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A collection of photos of the search for and exhumation of the body of American Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones in Paris 1905 and also his reinterment at the United States Naval...
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The admiral died on the afternoon of 18 July 1792, anticipating one last commission to challenge his legendary skills as seaman and warrior. Less than two weeks after his 45th birthday, John Paul Jones was found in his Paris apartment lying facedown on the bed, his feet on the floor.
John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born American naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
30 de mai. de 2024 · A century ago the mummified body presumed to be naval hero John Paul Jones was discovered in France where he died in 1792. Thie began an eight year journey in which Jones returned to his current resting place in Maryland. These exclusive early images show the scene of the "big big" in Paris.
The remains of the American revolutionary naval hero, John Paul Jones, were buried in Paris following his death on July 18, 1792. The cemetery was abandoned and the area replaced with private homes. Thus, the remains were obscured until 1905, when the United States Ambassador to France, General Hora ….
1 de ago. de 2015 · In 1905, Jones' body was located and exhumed by Horace Porter—a Civil War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, and President Ulysses S. Grant's secretary. The body was remarkably well preserved, and an autopsy was performed by Victor Cornil, a professor of pathology at the Paris Medical School.
30 de mai. de 2024 · The Exhumation, 1905. Enter General Horace Porter, a man obsessed with the desire to locate the grave of John Paul Jones. Appointed American Ambassador to France in 1899, Porter's painstaking search lasted six years. He knew he was looking for a "leaden coffin."
