------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration: THE ATTACK ON WHITEHAVEN.] THE LIFE OF REAR ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES. BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT. [Illustration] 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. PREFACE. I commenced writing the Life of Paul Jones with the impression, received from early reading, that he was a reckless adventurer, incapable of fear, and whose chief merit consisted in performing deeds of desperate daring. But I rise from the careful examination of what he has written, said, and done, with the conviction that I had misjudged his character. I now regard him as one of the purest and most enlightened of patriots, and one of the noblest of men. His name should be enrolled upon the same scroll with those of his intimate friends, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Lafayette.