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I Have Not Yet Begun to Rot [audio 7 minutes and 5 seconds]

John Paul Jones' was the creator of the American navy and one of the greatest patriots of the American War of Independence; but 15 years afterward no one seemed to remember the man. He died, alone, in Paris and was buried without ceremony or fanfare. A hundred years later, US Ambassador Horace Porter, recovered and had Jones' remains interred back in America.
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