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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... prize - money in Europe , he left some of his log - books , account books and letters with John Ross , of Phil- adelphia , who looked out for his interests in this country . Some time following his death his sisters in Scotland ...
... prize - money in Europe , he left some of his log - books , account books and letters with John Ross , of Phil- adelphia , who looked out for his interests in this country . Some time following his death his sisters in Scotland ...
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... prize money , and as a solicitor engaged by the heirs to recover the cash in question . It is possible he was all three , and that in addition to securing the papers held by Ross in Phil- adelphia he might well have had others sent him ...
... prize money , and as a solicitor engaged by the heirs to recover the cash in question . It is possible he was all three , and that in addition to securing the papers held by Ross in Phil- adelphia he might well have had others sent him ...
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... prize , with an inten- tion of making the best of his way , it was supposed for France . The Thetis was seen two hours afterwards in pursuit of the privateer , following the same course . " Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , " May 7 ...
... prize , with an inten- tion of making the best of his way , it was supposed for France . The Thetis was seen two hours afterwards in pursuit of the privateer , following the same course . " Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , " May 7 ...
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... the 10th inst . where they had supplied themselves with a large quantity of combustibles . They had taken four prizes , one of which was called the May Flower , bound to Lon- don . At one o'clock the same day 17 men 29.
... the 10th inst . where they had supplied themselves with a large quantity of combustibles . They had taken four prizes , one of which was called the May Flower , bound to Lon- don . At one o'clock the same day 17 men 29.
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... prizes taken by them which ships . I know , and I give it as my opinion , that a frigate and a 50 gun ship would give a good account of them : the English sailors on board were prisoners taken out of a French prison . " You may depend ...
... prizes taken by them which ships . I know , and I give it as my opinion , that a frigate and a 50 gun ship would give a good account of them : the English sailors on board were prisoners taken out of a French prison . " You may depend ...
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