Great Men And Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8
Great Men And Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8
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In 1787 he left America with the intention of serving under Louis. When he reached Paris, he was met by a proposition to enter theservice of Catherine of Russia, in which he was induced to engage byprospects of rank and glory. On his journey to St. Petersburg, he hada characteristic adventure in his passage from Stockholm to Revel, which he made while the navigation was interrupted by ice, traversingthe sea, with great hardihood, in an open boat, extorting the laborsof the boatmen by his threat...s of violence. He was well received by theEmpress, who forwarded him to Potemkin, then in command on the BlackSea, in a war with the Turks. It is not necessary to recount themovements of a small squadron, with a divided command and jealouscounsels, presided over by a whimsical, despotic court favorite. Manyas were the vexations encountered by Jones in the inefficientresources, the shifts and expedients of foreign allies, and thestraits of the American commissioners, they were light compared withthe stifling restraints of Russian tyranny.
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In 1787 he left America with the intention of serving under Louis. When he reached Paris, he was met by a proposition to enter theservice of Catherine of Russia, in which he was induced to engage byprospects of rank and glory. On his journey to St. Petersburg, he hada characteristic adventure in his passage from Stockholm to Revel, which he made while the navigation was interrupted by ice, traversingthe sea, with great hardihood, in an open boat, extorting the laborsof the boatmen by his threat...s of violence. He was well received by theEmpress, who forwarded him to Potemkin, then in command on the BlackSea, in a war with the Turks. It is not necessary to recount themovements of a small squadron, with a divided command and jealouscounsels, presided over by a whimsical, despotic court favorite. Manyas were the vexations encountered by Jones in the inefficientresources, the shifts and expedients of foreign allies, and thestraits of the American commissioners, they were light compared withthe stifling restraints of Russian tyranny.
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