[16]: See [Appendix G] for Fanning's account of the storm which wrecked the Ariel.
[17]: This letter is taken from the papers deposited in the British Museum, known as the Filkin Manuscripts, in ten note-books. They contain an extensive collection of memoranda—extracts from magazines, newspapers, contemporaneous publications, and Admiralty documents—collected by Mr. Filkin with the intention of writing another Life of Paul Jones. Mr. Filkin dying, his note-books were presented to the British Museum. Full copies of them are in the editor's collection.
[18]: From these receipts it would appear that the Queen of France was formerly the Count d'Artois. The James Dick who signs one of the receipts had served on the Lexington as midshipman, had been a prisoner of war in Mill Prison, was exchanged, and served on the Alliance with Dale. See Calendar of Jones Manuscripts, p. 182. There were seven privateers or letters-of-marque named Queen of France, of which the bonds are listed in the papers of the Continental Congress in the Congressional Library.
[19]: See Life of Richard Dale, by J. Fenimore Cooper, Philadelphia, 1846, Vol. II, p. 257.
[20]: For an account of Jones' efforts before Congress to obtain higher rank on the navy list, see letter from Captain James Nicholson to Captain John Barry, [Appendix B].
[21]: See correspondence on the subject of the muster-roll and prize money, Sherburne's Life of Jones, New York, 1851, pp. 266, 364, 365, 366.
[22]: Narrative of the Adventures of an American Navy Officer who served during part of the American Revolution under the Command of Com. John Paul Jones, New York, Printed for the author, 1806.
[23]: For facsimiles of a page in the Serapis' journal, and letter of Midshipman Beaumont Groube, see pp. [xxxvi-xxxviii].
[24]: Calendar of Jones Manuscripts, in Library of Congress, pp. 98, 99.
[25]: See Notes on a Wax Medallion, and Relative Letter, of Paul Jones, by Francis Caird Inglis, F.S.A. Scot., 1906, p. 18.