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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Serapis battleship Revolutionary War Bonhomme Richard - John Paul Jones - Quote
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Serapis was a British battleship during the U.S. Revolutionary War, which fought
the U.S. ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones. This was the
battle in which Jones said, "I have not yet begun to fight."
Source: Encyclopoedia of American History, by Richard B. Morris. Enlarged
and Updated Edition R 973.03 Mor, p. 102
See also biographies of John Paul Jones
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