Pennsylvania Navy, 123, 315, 373-395; beginnings of, 373-380; rules and regulations, 375; commodores, 378-379; pay, 380-381; navy board, 381-383; in 1777 and 1778, 383-389; in 1779, 390-391; prize courts, 391-392; in 1782, 393-395. Pennsylvania Navy Board, 377, 381-383, 385, 387-389. Pennsylvania Provincial Conference of Committees, 379. Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council, 378, 382, 383, 387-392, 394, 395. “Pennsylvania Farmer,” the, 452-454. Penobscot Expedition, 337, 347-352, 476. Pensacola, 175, 308, 311. Pensions, 46, 129-131, 366, 381, 392, 410, 447. Philadelphia, 39, 73, 92, 93, 94, 99, 102, 115, 140, 154, 166, 171, 196, 235, 238, 247, 311, 360, 373, 383, 384, 385, 389, 393, 413, 437-440, 465. “Phœnix,” the, 408. Pickering, Timothy, 323. Pickles, William, 309-311. Piercy, Thomas, 297. “Pigot,” the, 469, 470. Pinckney, Colonel, 423. “Plater,” the, 442. Plymouth, Mass., 63, 64, 98, 322. “Polacre,” the, 433. Pollock, Oliver, 160, 307-310. “Polly,” the, 430, 431. Pontchartrain, Lake, 309, 310. Porto Rico, 237. Portsmouth, N. H., 64, 91, 93, 106, 111, 116, 122, 169, 196, 204, 476. Portsmouth, Va., 400. Portuguese government, 273. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 92, 96, 166. Pray, Captain, 460. President of the Continental Congress, 89, 118, 188, 257, 301. Prince Edward Island, 66. “Prince Frederick,” the, 169. “Prince of Wales,” the, 430. Prisons, naval, 150-151, 267. Prisoners, naval, 151, 188, 209, 222, 227, 245, 261, 267-272, 281, 341. Privateers and Privateering, Continental, 49-50, 112, 119, 127-128, 136, 146-148, 201, 306, 308; in Europe, 260-261, 281; English, 151, 164, 165, 345-347, 411, 429, 445, 446, 449-451; Massachusetts, 148-149, 320-323, 327, 339-341, 344-347, 349; Connecticut, 148, 364-365; Pennsylvania, 148, 382, 390, 392-393; Virginia, 148, 405; South Carolina, 427, 428, 429; Maryland, 148, 443, 444; North Carolina, 459; Rhode Island, 146, 148, 467-468; New York, 475; New Hampshire, 476. Prize Agents, Continental, 93-95, 103, 110, 195-196, 226-227, 247, 303-304; of Massachusetts navy, 327; of Connecticut navy, 363; of New York navy, 474.