[Rarebooks] (correction) fs: 1847 - U.S. Naval Academy

[Back Creek Books]

Date on this is 1847, not 1874 as posted below. The school opened in 1845.

Thanks,

Rock

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> (No. 11266 )  [U. S. Naval Academy]. PLAN AND REGULATIONS OF THE NAVAL 
> SCHOOL AT ANNAPOLIS.
> Washington: C. Alexander, Printer, 1847. Wrappers, Duodecimo, 39 pages. 
> Fine.
>      Original 1874 booklet on the establishment of the United States Naval 
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