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Uniforms of the United States Navy described... The Constellation is launched...
Uniforms of the United States Navy described... The Constellation is launched...
Item # 676887
September 01, 1797
NEW YORK MAGAZINE OR LITERARY REPOSITORY, September, 1797
* United States Navy uniforms
* USS Constellation launching
The issue is filled mostly with an eclectic collection of articles, while the back several pages contain news items of the day.
Near the back is is more than a full page taken up with: "Uniform For the Navy of the United States of America" which includes quite detailed descriptions for the various ranks as seen in the photos, signed in type by the Secretary of War: James McHenry.
Among the news reports is a great item noting: "Congress & the public must be highly gratified by learning that Washington city, the key stone, as art may justly be termed, of the Union, will certainly be ready in the year 1800. The President's house is almost covered in, and the capitol is nearly ready for the roof...all the resources are to be applied to that essential edifice..." with more.
Also an inconspicuous yet historic item notes: "This morning, precisely at nine o'clock, at the navy-yard of Major Stodder, the builder, was launched the United States frigate Constellation."
There are no plates present.
Certainly one of the less common 18th century American magazine titles, existing from just 1790 to 1797.
Complete in 56 pages, 5 by 8 inches, lacking a full title/contents page, generally good condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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