Photo #: NH 47915
John Mayrant (1762-1836)
Who, as a Midshipman serving under John Paul Jones in Continental
Ship Bonhomme Richard, led the attacking party that captured
HMS Serapis on 23 September 1779.
Minature portrait, photographed circa 1927, when it was in the
possession of the Simons Family of Charleston, South Carolina.
Courtesy of Mr. Aiken Simons, of the DuPont Company, 1927.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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