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American Recognition:
The fame of John Paul Jones was greater in Europe and Russian than it was in his adopted country. The Continental Congress authorized a gold medal struck in honor of the victory over the HMS Serapis, and Jones was admitted to the Society of the Cincinnati, an organization of former Revolutionary War officers. In the last months of his life, Congress appointed Jones a commissioner to Algiers to treat for the release of captured American seamen. He died before he could take up the office. |