“Bishop Landaff,” the, 471-472. Blackburn, John, 454. “Black Duck,” the, 389. “Black Prince,” the privateer, 260-261. “Black Prince,” the ship, 52. “Black Princess,” the, 260-261. Blake, Edward, 420, 425. Bland, Theodoric, 222, 223. Blewer, Joseph, 382. “Blonde,” the, 350. Board of Admiralty, appointment, 181-188; duties, 188-189; pay, 189-190; selection, 190-194; legislative work, 194-203; movement of fleet under, 203-208; discontinuance, 208-209, 219-222, 227-229. Board of Treasury, Continental, 184, 188, 205, 247, 249, 250. Board of War, Continental, 184, 187. Board of War, Massachusetts, 329-332, 335-337, 343, 345, 348, 351. “Bolton,” the, 59. “Bon Homme Richard,” the, 163, 258, 295-298. Bordeaux, 256, 276, 292, 436. Bordentown, 97, 99, 102, 387. Boston, 63, 93, 94, 113, 114, 139, 140, 148, 154, 168, 172, 203, 206, 247, 248, 328, 352, 353, 361. “Boston,” the, 91, 158, 204, 207, 292, 344, 390, 433, 434. Boston Bay, 156. Boucher, John Henry, 402, 444. Boulogne, 262. Bounties, 46, 128, 146, 198, 403, 410, 411, 432, 443. “Bourbon,” the, 92, 122, 204, 235, 240. Bowen, Oliver, 459, 460, 461. Boys, Captain, 395. Braddock, Captain, of Georgia navy, 461. Bradford, John, 69, 94, 95. Bradford, William, 382, 387. Brest, 256. “Bricole,” the, 433, 434. “Britannia,” the, 357. British fleet on Lake Champlain, 76. Brooke, Walter, 402. Broughton, Nicholson, 33, 61-63, 66. Brown, John, 227, 231. Bryan, George, 190. “Bulloch,” the, 461. Burdon, George, 293. Burgoyne, General, 77, 384. Bushnell, David, 363-364. Buzzard’s Bay, 339. “Cabot,” the, 52, 57, 58, 59, 158, 175. Cadiz, 261. Cadrigal, General, 438. Caldwell, Thomas, 378. Calvert, Captain, 308. Canada, 72, 151, 173. “Camden,” the, 475. “Camilla,” the, 350. Campbell, Captain, 461. Campbell, Lord William, 419-420. Cape Cod, 279. Cape Fear, 156, 165, 452. Cape Francois, 207, 237, 305, 331, 460. Captures, Continental, legislation concerning, 49-50, 126-127, 200-201, 232-234. See Prizes. Carleton, Sir Guy, 76, 77. Carmichael, William, 260. Castine, Maine, 348. Caswell, Governor, 458. “Caswell,” the, 406, 456, 458, 459. Catherine II. of Russia, 274. Champlain, Lake, 72-78, 475. Champlin, George, 165. “Chance,” the, 169. Charleston, S. C., 154, 156, 166, 167, 369, 419-423, 425, 427, 432-434. Chase, Samuel, 51, 82, 86. Chatham, Conn., 92, 204. “Chatham,” the, 390. Chaumont, Ray de, 296. “Cherokee,” the, 419, 420. “Chester,” the, 442, 444. Chew, Samuel, 165. Chickahominy shipyard, 400, 401, 413, 414. Clinton, General Henry, 408, 445.