04 August 2020

John Paul Jones' Artifact In Georgia



Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society



Source

"A musket formerly the property of Paul Jones, and used by him in the action with the Serapis.  It was presented by him to Dr. Franklin, from whom it descended to his grandson, Lewis Bache, Esq. of Penn., who bequeathed it to his nephew Andrew A. Harwood, U.S.N., with documents, & presented by Lieut. A. A. Harwood."




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