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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC05306.01 |
From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1754-1764 |
Title | A treatise of artillery |
Date | 1757 |
Author | Muller, John (1699-1784) |
Document Type | Book |
Content Description | This copy was owned by Paul Revere, who signed his name twice on the front paste-down, once on the contents page and once on p. iii. He has added corrections (mostly from the errata) and drawn a spiral (or perhaps a sword handle) on p. 35 and a cannon butt in pencil opposite p. 114. A name has been erased from the rear pastedown. This is the 1757 edition of Muller’s treatise, printed for John Millan, London. Revere served as a lieutenant of Artillery in the expedition of 1756 to capture Crown Point from the French, and later served as a colonel of artillery in a Boston militia regiment during the Revolution |
Subjects | Artillery Military History Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Continental Army French and Indian War |
People | Muller, John (1699-1784) Revere, Paul (1735-1818) |
Place written | London, England |
Theme | The American Revolution; French & Indian Wars |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |