Note 157 — Chapter IV · THE WORK OF THE NAVY BOARDS AND THE MARINE COMMITTEE
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Jones made a copy of the list of captains of the navy arranged in accordance with their respective ranks, upon which copy he commented: “Whereby No. 18 is superseded by ... 13 [men] ... altho their superior Merits and Abilities are at best Presumptive, and not one of them was in the service the 7th day of December, 1775, when No. 18 was appointed Senior Lieut of the Navy.”—Jones Manuscripts, Library of Congress.