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AFC07
361
PJA12
124
211
463

Navy Board in Boston 49

Navy Board in Phila. 3

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ship procurement and construction for13

at Charleston10

PJA09
275
281
297
490
500
510
512
524
PJA10
25
30

operations and movements of9

PJA07
99
150
280-281
PJA08
27-31
88
91
93
99
195-196

resolutions and debates on building of9

Navy Boards8

DJA02
343
368-369
402-403
DJA04
4
7-9
97
160
192

appointment of officers for7

PJA03
143
145
243
302-303
375
PJA04
106
108

ships delayed in getting to sea7

PJA05
23
27
92
115
126
144
217

construction of ships for5

PJA06
67
151
156
157
199

mentioned5

PJA07
85
197
PJA08
214
221
PJA10
110

operations and status of5

PJA09
511
PJA10
25
223
251
264

proposals for, and origin of5

accounts with commercial agents4

DJA02
298
402-403
DJA04
134-135
143

and exchange of prisoners of war4

and proposed attack on British whale fishery4

PJA07
177-178
198-199
222
PJA08
146

defeat at Penobscot4

PJA09
336
524
PJA10
25
232

and control of the lakes3

PJA04
254
372
389

Board of Admiralty3

PJA11
38
39
128

desirability of taking prizes into Dutch ports3

PJA11
103
109
278

disputes over capture and sale of prizes3

financial affairs of John Paul Jones3

frigates fitted out in France3

DJA04
126
148-149
169

inactive state of3

PJA05
192
197
PJA06
215

instructions to officers in3

DJA03
381-382
DJA04
135
143

JA on conduct of officers and seamen in3

DJA04
17-18
125
130

losses of3

PJA09
41
499
PJA10
114

Navy Board in Boston3

PJA11
31
35
352

need to revise regulations of3

PJA08
15
21
32

need to strengthen3

PJA09
499
PJA10
78
396-397

recruitment of seamen for3

PJA03
142
147
PJA04
23

right to recruit seamen in Dutch-Amer. Treaty3

rules for3

PJA03
146
147-156
xi

ships bottled up in Narragansett Bay3

PJA05
154
159
231

to be bound by principle of free ships make free goods3

PJA11
128
143
158-159

vessels in European waters3

PJA09
484-485
494
500

AA on shipbuilding for2

AFC02
47
331

Commissioners instructed to procure French ships of the line for (1776)2

PJA10
49
51

Congress' regulation of2

PJA09
476
477

difficulty of manning due to privateers2

PJA07
280
281

fight between French and Amer. sailors at Boston2

PJA11
114
115

instructions regarding neutral ships2

PJA09
126
PJA10
448

Isaac Smith Sr.'s views on2

AFC01
414
AFC02
311-312

JA on2

PJA13
147
233

JA on his own role in building2

AFC01
399-400
AFC02
280

JA on naval architecture2

DJA02
277
DJA04
16-17

JA’s support for2

PJA02
150
184

List of Persons Suitable for Naval Commands2

DJA02
221-222
DJA03
350

ordinance on legality of captures at sea2

PJA13
410-411
412

pay2

PJA06
352-353
363

pay for officers and men2

PJA03
153
156

privateering as foundation for2

PJA10
165
270

privateering impedes growth of2

PJA11
32
166

rate of pay for seamen2

PJA08
48
49

sickness in2

PJA04
239
245

Admiralty Court for middle district of Mass.1

PJA10
173

advantages to be derived from enlargement1

AFC04
142-143

“A Navy is our only Defence”1

PJA10
397

and Board of War and Ordnance1

DJA03
404

and British privateers out of Channel Islands1

DJA04
163

and Franco-Amer. alliance1

DJA02
235

and John Paul Jones1

AFC03
219

and state navies1

PJA08
36

and the French fleet1

PJA09
524-525

armed schooners rendezvous at Cape Ann1

AFC02
17-19

call for fewer officers of marines on ships1

PJA05
303-304

career of Pierre Landais in1

DJA02
366

Cointe de Sade on prospects of1

DJA04
197-199

commissioning of officers in1

DJA02
371-372

commissions of, described1

PJA07
123

cooperation among commands inadequate1

PJA05
138

Cotton Tufts on shipbuilding for1

AFC02
221

disputes between naval captains and French seamen1

DJA04
166-167

distressed conditions in1

AFC03
375

early administration of1

PJA05
115-116

Eastern Navy Board's instructions to Capt. Tucker on voyage to France with JA1

AFC02
389

energetic planning held wanting1

AFC03
377-378

expedition of, to Bahama1

PJA04
123

expedition to Caribbean planned for1

PJA05
232

expedition to Nova Scotia proposed for1

PJA03
143

expenditures for JA's 1779 voyage to Europe1

PJA13
442

Franklin controls vessels of in Europe1

PJA08
345

hearing of Esek Hopkins before Marine Committee1

DJA03
405-409

improvement delayed1

AFC04
129

inactive ships in French ports1

DJA04
167

JA and rules for government of, 17751

LJA01
xcii

JA criticizes discipline and will to fight1

PJA06
324

JA on hygiene in1

DJA02
278

JA’s confidence in ultimate success of1

PJA07
243

loss of frigates by1

PJA11
64

Marine Committee investigates Bradford's accounts1

AFC02
181

“one Sailor will do Us more good than two Soldiers”1

PJA10
165

possible purchase of Indien 1

PJA09
490-491

prize rewards too low1

PJA05
51-52

Quebec fleet captured1

AFC04
16

reinforcements from France promised but delayed1

AFC04
142

repairs to Capt. Whipple's Providence 1

DJA04
128-129

resolutions for fitting out armed vessels1

AFC01
332-333

Rush's Leonidas essays and1

PJA13
498

seamen of, in French ports1

DJA04
160

ship losses1

PJA06
121-122

status of ships in French ports1

PJA06
113

status of ships in New England1

PJA05
284

strength of1

PJA11
112

successes of1

PJA09
56

value of captures of British ships by1

PJA11
64

vessels to observe principles of Armed Neutrality1

PJA13
161-162
See also: JA—Military Interests—Naval matters
See also: Prisoners of war (American)
See also: Privateers
See also: Prizes
See also: names of particular officers and ships of war

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