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With the aid of French money he rigged out the "Bonhomme Richard" and captured seventeen merchant ships about the British Isles. In a battle which established American naval tradition he lashed his ship to the British "Scrapis" and sank it. His own was so badly damaged that it sank two days later. Owing to the blockade, the first ship built in America for the continental navy did not get out of harbor until after the Revolution ended. Then Jones took the "America" to Europe, where he served in the Russian navy and died...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 3/2/1938 | See Source »

...unemployment census directed by John D. Diggers revealed that in mid-November the number of jobless was estimated at (1 twenty-five, 2 twenty, 3 seventeen, 4 eleven, 5 four) million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

Yardling skiman Bill Hinton took the Vermont State downhill championship on the Nose Dive Run at Stowe Sunday, leading a field of seventeen college skiers. Crimson captain David Emerson lost a ski early in the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Skiing | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

...Seventeen first year Law School students have been awarded scholarships totaling $6,800, it was announced today, as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seventeen First Year Law Students Win Scholarships | 2/10/1938 | See Source »

...Seventeen Dollars In Prizes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARTMOUTH CARNIVAL HOLDS PHOTO CONTEST | 1/18/1938 | See Source »

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