Prepared by Friedrich von Steuben in 1779 as inspector general of the Continental Army; adopted nationally by the Uniform Militia Act of 1792.
Gatherings A-N are typographically identical (except for title page) with those of the issue (Evans 27960) with imprint: Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury-Street. 1794.
Signatures: A-N⁶ (L3 missigned K3); A-C⁶.
Edition statement transposed; precedes "By Baron de Stuben ..." on title page.
"An act for regulating and governing the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Together with rules and regulations for governing troops in forts, and the Militia when in actual service. To which is prefixed, The United States Militia Act, passed in Congress, May, 1793 [i.e., 1792]. Printed at Boston, by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street. Sold by them, by D. West, no. 36, Marlborough Street, and John West, no. 75, Cornhill. 1794."--[2], 34 p. at end, with separate title page. Recorded separately by Evans (Evans 27276), but apparently not so issued. A copy held by the Huntington Library (Bristol B8936, Shipton & Mooney 47284) has a variant title page to this section. Similar but not identical to the first title page, in begins: Regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of the United States. To which is added, an appendix, containing, the United States Militia Act ...
READEX NOTE: The Library Company of Philadelphia copy, filmed by Readex, lacks the second title page.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 27961; 47284).