This commendable feature shows wilkinson exercised judgment, and this was a conscious artistic process.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
"Talking about ghosts," said the captain, "listen while I spin you a bit of a yarn which dates back some twenty-five years ago, when, but a wee bit of a midshipman, I was the youngster of the starboard steerage mess on board the old frigate Macedonian, then flag-ship of the West India squadron, and bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Jesse wilkinson.
"Not Pretty, But Precious"
John Hay, et al.
wilkinson and himself were the officers who arranged and signed the articles of capitulation between the two commanders.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
