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Lexington was then preparing at the Navy-Yard, Brooklyn, to carry us around Cape Horn to California.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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The Wabash was being overhauled at the Navy-Yard at Boston, and was not ready to sail till November, when she came to New-York, where we all embarked
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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Within it were four gay maidens bound to the Navy-Yard, from whence they were to sail, with a large party of people of nice assortment, in an experimental steamer, which was to be made to go with kerosene lamps, in some way.
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They sent word from the Navy-Yard to meet the President that on no account must he proceed down the Bay to Ellis Island.
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He crossed the Navy-Yard bridge and rode into Maryland, being joined very soon by Herold.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904
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States Navy-Yard; it is also the great peanut-market of the world.
Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges 1895
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I worked during the daytime at the United States Navy-Yard in
Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Booker T. Washington 1885
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Navy-Yard, in the eastern branch of the Potomac, on duty connected with the patrol of the river; the Virginia bank of which was occupied by the Confederates, who were then erecting batteries to dispute the passage of vessels.
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The _Stonewall_ had been lying at the Washington Navy-Yard when I was stationed there in 1866.
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The manufacture of guns at the Washington Navy-Yard is proceeding satisfactorily, and none of our new ships will be required to wait for their guns or ordnance equipment.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland 1872
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