DOCSLIB.ORG

NOTES on a WAX MEDALLION, and RELATIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, of PAUL JONES, PRESENTE E SOCIETTH O D1860T N I YD an , NATIONAE NOTH WN I L MUSEU ANTIQUITIESF MO Franciy B

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
NOTES on a WAX MEDALLION, and RELATIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, of PAUL JONES, PRESENTE E SOCIETTH O D1860T N I YD an , NATIONAE NOTH WN I L MUSEU ANTIQUITIESF MO Franciy B III. NOTES ON A WAX MEDALLION, AND RELATIVE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, OF PAUL JONES, PRESENTE E SOCIETTH O D1860T N I YD AN , NATIONAE NOTH WN I L MUSEU ANTIQUITIESF MO FRANCIy B . S CAIRO INGLIS, F.S.A. SCOT. The medallion, whic circulas hi n formi r mountes i , heava n di y brass frame measured an , s 3^ inche n diametei s r verovea s i yr t finallI e. piec f workmanshio e r somp(o executeex compositiowa n i d n closely resembling wax), probabl y Jeab y n Martin Renaud, engraved an r , 39 f o e modellerag e th d give a t ver a an s , u ysn gooma e d th ide f o a representing him in court uniform, and showing the order of Military Merit. There can be no doubt as to the portrait being an authentic one, as Paul Jone a lad s o ysent t (Mri t s Belshes n Scotlani ) d along wite th h following letter (fig. 1) dated 1786 :— PARIS, August 29, 1786. MADAM,—It is with great pleasure that I now execute the nattering com- missio gavu before nyo e lefm u teyo this r cityJameSi . s Stuart returno wh , s immediately to Scotland, does me the honour to take charge of the medallion you desire I dmigh t sen whethey unabld m sa s wela i you r o t I t o i ler . ill executed, but I feel it receives it's value from your acceptance ; an honour for nevewhicn ca rhI sufficiently expres obligationy sm t whicbu , t wilhi l allwayy ambitiom e b s o merit t nrespectfuy M . l compliments await your husband. I am very sensible of his polite attentions while here. May you always enjoy a state of happiness as real as is the esteem and respect with whic hI hav honoue eth beo t r , Madam, your most obediend an t most humble servant, J. PAUL JONES. Mrs Belches, Scotland. The following note from Professor A. Campbell Swinton, F.S.A. Scot., serves to trace how the medallion came to the Museum, with the auto- graph letter which accompanied it:l— 1 Proceedings, vol .. 389-391iiipp . WAX MEDALLION, AND AUTOGRAPH LETTER, OF PAUL JONES. 79 " I can tell you little about the medallion of Paul Jones beyond what is contained in the autograph letter from himself, which was presented along with it to the Society of Antiquaries (in 1860), and which is perhaps the greater curiosity of the two. The letter is addressed to Mrs Belshes, whose husband wa a kinsmas e Inverarath f o na Mis s ys wa familyBuchaima e Sh . f o n Drumpelier, aunt to Mrs Graham, wife of Dr Graham, our late Professor of Botany, with who e livemsh d durin r widowhoodghe whosn i d ean , house esh died about 184 n Grea0(i t King Street) e medallioTh . d lettean n r were Fig. 2. Medallion of Paul Jones. given by Mrs Belshes to my father, and have been in my possession for twenty or thirty years." Comparing the medallion (fig. 2) with other portraits, it has much in common wit miniatur e r Huyhth de n t ivor(1780)n Va eo y yb buse th , t (fig. 3) by Houdon (1783), the medal by Dupre (ordered by the Congress in 1787), the prints in the British Museum, London (published 28th October 1779) smalo tw , l engraving e Scottisth n i s h National Portrait WAX MEDALLION AUTOGRAPD AN , H LETTEK F PAUO , L JONE1 8 S Galleryf o whic y e b e s paintini giveh on th l , oi n , figi n4 .n i g Charles Wilso . nMoreae engravin M th Peale . d J uan y , b , g(fig 5) . designed from the life in 1781, which all show the same regular- features, the nose slightly enlarged at the point, and the fine lines of the mouth—the face of a student rather than a fighter. These Fig . Engrave4 . d Portrai Pauf o t l Jone tiin si e National Portrait Gallery. portrait e verar s y differen d chapbootol froe th mk e pictureth d an s numerous engraving e " piratth f o se " Paul f whicJoneso e l ar hal , caricatures. The British view of Jones has always regarded him as a rebel and a pirate. Certainly he was not a pirate, as he held a commission in the American navy; and his actions against this country were all (in his VOL. XL. 6 82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, JANUARY 8, 1906. estimation) to further the cause of liberty, and to help his adopted countr gaino t y , independence. A student from his earliest years, he soon acquired an extensive . Engrave5 . Kg d Portrait of Pau . MorealM Jones . J uy b (1781), . s Hi knowledg . s it profession hi s eveo t f wa o er d d eagead an , o t r letters sho e commanwth f languago d e had h es knowledg hi ; f o e French was perfect, and stood him in good stead during his service in Russiaalss odiplomaa wa e e firsh ;th t f o ordert friena , f Franklindo , WAX MEDALLION, AND AUTOGRAPH LETTER, OF PAUL JONES. 83 Jefferson, Lafayette, Morris, and many other distinguished men of the period. Paul Jones, or rather John Paul, was bom of quite humble parents in Kirkbean,1 in Kirkcudbrightshire, on the 6th of July 1747. The cottage recognise localite s birthplacth hi n di s ya s showei fign . ni 6 . s fatherHi , John Paul, s gardene r Craiwa 2M f Arbiglando o kt r . Fig. 6. Cottage in which Paul Jones was born. From a Photograph by J. Masterson, Dumfries. From his earliest years young John Paul had great love of the sea arid shipping; we find him in 1759, at the age of 12, engaged as an apprentic boarn o e da smal l 8 tonstrade14 n 176secons f i ;i o re 4h d 1 I find no record of his birth in the register of this parish : the only entries of births in the Paul family are of three girls, in 1739, 1741, and 1749. 3 A stone erected in Kirkbean churchyard bears the following inscription :—" In Memor f Joho y n Paul, Senior dieo t Arbiglana dwh , e 24t th df Octobe o h r 1767. Universally esteemed. Erecte Johy db n Paul, Junior." 4 8 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , JANUAR , 1906Y8 . e followinth n i mate d g an ,yea r first mate n I 1766-176. s wa e h 7 occupied in the slave trade; however, after two voyages he refused to go a third time, as he was disgusted with his experiences. This fact is worth notice, as lending no support to the British view of his character, e mosth f t o inhuma e on e b f whicmen no laten o I t t .h r ou mad m ehi years, after he had inherited his brother's estate in Virginia, he is found giving the slaves on the estate their freedom, again showing that his character was not deficient in sympathy for his fellow-creatures. In 17(58 he was in command of a trader, the 'John,' and commanded this vessel for three voyages, visiting his brother William at Rappahannock twice during this time. This brothe d beeha rn adopte well-to-da y db o and childless Virginia planter named William Jones, a native of Kirkbean, distana d an t relativ e Pauth f l o efamily a n ,o whes n 174wa i n e 3h s nativvisihi o t te place Williad an ; m Paul virtuy b , f thieo s adoption, took the name William Paul Jones. Old William Jones, who died in 1760, had made John Paul the residuary legates brothehi f o e n cas i e latter th e r shoul e withoudi d t issue,, on condition that John Paul should assume the name Jones as his brother had done. Accordingly, when William Paul Jones died in 1773, John Paul became John Paul Jones feld lan , a plantatiohei o t r n of about 3000 acres, 20 horses, 80 head of cattle, and a sloop of 20 plantatione tonse th spen s lifyearH o n hi o e. tw tf d thesso an , e years saw the beginning of the struggle for the independence of the American States. In 1775 he sailed to New York, and while there wrote to various members of Congress, offering his services and the use of his seafaring knowledge 24tn O h. Jun invitees 177wa joie o e dProvisiona5t h nth l Marine or Naval Committee, in which he at once assumed the leading position, and led the committee so completely that it is now quite im- possible to identify the other four merchant captains who were his colleagues, except one—Nicholas Biddle, of Philadelphia. This committee founde nave d th f America y o 22ti n o d an Decembe, r 177 5e firs n i o receivth Jonet tt s s commissionpu wa s hi e s wa e H . command of the ' Alfred,' and ordered " to break her pennant." Obeying WAX MEDALLION AUTOGRAPD AN , H LETTER F PAUO , L JONES5 8 . this order, Paul Jonee windth e firsso th t sflun tt Americaou g n flag ever shown on a regular man-of-war. This was not the Stars and e PinStripesth et Trebu d Rattlesnak, an e e emblem, wit e mottth h o " Don't Trea Me.n do "e honou th Thoug f d firso rha t e h hoistin t i g aboard ship, Jones never fancied this emblem.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Feature the Tale of Two Winstons Warren Dockter
    Feature The Tale of Two Winstons Warren Dockter inston Churchill is generally Wregarded as one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century. As Prime Minister he led Britain to victory against the Nazi war machine, leading Time to name him ‘Man of the Year’ in 1940 and ‘Man of the Half Century’ in 1949. As recently as 2002 he was voted ‘the greatest Briton’ by a BBC poll. His tenacious personality has become iconic as displayed in his images with his cigar, fingers stretched in a ‘V’, and pugnacious face. Leading one to believe Winston Churchill was probably a man very seldom mistaken for someone else. However, at the turn of the century he was often mistaken for the best-selling American novelist by the same name. In the early 1900s the American Winston was far more famous in the United States than his British name sake. This article will examine the historical peculiarity of the two Winston Churchills, their brief correspondence, their chance meeting in Boston in 1900, and the striking similarity of their lives. Winston S Churchill first became aware of his American name-sake in the Spring of 1899 when he began receiving letters with ‘congratulations on [his] skill as a writer of fiction.’ Ever hopeful, the their names might get confused. He Meeting of the two Winston Churchills. British Churchill supposed that these continued, ‘Mr. Winston Churchill will The Boston Herald, 18 December 1900 letters were ‘belated appreciation for the no doubt recognise from this letter-if merits of Savrola’, which was published indeed by no other means- that there Churchill much anxiety.
    [Show full text]
  • Xerox University Microfilms 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 I I 76-1604 CR/Vpa, Joseph
    PROGRESSIVES IN SEARCH OF A USABLE PAST: THE ROLE OF A NATIVE TRADITION OF IDEALISM IN THE SOCIAL NOVELS OF DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS, WINSTON CHURCHILL, AND ROBERT HERRICK, 1900-1917 Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Crapa, Joseph Robert, 1943- Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 04/10/2021 06:00:14 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290383 INFORMATION TO USERS This material was produced from a microfilm copy of the original document. While the most advanced technological means to photograph and reproduce this document have been used, the quality is heavily dependent upon the quality of the original submitted. The following explanation of techniques is provided to help you understand markings or patterns which may appear on this reproduction. 1. The sign or "target" for pages apparently Sacking from the document photographed is "Missing Pap(s)". If it was possible to obtain the missing page(s) or section, they are spliced into the film along with adjacent pages. This may have necessitated cutting thru an image and duplicating adjacent pages to insure you complete continuity. 2. When an image on the film is obliterated with a large round black mark, it is an indication that the photographer suspected that the copy may have moved during exposure and thus cause a blurred image.
    [Show full text]
  • Analysis of Historical Fiction for the Period of the American Revolution
    SHELDON •Historical Fiction For the Period of the.; Aiugricaii-fevolution E];brary Science B. L. S,|i 19 4 II OF • -ft -'S.. .-^flt . ' H^. ,)-•%; .'•t.- ^ ^ >f;' , ^fw:' ^ ih ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^l^j'^.^y ^ ^ ^(i. ^v:^^'_,^ ' ^ ^ .f. ^ ^ 4- ^ ^if^ ^ LIBRARY >.' O F TH L ifc. A U N 1 V E RS ITY Of ILLINOIS ieo4 ^ % ' ^ 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ -••'f -^^ ^ >^ ip. ^ ^ ^ ^ \ ^ ^ 4, is ii, ^ ^ > 4^ f IK > 1- IK > The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books 4, are reasons for disciplinary action and may result in dismissal from the University. *^ 'f^ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN BUILDING USi: O^X BUILDING USE ONCY FEB12 1974 ^i^' ^ ,/ ^- - LI6I — O-1096 * ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^- ••*• f' ^ ^ ^"fr ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ <^ ^ ^ ^ ^- ^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ''4 ^ ^ ^. 4-^^ ^4 -^ 1^ ^ * f ^ t ^ ANALYSIS OP HISTORICAI. FICTION FOR THE PERIOD THE AMSRIGA1!T REVOLUTION by EDNA ¥. SHELDON A THESIS PRESENTED FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY SCIENCE in the STATE LIBRARY SCHOOL in the UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS JUNE 1904. I i /pi THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY L)..cL/T\jCL LL). -LO^ZLTlXL .^ .EulXcLcT^ ENTITLED ..Qj>ajOL.L^^r:Lkj;:5 .?^JLJ:aLiJMuuu^ IS APPROVED BY ME AS FULEIIvLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Qu^loxXxD^. £u.J^lrTJXru^ ^ CAJUXUm *-^^^<cLX>.HaK3\js».^i^ Q , i^X^. • ^ HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF rVrU Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/defeils/analysisofhistorOOshel . Table of Contents Chambers, Robert "^JI .
    [Show full text]
  • A CRITICAL STUDY of the HISTORICAL Elemenlf
    A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL ELEMENlf IN !!!!, CRISIS• BY WINSTON CHURCHILL i A CRITIC.AL STUDY O THE HISTORICAL ELm.IB T IN TEE CRISIS, BY 1' !UvTOil CIIURCHI LL ith a view to dete ining whethor t l:e accuracy or inaccuracy of that use int e historical settin is an advanta·e or disadvanta~e i n getting a picture of the period. By RUTH B. KNEPPER . ll Bachelor of rt.s Pillips University Enid 1927 . e •. < . • • e , • • ~ . ... , .- . : •• : C. • t. •• . · '" - • J ~ .3 ~ ) .' ' '. .. i...· • • ' ,J . I,. .. ... , ... , ' . .. .. ... .' , . .J • e< •• • ~ • • • • . .. ~ . .·. ·.. Submitted to the Department of History Oklahoma Agricultural and cohanical College In Pe.rtial Fulfillment of the Requir ents For the Degr ee of UA.STZR :'")J,<" ARTS 194() OKLAHOMA AQJUCUt'fURAL & MH'HANJCAL COLLEGI LIBRARY ii AUB 6 1940 APPROVED: Dean of: the Graduate School 126883 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer of this thesis wishes to express appreciation to the follovn.ng librarians who have helped in collecting data; Virginia ll. Harrison and 1.fargaret Walters, Oklahoma. A. and M. College; Elizabeth Hunt and Bonnie Brown, University of Tulsa; Myrtle Crockett and Mary Sims , Tulsa Public Library. She is deeply indebted to Dr. Avery Craven, University of Chicago, for excerpts from the Richmond Inquirer and for bibliography; to fr. 'finston Churchill, Cornish, Hew Hampshire, for information about his wor k ; and to Dr. T. H. Reynolds and Dr. Agnes Berrigan, Oklahoma A. and M. College, for help in organizing the material. iv A CRITICAL STUDY 01" TEE HISTORICAL ELE1'.JENT IN~ CRISIS, BY WIWSTON CHURCHILL T.ABLE OF cm-rrmfl'S ACKNOWLEDGEJENTS Chapter I.
    [Show full text]
  • Colby Virginia Reed Atkinson James B. Footprints of the Past: Images Of
    Author 1 last name Colby Author 1 first name: Picture Virginia Reed Author 2 last name: Atkinson Author 2 first name James B. title Footprints of the past: images of Cornish,New Hampshire and the Cornish Colony place of publication Concord, New Hampshire publisher New Hampshire Historical Society publication date 1996 donor authors donation date 1996 content Cornish related people, places, and things not in comments either Child or Rawson;Cornish Colony members;people connected with the Cornish Colony Location Reference Author 1 last name Child Author 1 first name Picture Williiam H. Author 2 last name Author 2 first name title History of the Town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with genealogical record, 1763-1910 in 2 volumes(1975); also reprint in one volume (2004) place of publication p ublis her publi catio n date donor donation date Original town history plus genealogy content comments Location Genealogy Corner v. one and Reference Author 1 last name Rawson Author 1 first name Barbara Picture Eastman Author 2 last name Author 2 first name title History of the town of Cornish, New Hampshire, with genealogical record, 1910-1960; two copies place of publication Littleton, New Hampshire publisher The Courier Printing Company publication date 1963 donor donation date updates content comments Child Location Reference and Genealogy Corner Author 1 last name Wade Author 1 first name Hugh Mason Picture Author 2 last name Author 2 first name title Brief History of Cornish, 1763-1974; two copies place of publication Hanover, New Hampshire publisher The University Press of New England publication date 1976; reprinted:1992 donor donation date retells Child more succinctly; updates Cornish Colony section of content comments Child; additional genealogical material by Stephen P.
    [Show full text]
  • Under the Influence of Laughing Gas by CURTIS ARMSTRONG
    The quarterly journal of The Wodehouse Society Volume 27 Number 1 Spring 2006 Under the Influence of Laughing Gas BY CURTIS ARMSTRONG Not only a phenomenal talent of the Silver Screen, but a topping inside-Hollywood historian, Curtis gave this talk at the Hooray for Hollywood convention in Los Angeles, August 2005. Serial mayhem, drug use, alcoholism, alcohol and tobacco abuse by minors, violation of child-labor laws, child abandonment and endangerment, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, juvenile delinquency, child-on- child violence, unwanted sexual contact. ollywood is responsible for much of what we see on television Hand in films. It is attacked like clockwork by the arbiters of public morals for corrupting American youth, inciting violence, diminishing attention spans, dumbing down our intellects, and encouraging the violent overthrow of our duly elected government—when we have one. Our seasonal earthquakes, floods, fires, and mudslides are considered a righteous judgment on a modern-day Cities of the Plain. As Wodehouse himself might put it, it’s the kind of city that makes one wonder whether man is really God’s last word. Let’s face it, as far as many Americans are concerned, Hollywood might as well be France. Curtis Armstong makes merry with wine rather than But the litany of violence and corruption I have listed above laughing gas, while sporting a classy Drones Club tie! comes not from the latest hit series or erotic thriller, but from P. G. Wodehouse’s 1936 novel Laughing Gas. “Ah, Hollywood, Hollywood! Bright city of sorrows, where fame deceives and temptation lurks, where souls are shriveled in the furnace of desire, whose streets are bathed with the shamed tears of betrayed maidens! Hollywood! Home of mean glories and spangled wretchedness, where the deathless fire burns for the outstretched wings of the guileless moth and beauty is broken on sin’s cruel wheel.” Theodore Dreiser? No, it is P.
    [Show full text]
  • American Fiction, 1774-1910 Author Index 1
    American Fiction, 1774-1910 Author Index A., Miss M.L. Abbott, Anne Wales. Illma; or, Which was wife?. Rex's vacation. New York, Cornwell & Johnson. 1881 In [H.L. Reed] ed., "The city and the sea". Wright bibliography number 1. Reel: A-1 Abbott, Austin. jt. au. Cone cut corners. A[llderice], E[lizabeth] W[inslow]. See Benauly, pseud. Heart's delight. New York, G.W. Carleton & Co.; [etc.]. 1879 Abbott, Austin. jt. au. Wright bibliography number 70. Matthew Caraby. Reel: A-9 See Benauly, pseud. Abarbanell, Jacob Ralph. Abbott, Benjamin Vaughn. jt. au. The heart of the people: a picture of life as it is Cone cut corners. today. See Benauly, pseud. Boston, C.M. Clark Pub. Co. 1908 Wright bibliography number 1. Abbott, Benjamin Vaughn. jt. au. Reel: 1 Matthew Caraby. See Benauly, pseud. Abbot, Alice Balch. A frigate's namesake. Abbott, Charles Conrad. New York, Century. 1901 A colonial wooing. Wright bibliography number 1; with illustrations by Philadelphia, Lippincott. 1895 G. Varian. Wright bibliography number 2. Reel: 1 Reel: A-1 [Abbot, Anne Wales] ed. Abbott, Charles Conrad. Autumn leaves. The Hermit of Nottingham. Cambridge, J. Bartlett. 1853 Philadelphia, Lippincott. 1898 Wright bibliography number 1. Wright bibliography number 2. Reel: A-1 Reel: A-1 Abbot, Austin. Abbott, Charles Conrad. A charming story. When the century was new. [N.Y.?]. 1908 Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co. 1897 Wright bibliography number 3. Wright bibliography number 4. Reel: 1 Reel: A-1 Abbott, Aaron. Abbott, Frances Matilda. The lure of the Indian country, and a romance of The simple single.
    [Show full text]