Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . silver plate and booty. But he treatedthe Earls household with great courtesy, and the plate that was seized atthe time is now in the possession of the members of the Selkirk family. Paul Jones returned to Philadelphia February i8, 1781, and receiveda hearty welcome. Congress gave him an appropriate medal and a voteof thanks. While on a visit to France about five years later, he received an invi-tation to join the Russian Navy with the rank of a rear admiral. Heaccepted this upo
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . silver plate and booty. But he treatedthe Earls household with great courtesy, and the plate that was seized atthe time is now in the possession of the members of the Selkirk family. Paul Jones returned to Philadelphia February i8, 1781, and receiveda hearty welcome. Congress gave him an appropriate medal and a voteof thanks. While on a visit to France about five years later, he received an invi-tation to join the Russian Navy with the rank of a rear admiral. Heaccepted this upon condition that he should remain an American citizenand should never be asked to fight against France. He was now forty years of age and a famous hero. The Russianofficers felt jealous of his great name and the favor he had in their service,and finally succeeded in carrying false reports of him to the Czarina—thegreat Queen Catharine—and getting him retired. When he left theservice he was promised a handsome pension, which he never received;and the man who had commanded the attention and admiration of the. ^8 PAUL JONKS SKT7TNG THR OF CYRUS FIELD. 89 world died in poverty and neglect at Paris, wliile a commission from theUnited States to make a treaty with the Dey of Algiers was on its wayto him. John Panl Jones was born at Arbigland, Scotland, on the 6th of July,1747. He died in Paris, France, July 18, 1792. QUESTIONS. Who was the greatest naval hero of the Revolution ? Where was heborn ? Why did he come to America ? Of what ship was he chief mate ?When yellow fever broke out on the ship when he was a passenger whatdid he do ? Why did he add Jones to his name ? What British ship didlie first capture ? When did he obtain a fleet ? What was the name ofhis ship ? What was the result of his great battle with the British fleet ?What reply did he make when the British captain asked if his ship hadstruck ? Whose silver plate did he capture and what
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