SUPER RARE HISTORICAL 4.5X2.5 inch signature in old iron gall ink "Paul Jones." Affixed to another old page. In excellent condition. Many auction houses or dealers start their Paul Jones autographs at $7500-$8500 for just a clip like ours.(1747-1792) John Paul Jones was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites (including John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin) as well as enemies (who accused him of piracy), and his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation that persists to this day. As such, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the American Navy" (a sobriquet he shares with John Barry and John Adams).Jones was born and raised in Scotland, became a sailor at the age of thirteen, and served as commander of several merchantmen. After having killed one of his mutinous crew members with a sword, he fled to the Colony of Virginia and around 1775 joined the newly founded Continental Navy in their fight against the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War. He commanded U.S. Navy ships stationed in France, led one failed assault on Britain, and several attacks on British merchant ships. Left without a command in 1787, he joined the Imperial Russian Navy and obtained the rank of rear admiral. His prospects as a naval officer were abruptly cut short in 1789 when he was accused of raping a young girl aged 10 or 12 in St. Petersburg.Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.