The manual exercise, commonly called the 64th exercise : Together with plans and explanations of the method generally practis'd at reviews and field days. : (Recommended by the Provincial Congress, in October 1774, to the inhabitants of Massachusett's-Bay, that in order to their perfecting themselves in the military art they proceed in the method of the above exercise, it being in their opinion the best calculated for appearance and defence.).
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 50070. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. Caption title, page 3: The manual exercise as ordered by His Majesty in 1764. In the American Antiquarian Society copy, a blank slip has been pasted over the words "by His Majesty." Signed on page 14: August 1764. Edw. Harvey, adj. gen. Printed in part from the same setting of type as Evans 13119. That issue, with title: "The manual exercise as ordered by His Majesty in 1764," has a cut of the royal arms on the title page and the Fleets' address given as the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. The Fleet's imprint changed from Heart and Crown to Bible and Heart in 1776. "Instructions for young officers. By General Wolfe."--page 26. Not in Evans or Bristol. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. (quarto) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |