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JOHN PAUL JONES
(1747 - 1792)
Scottish born naval captain John Paul Jones visited New Hampshire twice. In 1777 he took Portsmouth-built RANGER with a Piscataqua crew to France. There he worried the British in a series of guerilla raids before his famous battle in the BON HOMME RICHARD. Later, a hero decorated by the king of France, he returned to Portsmouth to fit out the AMERICA, largest ship of war ever built in the nation to that day. Jones stayed at the Purcell House, today the Paul Jones Museum. This site offers those stories and many more.
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PECIAL 2005-2006 EXHUMATION CENTENNIAL
Paul Jones Mummy Index
The Helen Seavey Quilting Party Legend
Postcards from Paul Jones Crypt
Ranger Barely Captures HMS Drake in 1778
Exclusive Interview with Evan Thomas
Author of newest JPJ biography
Female Singer Plays JPJ in 1890 Comic Operetta
Paul Jones Onstage in Portsmouth and Scotland
Unfurling the Truth of JPJ and the US Flag
JPJ Movie Star Publicity Photos
John Hancock Meets "Little Jones"
Ranger Crew Storms Market Square
The Perilous Life of the Paul Jones House
The NH Lawsuit Against Capt. Jones
Rare JPJ Battle Scene Surfaces
Rebuild the Ranger Official web Site
A 1900 Calendar With JPJ & Friends
Mrs. Stafford's Paul Jones Flag --- Not!
Collecting Trivia from the 1959 Film
Scientific American 1905 Report on JPJ's Body
JPJ Documentary: Stamp of Greatness
Melbourne Smith Looks at the Ranger
Time Capsule Buried in JPJ's Front Yard
All the photos from the Portsmouth Historical Society event
Let's Rebuild the Ranger! (Opinion)
Great Encouragement for Seamen
See the original Ranger recruiting handbill
Robert Stack in John Paul Jones, the Film
Scenes from JPJ's 251st Birthday Party
Portsmouth's Ranger Raids Britain!
Two Burials of John Paul Jones
Is This Body Really JPJ?
Photos of JPJ Exhumation Site in Paris 1905
The Autopsy Report of 1905
Teddy Roosevelt's Eulogy, 1906
John Paul Jones: Life Chronology
John Paul Jones In Portsmouth, NH