A plan of exercise, for the militia of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay : extracted from the plan of discipline, for the Norfolk militia

A plan of exercise, for the militia of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay : extracted from the plan of discipline, for the Norfolk militia

Plan of discipline, composed for the use of the militia of the county of Norfolk|Abstract of the Norfolk exercise|Militia exercise

Boston, New-England : Printed by Richard Draper ..., 1771.

[4], 104 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)

L2008F62 1771

(OCoLC)207804018

Half title: Abstract of the Norfolk exercise. Third edition. 1771.
Case title: Militia exercise.
Signatures: [A]2 B-G8 H4.
Chain lines are horizontal.
"Province of Massachusetts-Bay by the Captain-General ..." signed: T. Hutchinson, Boston, April 20, 1771--t.p. verso.
A plan of discipline for the use of the Norfolk militia prepared by Windham and Townshend.
First published in England in 1760 & became standard military manual used in the American colonies & by the Continental Army until Steuben produced his manual in 1779.
Detailed military manual, giving close instructions on all manner of military actions.
Libray copy: half title detached, top portion torn away.
In slip case.

Evans 12290
Riling, American military imprints R71

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