The New England magazine . ith ships and a seafaring management of the navy wasmarked by economy in administration, arigorous enforcement of naval discipline,and the establishment and enthusiastic sup-port of the Naval School at Annapolis. Hisexperiences as a student and teacher led him to take an active interest in naval ed-ucation. No sooner were its needs and de-ficiencies pointed out to him than he resolvedto improve it. For several years a smallnaval school had been maintained at Phil-adelphia. This in the fall of 1845 he movedto Annapolis, where he had obtained fromthe War
The New England magazine . ith ships and a seafaring management of the navy wasmarked by economy in administration, arigorous enforcement of naval discipline,and the establishment and enthusiastic sup-port of the Naval School at Annapolis. Hisexperiences as a student and teacher led him to take an active interest in naval ed-ucation. No sooner were its needs and de-ficiencies pointed out to him than he resolvedto improve it. For several years a smallnaval school had been maintained at Phil-adelphia. This in the fall of 1845 he movedto Annapolis, where he had obtained fromthe War Department ample grounds. Heincreased the corps of teachers, enlargedthe curriculum, reorganized the school, andlaid the foundation of the present NavalAcademy. While Acting Secretary of WarBancroft gave the order to General Taylorto march to the Texan frontier. He alsogave orders to Commodore Sloat to occupyCalifornia in case of war with September, 1846, Bancroft resigned NEW ENGLAND SECRETARIES OF THE NAVY 659. David Henshaw, Secretary of the Navy from 1843-1844 the^secretaryship of the navy to becomeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-potentiary to the Court of St. James. Heretired from this position in 1849, and f°rmany years was chiefly busy with his his-torical writings. In May, 1867, he was ap-pointed minister to Prussia. In 1868 hewas accredited to the North German Con-federation, and in 18 71 to the new GermanEmpire. He retired at his own request in1874. In 1891 he died, in Washington, atthe advanced age of ninety-one Babington Macaulay, who alsowas born in the opening year of the century,had long preceded his fellow historian tothe grave. For twelve years, from 1857 to 1869, Hartford, Conn., furnished the federalgovernment with its naval secretary. Un-der Buchanan this official was Isaac Toucey,a Hartford lawyer. He was born in New-town, Fairfield County, Conn., in Novem-ber, 1790, and received a private classicaleducation. He held many pub
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