island ref1
American forces arrive ref1
arrival of Admiral Richard Howe ref1
Atlantic crossing ref1
battle for Long Island ref1
bombardment of city ref1
British forces ref1
British reinforcements ref1
capture of Fort Washington ref1
capture of New York ref1
capture of Newport ref1
casualties ref1
exodus from city ref1
fires ref1
Hell Gate navigation ref1
impact of British fleet ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
landing sites ref1
landings ref1, ref2
Manhattan bombardment ref1
Manhattan landings ref1
occupation of Staten Island ref1
peace offerings ref1
plundering ref1
strategic situation ref1
Throggs Neck landing ref1
Tories ref1
the Turtle attacks ref1, ref2
Newport, Rhode Island ref1
blockade of ref1
capture of ref1
d’Estaing leaves ref1
engagement, August 1778 ref1
evacuation of, 1779 ref1n
life in ref1
powder house raids ref1
Rochambeau’s expedition occupies ref1
Rochambeau’s headquarters ref1
Washington Street ref1
Newport Harbour, Rhode Island, early naval incidents ref1
night-vision technology ref1
Noailles, comte de ref1
non-state violence, authorization of ref1
Norfolk, Virginia ref1, ref2n
North, Lord ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
North
Carolina State Navy ref1
North Sea ref1
Norway ref1
Nottoway River ref1
Nymphe (French frigate) ref1
oared craft, noise ref1
oars ref1, ref2
O’Brien, Jeremiah ref1
Ocracoke Inlet ref1
Olive Branch Petition ref1
Oliver Cromwell (American spy-ship) ref1
Ordnance Board ref1
Ozanne, Nicolas-Marie ref1
Ozanne, Pierre ref1
Paine, Thomas ref1, ref2
Pallas (French frigate) ref1
Palliser, Hugh ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Panin, Nikita ref1
Panther, HMS ref1, ref2
Paris, Franklin in ref1
Paris, Peace of ref1
Parker, Captain Hyde ref1, ref2n
Parker, Rear-Admiral Sir Hyde ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Parker, Commodore Sir Peter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Parliament, sympathy for American cause ref1
Parliamentary Post ref1
Pasley, Captain Thomas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Paulus Hook ref1
peace commission, Earl of Carlisle ref1
peace commissioners ref1
peace talks ref1, ref2, ref3
Pearl, HMS ref1, ref2
Pearson, Captain Richard ref1, ref2
Pellew, Edward ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Pennsylvania, Tories ref1
Pennsylvania State Navy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
flags ref1
Penobscot expedition
American flight ref1
American forces ref1
Americans prepare to launch naval attack ref1
British dispositions ref1, ref2
British seize Bagaduce ref1
Collier’s arrival ref1
destruction of the American fleet ref1
impact of ref1
seamanship ref1
Penobscot River ref1
Pensacola ref1, ref2, ref3
Perth Amboy ref1
Peters, Thomas ref1
Philadelphia
American regain ref1
British occupation ref1
evacuation of ref1
evacuation of, 1778 ref1n
fall of ref1
Independence Seaport Museum ref1
naval defence ref1
Philadelphia (American gondola) ref1
Philadelphia campaign
Augusta explosion ref1
battle of Brandywine ref1
battle of Germantown ref1
battle of Red Bank ref1, ref2
British failure to take Delaware River ref1
British forces ref1, ref2
British planning and preparation ref1
British voyage ref1
defence of Fort Mercer ref1
defence of the Delaware ref1, ref2, ref3
evacuation of Philadelphia ref1
fall of Philadelphia ref1
impact of fleets arrival ref1
logistical requirements ref1
timing ref1
voyage up Chesapeake ref1
what ifs ref1n
Pigeon Island ref1
pirates and piracy ref1
pirogues ref1
Plymouth, England ref1
Pondicherry, battle for ref1
pontoon bridges ref1, ref2, ref3
Popham, Sir John ref1n
Porto Praya ref1
battle of ref1
ports, opened to foreign trade ref1
Portsmouth, England ref1, ref2
Portsmouth, New Hampshire ref1
powder house raids ref1
Portugal ref1n, ref2n
Potomac River ref1
naval defence ref1
powder house raids ref1
Preston, HMS ref1
Prince George, HMS ref1
Prince of Wales, HMS ref1
Princeton, battle of ref1, ref2
Pringle, Captain Thomas ref1
prisoners of war ref1, ref2
privateers and privateering ref1, ref2
Boston ref1
British losses to ref1
Caribbean operations ref1, ref2
in European waters ref1
impact ref1
letters of marque ref1
numbers ref1
Penobscot expedition ref1
rise of ref1
risks and benefits ref1
prize courts ref1
prize money ref1, ref2, ref3
Providence (American frigate) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Providence, Rhode Island, powder house raids ref1
Prussia ref1n, ref2n
pumps ref1
Putnam, General Israel ref1
Quebec ref1, ref2
American attack on ref1
American withdrawal from ref1
Arnold’s advance on ref1
Arnold’s force arrives at ref1
Arnold’s march to ref1
capture of, 1759 ref1
defences ref1
garrison ref1
relief of ref1
Queen Charlotte, HMS ref1n
Queen of France (American frigate) ref1, ref2
Quero (American ship) ref1
Quincy, Colonel Josiah ref1
raids, American
Iroquois Indians ref1
Long Island Sound ref1
siege of Boston ref1
raids, British
Collier’s Chesapeake ref1
Collier’s Connecticut ref1
Gibraltar ref1
Rainbow, HMS ref1
Raleigh (American frigate) ref1, ref2
Randolph (American frigate) ref1, ref2
Ranger (American frigate) ref1, ref2
Rappahannock River ref1
Raritan River ref1
Rattletrap, USS ref1
rebels
portrayal in Britain ref1
restraint ref1
reconciliation ref1
recruits, state navies ref1
Red Bank, battle of ref1, ref2
Red Sea ref1, ref2
Renown, HMS ref1, ref2, ref3
representation, and taxation ref1
Reprisal (American warship) ref1
Revere, Paul ref1, ref2
Rhode Island ref1
Rhode Island General Assembly ref1
Rhode Island State Navy ref1
Rhynst, Vice-Admiral ref1
Richelieu Rapids ref1, ref2, ref3
Richelieu River ref1
Riedesel, Frederika ref1
river crossings ref1, ref2
Washington’s Delaware crossing ref1
rivers ref1
boatmanship problems ref1
defences ref1, ref2, ref3
portages ref1
rapids ref1
seamanship ref1
waves ref1
Robertson, Archibald ref1
Rochambeau, comte de ref1, ref2
arrival in America ref1
Atlantic crossing ref1
command ref1
condition of forces ref1, ref2
discussion of terms with ref1
Hartford Conference ref1
occupies Newport ref1
at Yorktown ref1
Rochefort ref1
Rockingham, Marquess of ref1
Roderigue Hortalez et Compagnie ref1
Rodney, Lady ref1
Rodney, Admiral George Bridges ref1, ref2
anti-Semitism ref1
arrival in Caribbean ref1, ref2
arrival in New York ref1
Atlantic crossing ref1
atrocities, St Eustatius ref1, ref2
background and career ref1
battle of Martinique ref1, ref2
blamed for Cornwallis’s surrender ref1
Caribbean campaign, 1782 ref1
Caribbean fleet ref1
Caribbean resources ref1
dismisses Parker ref1
and French Caribbean campaign, 1780 ref1
and Grasse’s arrival in Caribbean ref1
impact on Caribbean fleet ref1
modernization of Caribbean fleet ref1
the Moonlight Battle ref1, ref2
Moonlight Battle reward ref1
open orders ref1
prize money ref1
reforms ref1
relationship with Hood ref1
relief of Gibraltar ref1, ref2
return to Caribbean ref1
returns home ref1
seamanship ref1
and Spanish Caribbean campaign, 1780 ref1
St Eustatius campaign ref1, ref2
suspicion of subordinates ref1, ref2
treasure fleet captured ref1
Roebuck, HMS ref1
Rogers, Josias ref1
ropewalks ref1
Rover (American privateer) ref1
Rowley, Rear-Admiral Joshua ref1
Royal Commission, Gaspee inquiry ref1
Royal George, HMS ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5n
royal government, collapse of ref1
Royal Navy
administration ref1
and American evacuation from Long Island ref1
anti-smuggling role ref1
attempt to control gunpowder imports ref1
battle experience ref1
Blane’s health reforms ref1, ref2
bombardment of New York ref1
Boston blockade ref1, ref2
captures, 1779 ref1
captures first American naval ship ref1
Caribbean fleet condition ref1
Caribbean fleet modernization ref1
Caribbean sea power ref1
Channel Fleet ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Charleston raid failure ref1, ref2
coppering ref1, ref2, ref3
cycle of construction and repair ref1, ref2
dominance ref1
evacuation of the Delaware ref1
fleet victories ref1
growth ref1
gunpowder consumption ref1
hygiene ref1
impact of French entry into war ref1
Indian squadron ref1
Leeward Islands fleet ref1
lessons of war ref1
Lexington and Concord campaign ref1
manning system ref1
manpower shortages ref1
mobilization ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
naval commitment ref1
and the New York campaign ref1, ref2
night-vision technology ref1
officer corps ref1
officers commissions ref1
orders for ships ceased ref1
peacetime role ref1
pressed men ref1
pressure on ref1
relief of Gibraltar, 1779 ref1
relief of Gibraltar, 1781 ref1, ref2
relief of Gibraltar, 1782 ref1
resources ref1
royal links ref1
seamanship ref1, ref2
seizure of neutral vessels ref1
shipbuilding cycle ref1, ref2
shortcomings ref1
small squadron strategy ref1
status ref1
strategic burden ref1
strength ref1, ref2, ref3
superiority in American waters ref1
