Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the Campaign of the Liman |
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... flag in foreign seas , a reputation which it has never lost . In the beginning of the year 1775 , as will appear from one of his letters , his immediate pecuniary resources , from the causes he mentions , had almost entirely failed him ...
... flag in foreign seas , a reputation which it has never lost . In the beginning of the year 1775 , as will appear from one of his letters , his immediate pecuniary resources , from the causes he mentions , had almost entirely failed him ...
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... flag of freedom , the first time it was displayed on the Delaware ; and I have attended it with veneration ever since , on the ocean . " At the time when Paul settled , ( or more properly , supposed he meant to settle , ) in Virginia ...
... flag of freedom , the first time it was displayed on the Delaware ; and I have attended it with veneration ever since , on the ocean . " At the time when Paul settled , ( or more properly , supposed he meant to settle , ) in Virginia ...
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... flag of America was hoisted by Jones , as he records , being the first time it was displayed , on board of the Al- fred , of which he was first - lieutenant . He does not mention the date of this transaction , which it would be ...
... flag of America was hoisted by Jones , as he records , being the first time it was displayed , on board of the Al- fred , of which he was first - lieutenant . He does not mention the date of this transaction , which it would be ...
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... flag of America with his own hands , the first time it was ever displayed , as the commander in chief embarked on board the Alfred . All the commissions for ་ * In the MSS . copy before me several corrections occur in Jones ' own hand ...
... flag of America with his own hands , the first time it was ever displayed , as the commander in chief embarked on board the Alfred . All the commissions for ་ * In the MSS . copy before me several corrections occur in Jones ' own hand ...
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... flags , destroyed all the fishery , burned the shipping , & c . and sailed again the next morning on an expedition against the Island of Madame . He made two descents at the principal ports of that island at the same time ; surprised ...
... flags , destroyed all the fishery , burned the shipping , & c . and sailed again the next morning on an expedition against the Island of Madame . He made two descents at the principal ports of that island at the same time ; surprised ...
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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.