The manual exercise, commonly called the 64th exercise : Together with plans and explanations of the method generally practis'd at reviews and field days. : (Recommended by the Provincial Congress, in October 1774, to the inhabitants of Massachusett's-Bay, that in order to their perfecting themselves in the military art they proceed in the method of the above exercise, it being in their opinion the best calculated for appearance and defence.).
| Author/creator | Great Britain |
| Other author | Harvey, Edward. |
| Other author | Massachusetts. Provincial Congress. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston, New-England : Printed by T. and J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill, [1776?] |
| Description | 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm (4to) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 50070. ^A478749 |
| General note | Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription. |
| General note | Caption title, p. 3: The manual exercise as ordered by His Majesty in 1764. In the American Antiquarian Society copy, a blank slip has been pasted over the words "by His Majesty." |
| General note | Signed on p. 14: August 1764. Edw. Harvey, adj. gen. |
| General note | Printed in part from the same setting of type as Evans 13119. That issue, with title: "The manual exercise as ordered by His Majesty in 1764," has a cut of the royal arms on the title page and the Fleets' address given as the Heart and Crown in Cornhill. The Fleet's imprint changed from Heart and Crown to Bible and Heart in 1776. |
| General note | "Instructions for young officers. By General Wolfe."--p. 26. |
| General note | Not in Evans or Bristol. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 50070). |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |