New London, Conn., 92, 93, 95, 116, 165, 196, 236, 355, 357, 359, 362, 363, 371. New Orleans, 160, 307-309. New Providence Expedition, 55-60, 133. New York, city of, 52, 69, 70, 75, 93, 154, 155, 206, 207, 239, 247, 364, 368, 471, 473. Newport, R. I., 99, 194, 371. New York Committee of Safety, 70, 472, 474, 475. New York Convention, 96. New York, Governor of, 476. New York Marine Committee, 471, 472. New York Navy, 70-71, 315, 471-476. New York Provincial Congress, 71, 72, 471, 472. New York Secret Committee, 475. Nichols, Samuel, 58, 123. Nicholson, James, 123, 124, 125 note, 206, 238-239, 441, 444, 446, 449. Nicholson, Samuel, 236, 258, 262, 263. Niles, Robert, 357, 370. Niles, Samuel, 356, 357. Nixon, John, 52, 95, 96, 97, 376, 378. “Noble,” the, 407. “North,” the, 350. North Carolina Council of Safety, 451, 452. North Carolina Naval Commissioners, 451-454. North Carolina Navy, 315, 451-459. North Carolina Provincial Congress, 452, 456. North Yarmouth, Maine, 322. Norwich, Conn., 92, 355, 356, 359, 360, 372. “Notre Dame,” the, 428-431, 433, 434, 435. O’Brian, Jeremiah, 320. Ocracoke Inlet, 155, 400, 406, 452, 454-459. Officers, in Continental navy, 45-46, 50, 109, 123; in Massachusetts navy, 333; in Connecticut navy, 357; in Pennsylvania navy, 374; in Virginia navy, 397, 401; in North Carolina navy, 452; in Rhode Island navy, 464. “Oliver Cromwell,” the, of the Connecticut navy, 359, 368-370. “Oliver Cromwell,” the, of the Virginia navy, 415. Olney, Joseph, 168. Olney, Richard, 471. “Orpheus,” the, 208. Osbornes, Va., engagement at, 414. Ossabaw Island, 461. “Otter,” the, 350, 449. “Oxford,” the, 265. Paca, William, 203, 447. Paine, R. T., 82. Palfrey, William, 302. “Pallas,” the, 296. Palmer, Joseph, 324. Parsons, Alston and Company, 305. “Patriot,” the armed boat, 397. “Patriot,” the schooner, 416. Pay, in Continental navy, 46, 50-51, 128, 145-146, 198; in Massachusetts navy, 325-326, 333; in Connecticut navy, 357, 361, 366-367; in Pennsylvania navy, 380-381; in Virginia navy, 397, 403, 411, 416; in South Carolina navy, 422, 432; in Maryland navy, 441, 443, 445; in North Carolina navy, 452. “Peggy,” the, 423. Pendleton, Captain, 459. Pennell, Joseph, 227, 246, 247, 250. Pennsylvania commissioners for defense of the Delaware, 393-395. Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, 373-381, 391. Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 378-381. Pennsylvania Convention, 378. Pennsylvania General Assembly, 389, 391-394.