JOHN PAUL JONES COMMEMORATION AT ANNAPOLIS APRIL 24, 1906 $ COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JOINT WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1907 R ALM2127 RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS CONCURRENTLY ADOPTED JUNE 29, 1906 esolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed and bound 11,000 copies of the addresses delivered at the exercises commemorative of John Paul Jones, at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., April 24, 1906, together with other papers and illustrations germane thereto, to be compiled and published under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing; 7,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, 3,000 for the use of the Senate, and 1,000 for distribution by the Secretary of the Navy. 4 Report of John Paul Jones. Cruise of U. S. ship Bonhomme Richard and squadron, and capture of H. B. M. ships Serapis and Countess Letter from U. S. Consul-General Gowdy to Representative Landis..... French officers and officials who took part in the ceremonies at Paris. ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page Profile and three-quarters face of Houdon bust in National Academy of Speakers' stand and casket.. Dress sword presented by Louis XVI. to John Paul Jones Composite print of Trocadero plaster bust and human head. Scene of the search....... Plan of the cemetery of St. Louis in 1792.. Plan of buildings covering cemetery in 1905. Cross section of the cemetery.. Plan of the shafts and galleries. The first shaft.... Refilling the galleries.. House in Paris in which John Paul Jones died... Portrait from frontispiece of "Memoires de Paul Jones," 1798.. Portrait from sketch by unknown artist at Amsterdam Theater, 1779 Naval Academy miniature..... Frontispiece 14 20 24 34 40 42 48 48 48 54 56 56 56 56 60 68 72 80 80 86 92 Portrait from engraving by Henri Toussaint, 1906... Microphotographs of sections of kidneys, lungs, and liver of John Paul Jones. Facsimile of first and last pages of letter to Countess of Selkirk from the original at St. Mary's Isle.. 122 Facsimile of gold medal... 138 Sword said to have been carried by John Paul Jones during the American |