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Life of John Paul Jones
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Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, United Kingdom
In Kirkcudbrightshire, United Kingdom -
John Paul Jones father dies
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chief mate on a slave ship
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Obtianed command over the "John"
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He added Jones to his name
his name was first John Paul but when he fled from trial and left to philadelphia and added the extra part to his name so they couldn't identify him. -
He started out a sailor then became a naval fighter
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Given command as ranger
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wrote letters on his ship when ge was ranger
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Ordered by Marine Committee to proceed to France to report to the Commissioners.
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Raiding Britian
John Paul Jones and four other ships and two privateers sailed to raid british merchant ships on the british coast line. -
a war hero during the american revolution
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He was asked by Catherine the Great to join the Russian army
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He was discharged from the Russian navy and returned to Paris
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He died in Paris at the age of 45.
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after death of JPJ
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the letter he wrote in 1777 was donated to a library
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His grave was forgotten until the ambassador to France, Horace E. Porter, discovered it.
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The remains were removed to Annapolis and have been enshrined in a crypt at the U.S. Naval Acadamy
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Today generally considered among the greatest of American naval heroes and the founder of the American naval
