Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the Campaign of the Liman |
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... cause of American freedom , there would be no need of preface or explanation in presenting an account of his life , and selections from the most interesting portions of his cor- respondence to the public at large ; were it not that ...
... cause of American freedom , there would be no need of preface or explanation in presenting an account of his life , and selections from the most interesting portions of his cor- respondence to the public at large ; were it not that ...
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... cause , upon the shores of his native land , which were thought unnatural , may have had their origin in the conversations of mariners from the discontented colonies . Certain it is that his disposition to begin his career upon the ...
... cause , upon the shores of his native land , which were thought unnatural , may have had their origin in the conversations of mariners from the discontented colonies . Certain it is that his disposition to begin his career upon the ...
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... caused him to be most favourably regarded by his master . Mr. Younger , however , soon found his affairs embarrassed ; and was induced , in consequence , to give up Paul's indentures . This license to act for himself , would have been ...
... caused him to be most favourably regarded by his master . Mr. Younger , however , soon found his affairs embarrassed ; and was induced , in consequence , to give up Paul's indentures . This license to act for himself , would have been ...
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... cause he afterwards fought ; and for that land which knew how to vindicate the cause of liberty . And he had the means of knowing then and thereafter , why that land suffered under the curse introduced by those whose yoke it was about ...
... cause he afterwards fought ; and for that land which knew how to vindicate the cause of liberty . And he had the means of knowing then and thereafter , why that land suffered under the curse introduced by those whose yoke it was about ...
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... cause or causes whatsoever . " JAMES EASTMENT . " Sworn at the Mansion House , London , this 30th of January , 1773 , before me , JAMES TOWNSEND , Mayor . " " These do certify to whom it may concern , that the bearer , Captain John Paul ...
... cause or causes whatsoever . " JAMES EASTMENT . " Sworn at the Mansion House , London , this 30th of January , 1773 , before me , JAMES TOWNSEND , Mayor . " " These do certify to whom it may concern , that the bearer , Captain John Paul ...
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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.