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The military guide for young officers : by Thomas Simes, Esq. author of The military medley. In two volumes...

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Simes, Thomas, active 1757-1780.
Contributor:
Humphreys, James, 1748-1810, printer.
Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784, printer.
Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802, printer.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Great Britain. Army--Officers' handbooks.
Great Britain.
United States. Continental Army--Officers' handbooks.
United States.
United States. Continental Army.
Great Britain. Army.
Military art and science--Soldiers' handbooks.
Military art and science.
Military art and science--Dictionaries.
Military history.
Genre:
Dictionaries.
Gazetteers.
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 8⁰
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia] : London, printed. Philadelphia, re-printed by J. Humphreys, R. Bell, and R. Aitken, printers and booksellers, M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Vol. 1: [8], 284 [i.e. 384], [8] p., [2] folded leaves; v. 2: [192], 31, [1], 35, [9] p., [1], viii, [2] leaves of plates (4 folded).
With an index to the first volume, v. 2, p. [2-6], last count.
Volume II includes a military dictionary with a separate date and titlepage.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 15083
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3474
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2106
Sabin, 81142
English Short Title Catalog, W26173.
Contains:
New military, historical, and explanatory dictionary
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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