Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States : to which are added the United States Militia Act passed in Congress, May 1792, and the Militia Act of Massachusetts, passed June 22, 1793. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Printed at Boston :
[by Isaiah Thomas and E.T. Andrews] for David West, no 36, Marlborough Street, and John West, no 75, Cornhill,
1794.
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| Edition: | A new edition, illustrated by eight copperplates, accurately engraved. |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 27961. Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 47284. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Prepared by Friedrich von Steuben in 1779 as inspector general of the Continental Army; adopted nationally by the Uniform Militia Act of 1792. Gatherings A-N are typographically identical (except for title page) with those of the issue (Evans 27960) with imprint: Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, number 45, Newbury-Street. 1794. Edition statement transposed; precedes "By Baron de Stuben ..." on title page. "An act for regulating and governing the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Together with rules and regulations for governing troops in forts, and the Militia when in actual service. To which is prefixed, The United States Militia Act, passed in Congress, May, 1793 [i.e., 1792]. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, number 45, Newbury Street. Sold by them, by D. West, number 36, Marlborough Street, and John West, number 75, Cornhill. 1794."--[2], 34 pages at end, with separate title page. Recorded separately by Evans (Evans 27276), but apparently not so issued. A copy held by the Huntington Library (Bristol B8936, Shipton & Mooney 47284) has a variant title page to this section. Similar but not identical to the first title page, in begins: Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. To which is added, an appendix, containing, the United States Militia Act ... Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 153 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, viii folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |