Centennial History of the United States Navy Yard

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Excerpt from Centennial History of the United States Navy Yard: At Portsmouth, N. H Having been engaged during the past year in collecting material preparatory to a history of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, for the use of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, and having been successful beyond my most sanguine expectations in procuring much, which was thought buried beyond recovery, I asked and received permission to use the same matter, in publishing this little pamphlet for circulation in this vicinity. I do not claim any originality in its compilation, for I have culled from every authentic source, particularly from the records of the Commandants Office, which date back seventy-five years, and from the State Papers of one hundred years ago. Among the authorities consulted, and quoted, are: Adams Annals, Champlain Papers, Records of York County, state documents of New Hampshire. James' History of the British Navy, Abbot's Maine, Life of Admiral Lord Exmonth, Royal Naval Chronicle 1794, Goldborough's Hist, of the Navy. Cooper's Naval History, Sherburne's life of Paul Jones, Emmon's Vessels of the Navy, etc., etc. In thus collecting and arranging records, anecdotes, statistics, etc. I have endeavored to bring up some old incidents which in these days of Centennial rejoicings may be received with pleasure. The prominent part taken by this port, in the early Naval History of our country, adds much to the interest felt in the perusal of these pages. I am deeply indebted to Mr. B.F. Chandler, Civil Eng. U.S.N., for many incidents connected with the Yards and Buildings, and also to the Hon. Mark Dennett of Kittery for much valuable information, which his long life of 92 years in this vicinity has rendered him pre-eminently able to give. To other gentlemen who have kindly afforded me assistance by allowing the perusal of old family papers, etc., I return sincere thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.