Timothy Pickering A.L.S. Salem, 20 Dec. 1822 : to Honble James Lloyd, [ Washington, D.C.?] enclosing "a sketch of my views regarding the militia"
1822
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Title
Timothy Pickering A.L.S. Salem, 20 Dec. 1822 : to Honble James Lloyd, [ Washington, D.C.?] enclosing "a sketch of my views regarding the militia"
Variant Title
The militia of the United States
Published
Salem 1822
Description
[14] p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2000F250
Note
Letter (2 p.) suggests that Mr. [Newton] Cannon's plan to render the militia more efficient will be "fruitless"; Pickering considers "the militia, on its present footing, a public evil."
His enclosed sketch (12 p.) has been reviewed by "that experienced soldier and judicious officer Governor [John] Brooks [who] agreed perfectly with me, and was particularly pleased with my ideas of the select militia, to be thoroughly disciplined, & to be at least twice as numerous as the standing army."
The sketch discusses manning, arming, supplying, stationing, and training requirements of a militia.
Requests that Lloyd forward the sketch to Senator Mills and to Mr. Reed, who is on the militia committee of the House of Representatives.
Context: Pickering, whose An easy plan of discipline for a militia appeared in 1775, argues that a surplus of militia "has been, not merely useless, but an injurious burthen on the nation."
Watermark: D Ames ; countermark: dove (Gravell, T. American watermarks, no. 3; figures 25 & 26)
For transcription, see case file.
His enclosed sketch (12 p.) has been reviewed by "that experienced soldier and judicious officer Governor [John] Brooks [who] agreed perfectly with me, and was particularly pleased with my ideas of the select militia, to be thoroughly disciplined, & to be at least twice as numerous as the standing army."
The sketch discusses manning, arming, supplying, stationing, and training requirements of a militia.
Requests that Lloyd forward the sketch to Senator Mills and to Mr. Reed, who is on the militia committee of the House of Representatives.
Context: Pickering, whose An easy plan of discipline for a militia appeared in 1775, argues that a surplus of militia "has been, not merely useless, but an injurious burthen on the nation."
Watermark: D Ames ; countermark: dove (Gravell, T. American watermarks, no. 3; figures 25 & 26)
For transcription, see case file.
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