Citation - Boston Gazette: 1781.05.14

BG.781.006
14 May 1781:33 (1394)
On a famous sea commander in the American Service.
J--- P--- J---s.
J  ove on a certain memorable day,
(O 'er spent with making folks the usual way )
H  ad a strange whim, to make so odd a man,
N  one could find fault, nor like, nor hate, nor scan.
[an acrostic spelling John Paul Jones.