What Was The Role of David Herold

[Dennis Urban]

I believe Herold was a pharmacy clerk at of near to the Washington Navy Yard. I'll have to look up a source for that if you desire.

That's what I thought. I knew he grew up near the Navy Yard but I wasn't sure if his last job was also in that area.

Thanks for the offer to try and find an original source but I don't want you to waste too much of your own time looking up such a minor point.

Per the highly regarded BoothieBarn website, Davey's father was a well-respected clerk at the Quartermaster's Office within the Navy Yard. He died in 1864. In 1865, Davey, his widowed mother, and his many sisters lived in what we would call today a townhouse outside of the walls of the Navy Yard. I suspect Davey's father got him the position at the pharmacy, perhaps within the Navy Yard. Those walls are still there today around the Navy Yard and it's the high rent district near the Washington Nationals baseball stadium.