Paul Jones: His Exploits in English Seas During 1778-1780, Contemporary Accounts Collected from English Newspapers, with a Complete BibliographyDon Carlos Seitz |
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... collection of a rather complete library of books con- cerning the great captain inspired research , the results of which I hope will have some value . The Commo- dore , as I prefer to call him , using his American title , rather than ...
... collection of a rather complete library of books con- cerning the great captain inspired research , the results of which I hope will have some value . The Commo- dore , as I prefer to call him , using his American title , rather than ...
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... collection of Peter Force , and now repose in the Library of Congress . In 1830 there appeared in Edinburgh a well - edited and intelligently prepared work compiled , it is believed , by Sir John Malcom , in two 12mo . volumes , of ...
... collection of Peter Force , and now repose in the Library of Congress . In 1830 there appeared in Edinburgh a well - edited and intelligently prepared work compiled , it is believed , by Sir John Malcom , in two 12mo . volumes , of ...
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... collection of writings of the mis- cellaneous kind likely to be accumulated by a man of active habits , who had for many years mingled both in the political and fashionable circles wherever he chanced to be thrown . " The Journal of the ...
... collection of writings of the mis- cellaneous kind likely to be accumulated by a man of active habits , who had for many years mingled both in the political and fashionable circles wherever he chanced to be thrown . " The Journal of the ...
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... addition to securing the papers held by Ross in Phil- adelphia he might well have had others sent him from Scotland to reinforce the case on behalf of the heirs . That his brother might have offered the collection to the FOREWORD xvii.
... addition to securing the papers held by Ross in Phil- adelphia he might well have had others sent him from Scotland to reinforce the case on behalf of the heirs . That his brother might have offered the collection to the FOREWORD xvii.
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... collection to the Historical Society is more than probable . It is equally reasonable that a selection might have been sent over for direct submission to the Historical Society . Captain John S. Barnes in his introduction to the " Logs ...
... collection to the Historical Society is more than probable . It is equally reasonable that a selection might have been sent over for direct submission to the Historical Society . Captain John S. Barnes in his introduction to the " Logs ...
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