John Paul Jones

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Stock #:679058
Type: Postcard
Era: Divided Back
Publisher: R.M. Donaldson
Postmark: Aug-7
Postmark City: Delaware
Postmark State: OH
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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John Paul Jones, born ins Scotland. 1747; died at Paris, 1792; appointed first lieutenant of American frigate Alfred, 1775; with frigate ranger captured British sloop Drake off English coast in 1778; commanded Bonhomme Richard in 1779 and captured the British ship Serapis in one of the world's greatest naval battles. Remains returned to United States in 1906 and interred at Annapolis.

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