Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ent,took possession of the dwelling-house, stores, wharf, and yardof GoodAvin for this purpose. In 1784, the exigency havingpassed by, the sliip was sold on the stocks by Thomas Tiussellas agent of the United States. This Avas probably the firstseventy-four begun in the United States. It is stated in Emmonss excellent History of the Navy that the America, built at Portsmouthin 1782, the command of whichwas destined for the renownedPaul Jones, was the first vesselof this class built for our appears to have been the firstafloat. The Amer
Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . ent,took possession of the dwelling-house, stores, wharf, and yardof GoodAvin for this purpose. In 1784, the exigency havingpassed by, the sliip was sold on the stocks by Thomas Tiussellas agent of the United States. This Avas probably the firstseventy-four begun in the United States. It is stated in Emmonss excellent History of the Navy that the America, built at Portsmouthin 1782, the command of whichwas destined for the renownedPaul Jones, was the first vesselof this class built for our appears to have been the firstafloat. The America, aAvardedby a unanimous vote of Con-gress to the conqueror of tlieSerapis, was given to the French,to supply the loss of the Mag-nifique, lost in Boston harbor inthe above year. Her fate is amatter of Hartts shipyard Avill l)e forever famous in our an-nals as the place Avhere the Pride of the American Navy wasbuilt. The Hartts were a family of shipwriglits. BesidesEdmund, there Avere Edward, Zeplianiah, and halph the mast-. BHIP OF THE TIME OF THE PILGRIMS. A VISIT TO THE OLD SHIPYARDS. 181 maker. Eclmiind lived opposite his yard, in what was then ShipStreet. He was one of the original trustees of the MechanicCharitable Association. Before the establishment of government dockyards, privateyards were used for building national vessels, and Hartts wentfor a long time by the name of Hartts Naval Yard. Thorn-tons yard on the map of 1722 corresponds with Hartts, wliichis now known as Constitution Wharf. Tlie frigates Constitution and Boston and brig Argus wereall built here. All three are known to fame; but the gloriouscareer of Old Ironsides is indehbly associated with the downfallof Englands naval supremacy. The proud boast of Waller — Others may use the ocean as their road,Only the English make it their abode — was rendered obsolete by the deeds of a navy unborn when he?wrote. In consequence of the depredations of the Algerine corsairsupon our commerce,
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