MILITARY LAWS: CONTAINING: EXTRACTS FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS, SYNOPSIS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MILITIA, MILITIA LAWS OF VIRGINIA, MILITIA LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, ARTICLES OF WAR, ARMY REGULATIONS, DESCRIPTION OF UNIFORM, FORMS, &C

Adjutant General's Office | C. W. Gooch

Published by Printed by Shepherd & Pollard, Richmond, 1820

First Edition of Military Laws, prepared by the Adjutant General's Office in Richmond, Virginia. Previous owner's name on the title page, likely the John Horsley (1787-1850) of Nelson Couty, who married Philadelphia Hamilton Dunscomb and Mary Mildred Cabell. He is described as "a merchant, farmer, and became a wealthy man of affairs whose enterprises are mentioned not infrequently in Hennings' Statues" (Cavanagh, 41). Scribbling in pencil to the endpapers; corner of loss to the rear endpaper; toning and very slight foxing throughout. Minor loss to the top of the spine; front board reattached by a conservator using Japanese tissue. Quarter calf with a red leather label, over marble paper covered boards. Overall in Very Good condition. (Cavanagh, Harrison Dwight. Colonial Chesapeake Families, p. 41. ). Very Good binding. Seller Inventory # 287195

Bibliographic Details

Title: MILITARY LAWS: CONTAINING: EXTRACTS FROM THE...
Publisher: Printed by Shepherd & Pollard, Richmond
Publication Date: 1820
Binding: Quarter Leather
Condition: Very Good binding
Edition: First Edition.