Observations on national defence : drawn from Capt[ain] Partridge's lecture on that subject and from Gen[eral] Sumner's letter to the venerable John Adams on the importance of the militia system : sanctioned and illustrated by the opinions of several eminent statesmen and military officers in our country

Observations on national defence : drawn from Capt[ain] Partridge's lecture on that subject and from Gen[eral] Sumner's letter to the venerable John Adams on the importance of the militia system : sanctioned and illustrated by the opinions of several eminent statesmen and military officers in our country.

Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Boston : S. Gardner, printer, 1824.
Description	46 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Military education--United States. United States--Militia. Massachusetts--Militia. United States--Defenses. United States--Politics and government --1817-1825.

Included Work	Partridge, Alden, 1785-1854. Capt. Partridge's lecture on national defence.
Included Work	Sumner, William H. (William Hyslop), 1780-1861. Inquiry into the importance of the militia to a free commonwealth.
Included Work	Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Included Work	Madison, James, 1751-1836.
Included Work	Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
Included Work	Kent, James, 1763-1847.
Included Work	Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839.
Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local note	Early Republic.
Local note	2011AC21800.
Local note	Early Republic.
Local note	2011AC21800.
General note	"Capt. Partridge's lecture on national defence."--P. [5]-18.
General note	"Extracts from a pamphlet entitled 'An inquiry into the importance of the militia to a free commonwealth, in a letter from William H. Sumner, adjutant general of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, to John Adams, late president of the United States, with his answer. Together with some remarks ..."--P. [19]-32. Followed by replies to Sumner's letter by John Adams, James Madison, John C. Calhoun, James Kent and Brig. Gen. Simon Bernard.
General note	Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General note	Sabin no. 56499.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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