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JONES,
JOHN PAUL
You are, I dare say, pleased, as I am, with the
promotion of our country-man, Paul Jones. He commanded the right
wing, in the first engagement between the Russian and Turkish
galleys; his absence from the second proves his superiority over the
Captain Pacha, as he did not choose to bring his ships into the
shoals in which the Pacha ventured, and lost those entrusted to him.
I consider this officer as the principal hope of our future efforts
on the ocean. You will have heard of the action between the Swedes
and Russians, on the Baltic; as yet, we have only the Swedish
version of it. I apprehend this war must catch from nation to
nation, till it becomes general. |
William
Carmichael
12 Aug 1788 |
JONES,
JOHN PAUL
Having never heard of Admiral Paul Jones since
the action in which he took part before Oczahow, I began to be a
little uneasy. But I have now received a letter from him dated at
St. Petersburg, the 31st of January, where he had just arrived at
the desire of the Empress. He has hitherto commanded on the Black
Sea. He does not know whether he shall be employed there, or where,
the ensuing campaign. |
John
Jay
1 Mar 1789 |
JONES,
JOHN PAUL
I have no certain news of Paul Jones. I
understand only, in a general way, that some persecution on the part
of his officers occasioned his being called to St. Petersburg, and
that though protected against them by the Empress, he is not yet
restored to his station. . . . I propose to sail from Havre as soon
after the first of October as I can get a vessel; and shall
consequently leave this place a week earlier than that. As my
daughters will be with me, and their baggage somewhat more than that
of mere voyageurer, I shall endeavor, if possible, to obtain
a passage for Virginia directly. Probably I shall be there by the
last of November. If my immediate attendance at New York should be
requisite for any purpose, I will leave them with a relation near
Richmond, and proceed immediately to New York. But as I do not
foresee any pressing purpose for that journey immediately on my
arrival, and as it will be a great saving of time, to finish at once
in Virginia, so as to have no occasion to return there after having
once gone to the northward, I expect to proceed to my own house
directly. Staying there two months (which I believe will be
necessary), and allowing for the time I am on the road, I may expect
to be at New York in February, and to embark from thence or some
eastern port. |
James
Madison
28 Aug 1789 |
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