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U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.

by E. Caylor Bowen

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Illustrations...............................................................................v

Roster of Commanding Officers.........................................................vi

U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Early History........................................................................................1

Public Lands.........................................................................................1

Thirteenth Appropriation......................................................................5

Fourteenth Appropriation.....................................................................7

The Four Villages of Washington........................................................8

The Washington Navy Yard – Naval Gun Factory...............................9

U.S. Naval Hospital – Square 948......................................................14

Purchasing Authority..........................................................................21

Old Naval Hospital, Washington, D.C. – An Historic Site..................28

Public Law 89-665.............................................................................29

BIBLIOGRAPHY...............................................................................30

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