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... continued his studies with that zeal for knowledge which was one of his distin- guishing characteristics , and which never left him in after life ; for it is to be noted that he was always a student ; indeed , had he not been so , his ...
... continued his studies with that zeal for knowledge which was one of his distin- guishing characteristics , and which never left him in after life ; for it is to be noted that he was always a student ; indeed , had he not been so , his ...
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... continued for some time in very straitened circumstances . He speaks of having lived for nearly two years on the small sum of fifty pounds . It is probable that his poverty was due to his inability to realize upon his brother's estate ...
... continued for some time in very straitened circumstances . He speaks of having lived for nearly two years on the small sum of fifty pounds . It is probable that his poverty was due to his inability to realize upon his brother's estate ...
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... continued in correspondence with them , and found means , whatever his circum- stances , to make them frequent remittances of money during his busy life . To them he left all his property at his death . It is certain , therefore , that ...
... continued in correspondence with them , and found means , whatever his circum- stances , to make them frequent remittances of money during his busy life . To them he left all his property at his death . It is certain , therefore , that ...
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... continued , would be profitless , he squared away for the Bahamas , to carry out the second and secret part of his instructions . It was for a long time alleged that he took this action on his own account , and one of the charges ...
... continued , would be profitless , he squared away for the Bahamas , to carry out the second and secret part of his instructions . It was for a long time alleged that he took this action on his own account , and one of the charges ...
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... continued protest against active in- justice which tried his very soul . 66 It was first proposed by the Marine Committee that he return to New England and assume com- mand of the Hampden , but he wisely preferred to remain in the ...
... continued protest against active in- justice which tried his very soul . 66 It was first proposed by the Marine Committee that he return to New England and assume com- mand of the Hampden , but he wisely preferred to remain in the ...
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Page 75 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 87 - I3th instant, and sent my boat in the next day, to know if the admiral would return my salute. He answered that he would return to me, as the senior American Continental officer in Europe, the same salute which he was authorized by his court to return to an admiral of Holland, or any other republic, which was four guns less than the salute given.
Page 298 - It is impossible to be more sensible than I am of the obligation conferred on me by your attentions and kind remembrance, joined to that of the belle comtesse, your fair daughters, and the amiable ladies and gentlemen of your society. I have returned without laurels, and, what is worse, without having been able to render service to the glorious cause of liberty.
Page 306 - Resolve, That the thanks of the United States in Congress assembled, be given to Captain John Paul Jones, for the zeal, prudence, and intrepidity with which he has supported the honor of the American flag ; for his bold and successful enterprises to redeem from captivity the citizens of these States who had fallen under the power of the enemy ; and in general for the good conduct and eminent services by which he has added...
Page 466 - It is likewise agreed that the orders given by the Minister of the French Marine and the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States shall be executed.
Page 87 - Holland or of any other Republic, which was four guns less than the salute given. I hesitated at this, for I had demanded gun for gun. Therefore I anchored in the entrance of the bay, at a distance from the French fleet; but after a very particular inquiry on the...
Page 16 - Congress for building, at the continental expense, a fleet of sufficient force for the protection of these colonies, and for employing them in such manner and places as will most effectually annoy our enemies, and contribute to the common defence of these colonies...
Page 120 - I have not yet made use of your letter of credit of the 10th of January last, whereby I then seemed entitled to call for half the amount of my last draft, and I did not expect to be thought extravagant, when, on the 16th current, I doubled that demand. Could this indignity be kept secret I should disregard it ; and, though it is already public in Brest, and in the fleet, as it affects only my private credit, I 'will not complain. I cannot, however, be silent when I find the public credit involved...
Page 333 - ... my present circumstances. This is my fifth letter to you since I left Paris. The two last were from France, and I sent them by duplicates. But you say nothing of having received any letters from me ! Summon, my dear friend, all your resolution! Exert yourself, and plead your own cause. You cannot fail of success; your cause would move a heart of flint! Present my best respects to your sister. You did not mention her in your letter ; but I persuade myself she will continue her tender care of her...
Page 306 - SIR, My partial acquaintance with either our naval or commercial affairs makes it altogether impossible for me to account for the unfortunate delay of those articles of military stores and clothing, which I have been informed have been so long provided in France.