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The Life, travels, voyages, and daring engagements, of the celebrated Paul Jones. : To which is added, The life and extraordinary adventures of Mary Lacy; giving an account of her leaving her parents disguised as a man; serving four years at sea, and seven years apprenticeship in Portsmouth dock-yard.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 17916. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17916.
- Standardized Title:
- Life, travels, voyages, and daring engagements of Paul Jones.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792.
- Jones, John Paul.
- Lacy, Mary.
- Elwes, John, 1714-1789.
- Elwes, John.
- Arkwright, Richard, Sir, 1732-1792.
- Arkwright, Richard.
- United States. Navy--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Navy.
- Gamblers.
- Male impersonators.
- Young women.
- Privateering.
- Young women--Biography.
- Male impersonators--Biography.
- Seafaring life.
- Gamblers--Biography.
- Inventors--Biography.
- Inventors.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations.
- History.
- Sea control.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile literature -- 1809.
- Physical Description:
- 108 pages ; 14 cm
- Other Title:
- The life of Paul Jones.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Printed for E. Duyckinck, no. 110 Pearl-Street, by G. Bunce., 1809.
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Running title: The life of Paul Jones.
- The life of John Paul Jones "chiefly written by himself" (p. [3]).
- "The female shipwright: or, Life and extraordinary adventures of Mary Lacy; giving an account of her leaving her parents disguised as a man; serving four years at sea, and seven years' apprenticeship in Portsmouth Dock-Yard. Written by herself."--p. [53]-100, with separate title page.
- "The life of John Elwes, Esq."--p. [101]-107.
- "The life of Sir R. Arkwright."--p. 108.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17916).
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- Lacy, Mary. Female shipwright or Life and extraordinary adventures of Mary Lacy.
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