Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX INDEX Abaco, island of, 95, 96, 218, 220, 293,294. Acetus, British transport, 496. Achilles, British privateer, 543. Actaeon, British frigate, 146, 147, 148. Active, American privateer, 237. Active, British frigate, 146,147. Active, British privateer, 386,388; Massachusetts brigantine, 388, 421, 431. Active, British sloop, 326. Adams, Captain, 64. Adams, John, letters to, 6,49,70, 85,153,203,306,362,576,577; on the Naval Committee, 22,23; frames regulations, 24; interest of, in naval affairs, 24; commissioner in France, 38, 353; on a com- mittee, 40; letters from, 50,115, 417; defends Hopkins, 114,115; sails for France, 353; opinions of, 528, 616. Adams, John Quiney, 353. Adams, Samuel, 22. Admiral Digby, British privateer, 598. Admiral Duff, British letter of marque, 514, 516. Admiral Keppel, British letter of marque, 322. Affleck, Edmund, captain, 638. Africa, 121, 299, 301, 640. Agent of Marine, 36, 37, 558, 576, 579. Alarm, British frigate, 605,606,607. Albany, British sloop of war, 423, 433,434. Alert, British cutter, 276. Alexander, Charles, captain, 94, 141, 242. Alexander, prize ship, 120. Alfred, Continental ship, 25, 29, 90, 108; flagship, 92; goes into commission, 92: armament of, 94; at New Providence, 97; cap- tures the Bolton, 101; in action with the Glasgow, 101, 102, 103, 106; officers of, 102; log-book of, 103; on shore, 110; at Providence, 112; cruising, 121-127; discontent on, 123; encounters the Milford, 125; returns to Boston, 126,194; ordered south, 127,189; to cruise for transports, 191,192; cruising, 223-230; falls in with a British convoy, 224, 225, 226,237; follows it, 229, 230; arrives in France, 230, 278; homeward bound, 299, 301; cruising in the "West Indies, 301-303; falls in with British ships, 301;...
