Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the Campaign of the Liman |
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... Congress . A man who had begun life with nothing but " health and his good spirits " for his patri- mony , who , while a mere boy , had known how to obtain profit- able employments of much responsibility , and who was now in the ...
... Congress . A man who had begun life with nothing but " health and his good spirits " for his patri- mony , who , while a mere boy , had known how to obtain profit- able employments of much responsibility , and who was now in the ...
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... Congress adopted a report of the Committee appointed to devise ways and means for fit- ting out a naval armament ; in which it was recommended that thirteen frigates should be got ready for sea ; five to be of thirty - two guns , five ...
... Congress adopted a report of the Committee appointed to devise ways and means for fit- ting out a naval armament ; in which it was recommended that thirteen frigates should be got ready for sea ; five to be of thirty - two guns , five ...
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... Congress the 8th of August . † * Interlined by Jones . The Commission of Jones was made out , according to Mr Sherburne , on the same day on which the relative rank of the Captains was established by Congress . It was as follows : " IN ...
... Congress the 8th of August . † * Interlined by Jones . The Commission of Jones was made out , according to Mr Sherburne , on the same day on which the relative rank of the Captains was established by Congress . It was as follows : " IN ...
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... Congress to go to Connecticut , to command the brigantine Hampden ; but he choosing rather to remain in the sloop ... Congress of the United States , or committee of Congress for that purpose appointed , or commander in chief for the ...
... Congress to go to Connecticut , to command the brigantine Hampden ; but he choosing rather to remain in the sloop ... Congress of the United States , or committee of Congress for that purpose appointed , or commander in chief for the ...
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... Congress to supersede that of Captain Jones . On the 21st of January , 1777 , this drew from Captain Jones a letter to the Marine Committee of Congress , stating his hopes that Congress would not so far overlook his early and faithful ...
... Congress to supersede that of Captain Jones . On the 21st of January , 1777 , this drew from Captain Jones a letter to the Marine Committee of Congress , stating his hopes that Congress would not so far overlook his early and faithful ...
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Page 180 - When this position took place, it was eight o'clock, previous to which the Bon Homme Richard had received sundry eighteen-pound shots below the water, and leaked very much. My battery of twelve-pounders, on which I had placed my chief dependence, being commanded by Lieutenant Dale and Colonel Weibert, and manned principally with American seamen and French volunteers, was entirely silenced and abandoned. As to the six old eighteen-pounders that formed the battery of the lower gun-deck, they did no...
Page 184 - Richard was assailed by both; there was five feet water in the hold, and though it was moderate from the explosion of so much gunpowder, yet the three pumps that remained could with difficulty only keep the water from gaining. The fire broke out in various parts of the ship, in spite of all the water that...
Page 39 - States, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you.
Page 77 - I was off their bay on the 13th instant, and sent my boat in the next day to know if the admiral would return my salute. He answered that he would return to me, as the senior American Continental officer in Europe, the same salute which he was authorized by his court to return to an admiral of Holland, or any other republic, which was four guns less than the salute given.
Page 182 - I must observe, that the two first were slightly wounded, and, as the ship had received various shot under water, and one of the pumps being shot away, the carpenter expressed his fears that she would sink, and the other two concluded that she was sinking, which occasioned the gunner to run aft on the poop, without my knowledge, to strike the colours. Fortunately for me, a cannon ball had done that before, by carrying away the ensign-staff; he was therefore reduced to the necessity of sinking, as...
Page 34 - And we do hereby strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, and diligent in the exercise of their several duties.
Page 85 - The night and almost the whole day after the action being moderate, greatly facilitated the refitting of both ships. A large brigantine was so near the Drake in the afternoon, that I was obliged to bring her to. She belonged to Whitehaven, and was bound for Norway.