Footnote 56: See Introduction, pages [x] and [xxiii].[(Back)]

Footnote 57: For original documents, see No. 16, page [95].[(Back)]

Footnote 58: See Introduction, pages [x] and [xxiii].[(Back)]

Footnote 59: See Admiral Jones's curious observations on the position of the accessories on the reverse, in his letter to Jefferson, dated August 29,/September 9, 1788, page [112].[(Back)]

Footnote 60: See Introduction, pages [x], [xix], [xx], [xxi], [xxviii]; D, [xli]; E, [xliv]; F, [xlv]; and H, [xlvii].[(Back)]

Footnote 61: Captain John Paul Jones was the only American officer decorated by the King of France during the Revolutionary War.[(Back)]

Footnote 62: The thirteen original States.[(Back)]

Footnote 63: See Introduction, page [xxvi].[(Back)]

Footnote 64: The thirteen original States.[(Back)]

Footnote 65: See Introduction, pages [x], [xxix] and [xxx].[(Back)]