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
Subtitle: in obedience to an order of the Senate of Dec. 21, 1815.
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 39505.
Publisher: Printed by William A. Davis
Published: 1816
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Navy-yards and naval stations -- United States -- Virginia.; Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- Surveys.
Notes: At head of title:  23.

"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.

Microfiche. [New Canaan, CT: Readex Microprint, 1987-1992] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints.  Second series ; no. 39505).