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Mason, John (fl. 1776-1790) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04483 Author/Creator: Mason, John (fl. 1776-1790) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 January 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the training of soldiers. Writes that "I have been faced in the opinion that no plan respecting the Militia will be efficient which does not include the training of boys between the 9th and the [16th] years of their age - Let it be declared by Law that after no man shall be permitted to keep school in any of the United States who, among other qualifications is not prepared for instructing his male Pupils with great exactness in the Rudiments of military Art..."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mason, John, fl. 1776-1790

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