Record ID:
125473
Accession number:
MA 835.5
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 22.4 cm
Notes:
Address panel with traces of a seal to "Hector McNeil, Esq're / Boston."
Docketed on verso.
Part of a collection of letters written by John Paul Jones to Captain Hector McNeill. Letters in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Summary:
Discussing his concerns for the state of the Navy and its ability to be "serviceable to our Cause;" adding that he hopes "the times will mend and that Merit and Abilities will yet find encouragement; but were I used ever so ill I determin [sic] to persevere till my Country is Free."
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J. Pearson & Company, 1912.
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