The manual exercise as ordered by His Majesty in 1764. : Together with plans and explanations of the method generally practis'd at reviews and field days, &c.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Great Britain. Adjutant-General's Office.

Contributor:

Harvey, Edward, 1718-1778.

Massachusetts. Provincial Congress.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42446.

Standardized Title:

Manual exercise

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army. Infantry--Drill and tactics.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army. Infantry.

Great Britain. Army.

Military art and science--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Military art and science.

Infantry drill and tactics.

Massachusetts. Militia.

Massachusetts.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; (4to)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by T. and J. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill., [1773?]

Notes:

"In Provincial Congress at Cambridge, October 29, 1774. Resolved, that it be recommended to the inhabitants of this province, that in order to their prefecting [sic] themselves in the military art, they proceed in the method ordered by His Majesty ..."--p. [2].

Signed on p. 12: August, 1764. Edw. Harvey. adj. gen.

Compiled by Edward Harvey.

The Lilly Library copy bears an owner's inscription dated 1773.

Title vignette: royal arms (Reilly 895).

"Instructions for young officers. By General Wolfe."--p. 26.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42446).

Cited in:

Bristol B3571

Shipton & Mooney 42446

Contains:

Wolfe, James, 1727-1759. Instructions for young officers.

OCLC:

55810042