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Wednesday, 15 July 2020

American naval shipbuilding according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 15 August 1818

New York, 11 July. The timber coming from Florida arrived in large amounts on the American navy yards. Two 74-gun ships of the line are to be built at Philadelphia, one at Washington and one at Norfolk, New York, Boston and Portsmouth. Within a year had the American navy to be a mighty force able to protect the American shipping.