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Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790 An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01125.02 Author/Creator: Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet signed Date: 1793 Pagination: 87 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

Contains the laws and rules for the Massachusetts militia. Signed "Capt. Thomas Bigelow" on the cover. Published by Adams and Larkin, "Printers to the Honorable General Court." An "additional militia law" of 24 February 1796 is bound in at the close of the volume.

Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790

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