The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-23
or JOHN PAUL,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
Of the French Manuscript Left BY
the Great Sea Fighter, Whose Remains
Are Now Being Taken to Annapolis


Tho discovery. OF the remains OF John
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know, 10 Off readers. The following
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IN all Its parts. so far as we are In.
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The nara tive follows:
AT thea commencelne Of the Ameri-.
on,n,,oved ~ M out thc 1lttln sn,,a, ro,
7which'lsthe a Congress- had nlaced under
sc,ommntlore Hopkins. who was amounted
~ I'M comm nd ~ allfithe 4 rmcd yessels
. nnn,t ! q, in, q * America: and I hoisted
with nv & avn n hands the American fling
m liza Il tia Alfred which was then dis
nlaved Tor the first time. "a Il!
III at5that fin ! 4 ccI,a inted Mrs5IIewes.
4 members B. n Con gross a nd I nv ma rite
u,o friand 10 i II Z 7nroiact for Sailing
~ o,rS.lIttla sofia dron whIcl, wo,,ld IN
,o,lia lilo have rendered us masters Of the
i,a,,,o NO - ho,,n1 n Nh at India fleet. md
IL -, 3 ~ that t,mo nronosnd
- 5arro,,rie "a 'st p,o thirds NJ tho inrjzes
n - itaa,f thev would thus have been fur
nIshad with tho means Of CARRYING on
NO - several years: #'n,ut an
event r. agimore pressing nature pre-
~, / I'd 4 this scheme from being carried
Into execution.
&1, . J, J, ~ that
q, ~ a !, Js. ~ Dnnmore in Virginia,
tine exerSls - ;, - ,ne ~
tir,, . ,,,,t Mr. IJnnkin,
sauau, : zoi nor talent upons
- "a ,ost On rn,,cl tlme that
ms 80 !, 11ala wo :,
''ts ~ Ne' d.. U !,
v lSlI 70 GsD etlldli-'.
~ t.a,. (, "a dalav ~ & tyy,, ~ ,no,nths thn
squadron was a t length Iisengaged and
sat sail for New Providence. the prin-s
5ci1a, OF the Bahama slslnnds. There we
found large quantity of artillery, NOR
tars and other implements OF warfare,
Of which We q oodafgreatl2 ~. want II II
America; and had the good fortune 70
render myself. extremely useful to the
commodore, VINO was was 5Ss$ pe ~,
squainted with mlltarya. opera !. 4,
vas 70 Ii me ne was vas =,
pan 5adopIso oy ~, -
sisnt OF ~, T., n
- - NV arnrse
proper 49, ,ra, Ma, providonce
~ III, t,,,a rmad vessels, one of which
"a WITH ahon,hs and fell lin near
p nso ,e - n I'd with an English man of
40 c.lloG, the Glasgow, carrying twenty
80, a,,,s. hit Notwithstanding our SUI
, -ur ~ both in point OF force and Sail
~; ~. ~ in chief suffered her
~ .sna m ftcra}haying many men kiIed
I, = 4 woi,nded both on board the Alfred
and the Cobalt 5i$
1rhe squadron now entered the port
Of New London In CONNECTICUT :; ,,,eaeua t ana
/ NJ" Enrltsh frigate had been driven
trnn, Newnort.a took advantage Of the
!. 20. ~ the night to repair to Rhode
( island
y. -, ~ wor having dismissed the
& oVu 10 az providence one Of the
don. tho c,om modore gave