Clouston, John, 332, 343. Cochran, Robert, 421-422, 427. Coit, William, 359, 368 note. Collier, Sir George, 350. “Columbus,” the, 52, 57, 59, 133, 175. “Comet,” the galley, 461. “Comet,” the schooner, 421. “Commerce,” the, 419. Commerce, American, 241. Commercial agents of Congress, 105, 253, 256-257, 305-311. Commercial Committee of Congress, 160, 162, 257, 307. Commissary-General of Issues, 204. Commissary-General of Prisoners, 96, 116, 209, 222. Commissary-General of Purchases, 116. Commissioners at Paris, 105, 116, 254; work of, 255-294. Commissions for Continental Navy, 50, 109, 188, 197, 199-200, 258; for privateers, 127, 200, 260-261, 321; for Massachusetts navy, 201; for Pennsylvania navy, 374. Committee of Foreign Affairs, 160, 162, 255, 277-280. Committee of Secret Correspondence, 162, 255, 258, 260, 276, 283, 305. “Confederacy,” the, 112, 122, 204, 207-208, 306, 390. “Confederate,” the, 208. “Congress,” the frigate, 92. “Congress,” the galley, 461. Connecticut Council, 354, 355, 366. Connecticut Council of Safety, 75, 95, 354-363, 369, 371. Connecticut Gazette, 359, 362. Connecticut General Assembly, 354, 355, 358, 360, 361, 363-367, 371-372. Connecticut, Governor of, 75, 92, 95, 354-364, 369, 371. Connecticut House of Representatives, 354, 366. Connecticut Journal, 362. Connecticut Navy, 315; beginning of, 355-360; administration of, 360-363; regulations of, 361, 366-367; vessels, 355-360, 367-370; end of, 369-370. Connecticut, warfare of armed boats, 370-372. “Conqueror,” the, 442, 444. Consular bureau, 139-140. Continental agents, 95, 103, 105, 257, 305, 307. Continental Congress, movement for a navy in, 34-38, 81-84; legislation respecting navy, 37-38, 41-51, 84-85, 105-107, 109, 119-133, 145-146, 154, 196-203, 228-235, 245-250, 259, 261-263; legislation respecting Naval Department, 37-38, 86-88, 93-94, 96-98, 101-103, 109, 113, 187-193, 195-196, 208-209, 216-224, 301-304; prepares a fleet on Lakes, 71-73; and prize courts, 48-50, 67-69, 203, 327, 365, 391, 404, 467, 477-478; action respecting Esek Hopkins, 133-138; action respecting consuls, 140; ignorance of navy, 182-183; establishes administrative boards, 184, 212; factions of, 186, 210-216; refuses to increase navy, 240-244; ends navy, 245; relations with Oliver Pollock, 307-311; 315, 322, 333, 357, 385, 392, 402, 405, 409, 412, 417, 418, 421, 437, 438, 443, 447, 460, 465, 469, 472, 473, 475.