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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Memoir on the militia of Massachusetts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08170 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1792 Pagination: 22 p. : docket ; Height: 25.6 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Manuscript speech discussing the issue of whether or not to have a standing army. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

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