DESCRIPTION OF THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – THREE NEWSPAPERS

navy-yard-3-mhs.jpgEvening Star, Washington, DC
December 15, 16 & 18, 1854 (three complete newspapers)

In a lengthy serialized report, the Navy Yard is described as a “Miniature World of Science, Art, and Industry.” Under the command of Captain Hiram Pauling, the yard has prospered and is called “the very life of the southeastern section of Washington, DC.” I’ve worked at the Navy Yard in a Reserve Unit so it’s fascinating to me to read how very different the Yard was in the 1850s. My favorite part of this report was “THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.” In part, “Near this (the cap machine) is a bullet machine (also novel and interesting) for making musket and pistol balls by compression between two dies.”

Each paper contains four pages of news, editorials, and ads from early Washington. The incredible “cure-all” potions and “medicines” are particularly interesting. These papers are hard to put down. As I’m from Washington, DC, I can relate to some of the addresses and places mentioned. Excellent condition throughout.

$295/set of three consecutive original newspapers

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Posted by mmitchell | Filed Under All Historic Newspapers, American Expansion