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JOHN PAUL JONES
CHAPTER VII
LAST YEARS
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After this wonderful victory, Paul Jones transferred his crew from the sinking “Richard” to the “Serapis,” and sailed triumphantly to Holland. As he landed, great multitudes of people crowded to the wharf to get a glimpse of the American hero, and do him honor. After remaining a little while in Amsterdam, he set sail for France where Benjamin Franklin was waiting to receive him. You may well imagine how the illustrious hero
