A compend of military discipline for the troops of Newhampshire : chiefly selected from the regulations of Baron Steuben, and Major General Sullivan : to which is added an Act for regulating the militia of this state : the whole adapted to the present militia establishment throughout the United States

A compend of military discipline for the troops of Newhampshire : chiefly selected from the regulations of Baron Steuben, and Major General Sullivan : to which is added an Act for regulating the militia of this state : the whole adapted to the present militia establishment throughout the United States

Concord, [N.H.] : From the Mirrour Press, by E. Russell ... : Sold by him wholesale and retail, 1794.

32 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

L2020F18 1794 M

(OCoLC)12312076

Signatures: [A]8 B8.
Chain lines are horizontal.
Rare copy of a military manual issued in New Hampshire following the U.S. Congress's militia acts of 1792 which prescribed the use of Steuben's Regulations for training militia units across the states.
"The printer has, by advice, omitted the Act, passed in 1792--and waits the receipt of the new act, which shall be immediately printed and presented to those who purchase this compend before it is added"--p. 32.
Ms. inscription on title verso: "William Smith's Propperty [sic] Presented to him by James Baker of New Holderness August 17th 1801 Price /9d The 20th Year of his age New Holderness September 17th 1801"; ms. note at foot of p. 32.

ESTC W031764
Evans, 27370

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