Events of September, 1775 419 The “Defence” 420 Work of the Provincial Congress, November, 1775 420 Work of the Committee of Safety, December, 1775 421 The mission of Cochran 421 Naval legislation, February-March, 1776 422 The Constitution of 1776 423 Naval legislation, April, 1776 423 South Carolina Navy Board 424 Work and organization of the Navy Board 424 Naval legislation, 1777-1778 427 Naval increases, 1776-1779 428 Privateers 429 Services rendered by the South Carolina navy, 1776-1779 429 The “Randolph” and the State fleet 430 The campaign against Charleston, 1779-1780 431 The navy in 1781 and 1783 434 Commodore Gillon and the “South Carolina” 435 Gillon in Europe 436 The “South Carolina” in European waters 436 The expedition against the Bahamas 438 The “South Carolina” at Philadelphia 439 Capture of the “South Carolina” 439 Settlement of the Luxembourg claims 439 CHAPTER XVI.—The Minor Navies of the Southern States. Organs of naval administration in Maryland 441 Work of the Maryland Provincial Convention, 1776 441 Work of the Maryland Committee of Safety, 1776 441 Maryland vessels 442 Recruiting of the navy 443 Naval officers 443 Court of Admiralty 444 Maryland privateers 444 Sale of naval vessels, 1779 444 Naval conditions, 1779-1783 445 Acts for the defence of the Chesapeake 445 Transporting of the Continental army 446 British depredations, 1782-1783 446 Commissioners for the defence of the Bay 447 Services rendered by the Maryland navy 448 The Battle of the Barges 449