Marine Committee, appointment of, 80-87; offices of, 87; chairmen, 88-90; agents of, 90-103, 105-115; work of, 105-140; conditions of the naval service under, 141-160; general movements of its fleet, 161-180; defects of, 181-186; superseded, 187; 69, 70, 247, 279, 349. Marines, Continental, 43 and note, 51, 58, 117-118, 123, 129, 131, 136, 158-159, 197, 207, 229-230; of Massachusetts, 326; of Connecticut, 357, 358; of Pennsylvania, 376, 377, 392; of Virginia, 397, 398, 410, 411; of South Carolina, 420, 422, 427, 430, 440; of Maryland, 441, 445, 447; of North Carolina, 452. “Mars,” the, 201, 273, 338, 343, 344. Martha’s Vineyard, 339. Martin, Joshua, 457. Martinique, 204, 266, 305, 331, 353, 407, 443, 457. Maryland commissioners for defense of Chesapeake bay, 447. Maryland Committee of Safety, 441, 442. Maryland, Governor of, 443. Maryland Governor and Council, 441, 445, 446, 447, 448. Maryland Legislature, 445, 447, 448, 451. Maryland Navy, 122, 315, 402, 415, 441-451. Maryland Provincial Convention, 441, 442, 443, 444. Mason, George, 398. “Massachusetts,” the, 325, 332, 343. Massachusetts Agent of the Commonwealth, 337, 338. Massachusetts admiralty courts, 68, 69, 322-323, 327. Massachusetts Board of War, 329-332, 335, 336, 337, 343, 345, 348, 351. Massachusetts Commissary-General, 338, 353. Massachusetts Committee of Foreign Affairs, 343. Massachusetts Committee of Safety, 319. Massachusetts Constitution, 337. Massachusetts Council, 37, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 341, 347, 351, 422. Massachusetts General Court, 319, 321, 323-326, 329, 332-336, 338, 339, 341. Massachusetts, Governor of, 337, 338, 353. Massachusetts House of Representatives, 319, 321, 324, 347, 351. Massachusetts Navy, 151, 201, 275, 315-353, 470; beginnings of, 318-328; documents respecting, 328-329, 332-333, 334-337, 345-347; administration of, 329-332, 337-338; regulations respecting, 325-327, 333-335; vessels of, 325, 331, 335-339, 341-344, 352-353; expeditions of, 332-333, 341-353; end of, 353. Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 318, 319. Massachusetts trading vessels, 330-331. Matthews and Collier, raid of, 408. Mauritius, 179, 279. Maxwell, James, 401, 409, 413. “Medea,” the, 352. “Mercury,” the, 311. “Merlin,” the, 385. Middletown, Conn., 355, 359. Mifflin, Samuel, 380. Mifflin, Thomas, 192. “Mifflin,” the, 367. “Milford,” the cartel-ship, 270. “Milford,” the frigate, 344. Milligan, Captain, 461. Mill prison, 267, 268, 270. “Minerva,” the merchantman, 475. “Minerva,” the, of the Connecticut navy, 356, 357, 358. Mississippi, the, 175, 307-311, 430.