Letter from the Secretary of the Navy communicating the measures which have been taken to ascertain the most eligible site for a navy yard in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay : in obedience to an order of the Senate of Dec. 21, 1815
"January 25, 1816, printed by order of the Senate."
Letter addressed to the President of the Senate and dated Navy Department, January 20th, 1816.
Includes a letter from John Rodgers, President of the Board of Navy Commissioners, dated November 3, 1815, directing Capt. A. Sinclair to conduct the search for the site.
Shaw & Shoemaker, 39505.
Microopaque. New York, N.Y. : Readex Microprint, courtesy of A.A.S., 1977. 1 microopaque ; 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 39505).