Mobile, expedition against, 166, 311. “Molly,” the, 122. “Montague,” the, 120, 165. Montgomery, General, 458. Montgomery, James, 390. “Montgomery,” the frigate, 92. “Montgomery,” the ship, 71, 472-475. “Montgomery,” the sloop, 376, 379, 380, 385, 386. Moore, Lieutenant, 339. Moravian mission, 274. Morgan, Captain, 430. Morris, Gouverneur, 211, 214. Morris, Robert, 86, 90, 173-176, 182 and note, 211; agent of marine, 218-251, 256, 257, 302, 394; and the Pennsylvania navy, 376, 378, 394. Morris, Thomas, 256. “Morris,” the, 308-309. “Mosquito,” the, 407. Moylan, Stephen, 62, 63. Mud Island, 384. “Nancy,” the, 65, 236. Nantes, 256, 262, 266, 284, 286, 331, 369. Nantucket, 279, 328, 342, 465. Nassau, New Providence, 58, 173, 419. “Nautilus,” the, 350. Naval administration in the states, in general, 315-318. Naval Agents, of Washington, 62-63, 69-70; of Congress, 90-96, 103, 105-107, 110, 116, 117, 150, 189, 195, 196, 221, 227, 247, 256-257, 263-264, 266, 303-311; of Massachusetts, 327, 329; of Connecticut, 361-363; of Virginia, 401; of South Carolina, 426; of Maryland, 442-443; of North Carolina, 458-459. Naval Committee, appointment of, 35-39; quarters of, 39; description of, 39-40; active life of, 40-41; legislative work, 42-51; prepares a fleet, 51-56; appoints officers, 52-55; orders of, 56; summary of work, 60; its successor, 87; settling of its accounts, 246-247. Naval Office at Paris, origin of, 252-253; duties and work, 253-254, 257-304; personnel of, 254-255; headquarters of, 255; agents of, 256-257; movements of the fleet under, 286-300. Naval operations, 161-180. Naval stations, Continental, 154-155; British, 155-156. Navy Board at Boston, origin of, 97-103; duties of, 105-116, 164-165; abolition of, 221, 223, 227; 145, 168, 171, 176, 178, 182, 189, 191, 195, 196, 197, 247, 349, 469. Navy Board at Philadelphia, origin of, 96-97, 99-103; duties of, 105-116; abolition of, 221, 223, 227; 145, 189, 195, 196, 197, 247. Navy of the American Revolution. See Continental Navy, Massachusetts Navy, Connecticut Navy, etc. Nesbit, J. M., 95. Neutral rights, 200, 253, 266, 271-274, 281-292. New Bedford, Mass., 339. Newbern, N. C., 93, 452, 453, 455, 457, 459. Newburyport, Mass., 62, 91, 320, 328, 336. Newfoundland, 164, 167, 169; Grand Banks of, 166, 170, 236; fisheries of, 180, 276, 291-292. New Hampshire Navy, 315, 349, 476-477. New Haven, Conn., 73, 355, 360, 362. New Jersey, 315, 477-478. New Jersey Provincial Congress, 477.