The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. The Early Life of John Paul Jones.

CHAPTER II. The Infant Navy.

CHAPTER III. Bearding the British Lion.

CHAPTER IV. Captain Jones at Nantes and at Brest.

CHAPTER V. Cruise of the Bon Homme Richard.

CHAPTER VI. The Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis.

CHAPTER VII. Result of the Victory.

CHAPTER VIII. Commodore Jones at Court.

CHAPTER IX. The Mutiny of Landais.

CHAPTER X. The Return to America.

CHAPTER XI. The War Ended.

CHAPTER XII. The Difficulties of Diplomacy.

CHAPTER XIII. The Mission to Denmark.

CHAPTER XIV. The Russian Campaign.

CHAPTER XV. Adventures in the Black Sea.

CHAPTER XVI. Retirement and Death.

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THE ATTACK ON WHITEHAVEN.

THE LIFE
OF
Rear Admiral John Paul Jones.

BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.
NEW YORK:
Dodd & Mead, Publishers,
762 Broadway.
AMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES
OF
REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES,
COMMONLY CALLED
Paul Jones.
BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

ILLUSTRATED.

NEW YORK:
DODD & MEAD, PUBLISHERS,
762 BROADWAY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
DODD & MEAD,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
TO
THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY,
THIS VOLUME,
COMMEMORATIVE OF THE HEROIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF ONE OF THE MOST
ILLUSTRIOUS OF THEIR NUMBER, IS RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED BY
JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

Fair Haven, Conn., 1874.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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