Excerpt from A Short History of the American Navy On December 22, 17 7 5, Congress made Esek Hopkins commander-in - chief of the new navy, with Dudley Salton stall, Abraham Whipple (he of the Gaspe' attack), Nicho las Biddle, and John Burroughs Hopkins, captains Of the four vessels in the order named. John Paul Jones was placed at the head of the list Of lieutenants and assigned to the Alfred. On the same day Jones went aboard his ship and in the presence of a number of the members of Congress hoisted the first naval ...
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Excerpt from A Short History of the American Navy On December 22, 17 7 5, Congress made Esek Hopkins commander-in - chief of the new navy, with Dudley Salton stall, Abraham Whipple (he of the Gaspe' attack), Nicho las Biddle, and John Burroughs Hopkins, captains Of the four vessels in the order named. John Paul Jones was placed at the head of the list Of lieutenants and assigned to the Alfred. On the same day Jones went aboard his ship and in the presence of a number of the members of Congress hoisted the first naval ensign, the rattlesnake burgee, bearing the motto, Don't Tread on placing the ship in commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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