John Paul Jones Commemoration at Annapolis, April 24, 1906U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - 210 pages |
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Admiral John Paul Alliance ambassador American Annapolis April April 24 armory Bancroft Hall boat body of John Bonhomme Richard Book of J. P. J. Brest brigantine burial buried bust Capt Captain casket ceremonies Cherbourg Colonel command Commandeur Commodore Congress copy corpse Doctor Capitan Drake fire flag fleet foreign Protestants France Franklin French frigate galleries Gouverneur Morris guns hair honor Horace Porter Houdon informed J. P. J. Miscellany Jefferson John Paul Jones July June land Landais leaden coffin Letter Book Lieut Lieutenant Loomis Louis XVI Mackenzie marine Maryland Memoirs midshipmen nation Naval Academy Navy Department officers Papillault Paris Paul Jones's Philadelphia plate present President prize Rear-Admiral received sailed sailors Saint Louis Cemetery salute Secretary Selkirk sent Sept Serapis Shaft Sherburne ship Sigsbee sloop squadron sword Texel Trocadéro U. S. Navy United vessels Washington wind
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Page 140 - The English commodore asked me if I demanded quarters; and, I having answered him in the most determined negative, they renewed the battle with double fury.
Page 142 - Richard afloat, and, if possible, to bring her into port. For that purpose, the first lieutenant of the Pallas continued on board with a party of men to attend the pumps, with boats in waiting ready to take them on board, in case the water should gain on them too fast. The wind augmented in the night, and the next day, on the 25th, so that it was impossible to prevent the good old ship from sinking.
Page 140 - ... that she would sink, and the other two concluded that she was sinking, which occasioned the gunner to run aft on the poop, without my knowledge, to strike the colours.
Page 118 - Had the earl been on board the Ranger the following evening, he would have seen the awful pomp and dreadful carnage of a sea engagement, both affording ample subject for the pencil, as well as melancholy reflection for the contemplative mind. Humanity starts back from such scenes of horror, and cannot sufficiently execrate the vile promoters of this detestable war. "For they, 't was they unsheathed the ruthless blade, And Heaven shall ask the havoc it has made.
Page 142 - Richard afloat so as to reach a port, if the wind should increase, it being then only a very moderate breeze. I had but little time to remove my -wounded, which now became unavoidable, and which was effected in the course of the night and next morning. I was determined to keep the Bon Homme Richard...
Page 142 - They did not abandon her till after 9 o'clock. The water was then up to the lower deck, and a little after ten I saw with inexpressible grief the last glimpse of the Bon homme Richard.
Page 143 - Scarborough is an armed ship of 20 six-pounders, and was commanded by a king's officer. In the action the Countess of Scarborough and the Serapis were at a considerable distance asunder; and the Alliance, as I am informed, fired into the Pallas, and killed some men. If it should be asked why the convoy was suffered to escape, I must answer that I was myself in no condition to pursue, and that none of the rest showed any inclination, not even Mr. Ricot, who had held off at a distance to windward during...
Page 117 - Ranger, and to have detained him until, through his means, a general and fair exchange of prisoners, as well in Europe as in America, had been effected. When I was informed, by some men whom I met at landing, that his lordship was absent, I walked back to my boat, determined to leave the island. By the way, however, some officers, who were with me, could not forbear expressing their discontent ; observing that, in America, no delicacy was shown by the English, who took away all sorts of moveable...
Page 128 - ... they were secured without being hurt. Having fixed sentinels, I now took with me one man only, (Mr. Green,) and spiked up all the cannon on the southern fort, distant from the other a quarter of a mile.
Page 140 - ... was incessant. Both ships were set on fire in various places, and the scene was dreadful beyond the reach of language. To account for the timidity of my three...