Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones, a Captain in the Navy of the United States, During Their Revolutionary War ...Wilder & Campbell, 1825 - 387 страница |
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... DEAR SIR , Monticello , February 14 , 1825 . During my residence in Paris , I was much acquainted with Com- modore John Paul Jones , whose life you propose to write , and had much to do with him ; yet my memory is so decayed that from ...
... DEAR SIR , Monticello , February 14 , 1825 . During my residence in Paris , I was much acquainted with Com- modore John Paul Jones , whose life you propose to write , and had much to do with him ; yet my memory is so decayed that from ...
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... DEAR SIR , After an unprofitable suspense of twenty months , ( having subsisted on fifty pounds only during that time , ) when my hopes of relief were entirely cut off , and there remained no possibility of my receiving wherewithal to ...
... DEAR SIR , After an unprofitable suspense of twenty months , ( having subsisted on fifty pounds only during that time , ) when my hopes of relief were entirely cut off , and there remained no possibility of my receiving wherewithal to ...
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... dear mother is still alive , I must inform you that I wish my property in Tobago or in England , after paying my just debts , to be applied for her support . Your own feelings , my dear Sir , make it unnecessary for me to use arguments ...
... dear mother is still alive , I must inform you that I wish my property in Tobago or in England , after paying my just debts , to be applied for her support . Your own feelings , my dear Sir , make it unnecessary for me to use arguments ...
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... DEAR CAPTAIN , Passy , Feb. 24th , 1779 . Mr. Alexander called here this morning to deliver a little message to be communicated to you , from Lord Selkirk . The purport was , that his lordship had written an answer to your letter ...
... DEAR CAPTAIN , Passy , Feb. 24th , 1779 . Mr. Alexander called here this morning to deliver a little message to be communicated to you , from Lord Selkirk . The purport was , that his lordship had written an answer to your letter ...
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... dear Sir , Your most obedient humble servant , B. FRANKLIN . On the 1st of March , 1780 , Jones wrote again to Lady Selkirk , as follows : - L'Orient , March 1st , 1780 . The Right Hon . the Countess of SELKIRK , & c . & c . St. Mary's ...
... dear Sir , Your most obedient humble servant , B. FRANKLIN . On the 1st of March , 1780 , Jones wrote again to Lady Selkirk , as follows : - L'Orient , March 1st , 1780 . The Right Hon . the Countess of SELKIRK , & c . & c . St. Mary's ...
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Страница 40 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Страница 213 - Europe since the treaty of alliance ; and if my testimony could add any thing to Franklin's reputation, I could witness the universal veneration and esteem with which his name inspires all ranks, not only at Versailles and all over this kingdom, but also in Spain and Holland. And I can add from the testimony of the first characters of other nations, that with them envy itself is dumb when the name of Franklin is but mentioned.
Страница 29 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United States, or...
Страница 122 - The English commodore asked me if I demanded quarters; and, I having answered him in the most determined negative, they renewed the battle with double fury.
Страница 124 - Alliance; the leak gained on the pumps, and the fire increased much on board both ships. Some officers persuaded me to strike, of whose courage and good sense I entertain a high opinion.
Страница 121 - I manned and armed one of the pilot boats to send in pursuit of the brigantine, which now appeared to be the vessel that I had forced ashore. Soon after this, a fleet of forty-one sail appeared off Flamborough Head, bearing NNE This induced me to abandon the single ship which had then anchored in Burlington Bay ; I also called back the pilot boat, and hoisted a signal for a general chase.
Страница 121 - On the morning of that day, the 23d, the brig from Holland not being in sight, we chased a brigantine that appeared laying to, to windward. About noon, we saw and chased a large ship that appeared coming round Flamborough Head, from the northward, and at the same time I manned and armed one of the...
Страница iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Страница 115 - Captain Landais came on board the Bon homme Richard, and behaved towards me with great disrespect, affirming in the most indelicate manner and language that I had lost my boats and people through my imprudence in sending boats to take a prize!
Страница 122 - I directed the fire of one of the three cannon against the main-mast, with doubleheaded shot, while the other two were exceedingly well served with grape and canister shot, to silence the enemy's musketry and clear her decks, which was at last effected.