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COMMODORE PAUL JONES.
COMMODORE
PAUL JONES
CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
WITH PORTRAIT AND MAPS
NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1912
Printed in the United States of America
THIS STORY OF THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE GREAT FOUNDERS OF THE REPUBLIC IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO
GEORGE CLIFFORD THOMAS,
A NOBLE EXEMPLAR OF ITS CITIZENSHIP.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
APPENDICES
COMMODORE PAUL JONES.
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY--BIRTH--EARLY YEARS--PROFESSION--SUCCESS--CHANGE OF NAME.
CHAPTER II.
COMMISSIONED IN THE NAVY--HOISTS THE FIRST FLAG--EXPEDITION TO NEW PROVIDENCE--ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GLASGOW.
CHAPTER III.
THE CRUISE OF THE PROVIDENCE.
CHAPTER IV.
THE CRUISE OF THE ALFRED.
CHAPTER V.
SUPERSEDED IN RANK--PROTESTS VAINLY AGAINST THE INJUSTICE--ORDERED TO COMMAND THE RANGER--HOISTS FIRST AMERICAN FLAG.
CHAPTER VI.
THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE RANGER--SALUTE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG.
CHAPTER VII.
THE SECOND CRUISE OF THE RANGER--THE DESCENT ON WHITEHAVEN--THE ATTEMPT ON LORD SELKIRK--THE CAPTURE OF THE DRAKE.
CHAPTER VIII.
STANDING AND WAITING.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CRUISE OF THE SQUADRON.
CHAPTER X.
THE BATTLE WITH THE SERAPIS.
CHAPTER XI.
AFTER THE BATTLE REMARKS ON THE ACTION.
CHAPTER XII.
UPHOLDING AMERICAN HONOR IN THE TEXEL.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE ESCAPE OF THE ALLIANCE.
CHAPTER XIV.
HONORS AND REWARDS--QUARREL WITH LANDAIS--RELINQUISHES THE ALLIANCE.
CHAPTER XV.
THE CRUISE OF THE ARIEL.
CHAPTER XVI.
CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
CHAPTER XVII.
PRIZE AGENT IN FRANCE AND DENMARK--LAST VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES--A BLOT ON THE ESCUTCHEON--FAMOUS PASSAGE OF THE BALTIC.
CHAPTER XVIII.
IN THE RUSSIAN SERVICE--OTCHAKOFF AND THE CAMPAIGN IN THE LIMAN.
CHAPTER XIX.
SLANDERED IN RUSSIA--A SLAVONIC REWARD FOR FAITHFUL SERVICES.
CHAPTER XX.
LAST YEARS AND DEATH.
CHAPTER XXI.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE--CHARACTERISTICS--WAS HE A PIRATE?--FAREWELL.
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I.
CONCERNING JOHN PAUL'S ASSUMPTION OF THE NAME OF JONES.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
APPENDIX II.
CONCORDAT MADE BETWEEN CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE OFFICERS OF THE SQUADRON.
APPENDIX III.
ON THE FLAG OF THE BON HOMME RICHARD.
APPENDIX IV.
SONG AND MUSIC.
Chorus.
APPENDIX V.
(COPY.)
APPENDIX VI.
FOOTNOTES
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