[Rarebooks] FA: 1826 American Military Manual w/engraved plates

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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"POTTER'S COMPEND. TACTICS OF THE INFANTRY OF THE U.S. ARMY, ABRIDGED FOR 
THE USE OF THE MILITIAS OF THE UNITED STATES"  By Paraclette Potter. 
Published in Poughkeepsie, printed by P. Potter, in 1826. Sixth edition, 
revised and improved.

In the early 19th century America had a dual system of defense -both 
national army and state militias. Congress ordered that state militias be 
drilled and exercised using the army standards, and Paraclete Potter 
[1784-1858] had the bright idea of publishing a book specifically aimed at 
the militia market. He did such a good job that the New York Legislature 
ordered that his book be used as a standard guide by all that state's 
militias in training. The book went through a number of editions (as new 
regulations came out), none of which are all that common.

The text and illustrations begin with instructions for the individual 
soldier, and then go on to the "School of the Company" and "School of the 
Battalion", with the latter two sections taking up the bulk of the book. 
Potter also wrote the immensely popular "Every Man His Own Lawyer, or The 
Clerk and Magistrate's Assistant", as well as "The Attorney's Companion", 
and he published a popular almanac for the Poughkeepsie area.

This is a hardcover, 4.5"x7", 200 pages plus 25 plates (numbered 1-12 and 
14-26, as called for in the text). Bound in contemporaneous full polished 
calf with a red spine label and speckled edges.

No reserve.

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