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1775 - 1875 Centennial History of the United States Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N.H. Published By Permission of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department. By Walter E.H. Fentress, Late an Officer in the Vol. Navy
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About This Item
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: O.M. Knight, Publisher, 1876. 84 pages. Giving a hundred-year history of this naval yard, with a prefatory list of the Commandants of the Yard & their dates of service and a "List of Vessels of War built at this Station" for the Royal, Colonial and the Navy of the United States at back; also an Appendix with various attestations, a List of officers and petty officers of the U.S. Frigate Raleigh August, 1775. Author Fentress was a long-time veteran of the Navy, serving in the Civil War, before capture and imprisonment at Libby Prison. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; original printed light pinkish-tan paper wrap covers; some wear, spotting & dustiness to covers; faint old crease-line; contents in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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- Title
- 1775 - 1875 Centennial History of the United States Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N.H. Published By Permission of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department. By Walter E.H. Fentress, Late an Officer in the Vol. Navy
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- (Americana - 19th Century - Military History - U.S. Navy - Portsmouth New Hampshire)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- O.M. Knight, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Date Published
- 1876
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- United States American Americana America History U.S. 1775 - 1875 Centennial History of the United States Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N.H. Published By Permission of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department. By Walter E.H. Fentress, Late an Officer in
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