Lowrie, Walter; Clark, Matthew St. Clair; et al. American State Papers. Military Affairs. Class 5, Vol. 1. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1832. First Edition. [11600]
Sometime rebound in brown buckram, ex library with labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers, rest clean. 13 x 8 1/2 inches. 860 pp., xvi pp. index; light foxing, tight. Good. Hardcover.
This volume covers the years 1789 to 1819, and includes all of the documents pertaining to the military affairs of the government of the United States.
This book is necessary for anyone studying the history of this period. It is full of primary information and accounts unavailable elsewhere.
This begins with President Washington's presentation of the militia of the United States, reports on the military of the Revolution, and continues through the periods of Indian warfare and the War of 1812. Reports on the militias, tactics, fortifications, officers, foundries, casualties, &c., &c., all given in minute detail.
