Capital Days

Capital Days book cover — For John G Sharp who served in the US Navy military and civilian for thirty years His transcription of Michael Shiner s book and his prodigious research on the man and the Washington Navy Yard inspired me enabled me to set sail for Shiner's world arr Gree A torrs FEEFFFFF r FEA GEORGrFFEREE Town Gre Ern CEC ASHEFFIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEtc GREEEEEEEEETGEARCGtr S EEFFECDCErrrrrrrra EAFErrrrrrrrr CCG Gre Territorincer 1 FEEEEFEFFEr tre Center incorrect compete Ger Errin G arr Cann ren EGE GEAero N EcoEner GOYArrrrtETECTED AEG Enert P1 A v G FER at Greer BRANN COO at the CITY of WASHINGTON statute Miles Ea The Washington Navy

Capital Days — page 1 — The city of Washington in 1800 1804 a colored edition of an engraving by George Isham Parkyns The view is from Virginia THISNER

Capital Days — page 2 — A cluster of houses at the Navy Yard had been rapidly collected but between Georgetown and the Navy Yard Washington lay in almost virgin nakedness The grand avenue of Pennsylvania running from one extreme to the other had indeed been opened as had also parts of other streets in the vicinity The buildings in the city could then easily be counted Most of the area of the National Capital was then covered with bushes and undergrowth which fell off here and there into pasture grounds and commons or terminated in slashes and marshes On America's capital in 1807 from a sketch of the Life of Dr William Gunton

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