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The Reestablishment of the Navy, 1787-1801
Historical Overview and Select Bibliography
NAVAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHIES, NO. 4
Bicentennial Award Competition
To mark the bicentennial of USS Constitution, which
was authorized in 1794, launched in 1797, and ordered on its first
cruise in 1798, as well as the bicentennial of the establishment
of the Department of the Navy (1798), the Naval Historical Center
plans to make an award of $750 for an article and an award of
$2,500 for a book, related to a bicentennial theme and based on
original research, published or accepted for publication between
1994 and 1998. Articles and books whose subject relates to any
aspect of the history of USS Constitution in any time period,
or to any aspect of the history of the Federal Navy, ca. 1787
to 1801, are eligible.
Nominations should be made by 30 June 1998, and must include
one copy of the article or book, or, if the work is not yet in
print, of the manuscript along with evidence that the work has
been accepted for publication. Announcement of the awards will
be made in December 1998. Nominations should be sent to:
Senior Historian
Naval Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard
805 KIDDER BREESE SE
Washington, DC 20374-5060
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