John Paul Jones

[Gambia]

I am seeking information  for research on a naval man by the name of John Paul Jones.He was an English naval man who during the War Of Independence joined the American Navy,I am also looking for information on his personal weapons.
Feltwad
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A Flint Lock will not secure a chicken house door

[RichW]

http://books.google.com/books?q=john+pa ... s&as_brr=1

[Indiana]

I don't think you should have to look very hard to find info on him.  But I don't have any resources off the top of my head! :lol: Good luck with ya search.

[Gambia]

The Google books are a big help,but with a man of his status his personal weapons must be displayed in some museum.
I would be interested to find if he was also a game shooting person or a Fowler because the part of Scotland from which he came from is to this day well renowned for its wildfowl shooting.
Feltwad
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A  Flint Lock will not secure a chicken house door

[mario]

Best bet would be to contact the museum at the US Naval Acadamy (Annapolis, Maryland) where he's buried.


Mario

[sse]

Did anyone read the two successive articles in Muzzleloader Magazine issues regarding the building of the first three U.S. frigates and the country's first naval battles on the north coast of Africa?  Absolutely fascinating!  I read them twice already...

[Loyalist Dave]

I thought he was a Scot?

LD

[Minnesota Mike]

He was.

r/
MM

John Paul Jones was born 'John Paul' in 1747, on the estate of Arbigland near Kirkbean in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright on the southern coast of Scotland. John Paul's father was a gardener at Arbigland, and his mother was a member of Clan MacDuff. John Paul started his maritime career at the age of 13, sailing out of Whitehaven in the northern English county of Cumberland, as apprentice aboard the Friendship. During his numerous journeys to Fredericksburg, Virginia aboard this ship, Jones was likely able to visit his brother who had settled in the area. For the next several years he sailed aboard a number of different British merchant and slaver ships, including the King George in 1764 as third mate, and the Two Friends as first mate in 1766.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones

References
^ a b SeacoastNH.com - John Paul Jones Timeline
^ http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/jones_jp_conrad.htm/
^ a b c d Jones, John Paul (1785), Extracts from the Journals of my Campaigns, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ a b c Jones, John Paul (May 27 1778), Report to the American Plenipotentiaries at the Court of Versailles, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ Green, Ezra (1875), Diary of Ezra Green M.D., <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ “news report from Whitehaven”, Cumberland Chronicle, April 25 1778, <http>  
^ Adams, John (1778), autobiography part 2, 'Travels, and Negotiations', Massachusetts Historical Society, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ Log of the 'Bon Homme Richard', 1779, John Paul Jones Cottage Museum, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ Officers of the American Squadron: Affidavit, Oct 30 1779, yorkshirehistory.com, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ a b Jones, John Paul (October 3 1779), Letter to Benjamin Franklin, yorkshirehistory.com, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ “news report from Yorkshire”, York Courant (yorkshirehistory.com), October 12 1779, <http>  
^ Pearson, Capt. Richard (October 6 1779), Report on the capture of his ship Serapis, yorkshirehistory.com, <http>. Retrieved on 27 October 2007  
^ Roosevelt, Theodore Dedication speech, Annapolis (24 Apr 1906)- via theodore-roosevelt.com
^ USNA Traditions US Naval Academy Alumni Association

[Minnesota Mike]

Also found this site -

http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/flam/fl ... h_head.htm

- excellent source of additional info and a true scholarly approach to the entire battle off Flambough Head between Serapis and Bonhomme Richard.

r/
MM

[Uncle Russ]

Also found this site -

http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/flam/fl ... h_head.htm

- excellent source of additional info and a true scholarly approach to the entire battle off Flambough Head between Serapis and Bonhomme Richard.

r/
MM

Mike, Thanks for the link,  a very interesting read!

I certainly don't want to get off the subject here, but having spent 23 years on Active duty with the U.S.Army, I could not help but be drawn to the part of the Courts Martial of Captian Pearson, and Captian Piercy....I am amazed that such things have come to light, both past and present, while in the heat of a raging battle.

Uncle Russ...

[Gambia]

Still no info on his personal weapons ,for his status his guns which most likely would have been both military and sporting must be housed in some museum or maybe a private collection.
Feltwad
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A Flint Lock will not secue a chicken house door

[Pichou]

Hello,

I would start here

http://www.seacoastnh.com/dct/jpjgun.html

Here

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.h ... 946497D6CF

This musket was used by Jones and presented to Franklin:



Sword at Annapolis



Also check here.  They calim to have guns too.

[Gambia]

Pichou.
I would be interested to know if the musket is still there and who  was the maker.
May I thank all of those that answered  my thread the information has been help full
Feltwad
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A Flint Lock will not secure a chicken house door

[Pichou]

Sorry I should have put the links in.

http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Rev ... e/JPJ.html

MUSKET used by John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard during the battle with the Serapis, and presented by Jones to Benjamin Franklin (the ship's namesake)
     On loan from the collection of:
          --Georgia Historical Society, Atlanta GA

John Paul Jones House Museum
http://www.seacoastnh.com/touring/jpjhouse.html

Collections:
furniture, clothing, guns, china, glassware, local portraits, wedding gowns, toys, samplers, canes, documents

[Gambia]

Thanks Pichou and others for the links to my requests ,disapointed that those links in the States will not reply to my e-mails something I must remember in future.
Feltwad
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A Flint Lock will not secure a chicken house door