City of Portsmouth

Portsmouth County · dedicated 1959 · Intersection of Academy Avenue and Western Branch Boulevard

The site of this city was patented in 1659 by Captain William Carver. Established as a town in 1752 and named by its founder, Lt. Col. William Crawford. Chartered as a city in 1858, it has the country's oldest naval shipyard, established in 1767, the nation's oldest naval hospital, commenced in 1827, and is the birthplace of the world's largest naval installation.

John Carter Brown Library, Brown University

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