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ÐJOHN€PAUL€JONES€April€1998ÌFather€of€the€American€NavyÌBy:€Ô_ÔMichAelÔ_Ô€S.€Ô_ÔKaulbackÔ_ÔÌÌòò€Bro.€Ô_ÔKanihackÔ_Ô€is€a€Past€Master€of€Charles€W€Moore€Lodge,€Fitchburg,€MA€and€a€Past€Sr€Grand€Deacon€of€The€GrandÐ Ä Ä  ÐLodge€of€Massachusetts.€He€is€a€graduate€of€Fitchburg€State€College€and€is€serving€the€Samuel€Ô_ÔCrokerÔ_Ô€Lawrence€LibraryÏof€the€Grand€Lodge€of€Massachusetts€as€its€Library€Technician.€Bra.€Ô_ÔKauihackÔ_Ô€has€written€several€STB's€for€MSA.€-Editor€óóÐ œ œ  ÐÌJohn€Paul€Jones€is€probably€the€best€known€Naval€figure€of€the€Revolutionary€War€He€was€born€John€Paul€(The€Jones€wasÏadded€later€in€America)€in€Ô_ÔKirkeudbrightÔ_Ô€Scotland€on€July€6,€1747.€His€father,€also€named€John€Paul,€was€a€gardener€and€hisÏmother€was€Jean€Ô_ÔMacDuffÔ_Ô.€There€were€seven€children€in€his€family,€John€was€number€five.€His€oldest€brother€William€PaulÏmigrated€to€Fredericksburg,€Virginia€and€was€an€important€point€of€contact€on€this€side€of€the€Atlantic.ÌÌJohn€went€to€sea€at€the€age€of€twelve€after€finishing€school,€and€made€his€first€trip€to€Fredericksburg€before€he€was€thirteenÏyears€old.€In€1768€he€was€assigned€to€a€British€Merchant€ship€named€John€and€during€the€voyage€back€to€Scotland€had€toÏassume€command€due€to€the€death€of€the€captain€and€the€first€mate.€His€career€as€a€merchant€seaman€ended€in€1773€at€ageÏ26,€when€he€inherited€his€brother's€plantation€in€Virginia.€It€was€stipulated€that€in€order€to€inherit€the€plantation€he€mustÏassume€the€name€of€"Jones"€which€he€did€and€was€thereafter€John€Paul€Jones.€It€was€during€this€time€period€that€he€madeÏapplication€to€St.€Bernard€Lodge€3122€at€Ô_ÔKirkcudbrightÔ_Ô,€Scotland€and€was€initiated€on€November€27,€1770.€Masonry€playedÏa€big€part€in€Jones'€life€from€then€on.€While€in€Virginia€he€met€many€patriots€including€Washington,€Patrick€Henry,€and€mostÏimportantly,€Ben€Ô_ÔFranklinÔ_Ô€who€was€to€play€a€large€role€in€Jones'€career€in€later€life.ÌÌIn€1775,€shortly€after€the€battle€of€Lexington€and€Concord,€Jones'€offered€his€services€to€the€American€cause.€An€organizedÏforce€was€available€for€fighting€on€land€(The€Militia),€but€no€organized€force€existed€to€fight€at€sea.€America€needed€a€NavyÏand€turned€to€John€Paul€Jones.€He€was€invited€by€John€Hancock€and€the€Naval€Committee€of€the€Continental€Congress€toÏLay'€before€the€Committee€such€information€and€advice€as€may€seem€to€him€useful€in€assisting€the€said€Committee€toÏdischarge€its€labors.€He€gave€much€time€and€effort€in€working€out€plans€for€a€new€Navy.ÌÌJones'€name€was€placed€on€the€first€National€Navy€list€as€number€one€on€the€list€of€Lieutenants€and€he€was€the€first€of€theÏofficers€on€that€list€to€receive€his€commission.€Historical€records€show€that€he€received€his€commission€from€the€hand€ofÏJohn€Hancock€in€Philadelphia,€Pennsylvania.€Jones€went€to€Newport,€Rhode€Island€and€took€command€of€the€shipÏProvidence€and€on€June€14,€set€sail.€The€records€from€that€voyage€show€that€Jones€captured€16€enemy€vessels,€destroying€8Ïand€sending€the€rest€to€America€as€booty.€He€returned€to€port€to€find€that€he€had€been€promoted€to€Captain€and€the€sadderÏnews€that€his€plantation€had€been€burned€to€the€ground€by€the€British.€1777€found€Jones€in€Philadelphia€at€the€Naval€boardÏwhere€he€argued€for€a€mission€to€European€waters.€An€interesting€note€is€that€on€June€14,€1777€Congress€passed€twoÏseparate€resolutions.€The€first€Ô_Ôthat€TheÔ_Ô€flag€of€the€thirteen€United€States€of€America€be€thirteen€stripes,€alternating€red€andÏwhite;€Ô_ÔthatÔ_Ô€The€Union€be€thirteen€stars€in€a€blue€field€representing€a€new€constellation.€The€second€resolution€passed€wasÏthat€Captain€John€Paul€Ô_ÔJones€beÔ_Ô€appointed€to€command€the€ship€Ranger.€Jones€was€so€moved€by€this€that€he€wrote€"ThatÏflag€and€I€are€twins;€Ô_ÔbornÔ_Ô€the€same€hour€from€the€same€womb€of€destiny.€We€cannot€be€parted€in€life€or€in€death.€So€long€asÏâ âwe€can€float,€we€shall€float€Ô_Ôtogether€IfÔ_Ô€we€must€sink,€we€shall€go€down€as€one."Ð è0è0( ÐÔ_ÔÔ_Ô‡â âJones€went€to€Portsmouth,€New€Hampshire€to€outfit€the€ship€Ranger€and€sailed€her€to€France€arriving€on€December€2,€1777.ÏHe€arrived€in€Brest€Roads€and€sailed€through€the€French€Fleet,€receiving€the€first€national€salute€to€the€American€flag€by€aÏforeign€power.€During€the€ensuing€months€he€made€several€voyages,€victorious€in€all.€In€September€of€1778€he€turned€theÏRanger€over€to€Ô_ÔLtÔ_Ô.€Simpson€and€took€command€of€a€larger€ship,€Ô_ÔLeDurasÔ_Ô€which€he€renamed€Le€Bon€Ô_ÔHommeÔ_Ô€Richard€afterÏhis€friend€and€fellow€Mason€Benjamin€Franklin€who€wrote€Poor€Richard's€Almanac.€Ô_ÔwasÔ_Ô€the€ship€that€would€make€Jones€aÏlegend€in€the€American€Navy€and€American€history.€Sailing€from€the€Road€of€Ô_ÔGroaixÔ_Ô€on€August€14,1779€with€three€otherÏships€the€Alliance,€the€Pallas€and€the€Vengeance€he€captured€five€prize€ships€in€40€days.€On€September€23€he€met€with€theÏBritish€ship€Ô_ÔSerapisÔ_Ô,€a€44€gun€man-of-war€The€battle€between€the€two€started€at€7:00€in€the€evening€and€lasted€until€wellÏafter€11:00.€The€fighting€was€heavy€from€the€beginning€with€both€ships€sustaining€serious€damage.€At€one€point€during€theÏfight,€after€a€cannonball€had€taken€away€the€Richard's€flagstaff,€Captain€Pearson€of€the€Ô_ÔSerapisÔ_Ô€leaned€over€his€rail€and€criedÏ"Do€I€understand€that€you€have€struck?€Jones'€reply€was€"No,€I€have€just€begun€to€fight!"€It€was€this€incident€that€earnedÏJones€everlasting€fame€in€the€annals€of€Naval€History.€Finally€Jones€brought€his€ship€close€in€and€lashed€both€ships€togetherÏJones€led€a€boarding€party€onto€the€deck€of€the€British€ship€and€engaged€in€a€furious€hand€to€hand€fight.€Captain€PearsonÏseeing€the€heavy€casualties,€struck€his€flag€and€surrendered€to€Jones.€The€casualty€figures€showed€that€the€Americans€hadÏsustained€67€dead€and€106€wounded€and€the€British€had€87€dead€and€134€wounded.€(Thirteen€died€later€in€the€night.)ÏAnother€casualty€was€Ô_Ôthe€RichardÔ_Ô.€Her€back€broken,€and€taking€on€water,€she€sank€in€the€early€morning€hours€still€flying€theÏflag€of€the€United€States.€Jones€and€his€crew€having€transferred€to€the€Ô_ÔSerapisÔ_Ô€made€what€repairs€they€could€and€sailed€intoÏthe€Dutch€harbor€of€Ô_ÔTexelÔ_Ô€on€October€3,€1779€It€was€during€the€year€1780€that€John€Paul€Jones€was€invited€to€join€theÏLodge€of€Nine€Muses€in€France.€Franklin€had€been€the€Master€of€this€Lodge€for€two€years€and€they€welcomed€the€newÏAmerican€hero€with€open€arms.€The€noted€sculptor€Houden€also€started€on€Jones€bust€having€already€made€the€busts€ofÏWashington,€Franklin€and€Voltaire€who€had€joined€the€Lodge€at€the€age€of€80.€This€was€a€Lodge€that€numberedÏphilosophers,€liberals,€and€several€leaders€of€the€still€to€be€fought€French€Revolution,€among€its€members.€ÌHe€left€France€bound€for€the€United€States€on€December€18,€1780€aboard€the€ship€Ariel€and€landed€in€Philadelphia€inÏFebruary€of€1781.€In€May€of€1781€he€gave€up€command€of€the€Ariel€and€with€it€his€active€service€in€the€Continental€Navy.ÏHe€was€appointed€as€Special€U.S.€Agent€to€France€in€1783.€Here€he€was€instrumental€in€collecting€prize€money€that€had€notÏbeen€paid€to€American€Seamen€during€the€war€In€1787€he€received€the€only€gold€medal€given€by€congress€to€a€Navy€hero€ofÏthe€Revolutionary€War.€In€1788€he€accepted€an€appointment€from€Empress€Catherine€of€Russia€as€a€Rear€Admiral€in€theÏRussian€Navy.€He€commanded€a€Naval€force€on€the€Black€Sea€fighting€the€Turks€and€was€instrumental€in€winning€severalÏengagements€for€the€Russian€fleet.€It€is€said€that€Empress€Catherine,€herself€antimasonic,€found€that€Jones€was€a€proudÏmember€of€the€Craft€and€for€this€reason€discharged€him€with€full€pay.€He€returned€to€France€and€shortly€before€his€deathÏretired€from€her€service.€The€trip€to€Russia€may€have€been€the€undoing€of€Jones€for€it€surely€hastened€his€death.€In€the€lastÏdays€of€his€life€Jones€lived€quietly€receiving€many€visitors.€He€was€ill€and€suffered€from€a€heart€condition.€On€July€18,€1792,ÏJones€breathed€his€last.€He€died€from€dropsy,€pneumonia,€and€a€heart€condition€in€Paris€France,€at€the€young€age€of€45€HeÏwas€buried€with€full€Masonic€honors€in€a€lead€coffin,€in€a€cemetery€in€Paris.€You€might€think€that€this€is€the€end€of€the€story,Ïbut€we€are€not€quite€finished.€Some€113€years€later,€under€orders€from€the€President€of€the€United€States,€Brother€TheodoreÏRoosevelt,€the€body€of€John€Paul€Jones€was€recovered€from€the€cemetery€and€made€a€long€slow€trip€across€the€Atlantic€toÏbe€placed€in€a€crypt€at€the€Naval€Academy€in€Annapolis,€Maryland.€Paul€Jones€lived€a€short€but€very€full€life.€Reading€aboutÏhis€life€is€almost€like€reading€fiction,€his€lowly€birth,€his€almost€meteoric€rise€in€the€American€Navy,€and€his€attainment€of€theÏrank€of€Rear€Admiral€in€the€Russian€Navy.€His€love€of€the€Masonic€Craft€was€second€only€to€his€love€of€Liberty€and€theÏUnited€States.€He€lived€his€life€according€to€the€Masonic€principles€that€he€studied.€John€Paul€Jones,€Mason,€Diplomat,ÏSeaman,€a€man€who€was€admired€by€his€friends€and€his€enemies.ÌÌÌÌThe€original€letter€written€by€John€Paul€Jones€to€his€lodge€is€on€display€at€the€Naval€Museum,€U.S.€Naval€Academy.ÏAnnapolis,€Maryland.€ÌÌ