NORFOLK NAVY YARD

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BIRTH OF THE GOSPORT YARD & INTO THE 19TH CENTURY.

Books & Publications:

History of the United States Navy-Yard at Gosport, Virginia, (Near Norfolk) by Edward P. Lull, A. M., Commander, United States Navy, for the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Departent, Rear-Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, U. S. N., Chief of Bureau, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874.

House Document (United States. Congress. House); 21st Congress, 1st Session [Dec. 7, 1829 - May 31, 1830]. Doc. No. 115. Letter From the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 15th instant, in relation to the accounts of Miles King. May 28, 1830.

House Document (United States. Congress. House); 27th Congress, 2nd Session [December 6, 1941 - August 31, 1842]. Doc. No. 205. Reports of the Commissioner appointed to make an investigation at the Gosport Navy Yard, &c. March 4, 1842.

House Document (United States. Congress. House); 28th Congress, 1st Session [December 4, 1843 - June 17, 1844]. Doc. No 273. Navy-Yards-Salaries of Officers, Etc., June 14, 1844.

House Document (United States. Congress. House); 36th Congress, 1st Session [December 5, 1859 - June 25, 1860]. Ex. Doc. No. 34. Reports of the board of officers ordered to examine into the condition of the navy yards. March 1, 1860. Excerpt: "Navy Yard, Norfolk."

House Document (United States. Congress. House); 52nd Congress, 2nd Session [December 1892 - February 1893]. Report No. 2244, Committee on Naval Affairs. By Amos Cummings, US House of Representatives. "Purchase of Land Opposite Gosport Navy-Yard."

History of Norfolk Co., Virginia, and Representative Citizens, by Col. William N. Stewart, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1902. Chapter XXV, "The United States Navy Yard," pp. 418-442.

Our Twin Cities of the Nineteenth Century: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Their Past, Present and Future, by Robert W. Lamb, Editor. Norfolk, VA: Barcroft, Publisher, 1887-8. [Chapter VI.]

U. S. Marine Barracks, Norfolk, Internal Regulations, by McLane Tilton, Major U. S. Corps Marines. Published by Norfolk Navy Yard, 1888.

Newpapers:

NATIONAL ÆGIS, Worcester, February 22, 1804. Appropriations for the Navy.

THE UNITED STATES' GAZETTE, Philadelphia, January 9, 1812. A duel.

GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, Boston, Saturday, July 9, 1853. Ships at anchor at Gosport Navy Yard.

Special Topics:

The USS Frigate Chesapeake: The New York Evening Post, April 1, 1808; The Virginian-Pilot, June 17 & 24, 2007, by permission of the author Paul Clancy.

The USS Columbus: National Intelligencer, April 27, 1820; Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, August 2, 1821.

 

 Battle of the Hampton Roads Ironclads

The Norfolk Navy Yard into the 20th Century

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