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
