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AFC05
2
6
23
24
AFC07

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in West Indies23

and loss of convoy to Indies21

mentioned16

DJA01
352
DJA03
344
PJA02
PJA07
151
PJA08
11
28
PJA09
461
PJA10
PJA11
82

and French naval forces15

seizure of van Bylandt convoy15

channel fleet of14

depredations on Dutch ships12

PJA10

operations in and around Boston Harbor12

strength and condition of12

and seizures of Dutch ships10

PJA07
PJA08

blockades French at Newport8

deployment of8

difficulties in manning8

operations of8

PJA11

and loss of America's naval stores7

disadvantages of operating in Amer. waters7

PJA08

decline of6

PJA10

losses of6

PJA09
PJA10

ships cruise off New England6

PJA05

and Franco-Spanish fleet5

PJA07

and seizure of Charleston5

PJA09
PJA10
78
79

and Spanish naval forces5

PJA09
36

at Bunker Hill5

PJA03

in Chesapeake Bay5

AFC04
195
PJA06

to increase efforts on Amer. coast5

PJA07

and French and Spanish navies4

PJA11

blockade of Amer. coast4

PJA08

compared with French Navy4

PJA07

condition and strength of4

controls Amer. coast4

depredations of4

PJA03
PJA06

distressed conditions in4

AFC03

reinforcement of4

PJA07
PJA08

relief of Gibraltar4

PJA11

rumored sale of Amer. masts to4

PJA12

strength of4

PJA12

superiority on Amer. coast4

PJA09
PJA10

units of leave N.Y.4

PJA07
PJA08
308

vessels on Amer. coast4

PJA06

Americans forced to serve in3

and neutral shipping3

PJA09
PJA10

and whaling fleet3

PJA07
PJA08
146

at Newport3

PJA07
PJA08
294

at N.Y. city3

PJA03
396
PJA04

circular letter from Amer. Commissioners on sailing of3

DJA04
99 (illus. facing)
102
vii

convoy captured off Portugal3

AFC03

desertions from3

PJA04

fleets suffer disasters on way to Georgia3

strength of, discussed in Continental Congress3

DJA02

supplies for3

PJA04

vessels at R.I.3

PJA05
364
PJA06

Amer. prisoners impressed into2

PJA12
140
PJA13
7

and Battle of Chesapeake2

PJA12

and blockade of Boston2

PJA02

and rules for the Continental Navy2

PJA03

British confidence in2

PJA09
513
PJA10
261

burning of revenue schooner Gaspee 2

DJA02

conduct of officers and sailors2

AFC03

congress sent book on vessels of2

PJA07

evacuation necessary for Anglo-Amer. truce2

PJA11

expected reinforcements for2

PJA02

fleet of Adm. Keppel2

DJA04

fleet sails from Torbay2

PJA12

Franco-Spanish fleet superior to2

PJA13

importance of naval stores to2

PJA10

intercepted by French fleet off Scilly Islands2

AFC04

lawsuit over murdered officer2

DJA01

manning of2

PJA07
133
PJA08
336

men of war patrol Chesapeake Bay2

AFC02

on the Delaware River2

PJA06

operations off Mass.2

PJA04

reinforcements for2

PJA10

rumored effort to obtain ships from foreign navies2

PJA09

seizure of U.S. ships2

PJA12

sends ships up the Hudson River2

PJA05

sickness and disorder on ships of2

PJA09

squadron under Banks patrols Nantasket Roads2

AFC01
381
AFC02

strength and deployment of2

PJA09

transports sent for evacuation of Charleston2

PJA12

action against Dutch at the Doggerbank1

AFC04
117

Adm. Byron's fleet in Plymouth, England1

DJA04
135

American success against1

PJA03
23

American “volunteers” in1

PJA03
374

Amer. prisoners as volunteers in1

PJA09
45

Amer. success against1

PJA06

and Aitken's attempts to burn royal dockyards in England1

AFC02
206

and Amer. privateers1

DJA03

and Ansell Nickerson murder case1

DJA02
70

and attempted relief of Cornwallis1

PJA12

and exchange of prisoners of war1

DJA04

and French recapture of St. Eustatius1

PJA12
429

and Gov. Bernard1

DJA01
329

and seizure of sloop Liberty 1

DJA03
306

Anglo-Dutch peace treaty and Dutch possessions taken by1

PJA13

at Gardiner's Bay, L.I.1

AFC04
125

attacks St. Eustatius1

AFC04
94

at Va. Capes1

AFC04
195

capture of portion of French East Indian fleet1

PJA12

captures French transports1

PJA12
157

captures in Chesapeake Bay1

PJA12
417

captures vessels importing flour into Boston1

AFC02
172

challenged by France1

DJA03
328

committee of Congress appointed to record hostile acts of1

AFC01

consumption of Amer. beef by1

PJA13
152

contractors for1

AFC01
233

Córdoba unable to force battle with channel fleet1

PJA13
148

cruise of Capt. Whipple against1

DJA04
140

cruise of John Paul Jones against1

DJA04
138

danger to merchant ships from, less in winter1

PJA12
71

debate in Parliament on1

DJA01
342

defeat by de Grasse1

AFC04
239

defeated by Ruyter1

PJA11
106

defeat of French at Saints Passage1

AFC04

depredations of, in New England1

DJA03

depredations on U.S. trade1

PJA13
413

discreditable behavior, of Admiral Montagu1

DJA02
73

Dutch naval force proposed for Amer. waters to protect commerce against1

PJA13
156

entertained by Hutchinson1

DJA02
35

evacuation of, from U.S. in event of truce1

PJA10
279

evacuation of New York and Charleston and1

PJA13

expansion of1

PJA12
378

failure to sail1

DJA04
139

“fleet” appears in Boston Harbor1

AFC02
47

fleet at Portsmouth, England1

DJA02
376

fleet in N.Y. weakened by French attacks1

AFC04
94

fleet sails from Spithead1

DJA04
106

floating batteries sent into Delaware River1

AFC02
254

force insufficient to conquer U.S.1

PJA10

formidable1

PJA05
95

in Boston Harbor1

PJA01
233

in East Indies1

AFC04
100

in French and Indian War1

PJA10
50

in R.I.1

DJA04
4

JA compares with French Navy1

PJA06
273

Jamaican base destroyed by hurricane1

PJA10
441

JA on1

PJA11
65

legal obligation to take ships going to or from U.S.1

PJA11
414

losses at Yorktown1

PJA12
30

losses by1

PJA11
111

men of war patrol Delaware Bay1

AFC02

neglects defense of North America1

PJA01
233

off Halifax and Newfoundland1

DJA04

on Dutch coast1

PJA12
54

operations after evacuation of Boston1

AFC01
414

operations against Dutch fleet1

PJA13
179

orders interception of the South Carolina 1

PJA11
355

overstated strength of1

PJA01
18

position and strength of1

DJA04
154

preoccupation with taking prizes1

PJA12
27

protection of Baltic trade by1

PJA13
415

pursues French vessels into Delaware Bay1

PJA13
466

Quebec fleet defeated1

AFC04
16

reaction to Bonhomme Richard squadron1

PJA08

reported defeated by French in West Indies1

AFC04
156

reported Russian reinforcements for1

PJA06
244

Rockingham ministry's command changes1

PJA09
588

seeks to stop and search Swedish convoy1

PJA12
192

seizure of Dutch merchant fleet (1779)1

PJA12
11

shipyards of1

PJA12
1

squadron bombards and burns Falmouth (Portland), Maine1

AFC01

threat to French colonies1

DJA02
235

vessels on U.S. coast hinder trade with Europe1

PJA12
400

Vice Adm. Graves' fleet in Boston Harbor1

AFC01
149

will intensify efforts under new ministry1

PJA12
391

works at Portsmouth, Va., and slaves abandoned1

AFC04
22
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