Note 103 — THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND CONCLUSION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVOLUTION. (continued 13)
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The account printed in the Courier de l’Europe of November 5, 1779, signed Paul Jones, states the matter so as to imply a denial of what asserted in the Gazette account signed R. Pearson; but from the known vanity of Jones, and the utter improbability of the Alliance’s remaining totally inactive for so long a time, it is highly reasonable to conclude, that the first account is erroneous.