THE LIFE OF Rear Admiral John Paul Jones.

BY

JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

NEW YORK:

Dodd & Mead, Publishers,

762 Broadway.

IAMERICAN PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS.

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES

OF

REAR-ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES,

COMMONLY CALLED

Paul Jones.

BY

JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

ILLUSTRATED.

NEW YORK:

DODD & MEAD, PUBLISHERS,

762 BROADWAY.

IIEntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

DODD & MEAD,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

IIITO

THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY,

THIS VOLUME,

COMMEMORATIVE OF THE HEROIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF ONE OF THE MOST

ILLUSTRIOUS OF THEIR NUMBER, IS RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED BY

JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

Fair Haven, Conn., 1874.

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