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Building & dedicating Fort Fayette in Pennsylvania... The Second Militia Act...
Building & dedicating Fort Fayette in Pennsylvania... The Second Militia Act...
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June 02, 1792
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, June 2, 1792 Most of the front page is taken up with A cot of Congress now known as the Second Militia Act, signed in script type by the President, Go. Washington on May 8, 1792.
It is officially entitled: "An ACT More Effectually to Provide for the National Defense by Establishing a Uniform Militia Throughout the United States".
As noted in Wikipedia, the second Militia Act of 1792 was passed on May 8, 1792, and provided for the organization of state militias and the conscription of every "...free able-bodied white male citizen..." between the ages of 18 and 45. It notes in part:
"... each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and respectively be enrolled in the militia, by the Captain or Commanding Officer of the company, within whose bounds such citizen shall reside...".
Militia members were required to equip themselves with a musket, bayonet and belt, two spare flints, a box able to contain not less than 24 suitable cartridges, and a knapsack.
Another Act of Congress begins on page 1 & concludes on page 2 where signed in script type: Go. Washington.
Page 2 has a nice report on the dedication of the new Fort Fayette [Lafayette], which was built in this year by General Anthony Wayne.
Page 2 also has a detailed account of a slave insurrection near Petersburg, Virginia.
Another Act of Congress begins on page 1 & concludes on page 2 where signed in script type: Go. Washington.
Page 2 has a nice report on the dedication of the new Fort Fayette [Lafayette], which was built in this year by General Anthony Wayne.
Page 2 also has a detailed account of a slave insurrection near Petersburg, Virginia.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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