Dickins, Asbury; Forney, John W. American State Papers. Military Affairs. Class 5, Vol. 3. Documents of the Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States...&c. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1860. First Edition. [11602]
Sometime rebound in brown buckram, ex library with labels to spines, ink stamps on the end papers; this volume has some dark stains here and there, darkest on the title page. 13 x 8 1/2 inches. 948 pp. including index; light foxing, tight. Fair. Hardcover.
This volume covers the years 1823 to 1828, 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.
Reports on the militias, tactics, fortifications, officers, foundries, expenses, armories, rules and regulations, &c., &c., all given in minute detail.
Sections on the Militia of Massachusetts; the Military of the United States in 1825; System of Fortifications; Officers of the Revolutionary War; Large folding map of the Fortification of Staten Island (1827); Trial of Tennessee Militiamen; &c.
