Editorial note — Chapter II · The Infant Navy.

A. Congress appropriated two-thirds of all prizes to the Government, leaving but one-third to be divided among the captors.

B. Sir Joseph Yorke was the British ambassador at the Hague. He insisted that the Dutch Government should take from Captain Jones, the Serapis and the Countess of Scarborough. He said that as England had not recognized the United States, the captures were illegal, as a commission had not been granted to Captain Jones by a sovereign power.

C. He doubtless refers to Commissioner Lee.

D. Life of Paul Jones, by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, Vol. i, p. 195.

E. Subsequently Charles X.

F. Russian Minister for the Home Department.

G. Upon the reception of the Order of St. Anne by the empress, Count Segur wrote from St. Petersburg a very complimentary letter to the admiral, under date of the 14th of July, 1788. In this letter he says:

“The empress being absent I forwarded a copy of the greatest part of your letter to General Mouronoff, who had it read to that princess. She is highly satisfied with it, and in two lines from her hand, has been pleased to charge me with assurances to you, of the great respect in which she holds your services. General Mouronoff begs me to say that he will endeavor to merit the obliging things you say of him.”

H. Mr. William Taylor, merchant, of New York, son of the admiral’s eldest sister, Mrs. Taylor of Dumfries, Scotland.

I. Monsieur Crimpin was the advocate whom he had first engaged.

J. He refers to the gold medal ordered to be struck by Congress.

K. It was near the mouth of the river Liman that all these naval battles were fought.