“Dolphin,” the schooner, 442, 444. Douglass, William, 72. Dover, England, 262. “Dragon,” the, 406, 411. “Drake,” the, 164, 293. Drayton, William Henry, 421. Duane, James, 223. “Duc de Lauzun,” the, 235, 237, 248, 303. Dunkirk, 256, 260, 287, 290, 437. Dunmore, Lord, 56, 396, 453. “Duras,” the, 295. Dutch government, 273. Dyer, Eliphalet, 82. “Eagle,” the British ship, 364. “Eagle,” the, of the South Carolina navy, 430. Eastern Coast, the, 320, 338, 339, 343, 344, 353. East Haddam, Conn., 360. Edenton, N. C., 93, 452, 455, 458. “Effingham,” the frigate, 92, 388. “Effingham,” the galley, 386. Ellery, William, 90, 182, 191-194, 196, 208. Elliot, Samuel, 361, 362 and note. Ellis, Richard, 458-459. Ellsworth, Oliver, 222, 355. “Enterprise,” the ship, 76. “Enterprise,” the sloop, 72. Executive Departments of Congress, 107. Executive system, defects of, 210-214. Factions, in Congress, 186, 210-216. “Fair American,” the, 430. “Falcon,” the, 339. Falconer, Nathaniel, 101. “Fame,” the, 306-307. “Fearnaught,” the, 448. Ferrol, 291. Fisk, John, 328, 332, 343. Flags, 55, 120, 275-276, 327, 377. Florida, 167, 173, 175, 461. Floyd, William, 191. “Fly,” the, of Continental navy, 56, 57, 158. “Fly,” the, of Virginia navy, 416. “Flying Fish,” the, 451. Forbes, James, 191, 192. Ford, Samuel, 386. Foreign Office of Congress, 160, 255. Fort Mercer, 385. Fort Mifflin, 385. Forton prison, 267, 270. “Fowey,” the, 396. “Fox,” the, 163. Franklin, Benjamin, 83, 378; in France, 254-256, 261, 262, 265-274, 282-284, 295, 296, 298-303. “Franklin,” the galley, 54, 390. “Franklin,” the schooner, 63, 64. “Freedom,” the, 325, 332, 343, 352. French fleet, 139, 166-167, 205, 207, 242, 247-248, 263, 276, 294, 344, 371, 389, 413. French government, 263, 265, 273, 282-289, 294, 295, 298. Gadsden, Christopher, 38, 39, 82, 83, 86. “Gallatea,” the, 350. Galvez, governor of Louisiana, 307-311. Gates, General Horatio, 74, 470. “General Gates,” the, 122, 165, 173, 306. “General Greene,” the, 390-391. “General Mifflin,” the, 70. “General Monk,” the, 393, 394. “General Moultrie,” the, 430, 431, 433, 434. “General Putnam,” the, 70, 472, 473, 474. “General Schuyler,” the, 70, 472, 473, 474. Genoa, State of, 260. Georgetown, S. C., 422, 426, 434. Georgia Committee of Safety, 460. Georgia Navy, 315, 459-462. Georgia Provincial Congress, 459, 460. Gerard, French minister to United States, 119, 140, 161, 166. Germaine, Lord George, 457. Gerry, Elbridge, 321, 323. Ghent, 436. Gibraltar, 268. Gillon, Alexander, 435-440. Glasgow, 276, 278. “Glasgow,” the, 59, 133, 186.