Allentown
Allentown city (1990 pop. 105,090), seat of Lehigh co., E Pa., on the Lehigh River; inc. as a borough 1811, as a city 1867. The largest city in the agricultural and industrial Lehigh Valley, it is a commercial, financial, and government center. Iron, cement, and mining, the city's traditional industrial mainstays, have given way to printing and publishing and the manufacture of food, metal, and leather products, chemicals, electrical and medical equipment, and furniture. In the city are Muhlenberg College, Cedar Crest College, Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales, United Wesleyan College, and a campus of Pennsylvania State Univ. Allentown was founded in 1762 by William Allen, chief justice of Pennsylvania, and was settled largely by German religious groups. First known as Northampton, it was renamed Allentown c.1836. During the Revolutionary War, the city was a munitions center for the Continental Army. Points of interest include the Zion Reformed Church (where the Liberty Bell was kept) and an art museum.
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Colonial hero of the high seas: against seemingly insurmountable odds, John Paul Jones sailed to military victory time after time, becoming one of America's greatest naval commanders. (History - Struggle for Freedom).
Magazine article from: The New American; 1/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...English warships, the H.M.S. Serapis and the H.M.S. Countess of Scarborough. The seasoned skipper of the Serapis, Richard Pearson, knew his American...Stars and Stripes before engaging the Serapis. Soon the two ships were locked in...
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Automated systems assess inmate disease
Magazine article from: Corrections Digest; 9/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...prophylaxis. The automated system, known as SERAPIS and named after the Egyptian god of healing...protocols and standards. CMS has deployed SERAPIS in only one state, New Mexico, but plans...says. But within the next few years, SERAPIS will demonstrate that corrections can...
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SEA HAWK A RIVETING NEW BIOGRAPHY ILLUMINATES THE LIFE OF THE FIERCELY COMBATIVE JOHN PAUL JONES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...under the escort of the Royal Navy ship Serapis. The captain of the Richard, John Paul...its principles. The commander of the Serapis, Richard Pearson, unloaded its 44 guns...Jones then crossed the front of the Serapis, causing it to collide with the Richard...
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'I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight!': Author Recounts Determination and Influence of American Naval Hero and Legend.
PR Newswire; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...time when he encountered the HMS Serapis and other escorting merchant ships...Baltic Sea. When he engaged the HMS Serapis, a raging battle ensued. All odds...him, Captain Pearson on the HMS Serapis demanded Jones' surrender, to which...
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BON HOMME OR PIRATE?
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/3/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...guarded by two Royal Naval vessels, the Serapis and Countess of Scarborough, off Flamborough...both sides. Jones was outgunned by the Serapis, but managed to bring the Bonhomme Richard...water alarmingly, he managed to board the Serapis and capture her, although he had to abandon...
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Don't ask me to weep if Christianity is `vanquished'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...ancient Isis, and then the new deity, Serapis, recently invented by the Ptolemies...years. But what did the High Priest of Serapis say when the pilgrims stopped coming...Christian convinced him that, in fact, Serapis was the Virgin Mary and that many of the...
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John Paul Jones quote likely recalled wrong.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 8/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...boarding party against the British warship Serapis, cited the line in an interview with...of the Bonhomme Richard, engaged the Serapis off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, on Sept. 23, 1779. Serapis, a faster, better-armed ship, quickly...
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HEROIC AND HUMAN 'JOHN PAUL JONES'
News Wire article from: United Press International; 7/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...Continental Navy John Paul Jones sights HMS Serapis, a British man-of-war, about 10...Leading up to his great battle with the Serapis, Jones built a reputation for going into...throes of his most famous clash with the Serapis, he managed to bind the two ships together...
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'I Have Not yet Begun to Fight!': Author Recounts Determination and Influence of American Naval Hero and Legend.
Newspaper article from: Defense & Aerospace Week; 12/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...time when he encountered the HMS Serapis and other escorting merchant ships...Baltic Sea. When he engaged the HMS Serapis, a raging battle ensued. All odds...him, Captain Pearson on the HMS Serapis demanded Jones' surrender, to which...
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Divers bid to solve puzzle of Scots American hero's wreck
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 2/17/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...powerful frigates Countess of Scarborough and Serapis. Outgunned by a more heavily-armed...skills to steer his vessel alongside the Serapis and lash onto her. But Bonhomme Richard was set ablaze and cannons firing from the Serapis at point blank range almost cut her in...
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Revolutionary War: The Serapis
Book article from: American Eras
Revolutionary War: The Serapis Sources War at Sea. From the beginning...with the British 44-gun frigate, Serapis, commanded by Capt. Richard Pearson...stern, muzzle to muzzle, so close Serapis could not open her gun ports and had...
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Serapis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Serapis or Sarapis , Egyptian god whose devotees united the worship of the Apis bull and the god Osiris. His cult, which originated at...
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Bonhomme Richard–Serapis Encounter
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BONHOMME RICHARD – SERAPIS ENCOUNTER BONHOMME RICHARD – SERAPIS ENCOUNTER (23 September 1779), one of the most...noon, Jones sighted two enemy ships of war, the Serapis and the Countess of Scarborough , convoying ships...
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John Paul Jones
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Selkirk was away from home. Battling the Serapis France became America's ally, but Jones...convoy from the Baltic, escorted by the Serapis (50 guns) and the Scarborough (20 guns...the decrepit Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis, a sturdy, new, copper-bottomed frigate...
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Jones, John Paul
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...escorted by two Royal Navy warships, HMS Serapis and HMS Countess of Scarborough . What...convoy, closed with the squadron. The Serapis grappled the Bon Homme Richard , in an...casualties on both sides, but eventually the Serapis caught fire and was forced to surrender...
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