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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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JPJ Scottish Birthplace

PECIAL 2005-2006 EXHUMATION CENTENNIAL
Paul Jones Mummy Index

The Helen Seavey Quilting Party Legend

JPJ for Young Readers

Postcards from Paul Jones Crypt

Ranger Barely Captures HMS Drake in 1778

He Bought HMS Drake

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

Bret Harte's Bonhomme Poem

Unfurling the Truth of JPJ and the US Flag

JPJ Movie Star Publicity Photos

Gardens at JPJ House Museum

JPJ & the 74-Gun America

We Hold Paul Jones' Pistol

John Hancock Meets "Little Jones"

Don't Give Up the Chip

Ranger Crew Storms Market Square

JPJ Returns to Portsmouth

The Perilous Life of the Paul Jones House

Poems for the JPJ House

The NH Lawsuit Against Capt. Jones

Rare JPJ Battle Scene Surfaces

Rebuild the Ranger Official web Site

A 1900 Calendar With JPJ & Friends

Local Prof. Spots Fake JPJ

Mrs. Stafford's Paul Jones Flag --- Not!

Collecting Trivia from the 1959 Film

Scientific American 1905 Report on JPJ's Body

Ballad of "The Ranger Flag"

See the 1959 JPJ Movie Ad

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 Hotlinks

John Paul Jones: Life Chronology

John Paul Jones In Portsmouth, NH

The Importance Of The Ranger

John Paul Jones: Pirate Or Patriot?

John Paul Jones Portrait Gallery

Calendar

Sea Dogs: Celebrating 15 Years
May 13, 2008
PORTLAND -- Charlie Eshbach, President/General Manager, Portland Sea Dogs, will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Sea Dogs with the publication of a new history of the team, “The Portland Sea Dogs: Images of Baseball.” FREE

LIVESTRONG Day
May 13, 2008
EXETER -- Wear yellow. Honor and support people affected by cancer in our community. Enjoy a new exhibition of art by cancer survivors. Learn about the Lance Armstrong Foundation's programs to unite people to fight cancer, and meet a member of the LAF s...

Be a Herbal Apprentice Course
May 14, 2008
CANTERBURY -- Fee: $175, members $160 Drive away the winter blues by delving into herbology. This course provides hands on experiences, making tinctures, soaps and herbal salts, for example, to connect you with the early spring. We will also concentrat...

American Independence Museum's Opening Day
May 14, 2008
The American Independence Museum opens for the season in Historic Exeter, New Hampshire. Museum hours are 10am to 4pm, with the last tours at 3:30pm.

Veggie Teens and Raw Food
May 14, 2008
EXETER -- Raise Your Vibe Wednesdays at Blue Moon. Blue Moon Natural Foods, 8 Clifford Street, Exeter, sees this spring as an opportunity to explore what each of us can do to make healthful choices for people and the planet. Some of these solutions com...

Writer Louise Erdrich
May 14, 2008
PORTSMOUTH -- One of the most gifted, prolific and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists, Award-winning novelist Louise Erdrich will be a part of our Writers on a New England Stage series on May 14. Her new original novel The Plague of D...

Lighthouse Buffet Dinner
May 16, 2008
The main event this evening will be the American Lighthouse Foundation's first “Lighthouse Trivia Challenge.” This will be a Jeopardy-style competition, complete with buzzers and sound effects. The winners of the early games will compete in a final roun...

Meteors, Meteorites and Comets
May 16, 2008
CONCORD -- Planetarium Educator Bob Veilleux will explain why you can collect meteorites - but not meteors or comets. Learn about these fascinating solar system interlopers, where they come from, how you can see them, and how they are related. See and...

Mother Courage
May 16 - 17, 2008
Our mainstage season wraps up in May with the Senior Youth Repertory Company production of Bertolt Brecht’s epic masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children. Through Brecht’s stark vision, the play relentlessly questions the distinctions between war, bu...

Books & Blooms Sale
May 17, 2008
BRENTWOOD -- Our Annual Books & Blooms Sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 17th from 9 - 11:30 am! Come to the Mary Bartlett Library, 22 Dalton Road in Brentwood, to purchase lots of books for little money - and purchase great plants at great prices. Pl...

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