Stevenson, Roger:

$15,000 · Offered by William Reese Company

MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICERS DETACHED IN THE FIELD: CONTAINING, A SCHEME FOR FORMING A CORPS OF A PARTISAN. ILLUSTRATED WITH PLANS OF THE MANOEUVRES NECESSARY IN CARRYING ON THE PETITE ... A very important early American military manual, preceding the celebrated works of Baron Von Steuben and, appropriately, the first book bearing a dedication to George Washington. Edited by Hugh Henry Ferguson, Stevenson's manual was one of the most significant military manuals associated with the years of the American Revolution. The engravings illustrate the strategies promoted in the text, both historic and theoretical. These celebrated guerilla tactics, combined with a superior geographical knowledge of local terrain, gave the Americans a significant advantage over the far more regimented fighting style of the British. In short, this is how America won the war.This copy bears the ownership signature of Jos. Borden on the title page. Colonel Joseph Borden (1719–1791) was the son of the founder of Bordentown, New Jersey. Colonel Borden is best known for his involvement in the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, along with his military career during the American Revolution. On October 7, 1765, the Massachusetts Assembly sent letters to all thirteen colonies inviting them to send delegates to a congress to discuss a unified response to the Stamp Act. Only nine of the thirteen colonies appeared at the congress where Joseph Borden, Hendrick Fisher, and Robert Ogden were sent to represent the col

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