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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05270 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1836 |
| Title | Andrew Jackson to E. B. Penrose declining an invitation to attend militia training |
| Date | 9 October 1836 |
| Author | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) |
| Recipient | Penrose, E. B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | 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." |
| Subjects | President Military History Militia Standing Army Patriotism |
| People | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Penrose, E.B. (fl. 1836) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | E.B. Penrose was a Major in the Pennsylvania militia. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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