Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) to E. B. Penrose
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05270 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Letter signed Date: 9 October 1836 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.6 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Declines an invitation to attend militia training, praises American militia: "Please assure my fellow citizens of that division that I look with delight upon every step taken to improve the disapline of our militia, and if my duties did not prevent it, that I would with much pleasure attend one so generally approved as this is. The standard of our militia, the National Guard, is the is the only one under which we can always rally without the fear of danger to liberty, and it ought to present the disapline as well as the patriotism and union of our countrymen."
E.B. Penrose was a Major in the Pennsylvania militia.
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Please assure my fellow citizens of that division that I look with delight upon every step taken to improve the discipline of our militia, and if my duties did not prevent it, that I would with much pleasure attend one so generally approved as this is. [2] The standard of our militia, our National Guard, is the only one under which we can always rally without the fear of danger to liberty, and it ought to represent the discipline as well as the patriotism and union of our countrymen.
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