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The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul JonesAbbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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

Name: The Life and Adventures of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Commonly Called Paul Jones
Author: Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792

CHAPTER IV.
                _Captain Jones at Nantes and at Brest._

  Correspondence with Lord Selkirk.—Terrible Battle with the
    ship Drake.—Capture of the ship.—Carnage on board the
    Drake.—Generosity to Captured Fishermen.—Insubordination
    of Lieutenant Simpson.—Embarrassments of Captain
    Jones.—Hopes and Disappointments.—Proofs of Unselfish
    Patriotism.—Letter to the King of France.—Anecdote of Poor
    Richard.                                                       78


                              CHAPTER V.
                  _Cruise of the Bon Homme Richard._

  Plans of Lafayette.—Correspondence.—Humane Instructions of
    Franklin.—Proposed Invasion of England.—Sailing of the
    Squadron.—Conduct of Pierre Landais.—The
    Collision.—Adventures of the Cruise.—Insane Actions of
    Landais.—Plan for Capture.—Plan for the Capture of Leith
    and Edinburgh.                                                100


                              CHAPTER VI.
               _The Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis._

  Leith Threatened.—The Summons.—Remarkable
    Prayer.—Wide-spread Alarm.—Continuation of the
    Cruise.—Insubordination of Landais.—Successive
    Captures.—Terrible Battle between the Bon Homme Richard
    and the Serapis.—The Great Victory.                           123


                             CHAPTER VII.
                       _Result of the Victory._

  Dreadful Spectacle.—Sinking of the Bon Homme Richard.—Escape
    of the Baltic Fleet.—Sails for the Texel.—Interesting
    Correspondence.—Sufferings of the American
    Prisoners.—Barbarity of the English Government.—Humanity
    of Captain Jones.—The Transference from the Serapis to the
    Alliance.—Extracts from the British Press.—Release of
    Prisoners.                                                    148


                             CHAPTER VIII.
                      _Commodore Jones at Court._

  Offer of a Privateersman.—Indignant Reply.—The Renown of
    Commodore Jones.—Successful Retreat.—Cruise through the
    Channel.—Poetic Effusion.—Enters Corunna.—Letter to
    Lafayette.—Embarrassed Finances of Franklin.—Intrigues of
    Landais.—His Efforts to Excite Mutiny.—Testimony against
    him.—Commodore Jones at Court.                                172


                              CHAPTER IX.
                       _The Mutiny of Landais._

  The Visit of Jones to Versailles.—Intrigues of Landais.—The
    Alliance Wrested from Jones.—Complicity of Arthur
    Lee.—Magnanimity of Jones.—Strong Support of Dr.
    Johnson.—Honors Conferred upon Jones.—Strange Career of
    Landais.—His Life in America, and Death.—Continued Labors
    and Embarrassments of Jones.—His Correspondence.              193


                              CHAPTER X.
                       _The Return to America._

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