John Paul Jones Collection, PC.1300

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John Paul Jones Collection, PC.1300

Descriptive Summary

Title
John Paul Jones Collection
Call Number
PC.1300
Creator
Unknown
Date
1798, 1910-1961
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Collection Overview

    Photocopies of miscellaneous material relating to the question of whether naval hero John Paul Jones chose his surname as result of friendship with Willie Jones of Halifax, N.C. Included are typescript of Willie Jones's will (1798), two letters, sworn statements by several of Willie Jones's descendants (1961), and speech in the Congressional Record by U.S. Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (1961).

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Jones, John Paul
  2. Jones, Willie
  3. Ervin, Samuel James, Jr.
  4. United States. Congress. Senate
  5. Congressional Record
  6. Heroes
  7. Navies--Officers
  8. Halifax
  9. Friendship