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Appointments to the ship Constitution...
Appointments to the ship Constitution...
Item # 686821
April 21, 1798
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, April 21, 1798
* Officers appointed to the frigate USS Constitution
* Unites States Navy in it's infancy
Page 3 has a very brief yet historic item reading: "Appointments for the Frigate Constitution, Edward Prebble, 1st, and John Cordis, 2nd Lieutenants." This is for the famous ship later to be nicknamed "Old Ironsides".
Page 3 has an advertisements for the "Pig of Knowledge"
Four pages, very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's