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" Richard, the rudder was cut entirely off the stern frame, and the transums were almost entirely cut away; the timbers, by the lower deck especially, from the main-mast to the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled beyond my power of description... "
Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones: A Captain in the Navy ... - Page 122
by John Henry Sherburne - 1825 - 364 pages
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Life and Character of the Chevalier John Paul Jones, a Captain in the Navy ...

John Henry Sherburne - United States - 1825 - 400 pages
...I took out the powder upon deck, ready to be thrown overboard at the last extremity, and it was 1 0 o'clock the next day, the 24th, before the fire was...almost entirely cut away ; the timbers, by the lower fleck especially, from the main-mast to the stern, being greatly decayed with age, were mangled beyond...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal

Books - 1825 - 468 pages
...Our rudder," says Jones, in his letter to Franklin, was entirely off; the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away ; the timbers by the...deck, especially from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled beyond every power of description ; and a person must have been...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 108

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1825 - 464 pages
...Our rudder," says Jones, in his letter to Franklin, was entirely off; the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away; the timbers by the...deck, especially from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled beyond every power of description; and a person must have been...
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Captain Rock in London; Or, The Chieftain's Gazette for the Year 1825

Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...to Franklin, " was entirely olF; the stern-frame, and transoms were almost entirely cut away ; tho timbers by the lower deck, especially from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled boyoud every power of description ; and a person must have been...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 27

1827 - 602 pages
..." Our rudder," says Jones, in his letter to Franklin, " was nearly off; the sternframe and transoms were almost entirely cut away ; the timbers by the...deck, especially from the mainmast to the stern, being greatly decayed by age, were mangled beyond every power of description ; and a person must have been...
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Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the ...

John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 566 pages
...I took out the powder upon deck, ready to be thrown overboard at the last extremity, and it was ten o'clock the next day, the 24th, before the fire was...rudder was cut entirely off", the stern frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower deck, especially from the main-mast...
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Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Paul Jones: Now First Compiled from His ..., Volume 1

John Paul Jones - United States - 1830 - 358 pages
...took out the powder upon deck, ready to be thrown over-board at the last extremity, and it was ten o'clock the next day (the 24th) before the fire was...Homme Richard, the rudder was cut entirely off, the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower deck, especially...
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Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the ...

John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 564 pages
...took out the powder ulK>n deck, ready to be thrown overboard at the last extremity, and it was ten o'clock the next day, the 24th, before the fire was...the Bon Homme Richard, the rudder was cut entirely oft', the stern frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower deck,...
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Life of Rear-Admiral John Paul Jones, Chevalier of the Military Order of ...

John Paul Jones - 1845 - 416 pages
...I took out the powder upon deck, ready to be thrown overboard at the last extremity, and it was ten o'clock the next day (the 24th,) before the fire was...Homme Richard, the rudder was cut entirely off, the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower deck, especially...
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The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Robert Sears - United States - 1847 - 470 pages
...I took out the powder upon deck, ready to be thrown overboard at the last extremity, and it was ten o'clock the next day, the 24th, before the fire was...Homme Richard, the rudder was cut entirely off, the stern-frame and transoms were almost entirely cut away, and the timbers by the lower-deck, especially...
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